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25-6848 Dennis Lenin Carranza-Clavel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-18 Pending IFP appellate-review deportable-alien plain-error-review sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether a district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3583(c) and U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c) by imposing a term of supervised release on a deportable defendant witho…
25-971 Robert Wayne Hutton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-02-18 Pending child-sexual-abuse-material circuit-conflict criminal-law fourth-amendment privacy-rights statutory-interpretation Whether, as a matter of law, secretly recording a minor's ordinary and routine nonsexual activity falls outside the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a)?
25-6817 Gerald Kemondre Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-13 Pending IFP constitutional-rights firearm-regulation historical-tradition machinegun-conversion second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a handgun affixed with a machinegun conversion device constitute s an "arm" under the Se cond Amendment' s plain text, thus requiring the gove…
25-6789 Richard Brundige v. United States Second Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending IFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment, either on its face or as applied.
25-956 Veltor Underground, LLC v. Small Business Administration, et al. Sixth Circuit 2026-02-11 Pending covid-19-relief independent-contractors payroll-costs ppp-loan small-business statutory-interpretation Congress enacted the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") to fund "payroll costs" in order that small businesses stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandem…
25-6761 Kennan Alexis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-10 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-regulation non-violent-drug-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment either facially or as applied to individuals who, like Petitioner, only have felony convic…
25-6760 Flomo Tealeh v. David Steiner, Postmaster General, et al. Eighth Circuit 2026-02-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation time-limitation title-vii Whether under Title VII, the time frame for an employee to file employment discrimination claim is 180 days?
25-942 In Re Ronny Jackson, Individually and as U.S. Representative for Texas's 13th Congressional District, et al. 2026-02-09 Pending Response Waived congressional-districts district-court jurisdictional-requirements mandamus statutory-interpretation three-judge-court Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2284(a) requires a district judge to request the convening of a three-judge district court whenever an action is filed "challengin…
25A901 Eli Lilly and Company v. United States, et al., ex. rel., Ronald J. Streck Seventh Circuit 2026-02-09 Application average-manufacturer-price false-claims-act medicaid-rebate pharmaceutical-regulation qui-tam statutory-interpretation Question not identified. The petition text provided is an "Application for an Extension of Time" to file a petition for certiorari, not a petition fo…
25-6729 Antwaun O. Heaggeans v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-922 Jean Frantz Guillaume v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-05 Pending agency-enforcement constitutional-rights due-process shotgun-pleading statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction A. Whether certiorari should be granted to review the Eleventh Circuit's decision affirming the District Court's dismissal of Petitioner's claims for …
25A888 Patrick Tate Adamiak v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-05 Application bruen-standard criminal-possession firearm-relics national-firearms-act second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6702 Jason Steven Kokinda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process nichols-precedent plain-error sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Did the lower courts commit plain error requiring summary reversal by reinterpreting the elements of 18 U.S.C. § 2250, (construed by the unanimous Sup…
25-6712 William Louis Armstrong v. Boyland Auto BGMC LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP civil-procedure district-court-discretion frcp-service in-forma-pauperis pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation 1. I filed with an IFP motion; the court found me indigent (including for counsel recruitment). I moved for service under FRCP 4(c)(3), but the distri…
25-6714 Ivan Granillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending IFP criminal-law federal-crime immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation transportation What mens rea is required for the element that the defendant transport or move the noncitizen "in furtherance " of a violation of law ?
25-6718 Otto Melvin Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-split deportable-alien individualized-finding sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether a district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3583(c) and U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c) by imposing a term of supervised release on a deportable defendant witho…
25-6723 Victor Dema v. Jennifer Toth, Director, Arizona Department of Transportation Ninth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response WaivedIFP federal-courts forum-defendant-rule immigration-jurisdiction ninth-circuit removal-procedure statutory-interpretation A. Whether All The Ninth Court Of Appeals ' Decisions Rendered Against This Particular Petitioner In This Very Case, Conflict With All The Other Fed…
25-916 OCA - Greater Houston v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending Response Waived disability-assistance election-law mail-voting statutory-interpretation voter-support voting-rights Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act provides that "[a]ny voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to re…
25-917 Aaron Abadi v. Anthony Stephen Fauci, et al. Second Circuit 2026-02-04 Pending air-carrier-access-act alexander-v-sandoval canon-v-university-of-chicago disability-discrimination private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705 — which provides that "an air carrier may not discriminate " against qualified individuals wi…
25-6698 Dalando T. Garner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-6704 Horacio Baca-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending Response WaivedIFP case-precedent criminal-law judicial-review legal-standard statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
25-900 Global Marine Exploration, Inc. v. Republic of France, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-03 Pending admiralty-law constitutional-avoidance party-presentation salvage-rights statutory-interpretation sunken-military-craft 1. Whether SMCA's prohibition that "no salvage rights or awards shall be granted" bars all admiralty salvage claims—including long-recognized in perso…
25-913 Keegan L. Lovell v. United States Armed Forces 2026-02-03 Pending Response Waived court-martial criminal-solicitation criminal-statute military-justice statutory-interpretation ucmj-jurisdiction The relevant federal criminal statute requires that "[a]ny person subject to the [Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)] who solicits or advises ano…
25A868 Gregory Michael Nierenberg v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-02-03 Application certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-court habeas-corpus post-conviction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25A866 Biotronik, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Sam Jones Company, LLC Ninth Circuit 2026-02-02 Application circuit-split false-claims-act original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam statutory-interpretation Question not identified. The document provided is an "Application for Extension of Time to File a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari," not a petition …
25-6677 John Wayne Morgan, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York…
25A853 Joseph Sullivan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2026-01-30 Application criminal-prosecution data-security jury-instruction nexus-requirement obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6662 Pierre Burns v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-of-mistake first-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the District Court's prohibition against presenting a defense of mistake of age in a case arising under 18 U.S.C. § 225l(a) created a viola…
25-6675 Paul Wright v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP administrative-law disability-claims judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-jurisdiction veterans-benefits Is an impacted veteran entitled to judicial review of a definitive decision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assert jurisdiction under 38 U.S…
25-889 G. G. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families Pennsylvania 2026-01-29 Pending administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Did the court exceed their authority by affirming the concerning practice of agencies and courts acting outside their own statutory laws, when dete…
25-893 Robert V. Smith v. Jay A. Odom, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-29 Pending false-claims-act fraud-prevention original-source public-disclosure statutory-interpretation whistleblower Whether the requirement in 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B) that a relator have "knowledge that is independent of and materially adds to the publicly disclos…
25-6646 Noah P. Healy v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-decision article-iii judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether an Article III court may affirm an administrative agency decision while dismissing unrebutted record evidence as "unpersuasive, " without pro…
25-6648 Nathan Bermea v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exc…
25-6650 Michael Ledon Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25-6652 Jarmarl Thornton v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6653 Randy Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Did the district court obviously err by considering the retributive factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A), in violation of Esteras v. United States,…
25-879 American Gas Association, et al. v. Department of Energy, et al. District of Columbia 2026-01-22 Pending administrative-law agency-deference appliance-standards energy-policy performance-characteristics statutory-interpretation The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prohibits the Department of Energy from adopting efficiency standards that ban consumer access to applia…
25-6641 Ervin Thornton, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-21 Pending Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule circuit-split drug-offense first-step-act sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Section 404 of the First Step Act opened a pathway to sentencing relief for people convicted of crack cocaine offenses prior to August 3, 2010. The ac…
25-868 Brandon Hughes v. National Football League Second Circuit 2026-01-21 Pending Response Waived consumer-rights data-disclosure personally-identifiable-information statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act video-service-provider The Video Privacy Protection Act ("VPPA") prohibits a "video tape service provider" from "knowingly disclos[ing], to any person, personally identifiab…
25-6621 Lamar Reese v. Ohio Ohio 2026-01-20 Pending IFP legal-procedure ohio-revised-code petition-denial post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation trial-court-error Did the State trial Court err in denying Petitioner's Post Conviction Petition that was filed under Ohio Revised Code 2953.23(A)(1)?
25-6622 Alante Martel Nelson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-20 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. To determine a controlled substance offense under USSG § 4B1.2(b) using the categorical approach, do courts compare the elements of the prior convi…
25-863 G'Ante Butler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-20 Pending Response Waived assault-definition circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law officer-safety statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) is violated only by forcibly assaulting a federal officer, or may be violated by forcibly resisting, opposing, impeding, in…
25-6606 Robert Paul Rosell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-851 Ashley Grayson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2026-01-16 Pending Amici (1) circuit-split clean-hands-doctrine exclusionary-rule statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretap-law Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Title III) prohibits intentionally intercepting wire or oral communications or di…
25-6594 William James Forbis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens…
25-6597 Daniel Duane Smith, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-validity criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutionally valid as applied to an individual whose only prior charged felony convictions are non-violent offens…
25-6599 Harry Whitman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending IFP criminal-resentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the fact that a prisoner is serving a sentence that is significantly longer than the law would now permit, in light of the First Step Act's no…
25-839 Nicholas Fugedi, in His Official Capacity as Trustee of Carb Pura Vida Trust v. Initram, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction fraudulent-joinder jurisdictional-standard misjoinder statutory-interpretation Whether the proper standard to be applied by a court determining if diversity jurisdiction has been improperly manufactured is the motive test applied…
25-843 Disability Rights New York v. New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit 2026-01-15 Pending Response Waived article-iii-standing disability-rights federal-jurisdiction individual-rights protection-and-advocacy statutory-interpretation Whether DRNY, as a Protection & Advocacy System authorized by Congress to bring lawsuits in its own name on behalf of individuals with disabilities pu…
25-6574 Christopher Michael Arredondo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
25A819 Ashton J. Ryan, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-14 Application attorney-client-privilege certiorari criminal-procedure fifth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Question not identified.
25-6558 Philong Huynh v. Superior Court of California, San Diego County, et al. California 2026-01-13 Pending IFP judicial-construction legal-hermeneutics legislative-intent plain-meaning statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the statutory language is plain, must courts enforce it according to its terms?
25-6566 William Dahl v. United States Eighth Circuit 2026-01-13 Pending IFP child-pornography criminal-law factfinder-standard federal-statute judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2252A criminalizes the receipt of child pornography. A depiction counts as child pornography if its "production . . . involves the use of …
25-818 Terrell Anthony Hargrove v. Ian Healy, Warden Sixth Circuit 2026-01-12 Pending Amici (2) circuit-split first-step-act incarceration-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release time-credits Whether "[t]ime credits" under 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(C) may be applied to reduce an individual's term of supervised release.
25-6530 Terry Lee Gammage v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. 680 (2024), a criminal d…
25-809 Perfection Bakeries, Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Amici (1) allocable-amount circuit-split multiemployer-plan pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability The first question presented is whether 29 U.S.C. § 1386(b)(1)'s instruction to "reduce[]" any "withdrawal liability" of an employer in a subsequent p…
25-811 Matthew Lee Sepulveda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-precedent federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court's ruling that 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3) is non-jurisdictional in nature overrule the Fifth Circuit's jurisprudence?
25-817 Charles W. Christopher v. United States Seventh Circuit 2026-01-09 Pending Response Waived criminal-law judicial-ambiguity legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-standards What degree of statutory ambiguity triggers the rule of lenity?
25-6517 Ammon Ra Sumrall v. Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending IFP damages government-official individual-capacity religious-freedom rluipa statutory-interpretation The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. 2000cc et seq., like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 199…
25-6523 Dennis Martin v. United States Second Circuit 2026-01-08 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6513 Alexander Jon Ogilvie v. United States Tenth Circuit 2026-01-07 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment firearms-regulation gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits those under indictment from shipping, transporting, or receiving any firearm or ammunitio…
25-782 Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response Waived administrative-procedure appellate-review court-procedure judicial-mandate legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether a federal appellate court may affirm the dismissal of a statutory claim without interpreting the governing statute, without applying the Admin…
25-6468 Derrick Hahn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2026-01-02 Pending Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment when applied to an individual based on his past conviction for a non-violent offense. …
25-6459 Oscar Dillon, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent In Fischer, 144 S. Ct. at 2185, this Supreme Court focused on what conduct was prohibited by the "otherwise" clause in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2) and emph…
25-6460 Brad O'Neal Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-regulation legal-standing second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Petitioner.
25-6462 Jamaur Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-31 Pending Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether, in light of United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), and United States v. Jackson, 36 F.4th 1294 (11th Cir. 2022), Hobbs Act robbery …
25-763 PACEM Solutions International, LLC v. Small Business Administration, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response Waived administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference judicial-review statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment 1. Should this Court summarily reverse and remand this case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for the same reason it did …
25-6433 Avis Coward v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-procedure role-enhancement second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Honorable Court should grant certiorari to review whether the Sixth Circuit's determination that 18 U.S.C §922(g) is constitutional on…
25-6435 Lenny Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament gun-rights nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-6438 Frankie Acosta v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) , the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e…
25-6440 Juan Guajardo-Martinez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-law-enforcement immigration-authorities indictment-delay speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should recognize the "ruse exception" to the Speedy Trial Act when federal law enforcement and immigration authorities work togethe…
25-6441 Kamlesh Banga v. Lawrence R. Lustig Second Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending IFP article-three judicial-recommendation magistrate-judge objection-standard procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Whether a district court violates 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C) and Article III when it adopts a magistrate judge's recommendation through complete judicia…
25-6442 Michael Hinds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure harmless-error prior-offenses sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error Does the ACCA occasions -different inquiry, requiring a detailed, multi- factored analysis of the facts surrounding at least three prior offenses— fac…
25-762 Ian Freeman, fka Ian Bernard v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Response Waived administrative-law agency-rulemaking congressional-intent financial-regulation regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation virtual-currency Did the federal agency FinCEN exceed the authority granted in 2001 by Congress in 31 U.S.C. § 5330 to regulate money transmitting businesses when FinC…
25-6422 Kenneth J. O'Brien v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending IFP constitutional-validity due-process equal-protection florida-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Were Florida Statutes, Chapters 794 and 800, under which Petitioner was arrested, charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, enacted in…
25-6427 Devin Joe Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession non-violent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-747 Matthew Cline v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-12-23 Pending Amici (1)Response Waived co-conspirator criminal-law forfeiture property-transfer statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) a defendant may be ordered to forfeit property to the government that he transferred to a co-conspirator merely…
25A743 Nathaniel J. Buckley v. Department of Justice Second Circuit 2025-12-23 Application circuit-split exemption-7 foia law-enforcement records-disclosure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-735 Floyd D. Johnson v. United States Congress Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending Amici (2) congressional-acts constitutional-challenge district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Did the Veterans' Judicial Review Act strip district courts of the jurisdiction, recognized by this Court in Johnson v. Robison, 415 U.S. 361 (1974), …
25-6416 Omar Anthony Quintero-Arias v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-22 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split harmless-error sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Though district courts have discretion to impose appropriate conditions of supervised release, that discretion is limited by 18 U.S.C. § 3583. See Con…
25-731 Yellow Turtle Design, LLC, et al. v. Sonya Salkin Slott, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-19 Pending bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-distribution chapter-7-liquidation creditor-priority settlement-approval statutory-interpretation In Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 580 U.S. 451, 457, 137 S.Ct. 973, 979, 197 L.Ed.2d 398 (2017), this Court held, "The [Bankruptcy] Code makes clea…
25-6397 Mark Dyer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof conspiracy criminal-intent drug-distribution statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 846 predicated on the § 841 unlawful distribution offense requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt t…
25-707 Marissa Girard v. Kenton Girard, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response Waived appellate-review civil-rights-removal constitutional-violation federal-forum state-court-proceeding statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant may remove a state court proceeding to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1) when the state action itself violates constitutiona…
25A713 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation v. Unified Patents, LLC Federal Circuit 2025-12-18 Application america-invents-act informational-right patent-review real-parties-interest standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6406 Lawrence Joseph Florentine v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP appellate-review judicial-discretion legal-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation variance-sentence Does a district court's announcement that it would have imposed the same sentence as an "alternate variance sentence" insulate an erroneous legal ruli…
25-6407 Bryan Everal Pittman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-18 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25-6393 Cortez D. Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-17 Pending Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-701 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. Board of Trustees of the Bakery Drivers Local 550 and Industry Pension Fund Second Circuit 2025-12-17 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived critical-declining-status mass-withdrawal multiemployer-pension pension-plan-termination special-financial-assistance statutory-interpretation Whether a multiemployer pension plan that terminated through mass withdrawal before the 2020 plan year is eligible for Special Financial Assistance un…
25A702 Mark Alan Deakins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-12-17 Application circuit-split criminal-law federal-appellate sentencing-enhancement sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-697 Las Vegas Sun, Inc. v. Sheldon Adelson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-16 Pending antitrust-immunity attorney-general-consent circuit-split joint-operating-agreement newspaper-preservation-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, under the NPA, an amendment to a previously approved, post-NPA JOA needs another Attorney General written consent to be lawful or to be en…
25A700 Jesse Fernando Perez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-16 Application circuit-split federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice legislative-fact statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Question not identified.
25-6390 Busch Sereal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence overbreadth-doctrine sentencing-enhancement state-court-decisions statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the crime of violence definitions must produce actual state court decisions showing non…
25-6363 Arturo Amaran v. Florida Florida 2025-12-15 Pending Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law fifth-amendment judicial-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Given the United States Supreme Court's now long standing and clear 5th Amendment jurisprudence, do Florida Courts have authority to expand, or oth…
25-6368 Luis Garza-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament firearm-possession plain-error-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner Luis Garza-Gomez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to po…
25A682 Medical Staffing of America, LLC, dba Steadfast Medical Staffing, a Limited Liability Company, et al. v. Lori Chavez-Deremer, Secretary of Labor Fourth Circuit 2025-12-10 Application economic-realities-test employee-classification fair-labor-standards-act independent-contractor statutory-interpretation worker-status Question not identified.
25-6323 Donald Irving Hill, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-rights felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York…
25A679 Matthew Lee Pelton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-09 Application criminal-statute ninth-circuit pecuniary-damages restitution statutory-interpretation victim-compensation Question not identified.
25A680 MFN Partners, LP, et al. v. New York State Teamsters Conference and Retirement Fund, et al. Third Circuit 2025-12-09 Application agency-overreach erisa multiemployer-pension-plans pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability This document is an application for an extension of time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari, not a petition for certiorari itself. It does no…
25-6309 Melquan Thawney v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s categorial ban on the possession of firearms by felons is unconstitutional.
25-6311 Christopher Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation This Court should grant certiorari because this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), rendered Mr…
25-6313 Owen Zachary Simonson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impriso…
25-6293 Melvin Leon Myrick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-procedure judicial-timing pretrial-hearing speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Whether a final ruling at a pretrial hearing stops the Speedy Trial Act clock from running, consistent with the dictates of 18 U.S.C. § 3161.
25-655 In Re Rayon Payne 2025-12-05 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violations due-process judicial-bias procedural-limbo statutory-interpretation venue-transfer 1. Whether a United States District Court may transfer a case under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to a judicial district where the Plaintiff has already demonst…
25-6281 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Dubois, because it …
25-6285 Rudy Altamirano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-12-04 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-6286 Wilfredo Feliciano-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit 2025-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation time-limit Is the Appellate Court able to violate 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(D) arguing that this statute is not mandatory but a simple guideline? It is incontrovert…
25-6272 James Taylor v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-03 Pending IFP consumer-protection debt-collection fdcpa legal-standing nonjudicial-foreclosure statutory-interpretation I. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1692, is Freedom Mortgage Corporation a "Debt Collector" under the FDCPA's Primary Definition, when attempting to collect debt? …
25-632 Laurence Bonday v. Nalco Company LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-03 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived arbitral-pleadings arbitration deference federal-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation Under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4), may a court independently, and without deference to the arbitrator's determination, decide what claims are presented in a p…
25-636 Rahul Chaturvedi v. Siddharth Siddharth Massachusetts 2025-12-03 Pending confidentiality federal-preemption interlocutory-appeal statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause trade-secrets 1. Whether, under the Supremacy Clause, state courts may adjudicate contractual and property interests involving Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) prote…
25-642 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-03 Denied Response Waived as-applied-challenge constitutional-law criminal-defendant firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
25-6266 George Ugochukwu Egwumba v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP consent criminal-law identity-theft means-of-identification possession-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove a defendant possessed a means of identification without the consent of its owner – that is, stole the identity – to …
25-6267 Alphonso Lataurean James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-02 Pending IFP application-note constitutional-review criminal-conviction firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation The questions presented for review are: (1) Is whether Application Note 14(b) unreasonably interprets the text of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), such that no defer…
25A636 Princewell Arinze Duru v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-12-02 Application criminal-enhancement fraud-conspiracy identity-theft lawful-authority statutory-interpretation victim-definition Question not identified.
25-619 Zhe Zhang, aka Zack v. United States Second Circuit 2025-12-01 Denied Response Waived criminal-penalty disjunctive-language federal-criminal-law murder-for-hire sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the disjunctive language at 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) providing "if death results, [the offender] shall be punished by death or life imprisonment, o…
25-6259 Sam Boyd v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuance criminal-procedure judicial-discretion speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation trial-court-procedure When a trial court grants an "ends of justice" continuance pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), is it required to make specific factual findings bey…
25-6251 Caleb L. McGillvary v. Michael T. G. Long, et al. Third Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure discretionary-appeal due-process federal-rules jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation 1. Is the use of 3rd Cir. L.A.R. 27.4 to effectively convert an appeal as of right into a discretionary appeal, which denies an appellant the opportu…
25-6254 Jorge C. Ferretiz-Hernandez, Ignacio Felix-Salinas, and Elias Chiroy-Cac v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
25-6250 Richard Ruston v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-26 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d)(1), as well as the "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), as cross-referenced in section 3583(d)(1), means "and," o…
25-612 Scot Van Oudenhoven v. Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin 2025-11-25 Pending criminal-record expungement federal-law firearms-prohibition state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Does the word "expunged" in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(33)(B)(ii) apply to all expungements under state law, or does an expungement under state law have to…
25-6212 Nicolas Mondragon-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP causation-standard circuit-split death-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness In the case of petitioner Nicolas Mondragon Gonzalez, he received a forty year sentence under the death enhancement in USSG § 2L1.1(b)(7)(D) based sol…
25-6213 Samuel Galbraith v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP federal-review habeas-corpus parole-board procedural-adequacy state-remedy statutory-interpretation When a person has no cause of action and no right of action to appeal the affirmative decision of a parole board, does the simple ability to mail and …
25-6217 Christopher Wuchter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-24 Pending IFP constitutional-challenge controlled-substance facial-unconstitutionality firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which prohibits firearm possession by any unlawful user of a controlled substance, is facially unconstitutional under t…
25A611 Paul Kenneth Cromar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-24 Application criminal-statute pro-se-petition property-seizure statutory-interpretation tax-law tenth-circuit Whether 26 U.S.C. § 7212(b), which criminalizes forcible rescue of "property after it shall have been seized under this title," applies to property ju…
25-6198 Steven Perez v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights firearms-acquisition meaningful-constraint second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted of interstate transport and receipt of firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(3), and conspiracy to commit this offense…
25-6187 Maurice Wilson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-6188 Abel Vargas-Maldonado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari fifth-circuit judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
25-6189 Javonte Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A601 Perfection Bakeries, Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store International Union and Industry Pension Fund Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-20 Application erisa multiemployer-pension pbgc-deference pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Question not identified.
25-6169 Elias Xavier Rosario Torres v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure firearm-statute mandatory-minimum mens-rea statutory-interpretation A person who is convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, but who…
25-6151 Christopher Lewis Tucker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure medication-administration pretrial-custody sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release Is a twenty-five year term of supervised release with stringent special conditions including the forced administration of medication "greater than nec…
25-6153 Marco Antonio Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Below, Petitioner Marco Antonio Sanchez challenged the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which makes it a crime for a person convicted of a …
25A585 G'Ante Butler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-18 Application assault-statute circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-officer intentional-contact statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 111's prohibition on "resist[ing], opposing], impeding], intimidat[ing], or interfer[ing]" with federal officers while they are "e…
25A588 Alexis D. Negrón-Cruz v. United States First Circuit 2025-11-18 Application constitutional-rights criminal-procedure federal-public-defender first-circuit statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
25A592 William Dahl v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-18 Application child-pornography circuit-split dost-factors lascivious-exhibition minor-genitals statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6132 Wesley Mark Sudbury v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof congressional-intent evidence-law fundamental-rights legal-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a mandatory statute enacted by Congress to protect an important fundamental right titled Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wir…
25-6137 Devon Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor In light of United States v. Taylor , 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), is Hobbs Act robbery categorically a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A),…
25-6138 Michael Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-sentencing life-expectancy parsimony-principle sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Where 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) mandates that federal courts "shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with [its] purpo…
25-6140 D. B., et al. v. Vermont Department for Children and Families Vermont 2025-11-17 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP child-welfare due-process family-reunification parental-rights reasonable-efforts statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 42 U.S.C. § 671(a)(15)(B), which mandates that reasonable efforts "shall be made" to reunify families, requires state courts to ensure that…
25A581 Ashley Grayson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-11-17 Application clean-hands-doctrine congressional-intent judicial-exception privacy-protection statutory-interpretation wiretap-act Whether the Federal Wiretap Act's exclusionary rule in 18 U.S.C. § 2515 applies to unlawfully intercepted communications regardless of whether the gov…
25-6119 Charvez Brooks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure ends-of-justice judicial-continuance speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Whether the Speedy Trial Act's "ends of justice" provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), permits open-ended continuances that lack a definite terminatio…
25-6127 Brodrick Eugene Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-14 Pending IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) violate the Fifth and Sixth amendments?
25-6129 Paul Williams, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearms-rights gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, on its face or as applied to Petitioner, because the Se…
25-574 Ron K. Elfenbein v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-conviction false-representation health-care-fraud medical-billing statutory-interpretation upcoding When an allegedly false statement is premised on an ambiguous rule open to multiple reasonable interpretations, can the government secure a defendant'…
25-6105 Brittany Lyn Isaacson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-11-13 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge facial-as-applied-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Ms. Isaacson, in light of New York State…
25-6106 Rico Gonzalez v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-disarmament gun-rights nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-6107 Davon Amos Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-6108 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen…
25A553 Shirley V. Remmert v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-13 Application appellate-procedure district-court frivolous-appeal in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-6086 Jonathan Kemuel Fargas-Reyes v. United States First Circuit 2025-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split sentencing-disparities sentencing-reform similar-conduct statutory-interpretation A core purpose of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 is to eliminate arbitrary sentencing disparities. As part of that reform, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) r…
25-6088 Andis Noe Cortez-Zepeda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-12 Pending IFP administrative-procedure aggravated-felony due-process expedited-removal immigration-law statutory-interpretation A noncitizen, unlawfully present in the United States, may be deported through an expedited removal if an immigration officer finds that the noncitize…
25A542 Deoman Reeves v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-11-12 Application criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Question not identified.
25-563 Logan A. McLeod v. United States Armed Forces 2025-11-10 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived court-of-appeals-armed-forces factual-sufficiency military-justice national-defense-authorization-act statutory-interpretation uniform-code-military-justice Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has statutory authority to hold that a conviction is factually insufficient under 10 U…
25-6062 Carl Morgan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment when applied to individuals based on their past conviction for a non-violent offense. …
25-6064 Marcus Gerrod Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A529 FemtoMetrix, Inc., et al. v. Hovik Nazaryan California 2025-11-07 Application civil-liability form-1099 fraudulent-filing information-return statutory-interpretation tax-statute Question not identified.
25A538 Village of Scarsdale, New York v. Scott Bessent, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Treasury and Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, et al. Second Circuit 2025-11-07 Application administrative-law charitable-contributions chevron-deference internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation tax-deduction Question not identified.
25-551 United States v. Shaheem Johnson Fourth Circuit 2025-11-06 Pending criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court permissibly found "extraordinary and compelling reasons" to allow reduction of respondent's sentence under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c…
25-6054 Clyde Miller v. United States Second Circuit 2025-11-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appellate-procedure circuit-split constitutional-review firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari Whether, because the Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts are split, a writ of certiorari should be granted to settle the Constitutionality o…
25A527 Cristian Chaverra Moreno v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-06 Application criminal-procedure district-court eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
25-549 Russian Federation v. Hulley Enterprises Ltd., et al. District of Columbia 2025-11-05 Denied arbitration-agreement court-procedure foreign-state-immunity international-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation "A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction" of a United States court where "the action is brought ... to confirm an award made pursuan…
25-6039 Allan Douglas Wilson v. Department of State, et al. District of Columbia 2025-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-rights compensatory-damages due-process evidence-preservation mootness-doctrine statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the D.C. Circuit's reliance on mootness doctrine to avoid addressing a case of first impression regarding temporary deprivation of citizens…
25-6041 Kaleb Layne Nix v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi…
25-540 Beyond Nuclear, Inc. v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2025-11-04 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-licensing congressional-action judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Do the Administrative Procedure Act and the constitutional separation of powers doctrine prohibit an agency from issuing a license conditioned on Cong…
25-6026 Martino Antwion Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-6027 Deondre Lamont Bain v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-535 Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC, et al. v. Yashika Watson, as Guardian of the Person and Estate of Zeola Ellis, III Arkansas 2025-11-03 Denied Amici (5) administrative-law arbitration-agreements federal-funding medicare-medicaid spending-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Whether legislation enacted pursuant to the spending power makes private conduct illegal absent a clear statement that Congress intended to do more…
25-5998 Shadon Demetric Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP firearms-offense guilty-plea harmless-error plain-error statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether errors under Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024) are structural errors, or whether they are subject to harmless or plain error revi…
25-5999 Eric Dennard Parker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have a Second Amendment right, or do only law-abiding persons enjoy this right? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) w…
25-5989 Chian Chiu Li v. Apple, Inc. Federal Circuit 2025-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP enablement negative-limitation patent-law specification-requirement statutory-interpretation written-description Section 112(a) of Title 35 requires that a patent include a specification containing "a written description of the invention ... in such full, clear, …
25-5972 Ramiro Gomez-Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-statute federal-definition realistic-probability sentencing statutory-interpretation To establish that a "realistic probability" exists that a state statute applies to conduct not covered by a federal "crime of violence" definition for…
25-5976 Henry Leon Marrow, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A484 Ralph Kevin Tovar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-28 Application circuit-split federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-515 Michael Kail v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud jury-instructions kickback-scheme statutory-interpretation In Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 1346 covered only bribery and kickback schemes, expressly excludin…
25-5962 Ismael Adan Ortiz-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-27 Pending IFP administrative-procedure aggravated-felony due-process expedited-removal immigration-law statutory-interpretation A noncitizen, unlawfully present in the United States, may be deported through an expedited removal if an immigration officer finds that the noncitize…
25-5964 Oladayo Oladokun v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-27 Pending IFP agency-deference judicial-review notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sentencing Guidelines ' commentary promulgated without notice-and-comment rulemaking retains binding authority after Loper Light Ente…
25-5952 Theo M. Owens v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5944 Chockie Lee Hightower v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law federal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
25-5946 Antonio Montrail Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. When does a record show "that the district court thought the sentence it chose was appropriate irrespective of the guidelines" within the meaning o…
25-5924 Lennard Rashard Monroe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure participant-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether a customer can be counted as a participant for purposes of U.S.S.G. §3B1.1(b)?
25-5916 Luis Espinal v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-5918 Tommie Lee Page, aka Tommie Page, aka Tommy Page v. Mississippi Mississippi 2025-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure habitual-offender indictment-amendment sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Mississippi habitual offender amendment to Page's indictment was illegal and void since the motion to amend Page's indictment was not f…
25-475 Jason Camp v. Los Angeles Unified School District California 2025-10-17 Denied educational-funding federal-education-law regulatory-compliance school-district-manipulation statutory-interpretation title-i-funding 1. Whether a school district's deliberate manipulation of federal Title I enrollment counts to maximize funding allocations—while systematically diver…
25-5909 Stevie Gomez Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights felony-conviction firearm-possession founding-era-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-466 Ongkaruck Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2025-10-16 Granted Amici (3) circuit-split civil-enforcement disgorgement pecuniary-harm sec-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether the SEC may seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm.
25-468 Walter Rosales, et al. v. Condon-Johnson Associates, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied district-court federal-claims futility-exception remand statutory-interpretation supplemental-jurisdiction Does a District Court have supplemental jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1367 to dismiss a proffered amended complaint deleting all federal claims pursua…
25-469 Heriberto Carbajal-Flores v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response Waived bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge firearm-possession noncitizen-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), which prohibits firearm possession by all unlawfully present noncitizens, is unconstitutional on its face underth…
25-470 Scott Cannon, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. First Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied derivative-claim erisa-preemption first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation wrongful-death Whether a claim for wrongful death under Massachusetts law is preempted by ERISA.
25-5903 Joseph Vicarlos Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (5)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-453 Stephen K. Bannon v. United States District of Columbia 2025-10-15 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) committee-authority congressional-subpoena criminal-intent due-process statutory-interpretation willful-conduct Whether "willfully" in 2 U.S.C. § 192 requires the government to prove the defendant knew his conduct was unlawful. Whether the proper composition of…
25-457 Topaz Johnson, et al. v. High Desert State Prison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-10-15 Pending Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-procedure court-fees filing-fee in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-plaintiff statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) require each incarcerated plaintiff filing in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of a filing fee whether or not he is f…
25-459 Michael Salazar v. Paramount Global, dba 247Sports Sixth Circuit 2025-10-15 Granted Relisted (2) audiovisual-services consumer-definition disclosure-liability personally-identifiable-information statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act The question here is whether the phrase "goods or services from a video tape service provider," as used in the VPPA's definition of "consumer," refers…
25-447 Mark Schena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-10-14 Pending Response RequestedResponse Waived compensation-scheme criminal-liability healthcare-referral kickback-statute medical-marketing statutory-interpretation Whether paying a healthcare marketer a commission when a physician independently makes a patient referral and receives none of the compensation qualif…
25-5857 Russell Kimble Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure drug-felony first-step-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. After the First Step Act enactment date of December 21, 2018. Is it true it now takes two or more "serious drug felonies" or two or more prior "ser…
25-441 Guardian Flight, L.L.C., et al. v. Health Care Service Corporation Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split contract-breach erisa-standing injury-in-fact no-surprises-act statutory-interpretation The No Surprises Act ("NSA") is Congress's solution to the problem of surprise medical bills. Under the NSA, insurers must cover services provided by …
25-5860 Robert Matthew Bowman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that a phone containing child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspeci…
25-5862 Byron Reyes-Ayala v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari judicial-procedure precedent-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review This petition presents two questions. First, whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled? Second, whether th…
25A415 Edgar Rene Garcia-Limon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete federal-criminal-statute indian-country jurisdictional-elements sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
25A416 Kyle John Roberts v. Regions Hospital Minnesota 2025-10-10 Presumed Complete constitutional-rights judicial-review medical-malpractice standards-of-care state-court statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5842 Jorge Alberto Rodriguez v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-10-09 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5847 Charlie Green v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure indictment-sufficiency penalty-provision rico-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the failure of the Indictment to include a reference to the penalty provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1963(a), applicable to the offense of RICO consp…
25-5849 Darvin W. Gray v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. The handwritten or heavily corrupted te…
25-5853 Clarence Santiago v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-conduct federal-procedure sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation In assessing whether two defendants are similarly situated for purposes of § 3553(a)(6), are courts required to consider their actual offense conduct?
25-428 Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Amici (6) contract-award court-of-federal-claims federal-circuit interested-party procurement-law statutory-interpretation Congress has provided the Court of Federal Claims with exclusive jurisdiction to hear claims brought by "an interested party objecting to " 1) "a soli…
25-429 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General v. Muk Choi Lau Second Circuit 2025-10-08 Granted immigration-law inadmissibility-grounds lawful-permanent-resident parole removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether, to remove an LPR who committed an offense listed in Section 1182(a)(2) and was subsequently paroled into the United States, the government mu…
25-5830 Kortney Moore v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-inaction career-offender controlled-substances federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Defendants who have at least two prior "controlled substance offense" convictions qualify as career offenders under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.…
25A409 Will McRaney v. The North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2025-10-08 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-split federal-courts jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
25-5812 Michael Barreto v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-07 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure defendant-rights judicial-discretion mental-competency statutory-interpretation If a district court orders a competency examination under § 4241(b) based upon reasonable cause to question a defendant's competency, is it mandatory …
25-5820 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge conditional-pardon felony-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute permanently prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonmen…
25-5825 Laterrence Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-411 John Doe v. Illinois Illinois 2025-10-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-records due-process expungement-rights fourteenth-amendment state-action statutory-interpretation 1. Does the Illinois scheme for the sealing and expungement of criminal records create, confer, or otherwise entail an interest protected under the Fo…
25-5796 Daniel Matthew Matlock v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-question mens-rea sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Whether the term "knowingly" in 18 U.S.C. § 2242(1) (sexual abuse) applies only to "causing another person to engage in a sexual act" or whether it ex…
25-400 PT Medisafe Technologies v. United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response Waived circuit-split color-trademark generic-mark statutory-interpretation trademark-law trademark-protection Does the "generic name" requirement of the trademark statute, 15 U.S.C. § 1064(3), apply equally to all marks or is there a special rule for color tra…
25A392 Garland Williamson v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-10-03 Presumed Complete administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error equitable-relief judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Question not identified.
25-5802 Tommy Phonthalangsy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment?
25-390 Full Play Group, S.A. v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2025-10-02 GVR circuit-split commercial-bribery criminal-liability fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1346, which defines "scheme or artifice to defraud" under the mail and wire statutes to include a scheme or artifice to "depriv…
25-5781 Michael Cobbs v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1.) Whether the Seventh Circuit errored in holding that Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c) remains valid despite the court's decision i…
25-5790 Kyle Davey v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether a person can be convicted of possessing a firearm by an "unlawful user" of a controlled substance under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) even if no law p…
25A382 United States v. Erik Matthew Harris Third Circuit 2025-10-02 Presumed Complete as-applied-challenge drug-users firearms-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-383 Mark Van Epern v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute minor-protection sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a defendant "uses" a minor to engage in "sexually explicit conduct" under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) by surreptitiously recording the minor nude …
25-5770 Charles Anthony Holmes v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-10-01 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure second-amendment statutory-interpretation strickland-standard 1. Whether 21 O.S. § 645, 644B are unconstitutional, as applied to Petitioner, because they violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitu…
25-5772 Rudy Mario Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5776 Thomas Scott Perkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-10-01 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP comparative-analysis federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin…
25-375 CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd. v. Apple Inc. Federal Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-review appellate-procedure federal-circuit patent-law rule-36 statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Circuit Rule 36, which allows the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to issue an affirmance without opinion when r…
25-379 Public Interest Legal Foundation v. Al Schmidt, Secretary of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2025-09-30 Pending Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law article-three-standing election-integrity public-records statutory-interpretation voter-registration Congress enacted the National Voter Registration Act ("NVRA") to increase and enhance registration and voting by "eligible citizens," "protect the int…
25-5758 Jerry Otis Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights felon-in-possession firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comply with the text and historical tradition of the Second Amendment in permanently disarming all felons, regardless of of…
25-5762 Muhammad Masood v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied IFP criminal-law government-conduct intimidation-coercion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism-enhancement Whether the application of the "terrorism enhancement" under USSG § 3A1.4 requires the government to prove that a defendant's actions were "calculated…
25-5763 James Lee Winn v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP alcohol-restriction conditions-of-release deprivation-of-liberty sentencing-conditions statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether Special Condition #11 of the imposed conditions of supervised release, requiring Mr. Winn to abstain from alcohol and stay out of bars, violat…
25-5769 Robert Scott Kennedy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal burglary-statute criminal-procedure predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Mr. Kennedy was erroneously sentenced as an armed career criminal and received sentencing guidelines enhancements based on two prior Georgi…
25A371 Rashun Suncar v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-30 Presumed Complete categorical-approach controlled-substance fourth-circuit state-court-deference statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 Question not identified.
25-369 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc., and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference chevron-doctrine federal-officer-removal judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo , 603 U.S. 369 (2024), permits a court to (a) accept an agency's reasonable construction of a statut…
25-5748 She Ler Yer Lee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession precedential-review second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Lee's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso…
25-5747 Sidney Donnell Kimble v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5731 David Alexander Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifet…
25-5737 Antwan Elvago Coplen v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-25 Denied IFP district-court-discretion extraordinary-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation (1) WHETHER A COMBINATION OF "EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING REASONS" THAT MAY WARRANT A DISCRETIONARY SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)U) (…
25-5717 Raul Acosta v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge federal-law felony-disarmament gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-342 Radio Communications Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-23 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing commerce-clause fcc-regulation first-amendment low-power-tv statutory-interpretation Whether the "best reading" of the Low Power Protection Act ("LPPA") mandates nationwide Low Power Protection denial, as if the LPPA had not been enact…
25-5707 Reginald Robinson, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-333 Tangtang Zhao v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federal-circuits government-property property-value statutory-interpretation third-party-distribution What standard do juries apply to determine whether property is a "thing of value of the United States" once distributed to a private, non-government, …
25-5695 Frank Deonta Leopaul v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5697 Desmond Copeland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5699 In Re Mark Woods 2025-09-22 Denied IFP constitutional-law federal-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation suspension-clause 1. Did the District Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals violate the suspension clause of the United States Constitution Art.I, section 9,cl…
25-5685 Anthony Lemicy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation constitutional-violation criminal-procedure evidentiary-sufficiency specific-intent statutory-interpretation I. CAN THE GOVERNMENT PROVE THE SPECIFIC INTENT OF "USE" "FOR THE PURPOSE" WITHOUT THE MINORS TESTIFYING(direct evidence), OR CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE…
25-5693 Yasmani Gurri Rubio v. City of Alexandria, Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fifth-amendment judicial-procedure rule-12b3 statutory-interpretation venue-dismissal QUESTION 1 Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment is violated when a federal district court dismisses an action with prejudice for imp…
25A326 Kristi Noem, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. National TPS Alliance, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-19 Presumed Complete Amici (4) administrative-discretion homeland-security judicial-review statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status tps-termination Question not identified.
25-5678 Thomas Jarrell Shoffner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law district-court-procedure firearms-regulation motion-to-dismiss statutory-interpretation I. Whether the District Court Erred in Denying Appellant's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment on the Constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1).
25-313 Chinook Indian Nation, et al. v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-17 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived administrative-law court-recognition federal-jurisdiction indian-law statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition Does a federal court have jurisdiction to recognize the existence of an Indian tribe where the findings in the Indian Tribe List Act, Public Law 103-4…
25-320 Alaska, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Amici (4) alaska-lands federal-regulation land-management navigable-waters public-lands statutory-interpretation Whether the United States can regulate fishing on Alaska's navigable waters under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, when its statut…
25-5667 Antonio Deante Town v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5668 Matthew Chambliss Coleman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-303 Cook County, Illinois, et al. v. John Nawara Seventh Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split disability-definition employer-liability employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against its employees "on the basis of disability." …
25-5649 David Anthony Runyon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence fourth-circuit murder-for-hire postconviction-relief sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation To hold that petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a) conviction for conspiracy to commit murder for hire resulting in death was a valid predicate "crime of v…
25-5655 Walter Lavelle Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5656 Kara Sternquist, aka Cara Sandiego, aka Kara Withersea v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner Kara Sternquist's prior convictions are old and nonviolent. She has no history of being dangerous, but was herself a victim of violent c…
25-5657 Pierre Demetrius Redd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5658 Devontae Lamont Royal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A304 Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2025-09-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law chevron-deference fda-regulation market-exclusivity orphan-drug-act statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-308 Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2025-09-16 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) inter-partes-review patent-act patent-applications printed-publications prior-art statutory-interpretation Whether patent applications that became publicly accessible only after the challenged patent's critical date are "prior art * * * printed publicatio…
25-5634 Shawn M. Robertson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25A294 Vincent Gerald Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-09-15 Presumed Complete conspiracy-to-commit criminal-conspiracy racketeering rico-conspiracy specific-intent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5624 Nathaniel J. Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5627 Lennie Edward Coles, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-287 Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia v. United States District of Columbia 2025-09-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review interests-of-justice judicial-discretion remand-standards section-2106 statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 2106, Congress granted this Court and the courts of appeals broad authority to act in the interests of justice. The issue here is wh…
25-5607 Dustin Dewayne Gilbert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants may assert as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifeti…
25-5610 Greg Gogin v. Michael Meisner, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process habeas-corpus presentence-investigation sentencing-accuracy statutory-interpretation witness-testimony Whether a defendant's sworn testimony while on the witness stand and under oath should be given credence as to the facts of his case and can defendant…
25-5614 Franklin Jerome Coleman, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5617 Magdoulen A. Sawires v. Elizabeth Board of Education, et al. New Jersey 2025-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation teacher-dismissal whistleblower-protection Teacher wrongfully dismissed, according to New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 17-47, for school employees in New Jersey " When the dismiss…
25-5597 Joseph Carroll Bush, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5599 Raymond Lamont Seward v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5601 John Edward Mason, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5603 Germaine Edward Campbell, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-10 Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5590 Jorge Enrique Barragan-Gutierrez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-decision constitutional-rights criminal-law retroactivity second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Whether this Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), recognized a new right that is retroactivel…
25-5577 Brandon Grunwaldt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-criminal-law minor-protection statutory-interpretation video-evidence Does a video of a minor in a bathroom engaged in ordinary grooming activities depict "the lascivious exhibition of the anus, genitals, or pubic area" …
25-264 Trevor Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law burden-shifting circuit-split employment-discrimination statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether a "contributing factor" in Section 42121(b) is one that "alone or in connection with other factors, tends to affect in any way the outcome of …
25-5565 Marcus Delars Branson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-05 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely on…
25-250 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2025-09-04 Pending Amici (1) executive-orders international-emergency-economic-powers-act nondelegation-doctrine presidential-powers statutory-interpretation tariff-authority 1. Whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Pub. L. No. 95-223, Tit. II, 91 Stat. 1626, authorizes the tariffs imposed by Pres…
25-253 Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Michael Howe, Secretary of State of North Dakota Eighth Circuit 2025-09-04 Pending Amici (12)Relisted (2) civil-rights implied-right-of-action private-plaintiffs section-1983 statutory-interpretation voting-rights Whether Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301, is enforceable by private plaintiffs through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, an implied right of acti…
25-5550 Jermaine Nelson v. United States Second Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-disarmament firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face or as applied to Petitioner because, consistent with the Second Amendment, the federal g…
25-5554 Marcus J. Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5535 Jason Daniel Carbajal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-03 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment facially? 2. Does § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment as applied to individuals with conviction…
25-5514 Joseph Lee Betancourt v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by…
25-5519 Demario D. Henderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25A244 Tremon Staley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-29 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-remand Question not identified.
25-5503 Bobby Nathaniel Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-28 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-228 Detrina Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc., dba FITE, dba FITE TV Second Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied circuit-split personally-identifiable-information privacy-law reasonable-foreseeability statutory-interpretation video-privacy-protection-act The Video Privacy Protection Act forbids a "video tape service provider" from disclosing without consent "personally identifiable information," which …
25-5477 Cornell Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession nonviolent-offense second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5482 Brandon Allen Haynes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-27 Denied Relisted (4)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
25A227 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Global Health Council, et al. District of Columbia 2025-08-27 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act executive-power impoundment separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Question not identified.
25-5470 Hombra Lavail Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure district-court-discretion esteras-precedent sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether, in light of this Court's decision in Esteras v. United States, 145 S. Ct. 2031 (2025) and in order to maintain uniform application of this Co…
25-5471 Jakari Alexander Lee v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5433 Jon Jesse Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5434 Christian Lamont Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Pending Relisted (7)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5437 Sequan Anthony Fowler v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5438 Tamonte Finney v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5439 Naim Greene v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5441 Azontay Malik Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5443 Donovan L. Crews v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-22 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5421 Jose Antonio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
25-5423 Davonta Dashune Turner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment?
25-5424 Kiyel Tyquello Kearney v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-21 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5415 Roberto Antwan Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession predicate-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional as applied when the predicate convictions which make the person ineligible to possess a firearm were…
25-5417 Shalik Rasheem Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-20 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25A201 Michael Donell Glover v. Texas Texas 2025-08-20 Presumed Complete criminal-law deadly-weapon pocketknife serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code Question not identified.
25-201 Mahsa Parviz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied consent-requirement criminal-statute identity-theft mandatory-sentencing means-of-identification statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), titled "Aggravated identity theft," imposes a mandatory consecutive two-year prison term on one who, while committing a liste…
25-5407 Brandon Keith Thompson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority criminal-possession federal-jurisdiction interstate-movement statutory-interpretation Apparently exercising its authority under the Commerce Clause, Congress criminally prohibited the simple possession of a firearm that was "in or affec…
25-5408 Julio Aviles, Sr. v. United States Third Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-review judicial-discretion legal-error miscarriage-of-justice procedural-standard statutory-interpretation aC Uxe ^resevAeX evidences?.V^beAker V>oV^5 0.ouvAk ciV>u£>e \Vs AisereVinn bnseA _As_ Vultvxo^ on on erroneous \/ieuJ oQ \o.ui AmaunA - in~CohArov££S…
25-5410 Kyle Syphax v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split judicial-ambiguity penal-provision plain-text rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation When Circuits split over a penal provision's meaning, with each side believing that its competing, rational interpretation is compelled by the provisi…
25-193 Gravity Funding, LLC and Gravity Capital, LLC v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-08-18 Denied Response Waived circuit-split forfeiture-proceedings pleading-amendment property-interest statutory-interpretation technical-defect Under 21 U.S.C. § 853(n), third-party petitioners asserting an interest in property that has been forfeited to the federal government must file a veri…
25-5388 Kevin Paul Cantu v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-18 Denied Relisted (5)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
25-5375 Arturs Spila v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent eleventh-circuit evidence-standard felony-proceeds money-laundering statutory-interpretation 1. Was there "insufficient evidence" presented by the United States to convict Spila of money laundering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)…
25-5382 Meleke Osborne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-15 Denied Relisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a ny felony violates the Second Amendme…
25A190 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc., and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2025-08-15 Presumed Complete administrative-law chevron-deference labor-law nlrb prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-178 Fitzgerald Truck Parts and Sales, LLC v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) excise-tax highway-tractor safe-harbor statutory-interpretation tax-exemption taxable-article The term "taxable article" or its equivalent are used repeatedly as a term of art throughout the tax code, case law, and Internal Revenue Service guid…
25-5357 Jessie Dejuan Sullivan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-14 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-law facial-challenge second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation First, whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment? Second, some sentencing judges assert that they would have selected the …
25-171 Dimetri Alexander Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response Waived criminal-prosecution enterprise-structure legal-distinction procedural-requirement racketeering statutory-interpretation In a prosecution for racketeering related offenses, does the enterprise structure need to be distinct from that inherent in the racketeering activity …
25-5334 Billy Joe Russell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law modified-categorical-approach prior-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the categorical or modified categorical approaches must produce actual state court deci…
25-174 Bart Wade Reagor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied Response Waived bank-fraud criminal-conviction false-statement loan-application material-misrepresentation statutory-interpretation Whether the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is in direct conflict with this Court's recent holding in Thompson v. United States…
25-5338 Avontae Guiden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied IFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-justification probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-5343 Kendrick Jarrell Beaird v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-13 Pending IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether Stinson v. United States still accurately state the level of deferen…
25-5331 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol A…
25-5332 Francisco Melgar Cabrera v. Christian Lepe, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act detention-review extradition-treaty federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation WHETHER: EXTRADITION TREATY VIOLATIONS ARE COGNIZABLE UNDER 28 USC §2241(c)(3) RATHER THAN UNDER §2255(a); A PERSON HELD IN CUSTODY IN VIOLATION OF A…
25-157 Richard Hall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute burden-of-persuasion criminal-defense federal-health-care-program safe-harbor statutory-interpretation The Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"), 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), generally bars "remuneration" to induce referrals for health care goods and services for w…
25-161 Surgery Center Management, LLC v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) asset-seizure criminal-law forfeiture proceeds property-rights statutory-interpretation Whether in a forfeiture action seeking "proceeds," defined in 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(2)(A) as "property of any kind obtained directly or indirectly, as th…
25-164 Mitzi Baker v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response Waived employment-law individual-right-action retaliatory-intent sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Whether federal whistleblowers have to prove "retaliatory intent" in an Individual Right to Action, (IRA), under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancem…
25-5319 Timothy L. Elliott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-150 Anton Joseph Lazzaro v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response Waived age-of-consent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Does a person who engages in otherwise lawful, consensual sex with a 16 or 17-year-old dating partner commit "sex-trafficking" if the person gives unc…
25-5301 Mario Leequan Thorne v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
25-5302 Cameron Edwards v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-prosecution firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government's prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) based on his prior convictions violates the Second Amendment. 2. Wh…
25-5303 Jae Michael Bernard v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP firearm-prohibition gun-rights historical-tradition misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a permanent lifetime prohibition for a misdemeanor conviction, which was adopted by Congress in 1994 and codified in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) and…
25-144 Thomas D. Foster, APC v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure constitutional-vagueness lanham-act statutory-interpretation trademark-application trademark-law 1. Whether the Federal Circuit improperly considered government developments that post date a trademark applicant's filing to support a refusal under …
25-146 Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, Mohammad Rehan Chaudhri, & Zahida Aman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federalism legislative-intent plain-meaning state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation When applying the plain language of a broadly worded federal criminal statue would intrude on an area historically left to the states, must a court ap…
25-5292 John Charles Volungus v. United States First Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied IFP adam-walsh-act civil-commitment conditional-release district-court-authority medical-treatment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 4248(e) and other federal mental health statutes, which authorize the conditional release of a civilly committed persons under …
25-5297 Christopher Jerome Ellis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender controlled-substance federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the term "controlled substance" in the career offender guideline refers exclusively to substances listed in the federal Controlled Substances …
25-5269 Michael D. Miller v. Florida Florida 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals due-process habitual-offender legal-violation sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the Fiesk Digkeict Court of Appeals Violate Ane Pet isioner's tight Yo due process of Vaw by Imposing a habitual oe , Sentence in violation of& sp…
25-139 Michele A. Cornelius v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response Waived arbitration dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act legislative-intent sexual-harassment statutory-interpretation Does "any dispute " under the EFAA mean any dispute arising between the parties or just the first dispute arising between the parties?
25-5276 David Leroy Earls v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment rule-of-lenity sexual-abuse-statute statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the failure of the Tenth Circuit to apply the rule of lenity to 18 U.S.C. § 2242(2)(A) resulted in an interpretation of ambiguous language …
25-5283 Deandre Blackman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure judicial-discretion revocation-hearing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether courts may rely on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(A) factors when determining the length and conditions of additional supervision following a supe…
25A147 Scott Cannon, Individually and as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Blaise Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. First Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete erisa federal-courts preemption rutledge-precedent statutory-interpretation wrongful-death Whether this Court's decision in Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, 592 U.S. 80 (2020) clarifies the test for statutory preemptio…
25A149 Julien P. Champagne v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-08-05 Presumed Complete administrative-law compensation-benefits pension-benefits statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-benefits 1. This case concerns the interpretation of regulations governing veterans' benefits. And in particular, it concerns the construction of an important …
25-5263 Marvin Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5258 James Joseph Bryant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split harmless-error-review judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, when applying the categorical approach required by the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), a court determines the elements of a prior convic…
25-5259 Antonio Marshall v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-08-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impris…
25-5250 Edgardo Antonio Romero-Rosales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-law judicial-precedent precedent-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
25-106 Ronald DeWitt Vines v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied attempted-crime bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence force-definition statutory-interpretation Whether attempted armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) and the first paragraph of § 2113(a) involves the "use, attempted use, or threatened us…
25-108 Donald Wayne Bush, et ux. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split judicial-authority non-dischargeable-debt statutory-interpretation tax-liabilities 1. Whether 11 U.S.C. §505(a)(1) confers jurisdiction on the bankruptcy court to adjudicate the amount and legality of a debtor's tax liabilities. 2. …
25-5225 Manuel Vega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure multiple-violations prison-term sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release A court, in imposing sentence upon a criminal defendant, may include as part of the sentence a term of supervised release. If the defendant violates t…
25-5226 Nashaun Drake v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation When defining a controlled substance offense under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) do courts look to the substances that were controlled on the date of the prior …
25-5228 Geber Soto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution firearms-regulation legal-standing second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government's prosecution of petitioner under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)(A) violates the Second Amendment on its face. 2. Whether the govern…
25-5229 David Loren Waldeck v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment heien-standard judicial-gloss law-enforcement objective-reasonableness statutory-interpretation Is a reviewing court permitted to insert a "judicial gloss" in construing an unambiguous statute when determining whether a law enforcement officer's …
25-5205 Jesus Garcia, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-statistics sentencing-commission sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether the detailed Judiciary Sentencing Information (JSIN) statistics compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission are relevant to considerin…
25A102 Maryland, et al. v. 3M Company Fourth Circuit 2025-07-24 Presumed Complete civil-procedure federal-officer-removal government-contractor jurisdictional-removal pfas-contamination statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
25-5176 Mario Gabriel Rodgers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comport with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
25-5181 Samuel Adam Sanchez-Tena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
25-5170 Mark Richard Walters v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felony-possession firearms-restriction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment as applied to a defendant whose most serious prior felony convictions involve fraud?
25-81 Lois Jochinto Orta v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-07-22 Pending circuit-split district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, as four circuits permit but six others prohibit, a district court may consider disparities created by the First Step Act's prospective change…
25-82 Malcolm Wade Pipes v. United States Federal Circuit 2025-07-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure disability-retirement inactive-duty-training military-law military-reservist statutory-interpretation Whether a military reservist, who was lawfully ordered to engage in remedial fitness training without pay and points, and suffered injury, was on inac…
25A86 Kim Anne Farrington v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit 2025-07-22 Presumed Complete article-iii due-process judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection The petition for a writ of certiorari will present three questions: 1. Whether Federal Circuit Rule 36(a) affirmances without opinion in Merit System…
25-61 Mark Murphy and Jennifer Murphy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-17 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-conspiracy jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether, in a § 846 prosecution for conspiracy to violate § 841, a trial court errs if it fails to correctly instruct the jury on the elements of the …
25-5124 Jacob Graves v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Graves' conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol As…
25-5128 Albert Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-16 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release covid-19-relief due-process federal-prisoners sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. §4205(g) , the law on compassionate release, allowing only the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to file a Motion for relea…
25-5099 Franklin Ray v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appeal-waiver due-process plea-agreement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation After this Court re-interpreted the Aggravated Identity Theft statute in Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110, 132 (2023), Petitioner was factually in…
25-5109 In Re Maria Dolores Navarro Martin 2025-07-15 Dismissed IFP discretionary-power due-process federal-declaratory-judgment immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1. The question presented is whether the District Court had jurisdiction of this suit under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act. 2. Whether The Att…
25-5114 Emiliano Nava Munoz v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference judicial-precedent legal-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-doctrine Whether the Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558, 558 (2019) abrogated or overruled its earlier decision in Stinson v. United States, 508…
25-5090 Joseph Anthony Zinnerman, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-analysis firearm-possession historical-precedent probation-status second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an individual's probation or supervised release status categorically strips them of Second Amendment protection under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)…
25-5091 Andres Burgara v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP controlled-substance criminal-offense drug-possession simultaneous-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-code Does the simultaneous possession of one type of controlled substance in two different locations constitute a single offense under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1…
25-5087 Tashawn Burns v. United States Second Circuit 2025-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Is Hobbs Act robbery a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after United States v. Taylor, 596 …
25-5088 Lorenzo Elias Mendez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance legal-innocence statutory-interpretation video-voyeurism This Petition seeks an order granting a certificate of appealability or. in the alternative, plenary review of the following questions: 1) Whether re…
25-5072 Khaled Miah v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-10 Denied IFP criminal-law first-amendment interstate-communication social-media statutory-interpretation terroristic-threat Can an online social media post that at most forewarns of a possible future terroristic attack violate 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), if the post does not identi…
25-25 Avianca Group International Limited v. Burnham Sterling and Company LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-code chapter-11 debt-accrual lease-obligation payment-timing statutory-interpretation Whether, for purposes of Section 365(d) of the Bankruptcy Code, the "obligation" of a Chapter 11 debtor under a lease "aris[es]" as soon as the obliga…
25-5063 John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aiding-and-abetting bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022), is a conviction for federal bank robbery under Section 2113(a) categoric…
25-5067 Kira Kristina Zielinski v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-07-09 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affirmative-defense child-protection criminal-law domestic-violence parental-kidnapping statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant is "fleeing an incidence or pattern of domestic violence" under § 1204(c)(2) if she is fleeing domestic violence against her child…
25-5049 DaJohn M. Hymes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
25-5053 Damar D. Ruffin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-07-08 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction certiorari-review habeas-corpus second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation transfer-order The question presented is whether a circuit court errs in finding that a transfer order is not appealable, dismisses a petitioner's appeal of the dist…
25A22 Dawud C. S. Gabriel v. Department of Labor Second Circuit 2025-07-08 Presumed Complete certiorari circuit-court good-cause pro-se statutory-interpretation time-extension Question not identified.
25-5034 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Borne, in light of New York State Ri…
25-5038 Nicholas Weir v. Montefiore Medical Center, et al. Second Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-deceit collateral-estoppel federal-jurisdiction judicial-procedure new-york-law statutory-interpretation If Marrese v. Am. Acad, of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 470 U.S. 373, 380 (1985) and/or 28 U.S.C. § 1738 are controlling, should the Federal Court recognize …
25-5041 Geovani Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process harmless-error mandate-recall sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a court of appeals violates- due process by declining to recall a mandate where a petitioner demonstrates that he was convicted of a non-e…
25-5009 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-07-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Willis, in light of New York State R…
25-12 Arrin Farrar, et ux. v. Textron Aviation, Inc., et al. Kansas 2025-07-03 Denied airworthiness circuit-split due-process general-aviation-revitalization-act jury-trial statutory-interpretation 1. Have various State and Federal Courts, when asked to apply The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, inconsistently legislated from the benc…
25-5025 Santos Isabel Huete-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari constitutional-law judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review First, whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled? Second, whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacat…
25-5027 Gregory Stevens v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felon-in-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code makes it a crime for a person convicted of a felony to possess a firearm at any time thereafte…
25-5028 Michael Blake DeFrance v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bipartisan-safer-communities-act criminal-procedure domestic-violence federal-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Question 1: Whether the relationships listed in 18 USC §921(a)(33)(A) defining misdemeanor crime of domestic violence serve both jurisdictional and su…
25-8 Matthew Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-07-02 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process honest-services statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness I. Whether the undefined statutory language, "intangible right of honest services," in 18 U.S.C. § 1346 is unconstitutionally vague. II. Whether th…
25-2 Deon Reese v. United States Third Circuit 2025-07-01 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-conspiracy due-process judicial-precedent pinkerton-doctrine statutory-interpretation vicarious-liability Whether this Court should overrule Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946).
25-5 Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Al Otro Lado, a California Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-07-01 Granted Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) asylum-application border-entry immigration-law immigration-officer statutory-interpretation u.s.-mexico-border The Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., provides that an alien who "arrives in the United States" may apply for asylum and must be…
25A5 Thomas Crowther v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Eleventh Circuit 2025-07-01 Presumed Complete circuit-split employment-law implied-right-of-action sex-discrimination statutory-interpretation title-ix Question not identified.
24-7526 Dwayne Lamonica Ford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7527 Kh'Lajuwon Amari Murat v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-intent judicial-construction plain-meaning revocation statutory-interpretation supervised-release 1. Whether, when a district court revokes a term of supervised release and imposes a period of imprisonment followed by a new term of supervised relea…
24-7529 Matthew Carter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation fr) NMKkew CofVcr W<ed bu Ae-Udriue EoUCS(5a' -> ' UXs McxW^ 'Cuo CmW U\ecyA\^ Sei-z^A as\d< seoccUeA oi\ V^ccejub-ex 31^ 2X>ZO <xac)< ^\aou\cL "tVvS…
24-7502 In Re Aaron Franklin Johnson, Jr. 2025-06-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review power-of-attorney statutory-interpretation The Question Presented is if Mr. Johnson is entitled to a habeas relief and extraordinary writ due to the State of Maryland pattern of abuse and negle…
24-7505 Donald Evans v. Jasen Bohinski, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy ex-post-facto sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1) DID THE COURT VIOLATE PETITIONER'S 6TH AND 14TH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIA REFUSING TO GRANT PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE TO WHE…
24-7509 Jacob Mathias Rubinstein v. Eric Rardin, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custody-credit detention-definition federal-statute legal-restrictions statutory-interpretation 1. Does "official detention" under 18 U.S.C. §3585(b) include, in addition to "detention" under 18 U.S.C. §3142(e), restrictive forms of "release" und…
24-1312 James J. Decoulos v. Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals, et al. Massachusetts 2025-06-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference due-process fourteenth-amendment professional-disciplinary-proceeding statutory-interpretation Whether a state court violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment when it defers to a state agency's interpretation of statutes and re…
24-7501 Jacob Allen Judd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearms-prohibition nonviolent-offense prior-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to an individual whose prior convictions for "crime[s] punishable by imprisonme…
24-1309 East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc. v. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Secretary, Department of Labor Third Circuit 2025-06-24 Denied Amici (3) circuit-split compensable-time fair-labor-standards-act preliminary-activities principal-activities statutory-interpretation 1. Whether time spent on "integral and indispensable" activities is measured based on reasonable duration (as three circuits have held), or actual dur…
24-7475 Samuel Mateo-Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-7480 Otis Ray Whitehead, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis felon-prohibition firearm-possession historical-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a court may uphold the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) based solely on this Court's statement in District of Columbia v. Heller, 55…
24A1266 Kyle Syphax v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-06-23 Presumed Complete application-note circuit-split criminal-law rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-7471 Quintin T. Ferguson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP arson-statute criminal-law interstate-commerce overbreadth-doctrine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Seventh Circuit decided Quintin Ferguson's 18 U.S.C. § 844(i) arson conviction was a crime of violence that subjected him to United States Sentenc…
24-7460 Alvin Porterie, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure overbreadth-doctrine state-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant challenging a prior state conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act must produce actual state court decisions showing non-gen…
24-7449 Marco Antonio Casillas v. Janan Cavagnolo, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit's practice of adjudicating the ultimate merits of a habeas petition at the COA stage, often on prejudice grounds, violate…
24-7433 Zquareus Troyez Immanuel Thomas v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether the "affecting commerce" element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l) requires more than proving the firearm or ammunition traveled across state lines at …
24-7435 Antonio Nathaniel Davenport, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP criminal-law jury-instruction murder-statute north-carolina-law statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Whether the Trial Court Erred by Failing to Give A Properly Requested Jury Instruction as to the North Carolina Crime of Murder in Violation of N.C. G…
24-7417 Michael Elias Jalomo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7419 Cardari Bradley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7425 Joshua Sutherland v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-statute second-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comport with the Second Amendment? Does 18 U.S.C. §3583(g) comport with the Sixth Amendment?
24-7398 Dionte Dorun Matlock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment?
24-7400 Brandon Lee Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-firearms-law second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Mayfield's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol…
24-7402 Braddic Deshaun Rollerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-7403 Michael Stapleton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-06-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP blockburger-test circuit-split criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals create a split in Circuits by affirming Movant's convictions and sentences for crimes that were committed simultanously under…
24-1262 RDFS, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-06-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-authority certificate-issuance judicial-review natural-gas-act statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may defer to FERC on the threshold question of FERC's authority to issue blanket certificates without determining the legal…
24-7379 Andra G. Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law firearms-offense hobbs-act jurisdictional-elements sentencing statutory-interpretation Green is serving a life sentence for pleading to a single count of murder with all the facts in relation to a crime of violence, under 18 U.S.C § 924(…
24-7372 Guy Cuomo v. United States Second Circuit 2025-06-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP computer-crime computer-fraud criminal-intent social-security-fraud statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access 1. Whether petitioner knowingly accessed a public computer "without authorization" within the meaning of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. §…
24-1234 United States v. Ali Danial Hemani Fifth Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (23)Relisted (3) constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-users firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any …
24-7347 Joshua Caleb Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment. 2. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate firearm possession based solely o…
24-7349 Reymundo Arredondo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-06-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-procedure essential-elements indictment statutory-interpretation When a criminal offense can be committed in a variety of ways, does a prosecutor constructively amend an indictment by altering the essential elements…
24-7340 Jerrell Anthony Bazile v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted markedly different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s constitu…
24-7342 Jose Gomez Quiroz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment federal-firearms-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(n), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been indicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding o…
24-1220 Mark Joseph Uhlenbrock v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response Waived cyberstalking emotional-distress federal-prosecution first-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Can a Federal Cyberstalking prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A be used to target repeated communications on the sole basis that they would b…
24-7331 Jeremiah S. Farmer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims district-court federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Article IV standing requirement. Respondent failed to establish federal question jurisdiction, which made the controversy non-justiciable. Article III…
24-7334 Brandon Rashaad Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-conviction firearm-possession individual-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,…
24-7318 Wesley Eron Swick v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit courts of appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), but each has overl…
24-1215 Miniso Depot CA, Inc., et al. v. Yongtong Liu California 2025-05-29 Denied Amici (1) arbitration-agreement dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act piecemeal-litigation sexual-harassment statutory-interpretation Should claims within the scope of an arbitration agreement that are unrelated to sexual assault or sexual harassment continue to be arbitrated under t…
24-7310 Ian Leonard Clark v. United States District Court for the District of Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge federal-constitution judicial-interpretation state-law statutory-interpretation The Appellant respectfully requests the Court to determine the applicability of Oregon Revised Statute 14.270. Appellant finds ORS 14.270 to be in vio…
24-1203 Bernhard Jakits v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied Response Waived criminal-law federal-criminal-statute jury-instructions minor-protection sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the district court's instructions to the jury regarding the statutory terms "sexually explicit conduct" and "lascivious exhibition" were …
24-7286 Christopher Glen Mason v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-27 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-7291 John R. Moore, Jr. and Tanner J. Mansell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-05-27 Dismissed IFP criminal-intent federal-crime intent-element maritime-jurisdiction property-theft statutory-interpretation Whether a person acts with "intent to steal or purloin" for purposes of the felony offense in 18 U.S.C. § 661 whenever he knowingly takes and carries …
24A1151 Day Pacer LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-05-27 Presumed Complete do-not-call-registry FTC-enforcement outbound-telephone-call plain-language statutory-interpretation telemarketing-sales-rule Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly interpreted the Telemarketing Sales Rule's definition of "outbound telephone call" under 16 C.F.R. § 310.2(x) by…
24-7275 Jacob Thomas Mireles v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
24-1187 Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. District of Columbia 2025-05-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion drug-approval fda-regulation medical-innovation statutory-interpretation Congress enacted the Fast Track program to speed the development and approval of certain novel therapies. It required FDA to designate "a new drug" as…
24-7260 Dawon Hennings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year v…
24-7265 Myron Dreun Cook v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law federal-guidelines judicial-deference precedent-review sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does Stinson v. United States still accurately state the level of deference due to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines?
24-7253 William Danta Toney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24A1105 Brad Greenspan v. Google, LLC, et al. District of Columbia 2025-05-16 Presumed Complete crime-victims-rights-act due-process judicial-review mandamus petition statutory-interpretation i. Whether the D.C. Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's Crime Victims' Rights Act petition as "moot" rather than addressing it on the merits as r…
24-7232 Lance James Talbot v. United States Tenth Circuit 2025-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge facial-as-applied gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R…
24-7234 In Re David Diehl 2025-05-16 Dismissed IFP district-court-jurisdiction federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-successive-claims statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
24-1172 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response Waived criminal-conspiracy enterprise-definition federal-criminal-law racketeering rico-statute statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant certiorari to make explicit that under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), the members of an "enterprise" must share a common illegal or frau…
24-7212 Dequarn Markeyth Bell v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
24-7218 Jose Alfredo Delara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari constitutional-law judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review First, whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled? Second, whether this Court should grant certiorari, vaca…
24-7202 Iris L. Anderson v. City of Jasper, Florida, et al. Florida 2025-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-murder-act constitutional-rights due-process florida-supreme-court state-action statutory-interpretation I cannot reliably extract the "Question(s) Presented" section from this document. While the OCR text contains a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header, the ha…
24-7188 Xzavier Justin Lee Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-05-13 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law firearm-possession marijuana-users second-amendment statutory-interpretation A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for being an unlawful user of marijuana in possession of a firearm, under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), must be vacated be…
24-7182 Antjoun Riddick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-05-12 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the federal government has the authority under the Commerce Clause, Art. I, § 8, cl. 3, to regulate the noncommercial, intrastate possession o…
24-7168 Raymond Charles, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
24-1149 T. Kimberly Williams v. Elton Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response Waived coverage-provision employee-retirement erisa multiple-employer-plan pension-plan statutory-interpretation This petition involves three questions of exceptional importance: Whether the pension plan at issue in this case, designed and operated for over 70 y…
24-7161 Todd Sheffler v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-investigation fowler-standard post-offense-evidence statutory-interpretation First, in Fowler v. United States , 563 U.S. 668 (2011), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a) required the government to prove a "reasonable likel…
24-7141 Kerry D. Gayfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-7143 Kelvin Greer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-7148 Julia Greenberg v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute document-fraud false-statement federal-criminal-law immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C.A. §1546(a) reaches "authentic" immigration documents that are generated following a false statement (as oppos…
24-7153 Melvin Clay Blake, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-7105 Andre Johnson v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Second Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law census civil-rights constitutional-law due-process statutory-interpretation L Does -fa,lute* of ihc (J.f,fe.nciaAf hc-foA^.Sfalr-C. of- hZ-i-a/ Ye/Ll\ fo /OKoetaC-C. ox. C A, m / V>«. i cv A Ort — t rrhe/Z<.Si'€cf C.o<*At~ m /…
24-7115 Elroy Wilkerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-law minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Does a voyeur produce or possess visual depictions of a minor engaged in "sexually explicit conduct" when the images recorded the minor engaged in onl…
24-7098 Dorota Peterson v. Staples the Office Superstore, LLC Tenth Circuit 2025-04-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights employment-discrimination section-1981 statutory-interpretation title-vii workplace-rights Do Title VII and Section 1981 prohibit discrimination as to all "terms, conditions," or "privileges" of employment, or are they limited to "significan…
24-7088 Sam Autry Fletcher v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-claims evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. Does Title 28 U.S.C. §2254(e)(l) or any other provision of the AEDBA, or any clearly established U.S. Supreme Court authority give frderal district…
24-7095 Javier Lopez-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination equal-protection legislative-intent racist-origins statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-1109 Karl Hansen v. Tesla, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-25 Denied Response Waived arbitration-award issue-preclusion predispute-arbitration sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation whistleblower-claim 1. Whether a confirmed arbitration award on related or overlapping claims may be given issue-preclusive effect so as to bar a Sarbanes-Oxley ("SOX")…
24-7069 Thomas M. Adams v. United States Armed Forces 2025-04-24 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals judicial-review military-justice petition-review statutory-interpretation uniform-code-military-justice Does the mandate under 67(a)(3) permit the CAAF to deny review where petitioner has presented a meritorious issue?
24-7071 Raul Palacios-De Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-overruling criminal-law judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-7072 Du Truong Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split concealment criminal-law federal-statute money-laundering statutory-interpretation What is required to prove concealment money laundering?
24-7062 Damone D. Oakley v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-2326 criminal-procedure double-counting sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory enhancement under 18 U.S.C. § 2326(2) and Guideline enhancements implemented by the Sentencing Commission constitute double coun…
24-7047 In Re Sefe A. Almedom 2025-04-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law court-jurisdiction judicial-authority legal-fraud state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation Does The State Supreme Court Of Ohio have More Power And Authority than The U.S. Supreme Court? Would this constitute Political Fraud Upon The Court …
24-7049 Michael Fimbres v. O'Brian Bailey, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-court-decision statutory-interpretation Did the Ninth Circuit step outside the bounds of § 2254(d) by considering reasons not found in the CCA's reasoned opinion to determine the reasonablen…
24-7051 Gmerrio Underwood v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-7057 Earl B. Penn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-04-22 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-challenge criminal-law judicial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment either facially, or as applied to individuals who have not been convicted of a vi…
24-7039 Danilo Augusto Feliciano v. Nancy Landry, Louisiana Secretary of State, et al. District of Columbia 2025-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure environmental-regulation federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Is A-V UviifeA S%Ws of /\mex\GQ 4-Vie -V^e. U.O i'WA Si-afes ^eAeve\ 'QsAti of ho&e\\eA& 'ficoe&Aj&s ule, 40 CeXO CA>? , SheuV^ 4-Vie Un; (W,f ha/e O…
24-7040 Neville McGarity v. Dan Sproul, Warden Seventh Circuit 2025-04-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa habeas-corpus legal-innocence statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Does Jones v Hendrix , 599 U.S. 465 (2023), a recent Supreme Court holding which only addresses "[] a prisoner asserting an intervening change in…
24-7032 Miguel Angel Vargas Velez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting common-law criminal-offense drug-conspiracy intent statutory-interpretation Whether it was possible for Petitioner to be convicted of aiding and abetting a drug conspiracy in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 when…
24-6994 Dwayne W. Sherman v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute knowledge-requirement money-laundering statutory-interpretation To sustain a conviction for money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(B)(i), there must be proof, among other things, that a defendant knew that t…
24-6996 Deonta Damon Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-15 Denied IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-1072 Raizel Blumberger v. Ian B. Tilley, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-04-11 Denied Response Waived attorney-general-removal federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption health-center-liability public-health-service statutory-interpretation (1) Whether, as the Ninth Circuit held, but contrary to the views of three other circuits, a defendant who disagrees with the Attorney General's timel…
24-6981 Luis Alfredo Felix-Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-overruling criminal-law judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-6982 In Re Lawrence J. Gerrans 2025-04-11 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Is Petitioner being detained and imprisoned in violation of the 1. Constitution, Statutory laws or Federal Rule(s) of Criminal Procedure? Is Petition…
24-6965 Rocco Americo Malanga v. United States Third Circuit 2025-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-guidance criminal-liability due-process sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Does the Due Process Clause bar criminal liability and sentencing enhancements based on agency guidance issued after the alleged conduct, especiall…
24-1066 Sam Sarkis Solakyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-04-09 Denied circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute honest-services-fraud property-harm statutory-interpretation In Black v. United States, 561 U.S. 465 (2010), the Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit split on this question: "Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1346 ap…
24-1062 The Hertz Corporation, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, et al. Third Circuit 2025-04-08 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) absolute-priority-rule bankruptcy-code make-whole-premiums solvent-debtor statutory-interpretation unmatured-interest The Bankruptcy Code disallows claims for "unmatured interest," i.e., claims for interest that has not yet accrued when the bankruptcy petition is file…
24-6922 Lorenzo Vazquez-Alba v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-criminal-law illegal-entry immigration-law judicial-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the district court properly enter judgment under both 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2)?
24-6924 John Gabriel Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1), and post-conviction supervised release restrictions prohibiting possession of a firearm on any supervisee regardless of …
24-1040 Elliot McGucken v. Valnet, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, dba TheTravel.com Ninth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived copyright-infringement fair-use public-display statutory-interpretation technological-process unauthorized-use Whether the exclusive right to publicly display a copyrighted work, 17 U.S.C. § 106(5), is infringed when a website operator publicly shows a copyrigh…
24-6913 Johnson Saint-Louis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the federal bank robbery statute, 18 USC §2113(a) is indivisible and thus not a qualifying "Crime of violence" under 18 USC §924(c)?
24-6914 Joanthony Johnson v. Michael Shewmaker, Warden Eighth Circuit 2025-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a reasonable jurist could debate whether 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) is applicable to a case in which the state court rejected the petitioner's claim o…
24-6892 Johnathan Anton Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-31 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term…
24-6898 Avery Jamal Edwards v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied IFP controlled-substance criminal-law federal-law sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether an offense must have involved a substance that was controlled under federal law to be considered a "controlled substance offense" as that term…
24-1029 Abram J. Harris v. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, et al. District of Columbia 2025-03-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure district-court jurisdictional-requirements removal-jurisdiction state-court statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an action may be removed to the district court after it has been dismissed in the state court, here the District of Columbia Superior Court…
24-6881 Brandon A. Rowell v. Adult Representation Services, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-03-27 Denied IFP civil-case constitutional-provisions court-punishment criminal-action legal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1. Can the court punish an individual for a criminal action that resulted from a civil case.
24-6858 Deon D. Colvin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2025-03-26 Denied IFP intrajudicial-claims judicial-bias judicial-disqualification mandamus-relief objective-observer statutory-interpretation 1. Is the D.C. Court of Appeals "overpowering " standard for determining the indisputability of §455 (a) claims of appearance of bias that do not cla…
24-1022 Susan Hutson v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) civil-procedure judicial-jurisdiction motion-to-terminate prison-litigation-reform-act prospective-relief statutory-interpretation Whether a State or local official who moves to terminate prospective relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(1)(A) bears any affirmative burden beyond demons…
24-6854 Austin Roger Carter v. Genesis Alkali LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit 2025-03-25 Denied IFP constitutional-rights judicial-misconduct sarbanes-oxley statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit whistleblower-protection Did the Tenth Circuit err in disregarding the unanimous findings of the United States Supreme Court in regard to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1514A? …
24-1016 RiseandShine Corporation, dba Rise Brewing v. PepsiCo, Inc. Second Circuit 2025-03-24 Pending CVSGResponse RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split federal-trademark intellectual-property likelihood-of-confusion statutory-interpretation trademark-law Whether trademark strength is a question of fact in a likelihood-of-confusion analysis under 15 U.S.C. § 1114.
24-6812 David C. Lettieri v. Broome County Humane Society, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination imminent-danger legal-standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does discrimation count as "immidant Danger?" 2. Does an animal being killed count as "Immidant Danger?"
24-6826 Timothy W. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP active-interaction child-pornography criminal-law dubin-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation In accordance with the method of statutory interpretation set forth in Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110 (2023), should the term "uses" be interpre…
24-6827 Charles Anthony Giovinco v. Caryn Flowers, Warden Second Circuit 2025-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-deference concurrent-sentences first-step-act recidivism-reduction statutory-interpretation time-credits The First Step Act of 2018 ("FSA") provides that an eligible prisoner "shall earn" time credits if he participates in the FSA's flagship recidivism-re…
24-6818 Matthew Ryan Hunt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-03-20 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether defendants are precluded from asserting as-applied challenges to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) under the Second Amendment, as the Fourth, Eighth, a…
24-6788 Shannon Lamon Anderson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6789 Johnell Lavell Barber, II v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S.…
24-6791 Ladarrell C. Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6794 Ismael Moises Haynes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-18 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6782 Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-03-17 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law eighth-circuit felon-rights firearms-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24-6755 Xavier Armon Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-6759 Paul Corey Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-12 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether there is an obvious and irreconcilable clash between § 922(g)(1) and the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
24-971 Seafreeze Shoreside, Inc., et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. First Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference environmental-policy judicial-review offshore-energy statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the First Circuit's decision conflicts with Loper Lights Enters v. Raimondo , 603 U.S. 369 (2024), which requires courts to independentl…
24-972 Frank Bell, Tyson Rhame, and James Shaw v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-11 Denied criminal-law false-statement government-investigation mail-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Whether a misrepresentation that does not concern the price or fundamental characteristics of property can give rise to a violation of the federal …
24-6731 Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits felon-in-possession firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause .
24-967 Grande Communications Networks, LLC v. UMG Recordings, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-03-10 Pending Relisted (2) content-neutral contributory-liability copyright-infringement internet-service-provider statutory-interpretation third-party-notice Whether an ISP is liable for contributory copyright infringement by (i) providing content-neutral internet access to the general public and (ii) faili…
24-6718 Juan Carlos Gamez-Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-960 CoinMarketCap OpCo, LLC, et al. v. Ryan Cox Ninth Circuit 2025-03-06 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-procedure judicial-district nationwide-service personal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation venue-provision Whether defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction in every judicial district nationwide by virtue of the nationwide service provision, even wher…
24-6703 Lewis Mobley v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury crime-of-violence criminal-statute physical-force statutory-interpretation VICAR Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
24-952 South Point Energy Center LLC v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al. Arizona 2025-03-05 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-preemption indian-law non-indian-ownership statutory-interpretation tax-preemption trust-land The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 provides that Indian trust "lands … shall be exempt from State and local taxation." 25 U.S.C. § 5108. It is sett…
24-944 Cellspin Soft, Inc. v. Fitbit LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Relisted (2) conflict-of-interest due-process investment-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation 28 U.S.C. § 455 outlines the grounds for disqual ification of judges and magistrates due to potential biases or conflicts of interest. This Honorable …
24A844 Elroy Wilkerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-03-03 Presumed Complete child-sexual-abuse-material dost-factors first-amendment lascivious-exhibition sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-935 Flower Foods, Inc., et al. v. Angelo Brock Tenth Circuit 2025-02-28 Granted Amici (22)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) contract-law employment-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Are workers who deliver locally goods that travel in interstate commerce —but who do not transport the goods across borders nor interact with vehicles…
24-6661 Corey Dequan Broome v. James R. Scheibner, Warden Sixth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability certiorari judicial-precedent sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation vacate-and-remand WHETHER THE SIXIH CIRCUIT'S DENIAL OF PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY REFLECTS A DEVIATION FOR THE DIRECTIVE SET FORTH BY THE C…
24-6663 Darrell Turner v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right fifth-amendment habeas-corpus sentencing-review statutory-interpretation vacatur (1) DOES A DEFENDANT MEET THE "SUBSTANTIAL DENIAL OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT" STANDARD UNDER 28 USCS § 2253(c), WHEN HE PRESENTS THE 'VACATUR' OF HIS P…
24-6666 Marcus Jerell Anderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g )(1), which permanently prohibits possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by impr…
24-6669 Gregory Stump v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-27 Denied IFP bruen-test constitutional-challenge firearm-possession second-amendment serial-number-obliteration statutory-interpretation Stump asks this Court to determine whether 26 U.S.C. § 5861(h), which prohibits possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, violates th…
24-6671 Isaac Doyle Koch v. Iowa Iowa 2025-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process law-enforcement official-act resistance statutory-interpretation What is the difference between interfering with an official act and refusing an official crime? What is the effect, when statute disallows all physic…
24-6634 Robert Andrew Wolter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split competency-evaluation criminal-procedure speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation transportation-delay When a criminal defendant is transported to another facility to undergo a competency evaluation, does the time between the date of the order for trans…
24-918 Exclusive Group Holdings, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-25 Denied Response Waived attorneys-fees civil-litigation court-procedure federal-removal judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether, in order to fulfill the "large objective" of deterring unnecessary federal court removal petitions, district courts are required to expressly…
24-6623 LaMorris Allan French v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6625 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-24 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits anyone who has been convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exce…
24-6606 Willie McCoy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.…
24-6599 William J. Trengove, Jr. v. Department of Justice Third Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court-circuit-split discretionary-function-exemption federal-tort-claims-act government-negligence legal-duty statutory-interpretation Can the Department of Justice, or any government agency, legitimately claim 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) discretionary function exemption (DFE) after being ind…
24-6603 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Whether or not the "reduced" penalties pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553, commonly referred to as "Hazelwood" or as was amended and specified by Congres…
24-6592 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2025-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-orders-doctrine court-transfer federal-circuit judicial-procedure jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is required to vacate a transfer order if transfer violated 28 U.S.C. §1631. Whether an e…
24-6582 Dajuan Martin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felony-ban firearm-possession second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face because it is…
24-6584 Colton Bagola v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-law first-degree-murder force-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Whether first-degree murder, under 18 U.S.C. § 1, qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A).
24-885 Rockwater, Inc., dba Peerless Manufacturing Company v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-18 Denied Response Waived design-features federal-excise-tax highway-transportation statutory-exception statutory-interpretation vehicle-classification This statutory interpretation case raises the primary question as to the plain (best) meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 7701(a)(48)(A)(i) and, in the context of …
24-6567 Longino Lopez Flores, IV v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal drug-offense fifth-circuit firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit err in affirming the four level enhancement to petitioner's sentencing range for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which…
24-6569 Derrick Fitzgerald Dial v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-14 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-6557 Steve Rosado v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attempted-enticement criminal-statute government-overreach motion-to-dismiss statutory-interpretation trial-court-error WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED CLEAR ERROR DENYING THE MOTTON TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT DUE TO LACK OF PERSUASION FOR THE ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT? WH…
24-6558 Mauricio Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit judicial-notice statutory-interpretation witness-testimony 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in including the Government's post-trial misinterpretation of Florida Statute § 794.05 and 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), …
24-6559 Ignacio Leyva-Frayre v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand certiorari judicial-procedure precedent-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review I. Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled? II. Should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, a…
24-6560 Tamaz Pasternak, aka Tomas Pasternak v. United States Second Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law federal-statute fraud-scheme property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme …
24-866 Converter Manufacturing, LLC v. Tekni-Plex, Inc. Federal Circuit 2025-02-13 Denied administrative-law burden-of-proof patent-enablement patent-validity prior-art statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the patent challenger always has the burden of proving that the disclosures in an asserted prior art patent or printed publication are enab…
24-6540 Narey Perez-Quibus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-test constitutional-methodology gun-rights rahimi-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as clarified in Uni…
24-6544 Lemack Bellot v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting attempt-crime criminal-conduct ninth-circuit reverse-sting statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision that "aiding and abetting an attempt" and "attempting to aid and abet" are equivalent permits wholly fictitious c…
24-856 Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. v. Doe I, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-11 Granted CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) aiding-and-abetting alien-tort-statute mens-rea private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation torture-victim-protection-act 1. Whether the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting. 2. Whether,…
24-6512 In Re John David Stahlman 2025-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split federal-statute judicial-conflict statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari DID THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT, WHEN ISSUING ITS OPINION IN UNITED STATES v. HITE, 769 F.3d 1154 (D.C. C . Cir. 2014) C…
24-6516 Broxstonie Demichael Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP bruen-precedent constitutional-rights felony-possession firearms-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plainly unconstitutional on its face under New York St…
24-6517 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied IFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 92 2(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term e…
24-6525 Richard Stephens Terry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-law statutory-interpretation substantial-step 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability when its appeals court made such decision off of the Circuit's wrongful eval…
24-850 Andrew Kamal v. Femtosense, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Response Waived circuit-court constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation transfer-requirements Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the Clark v. Busey transfer requirements under 28 U.S.C. § 1631. Whether the denial of transfer…
24-6506 Carlton Martin Volz, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights convicted-felons criminal-law district-of-columbia-v-heller second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Do convicted felons have Second Amendment rights, in light of this Court's interpretation of "the people" in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.…
24-843 Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response Waived actus-reus criminal-law federal-criminal-statute purpose-requirement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) provides that "Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in . . . any sexually exp…
24-845 Steven Zorn, et al. v. Stephen B. Grant, on Behalf of the United States and the State of Iowa, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-02-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split false-claims-act fraud-allegation public-disclosure-bar qui-tam statutory-interpretation The public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., forecloses a qui tam FCA action or claim if "substantially the same…
24-6489 Dzung Ahn Pham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-intent mens-rea prescription-authorization regulatory-definition statutory-interpretation I. Is authorization under the Controlled Substances Act defined in terms of the regulatory definition of an effective prescription or by the plain mea…
24-841 David W. Suetholz v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-02-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-liability deliberate-ignorance mens-rea physician-prosecution prescribing-standards statutory-interpretation 1. Does a deliberate ignorance instruction in a physician prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) that incorporates an objective yet "ambiguous" standard…
24-6477 Wilmer Yonathan Doblado-Padilla v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law-review constitutional-law judicial-interpretation legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), be overruled?
24-6482 In Re Petera Micale Carlton 2025-02-05 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-law fourth-circuit sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is Petitioner still a career offender based upon the Decision of the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Simmons, 649 F.3d 247 (4th Cir. 2011?I.
24-6486 Lucious Boyd v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus prisoner-rights second-petition statutory-interpretation Whether § 2244(b)(2) applies (i) to habeas filings made after a prisoner has exhausted appellate review of his first petition, (ii) to all second-in-t…
24-6462 Ricky D. Ullman, Jr. v. Kentucky Kentucky 2025-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-error statutory-interpretation The records of the guilty plea, sentencing and probation revocation all reveal that the judge and apparently the prosecution incorrectly believed thro…
24-825 WC Realty Group, Inc., dba Century 21 WC Realty v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) copyright-infringement fee-motion litigation-strategy meritorious-defense statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal 1. Whether a defendant is barred from recovering attorney's fee under 17 U.S.C. §505 because a plaintiff's Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissal is not a …
24-6448 Dennis Sheldon Brewer v. John Ratcliffe, Director, Central Intelligence Agency Fifth Circuit 2025-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court due-process judicial-precedent mandamus standing statutory-interpretation 1. Shall this Court permit the courts of the fifth circuit to openly defy both this Court's mandates and statutes to establish their own circuit speci…
24-6451 Devon Maurice Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-02-03 GVR IFP bruen-test constitutional-law gun-rights rahimi-precedent second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether under the Second Amendment methodology set forth in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), as clarified in Uni…
24-820 Daniel Rutherford v. United States Third Circuit 2025-02-03 Granted Amici (7)Relisted (2) circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation The compassionate-release statute permits courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence if the court finds that "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warr…
24-812 La Dell Grizzell, on Behalf of Her Minor Children v. San Elijo Elementary School, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-01-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights federal-court minor-representation ninth-circuit-rule pro-se-litigation statutory-interpretation Since the Judiciary Act of 1789, all natural persons suing in federal court have held the right to conduct their cases "personally," i.e., pro se. 28 …
24-813 Chevron USA Incorporated, et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-31 Granted Amici (23)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) causal-nexus civil-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal oil-production statutory-interpretation wartime-contract 1. Whether a causal-nexus or contractual-direction test survives the 2011 amendment to the federal-officer removal statute. 2. Whether a federal cont…
24-6427 Jose Paz Medina-Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution gun-rights historical-analysis second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts must conduct a historical analysis to decide a Second Amendment challenge to a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5). 2. Whether …
24-6430 Maurice Fleming v. Georgia Georgia 2025-01-30 Denied IFP accomplice-testimony criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction legal-principles statutory-interpretation a cVxnp/\ 4rUe. principle. -lluxA C\ on AUe uncarrobara-t^d -te.s4t Cour4A rt(jt i in COAtyicVion C-ann^l be. bad o4 an accomplrcet Kv\c.»a y sec oc …
24-6405 Sidney Joseph v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP due-process federal-enforcement property-seizure restitution separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation (1) Does the Fifth Circuit's interpretation of the phrase "all other available and reasonable means" in 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 3664(m)(1)(A)(ii) to m…
24-6398 Filemon Corona-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-law judicial-precedent precedent-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
24-6375 In Re John E. Drummond 2025-01-23 Denied IFP article-iii constitutional-violation habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-habeas-corpus If, after carefully weighing all the reasons for accepting a state court's judgment, an Article III habeas court is convinced that a prisoner's custod…
24-779 Roger Paul Bradford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-23 Denied Response Waived criminal-indictment criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment that alleges conduct outside the reach of a criminal statute precludes a district court from exercising jurisdiction to adjudica…
24-783 Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan, on Behalf of the People of the State of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2025-01-23 Granted Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) district-court federal-jurisdiction procedural-rule removal statutory-interpretation time-limit Whether district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day procedural time limit for removal in 28 U.S.C. § 1446 (b)(1).
24A724 Johnny Copper, LLC v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-23 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-overreach fda-regulation procedural-due-process regulatory-burden statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6344 Tamir Abdullah v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-range statutory-interpretation Section 404 of the First Step Act made retroactive the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010's changes to the cocaine-base drug-quantity thresholds in 21 U.S.C.…
24-6345 Mark Jones v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-violation criminal-statute guilty-plea immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "in violation of law" in 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) is limited to criminal immigration violations (and does not include civil immigration…
24-6352 Juan Alberto Muria-Palacios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process equal-protection legislative-reenactment racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation When a law, such as 8 U.S.C. § 1326, was originally adopted for an impermissible discriminatory purpose, does a later silent legislative amendment or …
24-6334 John Fredenburgh v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law judicial-deference judicial-independence sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Does judicial deference to the Sentencing Commission's Commentary to the United States Sentencing Guidelines violate the principles of judicial indepe…
24-767 Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Sixth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference nlrb-review presidential-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. The National Labor Relations Board's interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act are entitled to deference if they are "reasonably defens…
24-770 Darrell Eugene Clark, et al. v. City of Alexandria, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2025-01-17 Denied Response Waived employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-vii workplace-harassment Whether a hostile work environment claim under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1) requires proof that harassment was "severe or pervasive" —a standard not foun…
24-6326 Mark Allen Hayden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Floyd v. State, __ S.W.3d___, 2024 WL 4757855 (Tex. Crim. App. November 13, 2024) — issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals after the de…
24-6312 Tisheem Rich v. United States Second Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether "Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence under § 924(c)(3)(A), a question left open after" United States v. Taylor , 596 U.S. 845 (…
24-6316 Antonio Ulises Barrera-Mackorty v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process immigration-law naturalization statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Is Question No. 15 on the naturalization application (N-400), when considered in conjunction with 18 U.S.C. § 1425, void for vagueness and thus a viol…
24-6292 Shannon L. Cotton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act felony-classification first-step-act statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the plain language of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) requires a district court to determine the current classification of a defendant's felony by look…
24-6299 Anthony Fisher v. United States Eighth Circuit 2025-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction deferred-judgment felon-in-possession firearms-restriction mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, in reviewing Mr. Fisher's conviction for possession of ammunition as a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 924 (a…
24-744 Mark Irland v. Marengo Memorial Hospital, dba Compass Memorial Healthcare, et al. Iowa 2025-01-14 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process equal-protection healthcare-quality statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause This case explicitly presents important questions, over which, Supreme Court, Federal Courts of Appeals, state high, and intermediate courts are openl…
24-6282 Dominique Kevion Drake v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 constitutional-challenge criminal-statute facial-unconstitutionality hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the statute of conviction, Title 18, Section 1951 (The Hobbs Act), is facially unconstitutional?
24-735 Raymond Liddy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2025-01-13 Denied circuit-split federal-criminal-law internet-crime interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation This case raises a fundamental question that has split the Circuits regarding the intersection between the use of the Internet and federal criminal la…
24-721 Jordan Shaun Rodgers v. Texas Texas 2025-01-10 Denied absurdity-doctrine criminal-procedure due-process evidence-law jackson-v-virginia statutory-interpretation Whether Texas courts are applying the "absurdity doctrine" in a manner that violates due process? Whether Jackson v. Virginia tolerates inferences ba…
24-718 Blake Andrew Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board Eleventh Circuit 2025-01-08 Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-court legal-standing litigation parental-representation pro-se statutory-interpretation In federal court, "parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitt…
24-6233 Dearick Smith v. United States Second Circuit 2025-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review kisor-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Court's holding in Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558 (2019) applies to the United States Sentencing Guidelines; and 2. If so, whether a s…
24-715 Thomas Shands v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2025-01-03 Denied Response Waived internal-revenue-service judicial-review statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court whistleblower-award I. Whether the IRS can deprive the United States Tax Court of subject matter jurisdiction to review the IRS's denial of a mandatory whistleblower awar…
24-705 Bud Conyers v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied Response Waived false-claims-act government-intervention relator-share settlement-agreement statutory-interpretation whistleblower-rights After the Government intervenes in a False Claims Act ("FCA") case, is the whistleblower "relator" entitled to 15%-25% of the "proceeds of the action,…
24-6224 Armando Mena-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2025-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-law judicial-precedent precedent-overruling statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
24-6211 Roderick Wayne Bell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Circuit Courts of Appeals applying Heller, Bruen, and Rahimi have adopted different approaches to testing 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) against Second Amen…
24-6213 Julien Simmons v. Consumer Assistance Group, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-split federal-procedure immunity-defense statutory-interpretation 1. Has the United States Court of Appeal for the 5th Circuit entered a decision in conflict with the decision of Hughes v. United States 263 F.3D 272,…
24-686 Dustin Young v. John R. Swaney, Sheriff, Madison County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent constitutional-rights federal-appeals habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether a certificate of appealability may be granted under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) when the issue that the petitioner wishes to present on appeal has bee…
24-688 Property Matters USA, LLC v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees copyright-law federal-procedure rule-41 statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal Whether a defendant is barred from recovering attorney's fee under 17 U.S.C. §505 because a plaintiff's Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissal is not a cou…
24-6200 Carlos Guadalupe Sanchez-Felix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Must a court considering the reenactment of a provision that was originally adopted for a racially discriminatory purpose give meaningful consideratio…
24-683 Energetic Tank, Inc., as Owner of the M/V Alnic MC v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2024-12-26 Denied Amici (1) admiralty-law federal-jurisdiction military-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tort-claims The Federal Tort Claims Act waives the immunity of the United States for money-damages claims based on the negligence or wrongdoing of its employees a…
24-6190 Jacobie Travinski Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-interference criminal-law judicial-procedure perjury sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the three-level adjustment in U.S.S.G. §2J1.3(b)(2) require more than the initial perjury to constitute a "substantial interference with the admi…
24-6192 Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute firearm-use mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a person uses or carries a firearm "during and in relation to" a predicate offense anytime the firearm has "the potential to facilitate" the c…
24-675 Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2024-12-23 Denied certificate-of-innocence federal-damages legal-standard prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation unjust-conviction Whether a petitioner has satisfied the third element of Section 2513(a) when he did not engage in misconduct or neglect that proximately caused his pr…
24-676 Friends of George's, Inc. v. Steven J. Mulroy, in His Official and Individual Capacity as the District Attorney General of Shelby County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2024-12-23 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing content-based-restriction first-amendment judicial-review statutory-interpretation viewpoint-discrimination When evaluating a constitutional challenge to a state statute, may a federal court unilaterally narrow the statute's scope in a manner that contradict…
24-6186 Vicente Alejo Andres, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking firearm-possession sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. When a defendant sells drugs from his house at the same time he has a firearm in his house, is that enough to prove that he possessed the firearm "…
24-672 Erma Wilson v. Midland County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-12-20 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus section-1983 statutory-interpretation 1. If a person never had access to § 2254 to impugn the constitutionality of her state criminal proceeding, is § 1983 presumptively available (as in s…
24A605 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana Montana 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-jurisdiction state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24A611 Ronnie Diaz, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-19 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearms-possession fundamental-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-658 In Re Securus Technologies, et al. 2024-12-18 Denied appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court federal-communications-commission forum-shopping statutory-interpretation venue-transfer Whether the First Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2112(a) by refusing to transfer to the Fifth Circuit consolidated challenges to a Federal Communication…
24-6158 Elden Don Brannan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-prosecution destructive-device firearms-regulation military-ordinance statutory-interpretation weapon-design Whether the Act's instruction that the term destructive device "shall not include any device which is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a wea…
24-6163 Lonnie Eugene Lillard, et al. v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP detention-conditions federal-prisoners habeas-corpus judicial-review section-2241 statutory-interpretation Under Jones v. Hendrix, 599 U.S. 465 (2023), may federal prisoners challenge the manner, location, or conditions of detention through a habeas corpus …
24-6165 Deshawn Drumgo v. Sergeant William Kuschel Third Circuit 2024-12-17 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6149 Michael Boyer v. United States Third Circuit 2024-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2119 carjacking criminal-intent intent-to-harm statutory-interpretation third-circuit 1. Did the Third Circuit err by upholding Petitioner's conviction for carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119 when the Government failed to prove …
24-6135 Chad Malone v. Frank Vanihel Seventh Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation VlOWWf ^VAtVQp, WciWssfsWc&AVcA V'cAaWi Vv>6 Oojr rV ~V6 Q £cuC ^tvc-V QoWn \a~\c\ Ccort&e\p>jW>W\ Ifffa 3W\ -Wo Vo ^Qg^ncC-^cf \\QO cvitv\ \aVk> V>0a…
24-6141 Martin Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-analysis criminal-procedure force-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation The first question presented is whether Circuits have failed to apply categorical analysis to aiding and abetting's distinct elements, which do not me…
24-6128 Jonathan High v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-statute minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-evidence Whether the Court should resolve the following question for which there is a clear circuit split: can a defendant be convicted pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §…
24-6129 In Re Jason Clark 2024-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-ii categorical-approach federal-prosecution mandamus-writ sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1) Can Petitioner be denied Categorical approach relief on his 18 USCS 924, enhanced sentence under United States v. Taylor? 2) Can the US Attorney p…
24-6130 Eugene Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation trial-defects Whether a district court judge may consider due process violations, defects in the trial, and conflicts of interest from the underlying trial when dec…
24A575 Bryan Frederick Jennings v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-12 Presumed Complete death-penalty eleventh-circuit federal-review habeas-corpus second-petition statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6121 Jason Campion v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof categorical-approach federal-definition overbreadth-doctrine state-prosecution statutory-interpretation When arguing that a state statute is overbroad under the categorical approach, and a particular state statute plainly prohibits actions that are broad…
24-6126 Joel S. Elliott v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-11 Pending Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split discretionary-sentence extraordinary-compelling-reasons federal-criminal-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a combination of "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(¢)(1)(A) ca…
24-6102 Cleate Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term…
24-6107 Marcus Albert Rambo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-10 GVR IFP as-applied-challenge circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S.__, 144 U.S. 144 S.Ct. 18…
24-6109 Kevin Lewis and Otis Ponds v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure department-of-justice evidence-standard statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretap-authorization What evidence must the government present in a wiretap application to establish that an authorized official approved the application? And if a defenda…
24-6092 Russell M. Grimes v. Delaware, et al. Third Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction statutory-interpretation l) Pid ftoh'tiwer h^dvt frocea riykh feyarJity by QrA^i irt utlvicMtaVid/l 400k i/telurifoL 4he lfiflW \o iKf A\cA lAe-rfV IK/Hi £>{a\i CDA/HlIuVlflA/…
24-6094 Ramone Wright v. Milton Graham, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-12-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus immigration-detention judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6096 David C. Lettieri v. Paul E. Bonanno Second Circuit 2024-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Can a Judge give legal advise? 2. Can Title 5 United States Code be a form of habeas for Title 28 United States Code 2241? 3. Can appeals claim N…
24-6089 Recardo Cartrell Pierce v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
24-620 Jaime H. Pizarro, et al. v. The Home Depot, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-06 Dismissed CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) burden-shifting causation erisa fiduciary-duty statutory-interpretation trust-law This case raises a long-unresolved question at the heart of ERISA's fiduciary enforcement provisions. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1…
24-6077 Christian Ricardo Carrillo Topete v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Chapter 110 of the U.S. Code provides for a statutory sentencing enhancement for any defendant convicted of a child pornography offense after a "prior…
24A550 Zackary Ellis Sanders v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-05 Presumed Complete appellate-review child-exploitation criminal-statute federal-sentencing fourth-circuit statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-6070 David C. Lettieri v. James Quinn Auricchio Second Circuit 2024-12-04 Denied IFP court-filing imminent-danger jurisdictional-threshold pro-se-litigation procedural-rules statutory-interpretation 1. Is title 28 United States Code 19159g) designed for a government suit or any type which'includes private parties? 2. Could a forged signtaure be c…
24-596 Aircraft Service International, Inc., et al. v. Danny Lopez Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived employment-contract federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transportation-workers The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") does not apply to "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in…
24-599 United States, ex rel. Gregor Lesnik, et al. v. ISM VUZEM, d.o.o., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied administrative-procedure false-claims-act government-obligation immigration-law statutory-interpretation visa-fraud Whether knowingly applying impermissibly for the less expensive B1 visas, rather than alternative petition-based visas, was knowingly and improperly "…
24-6053 Torrence Belcher v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-provisions jurisdictional-issue legal-petition statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari 1. How can one argue their position on a matter without being argumentative? 2. How are precedents created? 3. Can evidence be materially relevant a…
24-6063 Benjamin Tyree Townsel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term…
24-6035 Jamel Muldrew v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-rules circuit-split constitutional-amendments judicial-factfinding sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this court's holding in Kisor v. Wilkie, 588 U.S. 558 (2019), supports the court of appeals' determination that the Sentencing Guidelines a…
24-6041 Daniel Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Second Circuit 2024-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split claims-processing federal-rules jurisdictional-rules statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 4(a)(4)(B)(ii) is jurisdictional or claims processing? 2. Whether Federal Rule of Appellate Proce…
24A515 Utah v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-11-26 Presumed Complete administrative-authority federal-lands land-management statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit wilderness-study-areas Question not identified.
24-6031 Haitham Yousef Alhindi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-determination criminal-procedure due-process insanity-defense-reform-act jackson-v-indiana statutory-interpretation Whether, given the structure of § 4241(d)(1) and in light of Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972), the four-month period of 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(1) …
24A509 Willems Calixte, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-25 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-statute gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Question not identified.
24-571 Elizabeth Peters Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-21 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) co-conspirator criminal-law forfeiture honeycutt-precedent property-transfer statutory-interpretation Under Honeycutt, can a defendant be ordered to forfeit property that was intended for and ultimately acquired by her co-conspirator, merely because th…
24-6015 Tawanna Hilliard v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute first-amendment law-enforcement-protection overbreadth-doctrine retaliation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether § 1513(e) is facially overbroad in that, as interpreted by the court of appeals, the statute can be violated by mere speech alone. 2. Whet…
24-5997 Torrence Denard Whitaker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-20 GVR IFP as-applied-challenge bruen-methodology circuit-split rahimi-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether after New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022) and United States v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. __, 144 U.S. 144 S.Ct. 1…
24-559 Tenneco, Inc., et al. v. Tanika Parker, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response Waived arbitration-procedure effective-vindication-exception erisa federal-arbitration-act plan-participant statutory-interpretation 1. The court below applied the judge-made "effective vindication" exception to the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") to invalidate an individual arbitra…
24-5992 Andrew W. Bell v. Fulton County, Georgia, et al. Georgia 2024-11-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-procedure ejectment-claim georgia-supreme-court procedural-due-process property-dispute statutory-interpretation 1. Did Petitioner file an appeal on November 17, 2023, to the Supreme Court of Georgia pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 5-6-35(j)? 2. Should Petitioner have be…
24-5996 Todd Norman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-offense federal-law sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether an offense must have involved a substance that was controlled under federal law to be considered a "controlled substance offense" as that term…
24-6000 Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition minor-protection statutory-interpretation Does a defendant produce a depiction of a minor engaging in "lascivious exhibition," and thus "sexually explicit conduct" under 18 U.S.C. 2251(a), by …
24-6002 Alfredo Viveros-Chavez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights equal-protection fifth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-556 Joe Fernandez v. United States Second Circuit 2024-11-18 Granted Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit erred in recognizing extra-textual limitations on what information a court may consider when determining whether there exis…
24-5986 Patrick Bernard Smith v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2024-11-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-537 Canadian Standards Association v. P.S. Knight Company, Limited, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-11-14 Denied Amici (3) copyright-law government-edicts intellectual-property legal-protection merger-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether the government-edicts and merger doctrines strip concededly copyrighted and copyrightable works of protection under the Copyright Act merely b…
24-536 M&T Farms v. Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-11-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference farming-activity statutory-interpretation whole-farm-revenue-protection Auer deference allows courts to defer to an agency's interpretation of ambiguous regulations, but only after exhausting traditional interpretive tools…
24-5951 Manuel Moya v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge felon-ban firearm-possession plain-error second-amendment statutory-interpretation Because the restriction contained in 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1) implicates the right to bear arms and lacks historical analog, is the lifetime ban of poss…
24-5957 Jeramy Davis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Question 1: The Circuit Courts are split over whether district courts have subject matter jurisdiction to impose a criminal sentence without a showing…
24A472 Joseph R. Johnson, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2024-11-12 Presumed Complete but-for-cause certificate-of-innocence exoneree federal-prosecution misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-525 John L. Stanton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied Relisted (2) commerce-clause controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice standard-of-care statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase to measure authorization under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) can be applied in the disjunctive. If the phrase is applied in the disjunctive, …
24-5943 Travyrus Jerard Stradford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24-5944 Nathan Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24A463 East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-11-08 Presumed Complete administrative-overreach clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-regulation greenhouse-gas statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A470 Margaly Philippe v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Trustee Massachusetts 2024-11-08 Presumed Complete foreclosure judicial-review predatory-lending property-rights statutory-interpretation title-transfer Question not identified.
24-522 Eghbal Saffarinia, aka Eddie Saffarinia v. United States District of Columbia 2024-11-07 Denied Amici (4)Response Waived administrative-procedure agency-review criminal-law false-statement obstruction statutory-interpretation Whether a false statement or omission allegedly intended to obstruct routine procedures, such as ordinary-course agency review of annual disclosure fo…
24-5938 John Charles Schnekenburger v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-2253 circuit-split criminal-procedure non-contraband-seizure property-forfeiture statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the scope of 18 USC §2253 allows for the forfeiture of the contents of property, such as real property or electronic devices. 2. Whether a…
24-5909 Bay Travon Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction firearms-possession gun-control second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex…
24A452 Solar Energy Industries Association, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2024-11-05 Presumed Complete import-competition presidential-power safeguard-measures statutory-interpretation trade-act trade-restrictions Question not identified.
24-505 Robert L. Ignasiak, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-11-04 Denied collateral-review motion-to-vacate procedural-default retroactive-application section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a United States Supreme Court case of statutory interpretation, which was held to apply retroactively in collateral proceedings under circuit prec…
24-5886 Richard A. Cantu, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2024-11-01 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-493 Michael Shipton v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Response Waived circuit-split employer-liability employment-law fmla-interpretation good-faith-defense statutory-interpretation Is an employer who terminates an employee because it honestly, but mistakenly, believed that the employee's leave was not protected by the FMLA still …
24-5880 Eric Schmidt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-offense mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the presumption of mens rea only applies to elements that criminalize otherwise innocent conduct or instead also applies to elements that i…
24-5883 Charles Victor Flint v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-10-31 Denied IFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-offense recidivism-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether § 2252A(b)(2)'s recidivism enhancement applies to a state sexual offense that criminalizes conduct more broadly than the corresponding federal…
24A433 Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-31 Presumed Complete administrative-law epa-permit monitoring-well property-rights statutory-interpretation underground-injection Question not identified.
24-475 Braidwood Management, Inc., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied administrative-law agency-discretion health-insurance non-delegation-doctrine preventive-services statutory-interpretation Does 42 U.S.C. § 300gg-13(a)(1)–(4) violate the non-delegation doctrine by empowering agencies to unilaterally decree the preventive care that private…
24-483 Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. v. Joann Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-30 Denied Amici (1) civil-action federal-tort-claims-act health-care-functions medical-immunity public-health-service statutory-interpretation Does "related functions" in 42 U.S.C. § 233(a)'s recitation of immunized conduct mean functions related to medical, surgical, or dental functions—as t…
24-5861 Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas Texas 2024-10-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP concurrent-sentencing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance statutory-interpretation Did the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals err in not exercising their inherent authority to correct the sentence imposed unlawfully due to the ineffecti…
24A423 Sean J. Trahan v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete categorical-approach child-pornography circuit-split mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, under the "categorical approach," the Massachusetts child pornography statute is "overbroad" such that a prior conviction under that statute …
24-5839 Jordan Powell v. JBG Smith Properties, LP First Residences, et al. District of Columbia 2024-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights-removal fourteenth-amendment remand-review statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment Whether the civil rights removal statute 28 U.S.C. Section 1443 permits removal remand review according to the text thereof where Subsection 1447(d) d…
24-5836 Steven Hadley Hassan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-authority due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1) The U.S. Constitution, through Article One, grants Congress the authority to make or change federal laws. This includes the creation of criminal st…
24A410 Enbridge Energy, LP, et al. v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan Sixth Circuit 2024-10-28 Presumed Complete 28-usc-1446b circuit-split federal-question removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation timeliness Question not identified.
24-5817 Lassissi Afolabi v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix Third Circuit 2024-10-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation successive-petition WHETHER § 2244(b)(1), (b)(2)'S BAR, WHICH EXPLICITLY REFERENCES ONLY §& 2254, ALSO APPLIES TO A CLAIM RY A FEDERAL PRISONER WHO BRINGS A SUCCESSIVE C…
24-455 Nnabugwu Eze v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied Response Waived business-expenses cohen-rule notice-of-deficiency record-keeping statutory-interpretation tax-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Court erred in not dismissing the case for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that no notice of deficiency was issued to petitioner wit…
24-456 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Beth Bacher, Representative for Paul Bacher, Deceased, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied class-action-fairness-act federal-removal mass-action statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-consolidation Whether plaintiffs' intent matters in assessing if plaintiffs have "proposed" a joint trial of the claims of 100 or more persons pursuant to 28 U.S.C.…
24-5812 Timothy Robert Petrozzi v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-451 Peter K. Navarro v. United States District of Columbia 2024-10-22 Denied Response Waived documentary-materials executive-office presidential-records-act remedial-action replevin-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the United States may avail itself of unrelated state replevin statutes to seek the return of Presidential records.
24-5803 Sharif A. Eltawil v. Tammy L. Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-10-22 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-claim due-process federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5790 Inmer Isai Mayorga-Jacinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5795 Carl Langston v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Petitioner's conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment where th…
24-437 Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-10-18 GVR Amici (4)Relisted (2) abortion-regulation administrative-law federal-agency funding-condition spending-clause statutory-interpretation Title X funds cannot be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. 42 U.S.C. § 300a6. And the Weldon Amendment prohibits any Fede…
24-5785 Bernard Ross Hansen and Diane Renee Erdmann v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP criminal-fraud federal-statute mail-fraud property-deception statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether a scheme to induce a transaction in property through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitutes a scheme …
24-5786 Mark Allen Craig, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-18 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction firearm-possession gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits firearm possession by anyone convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one …
24-5774 Dwayne Barrett v. United States Second Circuit 2024-10-17 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation L. Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits two sentences for an act that violates 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) and § 924(j), a question that divides seven ci…
24A363 Terius Thomas, aka Terius Brown, aka Terry Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-17 Presumed Complete attempted-robbery criminal-intent eleventh-circuit hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-428 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, et al. v. Meril Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-circuit hatch-waxman-act patent-infringement regulatory-use safe-harbor statutory-interpretation Whether, under Hatch-Waxman's safe harbor, an infringing act is "solely for uses reasonably related" to the federal regulatory process, when the infri…
24-429 Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-16 GVR Relisted (3) administrative-law federal-trade-commission horseracing-regulation nondelegation-doctrine private-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether the enforcement provisions of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020, 15 U.S.C. 3051 et seq.—which allow the Horseracing Integrity a…
24-5762 Angel Ayala-Vazquez v. United States First Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review concepcion-precedent first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Whether the First Circuit 's refusal to grant a sentence reduction under the First Step Act, despite intervening changes in sentencing law, conf…
24-5763 David Earl Boyd v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation L. Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2252A exceed Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such a…
24-5766 Gilberto Nicolas Campos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation The government prosecuted Gilberto Campos under a statute with undisputed racist origins. Congress criminalized illegal reentry into the United States…
24-5767 Edgar Hernandez Lemus, aka Edgar Hernanez Lemus, and Junior Almendarez Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent felony-proceeds interstate-commerce mens-rea ransom-demand statutory-interpretation "Coyotes" (smugglers) in Mexico duped "pollos" (would-be migrants to the United States) into believing they would be snuck across the border for a neg…
24A357 Eghbal Saffarinia, aka Eddie Saffarinia v. United States District of Columbia 2024-10-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-investigation criminal-procedure government-forms obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation 1. This case presents an important question about the scope of an obstruction-of-justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1519. Section 1519 criminalizes false sta…
24-417 National Association of Realtors v. United States, et al. District of Columbia 2024-10-15 Denied contract-withdrawal government-rights illusory-promises party-presentation statutory-interpretation unmistakability-doctrine Whether the United States enjoys greater rights than a private party to withdraw from a contract based solely on its determination that it no longer w…
24-5760 James Taylor v. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied IFP 11th-circuit-precedent debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act legal-standing statutory-interpretation Under 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6), does 15 U.S.C. § 1692 apply to McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, when McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC is attempting t…
24A353 Ladonta A. Tucker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-15 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-law firearm-statute sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation weapon-possession Question not identified.
24-412 George Kralik v. New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development, et al. New York 2024-10-11 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action due-process statutory-interpretation tenant-rights 1. Should an administrative agency's refusal to act on a tenant's succession application for many years and its failure to give the tenant a hearing o…
24-5748 LaVanzel Kerr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure firearms-statute sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation L. May a district court apply a U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6) enhancement without resolving a defendant's affirmative defense claim? II. Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(…
24-5752 Norman Thurber v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-10-11 Denied IFP criminal-responsibility federal-criminal-law intent mens-rea scienter statutory-interpretation Is there a mens rea requirement for Scienter in 18 U.S.C. Section 2251, since "... criminal responsibility may not be imposed without some element of …
24-401 Ashok Kumar Cheejati, et al. v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied administrative-procedure agency-action immigration-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation withholding-claims 1. Whether there is clear and convincing evidence that Congress intended 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(ii) to preclude judicial review of unlawful withhold…
24-404 Ji Chaoqun v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-10-10 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute federal-criminal-law foreign-agent jury-unanimity prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 951 provides that "[w]hoever, other than a diplomatic or consular officer or attaché, acts in the United States as an agent of a foreign g…
24-5744 Andre Michael Dubois v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-10 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge due-process felony-ban firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Is the lifetime ban on possession of firearms by all felons, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), unconstitutional on its face, because it is permanent …
24-392 Argent Trust Company v. Ramon DeJesus Cedeno, et al. Second Circuit 2024-10-09 Denied Response Waived arbitration-provision circuit-split erisa-claims federal-arbitration-act plan-participant statutory-interpretation (1) whether a plan participant can only bring a lawsuit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), as a represen…
24-5719 Guy Christopher Mannino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence judicial-discretion modified-approach statutory-interpretation The U.S. Supreme Court's holdings in Taylor, Johnson, Dimaya, and Davis have consistently required the application of the categorical-approach, or the…
24A335 Adis Kovac, et al. v. Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-10-08 Presumed Complete administrative-law civil-liberties congressional-authorization major-questions-doctrine statutory-interpretation terrorist-watchlist Question not identified.
24-5688 In Re Eric Sutherland 2024-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-provisions due-process federal-regulatory jurisdictional-issue statutory-interpretation THE OSDC POLICY NOT ALLOWING ME TO DOCKET CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC FAITH AND CREDIT 28 at §1738 TO PROVE ALL LIVING EVIDENCE OF UNDERLYING CASE. BLANK …
24-369 Hassell Construction Company, Inc., et al. v. Harris County Improvement District No. 18, et al. Texas 2024-10-02 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay equitable-tolling state-court-litigation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts may retroactively refuse to apply 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(3) as plainly worded, as well as attendant equitable tolling principles, afte…
24-5672 Mark Leon Andrews v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-court-review criminal-history prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the 5th and 6th Amendments entitled the petitioner to have a jury decide below his crimes according to AS KCaStons, under the Constitution of …
24-5678 Reginald L. Hopkins v. United States Third Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied IFP federal-prosecution ruse-exception speedy-trial-act state-arrest statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred as a matter of statutory interpretation in rejecting a "Ruse Exception" to the Speedy Trial A…
24-5679 Christopher Michael Sevier v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
24-5686 Luis Ernesto Prado-Crespo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24A310 Rafael Antonio Bracero-Navas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-01 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-354 Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Consumers' Research, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-30 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-delegation nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund In 47 U.S.C. 254, Congress required the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) to operate universal service subsidy programs using mandatory c…
24-5661 Angelo Corey Stackhouse v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce kidnapping-statute mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1), which prohibits kidnapping with the use of any instrumentality of commerce, falls within Congress's power to regula…
24-351 United States Postal Service, et al. v. Lebene Konan Fifth Circuit 2024-09-27 Granted Amici (3)Relisted (2) federal-tort-claims-act intentional-non-delivery mail-delivery postal-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff's claim that she and her tenants did not receive mail because Postal Service employees intentionally did not deliver it to a desig…
24-5650 Roberto Yepez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether, as the Second and Seventh Circuits have indicated, the compassionate-release statute in 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1) permits reducing supervised re…
24-345 FS Credit Opportunities Corp., et al. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-26 Granted CVSGAmici (20)Response RequestedRelisted (3) circuit-split contract-enforcement implied-private-right investment-company-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether Section 47(b) of the ICA, 15 U.S.C. § 80a-46(b), creates an implied private right of action.
24-5639 Isaac Joel Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-statute federal-law gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5623 Tahjair Dorsey v. United States Third Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution firearm-disqualification non-violent-felony second-amendment statutory-interpretation Petitioner Tahjair Dorsey pleaded guilty to felon-with-a-firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). His disqualifying prior felony conviction: un…
24-5624 Omar Jorge Valle Estrada v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure federal-appeals fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The circuits are split on whether a request for a lower sentence preserves for review a claim that the district court has not adequately explained a s…
24-5626 Julio Reynaldo Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi…
24-327 Pulse8, LLC, et al. v. Family Health Physical Medicine, LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-09-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split commercial-advertising fax-transmission statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act unsolicited-advertisement The Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") generally prohibits sending an "unsolicited advertisement" to a fax machine. An "unsolicited advertisem…
24A287 Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Incorporated, et al. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-09-23 Presumed Complete Amici (2) administrative-law congressional-delegation federal-regulation horseracing-integrity regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5599 David Martins v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-knowledge drug-prosecution federal-sentencing mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether, in a 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) prosecution, the knowingly mens rea contained in section 841(a)(1) also requires the government to prove that the …
24-5574 Angel L. Ruiz v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5576 Jose Antonio Campos-Esqueda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-5581 In Re Joe Nathan Pyatt, Jr. 2024-09-19 Denied IFP criminal-law fbi-jurisdiction federal-statute legal-definition statutory-interpretation vawa-interpretation 1. Whether the term "members" as stated in the language of the indictment is sufficient to allege the essential element of a natural and specific "per…
24-5560 Adam Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-statute firearms-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? II. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firear…
24-5570 In Re Joseph R. Dickey 2024-09-18 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2254 section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
24-5557 Michael Avenatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-liability criminal-statute identity-theft statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent In Dubin v. United States, 599 U.S. 110, 114 (2023), the Court narrowed the scope of the aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1), a…
24A269 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2024-09-17 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-discretion indian-lands native-american-rights statutory-interpretation trust-acquisition Question not identified.
24-5548 Gustavo Lazcano-Neria v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discriminatory-purpose equal-protection legislative-intent racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5550 Jarrod Eugene Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C.-3553(a) criminal-sentencing juvenile-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation upward-departure Where the sentencing court disregarded mitigating evidence and upwardly departed based largely on convictions Petitioner sustained as a teenager, whet…
24-294 Norwich Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied fda-approval generic-drugs hatch-waxman-act injunctive-relief patent-law statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 271(e)(4)(A) requires courts to issue injunctive orders that are broader in scope than the underlying infringement, thereby delayi…
24-275 Donte Parrish v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) appeal-period district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation Ordinarily, litigants must file a notice of appeal within 30 or 60 days of an adverse judgment. 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a)-(b). Under 28 U.S.C. § 2107(c) and…
24-286 Peter Bolos v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied Relisted (2) deception federal-criminal-law mail-fraud property-interest statutory-interpretation transaction-scheme Does a scheme to induce a transaction through deception, but which contemplates no harm to any property interest, constitute a scheme to defraud under…
24-5525 Walter L. Allen v. Civil Rights Coordinator, et al. Second Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied IFP constitutional-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5535 Cesar Yoaldo Castillo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-12 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-statute federal-assault sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime If a VICAR assault is predicated on an underlying state or federal assault offense that does not satisfy 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s "crime of violence" defi…
24-5520 Cyril Nnadozie Okoli v. Shanita R. Tucker, et al. First Circuit 2024-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-review agency-action due-process equal-protection immigration-law statutory-interpretation 1)Whether the USCIS misinterpretation of 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c) is the permissible interpretation of the statute. 2)Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1154(c) required t…
24-267 John Abdelsayed, et al. v. Affordable Aerial Photography, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) circuit-split dismissal-without-prejudice fee-shifting judicial-discretion prevailing-party statutory-interpretation 1. Does a dismissal without prejudice that reestablishes the pre-suit status quo make a defendant the "prevailing party" under 17 U.S.C. §§ 505 and 12…
24-5499 Donald Alfred Busch v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking legislative-intent mechanical-power motor-vehicle off-road-vehicle statutory-interpretation The Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of 1984 provided a definition for "motor vehicle" to mean "a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical powers …
24-5506 Rustam Yusupov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation unlawful-possession 1. Whether Rustam Yusupov's conviction for unlawful possession of ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment? 2. Whether th…
24-5507 Taylor Hildreth v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by impri…
24-264 Jay A. Liestman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-09-09 Denied child-pornography circuit-split federal-law sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2252(b)(1) imposes an increased mandatory minimum and maximum sentence on a defendant who "has a prior conviction . . . under the laws of …
24-5488 Brandon Lee Mayfield v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-09-09 GVR IFP criminal-conviction gun-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit Whether Mr. Mayfield's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol…
24-254 Gordon Wood v. Winnebago Industries, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response Waived consumer-protection consumer-rights statutory-interpretation warranty-act warranty-obligations warranty-representative 1. Does a warrantor remain liable for its warranty obligations when it designates a representative pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 2307 to fulfill those oblig…
24-5480 Robert James McCabe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery-statute campaign-contributions corrupt-intent nexus-requirement official-act statutory-interpretation Whether the federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b), through its use of the term "in return for" requires some nexus or correlation between the un…
24-5482 Travis Adam Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is constitutional under the Second Amendment. Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily requires the court …
24-255 Darryl Scott Stinski v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-06 Denied Amici (5) deferential-review evidentiary-standard federal-habeas habeas-corpus state-court-record statutory-interpretation Whether the evidentiary standard in § 2254(e)(1) does not apply when a state prisoner seeks federal habeas relief solely on the state court evidentiar…
24-5470 Larry Jerome Grady v. Kevin White, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure dna-testing post-conviction-relief scientific-evidence statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5474 Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP judicial-discretion mandate-recall post-conviction-relief section-2255 sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation WHEIHER THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED HUBBARD'S MOTION TO RECALL THE MANDATE, POST -RUAN V. UNITED STATES , 142 S. CT. 2370 (…
24-5446 Jeremy Nicholas Mynes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law definitional-element sexual-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2) (A)(v) DEFINES THE TERM "LASCIVIOUS" AS PART OF 18 U.S.C. CONDUCT" ELEMENT AND IS A DEFINITION AND NOT.AN ELEMENT ITSELF. THERE …
24-5447 Wilbert Lee Nubine v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-09-04 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto parole-hearing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a public interest is at stake with Petitioner's Ex Post Facto Clause violation issue of Oklahoma by Repeal law forbid female and male pris…
24-5453 Thelonious Wayne Kirby v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-04 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law federal-firearms-regulation felony-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) facially violates the Second Amendment. 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause power.
24-5455 Nelson Alexis Colato-Gallardo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5456 Robert Paul Durrell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-09-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release The supervised-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e), lists factors from 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) for a court to consider when sentencing a person for viola…
24-5437 Carlos Demond Robinson v. Sean Janson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant declaratory-relief judicial-review statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution 1.) Whether a criminal defendant should be allowed to seek judicial review of a criminal statute for constitutional infringement if he seeks only dec…
24-5438 Michael Bowe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-03 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP certiorari-jurisdiction circuit-split federal-procedure habeas-corpus second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to a claim presented in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 22…
24-5443 Antoine D. Craig v. Illinois Illinois 2024-09-03 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure judicial-review statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5425 Shyne V. Anderson v. Cynthia Davis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5426 Carl Dwayne Stevenson v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2024-08-30 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-229 Sanjay Tripathy v. Jeff McKoy, Deputy Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit 2024-08-29 Pending Relisted (3) constitutional-law damages-remedy government-official individual-capacity religious-freedom statutory-interpretation Congress has enacted two "sister" statutes to protect religious exercise: the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et se…
24-5410 Joseph Miller v. Thomas Lillard Seventh Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa constitutional-rights ex-post-facto habeas-corpus legal-innocence statutory-interpretation Whether the decision in Jones v Hendrix, 143 S. Ct. 1857 (2023) can be applied retroactively "rescinding habeas Corpus review of Statutory Interpretat…
24-5417 Joshual Lamar Davis v. Ian Maxfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5419 Jonathan Fitzpatrick Koen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause congressional-power federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 exceeds Congressional commerce authority in authorizing conviction based only upon proof that materials — such as a cell phon…
24-5406 Michael Hoeft v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-28 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction federal-law firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and (9), the statutes prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of: (1) crimes punishable by imprisonment …
24-5399 Bruce K. Florence, III v. Eric Flowers, Sheriff, Indian River County, Florida Florida 2024-08-27 Denied IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-provision judicial-review legal-issue statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction 1) wkij. was -lU ori^J TuJf. murnot&eJ ? Uan L. Voumktt} 0TS+fi'c4- |^ 2) lokij h tKa fcwcit/t aUj aU ckS'&y hr-'-/Wvtr-4]U 5 4=Wwci'oos 3) IsplCS…
24A206 Baltimore County, Maryland v. Michael A. Scott, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete employment-status fair-labor-standards-act inmate-labor minimum-wage statutory-interpretation work-detail Question not identified.
24-208 Thomas M. Gatz v. Thomas Zupko, et ux. Pennsylvania 2024-08-26 Denied Response Waived deed-chain judicial-code land-rights property-transfer quiet-title statutory-interpretation a. Is the PA quiet title § 5527.1. Section 5527.1 of the Judicial Code able to be executed for the respondent, ignoring an existing deed chain execute…
24-5388 John Joseph Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability armed-career-criminal-act criminal-liability criminal-procedure separate-offenses statutory-interpretation I.IF A PERSON IS HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR AN OFFENSE, COMMITTED BT ANOTHER, UNDER A "REASONABLE AND FORESEEABLE ACTS" ACCOMPLICE LIABILITY STATUTE,…
24-5391 Zavien Lenoy Canada v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-26 GVR IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which prohibits firearm possession by anyone convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one …
24-5393 Taddius Tyrone Woods v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law federal-statute firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-202 J.G. Kern Enterprises, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia 2024-08-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference judicial-review nlrb-precedent non-acquiescence statutory-interpretation With this background, the questions presented here, on which the circuits are split, are: 1. Whether the NLRB is precluded from relying on precedent …
24-5383 Samuel James Kent v. Darryl LaCounte, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure contract-law federal-procurement indian-self-determination-act statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protections Several provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 1 ("ISDEAA ") were amended in 1988 to foreclose the United States B…
24A199 America's Power, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-08-23 Presumed Complete administrative-law clean-air-act epa-regulation greenhouse-gas power-plant-emissions statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-201 Daniel S. Fitzgerald v. United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York Ninth Circuit 2024-08-22 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay civil-claims civil-procedure criminal-defendant statutory-interpretation trafficking-victims-protection-act Whether the 18 U.S.C. § 1595(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ("TVPRA") requires a stay of all claims brought by all pa…
24-187 Erice Maurice Kency v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit 2024-08-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-appeal merit-systems-protection-board procedural-deadline statutory-interpretation time-limitation veterans-employment-rights 1. The question presented is whether Congress intended for VEOA, 5 U.S.C. 3330a(d)(l)(B) "except that in no event, may any such appeal be brought — la…
24-5359 Robert Hill v. Illinois Illinois 2024-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A180 North Dakota, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-08-19 Presumed Complete administrative-overreach agency-power clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-regulation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A181 Eghbal Saffarinia v. United States District of Columbia 2024-08-19 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-law document-review obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-168 Usha Jain, et vir v. Donald Myers, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-16 Denied due-process federal-removal jurisdictional-transfer remand-order statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether an endorsed remand order on a new subsequent federal removal case with new ground filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1443, without issuance of a certifie…
24-170 Jake Delahney Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-16 Denied Response Waived child-pornography circuit-split federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Do the statutory terms "visual depiction" and "lascivious exhibition" refer to the same, or different things?
24-5325 Richard Moaney, aka Richard Daniel Moaney, IV v. Texas Texas 2024-08-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-procedure legal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Under Substantive maritime law, is the only basis for State and Federal concurrent subject matter jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 USC § 1333, admiralty a…
24A178 NACCO Natural Resources Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-08-16 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-discretion clean-air-act epa-regulation mercury-emissions statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5328 Aaron Christopher Lindsey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-08-15 GVR IFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge eighth-circuit felon-in-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci…
24-5329 Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent categorical-approach circuit-split federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol…
24-5330 Xavier Daughtry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction for federal carjacking, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2119, qualifies as a "crime of violence" under § 924(c)(8)(A) post-Borden.
24-5333 Jamal Mohammad Eleidy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver deportation illegal-sentence sentencing-condition statutory-interpretation supervised-release Where the district court in sentencing a United States citizen imposes deportation as a supervised release condition, and 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) expressl…
24-5315 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-13 GVR IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex…
24-5316 Kifano Jordan v. United States Second Circuit 2024-08-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law federal-criminal-code pastore-precedent second-circuit-review sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Petitioner's conviction on Count Two depends on whether the attempted violation of New York's second-degree murder statute, N.Y.P.L. § 125.25(1), qual…
24A173 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-13 Presumed Complete Amici (2) administrative-law education-department income-contingent-repayment major-questions-doctrine statutory-interpretation student-loans Whether the Eighth Circuit's injunction blocking the Department of Education's income-contingent repayment rule should be vacated pending appeal.
24-5305 In Re Babubhai Patel 2024-08-13 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion district-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus second-in-time-motion statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Sixth Circuit abused its discretion by holding that Mr. Patel's properly filed Second-in-Time 2255 Motion in which relied upon U.S. Suprem…
24-147 Levi Quintana v. Jonathan Kraut California 2024-08-09 Denied Response Waived arbitration-award arbitrator-misconduct judicial-review partnership-dissolution statutory-interpretation tax-regulations Whether the California Supreme Court erred in its ruling, given that the arbitrator not only failed to follow applicable federal statutes, codes and r…
24-5286 Kenneth Rose v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-amendment criminal-law double-jeopardy judicial-review precedent-application statutory-interpretation In Simpson v. U-S. (435 U..S. 6), the Supreme Court held that a defendant convicted of an aggravated bank robbery under 10 U'-S.C.A., § 2113(d) could …
24-5297 Anthony Tawon Williams v. Warden Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction equal-protection judicial-conflict legal-claim statutory-interpretation 1) ES TT RACTAL DTSCRTIMINATTON By THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS, WHEN A WHITE DEPENDANT RAISES A CLAIM OR ~rssueE AND THE COURTS TELLS HTM HE 2S CORRE…
24-5298 Jose Rosado v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen-standard constitutional-challenge facial-challenge gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Rosado, in light of New York State R…
24-5273 Nicholas Frank Wilcox v. Tim Garrett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did Petitioner's APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABALLTY demonstrate that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a…
24-5274 James Arthur Ross v. Erin Reyes, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Oregon 2024-08-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP amendment-of-complaint civil-procedure judicial-error oregon-revised-statutes statutory-interpretation trial-court-discretion Did the trial court error and/or abuse its discretion by not allowing petitioner to amend his complaint for the first time as a matter of right or cou…
24A154 Jeffrey Prosser, et al. v. Gretchen Shappert, et al. Third Circuit 2024-08-08 Presumed Complete administrative-duties bankruptcy judicial-efficiency official-accountability procedural-compliance statutory-interpretation I. DOES SIEGEL v. FITZGERALD PRECEDENT REQUIRE TIMELY PERFORMANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES MEANT TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY AND EFFECIENCY OF THE BANKRU…
24-137 Ronald Stuart Lubetsky v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied commerce-clause controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process medical-practice standard-of-care statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase to measure authorization under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) can be applied in the disjunctive. If the phrase is applied in the disjunctive, …
24-5255 Benjamin Burciaga-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24-5258 Lance James Talbot v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-08-07 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Talbot, in light of New York State R…
24-125 Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied brady-disclosure brady-obligations conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality-jurisdiction federal-agencies federal-agency improvised-explosive-devices statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. 844(f) and (n) apply extraterritorially to offenses committed abroad by non-U.S. persons, despite the statute's lack of any affir…
24-127 The Center For Reproductive Medicine, P.C., et al. v. Felicia Burdick-Aysenne, et vir, in Their Individual Capacities and as Parents and Next Friends of Baby Aysenne, Deceased Embryo/Minor Alabama 2024-08-05 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process fair-notice fourteenth-amendment punitive-damages standing statutory-interpretation 1. Alabama's civil wrongful death statute, codified in 1872, imposes civil liability, including punitive damages, for the "death of a minor child . . …
24-5229 Justin Levar Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the statute that prohibits firearm possession by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by i…
24-5231 Dean Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances-act drug-conviction federal-drug-crimes federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Statutory directives to administrative agencies have one permissible interpretation: "[T]he one the court, after applying all relevant interpretive to…
24-118 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America v. Alan McClain, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the Arkansas Insurance Department, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied Amici (1) 340b-drug-pricing-program administrative-enforcement administrative-law contract-pharmacies contract-pharmacy drug-pricing federal-preemption federal-regulation healthcare-policy state-preemption state-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding—in conflict with the decisions of other circuits and this Court—that a State may strip manufacturers of th…
24-119 Alan Safahi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-08-02 Denied civil-procedure contract-breach contract-law criminal-fraud criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-fraud federal-fraud fraudulent-inducement statutory-interpretation Whether, in the absence of fraudulent inducement, a party who subsequently breaches the contract can be guilty of federal criminal fraud.
24-5215 Patrick Wayne Baker v. Texas Texas 2024-08-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process executive-power judicial-branch judicial-power legislative-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation texas-government unconstitutional WHETHER TEX. GOV'T CODE 508.283(b)(c) VIOLATES DUE PROCESS AND SHOULD BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL? WHETHER THE TEXAS LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS AUTHORIZE…
24A123 James H. Roane v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-02 Presumed Complete borden-standard circuit-split criminal-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation vicar-offense Whether an 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) (VICAR) offense constitutes the "crime of violence" predicate necessary to support a § 924(c) conviction following this…
24-112 Millia Promotional Services, et al. v. Arizona, Acting Through Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Employment and Rehabilitation Services Ninth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied Response Waived circumstantial-evidence civil-rights contract-rights contractual-rights discrimination federal-law jury-trial racial-discrimination section-1981 statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Question not identified.
24-5202 James B. Jordan v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights common-carrier constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure liability passenger-safety statutory-interpretation transportation Question not identified.
24-5211 Jerod Askew v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, requires reference to "mere p…
24A117 Ohio, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-31 Presumed Complete administrative-action clean-air-act epa-regulation greenhouse-gas major-questions-doctrine statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5184 Alexander Kates v. Julie Wolcott, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law constitutional-validity habeas-corpus-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lackawanna-v-coss legal-procedure plea-agreement statutory-interpretation strickland-v-washington Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit should have issued the petitioner a Certificate of Appealability. Whether this court's ruling in …
24-5190 Matthew Aaron Safrit v. Mike Slagle, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied IFP aedpa civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review state-courts statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5194 George Henry Purdy, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process presentence-report second-amendment sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether factual findings of a Presentence Report (PSR) that result in a higher sente…
24-5176 Antonio Santonastaso v. United States First Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 criminal-law false-statements federal-prosecution judicial-review jurisdiction maslenjak-v-united-states materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation Section 1001(a)(2) of title 18 only criminalizes the making of material false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States gove…
24-98 Norman Abood, et al. v. James P. Carroll, Chapter 7 Trustee Third Circuit 2024-07-30 Denied article-iii-courts article-three bankruptcy bankruptcy-court congress-power constitutional-authority judicial-council jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution This case questions the Third Circuit's appropriation of Congress' exclusive power to create courts under Article III, § 1 of the United States Consti…
24A107 Jordan Powell v. JBG Smith Properties, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete 28-usc-1443 civil-rights remand removal statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
24-5159 Luis Marin and Luis Chavez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority constitutional-power due-process felonies-clause high-seas international-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-status I. Whether Congress' authority to "define and punish...Felonies committed on the high Seas," U.S. Const. art. I § 8, cl. 10 (the "Felonies Clause"), i…
24-87 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-29 Denied Response Waived child-protection criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law retroactive-legislation sex-offenses statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Consistent with the presumption against retroactive legislation, whether the 2003 amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 3283, which extended the statute of limitat…
24A102 Valley Health System, LLC, dba Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit 2024-07-29 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-authority chevron-deference judicial-review nlrb-decision statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A104 Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. v. Joann Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-07-29 Presumed Complete circuit-split federal-immunity healthcare-litigation medical-center public-health-service statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5152 Leland J. Hebert v. Allied Rubber & Gasket Co. Federal Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied IFP case-law civil-procedure constitutional-law legal-issues standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit's affirmance of the district court's grant of summary judgment without an opinion under Rule 36 is permissible when the de…
24A96 National Rural Electric Cooperative v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-26 Presumed Complete Amici (1) administrative-overreach agency-authority clean-air-act electric-power epa-regulation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24A98 Nacco Natural Resources Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-07-26 Presumed Complete Amici (1) administrative-law agency-action environmental-law epa-regulation natural-resources statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5156 Rosalio Meledez-Rojas, Francisco Melendez-Perez, Abel Romero-Melendez, and Jose Osvaldo Melendez-Rojas v. United States Second Circuit 2024-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent child-exploitation criminal-law federal-criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction intent-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Must the government prove that a defendant knew that the victim was less than 18 years old to support a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2423?
24-5142 Thomas E. Creech v. Tim Richardson, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied IFP circuit-split competency-to-be-executed death-penalty federal-courts federal-procedure habeas-corpus late-evolving-facts second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation successive-petitions Is a federal habeas petition based on late-evolving facts second or successive when it is not based on a claim that the inmate is incompetent to be ex…
24-5146 Mike Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
24-5129 Sergio Estrada-Maduena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
24-5131 John William Thomas Flechs v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sexual-enticement statutory-interpretation substantial-step When proving a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) (attempted sexual enticement of a minor), must the government establish that the defendant either made…
24-5117 Terrance Nathaniel Brown, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 acquitted-conduct due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-sentencing A. Whether counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the general verdict required that the statutory sentence be based on marijuana under 21 U…
24-63 Kalvin Schanz v. City of Otsego, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights degree-of-aid fair-housing-act interference intimidation protected-activity standing statutory-interpretation Under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3617, when a plaintiff claims that a defendant has intimidated or interfered with him "on account of his havin…
24-5119 Stacey Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether Mr. Williams's Count 1 conviction and corresponding life sentence violate his right to due process? II. Whether application of a 21 U.S.C.…
24-5101 Luis Eduardo Baez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-5103 David Thomas Overman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
24-5109 Clinton Mark Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence-standard federal-statute image-specific ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit 1. Is the charge of possession or accessing child pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) "image specific" in that it requires proof that the defe…
24-5114 Benjamin Biancofiori v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
24-56 Janelle R. Polk v. California Franchise Tax Board California 2024-07-18 Denied Response Waived federal-income-tax federal-taxation gross-income income-definition labor labor-compensation source-of-income statutory-interpretation taxation united-states Whether all gross receipts paid to an individual in exchange for his or her labor or services performed in the United States of America are necessaril…
24-50 Marlo Helmstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release concepcion-v-united-states district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons sentencing-commission sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant who has exhausted his administrative remedies is allowed to file his own motion to reduce his prison sente…
24-5095 Moises Gamboa v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution DID THE LOWER COURTS IMPROPERLY INTERPRET UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE § 4C1.1 THAT VIOLATED THE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE EIGH…
24-5098 Gerald Smith v. United States District of Columbia 2024-07-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP actus-reus crime-of-violence criminal-law mens-rea rule-of-lenity sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant a writ of certiorari to determine whether 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A) represents a qualifying "crime of violence" unde…
24-37 Lorenzo Garod Pierre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-16 GVR 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-laws federal-law second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
24-5082 Adam Sprenger v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP change-in-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute legal-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation [Brief explanation of question] A defendant who him or herself alone engages in sexually explicit conduct without a minor's engagement is indicted …
24-5088 In Re Gavin B. Davis 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-split circuit-split collateral-order-doctrine criminal-procedure interlocutory-appeal mootness pretrial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation (1) Is a decision regarding an 18 U.S.C. § 3164 Motion for Pretrial Release immediately appealable interlocutory (e.g. 28 U.S.C. § 1291; collateral or…
24-5089 Devonte Antonio Veasley v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights controlled-substances due-process facial-challenge firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), which restricts the Second Amendment rights of all users of controlled substances, facially unconstitutional?
24-5091 Linda J. Feaser v. George L. Landress Connecticut 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
24-5094 Kenyatta Quinn Mitchell v. Paul Bennett, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-amendment 42-usc-1983 circuit-court-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process heck-v-humphrey judicial-discretion legal-standards plra procedural-due-process state-law statutory-interpretation Did the Ninth Circuit and Fifth District Court apply all necessary and properly applicable elements to the petitioner's 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 claim? …
24-5076 Chi Meng Yang v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-15 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-666 bribery certiorari-review federal-state-cooperation harmless-error joint-operations public-authority-defense statutory-interpretation United-States-v.-Snyder Whether this court should Grant certiorari, vacate and remand, because the Ninth Circuit's harmless error holding was based on an interpretation of br…
24A43 Carlos Demond Robinson v. Sean Janson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2024-07-15 Presumed Complete declaratory-judgment jones-v-hendrix section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-collateral-attack Question not identified.
24-34 Ricky-Dean Horton v. PG&E Corporation Ninth Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 9th-circuit bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure court-rules due-process judicial-discretion procedural-fairness statutory-interpretation substantive-rights 1. Whether the proceedings in the U. S. Bankruptcy Court N.D. Cal. failed to follow the rules and procedures for a fair and just determination of Peti…
24-5061 Joshua Isaac Martinez v. Florida Florida 2024-07-12 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law evidence public-policy religion statutory-interpretation Ts TH£ IssuB of mentefi off mt AMXffAtu f A*A W * Tt#* B Z1*Zwnziq AMiM&n AmftriM oF 6tG4T WBLZCtHe holy SSz$l£ BooMS
24-5064 Rona Johnson Adeoye v. Clayton County DFCS Employees, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection false-arrest judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation 12. If an Act of the Legislature repugnant to the Constitution is void, does it Notwithstanding its invalidity, blind the Courts and oblige them to gi…
24A36 International Business Machines Corporation & Combined Affiliates v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of the State of New York, et al. New York 2024-07-12 Presumed Complete fifth-amendment just-compensation property-rights state-tax statutory-interpretation tax-tribunal Question not identified.
24-5050 Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Following this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 142 S. Ct. 2015 (2020) does aiding and abetting a completed robbery constitute a crime of …
24-5043 Cortlin Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen constitutional-law criminal-statutes due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)( 9) and (n) violate the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen , 597 U.S. 1 (2022)…
24-5045 Charles N. Belssner v. Casablanca Homeowners Association, et al. Nevada 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-procedure nrs-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation 1) 6/21/ 2$: SHOULD ACT(S). OP WILFULL NEGLLIGEENfCE SHOULD BE ) STRICKEN! WHEN THE PRESIDING JUDGE STATED ON RECORD: "HARMFUL ENFINOMENT TO BELIVING …
24-5048 Bernard Celestine v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act resentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Congress incorporated a Constitutional right under the Due Process Clause to a plenary resentencing for an eligible Defendant under Section 40…
24-17 Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corp. Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction service-of-process statutory-interpretation Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, "[p]ersonal jurisdiction over a foreign state shall exist as to every claim for relief over which the dist…
24-20 Miriam Fuld, et al. v. Palestine Liberation Organization, et al. Second Circuit 2024-07-09 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) anti-terrorism-act consent-to-jurisdiction due-process fifth-amendment palestinian-authority palestinian-liberation-organization personal-jurisdiction promoting-security-and-justice-for-victims-of-terr statutory-interpretation Whether the PSJVTA violates the Fifth Amendment.
24-5022 Angela J. Wells v. Illinois Illinois 2024-07-09 Denied IFP criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process plea-agreement plea-bargain post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation victim-rights 1. SHOULD THE PETITIONER BE ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF SET FORTH IN 735 ILCS 5/2£-1401( (B-5) 2016 REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM EVEN IF SHE AGREES TO A…
24-5026 Claudio Alvarez Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 constitutional-law discriminatory-effect discriminatory-purpose equal-protection fifth-amendment illegal-reentry racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether the illegal re-entry statute, 8 U.S.C. § 1326, violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment because the law was enacted with…
24-5031 Keith White v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-u.s.c.-§-846 career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2 Whether an offense under 21 U.S.C. § 846 may be included in the U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 definition of "controlled substance offenses" for purposes of sentenc…
24A11 Alaska, et al. v. Department of Education, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-07-09 Presumed Complete Amici (4) administrative-law executive-power heroes-act major-questions-doctrine statutory-interpretation student-loan-forgiveness Question not identified.
24-5016 Michael Medina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-08 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum post-conviction-relief resentencing retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation The First Step Act (FSA) significantly reduced the mandatory minimum sentences for several federal drug and firearm offenses. First Step Act of 2018, …
24-4 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure distinction due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation petitioner standing statutory-interpretation Is Petitioner a distinction without a difference?
24-5006 Jason Steven Kokinda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-07-03 GVR IFP 18-u.s.c-2250 34-u.s.c-20913 change-of-residence chevron-deference criminal-procedure jury-instructions rule-of-lenity sex-offender-registration smart-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erroneously instructed the jury regarding a crucial element of the criminal offense of failure to register as a sex offende…
24-5007 David Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment?
24-5008 Glynzo Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP burglary circuit-split criminal-law generic-burglary sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states trespass I. Whether Texas burglary, defined to include a trespass followed by the commission of a reckless crime, constitutes generic "burglary" under 18 U.S.C…
24-5012 Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-overturning sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
24A1 Jake Delahney Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-07-03 Presumed Complete child-pornography circuit-split first-amendment lascivious-exhibition sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation 1. This case presents an important issue concerning the interpretation of the child pornography statutes that has caused a circuit split. At issue is …
23-7846 Yair Ramirez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP arlington-heights-framework civil-rights due-process equal-protection legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-origins statutory-interpretation village-of-arlington-heights Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7836 Thomas Joseph Brewer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether federal voluntary manslaughter in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1112(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 92…
23A1174 Kevin Deane Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-07-01 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-conviction eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction sentencing-standard statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1358 George Stephenson, Warden v. Lafayette Deshawn Upshaw Sixth Circuit 2024-06-28 Denied Response Waived clearly-established-federal-law federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review-28-usc-2254 ineffective-assistance plurality-opinion plurality-opinions state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court-holding unreasonable-application 1. Does a rule announced in a four-Justice plurality opinion constitute a holding of this Court, and therefore "clearly established Federal law" under…
23A1167 Jay A. Liestman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-27 Presumed Complete child-pornography federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimum predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7813 John Ragin v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-27 Dismissed IFP administrative-law brady-violation constitutional-law due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure precedent prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7815 Jesus M. Romero, Sr. v. BronxCare HealthCare System, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-action child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law free-speech standing statutory-interpretation the Icmter fed&al court ftrwr\ <\s, 0<5 P/Sfncf 06</ / l ( oift 6*0 Ci/ZJjit Court in ]0)tv) fot'K fhtei fo f£C°c^\>?-£ f^otfcill Could'-l*i products…
23-7818 Mark Jordan v. United States Third Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) categorical-approach crime-of-violence divisibility general-intent mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, in applying the categorical approach, a federal offense that incorporates by reference the commission of an underlying offense is divisibl…
23-1352 Holtec International v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-06-27 GVR Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action atomic-energy-act circuit-split hobbs-act nuclear-regulatory-commission nuclear-waste-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation ultra-vires 1. Whether there is an exception to the party-aggrieved requirement of the Hobbs Act for an ultra vires challenge to an agency action. 2. Whether the…
23-7793 Jesus M. Romero, Sr., Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, J. R. v. Bellevue Hospital, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights covid-19 due-process federal-courts free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation vaccine-mandate Has the Lower Federal Trial Court known as U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, and the U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit Court i…
23-7795 Marc Pierre Hall, aka Marc Valeriano, aka Fella v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing statutory-interpretation sVsAtrVe^S Cor^Vrfefes er er-rontcus U3e cA Sl\ J\ko\\er- -_Aor\ L^orxAS^^ cjT- Cor>s'VrWi\i o^C)\ Errors ga.~a Connc~V\r>ej— error cn Aer~lV\<e ^T^k…
23-7796 Stewart Bitman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422(b) actual-innocence criminal-statute enticement ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel minor minor-protection plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Petitioner is actually innocent of the counts of conviction whereas, although the Petitioner actually committed, the acts stipulated in…
23-7804 Juan Jesus Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure judicial-discretion open-court-statement reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation 1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed? 2) Should …
23A1129 Stephen K. Bannon v. United States District of Columbia 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete Amici (1) contempt-of-congress criminal-statute knowledge-of-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation willfully Question not identified.
23A1132 Thomas Osadzinski v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-21 Presumed Complete advocacy first-amendment free-speech material-support statutory-interpretation terrorist-organization Question not identified.
23-7767 In Re Jogaak Jogaak 2024-06-20 Denied IFP bodily-injury civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law north-dakota-law sentencing-enhancement serious-bodily-injury standing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Is a Wif\ire ~Rcof +Ke c\ 'ocTious bodily injury as defined m c?0i>fh DaKofa (2drft ed Low 2-TrL-7_(^)? Does 12 0o£)°C' ^>l2>6b Qex^O Ujba-V i<b A Se…
23-7770 Jerry A. Smith v. John Galipeau Seventh Circuit 2024-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-procedure qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1326 Row 1 Inc., dba Regenative Labs v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2024-06-20 Denied Amici (1) administrative-appeals administrative-law cms-policies cms-policy federal-question-jurisdiction judicial-review medical-products-manufacturer medicare-act-42-usc-1395ii medicare-administrative-appeals notice-and-comment statutory-interpretation Whether 42 U.S.C. 405(h), incorporated into the Medicare Act by 42 U.S.C. 1395ii, prohibits a medical products manufacturer who cannot pursue the Medi…
23-1319 B. B. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2024-06-18 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1. Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider that their interpretation of Statute § 39.8155 is unconstitutional as- applied when it contradicts …
23-7747 Keith Hager v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60b6 conviction conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process judicial-correction legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Does Federal Civil Rule 60(b)(6) empower the judiciary to correct a conviction and ensuing sentence for conduct not criminalized by the statute in …
23-7754 Alejandro Carrasco v. United States First Circuit 2024-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bribery circuit-split federal-bribery government-agent official-act public-corruption quid-pro-quo statutory-interpretation I. Does an external consultant retained by a state or local government qualify as a government "agent" subject to prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 666 wh…
23-1306 Linda Smith, et al. v. David R. Heilman, Trustee of the Ralph A. Siddell Living Trust, et al. Michigan 2024-06-17 Denied Response Waived beneficiary-rights estates-and-trusts fourteenth-amendment limitations-period notice-requirements statutory-interpretation trust-validity trust-validity-challenges trustee-duties trustee-duty 1. Whether the Michigan Courts committed plain legal error construing and applying §700.7604(l)(b) by declining to apply the relevant statutory defi…
23-1310 Dean Gross v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Amici (1) criminal-custody criminal-law criminal-procedure custody federal-courts federal-escape-statute federal-statutes halfway-house statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether or under what circumstances a criminal defendant released to a halfway house is in "custody" and therefore can commit the crime of escape.
23-7721 Darren M. Reese v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n\n'May a State Court of Last due-process legal-interpretation rule-of-lenity state-court state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Rule of Lenity a Constitutional Due Process guarantee that must be employed when a State Court construes ambiguous statutory language? 2. I…
23-7728 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness unlawful-user vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3), prohibiting an unlawful user from possessing a firearm, is unconstitutionally vague.
23-7737 Raul Gardea, Jr. v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process exhaustion ineffective-counsel jurisdictional-statement prosecution-costs state-habeas statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Petitioner Raised Two Claims Of Ineffectiveness Of Trial Counsel For His Performance In Failing Ask A Pivotal Question And Not Providing Corrected Wit…
23A1111 Roku, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit 2024-06-14 Presumed Complete certiorari-extension federal-circuit patent-law statutory-interpretation technology-dispute trade-commission Question not identified.
23-7705 Eric D. Johnson v. Mississippi Mississippi 2024-06-13 Denied IFP administrative-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection judicial-relief retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation Whether Sohnson's SenTencé 18 improperly Calculated--and Should be celev[aTe! under The $,4Ty perseoT (0%) Sentencing law in effecT aT The Time of im …
23-7715 Noel Bender v. Iowa Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit 2024-06-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute domestic-violence due-process evidence federal-law firearm-possession gun-rights restraining-order standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation Whether Suth Amfra/f &JdwCt Suff&rfe Ahvt dhAJat C&tudi Jyndfiy /XtiadOmaA'U skedA 9M9 y&d Bentff Add Pm/A Afrt A^hah/A/np a/- ?Ae Bmdtr dS&uf-kd AAe …
23-1305 Jade Schiewe, et al. v. Cessna Aircraft Company Oklahoma 2024-06-13 Denied aircraft-manufacturer-liability aviation-law general-aviation general-aviation-revitalization-act maintenance-manual manufacturer-liability negligence product-liability statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a maintenance manual prepared by a manufacturer of a general aviation aircraft is a part of an aircraft for the purposes of the General Avi…
23-1296 Randstad Inhouse Services, LLC, et al. v. Adan Ortiz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Amici (1) commerce-clause contract-exemption employment-law exemption federal-arbitration-act foreign-commerce interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Are employees who handle goods that travel in interstate commerce—but who do not transport those goods across borders and whose work does not directly…
23-1298 United Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law chevron chevron-deference civil-procedure inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-review standing statutory-interpretation Under 35 U.S.C. § 312, a petition for inter partes review (IPR) of a patent must "identif[y]" "with particularity" the "srounds on which the challenge…
23-7690 Wendell Johnson, aka Lamar Hill v. New Jersey New Jersey 2024-06-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7691 Robert A. Espinoza v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924c-offense attempt-offense attempt-offenses crime-of-violence criminal-law predicate-crimes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent taylor-decision taylor-v-united-states Illinois' Attempt offenses have two elements: an intent to commit a specific offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. Neither…
23-7693 Jonathan Jamal Bangash v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) comports with the Second Amendment? Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ev…
23-7696 Rit Tran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
23-7682 Daniel Loyola, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit firearms plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bruen I. Mr. Loyola pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), which criminalizes the transfer or possession of a machinegun. On appeal, Mr. Loyola att…
23-7688 Chaves Hodges v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23A1105 Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-11 Presumed Complete administrative-law cms-regulation drug-pricing line-extension medicaid-drug-rebate statutory-interpretation 1. This case concerns the scope of "line extension" drugs for purposes of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, which Congress enacted to control the cost…
23-1290 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response Waived 598 U.S. 306 (2023) requires retroactive effect constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process fraud habeas-corpus retroactive-effect retroactivity section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court's decision in Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U.S. 306 (2023), was a constitutional determination that placed particular conduct or…
23-1293 United States, ex rel. Adam Hart, et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-kickback-statute circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-health-care-program health-care-fraud mens-rea statutory-interpretation willful-conduct To act "willfully" within the meaning of the Anti-Kickback Statute, must a defendant know that its conduct violates the law?
23-1288 Nicholas Newman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied actual-innocence assault-federal-officer collateral-attack-waiver criminal-law-procedure criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus plea-agreement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit 1. Whether reasonable jurists could debate whether assault on a federal officer under 18 U.S.C. § 111 can be committed by reckless contact with anothe…
23-1289 Machele L. Goetz v. Victor Felix Weber, Chapter 7 Trustee Eighth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-348 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-estate chapter-13 chapter-7 legislative-history legislative-intent post-petition-interests statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the language in 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1) creates a bifurcation of interests in the assets of a bankruptcy estate into pre-petition (i.e., "as …
23-7675 Darren Deon Johnson v. Michigan Michigan 2024-06-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing constitutional-law judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
23-7677 Daniela Bowman v. Cordelia Friedman Tenth Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-production due-process due-process-clause equal-protection equal-protection-clause evidentiary-hearing fourth-amendment judicial-review motion-to-dismiss oklahoma-press-publishing-co-v-walling statutory-interpretation It is a public record that petitioner is the only taxpayer in New Mexico who was deprived of property but denied due process evidentiary hearing when …
23-7679 Thaddeus Rhodes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act jury-instructions property-rights realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor The circuits uniformly hold that Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a crime of violence and therefore can support a related conviction under 18 US.C. …
23-7660 Michael Steven Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7668 Roylee Richardson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied IFP arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute foreseeability official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subjective-intent witness-tampering This Court has held that the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, requires proof that the defendant "contemplate [d] a[] particular of…
23-7670 James Edward Young v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation I. Mr. Young pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922( g)(1), which criminalizes the possession of a firearm by anyone previously convicted for a f…
23-7653 Tayron Deshawn Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7656 Carl Monroe Gordon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendants-rights due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-act Was defendants Speedy Trial Rights Act Violated?
23-7638 In Re Dean C. Boyd 2024-06-05 Denied IFP barbara-dunnam civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process hinds-county-circuit-court judicial-review legal-precedent merit-health-group statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling Question not identified.
23-7642 John A. Beatty v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standards precedent precedent-validity standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Is McCarthy V United States, 394 U.S. 459(1969); Ex Parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2(1866); Greenholtz V Nebraska Penal Inmates, 442 U.S. 1 (1979); Oregon…
23-7643 Thomas Antonio Stuart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling criminal-penalty criminal-procedure legislative-history mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation textualism Whether the five-year mandatory minimum penalty of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2), which applies to a defendant's third "violation" of subsection (a)(2)(B)(Gi)…
23-7646 Rogaciano Demetrio-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-1275 Eunice Medina, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-06-05 Judgment Issued Amici (48)Relisted (9) circuit-split medicaid-act o'bannon-v-town-court private-right provider-choice section-1983 statutory-interpretation unambiguous-right More than 30 years ago, this Court first applied what would become known as the "Blessing factors," holding that a Medicaid Act provision created a pr…
23-7634 Claudio Salas-Bautista v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-06-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination-analysis due-process equal-protection immigration judicial-review legislative-intent racial-discrimination racist-statute statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-1261 Gussi S.A. de C.V. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC Ninth Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award circuit-split federal-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure foreign-parties international-law marshal-service nonresident-service service service-of-process statutory-interpretation 1. Have the Marshal service requirements of 9 U.S.C. § 9 on an application to confirm an arbitration award on a nonresident foreign adverse party been…
23-1263 Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-03 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure complaint-screening dismissal due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure screening standing statutory-interpretation 1) Does the language of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(b)(ii) allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints before service of process …
23-7587 Jondell Middlebrooks v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP career-offender crime-of-violence guidelines-manual inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses physical-force sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by omission, has as an element the use, attempted use, or threaten…
23-7599 Jorge Ortiz-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure overruling precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A1067 Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al. Wisconsin 2024-05-30 Presumed Complete first-amendment free-exercise ministerial-exception religious-exemption statutory-interpretation unemployment-compensation Question not identified.
23-7568 Malek Lassiter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-statute section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Holding Lassiter's Convictions Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) On Counts 25 And 28 Remain Lawful After United States v.…
23-7570 Leonard Blackstock, Jr. v. Tennessee Tennessee 2024-05-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-duty physical-harm statutory-interpretation Whether a legal authority is required to help the escape from physical harm by Section 1 for 15 U.S. Code s. 1116 to provide equal protection of the F…
23-7560 David Darnell Whitehead v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling border-crossing criminal-intent criminal-procedure designated-port-of-entry illegal-immigration immigration-law mens-rea port-of-entry statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence I. IN AN ILLEGAL ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE, WHAT CONSTITUTES BRINGING TO OR ENTERING THE UNITED STATES "AT A PLACE OTHER THAN A DESIGNATED PORT OF ENTRY", …
23-7554 Rawtavious Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process exceptional-importance federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7532 In Re Keith Hager 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-instrument criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-authority mandamus mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus WHETHER THIS COURT MUST ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS WHERE A FEDERAL COURT LACKED AUTHORITY TO SENTENCE PETITIONER UPON AN OFFENSE FOR WHICH CONGRESS DID …
23-7542 Anthony Obute v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights appellate-waiver controlled-substance criminal-procedure pharmacy-operations plea-agreement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does a defendant's waiver of appellate rights in a plea agreement, which explicitly reserves the right to challenge the constitutionality of a statute…
23-7546 Enrique Zacarias Diaz v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7547 Branden Tyler v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2 5th-amendment aiding-and-abetting criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment interstate-commerce person principal statutory-interpretation WHETHER UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION CAN A DEFENDANT BE CHARGED WITH AIDING AND ABETTING UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 2 WHEN THE A…
23-1229 Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law circuit-court-review clean-air-act environmental-law epa-administrative-action jurisdiction renewable-fuel-standard statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction Whether venue for the refineries' challenges lies exclusively in the D.C. Circuit because the agency's denial actions are "nationally applicable" or, …
23-1230 Growth Energy, et al. v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-22 GVR Response WaivedRelisted (4) administrative-law centralized-review environmental-protection-agency epa-action nationwide-scope renewable-fuel-program small-refinery-exemption small-refinery-exemptions statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute Whether an action by the Environmental Protection Agency is "nationally applicable" or "based on a determination of nationwide scope or effect" for pu…
23-1231 Cellect, LLC v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2024-05-22 Denied Amici (11) equitable-doctrine good-faith-procurement investment-backed-expectations judicial-doctrine obviousness-type-double-patenting patent patent-invalidation patent-term-adjustment statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether a patent procured in good faith can be invalidated on the ground that statutory Patent Term Adjustment, which requires lengthening a patent's …
23-1226 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure district-court fcc fcc-interpretation hobbs-act legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
23-7522 Gonzalo Rodriguez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-doctrine kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), limit the deference owed to the United States Senten…
23-7527 Larry Williams v. Warden Kelly, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-05-21 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A1037 Joshua Willis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-21 Presumed Complete criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
23A1026 Cynthia Ballenger v. United States District of Columbia 2024-05-17 Presumed Complete capitol-building disruptive-conduct fourth-amendment january-6 restricted-area statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7501 Maurice Farris v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 bruen-standard constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Farris's conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is un constitutional under the Second Amendment in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol …
23-7483 Edgardo Esteras v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-05-15 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3583 circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Even though Congress excluded section 3553(a)(2)(A) from section 3583(e)'s list of factors to consider when revoking supervised release, may a distric…
23-1217 Chestek PLLC v. Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2024-05-15 Denied Amici (5) administrative-law agency-rulemaking federal-circuit notice-and-comment patent-office patent-trademark-office rulemaking statutory-interpretation Whether the PTO is exempt from notice-and-comment requirements when exercising its rulemaking power under 35 U.S.C. § 2(b)(2).
23-7468 Joe Ernest Robinson v. Texas Texas 2024-05-14 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-review scotus-petition standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7478 Dylan Gregory Kerstetter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-14 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach constitutional-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-finding jury-trial prior-felony-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner pleaded guilty to an indictment alleging all the elements necessary for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) and punishment up to 120 …
23A1010 Xanadu Corp, et al. v. Meor Adlin, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-05-14 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23-1209 M & K Employee Solutions, LLC, et al. v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund District of Columbia 2024-05-13 Granted CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (2) actuarial-assumptions circuit-split employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan plan-year statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether 29 U.S.C. 1391's instruction to compute withdrawal liability "as of the end of the plan year" requires the plan to base the computation on the…
23-1208 David Do v. County of Santa Clara, California California 2024-05-10 Denied administrative-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process fraud judicial-estoppel labor-dispute labor-relations statutory-interpretation Does rule of law exist in California, where the U.S. Constitution is just a piece of paper, statutes are ignored and MOU/CBA/contract is not contract,…
23-7451 Hector Patricio Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment congressional-power criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied in this case? 2. Does the mere movement of a firearm from one st…
23-7453 William Garrido v. Florida Florida 2024-05-10 Denied IFP 10-20-life-statute criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation trial-court-authority What authority does the trial court have to sentence beyond the selected mandatory minimum of 25 years under § 775.087 (2), (the 10-20-life Statute)?
23-7456 Eric Romero-Lobato v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1252b compelling-circumstances deportation deportation-order immigration-law in-absentia in-absentia-proceeding minority-status noncitizen-status presumption-of-regularity statutory-interpretation L. Whether the minority status of a noncitizen at the time an in absentia deportation order is issued falls among the compelling circumstances suffici…
23-7439 Basil Loud Hawk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute federal-crimes federal-criminal-law force-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime violent-crimes Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
23-7440 Michael Paul Puzey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-review rehabilitation sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation "Balancing Justice and Compassion: A Case for Revisiting Compassionate Release under the First Step Act"
23-7441 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit 2024-05-09 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction legislative-history official-duties separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation This court determined many times throughout history, legislative history is not law, and it is wrong to use legislative history as law and as a means …
23-1203 Terpsehore Maras v. Mayfield City School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-05-09 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction minors mootness mootness-doctrine parental-rights pro-se-representation pro-se-rights statutory-interpretation 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1654, do minors have pro se rights that can be asserted by their parents on their behalf based on a parent's fundamental right to…
23-7415 Carlos Gomez v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions pinkerton-liability predicate-offense rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vicarious-liability 1. Whether, following this Court's decision in United States v. Davis, 588 U.S. 445 (2019), a jury instruction permitting a finding of guilt on an 18 …
23-7419 Warren Ledominique Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1).
23-7421 Demarcus Deon Staples v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process felony-conviction fifth-circuit firearm-possession plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation I. Mr. Staples pleaded guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922( g)(1), which criminalizes the possession of a firearm by anyone previously convicted for a…
23-7395 Wesley Carl Panighetti v. California California 2024-05-07 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-precedent privacy standing statutory-interpretation 1) Because His Case resettle. onimpotaal guedtion 03 Lau) andéhe porharak night. og he peonle "summary dismissal ixtheloae.og paliZirnerk., serious gl…
23-7402 Dequon Reon Stovall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-possession due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23A993 Gavin Blake Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split interlocutory-appeal pretrial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation (1) Is a decision regarding an 18 U.S.C. § 3164 Motion for Pretrial Release immediately appealable interlocutory (e.g. 28 U.S.C. § 1291; collateral or…
23-1197 Damon Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-07 Granted CVSGAmici (37)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-law damages government-official-liability individual-capacity-damages qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-land-use spending-clause statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether an individual may sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of RLUIPA.
23-7386 Jose Caban v. United States Second Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-law inaction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the circuits on the question of whether a crime that can be committed by compl…
23-7388 Michael Andrew Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder…
23-7374 David Allen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation original-meaning sixth-amendment sixth-circuit speedy-trial statutory-interpretation substantial-effects-test supreme-court-precedent I. Whether the broad rule adopted by the Sixth Circuit, that the Commerce Clause gives congress the power to regulate all conduct incidentally using a…
23-7376 Rajesh P. Budhabhatti v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1346 collateral-order-doctrine criminal-prosecution honest-services-fraud interlocutory-appeal judicial-resources judicial-review public-official self-dealing statutory-interpretation 1. Skilling v. United States , 561 U.S. 358 (2010), holds that fraudulent self-dealing by a public official is not honest services fraud under 18 U.S.…
23A982 Career Counseling, Inc., dba Snelling Staffing Services, a South Carolina Corporation v. Amerifactors Financial Group, LLC Fourth Circuit 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete administrative-feasibility circuit-split class-certification fax-services statutory-interpretation tcpa Whether the Fourth Circuit properly imposed an "administrative feasibility" requirement for class certification that conflicts with the approach of si…
23A985 Jonathan Alexander Morales-Lopez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-05-03 Presumed Complete constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process facial-challenge statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Question not identified.
23-7352 Christopher R. Johnson v. Washington Washington 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7354 Warren Baker v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a predicate "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
23-7365 Cory Jermaine White v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 bail-reform-act flight-risk judicial-finding judicial-hearing pretrial-detention release-conditions serious-flight-risk statutory-interpretation Under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142, must a judicial finding of serious flight risk, §3142(f)(2)(A), precede imposition of release conditions …
23-1187 Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-02 Judgment Issued Amici (9) administrative-law circuit-court civil-procedure fda fda-authorization federal-courts judicial-review product-distribution standing statutory-interpretation tobacco-regulation Whether a manufacturer may file a petition for review in a circuit (other than the D.C. Circuit) where it neither resides nor has its principal place …
23-1175 Malcolm H. Sage, Individually and in His Capacity as Partner or Joint Venturer of Sage Associates and Sage Realty v. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Second Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response Waived article-iii article-iii-court-power brokerage-account clawback-funds customer-net-equity madoff-fraud net-equity net-investment-method securities-law sipa sipc-trustee statutory-interpretation 1. Does an Article III Court have the power to reject the statutory definition of "net equity" as set forth in 15 U.S.C. Section 78aaa et seq. by empl…
23-1177 Eric Fisher v. Virginia Virginia 2024-05-01 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process expungement non-conviction procedural-review statutory-interpretation unconstitutional virginia-law Whether two non-convictions are expungable as 'otherwise dismissed' per Virginia's relevant operative statute or its certain statutory provision appli…
23-7357 Jesus Robledo Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drugs firearms safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Does simultaneous constructive possession of drugs and firearms disqualify a defendant for safety valve relief?
23-7362 Tesae Harrington v. Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State District of Columbia 2024-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure precedent race-discrimination statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7338 Damon Sean Bellis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-interpretation The Court held in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), that before a court may defer to an agency's interpretation of its regulation, the court mu…
23-7347 J. Guadalupe Figueroa-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-1171 Terrance Guinn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-30 Denied Response Waived collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), petitioner can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review,…
23-1164 Battle Born Investments Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-29 Denied burden-of-proof circuit-split civil-forfeiture ownership-interest ownership-standing property-claim standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Where a claimant asserts an ownership interest, does the claimant's standing at summary judgment require only some evidence of ownership, as six circu…
23-7317 Michael A. Maggio v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute nunc-pro-tunc plea-bargaining plea-modification post-conviction-relief property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-limitation supreme-court-ruling Should Michael A. Maggio benefit from subsequent rulings of the United States Supreme Court that 18 U.S.C § 666(a)(1)(B) was limited to property right…
23-7280 Dontrell Lavell Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? 2. Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pend…
23-7305 Ronald Jerome Davis, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation L Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
23-7307 Silvano Marroquin-Bravo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-7293 Shawn Thomas Borne v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-04-23 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(¢)(1) is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, both facially and as applied to Mr. Borne, in light of New York State…
23A949 Capital Cartridge, LLC, et al. v. J. Michael Issa, as Trustee of the HMT Liquidating Trust Ninth Circuit 2024-04-23 Presumed Complete avoidance-claims bankruptcy-code creditors-committee derivative-standing statutory-interpretation trustee-powers 1. This "significant" and "important" question (In re Baltimore Emergency Servs. II, Corp., 432 F.3d 557, 560-561 (4th Cir. 2005)), has sharply divide…
23-1149 Stephen M. Calk, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States Second Circuit 2024-04-23 Denied bank-bribery commercial-value corrupt-intent criminal-intent due-process felony felony-statute statutory-interpretation thing-of-value 1. Whether something with no commercial or objective value can constitute a "thing of value" that "exceed[s] $1,000," the receipt of which is punishab…
23-1150 Corey Deyon Duffey and Jarvis Dupree Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-23 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) appellate-review circuit-split criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-resentencing judicial-vacatur retroactivity sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the First Step Act's enactment when that…
23-1143 Nelda Kellom, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terrance Kellom, Deceased, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-rights claims-processing due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims-act standing statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Given the judicial unwillingness in other circuits to permit the United States to stand on technicalities and this Court's guidance in Arbaugh v Y&…
23-7288 Jorge Bartolomei v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the statute prohibiting the possession of a firearm by any person who was previously convicted of "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a te…
23-7290 Theodore Macon Carrington, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-circuit-review attorney-general attorney-general-custody civil-commitment criminal-commitment custody due-process mental-health procedural-objection statutory-interpretation I. Whether the district court properly "committ[ed] [Appellant] to the custody and care of the Attorney General " pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4246, given …
23-7260 Mark R. Zana v. Nevada Nevada 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Petitioner's conviction and continued incarceration under Nevada Revised Statute 209.730 are facially unconstitutional under the Due Proces…
23-7267 Vincent Dewayne Gaylord v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Hd d't ck\ fV^Kti hftvcXf LAJ Cd in a3 M U pci's V i o loiec? . 1 ha da^a^dcyyij Viok^hd ! h<^f moJfta 5 |j uun I^ui-Pl-v) ,5 0n n f^<l ji+k Vi l
23-7268 Pikerson Mentor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-challenge I. Whether Mr. Mentor established cause sufficient to overcome the procedural default of his "ordinary-case" vagueness challenge to his convictions un…
23-7240 In Re Patrick Christian 2024-04-17 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP asylum-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection hate-crimes statutory-interpretation systemic-racism 1. When did raping, kidnapping, and murdering an American Voters family for being a Heterosexual become Law, and how can Constitutional Officers sanct…
23-7241 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-04-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment aider-and-abettor constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation (1) Does California Penal Code Section 117.95(a)(l)-(3) statute violates The United States Constitution 14th AmendmentEqual Protection of the law by …
23-7242 Juan Avendano v. Illinois Illinois 2024-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions jury-verdict statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether a defendant's rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment are violated when the prosecution brings multiple, factually iden…
23-7220 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1153 congressional-amendment federal-jurisdiction felony-assault indian-country major-crimes-act minor statutory-interpretation Does the federal government have jurisdiction to prosecute a state felony assault on a minor under the Major Crimes Act (MCA), after Congress amended …
23-7222 Evaristo Contreras Silva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-firearm-possession criminal-law firearms immigration immigration-status intent-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether, in prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5), the Government must–in order to separate wrongful acts from innocent acts–offer direct evidence …
23-7229 Fredarius D. Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-7235 Troy Dontae Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-7210 Marqese Lynn Payne v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP civil-jurisdiction civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-civil-rights-act indian-law reservation-boundaries self-governance statutory-interpretation territorial-law 1. Old Congress pass the Organic ad-of fflaY 2^1890, for Slate lauJS In OK(ahoim,ortlid Congress pass thelerntorY Certain qeneral loins of ArKansas ' …
23-7211 Andrew Burke v. Lieutenant Scott Soland Fifth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-procedure retaliation sexual-assault standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower Question not identified.
23-7217 Julio Ruiz Chuta v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties de-minimis de-minimis-exception family-friend financial-gain human-smuggling immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a prosecution under the enhanced penalties of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)(B)(ii) can be sustained where the "private financial gain" involved is a d…
23-7219 Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada 2024-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-7199 In Re Joseph R. Dickey 2024-04-11 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence federal-prisoners habeas-corpus plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C. 2241(b)(1)'s requirement that "a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under 2254 [28 U.S.C. 2254] that w…
23-7202 Craig Alford v. Lea Baylor, Director, Monroe County Correctional Facility, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-7205 Luke Joselin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-deference circuit-split fraud fraud-loss intended-loss kisor-v-wilkie loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Commentary to the Fraud Loss Table U.S.S.G. §2B1.1(b), Note 3(A) Defining Loss as Including "Intended Loss," Should Be Given Deference Aft…
23-7193 Jared Domei Maloid v. Texas Texas 2024-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation USCS Sv, s^«. o»M Us* c^oeStvo^ VA/'€.S& vk^ Vva.5 a c,tt A $ \ vc.t 5<*A. \VV\^ 5v'\fOA -' OJV^V tU»- J g,Uyu\eA '5\T«c\ t Oaov-'r ^ ^ C.I SVO'AS f Q…
23A908 Alejandro Carrasco v. United States First Circuit 2024-04-10 Presumed Complete anti-corruption-law federal-bribery municipal-contract official-act public-official statutory-interpretation 1) Whether a legal services contract between a private-practice attorney and a municipality automatically transform the private practitioner into a go…
23A909 Bruce Rowan v. Brian Emig, Warden, James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-10 Presumed Complete bail-conditions criminal-intent criminal-procedure intentional-violation no-contact-order statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7179 Xavier Lamarr Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7181 Austin Drake Day v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7184 Daniel Paul Sansone v. United States First Circuit 2024-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP confinement confinement-period criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing detention-calculation juvenile-commitment legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines Whether an indeterminate juvenile commitment is properly counted as a period of confinement of at least sixty days under the U.S. Sentencing Guideline…
23-1095 Patrick D. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-04-09 Judgment Issued Amici (2) circuit-split criminal-law false-statement federal-agencies financial-institutions materiality misleading-statement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1014, which prohibits making a "false statement" for the purpose of influencing certain financial institutions and federal agencie…
23-7157 Roy R. Dixon v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection precedents statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-7158 Russell Dean Alford v. United States District of Columbia 2024-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth political-expression protected-speech secret-service statutory-interpretation vagueness In § 1752(a)(2)'s and § 5104(e)(2)(D)'s prohibitions against "disorderly or disruptive" conduct, do "disorderly" and "disruptive" narrow the types of …
23-7160 John Michael Carrasco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-7163 Kyle Melkonian v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights criminal-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute government-property government-property-theft plain-text plain-text-analysis statutory-interpretation The federal theft-of-government-property statute lays out two distinct offenses in two separate paragraphs, punishing the initial theft of government …
23-7165 Emiliano Emmanuel Flores-González v. United States First Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction circuit-court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process en-banc en-banc-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation 1. Did the court's fealty to ministerial en banc procedures justify abdication of its constitutional and statutory obligations to adjudicate an as-of-…
23-1086 Megan Marie Teter v. United States Trustee Sixth Circuit 2024-04-05 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-action equal-access-to-justice-act remedial-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether a contested matter initiated by the United States in a bankruptcy case is a "civil action" within the ambit of the Equal Access to Justice Act…
23-1081 Joseph Stafiniak, et al. v. Marc Kirschner, as Trustee of the NWHI Litigation Trust, et al. Second Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-546e avoidance avoidance-action bankruptcy-code contract-interpretation financial-institution section-546e statutory-interpretation transfer-exemption transfer-interpretation Whether Section 101(22)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, which defines a "financial institution," should be interpreted on a contract-by-contract basis or a…
23-7135 Antonio Benjamin Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compelled-testimony constitutional-law constitutional-review due-process judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-7139 Eugenia Woodard v. Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation, et al. Texas 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure due-process final-decision final-order jurisdiction jurisdictional-review procedural-error sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation 1. How does U.S. Supreme Court address final decision/order of lower courts when dates are in questioned? 2. How does the court apply WHO issued Admi…
23-7144 Dricko Dashon Huskey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conspiracy criminal-enterprise due-process jury-finding jury-findings racketeering racketeering-activity rico-act rico-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation A conspiracy to violate The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), is punishable by a maximum of 20 years, but…
23-7145 Richard Dewayne Lewis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 appellate-review circuit-split extra-statutory-factors revocation-sentences sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supervised-release L. What is the proper standard of review for evaluating supervised release revocation sentences on appeal? I. May a district court imposing sentence …
23-7129 Cedric Jones v. Brian Eller, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-court civil-rights due-process federal-court jurisdiction petition public-health rehearing standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1072 Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul v. United States District of Columbia 2024-04-02 Denied Amici (3) 28-usc-455 circuit-split federal-judges federal-judiciary government-service impartiality impartiality-standard judicial-recusal legal-ethics recusal statutory-interpretation The federal disqualification statute, 28 U.S.C. §455, compels federal judges to recuse themselves "in any proceeding in which [their] impartiality mig…
23-1066 Continuing Care Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Jacob Benson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-rights civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act federal-preemption insurance-business insurance-regulation liability-risk-retention-act mccarran-ferguson-act preemption risk-retention-groups statutory-interpretation Can Arizona's anti-arbitration garnishment statute A.R.S. § 12-1584, which itself violates the Federal Arbitration Act, reverse preempt the Liability …
23-1069 Public Utilities Commission of Ohio v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Third Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied administrative-law agency-action agency-deference energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-review judicial-deference majority-vote statutory-interpretation wholesale-electricity Should courts apply the same deferential standard of review that they apply to rules that become effective by order of the Federal Energy Regulatory C…
23-7106 Gemar Morgan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history guideline-commentary sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-havis Do the United States Sentencing Commission application note 4B1.4 cmt.n,(1) that states: "nor are the time periods for the counting of prior sentences…
23-7107 Brock Melancon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-commission (1) Does this Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), govern the extent to which district courts may defer to the U.S. Sentencing…
23-7096 Ethel Oyekunle-Bubu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law medical-practice medical-practitioner prescription-standards professional-practice professional-standards ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Fifth Circuit's gas failed to follow this Court's decision in Ruan v. United States , 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022) by holding that a registered m…
23-7086 Vinicio J. Garcia v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-27 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1059 Peter Williams v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-petition administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act clean-air-act due-process environmental-protection-agency epa-action petition-for-review standing statutory-interpretation timeliness 1. Whether Williams could have petitioned for review using non-record rebuttal evidence within 60 days of EPA's initial action. 2. Whether the Act re…
23-1050 Luis Sanchez, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment circuit-split civil-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture pleading pleading-deficiency statutory-interpretation When a person is convicted of a drug crime, 21 U.S.C. § 853 calls for bifurcated proceedings to ascertain what property may be forfeited as a result o…
23-7055 Jacob Lyon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rahimi waiver 1. Whether an objection to a sentencing enhancement, urged with a specific argument supporting the non-application of that enhancement, waives all oth…
23-7061 Cody Dillon Hogan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law due-process eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum restitution statutory-interpretation 1. Proximate causation. This Court has opined that holding possessors of illegal pornography liable for the conduct of many other independent actors m…
23-7046 Pamela Kathryn Conley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-identity-theft bank-fraud circuit-court concurring-opinion criminal-law criminal-procedure loan-documentation signature-forgery statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's forging of a signature of a bank employee on a lien release, used as supporting documentation for a bank loan in the defendant's…
23-7040 Hamid Houbbadi v. Kennedy Law Firm, PLLC, et al. Tennessee 2024-03-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment appeals constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process legal-principles state-court statutory-interpretation 1. is the petitioner constitutional right to due process of law under the 14th Amendment to the United States constitution violated when the Tennessee…
23-1041 Flying Crown Subdivision Addition No. 1 and Addition No. 2 Property Owners Association v. Alaska Railroad Corporation Ninth Circuit 2024-03-20 Denied Amici (1) 1871-land-grants alaska-railroad alaska-railroad-act easement exclusive-use-easement land-grant property-law property-rights railroad-rights-of-way statutory-interpretation When interpreting railroad rights-of-way granted by federal statutes, courts look to the condition of the country when the statutes were enacted, as w…
23-1042 Sean Gaskin, et al. v. Stephen May, et al. District of Columbia 2024-03-20 Denied Response Waived common-law-powers district-court-powers district-of-columbia-court-reorganization-act federal-actors federal-tort-claims-act sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation westfall-amendment 1. Whether FTCA's 1988 "Westfall" amendment created immunity that did not previously exist, thus displacing non-FTCA actions that do not rely on the F…
23-1028 Shannon Poe v. Idaho Conservation League Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) addition-of-pollutant chevron-deference clean-water-act discharge-of-pollutant navigable-waters ninth-circuit-ruling pollutant-discharge statutory-interpretation Whether there is a "discharge of a pollutant" under the Clean Water Act when material already within a regulated waterbody is merely moved or resuspen…
23-1037 Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Isobel Berry Culp, et vir Third Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied 26-usc-6213 internal-revenue-service judicial-review petition-timeliness statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-court-jurisdiction tax-deficiency tax-procedure untimely-petition 1. Whether 26 U.S.C. 6213(a) grants the Tax Court jurisdiction to review an untimely petition for redetermination of a tax deficiency? 2. Even assumi…
23-7026 Pedro Valencia-Ayala v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-review discriminatory-purpose equal-protection immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-7014 Stanley Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act mandatory-minimum physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), are categorically crimes of violence under the elements clau…
23-1009 Leisl M. Carpenter v. Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights equal-protection mootness race-discrimination standing standing-doctrine statutory-interpretation voluntary-cessation Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 established a debt relief program for "socially disadvantaged" farmers and ranchers. The United S…
23-1007 Casey Cunningham, et al. v. Cornell University, et al. Second Circuit 2024-03-13 Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split erisa fiduciary-duty party-in-interest pleading-requirements prohibited-transaction statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff can state a claim by alleging that a plan fiduciary engaged in a transaction constituting a furnishing of goods, services, or faci…
23-6969 James Paul Antonio v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-jurisdiction predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether an assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3), categorically qualifies as a predica…
23-6979 Kyston Ivory v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-revocation sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-haymond Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-6981 Ezekiel Davis v. Shadid Ansari, Individually and in His Official Capacity as GEO/LCF Medical Director, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-procedure legal-issue medical-injury standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23A839 McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., et al. v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-03-13 Presumed Complete agency-deference fcc-ruling hobbs-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Hobbs Act required the district court in this case to accept the FCC's legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
23-999 Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko Virginia 2024-03-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-estoppel disability-benefits due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-procedure preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.…
23A835 Alif Jan Adil v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-03-12 Presumed Complete age-of-consent criminal-law federal-criminal-statute jurisdictional-element sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-1000 Therese M. Waters, on Behalf of Kelly E. Waters v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sixth Circuit 2024-03-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference benefit-coverage disability-discrimination enteral-nutrition medical-necessity medicare-act medicare-coverage organ-dysfunction prosthetic-devices secretary statutory-authority statutory-interpretation (1) Is the Secretary statutorily authorized, or entitled to deference, to deny benefit coverage for an entire group of benefits (here, enteral nutriti…
23-1002 Tony R. Hewitt v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-12 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split criminal-law first-step-act judicial-vacatur mandatory-minimum post-enactment-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act's sentencing reduction provisions apply to a defendant originally sentenced before the FSA's enactment when that original s…
23-6934 Calvin C. Freeman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process minor-protection minors prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation vagueness 1.) Whether Congress intended the Alternative sex trafficking of, children "OR®' by force, fraud, or coercion as Alternative Elements or Alternative M…
23-6949 Jose Salomon Madrid-Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach criminal-law federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether aiding and abetting is a means of committing a Hobbs Act violation under the categorical approach. 2. Whether conspiracy and attempt are m…
23-6953 Anthony Lamont Mason, II v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-court federal-sentencing indian-major-crimes-act mandatory-minimum mcgirt-v-oklahoma sentencing-guidelines state-court state-sentencing statutory-interpretation This case presents a legal question under the Indian Major Crimes Act (IMCA), 18 U.S.C. § 1153, that is increasingly important in the wake of McGirt v…
23-6939 Jaime Dean Charboneau, aka Jaimi Dean Charboneau v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence admissibility-of-evidence circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § (b)(2)(B)(ii)'s actual innocence standard requires the court to consider all the evidence, old and new, incriminating and excul…
23-6942 Paulino Granda v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum predicate-conviction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a Petitioner demonstrates that he has made "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right " warranting the issuance of a certi…
23-6926 Pidy T. Tiger v. Tommy Williams, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied IFP constitutional-precedent federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-law jurisdictional-dispute native-american-rights statutory-interpretation treaty-abrogation treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty 1. Can the Kansas Act 18 U.S.C. 3243 be read to abrogate the Creek Nation Treaty of 1856? 2. Does Oklahoma .v. McGirt,2020 represent clearly establi…
23-6903 Glenn Albright v. Will Roberts, Volusia County Tax Collector, et al. Florida 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto financial-penalty former-offenders judicial-review statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement takings trial-court Whether the trial court erred by finding that a statutory requirement that former offenders must pay $31.25 did not constitute an ex post facto violat…
23-6907 Tryton Alonzo Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
23-6910 Jeffri Dávila-Reyes v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied IFP 46-usc-70502 46-usc-70504 appellate-procedure constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-review felonies-clause plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction vessel-jurisdiction I. Does the United States jurisdiction over a vessel under 46 U.S.C. § 70504(a) present a question of subject matter jurisdiction? II. Do bedrock ple…
23-966 Oscar Amos Stilley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-03-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-appointments judicial-assignment judicial-cross-designation judicial-ethics statutory-interpretation supervised-release 1. Whether or not 13 consecutive cross-designations of Oklahoma district judges, with apparent intent to issue new cross-designations each year, in pe…
23-6895 Bradley Lane Croft v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law fraud identity-theft qualifications statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dubin Whether aggravated identity theft convictions must be reversed when the real "crux" of the fraud turns, not on any person's name, but on their qualifi…
23-6896 Anthony Rimas v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive …
23-959 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit 2024-03-04 GVR Amici (4) circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-charging criminal-law drug-statute due-process federal-procedure indictment indictment-sufficiency statutory-interpretation The question presented, over which there is an open split between the Second and Third Circuits, is whether an indictment charging a violation of 21 U…
23-6876 Joseph Neil Bronson, Jr. v. United States First Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech legislative-intent overbroad post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Is 18 U.S.C. § 1504(1)(C) (Omnibus Crime Control Act) applied to Bronson's Metaphysical attempt to attempt "Louefl)rco,c|j uayi w" unconstitutionally?…
23-6869 Corey Jarren Forbito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment certiorari-petition circuit-split civil-rights constitutional constitutional-challenge due-process firearms gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary Question: Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending Un…
23-948 Texas Aromatics, L.P., et al. v. Intercontinental Terminals Company, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-29 Denied Response Waived absurd-consequences administrative-claim environmental-regulation federal-jurisdiction hazardous-substance maritime-law mixed-spill oil-pollution-act statutory-interpretation Whether the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., applies to a spill that is 91% oil and 9% a "hazardous substance."
23-6845 Milton Martin Biester-Villeda v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6850 Eric Michael Lujan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-933 Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of the Interior Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure court-fees fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion litigation-access statutory-interpretation Congress has determined that individuals should not be denied access to federal court based on their economic circumstances. To effectuate that impo…
23-918 Ranito Allen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-924 actus-reus criminal-law federal-criminal-statute mens-rea omission-liability physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether an offense that can be committed through omission or inaction can "ha[ve] as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical …
23-919 Kristin DiCroce v. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-26 Denied Response Waived buckman-ruling buckman-v-plaintiffs-legal-committee circuit-court-interpretation federal-food-drug-cosmetic-act federal-preemption implied-preemption medtronic-precedent medtronic-v-lohr state-law-causes-of-action state-law-claims statutory-interpretation Whether the First, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits' holdings that state law claims based on violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act are impliedly…
23A777 Marlean A. Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services Sixth Circuit 2024-02-26 Presumed Complete background-circumstances circuit-split employment-discrimination majority-group statutory-interpretation title-vii Question not identified.
23-6828 Warren J. Levering v. Nebraska Nebraska 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP chevron-deference child-support economic-impact-payments federal-statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-refund treasury-offset-program Did the Nebraska Supreme Court violate the U.S. Supreme Court's rules of Federal statutory construction by construing 26 U.S.C. §6428A to NOT exempt t…
23A770 Dearnta Lavon Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-23 Presumed Complete circuit-split crime-of-violence firearms-charge predicate-offense statutory-interpretation vicar-statute Question not identified.
23-6808 Joseph Michael King, aka Joey King v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process non-indigent sentencing sentencing-enhancement special-assessment statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. § 3014(a), defendants convicted of certain sexual offenses must be assessed a $5000 special assessment if one other condition is met —…
23-6786 Carl Ray McNeil, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c…
23-6794 Isaac Cardona v. United States First Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent double-jeopardy due-process merger-problem money-laundering specified-unlawful-activity statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether the promotional money laundering provision of Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1956 (a)(1)(A)(i), violates the due proce…
23-6799 Leon King v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion legal-reasoning sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) requires a sentencing court which rejects a defendant's nonfrivilous arguments in favor of a lower sentence to explain its…
23-892 Jason Antoine Brock v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure discrimination-claim due-process eeoc equal-employment-opportunity federal-circuit federal-courts judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(2) is fair in allowing 30'days for judicial review in comparison to 60-day rule within 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(A) and 5 U.S.C…
23-894 Gregory O. Garmong v. Maupin, Cox & Legoy Ninth Circuit 2024-02-21 Denied 28-usc-1447c bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-procedure martin-v-franklin-capital-corp remand-fees removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation The petitioner brought a breach of contract action in Nevada state court against the law firm which represented him in a bankruptcy filed by his ex-wi…
23-900 Dewberry Group, Inc., fka Dewberry Capital Corporation v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. Fourth Circuit 2024-02-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-conflict civil-procedure corporate-form corporate-separateness lanham-act profits-disgorgement standing statutory-interpretation trademark-law Whether an award of the "defendant's profits" under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), can include an order for the defendant to disgorge the distin…
23-6790 James Hamilton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split drug-sentencing ineffective-assistance mens-rea sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Counsel ineffective in violation of the Sixth Amendment for failing to recognize and address the methamphetamine disparity violation committed by the …
23-6769 Derrick Durrell Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite pas…
23-6770 Juan Carlos Burns v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation violent-crime Does second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1 categorically qualify as a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)?
23-6771 Wild Chang, et al. v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-16 Denied IFP civil-rights contract-rewriting due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-fraud RICO rico-fraud standing statutory-interpretation Q1. Whether national insurance companies can continue committing the RICO frauds in concert with other members of the RICO Enterprise with impunity by…
23-6747 Michael L. Miller v. Jeffery Norman Eighth Circuit 2024-02-15 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-review legal-procedure reproductive-rights scotus statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6757 Bryan Alan Kennert v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-02-15 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-loss deference economic-offenses guideline-interpretation intended-loss judicial-deference loss-calculation sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation This case involves the proper application of this Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, 1389 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), in interpreting the United States Sent…
23-6745 Raymond Wilson, III v. Fairhaven Police Department, et al. First Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection interstate-crime jurisdictional-issues legal-elements malicious-prosecution prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Why some cases can be successful and prosecute, whereas others cannot, having the same elements yet to be interpreted, and whereas a bias of a certain…
23-6746 Alexander Isaiah Perez v. Sandra Hijar, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-discretion civil-rights due-process judicial-review notice-and-comment procedural-due-process regulatory-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation 0T>uA W d'SVr\cV Courts uV.\;-^a4ion of V»\t *4 o-f f^ST'V +® ^rejod.'ce 4ViC 'Pe-K-l'to/iers § 39*41 -peli-Ron, w.-Hioot °fPor a»Aw 4u amend vtotate …
23-6750 Patrick Aboite v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute felony-conviction firearm-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable b…
23-6751 Delon Joseph Adams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute firearm-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(1)(D)(ii) precludes a sentencing court from imposing a sentence for a Section 924(c) firearm offense partially concur…
23-876 KC Transport, Inc. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. District of Columbia 2024-02-14 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference circuit-split federal-mine-safety-and-health-act federal-regulation mine-safety mining statutory-interpretation transportation 1. Whether a truck or a truck repair shop that is not located at nor is adjacent to an extraction or processing site or an appurtenant road is a "coal…
23-870 Metal Conversion Technologies, LLC v. Department of Transportation Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-action appellate-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure hazardous-materials-transportation-act judicial-review statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation When an aggrieved party petitions for judicial review of the Department of Transportation's final action under the Hazardous Materials Transportation …
23-6732 Seth Conner Wells v. Florida Florida 2024-02-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge cost-of-incarceration due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine fourteenth-amendment incarceration-cost statutory-interpretation timbs-v-indiana united-states-v-bajakajian Whether the imposition of a $401,500 cost of incarceration pursuant to Section 960.293 Florida Statutes is an unconstitutionally excessive fine as app…
23-6733 Lunick Janvier v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-interpretation legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ' decision on equitable tolling is in direct conflict with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based …
23-6724 Terrence Michael Taylor, aka Terrance Michael Taylor v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-claim double-jeopardy firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-colloquy statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution In Blackledge v. Perry, 417 U.S. 21 (1974), and Menna v. New York, 423 U.S. 61 (1975), this Court held that a defendant who pleads guilty can still ra…
23-861 Nick Feliciano v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) active-duty armed-services-reserve differential-pay due-process federal-civilian-employee federal-civilian-employees national-emergency reserve-component statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23-866 Evan H. Nordby v. Social Security Administration Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 GVR Relisted (3) active-duty civil-rights differential-pay due-process federal-employee federal-employment military-reserve military-reserves national-emergency pay-differential statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23-868 Charles Flynn v. Department of State Federal Circuit 2024-02-12 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) active-duty civil-service civilian-employee differential-pay federal-employment national-emergency statutory-interpretation Whether a federal civilian employee called or ordered to active duty under a provision of law during a national emergency is entitled to differential …
23-859 Zachary S. Spiegel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-02-09 Denied Response Waived attempted-enticement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute free-speech mandatory-sentencing obscene-speech obscenity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantial-step Does speech alone (even obscene speech or "explicit sex talk") constitute the "substantial step" for a charge of attempted enticement of a minor to en…
23-6709 Martin Akerman v. United States District of Columbia 2024-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence detention-challenge due-process escape-hatch-provision federal-detention habeas-corpus posse-comitatus standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does the Chief Data Officer of the National Guard, appointed under 44 U.S.C. § 3520, with standing under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(1) and (c)(2), and det…
23-6699 In Re Derlon Crain 2024-02-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6686 Clarence Lee Davis v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2255(f)(3) armed-career-criminal attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-violence davis-v-united-states federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states In a proceeding timely filed under 28 U.S.C. 2255(f)(3) does Attempted Armed Bank Robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 924(c)'s residual claus…
23-852 Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Jennifer VanDerStok, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-07 Judgment Issued Amici (28)Relisted (2) 5th-circuit-decision administrative-law atf-regulation atf-regulations firearm-definition gun-control-act regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation weapon-parts-kit In the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. 921 et seq., Congress imposed licensing, background-check, recordkeeping, and serialization requirements on …
23-845 Timothy Ray Vasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-06 Denied Response Waived bribery criminal-procedure due-process honest-services-fraud official-act public-official quid-pro-quo quid-pro-quo-bribery statutory-interpretation Does quid pro quo bribery, in the context of an honest services fraud prosecution, permit conviction on the basis that a public official received a be…
23-6668 Roosevelt L. Lincoln, aka Roosevelt L. Linicomn v. Harris County Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-02-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness legal-procedure section-242 statutory-interpretation 1) DOES THE 14th AMENDMENT ; [AND SECTION 242 OF TITLE 18] CONSTITUTE A MAN JUSTICE? 2) DOES THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAVE ANY RULES TO GO BY UNDER …
23-6656 Robert Kevin Boddie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of …
23-6659 Edward Logan v. Illinois Illinois 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection pre-trial-detention sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Wow con a Gioke enack and use an Ack, that by 45 oon Vagu ness, Com tae Werpretated te deny . Any. Criminal defendant the vight te.a spealy triol unde…
23-6661 Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied bias. 2. Whether the Un…
23-6662 Gregory A. Rollins v. Illinois Illinois 2024-02-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-law digital-files due-process statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the portion of the Illinois child pornography statute allowing for the termination of possession, 720 ILLS 5/11-20.1(b)(5) (2016), is unconsti…
23-832 Moshe Porat v. United States Third Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied Relisted (5) 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 circuit-split commercial-deception commercial-exchange economic-harm federal-criminal-law mail-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, even if the defendant does not i…
23-829 City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, et al. v. Deer Creek Water Corporation Tenth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response Waived 1926(b) 82-o.s.-1324.35 civil-procedure federal-obligations oklahoma-law private-corporation standing state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether a private corporation may waive State sovereignty without the permission of the State. 2. Whether Oklahoma has authorized private corporat…
23-6642 David Wayne Poydras v. Louisiana Louisiana 2024-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-standard factual-innocence indigent-defendants judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation IT. 3} id L * * Cadz. Ca I'm I Pro cedufie. ^ fl/tdfcla <3 &>* 3 (BJ j AllduJ dhe CouR't 's 7a/ Lou'iO/a d/L db deAfej dt5-j-i'-tui-be. 7aImade-'J d…
23-6645 Arthur Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-6647 Davaudrick Antron EtchisonBrown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-02-01 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedent second-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6630 Terry L. Terry v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia molestation sexual-assault statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence victim-testimony Did the state court unreasonably apply Jackson v. Virginia when it determined that evidence presented at trial was sufficient to sustain Terry's convi…
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)?
23-6637 Aruan Aleman Hernandez v. Palm Beach County State Attorney Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-31 Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 3. If the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the defendants with the right to assistance of counsel, it is fair to not include i…
23-825 Salvatore Delligatti v. United States Second Circuit 2024-01-31 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law inaction statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us…
23-819 Allstates Refractory Contractors, LLC v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (5) administrative-law article-i commerce-clause constitutional-limits delegation-of-authority delegation-of-power major-questions-doctrine osha statutory-interpretation workplace-safety Whether Congress's delegation of authority to write "reasonably necessary or appropriate" workplace-safety standards violates Article I of the U.S. Co…
23-6612 Cornelius R. Caple v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent career-offender case-law criminal-law due-process jackson-case sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Lower Court's erred in declaring the Petitioner a career offender in violation of Borden -v- United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021); Jackso…
23-6615 Jason James Veal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor After this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022) which held that attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence und…
23-6624 In Re Johnny Jones 2024-01-30 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process florida-statutes jurisdiction legislative-process legislative-validity statutory-interpretation statutory-revision subject-matter-jurisdiction DOES THE LAW AS ENACTED BY THE 1974, LEGISLATURE IN CHAPTER 74-121 APPEAR IN THE 1974 SUPPLEMENT TO FLORIDA STATES 1973? Does Statute 794.011(2) exis…
23-6590 Johnny Eugene Holton v. Georgia Georgia 2024-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction mandatory-minimum res-judicata sentencing statutory-interpretation void-sentence 1) Was Petitioner Deprived of His Due Process Clause of His Fourteenth Amendment fights and Equal Protection of the Law in Violation of His Rights Pro…
23-6602 Sylvester Cunningham v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge bruen circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-statute felon-in-possession felon-possession firearms-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional as applie…
23-6605 In Re Darius Lake 2024-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection legal-procedure precedent racial-discrimination sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6606 In Re Jose Alonso Jimenez 2024-01-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP article-iii civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation jurisdictional-issue juvenile-justice legal-standards sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation I.HOW DOES-ONE NOT HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL SAME FREEDOMS AS A JUVENILE WHOSE STANDARDS -ULTS ARE LESS IN THIS GREAT COUNTRY?RIGHT TO THE FOR ADII.WHE…
23-813 Brutus Trading, LLC v. Standard Chartered Bank, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-29 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure deferred-prosecution-agreement due-process evidentiary-hearing false-claims-act government-dismissal procedural-rights qui-tam statutory-interpretation Whether the Due Process Clause and 31 U.S.C. § 3730(c)(2)(A) and (B) require an evidentiary hearing when the evidence for and against dismissal is sha…
23A699 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2024-01-29 Presumed Complete administrative-enforcement due-process federal-trade-commission ftc-act monetary-penalties statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6584 David E. Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech nlrb-sanctions standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH NLRB v. BECK CONSTRUCTION CO., 536 U.S. 516 (2002) AND CEMETERY v. MARBURY, 536 U.S. 903 (2…
23-6596 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2024-01-26 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP board-of-immigration-appeals child-status-protection-act criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-review fair-sentencing-act immigration-law plain-error priority-date retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6577 Vahe Dadyan and Artur Ayvazyan, aka Arthur Ayvazyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-restitution proportional-punishment reasonably-foreseeable restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes) which imposes restitution for losses "directly and proximately" caused …
23-6578 Jeffrey Ray Sundwall v. Florida Florida 2024-01-25 Denied IFP civil-liberties constitutional-rights criminal-post-conviction due-process final-judgment habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure precedential-effect statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A689 Tremane Wood v. Christe Quick, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-01-25 Presumed Complete appellate-jurisdiction federal-courts final-judgment habeas-corpus rule-60(b) statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A682 Arthur Lopez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, et al. California 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete constitutional-interpretation individual-rights judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A687 Danilo Arturo Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-24 Presumed Complete criminal-appeal federal-sentencing ninth-circuit rico-conspiracy sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6552 In Re Vincent Pisciotta 2024-01-24 Denied IFP arson circuit-split conspiracy criminal-law double-jeopardy federal-felony statutory-interpretation Can a conviction for "using fire to commit a federal felony", under 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(1), be predicated upon the conspiracy conduct element of a "con…
23-6555 Luis Aceves-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses enhancement importation knowledge-requirement mens-rea methamphetamine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the two-level enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(5) for a drug offense that involves imported methamphetamine requires that the defendant knew…
23-6531 Terrance Brown v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-v-united-states career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing district-court judicial-review mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 00hcVVvLC iht ddrtricrt coox-v trct6 vo $\o&[no^ -vViod Brouon \S a cac^r o-^ockr vxadxr U-S.S.G MfeU aad M5LZ, AoWerc OAt, Brouon ^ pccdxodc coavxc-…
23-6542 Archie Cabello, aka Archibaldo Cabello, aka Archie Cabello, Jr., aka Archie P. Cabello, aka Arquimedes Cabello, aka Archie Palumbo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-23 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-counsel constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6546 Paul R. Hansmeier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus rule-of-lenity sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether an indictment that alleges only a non-offense or that accepts a plea to conduct falling outside the scope of a federal mail or wire fraud stat…
23-6520 Gary Von Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) should be construed to require a more substantial connection to interstate commerce than the mere passage of a firearm acros…
23-6526 Larry Coates v. United States Tenth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, when interpreting the Guidelines, should receive a more deferential version of Auer deference than all other federa…
23-788 Hope Medical Enterprises, Inc., dba Hope Pharmaceuticals v. Fagron Compounding Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split drug-regulation federal-law federal-preemption food-and-drug-administration preemption state-law state-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the FDCA preempts state laws prohibiting the in-state sale of unapproved drugs whose sale is also prohibited as a matter of federal law by the…
23-779 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Amici (3) accardi-doctrine administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit judicial-review notice-requirements statutory-interpretation va-regulation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits To ensure that veterans' claims are presented to agency decisionmakers with all available support, Congress has directed the Department of Veterans Af…
23A661 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit 2024-01-18 Presumed Complete controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-indictment federal-crime scheduling statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6514 Tiffany Janis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law federal-murder-statute force-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether federal second-degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
23-6485 Keaton Lamar Shaw v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie policy-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
23-6489 Robert E. Harrison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent-knowledge prior-bad-acts prior-conviction propensity-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Are prior gun possession convictions admissible under Rule 404(b) to prove knowing or intentional gun possession on a later date when the governmen…
23-6492 Delondo Henderson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP complicity complicity-law controlled-substances criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 Does the State of Kentucky's complicity law state an inchoate offense, such that a conviction for complicity cannot constitute a "controlled substance…
23-6493 Shannon Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note application-note-9 criminal-law drug-quantity judicial-interpretation methamphetamine pill-form sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the plain language of Application Note 9 to sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(c) requires a sentencing court to calculate the amount of pill-form m…
23-6501 Kevin Keith v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit 2024-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-the-writ aedpa brady-claim brady-rule federal-habeas habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence second-or-successive second-successive-petition statutory-interpretation Are Brady claims "second or successive" under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) when the suppressed evidence comes to light only after the dismissal of an initia…
23-760 John Baker, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights collective-bargaining disciplinary-process due-process employment employment-rights family-medical-leave-act fmla-compliance labor-law medical-certification statutory-interpretation statutory-protections The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) sets forth a medical certification process, including the ability to obtain a second and third opinion, if an …
23-6481 Ashley Nichole Kolhoff v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-12 Denied IFP child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law due-process fair-trial intent lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation Did this impermissible expansion of the scope of the federal child pornography statutes, in direct contravention of both the holdings of this Court an…
23-6452 Shannon R. Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure federal-sentencing first-step-act jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation ~T rx necson \\ YjL. 4V-< l peY\Vov\e,r do noV qut^V^y ©f VkiV under We AVH (£j(2J((l) penoVV/ enVc^n^emenV ccoa . VWe —'O irsvrVuV Ooudc, sV\VY covwi…
23-6440 Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the U.S.S.G Commentary being issued on a High in § 2L1.1 is unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to notice and comment to the …
23-737 Roman Melikov v. Ghilotti Bros., Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Response Waived automobile-accident federal-aid-highway-act federal-funds highway-construction highway-renovation private-cause-of-action statutory-interpretation 1) Does the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, 23 U.S.C. § 101-179, grant an express or implied private cause of action for an automobile accident at an…
23-743 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2024-01-09 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund (1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF. (2) Whether the…
23-734 Jody Rose, Administratrix of the Estate of Kyree Devon Holman, Deceased v. PSA Airlines, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-remedies erisa fiduciary-duty monetary-remedies statutory-interpretation Are non-tracing monetary remedies (e.g., surcharge) available under 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) to ERISA plan participants and beneficiaries asserting brea…
23-736 Bernard Gadson v. United States First Circuit 2024-01-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary to USSG § 2B1.1, cmt. n.3(A), expanding the meaning of "loss" to include "intended loss," vio…
23-6426 Leonard Nyamusevya v. CitiMortgage, Inc., et al. Ohio 2024-01-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy civil-procedure constitutional-violation discharged-debt due-process judicial-report mortgage-foreclosure property-taking public-interest statutory-interpretation takings i) In violation of § 524(a) and § 1326(c) and Rule 9011 and O.R.C. § 2329, whether a Supplemental Final Judicial Report violates the Ohio and U.S. Con…
23-6432 Carlos Martinez v. California California 2024-01-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto first-step-act prior-conviction retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-6433 Rico Lorodge Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-01-08 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-finding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty The Armed Career Criminal Act imposes heightened statutory penalties if a defendant convicted of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) has three prior c…
23-6419 Anthony Harris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process free-speech jurisdiction recidivism standing state-law-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony • S>vcuiA a. cAe^eAAsAr vfe&Ue' a offeAse- \je4cl G\.V\»K£EMeAx ^BssSJkA oA %x\ \Ja2vOE "stsife latoS " V\\A\ovi Ocs^ez^teow " Mmzecr 1 -$& "^uteu Qi…
23-6421 Remberto Rivera v. United States Eighth Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-guidance circuit-split deference judicial-deference sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), now prescribes the amount of deference to be paid to the United States Sente…
23-6424 Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1591 18-usc-1594 circuit-split criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy mandatory-minimum sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation When two Sex Trafficking statutes combine into a single Count, does the penalty for Sex Trafficking Conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. Section 1594(c) which h…
23-6409 Alfred E. Caraffa v. Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-01-04 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-720 Omar Ahmed Khadr v. United States District of Columbia 2024-01-04 Denied Amici (1) appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-conduct direct-appeal judicial-decision plea-agreement statutory-interpretation Plea agreements often include a general waiver of the right to appeal. Circuits are divided over whether the inclusion of such a term bars a defendant…
23-721 Gayle Killilea v. Richard M. Coan, et al. Second Circuit 2024-01-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) avoidance-action bankruptcy-law civil-procedure evidence expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence jury property-transfer rules-of-evidence statutory-interpretation trust This case arises out of a fraudulent conveyance action. It concerns whether certain real estate located in Ireland was held in trust—a question of fac…
23-711 James P. Ryan v. Carlo DeMaria, Jr., Mayor of the City of Everett, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-jurisdiction civil-procedure excusable-neglect federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction good-cause notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion statutory-interpretation time-limitation time-limits 1. Whether a federal court is deprived of jurisdiction when a notice of appeal is filed beyond the 30 days in the first provision of § 2107 but meets …
23-713 Joshua E. Bufkin v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2024-01-03 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) 38-usc-7261 benefit-of-doubt benefit-of-the-doubt-rule claims-process federal-circuit judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits veterans-benefits-act-of-2002 veterans-court Must the Veterans Court ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(…
23-715 Advocate Christ Medical Center, et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2024-01-03 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) agency-deference agency-interpretation benefits-eligibility disproportionate-share-hospital hospital-payments low-income-patients medicare-part-a medicare-reimbursement ssi-benefits statutory-interpretation Does the phrase "entitled … to benefits," used twice in the same sentence of the Medicare Act, mean the same thing for Medicare part A and SSI, such t…
23-716 Shawn Mark Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-01-03 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute criminal-intent federal-benefits federal-healthcare-benefits healthcare-fraud interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation travel-act I. Does the Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7(b)(1), require the government to prove that the defendant received remuneration for referring p…
23A601 Shannon Donoho v. United States Seventh Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete child-pornography federal-criminal-law photographic-evidence sentencing-guidelines sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation Whether surreptitiously recorded videos and images of minors in a bathroom depict those minors engaging in "sexually explicit conduct"—namely, the "la…
23A606 Therese M. Waters, on Behalf of Kelly E. Waters v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Sixth Circuit 2024-01-02 Presumed Complete administrative-deference medical-food medicare-coverage metabolic-disorder prosthetic-device statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6396 Eleuterio Covarrubias-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
23-6397 Jaime Rivera v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether a crime of physical inaction ever "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or propert…
23-6382 Francisco Batista-Reyes v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process equal-protection first-time-offenders mdlea-offenses safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Do the MDLEA first time offenders charged for the violation of both the MDLEA as well as §§ 960 (b) and 963 statutes have a right to safety valve reli…
23-6384 Monterial Wesley v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict criminal-justice-system due-process extraordinary-reasons prosecutorial-misconduct sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a combination of "extraordinary and compelling reasons" that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) ca…
23-6394 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. §811(2)(G) that requires the "drug named" in the indictment to be listed as the controlled substance analogues? …
23-6357 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in CONCEPCION? see infra.
23-6361 Victor Grant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-drug-schedules serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(i), incorporates the federal drug schedules t…
23-6364 Luis Guridi v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-12-27 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-687 MRP Properties Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-12-27 Denied Amici (1) cercla cercla-liability corporate-disclosure environmental-regulation environmental-regulations facility-operator operator-liability pollution-producing-activities statutory-interpretation waste-disposal waste-disposal-activities Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), an "owner" or "operator" of a "facility" at the time hazardo…
23-685 Devaughn Dorsey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering A. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tamperi…
23-6347 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-loss administrative-deference circuit-split federal-sentencing-guidelines fraud-guidelines intended-loss kisor-v-wilke loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the intended loss commentary to the fraud guidelines § 2B1.1(b)(1) violate this court's decision Kisor v. Wilke, 139 S.Ct. 2400 (2019).
23-679 Gene Rechtzigel v. Green Valley Development, LLP, et al. Minnesota 2023-12-22 Denied boundary-determination constitutional-rights due-process full-and-fair-trial judicial-procedure land-boundary property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-rights I. Did the State Courts of Minnesota deprive Petitioner of Liberty, Due Process of Law, United States Constitutional Rights, Minnesota Constitutional …
23-681 Diamond J. Wholesale, LLC, dba Gabsons Novelties v. Top Tobacco, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-22 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-liability individual-liability knowing-violation lanham-act mark-misuse statutory-interpretation threshold-of-significance trademark-infringement The Lanham Act sets up a two-tiered penalty regime for cases involving counterfeit marks depending on whether the use of those marks was knowing. Whil…
23-670 Marc S. Kirschner, Solely in His Capacity as Trustee of the Millennium Lender Claim Trust v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Second Circuit 2023-12-21 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived financial-regulation investment-instrument junk-bonds reves-standard reves-v-ernst-young secondary-markets securities-law statutory-interpretation syndicated-loans 1. Whether notes issued as part of a syndicated loan are "securities" under the securities laws. 2. Whether the Court should revisit the Reves standa…
23-6312 Andre Reese v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary to the Sentencing Guideline…
23-6314 Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the court of appeal s erred in ruling that a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1) qualified as a "controlled substance …
23-668 Warren King v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-20 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (13) 28-usc-2254 batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-determination jury-selection racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's decision was based on "an unreasonable determination" of the facts. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2). 2. Whether the Geo…
23-6282 Clay Chastain v. Bedford Regional Water Authority Virginia 2023-12-18 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure public-utility rate-regulation statutory-interpretation takings 1. Can a Locality practice uniformly and selectively charge K Lucho mecs J: Lhe ant fove © Marian he susan all the Custome zc use ¢ 2. Does sudan av …
23-6285 Kenneth Paiva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause .
23-6278 Devontae Nykel Racliff v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6241 Mark Emmanuel Martinez v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issues legal-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the Proposed Recusal - Adv. Ookten cack; ercscad 6 Cen mre inn Giece. of erence hel of Uahtdn S0kFii ne. prSena face ar Ment tabPon Ceqwire ne…
23-6259 Bryan Lee Ogle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction most-innocent-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tennessee-statute violent-felony Whether the district court erred in applying an enhanced sentence, pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to Mr. Ogle at sente…
23-6263 Freddy Abad v. United States Second Circuit 2023-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) 924(j) criminal-charging criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-criminal-law lora-v-united-states robbery-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution united-states-v-davis 1). Whether the two §§ 924(C), 924(J) Counts Five and Six, were based on a single "unit of prosectution ," this court should hold that they were; un…
23-6244 Edmond Carl Warrington v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction federal-offense judicial-review sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Whether the $5,000 additional special assessment imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 3014, which applies upon conviction of certain enumerated federal offenses,…
23-6252 Juan Antonio Guerrero-Lazaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6253 Larry D. Ford v. American Homes 4 Rent, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-12-13 Denied IFP civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-intent due-process fair-housing-act housing housing-providers statutory-interpretation tenant-discrimination tenant-liability third-party-liability 1. By making it unlawful to discriminate because of a protected trait, did Congress require an FHA plaintiff to plead and prove discriminatory intent …
23-6240 Jesus Salvador Gonzalez-Lunar v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation covered-vessel criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-determination jury-trial maritime-law proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or an adequate factual basis during a guilty plea, to find that a …
23A529 Ranito Allen v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete certiorari professional-obligations statutory-interpretation supreme-court time-extension writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
23A531 Jamaal A. Hameen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete appellate-review criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction sentence-revocation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A534 Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of Interior Ninth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete civil-litigation court-fees filing-fees in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. This case presents a significant question of law—namely, whether, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), district courts may impose a partial filing f…
23A536 Martin Akerman v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-12 Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari-extension fourth-circuit judicial-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).…
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-6220 Daniel Thomason Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violations corporate-liability discriminatory-practices due-process federal-prosecution fraud medical-billing standing statutory-interpretation takings ^ a*& UcbntftJjfe \davJ de)04) <4 in, 'ShoujJ, JT receive^ aid (Jb °r loatoc^a), e-fr a4_ pp f Ae create o-Pmv 'PreJC' ^«/ 1) 'toMX-ytflC -f,a£ynJ&'1 …
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo…
23-6223 Christopher Louis Sindone v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-habeas-corpus harassment legal-standing retaliation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-625 Tel James Boam v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-12-11 Denied Amici (1) child-pornography circuit-split criminal-statute due-process lascivious-exhibition minor-protection sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Does a defendant produce or possess a depiction involving the use of a minor engaging in "lascivious exhibition," and thus "sexually explicit conduct,…
23-6199 Trayvon Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-pronouncement life-sentence plain-language sentencing statutory-interpretation I crimin&L Censjrt(jtfa>n*lly QtrfrMed ~fc> life ScnWic^ zfttcuhd ^afSuAni % ~fht ferm5 of Senhsicz* Orally pronouAccA in? A ?hfe ^CeSonce/ , i *n
23-6206 Ken Ejimofor Ezeah v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 custody habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review noncitizen-rights removal-order savings-clause statutory-interpretation successive-petitions DOES THE DORMANT COMMERCE CLAUSE IN SECTION 12(C) ALLOW THE COURT JURISDICTION OVER A PERSON'S GOODS, PATENT, CUSTOM AUTHORITY, SINCE 22 U.S.C. SECTIO…
23-621 Gerald F. Lackey, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles v. Damian Stinnie, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-12-08 Judgment Issued Amici (19)Response RequestedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1988 civil-rights injunction-standard judicial-procedure legal-merits merits preliminary-injunction prevailing-party standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a party must obtain a ruling that conclusively decides the merits in its favor, as opposed to merely predicting a likelihood of later succe…
23-6189 Karen Gail Brainen Kleinman v. Cynthia A. Norton, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions bankruptcy-procedure collateral-estoppel creditor-rights due-process judicial-immunity res-judicata stare-decisis statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the intent of Congress in enacting 11 U.S.C. §522(1) and Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4003(b) as interpreted by this Court 's precedential and controll…
23-6191 In Re Colby Jerome Hale 2023-12-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure consent consent-search constitutional-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-procedure magistrate notification peace-officer standing statutory-interpretation 8) What is the purpose of Rule 18 of the Supreme Court of the United States on an Appeal from the U.S. District Court. If you do exactly what the rule…
23-6197 Daniel Joseph Teed v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Low Third Circuit 2023-12-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-aggregation due-process equal-protection first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation time-credits Is the ineligibility provision of 18 USC §3632(d)(4)(D) First Step Act Time Credits constitutional? II. Can the Federal Bureau of Prisons determine F…
23-605 Erich M. Martin v. Raina L. Martin Nevada 2023-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) collateral-estoppel due-process federal-preemption federal-supremacy judicial-convenience preemption res-judicata statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. May state law doctrines of judicial convenience, like res judicata and collateral estoppel, be raised against a preemptive federal statute, 38 U.S.…
23-6170 Edell Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-12-06 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), the statute prohibiting possession of firearms by persons convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term ex…
23-6167 In Re Dwight Carter, Sr. 2023-12-05 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6157 Mario Alberto Netro-Perales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-12-04 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-split deference federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states 1. The circuits have split over the extent of deference that is to be given to the commentaries to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines after the decisio…
23-6150 Quindell Tyree Maloid v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-01 Denied IFP administrative-interpretation administrative-law deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), limit the deference owed to the United States Senten…
23-6152 In Re Michael Alonza Rufus 2023-12-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review preemption statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-6129 Jarmaine Carter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence extortion federal-sentencing ohio-revised-code ohio-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Ohio robbery under Ohio Revised Code § 2911.02(A)(2) categorically matches the enumerated offense of "extortion" under United States Sentencin…
23-6131 Eliseo Vaquerano Canas v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-agency administrative-law congressional-directive sentencing-commission sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-authority statutory-interpretation use-of-a-minor use-of-minor-enhancement I. Whether the Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority when, contrary to a Congressional directive, it made the "Use of a Minor" sentencing enhan…
23-6134 Rajon Jamison v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-offender base-level base-level-calculation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-conviction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD GRANT THIS APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI AND ADDRESS TWO SENTENCING ERROR OF SIGNIFICANCE WHEN THE TRIAL COURT ERRED WH…
23-6135 Charles Kevin Agerton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law federal-jurisdiction legal-interpretation offense-matching sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines?
23-6136 Shawn C. Leftwich v. State Farm Insurance Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-29 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process pleadings pro-se procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6118 T'Shaun Omar Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance federal-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-construction legal-definition state-law statutory-interpretation vehicle-for-review In the absence of an explicit definition, is the definition of "controlled substance" in the federal sentencing guidelines controlled by federal or st…
23-6119 Amanda Lyn Walker v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process enabling-child-abuse judicial-discretion sentencing-range statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague 1. Whether a criminal statute with a sentencing range of not exceeding one year imprisonment in a county jail or not exceeding life imprisonment at th…
23-570 Jacqueline Avery v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied administrative-regulations benefit-claims circuit-split claims-procedure erisa essential-purpose judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation substantial-compliance Under Section 503 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1133, employee benefit plans must, in accordance with th…
23-571 Madeleine Pickens v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Amici (1) 6324(a)(2) decedent-property estate-tax estate-taxes higley-v-commissioner iRS-authority personal-liability statutory-interpretation tax-lien trust-beneficiaries When an individual passes away, the executor of his estate must pay estate taxes. If the executor fails to pay, the Internal Revenue Service may enfor…
23-551 GMS Mine Repair v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-11-22 Denied administrative-law auer-deference chevron-deference chevron-doctrine circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure judicial-review regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation In Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019) ("Kisor"), this Court sought to limit Auer deference and provided specific guidance for courts to interpret…
23-553 William Clark Turner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction flight-attendant free-speech intimidation jury-instructions statutory-interpretation 1. Did the inclusion of multiple alternative definitions of "intimidate" within the jury instructions for the charged violation of 49 U.S.C. section 4…
23-558 United Natural Foods, Inc., dba United Natural Foods, Inc. and SuperValu, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit 2023-11-22 GVR Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure definite-term federal-office federal-officer nlrb-procedure removal removal-authority statutory-interpretation 1. Whether statutes that prescribe a definite term for a federal office, without providing for removal of the officer during the prescribed term, impl…
23-6076 Timothy Ricardo Pedraza v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion liberty-interest parole parole-eligibility statutory-interpretation texas 1. The question is whether a .State or US Court of Appeals abused its discretion and/or committed plain error for a misapplication of state law (stat…
23-6091 Valentino Bernard Lee v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2023-11-22 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions legal-principles mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence possession-of-firearm sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in sentencing defendant to a mandatory 11 year sentence under the 10-20-Life statute for possession of a firearm when th…
23-6092 Joe Lawrence Gallegos v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-enterprise criminal-law federal-courts gang-status gang-violence purpose-doctrine self-defense self-preservation statutory-interpretation vicar-murder Whether acting on the immediate instinct for self-preservation constitutes acting for the purpose of "maintaining or increasing position in an enterpr…
23-6098 Ricardo Dinnall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2389 (2022), requires district courts to consider all nonfrivolous arguments raised by the parties in …
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess ... affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.C.…
23-6103 Alvin Celius Andre v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constructive-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation I. Does a constructive amendment occur when the government substitutes Congress's intended object of the actus reus of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), "any indiv…
23-6104 Michael Venetez McRae v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Actus. 92269) sould be Corrected there a —Ln5..Cotart ___ of Appeals Pinds hetodisteick cock 'incorrect, " determine d thot to of the thee required pr…
23-6069 Jeremie Saintvil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bank-fraud constitutional-law constitutional-permissibility criminal-charging criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-constitutional-rights statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. Whether the two bank fraud subsections of 18 U.S.C. § 1344 are separate and distinct offenses that require charging in separate counts? 2. Whether…
23-6087 Ronell Whitehead v. United States Third Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied IFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 circuit-split conspiracy-law controlled-substances drug-conspiracy drug-distribution mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Section 846 of title 21 provides that the available penalties for a controlled substances conspiracy violation are "the same ... as those prescribe…
23-543 Solena Y. Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied Response Waived 38-usc-7104 38-usc-7292 administrative-law chenery-doctrine fact-finding implicit-denial judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-benefits veterans-affairs veterans-claims When the VA fails to adjudicate the disposition of a claim for benefits, may a reviewing Court find that the VA meant to implicitly deny the claim, wi…
23-548 Jenny Schieber, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2023-11-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion dispute-resolution executive-agreement international-executive-agreements judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantive-statute 1. Whether agency adjudication rendered pursuant to an international executive agreement is subject to judicial review under the APA where: (a) Congre…
23-6057 Juan J. Zuniga-Bruno v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy first-circuit issue-preclusion predicate-felonies sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vacatur 1. Whether the Court of Appeals of the First Circuit's affirming opinion in Zuniga-Bruno is case is conflicting with First Circuit precedents United S…
23-6061 George Oscar Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-kidnapping federal-kidnapping-statute fifth-amendment interstate-commerce intrastate-crime statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness (1) Whether the residual clause of "or otherwise " of the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, is void for vagueness under the due process cl…
23-6065 Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § …
23-6039 Selbourne Waite v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed without the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force, see 18 U.…
23-6041 Luis Alberto Hernandez-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6042 Joel Flores v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm "in furtherance of" a drug offense as opposed to possession…
23-6047 Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-6048 Elvis Redzepagic v. United States Second Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing material-support offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the circuit split regarding the correct offense level that is to be used in sentencing violation…
23-525 Murphy Company, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (4) antiquities-act federal-land-management federal-lands land-use-restrictions national-monument national-monuments oregon-and-california-railroad-and-coos-bay-wagon- presidential-authority presidential-power statutory-interpretation sustained-yield-timber-production The question presented is whether the Antiquities Act authorizes the President to declare federal lands part of a national monument where a separate f…
23-527 Raji Rab v. Shirley N. Weber, California Secretary of State, et al. California 2023-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process election-code election-integrity election-law judicial-review legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vote-counting 1. Whether the lower courts failed to address the important question of law to prevent the violation of constitutional rights and the greatest miscarr…
23-531 Timothy I. Carpenter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-17 Denied Amici (2) criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-firearm-offense first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Do the sentencing reforms in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply when a district court sentences an individual whose offense was committed before …
23-6019 Luis Olivares v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FAIR SENTENCING ACT, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), PERMITS A DISTRICT COURT TO MODIFY MR. OLIVARES UNUSUALLY LONG SENTENCE IN THIS EXCEPTIONA…
23-6029 Brianna Irene Bustam v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history drug-offenses first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as she does not have (A) …
23A442 Jeffrey B. Israelitt v. Enterprise Services, LLC Fourth Circuit 2023-11-16 Presumed Complete ada-retaliation disability-accommodations employment-discrimination jury-trial monetary-damages statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A432 Diamond J. Wholesale, LLC, dba Gabsons Novelties v. Top Tobacco, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-15 Presumed Complete appellate-review circuit-court federal-jurisdiction final-judgment statutory-interpretation unpublished-opinion Question not identified.
23-6003 David Santiago Renteria v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legislative-history reconstruction-era removal-act statutory-interpretation 1. Should an important federal law from the Reconstruction Era— the removal act for criminal cases, 28 U.S.C. § 1443(1)—be given its original public m…
23-6011 Jacques H. Telcy v. Michael Breckon, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255e armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus legal-innocence saving-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation To the exception to the rule termed in 28 U.S.C. §2255(e), the "escape hatch" or "saving clause" - does it permit a federal prisoner to "file a habeas…
23-6012 Rafael Espinal-Mieses v. United States First Circuit 2023-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960(b) criminal-sentencing federal-statute maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation The First Circuit affirmed the denial of Mr. Espinal-Mieses's motion for safety-valve relief under the former version of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), which di…
23-6013 Calvin Cogdill v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-procedure criminal-sentencing fifth-amendment indictment jury reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation May a district court judge properly find, by a preponderance of the evidence, the uncharged, non-elemental fact that a person committed three prior of…
23-512 Steven M. Greenbaum, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Judith (Shoshana) Lillian Greenbaum, Deceased, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2023-11-15 Denied Response Waived asset-freezing asset-seizure blocked-assets federal-law federal-sovereign-immunity judgment-enforcement sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation terrorism-based-judgments terrorism-risk-insurance-act The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1610 (note), provides that "blocked assets"—assets that have been "seized or frozen by the United States…
23-6002 Justin Del Rio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review plain-error statutory-interpretation This appeal concerns a challenge to the enforceability of a $5,000 fine under 18 U.S.C. § 3014. Petitioner, JUSTIN DEL RIO, submits the Fifth Circuit …
23-6004 Reginald C. Scott v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit 2023-11-14 Denied IFP constitutional-prohibition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment lesser-included-offense pennsylvania-law same-offense statutory-interpretation Whether Robbery and Second Degree Murder, a greater and lesser included offense under Pennsylvania law, constitute the "same offense" under the Double…
23-495 Lucine Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-11-09 Denied Amici (1) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split facebook-v-duguid number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent telephone-consumer-protection-act Does the plain language of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's ("TCPA") definition of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System ("ATDS") at 47 U.S.C. …
23-489 Office of the United States Trustee v. USA Sales, Inc., dba Statewide Distributors, a California Corporation Ninth Circuit 2023-11-08 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustees constitutional-uniformity judicial-remedy retrospective-refunds statutory-interpretation Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
23A415 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-479 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers Does the residual clause in Section 1 of the FAA exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but …
23-483 Mauricio Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-07 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure district-court eleventh-circuit predicate-offense rule-29 rule-29-motion standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court applied the proper standard of review to find guilt and issue their judgment on Petitioner's Rule 29 motion. Whether the E…
23-5954 Arthur Picklo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the rule of lenity requires a sentencing court to impose a § 924(c) sentence consecutive to only the predicate crime of violence or drug offen…
23-5960 Brandon Keith Wright v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
23-5962 Leon Curtis Eckford v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-crimes federal-predicate-statute generic-crimes generic-federal-crime predicate-offenses realistic-probability-test statutory-interpretation Whether the realistic probability test first set forth in Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2007), applies when comparing a federal predicate …
23-5951 Rodney L. Love v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-11-03 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-law retroactivity sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
23-5939 Brett Northington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach chapter-reference circuit-split criminal-law legal-definition minor-protection minor-victim sexual-contact statutory-interpretation Should the definition of "aggravated sexual contact involving a minor or ward?" be imported into Chapter 110 from Chapter 109A or should a generic mea…
23-5942 Christopher Rayquaz Singletary v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of …
23-5929 Anthony Andrews v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-11-01 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-procedure jurisdiction parole sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5933 Samuel Lee Lynch v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-felony 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3559(¢)(1)'s residual clause is unconstitutional in light of This Court's opinions in Dimaya and Johnson? 2. Whether Florida's…
23-5934 Walter Leonard Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-459 Mark Sami Ibrahim v. United States District of Columbia 2023-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure federal-law-enforcement federal-officer interlocutory-appeal law-enforcement-immunity motion-to-dismiss qualified-immunity regulation statute statutory-interpretation Whether DEA Special Agent Mark Sami Ibrahim raised a colorable claim of a legislated immunity in the text of the statute and regulation granting Feder…
23-460 C.K. Sales Co., LLC, et al. v. Margarito V. Canales, et al. First Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Relisted (2) and distribute baked goods within defined intrast sell civil-procedure contract-employment contract-exemption employment-contracts employment-law exemption-clause federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-worker transportation-workers The Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") does not "apply to contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, and any other class of workers engaged i…
23-461 Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit 2023-11-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights cooperative-federalism disability-rights due-process individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review state-statutes statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Court should intervene to reverse the policy, ratified by the Second Circuit, of blatantly violating binding State statutes and regula…
23-455 United States v. Litsson Antonio Perez-Gallan Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge domestic-violence due-process firearms firearms-possession protective-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence protective orders, violates the Second…
23-456 Consumers' Research, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Amici (4)Relisted (6) administrative-law constitutional-law fcc-authority federal-communications-commission non-delegation nondelegation-doctrine revenue-raising statutory-interpretation telecommunications-regulation universal-service-fund (1) Whether 47 U.S.C. § 254 violates the nondelegation doctrine by imposing no limit on the FCC's power to raise revenue for the USF. (2) Whether the…
23-5917 Salvador Diaz-Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23A390 Richard D. Holcomb, in his Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles v. Damian Stinnie, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-10-31 Presumed Complete attorney-fees civil-rights merits-determination preliminary-injunction prevailing-party statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, to prevail "on the merits" under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, a party must obtain a ruling that conclusively decides the merits in its favor, as oppo…
23A385 Wayne M. English v. Parcel Express, Inc. Texas 2023-10-30 Presumed Complete appellate-rights court-access judicial-review pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5908 Michael James Choulat v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-30 Denied IFP which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th…
23-5876 Christian Lamar Porter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-5887 Arthur Vasquez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings }] C Q-ta 'TJs SSajJSL Sr Ar/S fJ/Yr/ SxitviY fj?2 J>7 dsCYJ&rfA AriS MtteiS Sr Au uVo-r dj/oMU J>sr#Sf Y7z/s tou/K 'So lJusyi// -Aris uDr^/^ru. Sr A…
23-432 Oman Fasteners, LLC v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-10-26 Denied chevron-deference delegation-of-power judicial-deference national-security presidential-tariffs procedural-requirements statutory-interpretation tariffs trade-expansion-act Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 delegates Congress's constitutional power to set duties on foreign imports into the United States (or t…
23-5879 Richard Wayne Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. In a Federal criminal case, whether a motion pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is a petition in the Mitigation in the Residual can challenge the subj…
23-5859 Matthew Steven Hackney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 and § 2252(a)(5)(B) authorize convictions upon proof that materials used to produce or possess child pornography once crossed…
23-424 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Jennifer Miller, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) circuit-split delivery-drivers employment-contract federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-deliveries statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in f…
23-427 Domino’s Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure commerce-clause delivery-drivers federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-delivery standing statutory-interpretation transportation-law workers Whether local delivery drivers—i.e., workers who make in-state deliveries of goods in response to instate orders, and play no role in transporting tho…
23-421 Alfonso Cioffi, et al. v. Google LLC Federal Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-251 embodiment-standard federal-circuit original-patent patent patent-disclosure patent-law patent-reissue reissue statutory-interpretation u.s.-industrial-chemicals 1. Should the Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., 771 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2014) "exact embodiment" standard for "original patent" disclo…
23-422 Shirley T. Sherrod, et al. v. Julie A. Su, Acting Secretary of Labor Seventh Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) affirmative-defenses amendment civil-procedure erisa federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duties rule-15 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the underlying rulings contradict the plain text of the applicable ERISA provisions in finding a breach of Petitioners' fiduciary duties and d…
23-5841 James Franklin Snyder v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction inmate-rights judicial-review legal-materials prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation 1. Qcl«\ Vdoko txac. ,5oo udh S OV\d TerwkwfiJpg. OOr "Wbkfcs \ckjA l ^OrcJrveA do ^iep l n md^-S trav'O cfakg kjd A^A TideiL cWvy' SeWias, tVdjfmws m…
23-5847 Mai-Trang Thi Nguyen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review right-to-vote standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5852 Kareem Davis v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence modified-categorical-approach racketeering statutory-interpretation Is murder in aid of racketeering ("VICAR murder'), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), an indivisible offense requiring a categorical analysis bas…
23-5839 Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-413 Michael Lissack v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2023-10-19 GVR Relisted (2) administrative-action administrative-law agency-discretion chevron-deference discretion internal-revenue-service statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-whistleblower whistleblower-award Section 7623 of Title 26 governs the Internal Revenue Service's (hereinafter the "IRS") ability to pay awards to whistleblowers. Prior to 2006, awards…
23-5834 Herbert Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-waiver categorical-analysis criminal-procedure illegal-conviction illegal-sentence jurisdictional-challenge plea-agreement statutory-interpretation For convictions and sentences to stand, they must not violate the Constitution. Challenges to illegal 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) convictions necessarily encom…
23A349 Ohio, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-18 Presumed Complete administrative-overreach clean-air-act epa-regulation greenhouse-gas power-plant-emissions statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A350 Kinder Morgan, Inc., et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-18 Presumed Complete Amici (1) administrative-law agency-action clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-regulation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A351 American Forest & Paper Association, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2023-10-18 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-authority clean-air-act emissions-standards epa-regulation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23A343 David Forsythe v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-10-17 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure agency-regulation notice-requirement statutory-interpretation veterans-claims veterans-disability-benefits Question not identified.
23-5812 Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process mens-rea proximate-causation racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation After this Court's decision in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), the Circuit Courts have accepted that "death results" in 21 U.S.C. 841(b…
23-401 Michael Carey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-17 Denied circuit-conflict federal-courts judge-made-exceptions judicial-exceptions legal-remedy state-courts statutory-interpretation suppression-provisions wiretap-act Whether courts lack power to fashion judge-made exceptions to the exceptionless suppression provisions of the Wiretap Act.
23-5795 Benjamin D. Morrow v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1746 civil-procedure declaration declaration-requirements fourth-amendment oath-clause oath-or-affirmation perjury perjury-standard statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-section-1746 I. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1746 requires, in writing, an affirmative statement that the declaration's contents are "true" to support, establish, or prove…
23-5782 Tyrone Robinson, aka Tyrone R. Robinson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance federal-law grievous-ambiguity rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the meaning of the term "controlled substance" in the Sentencing Guidelines includes any substance prohibited by state law, or instead only th…
23-5786 Mark Andre Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court borden-precedent borden-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence legal-analysis sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Texas state law aggravated assault by injury can be considered a crime of violence under the Sentencing Guidelines in light of this Court's…
23-390 Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India Seventh Circuit 2023-10-13 Denied circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effects-clause foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation u.s.-jurisdictional-requirements Whether, to establish a "direct effect in the United States" under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2), a plaintiff must make an extratextual showing that either the…
23-5777 Iker Fabricio Mendez-Alfaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-standard precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5781 Troy George Skinner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation One of the statutes addressing the sexual exploitation of children, 18 U.S.C. § 2251, prohibits (a) the employment, enticement, or coercion of a minor…
23-5749 Mark Anthony Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus selective-adjudication selective-prosecution standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. DOES THIS SUPREME COURT FINDS THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 'S SELECTIVE ADJUDICATION AND UNDERMINING THE LAW OF THIS COURT ACCEPTABLE WHEN IT AFFIRMED THE D…
23-5756 David Davalos, Sr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-law due-process Fifth-Circuit forfeiture Honeycutt-v-United-States property-rights property-seizure statutory-interpretation tainted-property Whether Honeycutt v. United States, 581 U.S. 443 (2017) and its progeny require the Fifth Circuit to limit forfeiture to tainted property the defendan…
23-5758 Jimmy Jay Strayhorn, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial pepper-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation unconstitutional WHETHER OR NOT/WHEN ONE HAS EXCERSIZED HIS RIGHT TO TRIAL AND RF. FOUND GUILTY OF A COUNT IN HIS INDICTMENT THAT WOULD LATER RF. FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONA…
23-5733 Donald D. Higgs v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-review legal-issue standing statutory-interpretation 1. Was the district court's dismissal with prejudice of defendant's lack of standing improper? 2. Did the United States Court of Appeals fail to have…
23-5742 Joseph Michael Easton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
23-374 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Bryan David Range Third Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process felons felony-conviction firearm-possession firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he has been convicted of "a crime punishable by …
23-376 United States v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-10 GVR Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights controlled-substance criminal-law drug-user due-process firearm-possession second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), which prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substanc…
23A311 Madeleine Pickens v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-10-10 Presumed Complete estate-tax-liability last-antecedent-canon personal-liability section-6324 statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary Whether Section 6324(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code imposes personal liability for unpaid estate taxes on individuals who received estate property…
23-371 D'Andre M. Johnson v. United States Armed Forces 2023-10-06 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived case-scope court-of-appeals harmonious-reading jurisdiction jurisdictional-question legal-sufficiency legislative-history military-justice standard-of-review statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon I. 28 U.S.C. § 1259(3) states that this Court may review "[c]ases in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces granted a petition for review." D…
23-5730 Blaise Caroleo v. United States Second Circuit 2023-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment sentencing sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. Whether a waiver of the protections against cruel and unusual punishment afforded to a defendant under the Eighth Amendment is valid and enforceabl…
23-364 Nima Nazerzadeh v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response Waived due-process fifth-circuit plain-reading rule-of-last-antecedent sex-offender-registration statutory-construction statutory-interpretation surplusage-canon tier-classification 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's reversal of the district court's order terminating petitioner's sex offender reg…
23-365 Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. v. Douglas J. Horn Second Circuit 2023-10-05 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-damages civil-rico economic-harm personal-injury rico rico-act statutory-interpretation Whether economic harms resulting from personal injuries are injuries to "business or property by reason of" the defendant's acts for purposes of civil…
23-5713 Delvarez Long v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-04 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts rehabilitation rehabilitation-consideration sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-precedent tapia-v-united-states In Tapia v. United States, 564 U.S. 319 (2011), this Court held that the Sentencing Reform Act bars federal courts from imposing or lengthening a pris…
23-5704 Gregory D. Jones v. Dustin Bayler Seventh Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-354 Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under section …
23-345 In Re Jeffry Thul 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-employee federal-employee-rights mandamus regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation takings I am a partially recovered federal employee classified under 5 C.F.R. § 353.301(d); yet, I remain unre- - stored. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Si…
23-5680 Daniel Villa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2023-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-procedure-act agency-action direct-evidence due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 whistleblower whistleblower-award Section 704 of the Administrative Procedure Act subject's final agency actions to mandatory judicial review if no other adequate remedy exists in any …
23-5691 Ricardo Garcia, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-history due-process mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief …
23-5693 Lawrence Edward Thompson v. Texas Texas 2023-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5673 Javier Martinez v. Lowell Clark, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 GVR Relisted (3)IFP 8-usc-1226 discretionary-determination due-process habeas-corpus immigration-detention judicial-review mixed-question-of-law-and-fact statutory-interpretation (1) Whether an agency's determination that undisputed or established facts demonstrate an immigration detainee is a "danger to the community" is a dis…
23-334 Department of State, et al. v. Sandra Muñoz, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights consular-nonreviewability consular-officer due-process immigration-law immigration-nationality-act standing statutory-interpretation visa-application visa-denial Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the decision to grant or deny a visa application rests with a consular officer…
23-311 Keith Michael Connole v. David W. Garbarino, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2023-09-27 Denied Relisted (2) arizona-revised-statutes codis-database criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-access reliability-of-conviction reliability-of-convictions statutory-interpretation Whether a trial court must interpret Arizona Revised Statutes Title 13, Section 4240, to maximize a defendant's due process rights to access evidence …
23-313 Angela DeBose v. University of South Florida, Board of Trustees, et al. Florida 2023-09-27 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-error due-process ex-post-facto injunction-order small-claims standing standing-to-appeal statutory-interpretation vexatious-litigant (1) Whether an Injunction Order rendered under Florida Vexatious Litigant Law, Florida Statute § 68.093(2)(a), requires reversal where it is: (a) ap…
23-299 ATM Shafiqul Khalid v. Citrix Systems, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-interpretation copyright due-process exclusive-right inventor-protection patent patent-rights standing state-action statutory-interpretation takings 1. Whether "the exclusive Right" in inventions as written in the Constitution is a fundamental Right or Constitutional privilege separate from common …
23-300 ATM Shafiqul Khalid v. Microsoft Corporation Ninth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 congressional-power constitutional-rights copyright-clause exclusive-right fourteenth-amendment inventor-protection patent-clause patent-ownership sherman-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "the exclusive Right" in inventions as written in the Constitution is a fundamental Right or Constitutional privilege separate from common …
23-5645 Robert Eugene Stallings v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge counterman-precedent criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions procedural-error statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Counterman v. Colorado, decided after the decision below, shows that 18 U.S.C. §1038(a) should be read to require proof that the defendant int…
23-5652 Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP comity death-penalty due-process federal-counsel federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the court below erroneously denied jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599 based on a failure to follow fundamental rules of statutory inter…
23-5655 Christopher T. Mallett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP arkansas-robbery-statute armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach elements-clause predicate-offense robbery-statute statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the Arkansas robbery statute categorically qualifies as a predicate violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause.
23A265 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-09-26 Presumed Complete arbitration-exemption circuit-split federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether rideshare drivers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for "contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any o…
23-5640 Blake Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-2113(d) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) attempted-armed-bank-robbery attempted-bank-robbery attempted-crime bank-robbery criminal-law force-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether attempted bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and attempted armed bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d), are "crimes of violence" as defined in 18 …
23-278 United States Trustee Region 21 v. Bast Amron LLP Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-22 GVR Relisted (3) bankruptcy-administration bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees constitutional-law constitutional-uniformity judicial-districts remedial-relief statutory-interpretation uniform-laws Whether the appropriate remedy for the constitutional uniformity violation found by this Court in Siegel, supra, is to require the United States Trust…
23-275 Nancy Avina v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied 42-usc-1981 age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law federal-preemption preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as th…
23-5631 Jason M. Moriarty v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure imprisonment maximum-sentence revocation-of-release sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release When revoking multiple terms of supervised release and requiring a defendant "to serve in prison all or part of the term of supervised release," may t…
23-5632 Mario Rolando Cadenas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5619 Jordan Winczuk v. United States First Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity sentencing sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation The federal criminal statute entitled Sexual Exploitation of Children provides a series of mandatory-minimum penalties. 18 U.S.C. §2251(e). The penalt…
23-5629 Rene Rigoberto Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-20 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-indictment fifth-circuit plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rahimi Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(n).
23-268 Carolyn Frost Keenan v. River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. Texas 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split disability-discrimination fair-housing-act knowledge-element reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation Whether an FHAA reasonable-accommodation disability claim under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3) is barred if the defendant does not know or could not have reas…
23-271 Ryan Lynch v. Condominiums of Buena Vista, Inc. Minnesota 2023-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review arbitrability-clause arbitration-clause arbitration-standards contract-interpretation federal-arbitration-act judicial-review procedural-rights state-courts statutory-interpretation (1) When state courts misconstrue or ignore a written agreement controlling an arbitrability clause governed by the FAA, if the provisions under §2 an…
23-5612 Festus Okwudili Ohan v. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law copyright due-process judicial-review legal-precedent patent property-rights statutory-interpretation trademark I am he Ory hare And Man AGC of . tp everything un He World and Letp aL dA Ew 2) LT oined ah Pakerts Ard (beyvignes that BVI Finale ny Shoe lev A Ar…
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…
23-249 Dawn C. Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied anti-discrimination circuit-conflict civil-rights preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation title-vii Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as Ti…
23-250 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. San Carlos Apache Tribe Ninth Circuit 2023-09-15 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) contract-support-costs federal-funding federal-health-care indian-health-service indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation third-party-payors tribal-contracts tribal-sovereignty Whether IHS must pay "contract support costs" not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collect…
23-253 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Northern Arapaho Tribe Tenth Circuit 2023-09-15 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) contract-support-costs federal-funding health-care-services indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation third-party-payors tribal-sovereignty Whether IHS must pay "contract support costs" not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collect…
23-5591 Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting attempted-distribution attempted-transfer controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law drug-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation surplusage For certain recidivist guideline enhancements, "[t]he term 'controlled substance offense' means an offense under federal or state law, punishable by i…
23-5593 Shawn V. Castiglione v. Florida Florida 2023-09-15 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief sexual-offense statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, under which Petitioner was charged, tried, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, are co…
23-5601 In Re Michael Kenny Carter 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-statute circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conduct criminal-jurisdiction interstate-activity jurisdiction jurisdictional-scope sexual-activity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5602 Curtis Morris Hartsfield, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP attempted-crime attempted-distribution attempted-transfer circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution drug-trafficking drug-transfer federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation Whether an "attempted transfer" of drugs under 21 U.S.C. § 802(8) includes any conduct that would also constitute an "attempted distribution" of drugs…
23-5578 April Paw v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5581 Matthew R. Osuba v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute lower-court-split minor minor-protection production sexual-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Section 2251(a) of Title 18 to the U.S. Code, known as the production of child pornography statute, makes it a crime punishable by at least fifteen ye…
23-5587 Daniel Carrington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof causation controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law death-causation due-process proximate-cause reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation WHETHER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN UNITED STATES V. BURRAGE, 571 U.S. 204 (2014), CREATED A BRIGHT LINE RULE ESTABLISHING A RIGHT OF THE DEFENDANT TO PR…
23-5589 Sara Elyas v. Edward Johnston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-1257 certiorari civil-procedure federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction judicial-review judiciary-act-1789 jurisdiction standing state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court Petition for writ certiorari to United State Court of Appeals. Motion for certiorari to US COURT OF KCLERK I am Petition to US SUPREM Court to review…
23-5566 Scott A. Anthony v. United States Third Circuit 2023-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3rd-circuit 4th-circuit 8th-circuit child-abuse circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction The Child Abuse Victims Right Act of 1986 led to the passage of 18 USC § 2251(a) which prohibits the knowing possession of videos and any other matter…
23-5572 Joseph W. Fischer v. United States District of Columbia 2023-09-13 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split congressional-inquiry congressional-investigations criminal-procedure mens-rea obstruction-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering Did the D.C. Circuit err in construing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) ("Witness, Victim, or Informant Tampering"), which prohibits obstruction of congressional i…
23-5553 Randy Haight v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-retardation statutory-interpretation 1. Where a state trial court resolves disputed issues of material fact without an evidentiary hearing and ignores relevant expert opinion, is the stat…
23-5556 William L. Gladney v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine federal-sentencing first-step-act offense-grouping rico sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation May district courts reduce the sentence of those convicted of covered and non-covered offenses under the First Step Act, when the offenses intertwined…
23-226 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied Amici (1) covered-offense criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act recalculation sentence-reduction sentencing-range statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must recalculate a movant's sentencing range as if Sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the …
23-237 Winfred Wairimu Wamai, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Adam Titus Wamai, et al. v. Industrial Bank of Korea Second Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure embassy-bombing foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-litigation judgment-enforcement separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation u.s.-resident-plaintiffs 1. Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to "less deference" under the doctrine of forum non conveniens , rathe…
23-238 Roger Dale Anderson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied comport with the Supreme Court's holding in Ruan which did not explicitly reference the Controlled controlled-substances-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions medical-practice medical-professional-liability mens-rea statutory-interpretation In Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022), this Court held that a physician may be convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), of the Controlled Sub…
23-5551 Kristian G. Little, nka Kristian G. Childers v. Jamie A. Little Kentucky 2023-09-11 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction statutory-interpretation This case presents issues of first impression for this Court arising under UCCJEA. Did the Madison County Family Court ever have jurisdiction to make…
23-5546 Richard Sansbury v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abduction circuit-split criminal-law definitional-analysis location-change robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation victim-movement The meaning of "abducted" as used in United States Sentencing Guideline § 2B3.1(b)(4) and elsewhere throughout the Sentencing Guidelines is the subjec…
23-219 Sherman Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-08 Denied child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e), a state offense relates to the "sexual exploitation of children" only when it relates to child pornograp…
23-5542 Stephen James Hood v. Virginia Virginia 2023-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus legal-fiction petition-clause statutory-interpretation In Virginia, anyone who was convicted of a felony has the right to demonstrate their innocence with new evidence through a petition for a writ of actu…
23-5519 Octavio Cortez Fierros v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law child-pornography civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-review legal-precedent sexual-exploitation standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5532 Basil Warren Lewis, Jr. v. Phil Knight, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5535 Michael Rocky Lane v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-claim brady-rule circuit-split clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation I. Whether The Circuit Courts Have Decided An Important Question Of Federal Law That Should Be Definitively Settled By This Court? II. Whether 28 U.S…
23-208 Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, et al. v. Education for a Just Peace in the Middle East District of Columbia 2023-09-06 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-rights due-process facial-plausibility foreign-policy foreign-terrorist-organizations jurisdiction pro-palestinian-organizations standing statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-liability 1. Whether "facial plausibility" of a complaint filed by a victim of international terrorism committed in Israel may be judged by a different standard…
23-5502 Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation When a law is originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose and continues to have a disparate impact, do subsequent amendmen…
23-5506 Alisbey Santillon Gata v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-powers criminal-law criminal-offense interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element statutory-interpretation Whether a jurisdictional element satisfied by a de minimis connection to interstate commerce, such as 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)'s requirement that a prohibit…
23-5496 Jensen Ken Alexander v. Joseph Ely, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-procedure prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation transfer Question not identified.
23-5498 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-08-31 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-matter legal-issue procedural-question statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5482 Timothy Allan Dunlap v. Idaho Maximum Security Institution, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5484 Dion Ray Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-5466 Toddell Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment non-physical-harm prisoner-treatment sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court I, XS Ob 'c>$ 'Ocwevhc Violence, &Mutd £c*t*9^ ic^fy t\ Jh c.,fkr of S^mcul TcH/j^i x/,Ufiz,Tis> s>rARi \sS' %.cr. Wl }Uo-Os. Qc,S);AIK Tte ow* jr* *O…
23-5469 Peonte Shamar Spencer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit hobbs-act standing statutory-interpretation violent-conduct 1) Whether this court's wae fo as - a rele? be ion fir Concdusron that fe: t made _-+he eat showin of dea na, tot het Hae eli Tia —_———i prsceducal cu…
23-190 Probir K. Bondyopadhyay v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment government-liability jurisdictional-conflict patent patent-claim perjury sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation takings A serious legal conflict has developed between the USCFC and U.S. District Court involving Title 28 U.S.C. Section 1338(a) and Title 28 U.S.C. Section…
23-191 Nancy Williams, et al. v. Greg Reed, Secretary, Alabama Department of Workforce Alabama 2023-08-29 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-remedies section-1983 standing state-court state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether exhaustion of state administrative remedies is required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court.
23-5458 Kimeo Delmar Conley v. Jason Wells, Warden Seventh Circuit 2023-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5449 Antonio Rojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-5451 Raul Omar Rios-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-178 Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-25 Denied Amici (3) emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad based on the specif…
23-5426 Christopher Robertson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-robbery constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act jury-instructions misstatement-of-law residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A 4(c) OFFENSE IF DEFENDANT WAS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT ROBBERY? 2) CAN A DEFENDANT BE CONVICTED OF A OFF…
23-5429 Tywan Sykes v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-2251 4th-amendment child-exploitation civil-rights fourth-amendment governmental-entity internet-service-provider private-search-doctrine recidivist-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a Governmental Entity as held by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States…
23-5403 Luis Alfredo Moreira Bravo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law due-process federal-statute federal-transportation-of-a-minor interstate-transportation mens-rea minor-age sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Whether an individual may be convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a) for transportation of a minor, without regard to whether the defendant knew of the in…
23-5397 Emanuel Beach v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules plain-error-doctrine rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), and the Career Offender enhancement s…
23-5387 James Frank Noel, Jr. v. Indiana Metro Police Department, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5388 Clifton Lyles v. South Carolina South Carolina 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus legal-precedent post-conviction-relief procedural-bar state-court-decisions state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation subsequent-application DOES McHAM V. STATE /404 S.C. 465/746 S.E.2d 41(2013), REQUIRE THAT PETITIONER BE ALLOWED TO FILE A SUBSEQUENT PCR APPLICATION?
23-5390 Neeraj Chopra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements indictment indictment-modification jury-instruction jury-instructions sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-interpretation A jury instruction constructively amends the indictment if it modifies the essential elements of the offense charged in the indictment. Chopra's indic…
23-5392 Angelo Joseph Fernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law domestic-violence mens-rea prior-conviction recklessness sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Does the petitioner's prior conviction for corporal injury to a spouse or cohabitant under California Penal Code § 273.5(a) qualify as a crime of v…
23-5395 In Re Justin Lewis 2023-08-18 Denied IFP 4th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-160 Francisco Dario Mora v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-18 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2461 criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process government-seizure property-rights statutory-interpretation substitute-property temporary-possession Whether the Government may require criminal defendants under 28 U.S.C. § 2461 to forfeit their own property as a substitute for objects they temporari…
23-5376 Enrique J. Diaz, et ux. v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-impression fundamental-fairness legal-review prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION VIOLATES PRINCIPLES OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS BY HAVING GREAT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE BASED UPON A PRO SE PLEADING …
23-5377 Anthony Seides Gaines v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), where the offense encom…
23-5369 Dallas Terrell Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-16 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law false-statement false-statements firearms firearms-transaction jury-instructions materiality statutory-interpretation In the Eleventh Circuit, in a prosecution for making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922…
23-5372 Larry David Davis v. Amy Jackson Douglas, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-08-16 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-jurisdiction police-misconduct statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Question not identified.
23-5360 Gregory Lynn McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation felon-in-possession firearm-regulation historical-tradition individual-rights lifetime-ban second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute, which did not exist in 1791, and which applies to all felonies and provides for a life-time ban,…
23-132 Cynthia L. Pollick v. Anthony P. Trozzolillo Pennsylvania 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights debtors-prison due-process equal-protection imprisonment statutory-interpretation Whether imprisoning a citizen for a divorce judgment of attorney fees violated 28 U.S.C. § 2007(a) since a citizen cannot be imprisoned for a money ju…
23-133 Arlen Foster v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-08-15 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-review agriculture chevron-deference environmental-law statutory-interpretation swampbuster-provision wetlands wetlands-certification 1. Whether a statute that provides that a wetlands certification "remain[s] valid and in effect ... until such time as the person affected by the cert…
23-135 Intel Corporation, et al. v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Amici (3) administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-and-trademark-office patent-review statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d), which bars judicial review of "[t]he determination ... whether to institute an inter partes review," applies even when no …
23-137 Yvonne Crews v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure clear-error congressional-intent effective-date federal-circuit statutory-interpretation substitution substitution-of-claimant veterans-benefits When Congress enacted 38 U.S.C. § 5121A to authorize for the substitution of a deceased claimant was its intent clear that a substituted appellant cou…
23-139 United States, ex rel. Shannon Martin, M.D., et al. v. Darren Hathaway, M.D., et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute false-claims-act federal-health-care-program government-claims healthcare-fraud liability remuneration statutory-interpretation 1. Does the term "remuneration" under the Anti-Kickback Statute encompass solicitation or receipt of any kind of reward or compensation, or is it limi…
23-5356 Trequan Devonte James v. Virginia Virginia 2023-08-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection identification judicial-review police-procedures statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5338 Keith A. Penn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied IFP attempt circuit-split criminal-law distribution distribution-definition drug-offense elements-test sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the legal test announced in Shular v. United States — a state "serious drug offense" is an offense with elements that "necessarily entail one …
23-5339 Jean Buteau Remarque v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause section-2252A speedy-trial statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an unprecedented legal theory of receipt that relies on file name of unauthenticated screen shots as relevant unit of prosecution under Sec…
23-5340 Lewis Gilmore Hurst v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing-errors statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT MAY PROHIBIT CONSIDERATION OF SENTENCING ERRORS UNDER 18 USC §3582 (c)(1)(A).
23-5341 Regina Nachael Howell Foster v. Areya Holder Aurzada, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-jurisdiction barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights due-process removal removal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Does the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' memorandum opinion directly conflict with an opinion by other Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court…
23-5345 Henry Robledo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules holguin-hernandez-v-united-states preservation-of-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-preservation statutory-interpretation Is an argument for a sentence based on specific statutory sentencing factors sufficient to preserve a procedural reasonableness claim?
23-5324 Michael D. Beiter, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3006a court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process forced-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation waiver This case presents an important issue concerning what constitutes "the right to have the assistance of counsel" under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. …
23-5327 In Re Titus Lee Radcliff 2023-08-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
23-5331 Al Douglas Wordly v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
23-130 Saad Sakkal v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-08-10 Denied Relisted (2) agency-regulation authorization controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction drug-dealer drug-dealing jury-instruction physician physician-prescription statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement The question presented here is whether, in a jury instruction under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq., language taken from an age…
23-125 Seaview Trading, LLC, AGK Investments, LLC, Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure delinquent-returns filing-requirements legal-definition statutory-interpretation tax-code treasury-regulations Whether the word "file" in 26 U.S.C. § 6229 (2000) and as used throughout the Tax Code carries its ordinary meaning for delinquent tax returns when no…
23-5304 Jaquantious Hutchison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation The Safety Valve provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f), instructs district courts to sentence under the guidelines without regard to any statutory mandatory …
23-5309 Jerome Stanley Carlos, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-clause habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. By denying Petitioner's defacto motion to expand the Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that 18 U.…
23-5322 Tommie Doward Weathers, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fault-determination pretrial-confinement pretrial-detention release-from-confinement speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation This case concerns the meaning of the word "fault" in 18 U.S.C. § 3164(c), which says that if a defendant is not brought to trial within 90 days follo…
23-5301 Mack A. West, Jr. v. F. Ulloa, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
23-122 Wilmington Trust, N.A., et al. v. Marlow Henry, on Behalf of the BSC Ventures Holding, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan Third Circuit 2023-08-08 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure effective-vindication erisa federal-arbitration-act individual-arbitration statutory-interpretation The question presented in this case is whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), prohibits individual arbitra…
23-5293 Alonzo G. Davison v. Rick Whitten, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-08-07 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure judgments motions sentences statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner's Appeal Of The Denial Of The Motion To Alter Or Amend Judgment And Sentences Properly Fell As Required By Section
23A106 Patrick Andrew Groves v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-08-07 Presumed Complete aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach controlled-substances drug-distribution predicate-offense statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5290 Littleton William Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law district-court double-jeopardy due-process felony-offense firearms guideline-application sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erred in interpreting Note 14(c) of §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) when it applied a four-level enhancement pursuant to §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) fo…
23-112 Ian A. McElroy v. City of Corvallis, Oregon Oregon 2023-08-04 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review municipal-law municipal-ordinance statutory-interpretation Ian McElroy was secretly, unconstitutionally convicted July 26, 1999 on three separate criminal citations by a City of Corvallis Municipal Judge who l…
23-113 Michael G. Pohl v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-08-04 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-1552 28-usc-1491 administrative-appeal administrative-procedure jurisdictional-challenge military-law military-records standard-of-review statutory-interpretation tucker-act Is the proper standard of review for an appeal to correct a military record 10 U.S.C. § 1552 as stated in both the statute and Respondents DD Form 149…
23-107 Louis Matthew Clements v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) criminal-procedure criminal-sanction custody due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus liberty liberty-restraint sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Federal courts "shall entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court …
23-108 James E. Snyder v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-08-03 Judgment Issued Amici (9) 18-usc-666 circuit-split corruption criminal-law federal-bribery federal-crime government-business official-corruption quid-pro-quo state-local-official statutory-interpretation Whether section 666 criminalizes gratuities, i.e., payments in recognition of actions the official has already taken or committed to take, without any…
23-5274 Wicahpe George Milk v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1503 attorney-client-privilege constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure dismissal indian-reservation jurisdiction statutory-interpretation suppression I. Whether acts occurring on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation deprived the Court of jurisdiction over all parts of the indictment. II. Whether 18 U.…
23-5275 Ambrosio Nolasco-Ariza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-law discriminatory-purpose disparate-impact due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-law racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation undesirable-aliens-act 1. When a law is originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose and continues to have a disparate impact, do subsequent amend…
23-5254 David Serrano-Munoz v. United States Third Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process legal-definition sentence-enhancement sentencing sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Should certiorari be should granted to determine whether the sentence enhancement provided by 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e) is void for vagueness for lack of de…
23-5258 Octavius McLendon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-violations district-court-jurisdiction federal-inmates federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-review procedural-default statutory-interpretation Where 28 U.S.C. § 2255 grants convicted federal inmates the right, in lieu of common law habeas corpus, to "move the court which imposed the sentence"…
23-5261 Everado Joe Flores-Salcido v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5263 Steven Dewayne Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process felon-in-possession felons gun-rights individual-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 Unites States Code section 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face because it infringes on a felon's individual right to keep and bear ar…
23-5265 Mark Alan Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
23-93 Kevion Rogers v. Jeffrey Jarrett, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-08-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights codification common-law-immunity congressional-intent due-process qualified-immunity section-1983 statutory-interpretation traditional-common-law This Court's qualified-immunity precedent derives from the premise that there is "no evidence that Congress intended to abrogate the traditional commo…
23-94 Garret Miller v. United States District of Columbia 2023-08-01 GVR Relisted (3) congressional-proceedings criminal-law criminal-statute electoral-certification electoral-college intent-element mens-rea obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether the obstruction-of-justice offenses in 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) cover only acts that affect the integrity or availability of evidence, or whether t…
23-5245 Juan Leonardo Aparicio-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5237 Jordan Cole Laws v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-discretion criminal-procedure factual-findings indigent indigent-defendant justice-for-victims-of-trafficking-act sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Did the district court err when it imposed a $5,000 special assessment, pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, 18 U.S.C. § 30…
23-5242 Rebecca Wu v. Public Employment Relations Board, et al. California 2023-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment arbitrary-classification constitutional-challenge constitutional-law employee-classification employee-misclassification equal-protection labor-law statutory-interpretation Is it unconstitutional to have an interpretation of a statute that creates an Arbitrary classification in violation of the constitution of the 14th Am…
23-5220 Amy Jacquelyn Harkins v. Citizens Bank Second Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied IFP administrative-law attorney-client-privilege civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law crime-fraud-exception evidence judicial-review legal-procedure professional-responsibility statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5222 Mustafa Ali v. Jeffrey Minehart, Judge, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-07-27 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-provisions due-process habeas-corpus pcra-petition post-conviction-relief sentencing-discretion state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the PCRA Court abused its discretion in failing to convert Petitioner's State Habeas Petition into a PCRA Petition? 2. Whether the Trial C…
23-5223 Fidel Rios, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review legal-remedy limitations-period procedural-doctrine standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN CONCLUDING THAT MR. RIOS WAS NOT ENTITLED TO EQUITABLE TOLLING
23-5229 Rodolfo Hernandez Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-80 Jeffrey Laydon, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-27 Denied Amici (3) circuit-split civil-procedure domestic-application extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality federal-commodities federal-securities judicial-interpretation legal-precedent precedent statutory-focus statutory-interpretation Whether, to decide if a claim involves a domestic application of a statute, courts may consider factors other than whether the conduct relevant to the…
23-5198 Richard Potts v. United States Third Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing discretionary-authority district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty First Question Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the statutory penalty for petitioner's offense, so that petitioner is eligible for a sentenc…
23-5202 Aaron Abadi, et al. v. Transportation Security Administration District of Columbia 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority air-carrier-access-act congressional-intent covid-19 health-regulations major-questions-doctrine pandemic-response statutory-interpretation transportation-security tsa-authority The Transportation Security Administration "TSA " was created by 1) Congress after the terrorist attacks on September 11 to protect the American peopl…
23-5205 Steven Lesane v. United States Second Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court factual-basis guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel mental-competency motion-to-withdraw plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation I. Whether the District Court abused its discretion when it denied appellant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea where 1) there was an insufficient…
23-5207 Omar Alfonso Alas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP 18-usc-16a categorical-approach crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence immigration mens-rea physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a crime with a mens rea of extreme recklessness has, "as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the…
23-5210 Andres Zapata-Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5214 Cody J. Key v. Florida Florida 2023-07-26 Denied IFP codification constitutional-provisions due-process federal-judicial-canon judicial-canon legislative-power notice rule-of-law rule-of-strict-construction state-legislature statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DUE PROCESS/NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF A FEDERAL JUDICIAL CANON (RULE OF STRICT CONSTRUCTION) CAN BE ABROGATED BY A STATE LEGISLATURE BY CODIF…
23-5219 Jerry Wilson, aka Steve Vic Parker v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-07-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation 1. Is a United States Citizen Wrongfully Imprisoned "LIFE INDANGER" ? 2. What is Permission Granted by a United States Distrist Judge? 3. Can (1) On…
23-5188 Mark Anthony Roy v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-prohibition second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Amendment forbids application of 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) to persons who have no conviction for violent conduct, nor any offense more s…
23-5189 Tyree Steele v. United States Third Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts imprisonment judicial-discretion rehabilitation rehabilitative-purpose sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Whether a district court violates the Sentencing Reform Act's ban on imprisonment as a rehabilitative measure when, as here, the court explains it is …
23-5194 Andra Green v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act predicate-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Mr. Green is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a single count of using a firearm during a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). H…
23-5179 Arnes Becirovic v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2023-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-circuit federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ Question not identified.
23A62 Michael Carey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-24 Presumed Complete exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment plain-text statutory-interpretation suppression-provision wiretap-act Question not identified.
23-66 Norbert A. King, II v. United States Armed Forces 2023-07-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure child-sex-crimes due-process federal-appellate-practice judicial-impartiality military-judge military-justice prosecutorial-ethics record-on-appeal record-supplementation statutory-interpretation 1. The lower court endorsed the Government's supplementation of the "record" with new documents mid-appeal. Does the lower Court's decision, which dem…
23-62 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Scott A. Hardin Sixth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Relisted (3) administrative-law atf-rule automatic-weapon bump-stock due-process firearms-regulation machinegun-definition mass-shootings second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a…
23-5161 Derek M. Funk v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-07-21 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility statute-interpretation statutory-interpretation Are Oklahoma statute(s) 21 O.S. § 1040.12(a), 21 O.S. 1040.8 (a), and 21 O.S. § 1024.1 in conformity with the United States Constitution, Amendment(s)…
23-5166 Antwoyn Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense firearm-offense jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of "serious drug offense," 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules in…
23-5168 Isaac Silversmith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 8-usc-1 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. By denying Petitioner's Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that Second-degree Murder,…
23-5169 Michael Mogan v. Sacks, Ricketts & Case LLP, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP anti-SLAPP anti-slapp-statute civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure magistrate-judge magistrate-jurisdiction rule-11-sanctions rules-enabling-act statutory-interpretation Did the Ninth Circuit —in direct conflict with the Seventh Circuit —erroneously fail to recognize that 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) precludes the parties from s…
23-5170 Peter Robert Jordan, aka Richard Mercer v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-sentence covered-counts criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion non-covered-counts sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether Section 404(b) of the First Step Act authorizes the lower courts to impose a reduced aggregate sentence on both covered and non-covered counts…
23-5149 Javier Escalera, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history fifth-circuit mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief …
23-5154 Justin Christopher Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-convictions sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-sentencing violent-felony violent-offense 1. Whether an appeal waiver can bar an attack on an enhanced statutory sentence? 2. Whether Petitioner's prior convictions for robbery and resisting …
23-51 Neal Bissonnette, et al. v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2023-07-20 Judgment Issued Amici (14) circuit-split employment-contract employment-contracts federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce railroad-employees seamen statutory-interpretation transportation-industry To be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, must a class of workers that is actively engaged in interstate transportation also be employed by a com…
23-5130 Caleb Bryant Hickcox v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP bruen circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-procedure reasonableness reasonableness-review second-amendment sentencing sentencing-requirements statutory-interpretation 1) Must district courts comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed? 2) Should …
23-5138 Martin Ramos-Urias v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure claim-processing immigration-removal in-absentia-removal judicial-review notice-to-appear separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation time-and-place If the government serves an initial notice document that does not include the "time and place" of proceedings, followed by an additional document cont…
23-5139 Jacinto Alvarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law intent-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Does the "attempted use of force" clause in the crime of violence definition at 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) require an "intent" to use force against another?
23-5143 Lonnie Loren Kocontes v. California California 2023-07-19 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process gun-control high-seas international-treaties prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings territorial-jurisdiction Whether the State of California lacked territorial subject matter jurisdiction over an alleged homicide on a foreign-flagged ship on the high seas, bo…
23-5116 Jeremy David Adams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-motion continuance continuance-exclusion party-presentation-principle plain-error-review pretrial-detention pretrial-release sixth-circuit-rule speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation (I). Is the Sixth Circuit's new rule, in opposition to 7 other Courts of Appeals - that the protections of Speedy Trial Act 18 USC § 3161(h)(l)(H)'s 3…
23-46 United States v. Cassity Danielle Jones Fourth Circuit 2023-07-17 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the…
23-48 Indiana Municipal Power Agency, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-07-17 Denied Amici (2) administrative-interpretation administrative-law contract contractual-intent government-contract government-obligations money-mandating money-mandating-statute payment-obligation sequestration statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a payment obligation imposed by Congress on the federal government under a moneymandating statute and specifically exempted from later redu…
23-42 Lawrence Pascal v. Concentra, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied autodialer automatic-telephone-dialing-system borden database-applications facebook-v-duguid random-number-generator random-or-sequential-number-generator sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act 47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(1) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") defines an automatic telephone dialing system ("autodialer") as equipment whic…
23-5102 Taiwo K. Onamuti v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1028a 18-usc-287 aggravated-identity-theft counsel-advice criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plenary-resentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1) Can an original guilty plea be completely knowing and voluntary, when the government, and the district court wrongly advised defendant about couns…
23-5107 Malcolm A. Jordan v. Jordan Fly Fourth Circuit 2023-07-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals criminal-law due-process federal-agency federal-jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation writ-of-certiorari 1)15 \fl u, s,c. ja L)l s MU M-+0+0 ?£)f 4Ue b/O \ 4eA 5-f^f^S .«■ t/vJ-+^s>+ 6-f W+hc( 4 \S 'VUe. \ S ■\9 0,£,c,4- | 5 Ml 3 | c^Mol T 3^ V/^ 4* ^ -*5…
23-5079 Genaro Perchez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5099 Dustin Jolly v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing deportation immigration immigration-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent The Sixth Circuit has declined to apply the Supreme Court's decisions in Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47 (2006), Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder, 560 U.S. …
23-5072 Dorothy Pearl Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch…
23-30 Argent Trust Company, et al. v. Robert Harrison Tenth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration circuit-split civil-procedure class-action erisa federal-arbitration-act federal-law individual-arbitration statutory-claims statutory-interpretation The question presented in this case is whether a participant in a plan governed by ERISA who asserts statutory claims under that statute can be compel…
23-31 Willie James Pye v. Shawn Emmons, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied aedpa eleventh-circuit federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-decision state-court-deference statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's novel construction of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)—under which a state prisoner is ineligible for federal habeas relief even …
23-32 Edward Jacob Lang v. United States District of Columbia 2023-07-11 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence-tampering official-proceedings police-violence public-demonstrations riot-context statutory-interpretation van-buren-v-united-states Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that application of 18 U.S.C. Section 1512(c)(2), a statute crafted to prevent tampering with evidenc…
23-5070 Samuel Tobin McKaig v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit 2023-07-11 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-issue precedent prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5064 Joseph Chandler Davall v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-07-10 Denied IFP child-custody confrontation-clause constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure custody-dispute due-process evidence hearsay judicial-procedure legal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5066 Juan Reyes v. Illinois Illinois 2023-07-10 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines incorporation judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-23 Sebhat Afework v. Velanta Monique Babbitt, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response Waived attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity public-health-service removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tort-immunity Whether 42 U.S.C. § 233()(2) permits a deemed Public Health Service employee to remove a civil action or proceeding against him to federal district co…
23-5058 Gabriel Simental-Murillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-5060 Donald Edward McCord v. Carrie Bridges, Warden Tenth Circuit 2023-07-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-21 Stuart R. Harrow v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit 2023-07-06 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (4) administrative-law federal-circuit federal-employee filing-deadline judicial-review jurisdictional jurisdictional-deadline merit-systems-protection-board nonjurisdictional statutory-interpretation When a federal employee petitions the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to review a final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board, …
23-22 Save Jobs USA v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2023-07-06 Denied administrative-law agency-authority department-of-homeland-security employment-authorization executive-power immigration-law major-questions-doctrine nonimmigrant-visas statutory-interpretation 1. Are the statutory terms defining nonimmigrant visas in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) mere threshold entry requirements that cease to apply once an alien i…
23-16 Axel Rietschin v. Dominika Rietschin Washington 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-court civil-procedure due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-status marriage-proceedings non-immigrant-aliens state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a State civil Court assert jurisdiction in private matters over non-immigrant aliens admitted temporarily under 8 U.S.C. § 1184?
23-17 Wisam R. Rizk v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response Waived bribery conflict-of-interest constitutional-vagueness criminal-law federal-jurisdiction honest-services statutory-interpretation undisclosed-self-dealing vagueness 1. This court has ruled that "conflict of interest " and "undisclosed self-dealing " by a private individual is not in the preview of §1346 (Percoco…
23-5031 Marc Anthony Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP advance-knowledge apprendi-precedent circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements fifth-amendment four-corner-rule jury-findings sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Is Apprendi v. New Jersey still good law? If yes, are the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and other circuits applying Apprendi incorrectly which viola…
23-5036 Brandon Mason v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP federal firearm sentencing federal sentencing or prior state drug offense armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules …
23-5046 Kashard O. Brown v. Brian Williams, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-07-05 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection precedent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-5027 Gabriel Gonzalez Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-4 John Thomas Minemyer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response Waived internal-revenue-code irs-penalties legislative-history legislative-intent penalty-assessment statutory-interpretation supervisory-approval tax-code tax-court Does the legislative history and intent combined with the Tax Court Judicial history, the internal revenue manual instructions, and the Supreme Courts…
23-5001 Emmanuel Antione Hemphill v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech individual-rights judicial-review legal-procedure standing state-law statutory-interpretation takings 1) bu Ute UaU. SW& um/ tftro Dwwft wnin. ix Wiib* ^ ocsui -nu. CkMM C.V wwX.'&a'l. 2) Oui ■"%& iWiWA CJBIXOiV C^ AtfA.\C,\C\L Miio^A nb&r-^ Uwi/ Df…
22-7890 Christopher Ochoa v. United States First Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3664 circuit-split criminal-restitution criminal-sentencing fraud joint-and-several-liability proline-precedent proline-v-united-states restitution-liability sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Is the discretion to order joint and several liability in restitution orders under 18 U.S.C. § 3664(h) limited by each defendant casual role in th …
22-7892 Sherri Jefferson v. State Bar of Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied IFP civil-rights claim-preclusion conspiracy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdictional-bar racial-discrimination standing state-court statutory-interpretation dd 0\ier IMd CQSS5 of >gtn radon oojans J prooP oP a conspiracy Subj ecV fc\acX lasers "Vo discipline and cl S^ecxf .ccxmpaiQn do d^screib *n FKrrl …
22-7894 Frankie Shearry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense " definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sc…
22-7896 Marcelino Mendoza-Najera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7900 David Wright, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-range prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erred by counting a prior conviction for violation of a state statute that had been changed to make the conduct not a crime…
22-7904 Andrew Ryan Demont v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law drug-convictions federal-guidelines federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enha…
22-7906 Lamar McDonald v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-standard criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence void-for-vagueness 1)Is Apprendi v. New Jersey Still Good Caselaw? Are the Lower Courts (Appeals Courts included) misapplying Apprendi and Mr. McDonald Fifth and Sixth …
22-7875 J Reyes-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-1246 Edison Electric Institute, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-28 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-law chevron-deference energy-regulation federal-energy-regulatory-commission megawatts power-generation power-production-capacity qualifying-facility solar-energy-project statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "power production capacity" refers to a facility's maximum net output to the grid at any one time, or whether that term instead refers to t…
22-1240 Nicolas Tashman v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc. Eighth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied circuit-split civil-rights employment employment-discrimination respondeat-superior statutory-interpretation supreme-court tortious-acts 42 U.S.C. § 1981 guarantees that "[a]ll persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to…
22-7871 In Re Michael Bowe 2023-06-27 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (6)IFP 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court-procedure federal-habeas federal-prisoners habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief second-or-successive-application statutory-interpretation Whether the bar in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to claims presented by federal prisoners in a second or successive motion to vacate under 28 U.S.C. …
22-7878 Kenny Eugene Smart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g) criminal-procedure evidence-standard evidentiary-rulings federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence prior-convictions rule-404b rule-of-inclusion standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. WHAT IS THE PROPER STANDARD OF REVIEW OF EVIDENTIARY RULINGS UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 404(b) AND IS RULE 404(b) A RULE OF INCLUSION WHICH ALW…
22-7869 Kendall Demarko Wysinger, aka Demarko, aka D v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals conspiracy court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-law drug-statute human-trafficking life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation L. Whether The Court Of Appeals Erred By Refusing To Reverse Wysinger's Conviction On Count One For Conspiracy To Violate 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)(1) (Lawy…
22-7870 Jayson Neil Sparks v. Texas Texas 2023-06-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility federal-courts standing state-court-ruling statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-1239 Michael Jerome Files v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) concurrent-sentences crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-offenses district-court-discretion first-step-act powder-cocaine sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Does § 404 of the First Step Act authorize district courts to impose a reduced sentence for both crack-cocaine offenses and related offenses that are …
22-1234 Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes Fourth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Relisted (3) aedpa default-rule federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default standard-of-review statutory-interpretation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington I. Did the Fourth Circuit defy this Court's remand instruction and circumvent 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2)'s limitations on federal court authority by findi…
22-7851 George Poulo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied IFP child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process free-speech minor-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Section 2251(a) of Title 18 to the U.S. Code, known as the production of child pornography statute, makes it a crime punishable by at least fifteen ye…
22-7855 Edgar Dawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied IFP child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law free-speech minor-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Section 2251(a) of Title 18 to the U.S. Code, known as the production of child pornography statute, makes it a crime punishable by at least fifteen ye…
22-7856 Annice Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tort-claims 1. Whether Plaintiff-Appellant's assertion of violations as are asserted herein against the Defendant-Appellee(s) are waivers of sovereign immunity pu…
22-7832 David Troy, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court circuit-precedent criminal-resentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act fourth-circuit retroactive-changes retroactive-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether retroactive changes in the law unrelated to the Fair Sentencing Act must be corrected in a First Step Act proceeding?
22-7841 Bruce A. Buckner v. Wilfredo Martell, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 1. After reviewing the 6 written objections filed as Bills of Proscription in the 49 page Brief For Petitioner filed with the Habeas Corpus, would a j…
22-7843 George John Maslovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography civil-procedure criminal-history paroline-v-united-states proximate-cause restitution statutory-interpretation victim-impact Whether a defendant's criminal history, the nature of images typically trafficked of a child pornography victim, or the amount of restitution collecte…
22-7847 Colum Patrick Moran v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence judicial-precedent plain-error precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a conviction predicated on insufficient evidence can meet the plain error standard in the absence of explicit statutory language or on point, …
22-7814 Joshua E. Preece v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP chapter-four criminal-history criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines recidivism recidivist-enhancement relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Do the relevant conduct principles of USSG § 1B1.3 govern application of Chapter Four recidivist enhancements?
22-7817 Garland E. Williams v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process internal-revenue-service jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-interpretation takings takings-clause tax tax-refund 1. Whether claimed pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (a) (1) United States Constitutional Article III, Section 2, Amendment 5, due process of law Takings, wit…
22-7818 Marshall M. Cohen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2256 child-pornography circuit-split creator's-intent federal-criminal-law four-corners-of-image intent-context lascivious-exhibition statutory-interpretation Whether lasciviousness under 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) may be found by examining the context in which the image was produced or the creator's intent, …
22-7806 Travis Charles Werkmeister v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-trafficking federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea methamphetamine-importation scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Court should grant the Writ to resolve a circuit split as to whether the two level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1 (b) (5) contains…
22-7807 Chayna Holguin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history federal-sentencing first-step-act rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as she does not have (A) …
22-1216 Dwayne Ferguson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons first-step-act habeas-corpus legal-error sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 limits a district court's discretion to consider—among other circumstancespecific factors—legal errors in prior proceedings a…
22-1218 Wendy Smith, et al. v. Keith Spizzirri, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-06-16 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (3) arbitration-agreement circuit-conflict circuit-split dismiss district-court-procedure federal-arbitration-act judicial-discretion section-3 statutory-interpretation stay Whether Section 3 of the FAA requires district courts to stay a lawsuit pending arbitration, or whether district courts have discretion to dismiss whe…
22-1219 Relentless, Inc., et al. v. Department of Commerce, et al. First Circuit 2023-06-16 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-power chevron chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management magnuson-stevens-act marine-fisheries regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation The Magnus on-Stevens Act ("MSA") governs fishery management in federal waters. It states that, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, the Na…
22-7783 Pinkney Clowers, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states criminal-enterprise drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation terry-v-united-states When a jury convicted Pinkney Clowers of continuing a criminal enterprise, 21 U.S.C. § 484(b) mandated a life sentence because his offense involved at…
22-7771 Jaden Rene Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure incarceration liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court unreasonably sentenced Petitioner to a higher than necessary sentence by denying Petitioner's points for acceptance of resp…
22-7775 David Elijah Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did you Did yo…
22-1206 Kyung Chang Industry USA, Inc., dba KCI USA v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2023-06-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine commerce-clause component-part firearm-components firearms-law gun-regulation interlocutory-review legislative-intent protection-of-lawful-commerce-in-arms-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether a magazine is a "component part of a firearm" under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
22-7754 Maurice Hunt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause commercial-sex-acts congressional-authority constitutional-review criminal-liability due-process harmless-error sex-acts statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority supervisory-power I. Whether Congress Lacked Congressional Authority Under the Commerce Clause (1505 U.S.C.) To Enact Statutes With the Intent That A Ton Page In Convic…
22-7756 Andre Zeno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum Whether the "and" in § 3553(f)(1) means "and," so that a defendant satisfies the provision so long as he does not have (A) more than 4 criminal histor…
22-7757 Samuel Lee Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment bruen bruen-standard constitutional-law federal-criminal-statutes federal-statute gun-rights historical-tradition jurisdiction second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-7760 Todji Kijuan Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt-crime attempt-crimes criminal-interpretation criminal-law force-definition statutory-construction statutory-interpretation substantive-crime supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor use-of-force I. Whether this Court's 2022 opinion in United States v. Taylor , is applicable to all attempt crimes particularly when the crime in question may be c…
22-7763 Michael Aaron Stuker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force witness-tampering Whether witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(2)(A) is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where no eleme…
22-7766 Ramon Ramirez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court federal-courts interstate-commerce jurisdiction second-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. HAS THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL ERRED IN ITS CONCLUSION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT HAD JURISDICTION BASED ON EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE INTERSTATE…
22-7742 Kent Taylor v. California California 2023-06-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation HOW CAN tHE dIRECT APPAL bE hEId INTO JUBMISAON FOR APPROXIIMATELY (3) MHRE YEARS, PRaM SEPTEMbA 27, ZO17, UNITIL JANUMRY 17, ZOZO, WHEN tHhE PITONER …
22-7750 Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-06-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7751 David Paul Bickford v. Maryland Maryland 2023-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document child-photography child-pornography constitutional-law first-amendment new-york-v-ferber obscenity-standard parental-rights sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation 1. If the First Amendment case of New York v Ferber, 458 US 747 (1982), describes the essential elements required for "all legislation in [the] sensit…
22-7734 Christopher Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act resentencing sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Reduction of Sentence, Pursuant to Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018, requires a Plenary Resentencing to provide procedural and substantial Du…
22-7738 Michael Alexander Rivera v. California California 2023-06-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-1189 Patricia A. Bogan v. Denton County District Attorney Office, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-06-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation 1) In 2019, the issue arose whether a court could dismiss for want of prosecution at a time after the statute of limitations had run. The state's argu…
22-1182 Robert Walker, et al. v. U.S. Bank N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied administrative-law bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-overreach local-rules statutory-interpretation Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate infringe on the Fourteenth Amendment and imposes restrictions as to U.S. Code: Title 11, SUBCHAPTER …
22-1183 Robert Walker, et al. v. K. Drake Ozment, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-07 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion judicial-overreach local-court-rules standing statutory-interpretation Whether the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Mandate infringe on the Fourteenth Amendment and imposes restrictions as to U.S. Code: Title 11, SUBCHAPTER …
22-7716 Minnela Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied IFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-offense sentencing-guidelines state-drug-offenses statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the term "controlled substance," from the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), is limited to substances that …
22-7723 Wesley Jorome Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-7702 Antonio Montero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553(f) criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing safety-valve sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation A defendant is entitled to the safety-valve sentencing provision of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) unless he violates all three subsections of the statute: (1) m…
22-7707 Kelvun Montrail Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-statute firearms gun-rights new-york-state-rifle-and-pistol-association second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
22-7709 Ashley Latreece Thackerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history first-step-act safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err by finding that Petitioner did not qualify for safety valve relief under the First Step Act 18 U.S.C. § 355…
22-1172 Dejuan Andre Worthen v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting attempted-hobbs-act-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence under the elements clause.
22-1175 Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-06-05 Denied Amici (3) agency-rulemaking controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction federal-agency felony-offense jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-practice prescription-authority statutory-interpretation In Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022) (App., infra, 19a-54a), this Court held that a physician may be convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)…
22-7682 Tyrin Gayle v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure disjunctive-theories due-process firearms-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation verdict-ambiguity I. Whether the Second Circuit conflicted with its own precedent in Capers when it denied Gayle relief? II. Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeal…
22-7690 Rodney Raphael Fluckes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder…
22-7697 Kenneth Brown, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania 2023-06-02 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP act-84 civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio I. Whether Act B4, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9728(b)(5) is Unconstitutional on its Face as Violative of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Constitution and/or the …
22-7680 Adonne A. Horton v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-i-section-10 constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fourteenth-amendment life-sentence police-pursuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Lower Court's Application of an Ex Post Facto Law to Affirm Petitioner's Life Sentence for Running From the Police Violated Article I, Sec…
22-7683 Michael Dewayne Alfred v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2259 causal-role causation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum victim-compensation When imposing restitution under 18 U.S.C. § 2259(b)(2), does the district court's restitution order exceed the statutory maximum when that court fails…
22-7684 Christopher Darnell Douglas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
22-7685 Satish Kartan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP compelled-testimony-withdrawal court-precedent due-process forced-labor griffin-v-california prosecutor-comments right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. whether the district court violated Kartan's Might to testify and the subsequent prosecitor's comments, "These defendants don't like answering ques…
22-7687 James Jones v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2023-06-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion retroactive-application self-defense statutory-interpretation verbal-threat Question not identified.
22-7670 Lonnie Burdette Porter v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence In Thompson v. Louisville, 362 U.S. 199 (1960) and Garner v. Louisiana, 368 U.S. 157 (1961), this Court held that it is a violation of due process to …
22-7659 Darrien D. Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion motion-to-reduce sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Did the District Court abuse its discretion when it imposed a sentence of 360 months when the applicable guideline range was 235-293 months? 2. Di…
22-7664 Forest Mitchell Kirst v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-investigation congressional-intent criminal-procedure due-process federal-agency federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation The question presented here addresses the extent to which 18 U.S.C § 1505 applies to accident investigations by the National Transportation and Safety…
22-1158 Lassana Magassa v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-30 Denied administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking constitutional-challenge final-order jurisdiction jurisdiction-stripping mcnary-v-haitian-refugee-ctr statutory-interpretation sts-redress-process Does agency rulemaking itself, like the STA Redress Process, constitute a final order under 49 U.S.C. § 46110, therefore stripping the district court …
22-7650 Nolan Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Di strict Court erred when i t (1) fel t constrai ned to i mpose the mandatory mi nimum sentence, 120 months of i mpri sonment; (2) di d …
22-7653 Jose Carlos Gallegos-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7655 Benjamin Edward Bradley v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 castro-v-united-states certiorari-review circuit-court-review civil-procedure federal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-classification statutory-interpretation successive-petitions 1. Did the Court below err in determining that the petitioner's second-in-time §2255 motion was "second [or] successive?"
22-7635 Deandre Hykeem Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility federal-courts federal-law precedent precedent-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §1951(a) is divisible into attempted and completed robberies for the purposes of the categorical approach?
22-7636 Jose Luis Manriquez-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7638 Jesus Mendez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-enhancement hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), qualifies as a "crime of violence" capable of sustaining a conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
22-7644 Mark Anthony Reyna v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-7645 Bryan O'Brien v. Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, LLP, et al. First Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitrability civil-procedure court-jurisdiction exemption-doctrine federal-arbitration-act mandatory-language statutory-interpretation threshold-question wholly-grounded-exemption 1. Whether federal courts resolving the threshold question of arbitrability under some type of "wholly grounded" exemption is consistent with the Fede…
22-7616 Milton Mendoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-proceedings separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation time-and-place ultra-vires Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G), is ultr…
22-7622 Anthony Bogarin v. Luis Martinez, Acting Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-05-23 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7606 Yvette Crystal Wade v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), where the offense encom…
22-1136 In Re Robert Steven Mawhinney 2023-05-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process employment-contract federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce judicial-review labor-law nondiscretionary-duty statutory-interpretation "Does 49 U.S.C. § 42121 provide the United States Department of Labor, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, or the United…
22-7601 Daniel E. Hall v. Twitter, Inc. First Circuit 2023-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process impartiality-standard judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation Was recusal mandatory under § 455(b)(1) where the trial judge's administrative activities had involved her in "disputed evidentiary facts? Was recusa…
22-7588 Eric Lee Coleman v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense categorical-approach criminal-law due-process judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether a court must consider the availability (or non-availability) of an affirmative defense in the categorical approach.
22-7590 Jesse Shane Owens v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-05-18 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law domestic-violence due-process federal-courts firearm-restrictions second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether courts must assess the elements 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) and, if so, whether federal courts must consider a state's own…
22-7591 In Re Mark T. Stinson, Sr. 2023-05-18 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1361 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure mandamus service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Arkansas Judge violate Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4(c)(3), and 28 U.S.C. §1915(d)? 2. Did the U.S…
22-7582 Rodolfo A. Cuellar, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-law drug-convictions federal-prisoner first-step-act resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum MoTioN For Reduction Pursuan To 404 Senience of OF thE First ACT And Pre-Booker Issues. Stop Drug CORRECDION OF IDCORLOCT CAlCUlATION f CORRECTiON ofa…
22-7585 Enrique Roberto Villarreal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-1121 Kamaladoss Selvam v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2023-05-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-warrant civil-procedure drug-enforcement fda-jurisdiction federal-agencies law-enforcement search-and-seizure search-warrant statutory-interpretation subpoena-power 1. Whether Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has jurisdiction to enforce Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act? 2. Whether Food and Drug Administrat…
22-1118 Cody Adams, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-employees federal-employment hazardous-duty-pay proximity-exposure regulatory-interpretation statutory-entitlement statutory-interpretation virulent-biologicals Under the regulation requiring hazardous duty pay for federal employees who work "with or in close proximity to" virulent biologicals, are federal emp…
22-7567 Enrique Infante, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion medical-care sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation (1) Whether inadequate medical care for a treatable illness is a categorically insufficient basis to qualify as an extraordinary and compelling reason…
22-7574 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-05-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment mental-illness notice-of-appeal pro-se-motion separate-document-rule separate-judgment statutory-interpretation timely-appeal The entire erroneous reliance of the court of appeal in Ahmed v. Shoop, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 31469 (6th Cir., Nov. 14, 2022), is upon 28 U.S.C. § 2101…
22-7576 Crystal Maye v. Ocean Tax Deed Investment, LLC Florida 2023-05-16 Denied IFP administrative-law beneficiary-rights civil-rights due-process jurisdiction legislative-authority property-rights statutory-interpretation tax-regulation trust-income 1) whether tax appraiser has the authority to create a tax regulate private property not sanction by legislature or congress ~ 2) whether agency proc…
22-1111 Chryssoula Marinos-Arsenis v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Third Circuit 2023-05-15 Denied Relisted (3) agency-guidance circuit-split contract-violation due-process false-claims-act government-payment implied-certification materiality materiality-standard statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the implied certification theory of liability under the False Claims Act is viable, and if so, whether it requires that the Defendant(s)…
22-1110 Justin Paul Dreiling v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response Waived constitution court-of-federal-claims equitable-jurisdiction equitable-relief executive-department executive-regulation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction monetary-claims statutory-interpretation united-states 1. Shall the Court of Federal Claims have jurisdiction to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded upon any regulation of an e…
22-7537 Jacqueline Anderson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-115 criminal-liability federal-activities federal-officials ninth-circuit-interpretation private-contractors protective-security-officer statutory-interpretation Are private contractors federal "official[s]" for purposes of criminal liability under 18 U.S.C. § 115?
22-7541 Luis Nunez-Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 administrative-law due-process immigration-law immigration-removal notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether a putative notice to appear that does not contain the time and place of removal proceedings, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1)(G), is ultr…
22-7524 Larry Carl Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-7527 Adam Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction force-clause predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime I. The definition of "crime of violence" for 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) requires immediacy and physical force. Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)(1), requ…
22-1102 Acquisition 362, LLC, dba Strategic Import Supply v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-05-11 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure court-of-international-trade customs-law federal-circuit import-protests jurisdictional-remedies standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals' decision that Petitioner's protests concerning rate and refund determinations were untimely and the Cour…
22-7518 John William Iron Road v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied IFP appeal-waiver appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing proximate-causation proximate-cause restitution restitution-award sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-award Whether an appellate court should enforce an appeal waiver where the appeal challenges an unlawful restitution award?
22-7519 Daniel A. Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-recusal sentencing-review standing statutory-interpretation structural-error I. Whether it is a Structural Error for a District Judge to preside over proceedings that he has been directly recused from. II. When the Circuit Cou…
22-7520 Levaughn Collins v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence wiretap-evidence wiretapping Whether the District Court erred in its two decisions, on August 16, 2018, R. 546 and Hrg. Tr. I; and January 22, 2019, R. 625 and Hrg. Tr. II, denyin…
22-7488 Alex Adams v. Lorie Davis, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-05-09 Dismissed Relisted (3)IFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings 1, Dot's M Afff/MW A r f'ftOUF w'Tttl T.J.Fck ;s (tew mieV or- /^joa?\ Vfi NfC-fpfy & CoOH oWm'l otE U'lAFAPoA M6U&L K> ic rmp off m hclmvi . rs ufts…
22-7500 Safara Echo Shortman v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-charging distribution drug-distribution plain-error plea-bargaining possession-with-intent possession-with-intent-to-distribute statutory-interpretation 1. Does 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) permit the Government to charge a continuing offense of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance base…
22-7485 Daniel Isaiah Thody v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process jury-trial sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release united-states-v-haymond As a case of first impression, whether the current implementation of Supervised Release, (18 U.S.C. §3583), as a "separate sentence " in addition to t…
22-1077 Sheryl Pereira v. Terrial O'Neal Georgia 2023-05-05 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion precedent property-rights stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supervisory-powers Whether Supreme Court of Georgia and Court of Appeals of Georgia erred by violating their own longstanding precedent setting Case decisions and well-e…
22-1071 Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2023-05-04 Denied Amici (7) 8-usc-1101 administrative-law department-of-homeland-security due-process employment-authorization immigration immigration-law immigration-procedure nonimmigrant-visas statutory-interpretation 1. Are the statutory terms defining nonimmigrant visas in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15) mere threshold entry requirements that cease to apply once an alien i…
22-7455 Vernon Lee Wheeler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim divisibility federal-appeals-court federal-court-of-appeals juror-unanimity means-versus-elements state-law statutory-interpretation 1. When deciding whether "state law" provides "clear answers" about divisibility and juror unanimity, Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. 500, 517-18 (2…
22-7458 Roger Wayne Battle v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process murder-by-omission physical-force sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the crime of murder by omission, such as letting one's child starve to death, "has as an element the use . . . of physical force" such that it…
22-7464 Montez Hall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process murder-by-omission physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether the crime of murder by omission, such as letting one's child starve to death, "has as an element the use . . . of physical force" such that it…
22-7465 Jogaak Jogaak v. Dan Sullivan, Warden South Dakota 2023-05-04 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine violent-felony Is a Section 1983 action involved in SDC 22-1-2(WA)? Serious, why does the Eighth Amendment protect the right to life with what is SDC 22-1-2(B)? Does…
22-7439 Julio Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-law guideline-interpretation ransom-crime sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals has entered a decision in on the same conflict with the decision of other Courts Of Appeals important question of …
22-7449 Robert Richard Spurling, III v. Arizona Arizona 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law jury-instructions retroactive-application sexual-abuse state-courts statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a state court's decision that a state statute prevents the state courts from conducting analysis pursuant to the United States Supreme Court prec…
22-7451 Bennie C. Rivera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-justice criminal-procedure fair-sentence-act first-step-act judicial-discretion judicial-review motion-denial sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation DID JUDGE JOHN ANTON II, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ABUSE HIS DISCRETION WHEN HE DENIED THE PETITIONER'S MOTION IN PURSUANT TO THE FIRST STEP …
22-7452 Lashawna Lashae Stewart v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration united-states-code In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) —bank robbery and entry i…
22-7454 In Re Reginald Swinton 2023-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-court discretionary-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Is the Circuit Court's order in deciding sua sponte to issue its Mandate denying relief without first having afforded petitioner prior notification an…
22-1066 CareDx Inc., et al. v. Natera, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-05-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 medical-diagnostics method-patent natural-phenomenon patent-eligibility patent-infringement prior-art scientific-innovation section-101 statutory-interpretation Congress has provided that any "new and useful process" is eligible for patent protection, and that "any new and useful improvement thereof" is also e…
22-7422 Darrell Gunn v. New York New York 2023-05-02 Denied IFP conflicting-precedent criminal-law due-process equal-protection home-invasion legal-ambiguity murder-statute new-york-penal-law statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OR LEGISLATURE DID NOT EXPRESSLY SWEEP WITHIN NEW UNLAWFULLY YORK PENAL LAW § 125.27 ALL KILLINGS IN WHICH THE MURDERER ENTERED THE …
22-7436 Chad Robert Kolkman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-05-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history criminal-sentencing legal-interpretation mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-text When the terms of a statute are unambiguous, "it's no contest" what a court should do—apply the law as written. Bostock v. Clayton County, 140 S. Ct. …
22-7420 Jose Angel Morquecho-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-05-01 Denied IFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7398 Michael A. Tisius v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit 2023-04-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 appellate-jurisdiction ayestas-v-davis clemency-case collateral-order-doctrine eighth-circuit harbison-v-bell mcfarland medical-testing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Whether extending the narrowly construed collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp. 337 U.S. 541 (1949), to all district co…
22-7408 Robert E. Hammersley v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2023-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-denial habeas-corpus judicial-notice post-conviction postconviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation wrongful-conviction The Wisconsin Supreme Court Should Not Have EX PARTE discriminatively continued with the 2018-ongoing DENIALS OF the UNHEARD PETITIONS FILED FOR JUDIC…
22-7386 Louis McIntosh, aka Lou D v. United States Second Circuit 2023-04-27 Judgment Issued Amici (2)IFP appellate-courts commerce-clause criminal-forfeiture federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction rule-32.2 sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a district court may enter a criminal forfeiture order outside the time limitations set forth in Rule 32.2, Fed.R.Crim.P.? 2. Is the theft…
22-7392 Moses Clark v. Glen E. Pratt Ninth Circuit 2023-04-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law jurisdiction justiciability standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7383 Carlton Theodore Landis v. David J. Ebbert, et al. Third Circuit 2023-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law contract-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction employment-discrimination federal-tort-claims-act judicial-relief scope-of-employment standing statutory-interpretation substitution Can the Court Oua front Substitute the Underlying under the Pertinent §§ of the Contract & Discrimination Regarding State of Employment? Can the Cour…
22-7359 Devin Baker v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-convictions drug-offense federal-sentencing prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The United States Sentencing Guidelines significantly increase the recommended sentencing range for a defendant who has at least two prior felony conv…
22-1027 The Dutra Group, Inc., et al. v. Kelly Zaradnik, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-24 Denied administrative-law agency-review appellate-jurisdiction benefits-review-board judicial-review longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation workers-compensation 1. Whether appellate courts can restrict the limited jurisdiction of the Benefits Review Board under 33 U.S.C. § 921(b)(3), in accord with its impleme…
22-1020 H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. v. Unicolors, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived actual-knowledge civil-action copyright-act copyright-act-1976 copyright-infringement copyright-registration intent-to-defraud knowledge-standard scienter statutory-interpretation Whether § 411(b)(1)(A)'s "knowledge" element requires "actual knowledge," as this Court held, or "intent to defraud," as the Ninth Circuit held on rem…
22-1021 John Jose Watford v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Sixth Circuit 2023-04-20 Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-precedent circuit-decision collateral-review convicting-circuit-law federal-inmate habeas-corpus savings-clause statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, a federal inmate can collaterally attack his sentence on any ground cognizable on collateral review, and in a "second or succe…
22-1022 Evan Scott Grant v. Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners, et al. Nevada 2023-04-20 Denied Response Waived amendment-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest parole state-law statutory-interpretation "When confronted with two Acts of Congress allegedly touching on the same topic, this Court is not at 'liberty to pick and choose among congressional …
22-7316 Hugo Perez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
22-7319 Jose Manuel Salazar-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied IFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7320 Mary Gonzales v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-04-19 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Congress may criminalize intrastate possession of a firearm or ammunition solely because they crossed state lines at some point before they…
22-1006 Prime Insurance Company v. Darnell Wright Seventh Circuit 2023-04-17 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split federal-preemption financial-responsibility interstate-transportation intrastate-journey motor-carriers statutory-interpretation transportation Whether a trip of an empty truck between two locations in the same state qualifies as "transportation of property … between a place in a State and … a…
22-1009 Barbara Kolkowski v. Ashtabula Area Teacher's Association, et al. Ohio 2023-04-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights collective-bargaining due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech grievance-process individual-rights labor-law liberty-interest public-employment statutory-interpretation Ohio has a public employee statutory scheme for collective bargaining. In this statutory scheme, the Ohio Legislature took care to create an individua…
22-7284 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment indictment-amendment interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation structural-error I. Should this Court grant the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to resolve whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2252A(a)(5)(B)'s alternative …
22-7289 Terrick Bishoff v. United States First Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review application-notes circuit-court circuit-split criminal-intent deference firearms-trafficking gun-transfer sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that the enhancement for trafficking in firearms set out in U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(5) applies to someone …
22-7296 Nathan Karl Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process legal-review plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-review supreme-court-petition Did the government breach the plea agreement by giving Petitioner a substantive sentence that was inconsistent with the plea agreement? Double Jeopar…
22-7297 Lawrence Edward Thompson v. Allred Unit Fifth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing-act standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-998 Alt’s Dairy Farm, LLC v. Nau Country Insurance Company Sixth Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-dispute contract-terms crop-insurance federal-arbitration-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation time-limitation time-period Is the timeliness of petitioners' district court actions governed by the one-year period provided in the Common Crop Insurance Policy or by §12 of the…
22-7266 Levar Lee Spence v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2023-04-13 Dismissed IFP appeal-rights appellate-review brady-violations constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus self-representation statutory-authorization statutory-interpretation I. Did the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision provide the necessary warrant of authority to Subsume the Constitutional Writ of Habeas Corpus ad sobti…
22-7268 Derek Sloane v. Robert L. Langley, et al. Second Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules imminent-danger imminent-danger-exception in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation pro-se-appeal standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule THAT THIS ACTION SHOULDN'T HAD BEEN DISMISS BECAUSE APPELLANT HAS THREE STRIKES AND IF SO, WHETHER HE IS ENTITLED TO IN-VOKE THE IMMINENT DANGER EXCEP…
22-7276 Antonio Demond Baker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits felon-in-possession police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation L. Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act? I. Whet…
22-7279 Robert J. Thomas v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure compassionate-release compassionate-relief concepcion-v-united-states due-process first-step-act in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation In forma pauperis status and review his request for compassionate relief under the First Step Act based on its decision in Concepcion v. United States…
22-7258 Brian Marc Fraser v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied IFP aggravated-robbery amendment commission-amendment criminal-classification due-process enumerated-offense robbery robbery-definition sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation L. Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result if the court of appeals were permitted to consider the Commission's Proposed Amendm…
22-7259 Jose Manuel Cejudo-Mancinas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied IFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7261 Susan Elise Prophet v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure eighth-circuit federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit abused its discretion in denying Prophet's Motion for Compassionate Release/Reductio…
22-7263 Christopher L. Ramirez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances due-process equal-protection federal-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1) Whether "controlled substance offenses" under United States Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those offenses involving substances list…
22-991 George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit 2023-04-12 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-adjudication circuit-court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-review jurisdiction securities-law securities-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether, under special review statute 15 U.S.C. § 78y, circuit courts on a petition for review of a Securities and Exchange Commission final order res…
22-7251 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-competence constitutional-standing criminal-procedure criminal-venue federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction venue #1. When Congress by Statute has mandatorily set where the criminal Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the offense must be, was the Fourth Circuit in erro…
22-7237 Eric Grzywinski v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-of-consent circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-enhancement criminal-law esquivel-quintana-v-sessions minor-protection sexual-abuse sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Whether a statutory rape offense that criminalizes sexual activity solely on the basis of the ages of the parties requires a 16-year-old age of consen…
22-7241 Eric Matthew Ray v. Utah Utah 2023-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-statute due-process facial-challenge first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether Salerno's "no set of circumstances" test, the Hoffman/Grayned "more stringent vagueness test," or some other test, should govern judicial revi…
22-974 Charles J. Weiss v. United States Third Circuit 2023-04-07 Denied Response Waived appeals certiorari collection-due-process due-process internal-revenue-code levy-actions limitations-period statutory-interpretation tax-law writ-of-certiorari Whether the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") provision providing for the suspension of levy actions and the running of any period of limitations "for the…
22-976 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill Fifth Circuit 2023-04-07 Judgment Issued Amici (21)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a…
22-969 City of Santa Maria, California, et al. v. San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-04-06 Denied Response Waived agency-authority agency-discretion cooperative-federalism federal-statute nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers state-water-rights statutory-interpretation water-rights 1. Whether the nondelegation doctrine and separation of powers prevent courts from interpreting a federal statute's "and other purposes" clause to inv…
22-7227 Jared B. Goudy v. Jennifer E. Caluori Florida 2023-04-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-action civil-immunity constitutional-rights criminal-activity driving-under-the-influence due-process immunity self-defense stand-your-ground statutory-interpretation Florida's Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the Twelfth Judicial Circuit's dismissal of Petitioner's case. Following an evidentiary hearing, th…
22-7223 Raymond Charles Lee v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 142-s-ct-2389-2022 case-compliance civil-procedure concepcion-v-united-states due-process judicial-review legal-remand remand standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent WHETHER THIS CASE SHOULD BE REMANDED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH CONCEPCION V UNITED STATES, 142 S.T. 2389 (2022)
22-7224 Trinidad Walter Encarnacion-Pascual v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-05 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7205 Miguel Valdivia-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7207 Ignacio Martinez-Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7209 Dylan Brando Ervey Macias-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied IFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-962 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-04-04 Denied 28-usc-1443 anti-injunction-statute appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-removal finality jurisdictional-challenge remand removal statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to review when finality is not reached in the District case as there is no formal written remand order i…
22-961 Dean Allen Steeves v. United States Federal Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied Response Waived church-status church-tax-exemption federal-excise-tax federal-income-tax integrated-auxiliary labor-as-commodity peonage peonage-prohibition statutory-interpretation tax-exemption 1. Whether Congresses ' Mandatory Exceptions, found in Public Law 91-172 at 508(c)(1)(A), 83 Stat 494- 495 & 6033(a)(2)A)(i), 83 Stat 519-520 for "c…
22-7179 Andres Ajualip-Pablo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP case-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-7183 Manuel Camilo Ordonez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-04-03 Denied IFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-956 Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District Texas 2023-03-31 Denied Response Waived access-to-justice civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus-writ pro-se public-information standard-of-proof standing statutory-interpretation texas-law Should the State of Texas create a separate standard of proof in statutory Writ of Mandamus cases that denies the poor and pro se requesters access to…
22-957 Laurie A. Dermody v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts 2023-03-31 Denied CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1396p annuity annuity-rules asset-transfer medicaid-eligibility medical-assistance remainder-beneficiary spousal-impoverishment statutory-interpretation transfer-penalty Whether an annuity that satisfies the condition in Section 1396p(c)(2)(B)(i) must name the State as the first remainder beneficiary in order to avoid …
22-953 Pablo Calderon v. United States Second Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response Waived criminal-charges criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation substantive-law Does a federal district court have habeas corpus jurisdiction when a substantive element of the criminal charges was not found under the law mandated …
22-955 Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v. City of Seattle, Washington Ninth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-1447c article-iii article-three-limits federal-courts futility-doctrine jurisdiction remand removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Is the court-created "futility" doctrine, which allows a United States court to decide a case removed from state court even though it lacks jurisdi…
22-7157 Andreqio Stevens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-30 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-transportation jurisdictional-element prohibited-persons statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) criminalizes three different offenses relating to a firearm for "prohibited persons": transporting a firearm, possessing a firearm,…
22-945 Jonathan Dean Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-procedure criminal-statute misrepresentation money-laundering restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-loss wire-fraud 1. Is proof of misrepresentations by a defendant in 2014 alone sufficient to establish that wire transfers occurring years later in 2016 and 2017 were…
22-7123 Kenneth Chambers v. Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation The issue before this Court is whether the Seventh Circuit of the Southern District of Indiana had subject matter jurisdiction over the case. The Plai…
22-7129 Thomas P. Thayer v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-conviction federal-law minor minor-protection prior-conviction registration-requirement sex-offender-registration sex-offense statutory-interpretation This Court has held that, where Congress makes the application of federal law turn on a prior "conviction" that, "by its nature," "involves" certain "…
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 …
22-7088 James Duane Grzeslo v. Raythel Fisher, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7095 Efrain Avila-Flores v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied IFP 8-usc-1326d administrative-procedure circuit-split due-process fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness immigration-law removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a failure to advise an unrepresented alien in removal proceedings about relief for which he is apparently eligible, is a defect that can rende…
22-7100 Felipe Nevarez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process objection-timing speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit trial-delay waiver Does the Speedy Trial Act require the accused to object to lack of speedy trial only after the time has lapsed, or can the accused assert this right p…
22-7109 In Re Freddie A. Land 2023-03-24 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law asylum due-process equal-protection immigration statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-929 BYD Motors Inc. v. Soderholm Sales and Leasing, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-24 Denied appellate-panel appellate-review de-novo-review district-court hawaii-statute judicial-review memorandum-disposition salve-regina-college-v-russell standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Memorandum disposition, where the majority of the split appellate panel affirmed the district court's appealed decision without having con…
22-7066 Bonnie Pfluger v. Wendy Nicholas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Muncy, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied IFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-law constitutional-restriction criminal-law due-process firearm-possession parole parole-violation statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DEFENDANT CAN BE FOUND GUILTY FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION AND A CRIMINAL VIOLATION FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IF IT IS ILLEGAL TO TRAN…
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…
22-7061 Lorenzo Elias Mendez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment minor-exploitation sentencing-guidelines sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the statutory term "lascivious exhibition " refers to the defendant 's act of exhibiting a minor 's genitals on film, or, in other words, t…
22-7065 Ahmed Abu Khatallah v. United States District of Columbia 2023-03-22 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation i. Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) apply extraterritorially? ii. Do the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a court from basing a criminal defendant's senten…
22-7052 Colby Todd Dubose v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability generic-burglary non-permanent-structures oregon-first-degree-burglary overnight-accommodation reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation stitt-decision stitt-v-united-states Could reasonable jurists debate whether, after Stitt, Oregon first-degree burglary remains categorically broader than generic burglary because the sta…
22-7053 Jose Luis Ramirez-Dorantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-statute duplicitous duplicitous-charge firearm-use sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a count charging the use of a firearm to further a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that rests on multiple underlying offenses is …
22-7059 Aaron M. Haynes v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history-points criminal-justice federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow …
22-915 United States v. Zackey Rahimi Fifth Circuit 2023-03-21 Judgment Issued Amici (69)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders, violates the Secon…
22-916 Priscilla McManus v. NBS Default Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure due-process standing statutory-interpretation time-limits 1. When Did the Importance of Deadlines Cease to Exist?
22-919 Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-03-21 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived artificial-intelligence innovation-rights invention inventor inventor-definition patent patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term "inventor" to human beings alone?
22-912 James King v. Douglas Brownback, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-03-20 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) circuit-split common-law common-law-backdrop federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar res-judicata statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act's judgment bar, 28 U.S.C. 2676, which this Court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-…
22-7040 Michael Lee Gordon v. Doe, Designation Sentence Computation Center Official, et al. Eighth Circuit 2023-03-20 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-review bias civil-procedure constitutional-review due-process judicial-discretion legal-procedure recusal standing statutory-interpretation witness I) whether the district court erred in denying Appellant's motion for the judge recusal based upon the Judge being called upon in the instant case as …
22-7024 In Re Kevin Ogden 2023-03-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process insufficient-evidence jury-instructions legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation There was insufficient evidence to convict. The N.M. Embezzlement Statute clearly says the owner's name must be used in the Criminal Complaint and Inf…
22-7030 John Gabriel Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-compliance criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-discretion presentence-report sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether non-compliance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(1)(A) may be excused where the defendant fails to show that he or she would have …
22-7015 Timothy Reaves v. Osvaldo Vidal, Superintendent, Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center First Circuit 2023-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-888 James R. Rudisill v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-15 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) civil-procedure education-benefits montgomery-gi-bill post-9/11-gi-bill qualifying-service statutory-interpretation veterans veterans-benefits Whether a veteran who has served two separate and distinct periods of qualifying service under the Montgomery GI Bill, 38 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and u…
22-878 Alexander V. Brown v. William Harrington, United States Trustee for Region 1 First Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1930 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-fees chapter-11 constitutional-challenge equal-protection reopened-case reopening retroactivity statutory-interpretation united-states-trustee 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. §1930(a)(6)(A) applies to a case under Chapter 11 of Title 11, United States Code, upon reopening, where the chapter 11 case was …
22-884 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Varinder Singh Ninth Circuit 2023-03-14 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) administrative-law due-process immigration-law in-absentia-order notice-requirement notice-requirements removal-proceeding removal-proceedings rescission statutory-interpretation Under 8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(5), a noncitizen may be ordered removed in absentia when he "does not attend a [removal] proceeding" "after written notice req…
22-7006 Lamone M. Johnson, aka Marylin Monae Porter v. Luke Pettigrew, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act disability-discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law equal-protection grievance-procedure municipal-employment ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-7011 Charles Matthew Waters v. Anita Marie Waters Minnesota 2023-03-14 Denied IFP biological-offspring civil-procedure consent consent-withdrawal due-process family-law order-for-protection order-of-protection standing statutory-interpretation withdrawal Whether Petitioner was deprived of due process when the trial court would not allow Petitioner's withdrawal of consent to an Order for Protection, pri…
22-6998 David Arroyo-Ramon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
22-6999 Allen Maki v. Texas Texas 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction motion-in-limine second-amendment statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law Whether there is a conflict between Tex Criminal Code Art. 44.17 And Tex Gov. Code Sec. 30.00015 (a).(1) (2) Whether it fair to regard Maki 's gentle…
22-7002 J. T. v. Maryland Maryland 2023-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP abandonment-neglect-abuse child-welfare due-process fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights vagueness 1. Does Maryland's adoption of "the best interest of the child" standard when adjudicating termination of parental rights cases conflict with the fir…
22-873 Ingenio, Inc., et al. v. Click-to-Call Technologies LP Federal Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) america-invents-act estoppel federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent-law statutory-interpretation This case is the sister case to the inter partes review ("IPR") considered by this Court in Thryv, Inc v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, 140 S. Ct. 1…
22-849 Rickie Foy v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bank-theft criminal-intent criminal-law felony-bank-theft mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-element valuation-requirement Whether a conviction for conspiring to commit felony bank theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2113(b), requires the government to prove that t…
22-851 United States v. Julian Garcon Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-08 Dismissed Response RequestedRelisted (2) criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines jurisdiction safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether, in order for a defendant to satisfy the prerequisite for "safety-valve" sentencing relief in 18 U.S.C. 3553(f)(1), a court must find that the…
22-853 Donald V. Watkins, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response Waived accredited-investors conspiracy corporate-governance intent-to-defraud ongoing-business risk-disclosure statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred, as a matter of law, in sustaining a conviction for wire fraud conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. §1349 (in Count One of…
22-6965 Seth Grant Huntington v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act common-law-battery eighth-circuit-interpretation johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states state-assault-statute statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether treating a state assault statute as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act when that statute requires no more than the intent …
22-6971 Joseph Dingler v. Terry Garrett, Sheriff, Rockwall County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-03-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-evidence preservation-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings tax Question not identified.
22-6956 Michael Blake DeFrance v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP all-writs-act appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review categorical-approach civil-procedure domestic-violence final-judgment jurisdiction ninth-circuit standard-of-review statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE NINTH CIRCUIT CORRECTLY DETERMINED THAT THE ORDERS APPEALED WERE NEITHER FINAL NOR WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION UNDER THE ALL-WRITS ACT 18 USC …
22-845 Robert Thornton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference due-process duty-to-assist judicial-notice judicial-review statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits In the veterans-benefits system, Congress has provided that an otherwise-final agency decision is sub ject to one review on appeal to the Secretary. …
22-846 Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Reginald Kirtz Third Circuit 2023-03-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-liability civil-procedure fair-credit-reporting-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation waiver Whether the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign i…
22-6933 John Hessmer v. Robert Bryan, Sheriff, Wilson County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-review ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation SHOUD THE=SIXTH CIRCUTT BE to COVERUP JWDGE CRENSHALLS VIOLATIONS OP SICTH CRCUIT $ SUPREME COURT STANDINPRECIDENTS OF EXLEPTIONS TO THE YOUNFER & MID…
22-6936 Edson Gelin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure first-step-act ineffective-assistance murder-conviction ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines sentencing-policy state-court statutory-interpretation 7W Ccur-f of far W. Ekv^J-U\ ^-ff'rr/vei -W, of Mo^-'cwvj -fr /wo d rfr^ ^ -f,'osjC (KrC^ ? oC feJrr4-,'0Ki€r /y of (JfJ *T4-f ^ <*f £b~f)r'g}tWold?ts…
22-6947 Alexander Samuel Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 due-process entrapment false-statements fbi-investigation government-fabrication materiality statutory-interpretation Whether a statement made to FBI agents can be material and knowingly false under 18 U.S.C. §1001(a) when the criminal enterprise underlying the statem…
22-6918 Ralph Hall v. Darwin LeClaire, et al. Second Circuit 2023-03-03 Denied IFP 6th-amendment administrative-law agency-decision appellate-review civil-rights contempt counsel due-process incarceration judicial-review procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE CIRCUIT COURT FAILED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE WRONGFUL CONVICTION AND SENTENCE REVIEW OF PRO-SE PLEADINGS WERE SELECTIVE RATHER THAN THE REQUIR…
22-6902 Roger Bryant Harbin v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substances criminal-law decontrol drug-convictions drug-policy due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem…
22-6903 William Landry, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-03-02 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process faretta-v-california fourteenth-amendment indigent-defense sixth-amendment speedy-trial state-constitution statutory-interpretation "The Petitioner respectfully ask '* When the [Fjramers of the Oklahoma State Constitution, created and enacted Article I. £ 3. [Unappropriatedpublic l…
22-6905 Francisco Nunez Carrillo v. Ryan Thornell, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6914 David B. Morgan v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation o Um c^com^r SS ^'ORiS'DVcvio^ UJ4U( ~bCb TASS T^>Uc Lftu) !iM \353- \<V?Gt Voe. :5u£vs"Eac .tio^s
22-6915 Leon H. McCormick v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2023-03-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-821 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. City of Hoboken, New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied civil-rights climate-change federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-injury Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused…
22-828 Roger E. Pace v. United States Seventh Circuit 2023-03-01 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-history federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Courts interpret statutes by applying Congress's plain language. In the First Step Act, Congress modified the federal sentencing statute to say that a…
22-812 Isaac D. Koch v. Nebraska Nebraska 2023-02-28 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal protection-order standing statutory-interpretation What is the government's interpretation of an order against all contact and communication and presence? If the Court agrees that the power of the peo…
22-814 William R. Tinnerman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction flora-rule internal-revenue-code jurisdiction jurisdictional-prerequisite standing statutory-interpretation tax-refund 1. Under the language of 28 U.S.C. §1346(a)(1), is full payment of tax alleged to be owed for an entire taxable period a jurisdictional prerequisite f…
22-819 Franz Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com v. Blackboard, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard magistrate-judge markman-test patent patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation 35 U.S.C. § 282(a) provides that "[a] patent shall be presumed valid." This Court has ruled that when a court reviews validity of a patent, the presum…
22-6879 Bobby O. Williams v. Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District Illinois 2023-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-factors due-process fair-warning judicial-expansion jury-determination jury-findings retroactivity sentencing-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence On Petitioner's second direct appeal, in resolving Petitioner's sufficiency of evidence claim regarding the existence of a single statutory aggravatin…
22-6881 James Clark, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-28 Denied IFP controlled-substances criminal-law drug-convictions drug-policy due-process federal-sentencing retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem…
22-808 Joe Alfred Izen, Jr. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2023-02-27 Denied Response Waived charitable-deduction deadlines equitable-tolling hardship-exemption I.R.C.-170(f)(12) internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantiation-deadline substantiation-evidence summary-judgment tax-law 1. Whether equitable tolling may extend substantiation evidence gathering deadlines under I.R.C. § 170(f)(12). 2. Whether Congress lacks the power to…
22-806 John Doe v. United States First Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response Waived acca acca-predicates criminal-justice direct-appeal first-step-act remedial-purpose retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant whose case was pending on direct appeal at the time of enactment of the First Step Act is entitled to the benefit of §401 (limitin…
22-6866 Antonio Rosello v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes "cause" to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
22-6846 Christopher L. Corn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure invited-error judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Can an appellate court use the invited error doctrine to preclude review of a plainly erroneous sentence that exceeds the statutory maximum sentence a…
22-6854 Xavier Sims v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce precedential-authority scarborough-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether—in light of intervening authority in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)—Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S. 5…
22-6829 Quinton Birdinground, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law mens-rea recklessness second-degree-murder sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crimes In Borden v. United States, 141 S.Ct. 1817, 1825 (2021), this Court held that, in order to qualify as a crime of violence, an offense must require pro…
22-6834 Michael Laury v. United States Third Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance crackhouse-statute drug-activity drug-distribution purpose purpose-element statutory-interpretation title-21-section-856 21 U.S.C. § 856 (A)(2) makes it unlawful to manage or control any place, whether permanently or temporarily, either as an owner, lessee, agent, employ…
22-6836 Robert Speed v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence divisible-statute modified-categorical-approach racketeering-activity rico-statute statutory-interpretation In assessing whether RICO is a § 924(c)(3)(A) "crime of violence," is the statutory definition of "racketeering activity" divisible, such that a court…
22-6843 Edgar Barrera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction mandatory-minimum mens-rea non-elemental-facts plea-bargaining preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Constitution permits a sentencing judge to find non-elemental facts by a preponderance of the evidence and then rely on those facts to …
22-790 Vanessa Wereko v. Lori Rosen, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1291 28-usc-1292 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure congressional-intent discretionary-appeal district-court interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion status-quo statutory-interpretation Whether Congress ' intent for an interlocutory appeal as of right, under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), can be unilaterally converted into a discretionary ap…
22-6816 Montray Lorenzo Cato v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-6823 Abraham Conde-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6825 Richie Lee Edmonds, III v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-21 Denied Relisted (2)IFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-history criminal-law drug-distribution due-process federal-sentencing federalism sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a prior state conviction for drug distribution qualifies as a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), when the state statute…
22-6814 Juan M. Vazquez-Pedrosa v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-02-17 Denied IFP federal-indian-law federal-land-policy indian-land jurisdictional-dispute land-rights native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood property-transfer statutory-interpretation treaty tribal-jurisdiction Question not identified.
22-6817 Carline Curry v. City of Mansfield, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation due-process employment-discrimination jury-trial jury-trial-denial retaliation statutory-interpretation summary-judgment 1. Why wasn't plaintiff Curry given an opportunity to become a plant Operator? 2. Defendants submitted a bad faith affidavit under Perjury, Fraud, an…
22-779 Jeffrey Wills Lusk, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy Jean Ross Lusk, Deceased v. Alsata Salimatu Lamin, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985-3 civil-rights class-based-animus congressional-power conspiracy constitutional-law discrimination discriminatory-intent federal-jurisdiction state-action statutory-interpretation Should a conspiracy motivated by invidiously discrim inatory intent other than racial bias be actionable un der 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), the possibility o…
22-783 Victor J. Orena v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-17 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 concepcion-v-united-states district-court-authority extraordinary-and-compelling-circumstances extraordinary-circumstances first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation In Concepcion v. United States, — U.S. -, 142 S. Ct. 2389, 2404 213 L. Ed. 2d 731 (June 27, 2022), this Court held that the First Step Act "allows dis…
22-772 Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest Whether an unwritten "solvent-debtor exception" overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover…
22-773 Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, et al. v. Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, et al. Sixth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights merits-determination preliminary-injunction prevailing-party statutory-interpretation When, if ever, does a party who obtains a preliminary injunction, but never secures a final merits determination, qualify as a "prevailing party" elig…
22-6803 Mario C. Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history criminal-history-points criminal-procedure federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Section 3553(f) of Title 18, U.S. Code, is the "safety valve" which can allow a defendant to receive a sentence less than the statutory mandatory mini…
22-6804 Joseph Mark Williams, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-procedure appellate-procedure civil-procedure criminal-statute due-process legal-timeline minor-protection motion-to-withdraw standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Whether the 90 days under 28 U.S.C. § 1254 and Supreme Court Rule 13 applies to an order granting a motion to withdraw an appeal . 2. Whether the…
22-6805 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2023-02-16 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection precedent-analysis statutory-interpretation This Court should grant Certiorari to determine whether the Appellate Court's construction of a statute pursuant to People v. Rineland, 2015 Ill App (…
22-6784 Jerry Don South v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process open-court reasonableness-review sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) Must District Courts actually comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (c) to state, in open court, the reasons for the sentence imposed? …
22-6780 Anthony LeMarcus Larkins v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit 2023-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6764 Michael Ray Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lafler-v-cooper overruling padilla-v-kentucky statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether United States v. Granados , 168 F.3d 343 (8th Cir. 1999), Has Been Overruled by Padilla v. Kentucky , 559 U.S. 356 (2010), and Lafler v. Co…
22-759 Michael Gramins v. United States Second Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied appellate-review civil-rights fraud fraud-statutes legal-interpretation materiality negotiating-position statutory-interpretation transaction-disclosure transaction-terms Whether, for purposes of the federal fraud statutes, misstatements are immaterial when they pertain only to a party's negotiating position and all ter…
22-762 Robert Kreb v. Department of Labor Ninth Circuit 2023-02-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-discretion agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious employee-protection employee-protection-rights evidentiary-burden standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. What is the appropriate standard of review when an agency administrative law judge abuses their discretion, is arbitrary and capricious or otherwis…
22-6755 Lecedric Prentice Harris v. Florida Florida 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-specific-justification constitutional-law constitutional-requirement courtroom-closure criminal-procedure judicial-discretion public-trial-clause split-of-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the state court correctly held — in conflict with holdings of this Court, the supreme courts of other states, and federal courts of appeal — t…
22-6756 Wissam Taysir Hammoud v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process ninth-circuit-interpretation physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-taylor Whether, in light of this Court's recent decision in United States v. Taylor, 145 S. Ct. 2015 (2022), 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A)'s "crime of violence" d…
22-6758 In Re Mark Marvin 2023-02-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation I, WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION AND ERRED WHEN IT HELD THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S FAILURE TO ADJUDICATE LAYMAN'S PETITION FOR HAB…
22-6761 Joshua David Lambert v. Washington Washington 2023-02-10 Denied IFP civil-procedure copyright-law criminal-procedure damages due-process jurisdiction legal-notice right-to-counsel sentencing statutory-interpretation waiver-of-counsel I. Ca Coun\el 'ho 5ofN£ cbyrjgj- r\c>i ciU dk&iryes, (\V\\ ~vk^ U/a\v/e«r- 5+\\^K 0L, W ~VL<l cle/fr\d«iK-fK 1-5 ASf appr/tej 0f~ oA^ CKai/Ti eS Q^c…
22-6727 Kenneth Baldwin v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure resentencing sentencing state-court statutory-interpretation The first question presented is one who 's being illegally detained pursuant to October 15, 2012 resentencing which authorize custody on new judgment …
22-6730 Pabeel Narvaez-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-02-08 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres U. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-6715 Donnell Bledsoe v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-07 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech religious-freedom social-media standing statutory-interpretation surveillance Question not identified.
22-6717 Vontez Scales, aka Tez v. United States Third Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights controlled-substance criminal-law delivery-definition due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The battle lines are clearly drawn, with the circuits split and without this court's intervention the debate regarding inchoate offenses are controlle…
22-6720 Angela Bakos v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied IFP benefits-suit civil-rights due-process employee-benefits erisa limitation-period notice notice-requirement procedural-requirement statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether Respondent UNUM was required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et. seq., to provide Petitioner BAKOS with a…
22-736 Willie Lumarris Baxter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-07 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924(e) armed-career-criminal congressional-intent drug-offenses fourth-circuit predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Was the Fourth Circuit's rejection of the Petitioner, Willie Baxter's argument that the prior offenses for serious drug offenses included in a prior i…
22-6710 David Wekesa v. United States Attorney, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8-usc-1226c civil-rights due-process immigration-detention judicial-review mandatory-detention procedural-protections reasonableness-of-detention statutory-interpretation 1. Whether due process mandates procedural protections during lengthy periods of mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c). 2. How long does deten…
22-733 Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. Ad Hoc Committee of Holders of Trade Claims Ninth Circuit 2023-02-06 Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-practice equitable-considerations federal-rate post-petition-interest solvent-debtor statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a clear statement is required for the Bankruptcy Code to depart from past bankruptcy practice. 2. Whether an uncodified "solvent debtor" e…
22-6699 Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation The questions presented here is whether 2007 statement is an "applicable" policy Statement that binds a district court when deciding whether to grant …
22-727 Izzac Christopher Weister v. West Virginia West Virginia 2023-02-03 Denied Response Waived competency-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process mental-competency psychiatric-custody statutory-interpretation vagueness violence violence-definition west-virginia 1. Izzac Weister was criminally charged with sexual offenses as a result of electronic messages that he sent to his half sister. The trial court found…
22-6673 Lenwood Mason v. Laurel Harry, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability counsel-replacement court-of-appeals district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY AFTER THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO MAKE AN INQUIRY INTO A TITLE 18 U…
22-6682 Ricky Douglas Haynes, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-occasions due-process jury-trial mandatory-minimum non-elemental-facts sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether a sentencing judge may rely on non-elemental facts to conclude that a defendant's prior offenses were "committed on occasions different fro…
22-6685 Warren Havens v. Arnold Leong, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review district-court-remand federal-law-supremacy federal-officer-removal federal-question federal-question-jurisdiction gorilla-rule maritime-communications removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-exemption A defendant sued in a State Court can timely remove the action to the local federal District Court where the party alleges federal question jurisdicti…
22-714 Harry C. Calcutt, III v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sixth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-remand remand removal-restrictions standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether SEC v. Chenery Corp., 318 U.S. 80 (1943) and its progeny required the Sixth Circuit to remand the case to the agency after determining that…
22-715 Chevron USA, Inc., et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure federal-officer-removal federal-preemption national-emergency oil-production statutory-interpretation war-powers wwii 1. Whether a private entity is "acting under" a federal officer for purposes of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1442 when federal officials, through orders …
22-717 Adrian Perkins, Mayor of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana v. Celcog, LLC, dba Strawn's Eat Shop Too, et al. Louisiana 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute judicial-procedure louisiana-constitution louisiana-revised-statutes state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the lower courts erroneously granted attorney's fees to Plaintiffs-Respondents pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b), where Plaintiffs' Petition sol…
22-720 Dakota Finance LLC, dba Arabella Farm, et al. v. Naturaland Trust, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-02-01 Denied Amici (4) administrative-penalty circuit-split citizen-suits clean-water-act diligent-prosecution-bar enforcement-regime statutory-interpretation What is the proper test for determining whether the "diligent prosecution bar" under 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g)(6)(A)(i) precludes citizen suits brought unde…
22-6666 Leonel Ruiz-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute hughey-v-united-states legal-definition restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18 victim-and-witness-protection-act victim-restitution The Victim and Witness Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3663 ("VWPA"), permits a district court to order restitution to victims of an offense under Title 1…
22-6637 Roberto Francisco-Francisco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6638 James Ralph Dawson, Jr. v. Jeff Archambeau, et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure remedies standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
22-6640 Eugene Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2023-01-26 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split controlled-substances-act drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules …
22-695 Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-25 Denied Relisted (2) child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A)—which states "Nothing in this section (other than subsection (c)(2)(A)) sh…
22-6614 Omar Kashaka Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-term criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-instruction legal-principles statutory-interpretation Whether a jury instruction effectively directing a 1) Whether an overly broad interpretation of an ambiguous term in a criminal statute carrying severe penalties complies with established principles of…
22-6617 Winsloe Duhaney v. United States District of Columbia 2023-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy implied-acquittal statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence After a defendant on appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence under the subsection of the criminal statute under which he was convicted, and,…
22-6618 Josiah E. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2023-01-24 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19-impact due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights pretrial-detainee standing statutory-interpretation termination-proceeding Did the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One Err by affirming the Termination of Paternal Parental rights over his two biological Children in a Maric…
22-6620 Alex Adams v. Sergeant Beusch, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law costs due-process fees judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6599 Herman Harris, Jr. v. Ohio, et al. Ohio 2023-01-23 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process legislative-intent liberty-interest life-imprisonment parole parole-discretion sentencing sentencing-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. When the State of Ohio Legislatures/The Ohio General Assembly had failed to drafted with reasonably clarity the precise number of years that equals…
22-6600 Eric Banks v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Several federal criminal statutes only apply within the United States's "special maritime and territorial jurisdiction," including the assault statute…
22-6604 In Re Daniel Sheehan 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandamus statutory-interpretation The Third Circuit has reduced the 2241 Gateway to qualify via 2255(e) to an impassable size through abuses of discretion in the creation of Dicta, tha…
22-6586 Reginald Daushawn Earl Tate v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP brandishing criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-11 sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly affirmed the trial court's improper sentencing of the defendant pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A…
22-6587 Vernon White v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied IFP 18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of "special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t…
22-6590 In Re Harry Sharod James 2023-01-20 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law district-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus procedural-standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction ti?eViWr VS Secure, g- «*»ar»d*"v« , ^ order +We ' lWrTCD>«e5 'JCou<^T Of K??eftL3 Foft-TOC VoufTK ClMuxT , G^d UNITED STATES teSWTCT CouTiT Tof Twe …
22-671 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. HEC Pharm Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-01-20 Denied Amici (3) 28-usc-46 appellate-procedure case-law judicial-administration judicial-review panel-composition patent-law statutory-interpretation written-description 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 46 and principles of sound judicial administration preclude a court of appeals from adding a new judge to form a new panel and …
22-6568 Duraid Hussein v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection procedural-due-process rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation 1. In Rehaif v. United States , 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court clarified that the word knowingly under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) applies to both defendan…
22-6569 Charles Heard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 9th-circuit california-law categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause implied-malice ninth-circuit second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation 1. Does a VICAR murder conviction, which is in turn based upon a second-degree murder under California law, constitute a categorical crime of violence…
22-6573 Delamon A. Marshall v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause constitutional-law domestic-violence firearm-possession statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Does a prior conviction for domestic violence under Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2919.25(A) qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal …
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…
22-6560 Candido Gomez-Santacruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a district-court-discretion federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states imprisonment-duration prior-term-of-imprisonment sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness In light of its nuanced, holistic approach to federal sentencing, whether a district court may, consistent with § 3553(a)'s plain text, treat the dura…
22-663 Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-18 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations-clause cfpb-regulation consumer-financial-protection consumer-protection due-process financial-regulation removal-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Rule should be vacated because it was promulgated by Director Cordray while shielded from removal by President Trump under a statutory …
22-6545 Kamil Hakeem Johnson v. R. M. Wolfe, Warden Fourth Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing-discretion sentencing-options statutory-interpretation THE DISTRICT COURT WAS WITHOUT JURISDICTION TO IMPOSE A "TERM OF YEARS" SENTENCE WHEN THE STATUTE CONTAINED ONLY TWO SENTENCING OPTIONS, DEATH, OR LIF…
22-6548 United States, ex rel. David Shu v. Nancy Hutt, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-01-17 Denied IFP attorney-general civil-rights district-court due-process false-claims-act legal-center lincoln-law pro-se standing statutory-interpretation A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION LINCOLN LAW PRO SE FILING REQUIREMENT QUESTION: WHETHER A PRO SE IS ALLOWED TO INITIALLY FILE A FALSE CLAIMS ACT (FCA) C…
22-652 Pavel Ivanovich Lazarenko v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-forfeiture procedural-safeguards statutory-interpretation substitute-property tainted-property untainted-property Whether property can be forfeited as substitute property under § 853(p) without first determining whether it is tainted or untainted. Whether untaint…
22-6536 Antoine D. Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-history due-process safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation (1) Whether this Court should resolve a Circuit split and decide if the word "and" in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) should be interpreted in the disjunctive …
22-6540 Brandon Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-01-13 Denied IFP actual-case-requirement categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez precedent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states When the underlying state statute is plainly broader than the generic definition of a criminal sentencing enhancement provision, must the defendant al…
22-6541 Garrett Statler v. Florida Florida 2023-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process fourteenth-amendment mens-rea sexual-battery state-court-conflict statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Florida's sexual battery statute for acts applicable to adults with no physical force or violence violates the Fourteenth Amendment because…
22-6527 William Langley, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) constitutional-challenge conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process factual-innocence firearm-statute guilty-plea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation SHOULD THE COURT FIND PETITIONER'S CONVICTION FOR '924(c) et al. UNCOUNSTITUTIONAL "use" and "carry" of 924(c) a due process violation that warrants a…
22-6508 Joseph M. Evans v. Amy Helene Zubrensky District of Columbia 2023-01-10 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law court-precedent due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation surveillance Question not identified.
22-6511 William Maskevich v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, et al. Illinois 2023-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation notice-of-remedies precedent-analysis state-statute statutory-interpretation West-Covina-v-Perkins West Covina v. Perkins, 525 U.S. 234 (1999) addressed circumstances in which "not one State or the Federal Government has seen fit to require" a notic…
22-629 David Holbrook v. Tennessee Valley Authority, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied administrative-law agency-discretion congressional-intent government-corporation judicial-review public-utilities rate-setting statutory-interpretation Do federal courts have authority to review TVA's fidelity to its enabling statute, or is TVA's rate-setting excepted from all judicial review even whe…
22-631 Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. NexPoint Advisors, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied CVSGResponse RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-court chapter-11 circuit-split debt-discharge discharge reorganization-plan statutory-interpretation third-party-liability third-party-releases Section 524(e) of the Bankruptcy Code states that the "discharge of a debt of the debtor does not affect the liability of any other entity on, or the …
22-633 Stacey A. Kincaid, Sheriff, Fairfax County, Virginia v. Kesha T. Williams Fourth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) 42-usc-12211 ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition disability-rights dsm-5 fourth-circuit gender-dysphoria statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, found in the DSM-5, is excluded from the ADA's definition of disability under 42 U.S.C. § 12211(b).
22-6481 Courtney J. v. Beaufort County Department of Social Services, et al. North Carolina 2023-01-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP child-welfare civil-death-penalty due-process equal-protection payment-obligation statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina's interpretation of a termination of parental rights statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(3), deprives pa…
22-6485 Annamarie Riethmiller v. Unnamed Defendants Fourth Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation presidential-actions standing state-court statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6466 Derrick Anthony Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-case criminal-case eighth-circuit-appeal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-precedent predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supervisory-power Whether trial counsel's failure to utilize existing precedent to challenge the application of a sentencing enhancement pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 851 con…
22-6468 Herbert Isaac Perkins v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law felony-classification hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Question not identified.
22-6471 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Whether Mr. PARKS improperly WAS DENIED A REVIEW IN EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE of COUNSEL AND PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT 24p District Court UNDER. J 28 U.…
22-6479 Felix Agustin Dominguez-Bido, aka Sealed Defendant 1, aka Felix Dominguez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law niz-chavez-v-garland notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the Government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a "notice to appear" that does not specify the date, time, and pl…
22-6459 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit 2023-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct government-review procedural-motion section-2255 section-3504 statutory-interpretation wiretapping I. Whether the Fed.R.Civ.P. 60 procedure qualifies proceeding under 18 U.S.C. § 3504(a)(1) to merit an affirmance or denial by the Government prior to…
22-609 Carsten Igor Rosenow, aka Carlos Senta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response Waived circuit-split electronic-communication electronic-communications fourth-amendment government-action privacy private-search search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation In the context of electronic communications, a series of statutes give companies permission to access their users' private correspondence, remove impe…
22-6443 Daquan Madrid Pridgen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation structural-error I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED STRUCTURAL ERROR BY FINDING THAT THE SENTENCE FOR A VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e) SHOULD BE 10 YEARS TO LIF…
22-6444 Stephen Duane Burgess v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing federal-statute second-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a conviction for federal "second degree murder" under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3).
22-6450 Dedrevionus C. Williams v. Florida Florida 2023-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-fact-finding jury-trial preponderance-standard sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Does Florida's Statute §775.082(9) Prison Releasee Reoffender sentence violate a defendant's U.S. Constitutional rights per this Court's holdings i…
22-607 Noah Nagy, Warden v. Jimmy Baugh Sixth Circuit 2023-01-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence constitutional-error criminal-procedure federal-review habeas-corpus new-evidence sixth-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Did the Sixth Circuit misapprehend § 2244(b)(2)(B)(ii)'s standard by granting habeas relief to Jimmy Baugh when the newly discovered evidence at issue…
22-598 Arthur Bedrosian v. United States, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-penalty civil-procedure due-process foreign-account foreign-account-reporting irs objective-standard statutory-interpretation subjective-standard tax willful-violation willfulness Whether willfulness under 31 U.S.C. § 5321(a)(5)(C) should be determined according to a subjective, rather than objective, standard that focuses on an…
22-6418 Christopher Brian Cosimano v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder omission-liability statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by finding that Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purpose…
22-6420 Rodney Deangelo Jordan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-possession firearms-regulation police-power statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-593 United States, ex rel. Deborah Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC Fourth Circuit 2022-12-27 GVR Relisted (5) civil-liability false-claims-act government-fraud knowingly knowledge-standard statutory-interpretation subjective-beliefs subjective-understanding Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
22-6400 José L. Canales-Cancel v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2022-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction first-amendment privacy-and-1st-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether my claim is propperly presented under 28 USC § 1331 which is jurisdiction on all civil actions. 2. Whether 42 U S. Code § 2000dd is still …
22-583 Evan Greebel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-12-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights compensatory-payments consumer-credit-protection-act consumer-protection due-process earnings-definition garnishment garnishment-limitations mandatory-victims-restitution-act statutory-interpretation Whether lump-sum compensatory payments to an individual, such as those made pursuant to a retirement plan, qualify as "earnings" subject to the CCPA's…
22-6391 Nonami Palomares v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3)IFP criminal-history drug-crimes drug-offense federal-sentencing mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Pursuant to the "safety-valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute, a defendant convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes can obtain relief …
22-578 Richard Behar v. Department of Homeland Security Second Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Amici (2) agency-records appellate-procedure confidentiality foia-exemption-7c freedom-of-information-act party-presentation-principle presidential-administration privacy-interests statutory-interpretation 1. Whether documents obtained and used by a federal agency in the legitimate conduct of its official duties are not "agency records" and thus never su…
22-582 United States v. Jose Felipe Hernandez-Calvillo, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-12-22 GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prohibition first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against conspiring to encourage or induce unlawful immigration, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) an…
22-6379 Leetavious Gaines v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "applicable" policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d…
22-6380 Joseph Bergeron v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al. Minnesota 2022-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-duty administrative-law due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review legal-discretion rule-of-law separation-of-powers state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation 1.) Can Minnesota State Courts ignore issues presented to it by a party, circumvent the rule of law to effectuate a clearly biased opinion? (a) The C…
22-6388 Cornelius L. Jones v. Illinois Illinois 2022-12-22 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether a defendant's fundamental right to equal protection of the laws was infringed where the appellate courts' construction of a statute contravene…
22-572 Robert M. Glen v. Trip Advisor LLC, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-21 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights confiscated-property cuban-property helms-burton-act inheritance-rights private-right-of-action property-confiscation standing statutory-interpretation trafficking trafficking-claims Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, 22 U.S.C. § 6081 et seq., is a broad remedial statute that authorizes U.S. nationals whose property was confiscated…
22-6347 Manuel Alejandro Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 bastide-hernandez-v-united-states due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law nix-chaves-v-barr notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the United States' initiating removal proceedings against a noncitizen with a "Notice to Appear" that fails to include the date and time of…
22-6337 Lonnie Charles Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-559 Victor Elias Photography, LLC v. Ice Portal, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-management-information digital-millennium-copyright-act intentional-removal legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff alleging a violation of § 1202(b) is required to demonstrate that the defendant's "intentional[] remov[al] or alter[ation]" of CMI…
22-6317 Normando Eligio Esquivel-Ontiveros v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-jurisdiction constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6318 Eduardo Ocegueda-Ruiz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does a person possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), when the person receives a…
22-6323 Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence firearm-alteration firearms knowledge-inference machine-gun mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of …
22-6324 Matthew Ruben Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion Bureau-of-Prisons civil-procedure discretionary-review extraordinary-and-compelling-reason medical-conditions pandemic pandemic-impact sentence-modification statutory-interpretation Did the District Court abuse its discretion and misconstrue the law in determining that the Bureau of Prisons' failure to manage Mr. Hernandez's sever…
22-6307 John Homer Legros, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "Conspiracy" to Commit a Crime is a Controlled Substance Offense as defined under the United States Sentencing Guide lines Section §4B1.2I. W…
22-6314 Ramiro Leal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6300 Edman Castro-Salazar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres criminal-procedure due-process indictment recidivism recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense L. Whether the government's failure to allege a prior conviction necessary to support a statutory recidivism enhancement violated Mr. Castro's right "…
22-6303 Steven Riad Jalloul v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation This Court should grant this petition to address the degree of specificity re-quired for the language in a defendant's plea agreement to be construed a…
22-542 Tavaris Betts v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-12-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split criminal-sentencing generic-burglary intent-requirement specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a State's no-intent burglary statute qualifies as generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act.
22-538 William F. Nored, et ux., as Conservators, Parents, and Next Friends of William F. Nored, Jr. v. Tennessee Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights developmental-disabilities government-liability intellectual-disabilities medicaid-act nondelegable-duty statutory-interpretation Whether the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has a nondelegable duty to enforce The Medicaid Act, 42 U.S.C. §1396, …
22-6288 Mangwiro Sadiki-Yisrael v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level first-degree-murder guilty-plea mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states rico-conspiracy sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-max Whether in a RICO conspiracy case the government is required to prove a defendant's mens rea and knowledge of first-degree murder to establish the sta…
22-6281 Juan Carlos Bastide-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 circuit-court-rulings circuit-split immigration-law notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the United States' initiating removal proceedings against a noncitizen with a "Notice to Appear" that fails to include the date and time of th…
22-6262 Babubhai Patel v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-discretion due-process habeas-corpus martinez-v-ryan newly-discovered-evidence procedural-default procedural-due-process rosemond-v-united-states savings-clause statutory-interpretation QUESTON NUMBER ONE: Whether the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion by Summarily Affirmance of Petitioner Patel's 2241 Writ of Hab…
22-6264 Randall Eddie Mellon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference circuit-split judicial-review relevant-conduct seminole-rock-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1998), this Court held that Seminole Rock deference, now Auer deference, applies to interpretive or explanat…
22-6266 Earl Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2022-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act recidivism sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6256 Robert Gospodareck v. Alabama Alabama 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP alabama-law assisted-suicide constitutional-law criminal-law murder-for-hire retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation I. When Alabama first enacted Assisted Suicide legislation in 2017 which specifically provided that it amended existing law and also created a new cri…
22-6267 Mack Doak v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-requirements interstate-commerce interstate-travel sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c), which criminalizes "cross[ing]a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a person who…
22-6234 Rex Gainey v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations constitutional-law covid-19 covid-19-impact district-court-discretion habeas-corpus prison-law-library pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Should district courts adopt an approach that allows for the holistic consideration of all the circumstances accompanying a petitioner's late filing w…
22-6237 Orlando Dean Hobbs v. Clinton Bryant Sixth Circuit 2022-12-07 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process firearm-rights habeas-corpus restoration-of-rights statutory-interpretation Was the Habeas Corpus in this case Effectively Suspended in this case? when the officers of the courts knew the petitioner's civil rights were restore…
22-6225 Jerome Kieffer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment imprisonment-rights religious-land-use rluipa sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Does the Unconstitutionally Vague language, Struck down by the Court in 18USC 10), apply to 18USC 722(c)(G)? (2) May a Stipulation Suffice To Con…
22-6226 James Armstrong v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(1) circuit-court-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-standard presumption-of-correctness state-court-determination statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court-of-appeals united-states-supreme-court Did the third Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply it's face of opinion petitioner habeas corpus petition on "Presumption Of Correctness" an mandate…
22-6228 Giovanny Sanchez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
22-523 Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-06 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the …
22-6218 Carlos Brito-Brito v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-512 Mohamad Youssef Hammoud v. Serkou Ma’at, Warden Fifth Circuit 2022-12-02 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-precedent circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation Whether federal inmates who did not receive a meaningful opportunity to be heard on a substantial actual-innocence claim—because established circuit p…
22-6188 Marlon Jermaine Johnson v. Bo Thorpe, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedure judicial-review legal-precedent retaliation statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6194 Jordan Huff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery pinkerton-liability predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force 1. Where 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is a double-barreled crime that, at least in the context of aiding and abetting, requires proof both of a defendant's acti…
22-6201 In Re Arthur James Lomax 2022-12-01 Denied IFP 14th-amendment bill-of-rights civil-rights due-process federalism grand-jury indictment state-constitution statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction uniformity-of-laws Is it true that the Colorado Constitution specifies that the General Assembly of the State of Colorado? Colo. Const. art.V.8 18. Is the Colorado Cour…
22-6182 Stacy L. Conner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion liberty-interest procedural-fairness standing statutory-interpretation 1.) An important Question in the Administration of Justice, which has the potential to effect a large number of american citizens, is: "Does the U.S. …
22-508 John O. Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-30 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-371 conspiracy conspiracy-to-defraud criminal-law criminal-prosecution defraud-the-united-states federal-agency internal-revenue-service jury-instructions statutory-interpretation In a series of decisions from this Court, the reach and scope of conspiracies to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 were define…
22-6168 Jose Santos Perez-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-precedent legal-review precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should overrule its decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
22-495 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-11-28 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change climate-injury federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions preemption standing state-law-claims statutory-interpretation transboundary-impact Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 over nominally state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused…
22-6148 Larry James Bradley v. Florida Florida 2022-11-23 Denied IFP civil-rights commerce-clause due-process enemy-combatant equal-protection fourth-amendment jurisdiction presidential-authority standing statutory-interpretation suspension-clause (1) WHETHER PETITIONER IS PROPERLY DETAILED AS AN ENEMY COMBATANT WITHOUT PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO? (2) WHETHER FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION §775.0…
22-6151 Demon Reese v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6130 Darvill Jimmy Joseph Bragg v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Whether plainly overbroad statutory language is sufficient to establish a prior state conviction is broader than the generic definition of a criminal …
22-6132 Michael Dominick Mencher v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing first-degree-murder sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Florida's First-Degree Premeditated Murder Statute is categorically a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(C)?
22-6137 Bryan Thornton v. United States Third Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity section-404(b) sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation 1.) The question presented here is the same as that presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court granted certiorari on S…
22-484 Pedro Pierluisi, Governor of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico First Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law administrative-review board-determination civil-rights due-process federalism fiscal-plan legislative-oversight promesa puerto-rico-sovereignty statutory-interpretation territorial-self-rule 1. What standard of review governs a district court's evaluation of the Board's determination that Puerto Rican legislation "would impair or defeat th…
22-485 Kenneth Charles McNeil v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-22 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act coram-nobis courts-of-equity criminal-judgment criminal-procedure equity evidentiary-hearing federal-courts habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts of equity had jurisdiction to correct criminal judgments after completion of the sentence, and, if so, whether federal courts v…
22-6115 Danny Fabricant v. Federal Election Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing campaign-finance constitutional-law constitutional-qualifications declaratory-judgment equal-protection federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission prisoner-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does 52 U.S.C. § 30101's REQUIREMENT, that potential candidates for the House of Representatives report (either) the receipt of more that $5,000 in…
22-6117 Tracy Lamont Miles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the term "controlled substance," from the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), is limited to substances that are …
22-6125 Carlos Bladimir Rodriguez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6109 Dustin Wayne Randall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process non-indigent-defendant special-assessment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether 18 U.S.C. § 3014, once triggered by a qualifying conviction, requires a non-indigent defendant to pay a single addit…
22-6110 Luis David Huerta-Carranza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process immigration-court immigration-proceedings jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-order statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a defective notice to appear that omits the statutorily required time-and-place information fails to confer jurisdiction on the immigration…
22-6111 In Re Katrese Nickelson 2022-11-18 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-sealing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-standard motion-to-quash service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detainer writ-of-mandate 1. Whether Assembly Bill No.2819 's mandatory automatic and permanent case sealing requirements in limited unlawful detainer cases extends to sealing…
22-471 Consumer Data Industry Association v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2022-11-18 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split consumer-reports fair-credit-reporting-act federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law statutory-interpretation uniform-standards Whether FCRA broadly preempts state laws "relating to" the "subject matters" expressly described in 15 U.S.C. §1681t(b)(1), or narrowly preempts state…
22-463 Aenergy, S.A., et al. v. Republic of Angola, et al. Second Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-exception sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether, in suits against foreign sovereign defendants under the FSIA, courts may dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds when a statutory exception t…
22-466 Herederos de Roberto Gomez Cabrera, LLC v. Teck Resources Limited Eleventh Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied civil-rights due-process extraterritorial-statute federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment foreign-defendant fourteenth-amendment international-law personal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes the same restrictions as the Fourteenth Amendment on the exercise of personal jurisdiction by a federal court unde…
22-6062 Thomas Walter Gillen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-riot-act circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-appellate-courts first-amendment free-speech severability statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the difference of opinion between the Fourth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit as to the constitutionality of "organize" within the context of …
22-6072 Randy Belcher v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction physical-force sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony without the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against the person of another
22-6076 Joseph Rauber v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offenses mandatory-minimum safety-valve sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation The federal sentencing statute contains a "safety valve" that protects defendants from mandatory minimum sentences if they meet certain criteria. 18 U…
22-6082 In Re George W. Buford, III 2022-11-16 Denied IFP adjudication civil-rights constitutional-claim constitutional-crisis due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions voting-rights 18 SUCH AC CANAN UNCONS STITUTIONAURACT no4 OSTATES DISTRICT ANDFENTRESS CORN A PEASCNAB EXPECTA THE ENJOYMENTS PROTECT N 24-7
22-447 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. California California 2022-11-15 Denied Amici (4) civil-penalties civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection due-process fair-notice false-advertising free-speech speech-chilling statutory-interpretation unfair-competition-law 1. Whether a robust fair notice standard applies to California's Unfair Competition Law, Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200 et seq., and False Advertising…
22-451 Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-15 Judgment Issued Amici (83)Relisted (5) administrative-law agency-power chevron-deference federal-observers fishery-management maritime-regulation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-silence 1. Whether, under a proper application of Chevron, the MSA implicitly grants NMFS the power to force domestic vessels to pay the salaries of the monit…
22-453 Hyuk Kee Yoo, aka Keith Yoo v. United States Second Circuit 2022-11-15 Denied Response Waived extradition-proceedings extradition-treaty individual-liberty judicial-discretion judiciary-role limitations-provisions statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent treaty-interpretation Article 6 of the United States -South Korea Extradition Trea ty ("Treaty") provides that "[e]xtradition may be denied under this Treaty when the pr…
22-448 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Judgment Issued Amici (30)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations-clause cfpb-funding constitutional-law consumer-financial-protection-bureau judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-funding statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 12 U.S.C. 5497, v…
22-6047 Juan Teran v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-statute felon-in-possession felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-6048 Martin Robinson v. Tom Schweitzer, Warden Ohio 2022-11-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-precedent lower-court-decision property-rights standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-6038 Gabriel Mangum v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-751 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy escape-from-custody fifth-amendment residential-reentry-center statutory-interpretation supervised-release 1. Whether Petitioner's 5" Amendment Double Jeopardy rights were violated when he was punished twice for the same conduct, to wit: Escape from Custody…
22-439 Fraternal Order of Police, United States Park Police Labor Committee v. Department of the Interior Federal Circuit 2022-11-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure employment-law federal-circuit judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation union union-standing Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's interpretation of 5 U.S.C. § 7703(a)(1) is incorrect in finding that an employee's union, on th…
22-6013 Damian Robert Guthary v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g criminal-law criminal-procedure guilty-plea mens-rea plain-error rehaif rehaif-error statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner satisfies Greer's plain error standard for relief from Rehaif error arising from his guilty plea under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) where the…
22-6020 John M. Esposito v. Florida Florida 2022-11-08 Denied IFP citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federalism legal-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY PROSECUTING AND CONVICTING U.S. CITIZENS UNDER § 794.011, FLORIDA STATUTES, A VOID…
22-6022 Shimar Jamal Dean Thompkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure diversionary-disposition due-process federal-charging federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's prior diversionary disposition in a felony case can be considered both an indictment and a conviction for federal charging and s…
22-6025 Christopher Alan Mitchell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure district-court final-order finality habeas-corpus section-2255 sentencing sentencing-range statutory-interpretation (1) Is an order granting relief and resentencing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 final when the order changes the statutory sentencing range such that the dist…
22-6028 John Alan Sakon v. James N. Sakonchick, et al. Connecticut 2022-11-08 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-settlement court-settlement-agreement due-process res-judicata statutory-interpretation statutory-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction In 1992, the elderly parents created a Trust. Controversy arose when the petitioner had a child which extended the life of the trust to the year 2036.…
22-6002 Charles Morgan, Jr. v. United States District of Columbia 2022-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity-standard criminal-statute criminal-statutes grievous-ambiguity gundy-v-united-states liberty-deprivation nondelegation nondelegation-doctrine rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the rule of lenity should apply to all ambiguous criminal statutes or only to those that are "grievously" ambiguous. 2. Whether the full C…
22-6004 Tracy Beatty v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-11-07 Denied IFP civil-rights clemency clemency-services court-order due-process habeas habeas-petition indigent-capital-defendants mental-health mental-health-crisis statutory-interpretation Whether courts are required by McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 848 (1994), to implement 18 U.S.C. § 3599 consistent with both the language and purpose of…
22-425 Robin Carnahan, Administrator of the General Services Administration v. Carolyn Maloney, et al. District of Columbia 2022-11-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (7) 5-usc-2954 article-iii-standing civil-procedure congress-members congressional-oversight disclosure-request executive-agency information-disclosure separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether individual Members of Congress have Article III standing to sue an executive agency to compel it to disclose information that the Members have…
22-5981 Jose Refugio Nieto-Uribe v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
22-5982 Richard Allen Jackson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied IFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-statutes felony-murder first-degree-murder schad-v-arizona statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Is federal first-degree murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1(a), which includes felony murder, a crime of violence within the meaning of the force clause of 18 U.…
22-5987 Anessa R. Fierro and Willie T. Johnson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process federal-arson-statute lopez-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Is the federal arson statute, 18 U.S.C. § 844(i), unconstitutional?
22-5970 David Antoine Luster v. R. M. Wolfe, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(d) 924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery borden-v-united-states categorical-approach criminal-procedure mens-rea plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation Question of Law : In light of Borden v. United States, 141 S.Ct. 1821 (2021), under the categorical approach the element narrow enough to be deemed a …
22-415 Mark Elliott Stuart v. Arizona Arizona 2022-11-02 Denied Response Waived civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech municipal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness (1) Whether Scottsdale Revised Code 19-13 is overbroad and violates the First Amendment? (2) Whether Scottsdale Revised Code 19-13 is unconstitutiona…
22-5958 Raul Tovar v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5962 Marquis Donte Brown v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review post-booker-hearing safety-valve sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE DISTRIC T COURT ERRED BY IMPOSING AN UNLAW FUL SEN TENCE CONTRARY TO THE MANDATES OF § 3553(a) AND §3553(f)(5) WHICH PRECLUDE USE OF IN…
22-5949 Oswaldo Omar Ramirez-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
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…
22-402 James Vorley v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-10-31 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court ends-of-justice implied-misrepresentation speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Whether, as the Seventh and Ninth Circuits hold, a "scheme or artifice to defraud" under the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, encompasses an "…
22-5934 Gemar Morgan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release constitutional-due-process covid-19 criminal-justice-reform first-step-act health-conditions judicial-discretion retroactive-application sentence-modification sentencing-reform sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5942 David G. Wiggins v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process felony-murder fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation As reasonable jurors would have disagreed that the Felony Murder Statute as applied to this Petitioner is unconstitutional, denying this Petitioner hi…
22-5929 Juan Salvador Cordova-Briseno v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing immigration minor standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unaccompanied-minor I. Did the district court abuse its discretion in applying the 4-level enhancement for transporting an unaccompanied minor under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1(b)(4…
22-5930 Davon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2022-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP cause-and-prejudice circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation A claim not raised on direct review "may be raised in habeas [] if the defendant can [] demonstrate [] 'cause' and actual 'prejudice.'" Bousley v. Uni…
22-5911 Clark Wesley Betts, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review merits merits-review procedural-order statutory-interpretation Is a certificate of appealability needed to appeal an order unrelated to the merits of a habeas proceeding if that order is part of an order on the me…
22-5912 William Gonzalez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5914 Dominique Lamar Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 administrative-violations criminal-procedure criminal-supervision district-court-discretion due-process liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court acted excessively by sentencing Petitioner to a sentence two and half times above the supervision guideline range for admin…
22-5918 Tommy Allen Dickenson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights congressional-authority constitutional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute felon-rights firearm-possession statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5920 Jesse Brewer v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process immigration judicial-review legal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5895 Quinton Deairre Gardner v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravating-facts armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split federal-criminal-law maximum-term maximum-term-of-imprisonment presumptive-sentencing-standards sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation statutory-limits Where a state structured-sentencing regime sets mandatory legal limits on courts' sentencing power, is the upper limit of the structured-sentencing ra…
22-5875 Bryan Protho v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3509 child-victim closed-circuit-testimony criminal-procedure district-court district-court-procedure statutory-interpretation testimony two-way-closed-circuit-television witness-testimony Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3509 requires a district court to question a child victim on the record before to introducing the child victim 's testimony at tri…
22-5886 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. U.S. Bank National Association, As Trustee for Greenpoint Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-AR2, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-chapter-5 article-iii balzac-v-porto-rico court-jurisdiction district-court judicial-power mookini-v-united-states statutory-interpretation territorial-court United States Supreme Court in two cases: Balzac v. Porto Rico, 258 U.S. 298 (1921) and Mookini v. United States, 303 U.S. 201 (1938) made it clear th…
22-5887 Joseph Michael DeGraw v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pro-se procedural-construction section-2254 section-2255 standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Courts should, sua sponte, construe a state prisoner's pro se filed pleadings, in 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 proceedings, citing the w…
22-374 Troy Olhausen v. Arriva Medical, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-21 GVR Relisted (5) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act knowingly objective-reasonableness objective-standard scienter statutory-interpretation subjective-standard Whether a False Claims Act defendant alleged to have "knowingly" violated a provision of federal law can escape liability by articulating, after the f…
22-5876 Surprise Emmanuel Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bond-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-limits federal-authority felon-in-possession felon-possession national-federation-v-sebelius police-power statutory-interpretation substantial-effect Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
22-5878 William D. King v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reason judicial-decisions judicial-discretion legal-developments sentence-modification statutory-interpretation When, whether deciding if a defendant has presented an "extraordinary and compelling" reason for a sentence modification under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(…
22-5879 Eugene Thurman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-20 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review controlled-substance criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it deferred to the United States Sentencing Commission's use of commentary in its Guidelines Manual to…
22-5868 Chad Alan Cappiello v. Texas Texas 2022-10-19 Denied IFP certiorari civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
22-5847 Lindsey Orr v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment WHEN ARE THE SECTION 3553 (d) FACTORS SATISFIED? THE 3553 OPINION JUSTIFIED BASED UPON? THE COMPLETION OF THE TERM OF IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFIED FROM …
22-5859 Marcal Fraction v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation A court may grant compassionate release and reduce a sentence if, after evaluating the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), it finds that extraordinary and…
22-360 Veteran Warriors, Inc., et al. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-construction statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs 1. Whether courts can defer to the construction of a statute by the Department of Veterans Affairs without first considering whether the statute permi…
22-361 BP p.l.c., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Fourth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) civil-procedure climate-change federal-common-law federal-courts federal-jurisdiction greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether federal common law necessarily and exclusively governs claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect of interstate gre…
22-5836 Laquan Kyle Duane Shakespeare v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583k consecutive-sentences constitutional-challenge double-jeopardy due-process mandatory-minimum marks-doctrine marks-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-haymond 1. Whether Mr. Shakespeare's five-year mandatory minimum revocation term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k) is valid in light of …
22-5832 Robert Joseph Schmitt v. Texas Texas 2022-10-13 Denied IFP concurrent-sentences criminal-sentencing cumulation due-process legislative-intent sentence-cumulation statutory-interpretation texas-law texas-legislature trial-court Was respondent denied due process of law when the trial court cumulated respondent 's two twenty year sentences when the law in effect enacted by the …
22-348 Floyd Tayler v. Washington Washington 2022-10-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) aggravating-factors criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing domestic-violence jury-instruction jury-instructions pattern-aggravator reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation unanimity Must the jury, in deciding whether a defendant has committed the domestic violence pattern aggravator, RCW 9.94A.535 (3) (h) (i), be instructed that t…
22-339 Pfizer Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Second Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Amici (5) advisory-opinion-process anti-kickback-statute criminal-intent healthcare-fraud medical-decision-making medicare mens-rea remuneration rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the AKS is violated only if the person offering the "remuneration * * * to induce" the purchase of federally reimbursed healthcare intends to …
22-340 Mark E. Pulsifer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-10-12 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-history criminal-justice-reform first-step-act mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity safety-valve sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The "safety valve" provision of the federal sentencing statute requires a district court to ignore any statutory mandatory minimum and instead follow …
22-333 U.S. Well Services, Inc. v. Scott Easom, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-10-11 Denied Response Waived causal-connection covid-19 employment-law mass-layoff natural-disaster plant-closing statutory-interpretation warn-act (1) Does COVID-19 qualify as a natural disaster under the WARN Act's natural disaster exception, 29 U.S.C. § 2102(b)(2)(B)? (2) What causal connectio…
22-331 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Fernando Cordero-Garcia, aka Fernando Cordero Ninth Circuit 2022-10-07 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation witness-dissuasion Whether dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, in violation of California law, is "an offense relating to obstruction of justice," 8 U.S.C. 1101…
22-5793 Thomas A. Forrest, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling internal-revenue-code judicial-precedent military-benefits military-retirees statutory-interpretation tax tax-recovery 1. Whether the Supreme Court erred in their interpretation of the Internal Revenue Code in United States v. Brockamp, 519 U.S. 347 (1997) by disallowi…
22-5782 Matthew Tassin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-court circuit-court-authority criminal-procedure district-court federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel resentencing section-2255 sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Circuit Court can limit the authority of a district court to resentence a federal criminal defendant or correct a criminal sentence "as may …
22-327 Confederación Hípica de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. v. Confederación de Jinetes Puertorriqueños, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2022-10-06 Denied Amici (2) antitrust antitrust-law concerted-action employer-employee-relationship employment employment-relationship independent-contractors labor-dispute labor-exemption statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory labor exemption from the operation of the antitrust laws, which exempts "labor dispute[s]" that "concern[] terms or conditions o…
22-319 Saloojas, Inc. v. Aetna Health of California, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response Waived cares-act congressional-intent diagnostic-testing healthcare-reimbursement private-remedy private-right-of-action reimbursement statutory-interpretation Did Congress have an implicit intent to create a private remedy in favor of diagnostic testing providers for full reimbursement under the CARES Act?
22-320 Kenneth R. Spirito v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied 18-usc-666 circuit-court-interpretation federal-program-fraud intentional-misapplication kelly-v-united-states property-deprivation prosecutorial-scope regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the elements of the offense of federal program fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 666(a)(1)(A) differ under a theory of intentional misapplication and st…
22-5765 Ryanne Parker, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, N. P. v. West Carroll Special School District Sixth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights damages disabilities-education-act exhaustion-of-remedies rehabilitation-act remedies statutory-interpretation In the Handicapped Children 's Protection Act of 1986 (HCPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1415(1), it requires the exhaustion of state administrative remedies under t…
22-5768 Issa Battle v. United States Third Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation 1) What is the Supreme Court's interpretation of the "knowingly" element required under 18 U.S.C. §924(a)(2) in felon in possession of a firearm cases…
22-5769 Donovan Lemont Bookman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-5762 Jonathan Mattox v. Arizona Arizona 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal arizona-rule-criminal-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation What i the coredtinter pretation that should be percieved from A.R.5. 28-1383 (4)(2) T?
22-5751 Mark Ryan Shipley, aka Marc R. Shipley, aka Marc Ryan Shipley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif statutory-interpretation DOES THE KNOWINGLY ELEMENT APPLY TO U.S.C. $921 (a)(20)? DOES A STIPULATION AT THE TIME OF TRIAL THAT A DEFENDANT HAD AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST CQMIT…
22-5758 Augustus H. Evans, Jr. v. Delaware Delaware 2022-10-04 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-provisions due-process energy-policy environmental-regulation judicial-review legal-jurisdiction procedural-rules statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
22-5734 Timothy W. Saunders v. Terry Raybon, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2022-10-03 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split due-process gatekeeping-function habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation sua-sponte When a petitioner files a proper application for a certificate of appealability, a single judge grants a defective certificate without objection from …
22-5743 Timothy Love v. California California 2022-10-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crimes j'l tn*i^ IkiU^ -j~& ^ y^op [^ d ^ Sho-o'{* v'4 * t £<<fIc, TTU-fe/ {0$<LC\A, V • 0 |-e- \a CC y-CU^O^/x o ccu^yi-ejl \HX^ C^<_ ybft'U u*a?f ^ 'j?. f…
22-5712 Ramona I. Morgan v. Gloria Geither Tenth Circuit 2022-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction motion-to-vacate prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-review statutory-interpretation 1. Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit have granted a Certificate of Appeal to the Petitioner [Edmond Morgan]? 2. Should …
22-286 Frieda Mae Rogers, fka Frieda Rogers Roen, et al. v. Wilmington Trust Company, et al. Third Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure erie-doctrine factual-stipulations federalism forum-selection judicial-admissions state-law statutes-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 1. May the court of appeals override the parties' factual stipulation crucial to petitioners' right to recover, contrary to this Court's precedents as…
22-5693 Rosa Isela Acuna v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-importation due-process mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, under 21 U.S.C. § 960, a defendant who know ingly imports a controlled substance can be convicted and subjected to an enhanced punishment o…
22-281 Peter Kruithoff v. Catholic Charities of West Michigan, et al. Michigan 2022-09-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived child-welfare due-process equal-protection marital-status parental-rights standing state-interest statutory-interpretation 1. Under Michigan's Safe Delivery of Newborns Law ("SDNL"), a parent-child relationship can be permanently severed (1) with less notice than is requir…
22-5677 Michael Louis McCarron v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-enticement circuit-split criminal-law due-process enticement-statute first-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the Ninth Circuit decision that "purely hypothetical" emails can support a conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b) (attempted enticemen…
22-5664 Wayne Carl Nicolaison v. Minnesota Minnesota 2022-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-modification medical-records mental-health statutory-interpretation DID THE ALTERATION OF THE RECEIVING HOSPTIAL REPORT BY JUDGE BURKE AS MANDATED BY MINN. STAT. § 253B.12 (1990) VIOLATE SUBSTANTIVE LAW?
22-5669 Robert Carrasco Gamez v. Arizona Arizona 2022-09-23 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5659 Donovan Moenell Williams v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-process case-jurisdiction civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-filing scotus-petition standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5660 Jon Anthony Terry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP ability-to-pay criminal-procedure district-court due-process future-assessment hypothetical-means judicial-discretion sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation 1. May a District Court at sentencing, find a defendant "non-indigent" for the purposes of 18 USC 3014(e), based upon past income and a hypothetical "…
22-5665 Geoffrie Dill v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does "controlled substance offense", as that term is used in U.S.S.G. §4B1.1 and defined by U.S.S.G. §4B1.2(b), refer only to those controlled substan…
22-272 Livingston County Road Commission v. Gould Electronics, Inc. Sixth Circuit 2022-09-22 Denied cercla cercla-liability due-care environmental-law groundwater-contamination innocent-landowner property-liability reasonable-steps statutory-defense statutory-interpretation third-party-defense The questions for this Court are: 1. How is the term "due care" defined for purposes of the 42 U.S.C. §9607(b)(3) "third-party defense" in relation t…
22-270 Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, et al. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-guidance constitutional-avoidance eleventh-circuit federal-advisory-committee-act judicial-construction plain-meaning public-citizen-v-us-dept-of-justice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Should the word "established," as used in FACA, be construed in accord with its "plain" meaning (as the Eleventh Circuit held) or should be it constru…
22-5637 Dwayne Stone v. United States Second Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether crimes of physical inaction have "as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of …
22-5638 Hector Martinez-Robos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mandatory-minimum-sentences mens-rea plain-error sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an instructional error is "plain" for purposes of Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b) when the charge to the jury is erroneous under an opinion of this …
22-5639 Eddie Dewayne Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
22-5612 Luis F. Gomez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment administrative-law constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct reversal statutory-interpretation witness-credibility Does improper vouching by a prosecutor to the jury rise to a level of reversal in accordance with the 5th Amendment and unduly prejudice the defendant…
22-5614 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-review legal-procedure lower-court-decision retroactive-application standing statutory-interpretation /'/vc. -f ^ ~fke.g-r or no+ /W ?Ol*S Cc^^iS&y\iS y\cA t'JjrcA V-te, jl^i-kera )IK use Aci '!?o fC )ftri"fr cc\\\or\ (V-vlew / CoOr\-Vro Gt£~Vt'W-93H …
22-5621 Cody Ray Leveke, aka Cody Meyer, aka Cody Ray Meyers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-communication criminal-law first-amendment free-speech jury-instruction statutory-interpretation subjective-intent true-threat Whether, to establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively k…
22-5625 Orville Tucker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors circuit-split compassionate-release guideline-range non-delegation-doctrine sentencing-commission sentencing-law statutory-interpretation 1. Did Congress, in 28 U.S.C. § 994(t), delegate complete authority to the U.S. Sentencing Commission to "define" an exclusive list of "extraordinary …
22-5626 James Earl Jones v. New Jersey New Jersey 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault case-law criminal-law criminal-statute jurisdiction legal-procedure murder remand sexual-assault statutory-interpretation 1: (A) WHETHER THE TERM "ON ANOTHER" AS UTILIZED IN N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(3) APPLY or (B) WHETHER N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2(a)(6) CONTROL IN PETITIONER 'S CASE…
22-5628 In Re Tony Walker 2022-09-20 Denied IFP civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts federal-procedure in-forma-pauperis mandamus procedural-rules seventh-circuit standing standings-blanket-order statutory-interpretation 1. Whether The April 24, 2004 Standings Order of The Court of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit violates 28 U.S.C. § 1503(b) and 28 U.S.C. § 1658? 2. W…
22-5634 Nelson Jean Dion v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail bail-condition criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-law interstate-travel protection-order statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a state bail order/condition of release is a protection order under 18 U.S.C. § 2266(5) for purposes of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2262, which c…
22-262 Berkley V. Walker v. BOKF, National Association, dba Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Tenth Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response Waived 12-cfr-7.4001 administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review national-bank-act overdraft-fees regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation When an account holder at Respondent BOKF, N.A. ("the Bank") overdraws their account and the Bank covers the shortfall by extending its own money, the…
22-265 Christopher N. Caputo v. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Third Circuit 2022-09-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) arbitral-awards arbitration-law contractual-forfeiture contractual-provisions federal-arbitration-act judicial-review public-policy-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-violations 1. Whether this Court's public policy exception is inapplicable to an arbitral award enforcing contractual provisions that are expressly illegal, void…
22-5603 Faustino Sanchez-Lugo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5607 Steven Justin Villalona v. Mr. Hansen, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine federal-rules-civil-procedure filing houston-v-lack notice notice-of-judgment pro-se pro-se-prisoner statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Court's holding in Houston v. Lack — was based on equity or the interpretation of the word filed? 2. Whether district courts may pres…
22-5610 Andre Thompson v. United States Third Circuit 2022-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation i) 14I approach od \% US. Cf fcj U) CA) Courts allowed or retired b look to the J wlort it ordinarily invo Jicab crime ad i/ioknce fpplymj jit Catz^ …
22-5598 Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
22-5599 Denzell Russell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation plain-error plain-error-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Sixth Circuit's application of plain error review under Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b) in conflict with this Court's decisions? 2. Have the courts …
22-5601 Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-claims-act free-speech healthcare-liability medicaid-reimbursement ninth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-provisions Question not identified.
22-5585 Mark Marvin v. Martha Peldunas, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment social-security statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED WHEN IT HELD THAT THE STATE AGENCY CAN REQUIRE THAT FUTURE SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS PREMATURELY APPLY FOR REDUCED…
22-5580 Derrick Dion Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-enhancement firearms guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Where U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) directs a four-level increase in offense level when a defendant possesses a firearm "in connection with another felony…
22-5557 David Laurence Hodges v. William Bolin, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
22-5566 Randly Irvin Begay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent categorical-approach crime-of-violence extreme-recklessness federal-second-degree-murder ninth-circuit recklessness rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation targeted-use-of-force As this Court held in Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), an offense must necessarily entail the targeted use of force against another to…
22-5576 Thoucharin Ruttanamongkongul v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility human-trafficking sentencing sentencing-guidelines sex-work sexual-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime When state values v. evidence, to show that petitioner fired (unclear handwriting) to the United States to court completely e.g. a six footers; and th…
22-5577 Marvin Davis v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-interview child-witness confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-counsel forensic-interviewer hearsay hearsay-statements sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING THE CHILD VIDEO INTERVIEW AND WHETHER T.C.A. SECTION 24-7-123 IS [UNCONSTITUTIONAL? (2) WHETHER THE PET…
22-5551 Jose Carmen Barajas-Salvador v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5553 Rafael Villagomez-Troche v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 administrative-law court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Whether service of a "notice to appear" that complies with 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1) is required to vest jurisdiction in an immigration court over removal…
22-5558 Vince Edward LaSane v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defense-knowledge due-process felony jury-conviction jury-instructions legal-error minor registration-requirements sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erroneously denied Mr. Lasane's request that Jury instruction on Count Two (committing a felony offense involving a minor w…
22-225 Leopoldo Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Individually and Successor-in-Interest to Southern Pacific Transportation Company Fifth Circuit 2022-09-12 Dismissed asbestos-exposure cancer disease-claims existing-controversy federal-employers-liability-act fela future-liability railroad-liability release statutory-interpretation Whether a release of an "existing controversy" that also purports to exempt a railroad from future liability for legally distinct claims for diseases …
22-227 Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Brian W. Coughlin First Circuit 2022-09-12 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) abrogation bankruptcy-code circuit-split indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Whether the Bankruptcy Code expresses unequivocally Congress's intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes.
22-220 Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Fifth Circuit 2022-09-09 Denied Amici (2) antiunion-animus arbitration-procedures circuit-split collective-bargaining mandatory-arbitration railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation union-representation union-representatives The Railway Labor Act ("RLA") prohibits carriers from interfering with their employees' "choice of representatives." 45 U.S.C. § 152 Third. Union Paci…
22-208 Benoit Brookens v. LaRhonda Gamble, et al. District of Columbia 2022-09-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-regulation labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act labor-union-rights standing statutory-interpretation Whether the DC Circuit is bound by the Federal Regulation 29 CFR 458.1 General Subpart A-Substantive Requirements interpreting 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 Conc…
22-209 Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC v. Gloria A. Addison, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied cafa circuit-split class-action-fairness-act diversity-jurisdiction federal-diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction local-single-event local-single-event-exception mass-action statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase "an event or occurrence" in CAFA's local single event exception means what it says—"a single happening"—as the Ninth Circuit holds,…
22-214 Allana Baroni v. David Seror, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-property-title chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 conversion debtor-rights estate-property ninth-circuit-interpretation property statutory-interpretation title Because Congress stated in clear language that a confirmed Chapter 11 debtor retains title to property after her plan is confirmed, did the Ninth Circ…
22-5532 Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split common-law common-law-offense criminal-classification criminal-law due-process generic-robbery legal-definition precedent statutory-interpretation Whether "generic robbery" is equivalent to the common law form of the offense, or whether, instead, it carries a broader definition?
22-5534 Glenn A. Chin v. United States First Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-sentencing due-process mens-rea reckless-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tax-withholding u.s.s.g.-2b1.1 1. Did the District Court clearly err in finding that the defendant's conduct involved a reckless risk of death or serious bodily injury, triggering a…
22-5538 Kepa Maumau v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property statutory-interpretation Insofar as Hobbs Act robbery has historically been understood to reach threats to harm intangible property, is it categorically a "crime of violence" …
22-5515 Jose Agapito Salas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-prisoner findings-of-fact habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation At The Federal Level After The District Court Receives An Ordered Response From The Government To A Federal Prisoner's Petition For Habeas Corpus Reli…
22-203 Apple Inc., et al. v. California Institute of Technology Federal Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-procedure administrative-process civil-procedure federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent patent-law patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit erroneously extended IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2) to all grounds that reasonably could have been raised in the…
22-5511 Edmundo Portillo-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
22-5514 Roland Scott, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Did the United States Supreme Cort overturn it's own precedent in Rehaf v. United States 139 S. Ct 2191, 20t L. Ed 594 2o1g), where this Cort decided …
22-5489 Under Seal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-detention-act malicious-wounding mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether Virginia's crime of Malicious Wounding, Va. Code 18.2-51, is a crime of violence under the categorical approach, thereby implicating the Juven…
22-5491 John Michael Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute federal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overbreadth statutory-interpretation vagueness Was the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) vague and overbroad, and did Petitioner's at…
22-195 Thomas J. Dart, et al. v. Salvatore Ziccarelli Seventh Circuit 2022-09-01 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-law family-medical-leave-act interference-claim standing statutory-interpretation Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, employers may be subject to civil liability if they interfere with their employees' exercise of the ri…
22-193 Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-08-31 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (15)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-discrimination job-transfer material-disadvantage materially-significant-disadvantages statutory-interpretation title-vii Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment," or is its reach limited to discriminatory employer …
22-185 Mandy Mobley Li v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2022-08-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-action circuit-split internal-revenue-service judicial-review statutory-interpretation tax-court-jurisdiction tax-relief-and-health-care-act-of-2006 united-states-tax-court whistleblower-award 1. Whether threshold rejections of whistleblower award requests are immune from the judicial review process established through the Administrative Pro…
22-5468 Benjamin Lawrence Petty v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Pirat AYv^e\> Btf\£5F, I; feaOxawG a \y_^vj\ihktvT To A Wi/aSEEF buOU/& PoE/COAPW B0=*v\S ; A SQtCiAL (Lo^biXX<>f\) Of PaofiATEOrJ , vIolATE JXE- PRO…
22-5470 Larry Marlowe Chambers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied IFP appellate-review concepcion-v-united-states criminal-resentencing district-court first-step-act judicial-discretion remand sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court commits reversible error by issuing contradictory analyses for reductions under § 404 of the First Step Act without clear exp…
22-5472 Aaron Michael Shamo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-drug-abuse-act chemical-compound chemical-compounds controlled-substance counsel-waiver cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-distribution drug-sentencing eighth-amendment essential-elements fentanyl statutory-interpretation In 1986, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which provided for a mandatory life without parole sentence for drug offenders who distributed very …
22-5454 Jesus Carreon-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals discretionary-decision discretionary-decisions downward-departure jurisdictional-label sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the court of appeals have jurisdiction to review the district court's discretionary decision not to depart below the advisory Sentencing Guidelin…
22-5456 Min Jeong Kim v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Fourth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation h a.\re. ^7 im7iA(?-^ k.lrUf~h^y^ fo\octflSr-<?*T^e -fei er&\ J (Arls^^t,-h does £(r£i/tf4- IA. 0 <9v/er d? ia avy <9-h?cfc<?r (/ (JUW^V o?\>V^0<S?0\…
22-5459 Jose Socorro Gonzalez-Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled.
22-179 United States v. Helaman Hansen Ninth Circuit 2022-08-29 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1324 commercial-advantage constitutional-challenge criminal-prohibition first-amendment immigration immigration-law overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine private-financial-gain statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in v…
22-5449 Antonio Rodriguez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense drug-trafficking federal-conviction federal-drug-trafficking federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is it obvious error to find a prior federal drug trafficking conviction is a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines when the s…
22-5437 Justin Cornelius Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force-intimidation generic-robbery judicial-interpretation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of another person by force or by intimidati…
22-5440 Joseph Griego v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states-v-taylor Petitioners Griego and Romero ask this Court to address whether Hobbs Act robbery is a qualifying crime of violence under § 924(c). The statutory elem…
22-5441 Felipe Mata-Benavidez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
22-5443 Robert L. Davis v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burglary-conviction civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure DNA-database due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus retroactive-laws standing statutory-interpretation Reason For Question #1 There exist a ConFliat Among United States Circuit Counts On Whether the Immenent Danger oF 28 U.S.C. 3 1915(g) aPPly to at the…
22-5427 Jade Christian Nichols v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Does a state definition of "controlled substance" control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst…
22-163 Lenair Moses v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-23 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference criminal-law judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation In Stinson v. United States, 508 U.S. 36 (1993), this Court held that Seminole Rock deference, now generally known as Auer deference, applies to inter…
22-161 Robert Nieto and Darrick R. Vallodolid v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response Waived batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-rights equal-protection jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Mr. Nieto's and Mr. Vallodolid's convictions should be reversed because the Government's peremptory striking of qualified Hispanic prospect…
22-5418 Miguel Jesus Rodriguez-Villanueva v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretionary-decision downward-departure fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had appellate jurisdiction to review the district court's discretionary decision not to depart below the ad…
22-5419 Erika Jacobs v. Geisinger Wyoming Medical Center Third Circuit 2022-08-22 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5394 Eric Christopher Falkowski v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance-act controlled-substances criminal-law due-process enhancement-clause overbreadth sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether USSG § lBl.l 's serious-bodily-injury enhancement clause —as relative here to the Controlled Substance Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq—is imperm…
22-5396 Timothy J. Hill v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law mcgirt-case native-american-rights oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-ruling Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling.
22-5399 John Afriyie v. United States Second Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorneys-fees circuit-split corporate-expenses criminal-procedure criminal-restitution mandatory-victims-restitution-act noscitur-a-sociis restitution statutory-interpretation Section (b)(4) of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act ("MVRA") requires a criminal defendant convicted of a wide variety of offenses to: reimburse …
22-5401 Ivan R. Begay v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Did U.S. District Court of Arizona, Judge Rosemblath have authority to impose a 302 month Sentence, under 5K2.3 without evidence and 5K2.8. to support…
22-5404 Charles Anthony Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-08-19 Denied IFP abduction abduction-definition circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit hobbs-act robbery sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether movement of an employee within the confines of a store qualifies as abduction under U.S.S.G. § 2B3.1(b)(4)(A)
22-5387 Ulises Ervey Islas-Macias v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5389 Antonio Molina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5391 Lin Ouyang v. Mark A. Borenstein, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-08-18 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals court-rules due-process final-judgment mandamus procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari District Court dismissed petitioner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 claim finding no violations of judgment debtors' procedural Due Process right under the Fourteen…
22-5361 Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. Texas 2022-08-16 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure first-impression fraud fraudulent-scheme jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-of-jurisdiction standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Court failed to view the Plea of Jurisdiction as a statutory Construction case. Whether a Plea of Jurisdiction extends to Respondents ' f…
22-5347 In Re Charles Edward Jones, Sr. 2022-08-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5355 Carlocito Slim, aka Carlocito Ponce Slim v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process entrapment law-enforcement-conduct mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation victim-age I. Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422(b) or 1591(a)(1) on the basis of inconsistent ages of a single non-existent victim giv…
22-5342 Patrick LaJuan Jones, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Does a state definition of "controlled substance" control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst…
22-5328 Justin Michael Tyson v. North Carolina North Carolina 2022-08-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5316 Antwan Criswell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3161 18-usc-3262 court-congestion dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-delay speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation Since the presimption of prejudice exists in a Speedy Trial Violation under 18 U.S.C. §3262, and the Sanction is Dismissal with Prejudice for said vio…
22-5318 Samuel Francis White Horse v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process evidence jury-instructions obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation 1) Does a conviction for Tampering with Evidence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(1) require a jury to find that the natural and probable effect of…
22-5321 William S. Divine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus procedural-deadline section-2255 statutory-interpretation 1). When the government impedes a defendant, in the name of COVID-19 safeguards, from making ;a motion and the Court enforces the (f)(1) clause of §2…
22-5325 Malcolm Bernard Benson v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-registry due-process standing statutory-interpretation Sd jp/6/lJNt fill jzsjfc/y h/stfof/h o# dh£u)lwtf at*/ dtpoS/M /V fa foriVitfc/dr S/rfa"/j&}/ b£/vA£ 7%£ /■A/'/'dpy /•#/{
22-5261 Yusuf O. Bush v. David J. Ebbert District of Columbia 2022-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-courts habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation 3., Do&S "fye Aw£i>PA 6-f N/ibloAe- 4*V\C Ce>n5454i£>in 0-f 4~ln£- l)n\4ed Skk^ i5^ a/\J 6^&wevoJoi-evv4- 'J Sp^C\§i c\\j fV^£, Ist Ostno^.^ ime/it Ju…
22-5303 George Daniel McGavitt v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing minor-sexual-conduct minors sentencing-guidelines sexual-offense-definition sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation Whether self-penetration by a minor (not prepubescent) using a benign household item is "sadistic or masochistic" under USSG § 2G2.1(b)(4)(A).
22-111 United States, et al., ex rel. Thomas Proctor v. Safeway, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2022-08-05 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act government-contracts knowingly-violated legal-interpretation scienter standing statutory-interpretation subjective-understanding Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
22-5292 Isiah Trujillo v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit 2022-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-cause due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-bias judicial-review remedies state-courts statutory-interpretation I < £upr&mZ' Court of -Me U/i/icJ Cfl/fa CjUidc( ifleS rcjAircfifa) fke. mofcriVl ferm. ^-tafa 4^<d iS i/nfaW Ia>/A~ iV) 4-he prov//sion«3 of 3$ [^/S'…
22-5260 David Perez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder federal-sentencing racketeering-activity rico rico-sentencing sentencing state-law state-law-maximum statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum State sentencing law determines the statutory maximum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1963(a) for a RICO conviction based on a racketeering activity that i…
22-5270 Joaquin Mendez-Hernandez v. Catricia Howard Ninth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief savings-clause statutory-interpretation What is "inadequate or ineffective" to file a Habeas Corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)'s Savings Clause?
22-5278 Jordan Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force force-or-intimidation intimidation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of an-other person by force or by intimidat…
22-110 Julian D. Schmidt v. United States Armed Forces 2022-08-03 Denied Response Waived child-endangerment child-protection criminal-law intent-standard mens-rea physical-proximity proximity-definition sensory-awareness statutory-interpretation 1. Does the ambiguous phrase "in the presence of a child" require the child to be aware of the conduct through a sensory connection, regardless of phy…
22-99 Andrew T. Barrett v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2022-08-02 Denied circuit-split due-process fannie-mae fifth-amendment freddie-mac government-expropriation government-taking net-worth-sweep property-rights statutory-interpretation takings In 2012, the Government expropriated the net worth of private companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, by arrogating for itself the Companies' earnings …
22-96 Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. First Circuit 2022-08-01 Judgment Issued Amici (11) abrogation circuit-split federal-jurisdiction financial-oversight-and-management-board puerto-rico puerto-rico-oversight sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation It is a bedrock principle of federalism that a statute does not abrogate sovereign immunity unless Congress's intent to abrogate is "unmistakably clea…
22-5237 Heather Marie Newhouse v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law controlled-substance-offense criminal-law guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate offenses to the definition of "controlled substance offe…
22-5239 Edward Bishop v. Jonathan R. Hemingway, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment legal-interpretation offense-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether § 924(c) criminalizes two seperate roffenses to determine if the Petitioner was convicted of an offense § 924(c) does not criminalize?
22-5242 Tavaras Etone Warren v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-indictment due-process firearm-possession ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-exclusion statutory-interpretation In an indictment for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), where the underlying conviction is for possession, use or carrying a firearm during and in…
22-5226 Oyeyemi Olatunji Owagboriaye, aka Prince v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1343 accomplice-liability circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law procedural-history scheme-to-defraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud The wire fraud statute—18 U.S.C. § 1343—criminalizes the use of a wire "for the purpose of executing" a scheme to defraud. This Court has interpreted …
22-5231 Daniel J. Zulawski v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-evidence-rule fourth-amendment-search overbreadth sexual-activity sixth-circuit-analysis statutory-interpretation vagueness Is 18 U.S.C. 2422(b) unconstitutionally vague and/or overbroad due to the statute's use of the phrase "any sexual activity for which any person can be…
22-86 Charles Chavez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied atm bank-robbery criminal-law custody customer federal-statute force-and-coercion property property-theft statutory-interpretation Whether a person violates this provision by forcing a bank customer to withdraw the customer's money from an ATM in order to take the money from the c…
22-88 Kenneth Hawkins, et al. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-07-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-discretion due-process housing housing-assistance judicial-review statutory-interpretation statutory-relief tenant-rights This case concerns the right to judicial review of agency discretion to grant or deny relief that is: specifically set out in a federal statute, for w…
22-90 NGL Supply Wholesale, L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2022-07-29 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-deference auer-deference chevron-deference federal-energy-regulatory-commission judicial-review precedent-analysis regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Did the D.C. Circuit err in deferring to FERC's "interpretation of its own precedent" in the absence of a reasoned explanation for departing from the …
22-84 Saad Sakkal v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-28 GVR controlled-substances-act conviction-appeal criminal-law due-process jury-instruction physician-conviction ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states scienter statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) where the jury was…
22-85 Oregon v. Langston Amani Harris Oregon 2022-07-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) delegation delegation-authority evidence-suppression good-faith good-faith-exception law-enforcement prosecuting-attorney statutory-interpretation suppression wiretap-order wiretapping 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 2516(2) prohibit the principal prosecuting attorney from delegating that authority to a deputy when state law allows the delegatio…
22-5214 Martin Rios-Galicia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent-overturning recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998).
22-5196 Malik Holloway v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-courthouse federal-courts mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness weapon-possession Isn't 18 U.S.C. §930(e)(1) which criminalizes the mere possession in a federal courthouse of practically any item unconstitutionally vague?
22-5206 Shain Duka v. United States Third Circuit 2022-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 924(c) actual-innocence circuit-court-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-conviction criminal-procedure invalid-conviction judicial-procedure jury-instruction sentencing-error statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Erred in Utilizing the Concurrent Sentence Doctrine to Uphold a Concededly Invalid 924(c) Conviction.
22-5185 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 18-usc-3742 double-jeopardy federal-bureau-of-prisons fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release #1 When the Federal Bureau of Prisons is misapplying 18 U.S.C. 3583(a) [Supervised Release] not only to Petitioner, but to thousands (1000's) of Feder…
22-76 Keith L. Carnes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-26 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-use due-process firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation unlawful-user Whether the government, to establish that the defendant is an "unlawful user" of a controlled substance, must show the defendant's regular or habitual…
22-5176 John Thomas Vine, II v. Martin Frink, Warden Sixth Circuit 2022-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Why is the Petitioner's charge of Ineffective Counsel against Attorney Newton Holiday not being addressed by any of the (lower) courts? When will com…
22-5156 Wilbert McKreith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-authority first-step-act judicial-authority sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation Do district courts have authority to grant compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A), as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, based on a c…
22-5158 Bernard J. Battle v. United States District of Columbia 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance legal-nullity plea-bargaining procedural-default sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation When guilty plea is entered without the defendant being informed of the consequences, the judgment of conviction is a nullity.
22-5159 Eddie Lamont Lipscomb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act demand-for-certainty federal-courts mens-rea state-criminal-law state-law 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…
22-5161 Antonio M. Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroactive changes in sentencing law in determining whether a defendant has shown "extraordinary and compell…
22-5167 Regis Storm Ervin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583g constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-revocation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-haymond Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
22-49 Efrain Lora v. United States Second Circuit 2022-07-19 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(D)(ii), which provides that "no term of imprisonment imposed … under this subsection shall run concurrently with any oth…
22-5130 Timothy J. Mazique v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrears child-support civil-procedure due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-review obligor-rights statutory-interpretation 1. The district court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Louisiana Supreme Court erred in finding the petitioner responsible for paying arrears in t…
22-5132 Joe Octavio Granado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences district-court incarceration liberty-deprivation liberty-interest revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the District Court, in revoking supervised release, excessively sentenced Petitioner with consecutive incarceration from an original concurren…
22-5119 Christopher Paul Hasson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether, to prevail on a facial void-for-vagueness challenge, a criminal defendant must show that the statute under which he is prosecuted is vague as…
22-38 CPC Patent Technologies PTY Ltd. v. Apple Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied 28-usc-1404a federal-circuit jurisdictional-limits mandamus patent-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction venue-transfer writ-of-mandamus Whether the Federal Circuit, a court with limited jurisdiction that includes cases "arising under" patent law, also has subject matter jurisdiction ov…
22-5092 James Eric Moore v. Jason Koenigsfeld, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure discrimination-claims dismissal due-process expedited-funds-availability federal-rules-of-civil-procedure service-of-process standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte-dismissal (1) Did the district court sua sponte dismissal of complaint prior to service of complaint and summons on defendants violate Federal Rules of Civil Pr…
22-5098 Arthur Torlucci v. California California 2022-07-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-adjudication appointments-clause civil-rights due-process judicial-review legal-standard lower-court-ruling protected-activity securities-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
22-5102 Nathaniel Louis Daniels v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 6th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judge judicial-discretion jury jury-determination sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Amendment requires that a jury, rather than a judge, resolve whether prior crimes were "committed on occasions different from one an…
22-33 Jonathan Corbett v. Transportation Security Administration, et al. District of Columbia 2022-07-12 Denied administrative-law agency-authority civil-rights due-process mootness pandemic-response public-health-mandate standing statutory-interpretation 1. Is a pandemic related public health mandate within the statutory authority granted by Congress to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration? …
22-5075 Courtney Newman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-12 GVR IFP controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law health-care jury-instruction medical-practice prescription-drugs prescription-law ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 21 U.S.C. §856(a)(1), the "crack house statute", requires the Government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant, "except as authorized by…
22-5076 Holli Womack v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-07-12 GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-liability due-process health-care health-care-professional professional-liability ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness Because this Court's recent pronouncement in Ruan v. United States, 20-1410 applies to 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) prosecutions involving health care profes…
22-30 David Ritter v. Linda Migliori, et al. Third Circuit 2022-07-11 GVR Amici (9) civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process election election-law mail-in-voting materiality-provision mootness mootness-doctrine standing statutory-interpretation third-circuit-decision Should this Court vacate the Third Circuit's decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)?
22-5059 Rodolfo Oliva-Santos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation Supreme-Court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5062 Zachary Chambers v. R. Thompson, Warden Third Circuit 2022-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession habeas-corpus retroactivity safety-valve-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), renders invalid the imposition of Petitioner's sentencing enhancement for possession of a …
22-5049 Percy Love, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP artuz-v-bennett covid-19 covid-19-exception diligence equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-tolling-doctrine habeas-corpus procedural-timeliness statutory-interpretation Whether an extension to file a 2255 petition is "properly filed" under Artuz v. Bennet? Where petitioner was pursuing his rights diligently during th…
22-5057 Wade Lawrence Duchaine v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g) commerce-clause criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element minimal-nexus scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation substantial-nexus I. In a prosecution for possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), the government must prove that the possession was in or affected interstate …
22-23 Jean Francois Pugin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit 2022-07-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (3) aggravated-felony board-of-immigration-appeals chevron-deference immigration-law immigration-nationality-act obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a noncitizen who is convicted of an "aggravated felony" is subject to mandatory removal and faces enh…
22-17 Vaxima, Inc., et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461 breach-of-contract criminal-conviction criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-decision honeycutt-v-united-states indictment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment against Petitioners Vaxima, Inc. and GenPhar, Inc. (collectively "Petitioners") under 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), i…
22-5042 Phillip Shiel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery is a "crime of violence" under the elements clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(A), following this Court's d…
22-5043 Romeo Valentin Sanchez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law enhanced-sentencing indecent-acts mandatory-minimum military-justice sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation uniform-code-of-military-justice Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 920) was broadened in 2006 to include crimes of "indecent acts." Article 120 was ream…
22-5026 Aaron Abadi v. Department of Transportation District of Columbia 2022-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-enforcement air-carrier-access-act circuit-courts civil-rights judicial-review private-action private-right-of-action standing statutory-interpretation 1) Is there a right to a private action on violations of the Air Carrier Access Act, considering that the Department of Transportation refuses to enfo…
22-10 David Fox Dubin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-07-05 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (4) circuit-split criminal-law due-process identity-theft lawful-authority means-of-identification mens-rea predicate-offense statutory-interpretation The federal aggravated identity theft statute provides: "Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated [elsewhere in the statute]…
22-11 SawStop Holding LLC v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 judicial-authority non-statutory-double-patenting patent patent-eligibility patent-law statutory-interpretation ultra-vires The Patent Act adopted by Congress provides that a person shall be entitled to a patent if an invention meets three conditions: the eligibility condit…
22-9 Whirlpool Financial Corporation, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit 2022-07-05 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law income-taxation internal-revenue-code regulations sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-precedent statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-law treasury-regulations Whether the divided Sixth Circuit properly held—in conflict with precedent of this Court and settled administrative-law principles—that a statute that…
22-1 Lynn Brown, as Appointed Successor and Representative of Now Deceased Howard M. Berry v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, et al. District of Columbia 2022-06-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-review civil-procedure deference government-procedure judicial-review military military-deference standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") incorporates a presumption of "unusual deference" in all cases involving the military.
22-3 Save Coral Bay, Inc. v. Albert Bryan, Jr., Governor of the Virgin Islands, et al. Virgin Islands 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived coastal-zone-management environmental-protection federal-duty federal-territorial-power judicial-review public-review statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause territorial-law trust-obligation When a territory enacts a law that contravenes a duty imposed by federal law, must the territory's judiciary look beyond whether the law was properly …
22-5 Peter Cooks v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute rehabilitation-act statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Does 28 U.S.C § 1658 supplying a 4 uniform year statute of limitations apply to claims made under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended?
22-5002 Richard Winn v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-925 armed-career-criminal constructive-possession criminal-firearms sentencing-enhancement shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation third-circuit The first question presented is whether or not the Petitioner, RICHARD WINN, should have been sentenced as an Armed Career Criminal (ACCA) requiring t…
21-8265 Michael S. Gorbey v. United States District of Columbia 2022-06-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel compassionate-release constitutional-rights covid-19 criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-8272 Robert Edward Guerra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-8273 Jesus Fernando Fierro-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-8278 Glen Hunsberger v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking due-process fifth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the aggregation of two statutes, one requiring specific intent, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and the other, strict liability, 21 U.S.C. § 860, requires a …
21-8285 Darryll Justin Lee Reed v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-06-29 Denied IFP criminal-procedure indian-law judicial-precedent jurisdiction mcgirt-rule procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-law tribal-sovereignty 1.) Is McGirt a Substantive or Procedural rule? 2.) Should McGirt be applied retroactively?
21-1608 McKinsey & Co., Inc., et al. v. Jay Alix Second Circuit 2022-06-29 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-claims civil-rico judicial-precedent precedent proximate-causation RICO statutory-interpretation supervisory-responsibilities Whether lower courts must follow the standard established by this Court's precedent for an element of a plaintiff's statutory claim, even if, in the c…
21-1600 Jian-Yun Dong, aka John Dong v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2461c asset-seizure breach-of-contract contract-breach criminal-forfeiture federal-criminal-law honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states ownership-interest personal-gain statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a criminal forfeiture judgment against Petitioner Jian-Yun Dong ("Petitioner") under 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), is permitted under this Court's d…
21-8247 Johnathan Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abduction abduction-enhancement bank-robbery circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The four-level abduction enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2B 1.3(b)(4)(A) was applied to Appellant's bank robbery conviction based on moving victims…
21-8249 Sammy L. Page v. Audrey King, Acting Executive Director, California Department of Mental Health Ninth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 circuit-court due-process habeas-corpus party-presentation pretrial-detention statutory-interpretation I. Does a circuit court abuse its discretion and violate the principle of party presentation by adjudicating a habeas corpus petition under § 28 U.S.C…
21-8253 Silas Lee Sneed v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) appellate-review attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence hobbs-act statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states-v-taylor An attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because no element of the offense requires pro…
21-8256 Ortaz Sharp v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure due-process government-abandonment government-appeal judicial-discretion party-presentation sentencing sentencing-hearing sineneng-smith statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals violates the principle of party presentation announced in United States v. Sineneng Smith, 140 S. Ct. 1575 (2020), by permi…
21-8257 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-restrictions due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-due-process section-2255 statutory-interpretation Can the Court omit exculpatory facts to deny a citizen his one year guaranteed by 28 U.S.C. §2255(f)(l) when the government by locking down the defend…
21-8234 Bithomas Ceasar, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bureau-of-prisons commitment competency competency-hearing criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mental-health-commitment restoration statutory-interpretation Whether a district court lacks authority to order additional competency-restoration commitment under 18 U.S.C. § 4241(d)(2) once the director of a Bur…
21-8238 James Seeley v. United States Second Circuit 2022-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252a constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment proportionality sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-8229 Juan Jesus Barrieta-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split collateral-estoppel criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process immigration immigration-law judicial-precedent prior-conviction sentencing statutory-interpretation Section 1326(b)(2) of Title 8 provides an elevated penalty for illegally re-entering the country following an "aggravated felony." Does a district cou…
21-8230 David Matthews v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. In Texas, a thief is guilty of robbery if he "intentionally or knowingly threatens or places another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death." T…
21-8233 Barkley Gardner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-1959 criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law punishment-alternatives racketeering sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a court may punish a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) by a fine instead of death or life imprisonment.
21-8217 Herbert Bernard Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion sexual-activity sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-language Should this Court grant the petition for writ of certiorari to resolve whether the statutory language of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b)'s "any sexual activity for…
21-8221 Isiah Paul Mendez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering criminal-law north-carolina north-carolina-criminal-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states united-states-supreme-court united-states-v-johnson WHETHER OR NOT THE NORTH CAROLINA CRIME OF BREAKING AND ENTERING (N.C. GEN STAT. §14-54), AS DEFINED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPRME COURT, CAN BE UTILIZ…
21-8225 Luis Adrian Carchi-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8195 Arthur Lee Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states criminal-sentencing firearm-discharge illinois-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation use-of-force violent-felony The Armed Career Criminal Act provides an enhanced penalty for felons in possession of a firearm with three prior qualifying convictions, including fo…
21-8199 Yuri Chachanko, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-crime predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vacatur Whether the Defendants' convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) must be vacated because Hobbs Act robbery based on an aiding and abetting t…
21-1577 Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy Fourth Circuit 2022-06-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-remedies agency-records foia freedom-of-information-act judicial-review personal-privacy public-official redaction statutory-interpretation statutory-time-limit 1) When a person requests records from a federal agency under the Freedom of Information Act, may the agency redact the requester 's own name from t…
21-8191 Michael Christian Tinlin, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP case-specific-example categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-context criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez overbroad-language realistic-probability-test sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether plainly overbroad statutory language is sufficient to establish a prior conviction is broader than the generic definition of a criminal senten…
21-8182 Reuben Conway v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-defect jurisdiction mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation After Petitioner Reuben Conway was charged, convicted, and sentenced for prohibited person in possession of a firearm, this Court overturned near-unan…
21-1572 Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona Ninth Circuit 2022-06-17 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) class-of-workers commerce-clause federal-arbitration-act goods-transportation in-state-delivery interstate-commerce intrastate-deliveries preemption statutory-interpretation workers-classification Whether drivers making solely in-state deliveries of goods ordered by in-state customers from an in-state warehouse are nevertheless a "class of worke…
21-1570 Randall L. Spade v. Department of Justice Third Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied administrative-review exclusive-liability federal-employees-compensation-act labor-secretary-decision statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction work-related-injuries Whether federal courts have subject-matter jurisdiction to address what injuries fall within the scope of FECA's statutory scheme.
21-8149 Jesus Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit overruling-precedent rodriguez-castro statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8153 Michael Tisius v. Paul Blair, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied IFP 8th-circuit certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest death-penalty eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation The Eighth Circuit redefined and amended Congress's lenient certificate of appealability (COA) standard found in 28 U.S.C.§ 2253 with a more restricti…
21-8158 Larry Jose Torrez-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8159 Danny Leon Lynch, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-8161 Onofre Tommy Serrano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1443 civil-rights civil-rights-removal criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection federal-defense federal-jurisdiction federal-removal jurisdiction removal statutory-interpretation 1. Does berg derled equol civl Rights on the basis fOR REMOU pRSANt tO 28 USC & 1443(1)? 2. CaN A CRimIrAl stote cASE be RemovEd puRsJANt tO 28 USC &…
21-8162 Darnell Pearson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution mens-rea reasonable-foreseeability serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation Whether a charge of drug distribution resulting in "death or serious bodily injury" under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(4)(c) requires the government…
21-8163 Benjamin Perez-Jimenez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8142 Major Mike Webb, aka Michael D. Webb v. Ralph Northam, et al. Virginia 2022-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights color-of-law due-process first-amendment necessity-defense prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation unrepresented-litigant writ-of-mandamus "Globally, as of 6:09pm CEST, 10 June 2022, there have been 532,201,219 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,305,358 deaths, reported to WHO ", St…
21-8146 Gregory Thomas v. United States Second Circuit 2022-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-procedure legal-standard sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation This Court should issue a GVR Order so that the lower court can determine whether it is an abuse of discretion when a court fails to follow the law by…
21-1564 Chancellor Senior Management, Ltd. v. Louise McGraw, By and Through Her Daughter, Nancy Reuschel as Power of Attorney, et al. West Virginia 2022-06-15 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement contract-enforcement court-appointment federal-arbitration-act forum-unavailability judicial-review statutory-interpretation I. Whether the West Virginia Court's determination that the parties' arbitration agreement is invalid and unenforceable because "it fails to 'comply …
21-1565 State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees, et al. v. I. Beverly Lake, et al. North Carolina 2022-06-15 Denied civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law contracts-clause due-process employee-rights government-benefits government-employees legislative-reservation statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation When a state legislature expressly reserves the right to amend a statute providing benefits to government employees, does that reservation bar a claim…
21-1566 Juno Therapeutics, Inc., et al. v. Kite Pharma, Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-06-15 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (6) 35-usc-112(a) enablement federal-circuit invention-scope inventor-possession patent patent-law patent-specification statutory-interpretation written-description Section 112(a) of Title 35, United States Code, requires that a patent include a "specification," which "shall contain a written description of the in…
21-1567 Biogen International GmbH, et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-06-15 Denied Amici (2) 35-usc-112 effective-dose efficacy-requirement federal-circuit multiple-sclerosis patent patent-law patent-specification statutory-interpretation written-description Is 35 U.S.C. § 112's requirement that a patent specification "contain a written description of the invention" met when the specification describes the…
21-1555 Derek Allen, et al. v. Vertafore, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response Waived civil-rights disclosure driver-privacy-protection-act driver's-privacy-protection-act due-process fifth-circuit motor-vehicle-record personal-information public-records standing statutory-interpretation The Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 makes it "unlawful for any person knowingly to obtain or disclose personal information, from a motor vehic…
21-1556 Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. v. Zhang Jingrong, et al. Second Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied commerce-clause congress-authority congressional-power federal-jurisdiction freedom-of-access-to-clinic-entrances-act intimidation lopez-morrison-test places-of-worship religious-worship statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 42 U.S.C. § 248(a)(2), the section of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act that prohibits intimidation and other wrongful acts agains…
21-8129 Radu Miclaus v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review application-note-2 circuit-split criminal-law identification-trafficking means-of-identification sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation trafficking transferring Did the Sixth Circuit err in holding that "trafficking" a means of identification does not also constitute "transferring" such identification under Se…
21-8130 Monica Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation substantive-element wire-fraud IS THE INTERSTATE NEXUS REQUIRED IN § 1343 A SUBSTANTIVE ELEMENT OF THE CRIME OF WIRE FRAUD ? WAS THE FACTUAL BASIS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT MS. RUIZ'S …
21-8131 Daniel A. Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process newly-discovered-evidence plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Does a silent Plea foreclose a defendant From filing a Motion for Newls Discovered Evidence. Pursuant to Rule 33. Where: a) the statute is ambigous. A…
21-1551 Jamar E. Plunkett v. Dan Sproul Seventh Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied ambiguity contract-interpretation criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-interpretation plea-agreement rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether a plea agreement that is subject to more than one reasonable interpretation must be interpreted in the defendant's favor.
21-8116 Demarco Tempo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation criminal-law death-enhancement drug-statute due-process jury-instructions pinkerton-liability proximate-cause sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Should the government be required to prove proximate cause in addition to but-for causation for the "death results" enhancement in 21 U.S.C. § 841?…
21-8121 Leila Varetta Hector, aka Leila Varretta Hector, aka Leila Varetta Hector-Dykes, aka Rita Hector v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-court-decision constitutional-law criminal-forfeiture forfeiture forfeiture-award honeycutt-precedent honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-interpretation Whether the imposition of joint and several liability on a forfeiture award under 21 U.S.C. § 853(a) violates the Court's holding in Honeycutt v. Unit…
21-8097 Thomas Randall Ainsworth v. Robert Powell, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-laws due-process equal-protection sentencing statutory-interpretation utah WHETHER THE TENTH CIRCUIT'S CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY (COA) ANALYSIS CONFLICTS WITH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT'S COA ANALYSIS. WHETHER THE DIFFERING PENALT…
21-8099 Darnell McConnell, II v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede…
21-8102 Rodrigo Jimenez-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8103 Ernest Armando Andujo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-law firearm-silencer first-sixth-seventh-circuits intent-requirement intent-to-use ninth-circuit objective-characteristics statutory-interpretation Federal law defines a firearm silencer as "any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm." Does the word "for" …
21-8109 Eric Ray Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP or whether the court of appeals should first cons ambiguity contract-interpretation cooperation-agreement criminal-procedure government-as-drafter judicial-construction plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation Whether a reasonable ambiguity in a cooperation or plea agreement necessarily defeats a defendant's claim of breach on plain error review, or whether …
21-8110 In Re Wesley Mark Sudbury 2022-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process evidence evidentiary-restrictions interlocutory-appeal judicial-procedure statutory-interpretation wire-tap 1. Whether a statute enacted by Congress titled Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications, intended to establish a rig…
21-1537 Donnie T. Kern v. Board of Supervisors of Alleghany County Fourth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-1447 appellate-review civil-rights civil-rights-removal federal-officer-statute jurisdictional-review pari-materia removal removal-statute statutory-interpretation 1. Section 1447(d) of Title 28 of the United States Code expressly provides that an order remanding a case that was removed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §144…
21-1538 Cleveland County, North Carolina, aka Cleveland County Emergency Medical Services v. Sara B. Conner, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated. Fourth Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (2) agency-interpretation fair-labor-standards-act minimum-wage overtime-pay skidmore-deference skidmore-v-swift statutory-interpretation straight-time-wages 1. Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act allows an employee, who has been paid at least the required minimum wage and overtime pay at a rate that is at…
21-1539 Spectrum Northeast, LLC, et al. v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine First Circuit 2022-06-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cable-communications-policy-act express-preemption preemption presumption-against-preemption rate-regulation state-and-local-laws state-law statutory-interpretation The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 generally prohibits states from "regulat[ing] the rates for the provision of cable service" by cable compa…
21-8074 Juan Jesus Barrieta-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-8075 Ricky Bagola v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-801 advisory-range controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2(b) Is the term "controlled substance" in § 4B1.2(b) limited to those substances defined and regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S…
21-8082 Arthur Houze v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons retroactivity sentencing-law statutory-interpretation A court may grant compassionate release and reduce a sentence if, after evaluating the factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), it finds that extraordinary and…
21-8058 Alejandro Pascual-Miguel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-8060 Darrell Cordell Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-authority constitutional-limits federal-power felon-in-possession firearms-regulation police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether, when enacting the Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)), Congress exceeded its authority to act?
21-8062 Bryant Love v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing modified-categorical-approach sentencing-enhancement state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation violent-felony When applying the categorical and modified categorical approach sentencing courts are instructed to use a states statutory definition df it's elements…
21-1527 CustomPlay, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure america-invents-act due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-law patent-rights patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation trademark 1. Whether the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) violated the statutory text and legislative intent of the America Invents Act (AIA) by delegating the…
21-1521 New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund v. C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Second Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response Waived arm's-length-transaction circuit-split erisa erisa-compliance fair-market-value multiemployer-pension multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation successor-liability withdrawal-liability "Congress enacted the [Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980] MPPAA to protect the financial solvency of multiemployer pension plans." Bay…
21-8051 Michael Rivera Delgado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the Ninth Circuit's rule in Villavicencio-Burruel, which requires that a prior conviction under California Penal Code § 245(a)(1) constitute a…
21-8034 Robert Lawrence v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure defendant-motion first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Eleventh Circuit's decision in United States v. Bryant, 996 f.3d 1243 (11th Cir. 2021) correct in determining that Section 1B1.13 of the United…
21-8035 Charlie John Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) conviction-review criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Whether Petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 924 (c) remains valid under the Supreme Court's holding in United States v. Davis. 139 S. Ct. …
21-1513 Wendy M. Dale v. Algernon L. Butler, III Fourth Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions court-discretion due-process pro-se-debtor procedural-requirements sanctions statutory-interpretation trustee-objection 1. Is a pro se debtor required to cite to an appli cable exemption statute in order to effectively claim an exemption under said statute? 2. May a …
21-1517 Bridgette Jacobs v. Walgreen Company Fifth Circuit 2022-06-02 Denied Response Waived and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act ("TMF civil-procedure false-claims-act fifth-circuit materiality medicaid-fraud pleading-requirements pleading-standards rule-9(b) statutory-interpretation texas-medicaid-fraud-prevention-act Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly interpreted Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b)'s pleading requirements as applied to The False Claims Act, 31 U.…
21-8009 Joshua Rodney Meech v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process firearm-regulation huddleston-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-bailey At a sporting goods store Petitioner was considering the purchase of a firearm. The store clerk asked Petitioner to identify himself and fill out the …
21-8013 In Re Mark Stinson 2022-06-01 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-court circuit-executive civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-courts federal-statute judicial-administration mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the Circuit Executive Staff of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1361.
21-8014 Reginald Woods v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act policy-statement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an "applicable" policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti…
21-8015 Jeffrey Kinzle v. Eric Jackson Ninth Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-reasoning state-courts statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether, under § 2254(d), a federal court may "look through" to review the decision of an inferior court when the high court offers additional reasoni…
21-8025 Christopher Thieme, aka John Thieme v. United States Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3664 all-writs-act criminal-law criminal-procedure illegal legal-relief restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation writ-of-audita-querela 1.) Does 18 U.S.C. §3664(k) and (0). which allows a sentencing court to consider motions to "adjust" a restitution order without anv time limits. perm…
21-8026 William F. Kaetz v. Educational Credit Management Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2022-06-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-law constitutional-vagueness due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings vagueness Is the statute 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(8) void for vagueness therefore unconstitutional?
21-7992 Reginald Andre Molette v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina breaking and entering categorically qualifies as generic burglary under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii)?
21-7994 Vincent James Sanchez, aka Vincent Sanches, aka Enrique Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause mens-rea reckless-crimes specific-intent statutory-interpretation Does Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), mean that the elements clause requires the specific intent to use, attempt to use, or threaten t…
21-7967 Jairo Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction procedural-default retroactivity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent unconstitutional-statute Can a defendant, by failing to directly appeal his sentence, procedurally default his claim that the court had no jurisdiction to imprison him pursuan…
21-7971 Gaston Salazar-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7974 Omero Rojas-Leal, aka Belarmino Lopez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7949 John D. Horton v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure agency-action class-action due-process federal-agency federal-contractor federal-debt-garnishment garnishment notice notice-requirements statutory-interpretation 1. Did the courts below improperly construe the "notice " to the debtor requirement of 31 U.S.C. § 3720D(b)(2) and 31 C.F.R. § 285.1 1(e)(1) when th…
21-7959 Salito Marques Good v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fourth-circuit johnson-precedent sentencing-maximum statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum supervised-release (1) Whether a defendant can be required to serve more than the statutory maximum sentence for his offense of conviction when a sentence for violating …
21-1476 Stephen Loftis White v. Nicholas B. Cox, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-24 Denied birth-certificate-trust civil-rights commercial-law corporate-fiction due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge prosecutorial-authority redemption secured-interest standing statutory-interpretation The Lower State Judicial Circuit Court proceeding against this Petitioner lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below: 1. …
21-7933 John Armstrong, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-20 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-determination civil-rights criminal-adjudication criminal-procedure due-process legal-interpretation recidivism-calculation sentencing sentencing-containment statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-offense Question not identified.
21-7921 Jesus Eduardo Wirichaga-Landavazo v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process property-rights public-health statutory-interpretation ~\V\(L CJXftAb AA (c_. tyO) i.dC-6^\ZJL& AA AoWiAuXoAb (L\e\lcAebComM^) VU\o vAAvAA cA AA- o^moA t>V^L <A\AA\ bV, . \v^o-V\ C^AinAu'ACJtb ^ A4- c^o\b…
21-1462 Cheryl Griffith v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-19 Denied Response Waived attorney-fees blum-v-stenson contract-principles fee-shifting fees-and-costs johnson-v-georgia-hwy-exp-inc market-rates prevailing-market-rate prevailing-party settlement-agreement statutory-fee-shifting statutory-interpretation Whether a settlement in a case covered by statutory fee shifting provisions under terms entitling plaintiffs attorneys to reasonable fees and costs as…
21-7897 Barry Slakman v. Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto parole sentencing standing statutory-interpretation takings interpretation and application of an ex post facto violation within the context of parole eligibility statutes, such as in initial parole eligibility,…
21-7910 Kendrick Dwight Marshall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
21-1446 Simin Nouritajer, et al. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied administrative-law agency-action immigrant-petition immigration immigration-law judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether considering the strong presumption of jurisdiction to review agency action repeatedly recognized by this Court, 8 U.S.C. §1155 and 8 U.S.C. §1…
21-1450 Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S., aka Halkbank v. United States Second Circuit 2022-05-17 Judgment Issued Amici (9) 18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1602-1611 criminal-prosecution district-court-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalitie…
21-1453 Joe A. Lynch v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-17 Denied Amici (6) administrative-law legislative-history pro-claimant pro-veteran-canon standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation va-claims veterans-benefits Are the many millions of disabled veterans, their survivors and dependents entitled to have the VA meet a higher threshold of proof to deny their clai…
21-1447 Estate of Gabriel Miranda, Jr., et al. v. Navistar, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-16 Denied Response Waived emergency-exit federal-preemption legislative-history legislative-intent motor-vehicle-safety school-bus-safety state-law statutory-interpretation Does Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 217 ("FMVSS 217") prohibit a greater level of safety by statutorily making it physically impossible for…
21-1438 Tamia Banks, et al. v. Cotter Corporation, et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction atomic-energy-act claim-severance federal-jurisdiction final-decision nuclear-incident price-anderson-act public-liability statutory-interpretation The first question presented is whether there has been a "nuclear incident" such that the Price Anderson Act is applicable and provides original juris…
21-7859 Brandis Nicole Fish v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court-review first-time-offender medical-records non-violent-offender sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation ussg-guidelines 1. ) DID DISTRICT COURT THOROUGHLY REVIEW PETITIONER FISH'S REQUEST FOR " COMPASSIONATE RELEASE',' PURSUANT TO POLICY USSG 1B1.13? 2. ) DID THE DISTR…
21-7863 Jaques Fearence v. Brenda M. Cash, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-7851 Joseph Chhim v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act discrimination employment employment-discrimination employment-terms federal-courts protected-status statutory-interpretation title-vii workplace-conditions Are the "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" covered by Section 703(a)(1) limited only to hiring, firing, promotions, compensation, and le…
21-7857 Richard Dwayne Blalock v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-12 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-case native-american-rights procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling.
21-1434 VSP Labs, Incorporated v. Hillair Capital Investments L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1334(b) anticipated-outcome-test bankruptcy-jurisdiction celotex-corp-v-edwards conceivable-effect-test court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction judicial-test related-to-jurisdiction significant-connection-test statutory-interpretation What test determines whether a bankruptcy court has "related to" jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b)?
21-1436 Leon Santos-Zacaria, aka Leon Santos-Sacarias v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2022-05-12 Judgment Issued Amici (3) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law circuit-split exhaustion-of-remedies immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1252(d)(1)'s exhaustion requirement is jurisdictional, or merely a mandatory claims-processing rule that may be waived or forfeited. …
21-1431 Robert M. Kerr, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2022-05-11 GVR Amici (6)Relisted (3) circuit-split civil-rights due-process medicaid medicaid-act private-right-of-action privately-enforceable-rights section-1983 spending-clause standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Spending Clause statutes ever give rise to privately enforceable rights under § 1983, and if so, what is the proper framework for deciding …
21-7835 Michael Perryman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process firearm-statute firearms legal-interpretation precedent precedential-reasoning sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the mere possession reasoning in Bailey and Bousley retain precedential value in regard to "use" of a firearm under the amended Section 924(c)…
21-7831 Gerry Ranson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2022-05-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-7832 Daniel Casamayor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), if Casamayor 's indictment charg…
21-1429 Zhang Jingrong, et al. v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2022-05-10 Denied Amici (4) civil-rights constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech legislative-history place-of-worship religious-discrimination religious-freedom statutory-interpretation Whether the statutory text and First Amendment permit FACEA's protections from violence at a "place of religious worship" to apply only to places reli…
21-7801 Richard E. Shreves v. United States District Court for the District of Montana Ninth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-authority document-access due-process e-filing e-filing-program inmate-rights prison-litigation pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did the District Court exceed its authority when it determined Pro-Se Inmate Litigants, forced to participate in the Montana State Prison E-Filing …
21-7804 Charles Austin Alger, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP deprivation deprivation-of-liberty financial-conditions liberty policy-statements sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) when it imposed special financial conditions of supervised release that do not reasonably rela…
21-7813 Hector Cervantes-Resendiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit precedent-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7816 John Ragin v. Timothy Fisher, Judge, Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Newport News Virginia 2022-05-09 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
21-7791 Aaron Ramirez-Almader v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7797 Michael G. Peters v. Texas Medical Board Fifth Circuit 2022-05-06 Dismissed IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action breakdown-of-communication criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substitute-counsel Question not identified.
21-1426 Kirby Ingram v. Louis Kubik, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-06 Dismissed ada americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-disability-law standing statutory-interpretation title-ii vicarious-liability Whether vicarious liability is available under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq., as three courts of appeals …
21-7781 Jorge Palacios v. Kevin Smith Ninth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-assistance legal-procedure medical-care standing statutory-interpretation takings to support my argument? why he th rost lout dened to methe ettorney ssistene? was legal my ssstive devise contisration by respondent despite my comple…
21-7784 Idania Renteria Madrid v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 consecutive-incarceration consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-detention liberty-deprivation sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court excessively sentenced Petitioner to consecutive incarceration and deprived the Petitioner of liberty within the terms of 18…
21-7787 Faith M. Hibbard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure claim-filing due-process procedural-law service-connected-disability standing statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits QUESTION: 1. Whether the court erred in denying benefits based on a theory, called "hypothetical entitlement theory " that has no section or definitio…
21-7792 John Joseph Dedeaux v. Marc McClure, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit 2022-05-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-questions due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto jurisdiction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation vagueness whetheR the Application of M.C.A. 97-3-2 IAs Applred] eRentes A" Slgnificant Risk of prolonging The petitioneR's StAYin pRison. whetheR the RetroActi…
21-7776 Kelvin Wrenn v. Deborah Toney, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation WE The C CA Clict iTi Te t 4 i Baudi Ho? F ERREd iN OVERLOoKiNg ANd WheEthEr The Cincuit CouRt a. Misappeheridie Th Ro.S, adingAd ThEN dEpARtiNg FTeA…
21-1414 Barton Ray Crandall v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(A) 18-usc-924(c) criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-1417 Vaughn Hoeflin Standley v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit 2022-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation congressional-budget congressional-oversight evidence evidentiary-standard legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Should not an agency's Congressional budget justifications be considered compelling evidence of the agency's belief?
21-7748 Sonny Austin Ramdeo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release defendant-motion first-step-act sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Whether the expanded compassionate release statute, 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) (2018) triggers any sentencing guideline policy statements when defendant…
21-7733 Rashod Lewis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) conviction-validity crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-offense united-states-v-davis vagueness-doctrine 1) Can a conviction and punishment stand on a non-existent stat utory offense, based on it being dismissed? 2) Was Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. 924(c) (1)(…
21-7738 Guillermo Mata-Valerio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-1389 Jeremy Bates v. Donald J. Trump, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-28 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii-standing attorney-general citizen-taxpayer-suit civil-rights derivative-standing due-process executive-power presidential-misconduct separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a citizen may have standing to sue the President derivatively on behalf of the United States. 2. Whether, in light of 28 U.S.C. § 516, thi…
21-7715 Lacy E. Lewis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-state-remedies federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Is the Framework as Explained in Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362, 120 S.Ct. 1495, 146 L.Ed 2d 389 (2000), For Review For 28 USC 2254, applicable to t…
21-7691 Larry Eugene Fuller v. Colorado Colorado 2022-04-26 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation 1) Did the lower courts err denying Fuller an Evidentiary Hearing to hear and rule on the merits of his claims, violating his Due Process Constitution…
21-7700 Ronald Hunter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-compelling-reasons rehabilitation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court may "reduce [a] term of imprisonment" upon "motion of the defendant" if it finds that "extraordin…
21-7701 Francisco Rosales Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines advisory-range criminal-procedure district-court extraordinary-compelling-reasons judicial-discretion molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit plain-error remand remand 21-7700" rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sentencing-law sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider nonretroacti When should a case be remanded for resentencing under the plain-error standard of review if the district court failed to announce its calculation of t…
21-7714 Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis crime-of-violence federal-predicate federal-statute generic-definitions judicial-review predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether categorical analysis of the predicate crime of violence for a 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) offense allows a reviewing court to "look through" the …
21-1380 Seun Banjo Ojedokun v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Response Waived civil-cases congressional-intent criminal-statute extraterritorial-application presumption-against-extraterritoriality statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent The question presented is: Whether, as in civil cases, a clear indication of congressional intent is required to rebut the presumption against extrate…
21-1384 Florida v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-26 Denied Amici (1) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights discrimination due-process federal-government federalism remedies standing state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation title-ii Whether Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which grants any "person alleging discrimination" certain "remedies, procedures, and rights,"…
21-7671 Alan E. Strickland v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-pleading procedural-default statutory-interpretation timeliness How does the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit justify affirming the decision of the District Court in denying petitioner's petition for COA,…
21-7673 Dimitar Petlechkov v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 circuit-split criminal-forfeiture forfeiture-law money-judgment personal-money-judgment statutory-interpretation substitute-assets Can a district court order forfeiture of substitute assets far in excess of the personal money judgment balance owed? 21 U.S.C. § 853(p) authorizes f…
21-7674 Jamie Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fourth-circuit reversible-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY REFUSING TO HEAR MR. ALLEN'S MERITORIOUS CLAIMS THAT THE DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED REVERSIBLE ERRO…
21-7661 Antron Adon Tucker v. Virginia Virginia 2022-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment barker-v-wingo constitutional-right due-process prosecutorial-delay sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-interpretation statutory-right virginia-constitution 1. Whether Petitioner's Constitutional right toa speedy trial has been violated,also his statutory right to a speedy trial . Pursuant to U.S. Constitu…
21-7638 Carlos Jimenez v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defendant criminal-law drug-offenses drug-quantity mandatory-minimums mens-rea scienter sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the government can subject a criminal defendant to the escalating mandatory minimums and maximums under 18 U.S.C. § 841(b), without proving th…
21-7639 Elizabeth Carley v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment search-and-seizure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the 1) Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues, AND 2) Sixth Amendment effective assistance of counsel issues Herein were correctly interpr…
21-7643 Daniel Trejo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2022-04-18 Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process duress fourth-district-court jury-instructions penal-code statutory-interpretation Mr. Treso was convicted in large Part vPON evidence made up bu the victim mother and manipulated by her Mr. Treso respectfully petitions this court Fo…
21-1356 M. H. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. West Virginia 2022-04-18 Denied Response Waived best-interest-analysis best-interests child-welfare due-process due-process-clause foster-care foster-child-bill-of-rights grandparents statutory-interpretation west-virginia-law Whether the Supreme Court of Appeals misinterpreted the Foster Child Bill of Rights under West Virginia statutory law to the detriment of the child in…
21-7632 Carlos Gotay-Guzman v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note criminal-history criminal-history-points federal-jurisdiction first-circuit-decision plain-error plain-error-standard puerto-rico puerto-rico-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the First Circuit err when it held Mr. Gotay-Guzman could not establish plain error regarding the assessment of 2 criminal history points for his …
21-7623 Mary Ann Lara v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP Section 841 burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-quantity drug-trafficking federal-prosecution mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether, in prosecutions brought under Title 21, Section 841, the Government must prove a defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity?
21-7624 Wilfredo Lee Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-enticement criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment indictment predicate-offense statutory-interpretation 1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), which criminalizes the attempted enticement of a minor to engage in "sexual activity for which any person can be charged …
21-7609 Desmond Deleon Carviel v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law career-offender-guideline district-court-discretion guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) May a district court defer to the Sentencing Guideline commentary without first determining if the guideline is genuinely ambiguous. Kisor v. Wilk…
21-7614 Jacqueline M. Tauscher v. Pamela Donison, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection equal-rights gender gender-discrimination legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Does 'all persons' as stated in 42 U.S.C. 1981 Equal Rights Under the Law also include the female gender? All person's does not specifically state gen…
21-1348 Claudia A. Barber v. District of Columbia Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges District of Columbia 2022-04-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure due-process government-employment judicial-review presumption-of-review statutory-interpretation tenure Whether only an expressed prohibition against judicial review can clearly and conclusively overcome the presumption in favor of judicial review of an …
21-1349 Ignis Development, Inc., et al. v. Long Island College Hospital, et al. New York 2022-04-13 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion new-york-law statutory-interpretation supervisory-power 1. Did the Second Department of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York (the "Second Department") so far depart from the accepted and …
21-1345 Jeffrey B. C. Moorhead v. Glenda Lake, Clerk, District Court of the Virgin Islands, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied 28-usc-1291 28-usc-47 appellate-review district-court judicial-bias judicial-procedure lawyer-suspension legal-practice mandamus-relief notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation 1) Does 28 U.S.C. § 1291 grant lawyers the statutory right to appeal a final order of a district court suspending a lawyer from the practice of law? …
21-7593 David T. Young v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty judicial-review state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty I) Did fkt SAA of dtWh feu/h-oiih A Mini mini ftjhh U)\nm fiy Pfeucabd ih drffiH Mc\ hafHend ^cirliJttC'han of ff\C Un.'fJ S-thhf, ^) Ls friiclt !j§…
21-7599 Neil Timothy Aho v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority due-process enumerated-powers federalism necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment Whether Section 2252 of Title 18 of the United States Code ("Section 2252" or the "Statute") forming the gravamen of the charges in the Indictment l…
21-7600 Christopher Hibshman v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3583 18-USC-3583(e) criminal-conduct criminal-sentencing reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-standards supervised-release 1. For violation of supervised release is the imposition of a 24 month sentence consecutive to a 2 year Indiana prison term unreasonable and at odds w…
21-7586 Jaako Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing generic-offense robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-crime Whether Texas robbery, a crime defined differently than similarly named crimes in a majority of states, is a crime of violence under the United States…
21-1342 Jacobus Pharmaceutical Company, Inc. v. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-11 Dismissed administrative-law circuit-split drug-exclusivity fda fda-regulation lambert-eaton-myasthenic-syndrome orphan-drug-act rare-disease statutory-interpretation Does the ODA unambiguously foreclose FDA's decades-long, consistent interpretation that the scope of orphan-drug exclusivity is tied to a drug's appro…
21-7569 Miguel Scott Arnold v. United States Third Circuit 2022-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute human-trafficking jury-instructions rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation third-circuit-court third-circuit-court-of-appeals unit-of-prosecution What is the allowable unit of prosecution for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a)? 2. Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err by not remanding to th…
21-7557 Maria Andrea Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3161 criminal-procedure due-process ends-of-justice federal-district-court findings-of-fact speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation trial-continuance Does the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161, require federal district courts to make specific findings of fact from those factors enumerated in § 3161…
21-7562 Michael Tyler v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-04-06 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-review civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus regulatory-compliance state-court-decisions statutory-interpretation 1. whether, the fifth Circuit Court appling Moore,534 f3d 4les Conflict with the decisian of this Court Hancock. 139 sct2714 2. whether the fifth Cir…
21-7535 Antonio Alejandro Gutierrez v. Steve Shelton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 bruce-v-samuels civil-procedure due-process filing-fees in-forma-pauperis procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should the Oregon Department of Corrections, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, be allowed to collect 28 U.S.C…
21-7545 Sloan Patrick Stanley v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Superintendent, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Ninth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights constitutional-provisions custody-status due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation 4) Is Petiti fao bt bt\v\d n\y\ oafaody fa fa If USC § H5i } y{OfttC fast parti'e^or faefa rds io\fah NmH\ \b Cou/Hofafapptds o\pw preccfan^ &5 wiXI…
21-7549 Ernesto Palacios-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law criminal-procedure immigration-law indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) was wrongly decided, allowing for the provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2) deal…
21-7554 William Burke v. Rosa Childs, et al. Georgia 2022-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge court-access due-process incarcerated-litigants necessary-state-interest procedural-fairness statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Preface : The first eight questions were presented to the Georgia Supreme Court in an application for writ of certiorari, which was denied without co…
21-1326 United States, et al., ex rel. Tracy Schutte, et al. v. SuperValu Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit 2022-04-05 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-liability deliberate-ignorance false-claims-act fraud knowingly materiality reckless-disregard scienter statutory-interpretation Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it "kno…
21-7529 Jesse Dean Mince v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
21-7530 Paul M. Weadick v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute federal-witness-tampering fowler-v-united-states reasonable-likelihood specific-intent statutory-interpretation witness-tampering The federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1512, permits conviction of any individual who "prevent[s] the communication by any person to a [Fe…
21-7531 Michael G. Peters v. City of Houston, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-04-04 Dismissed IFP certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights court-review due-process federal-tax-code free-speech legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings tax-liability Question not identified.
21-7510 Ramon Lopez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-corrections federal-sentencing-guidelines sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Criminal Defendants may use the "recently amended" Compassionate Release Statute [18 U.S.C. Sec. 3582(c)(1)(A)]'to reduce or correct an exce…
21-7520 Isaiah Wilson v. United States Second Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 2nd-amendment burglary-statute career-offender civil-rights crime-of-violence due-process federal-sentencing free-speech sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation 1. Should the court exercise it's Power to resolve a split amongst the sister Circuits regarding New Jersey Third degree burglary designation as a cri…
21-7521 Paul E. Pieczynski v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Relisted (3)IFP arbitration arbitration-award civil-action civil-procedure confirmation federal-arbitration-act miscellaneous-filing statutory-interpretation time-bar The Federal Arbitration Act Title 9 section 12 bars vacating or modifying award after three months. Is the petition or motion, when seeking confirmati…
21-1313 Martin Gottesfeld v. United States First Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied appellate-review circuit-conflict circuit-split due-process judicial-discretion judicial-recusal procedural-due-process speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation This case presents a clear and intractable conflict regarding an important statutory question under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U.S.C. 3161 et se…
21-1314 United States, ex rel. Hassan Foreman v. AECOM, et al. Second Circuit 2022-04-01 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-3729 common-law false-claims-act fraud-prevention government-claims materiality motion-to-dismiss qui-tam statutory-interpretation Is materiality an element of all claims brought under 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A) when neither the common law nor the text of the statute support such a…
21-7503 Lucas Victorino-Tista v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7495 Terrol Debaun Travis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-sentencing delivery-definition drug-offense statutory-interpretation texas texas-controlled-substances united-states-supreme-court I. Does the definition of "delivery" in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes mere offers to sell, include conduct that does not qua…
21-7488 Maria Andrea Gonzalez, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241(a) aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-proceedings detention-facility federal-inmates federal-jurisdiction judicial-custody judicial-officer non-federal-detention-facility statutory-interpretation Is federal jurisdiction established under the first jurisdictional prong in § 2241(a) when an aggravated sexual abuse offense is allegedly committed i…
21-1305 Melchor Munoz v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-29 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 citizenship-revocation criminal-conviction due-diligence government-notice plea-bargaining plea-proceeding section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether – in a case where (1) the revocation of a criminal defendant's citizenship is mandatory as a result of a plea to a criminal conviction but (2)…
21-7477 Roberto Cruz-Rivera v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split due-process federal-jurisdiction lambert-v-california notice notice-requirement section-2250(a) statutory-interpretation title-18 united-states-code Conflict Whether the Seventh Circuit erred in holding, citing 338 U.S. 338 (1950), that the Due Process requirement of United States v. Vasquez is no…
21-7471 Jacques Hernes Telcy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP district-court-authority first-step-act first-step-act-2018 habeas-corpus new-judgment resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation In the course of a "New Judgment " under the First Step Act of 2018 (FSA2018) new imposed sentence, what truly excess the reset clock for habeas corpu…
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 …
21-7446 Kristopher Kyle Russell v. Texas Texas 2022-03-24 Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation 1. The plain reading of the statute indicates that counsel must be appointed to learn if biological evidence exists, yet Texas courts have specificall…
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…
21-7459 Robbie Catchings, aka Robert Brown, aka Robbie Catching v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law firearm-possession firearms jury-instructions jury-verdict knowingly-possessed statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether sufficient evidence supported the jury's verdict that petitioner knowingly possessed a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).
21-7432 Magdaly Suleydy Perez-Velasquez and Jenifer Miladis Alvarado-Diaz v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied IFP border-security criminal-law due-process immigration statutory-interpretation surveillance Whether entry under 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a) requires freedom from official restraint; and Whether continuous surveillance by means of visual observation c…
21-7433 Donnell Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-travel precedent-tension standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-7450 Nicholas Andrew Waldman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) permits conviction for the receipt of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, and,…
21-1283 Animal Science Products, Inc., et al. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al. Second Circuit 2022-03-23 Denied Amici (2) antitrust antitrust-law federal-rule-44.1 foreign-conduct foreign-law judicial-interpretation prescriptive-comity sherman-act statutory-interpretation Whether, despite this Court's "well established" interpretation of the Sherman Act, U.S. courts may reinterpret the same text of that Act case by case…
21-1287 In Re W. A. Griffin 2022-03-23 Denied Response Waived anti-alienation anti-assignment assignment-of-benefits erisa erisa-preemption fiduciary-duty georgia-law health-benefits healthcare-provider mandamus statutory-interpretation Whether the anti-assignment provision in the health benefit plan apply to W. A. Griffin, MD ("Dr. Griffin"), a Georgia provider, who obtained a writte…
21-1279 Klavdia Thomas, et al. v. Valentin Belevich Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process fair-justice judicial-intent jurisdiction legal-misalignment legal-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether there is a serious misalignment of courts on statute intent, interpretation and jurisdiction. Whether the fair justice was served.
21-7438 Tramone Horne v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion judicial-review preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Should the Court require proof by more than a preponderance of the evidence of facts that significantly increase the defendant's sentence range under …
21-1270 MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-03-21 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) and even when a remedy could be fashioned that do such that it is not subject to waiver appellate-jurisdiction bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-363(m) circuit-split jurisdictional-limitation lease-assignment remedy sale-order statutory-interpretation waiver Whether Bankruptcy Code Section 363(m) limits the appellate courts' jurisdiction over any sale order or order deemed "integral" to a sale order, such …
21-1274 Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-21 GVR Relisted (4) criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-1267 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc. Federal Circuit 2022-03-18 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived civil-procedure damages egregious-conduct federal-circuit halo-electronics judicial-discretion patent patent-damages statutory-interpretation willful-infringement (1) Whether enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 may be awarded absent a finding of egregious infringement behavior; and (2) Whether the court of a…
21-7405 Joshua Guity-Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-section-1594 appeal base-offense-level criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing human-trafficking sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I, Whether Petitioner, who was convicted of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c), is subject to a Base Offense Level of 34 or 14?
21-7406 Marek Kozubal v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fair-notice lenity lenity-rule mandated-reporter statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Would a person of ordinary intelligence have had fair notice that he was subject to the aggravated penalties for mandated reporters?
21-7386 Sandchase Cody v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release district-court district-court-discretion due-process federal-criminal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "Applicable" policy statement that binds a district court when considering "ex…
21-7391 Isaiah Ramon Henderson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the fede…
21-7393 Travis Ryan Skaggs v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-802 21-usc-841 concurrent-sentences first-step-act sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation term-of-imprisonment Whether the District Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by holding that Mr. Skaggs' conviction in Wise County, Virginia on July 27, 2…
21-7398 Ricardo Rizo-Rizo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law immigration immigration-law mens-rea ninth-circuit presumption-of-mens-rea public-welfare-exception public-welfare-offense statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1) fits under the public-welfare/regulatory exception to the presumption of mens rea when the statute does not involve "dan…
21-1256 Robert M. Athey, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-03-16 Denied Amici (1) american-rule attorney-fees common-law costs equal-access-to-justice-act federal-circuit fee-shifting statutory-interpretation Did a panel of the Federal Circuit err by entirely exempting the United States as a matter of law from liability for such fees and costs pursuant to t…
21-1245 O'Donnell & Sons, Inc. v. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, et al. New York 2022-03-15 Denied exemption federal-credit-union federal-credit-union-act federal-preemption mortgage-recording mortgage-recording-tax preemption state-tax statutory-interpretation taxation Whether the Federal Credit Union Act—which exempts federal credit unions "from all taxation" other than taxes on credit unions' real property and tang…
21-7365 Louis Matthew Clements v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent child-marriage civil-rights criminal-registration due-process equal-protection florida-law sexual-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-rape 1) How does the State of Florida condone conviction, incarceration, and registration of adults for engaging in consensual sex with minors when at the …
21-7368 Antwan Boyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-7369 Dannie Simon Parker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-action bank-robbery criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-instructions precedent statutory-interpretation substantial-rights NAWIW e. AW. lJuog Wcm Cjol&A in WWz V. OoWA kWW, SSO U-W 25^, Zb&, 2io ^.c4. ZISS IT? L.ES ZS 20s(zooo^AWi ejcAWy' U.t>.d. hZWhi^s \l£Jjy\2uZ 'r^JDC{…
21-7359 Kaleb Gattis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the in definite past, …
21-7340 Joseph Louis Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process judicial-review legislative-intent patent sentencing standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT CAN RELY SOLELY ON A DEFENDANT'S ORIGINAL SENTENCING FACTORS SET FORTH IN 18 U.S.C.3553(A) AND WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S POST-…
21-7347 Anthony Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1.) WHerAer rde peiwciples of egutaBle rouing spply 40 G8USC 22S(), DUEN MAE gLOBAL CORONAVRUS THT A HA BEN pURSiNg RAgNS DIgE OND SOME EXTROORDINARY …
21-1239 Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. v. Michelle Cochran Fifth Circuit 2022-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-law-judge civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction removal-provisions sec-administrative-proceeding securities-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to hear a suit in which the respondent in an ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission administrati…
21-1235 Robert Grundstein v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio 2022-03-10 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-access due-process first-amendment free-speech standing statutory-interpretation vexatious-litigator 1. Is the Ohio Vexatious Litigator Statue, ORC 2323.52, Unconstitutional on the basis of vagueness and insufficient standards? Is it subject to abuse …
21-7330 Japher Yosuf Rajab v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute law-enforcement mens-rea non-existent-victim statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (b) authorizes a conviction based on an imaginary, non-existent victim. Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C.…
21-7331 Darregus T. Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus policy sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation USSG §1B1. B TO DENY RELIEF WHEN THE GUIDELINE DID NOT APPLY TO HIS MOTION? 5TH AND 8TH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS! CAN PETITIONER GET RELIE…
21-7325 Michael T. Braxton v. Tonya James, Warden Fourth Circuit 2022-03-09 Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review parole statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions 1). dtinat AFT and in CoN to a lafl state Court of Appets ORDER? 2. Can an state agency parsue ony other Laciful Apptlte Proces, on "UNFAVORABE " oR …
21-7284 Jesus Ruiz v. Louis Williams, II, Warden Seventh Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence conviction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus section-2241 section-2255 sentence statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a new statutory interpretation from this Court allows a federal prisoner to redress the legality of his conviction or sentence pursuant to …
21-7301 Bogdan Nicolescu v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-devices congressional-intent criminal-enhancement criminal-sentencing guideline-commentary identity-theft sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access-device wireless-telephone-protection-act 1. Whether Application Note 2 of the Commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2B1.6 bars the application of the U.S.S.G. § 2Bl.l(b)(ll)(B)(i) 2-level enhancement for …
21-1215 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the definition of "machinegun" found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition? 2. Whet…
21-1217 Columbia House of Brokers Realty, Inc., dba House of Brokers, Inc., dba Jackie Bulgin & Associates, et al. v. Designworks Homes, Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) architectural-works copyright copyright-law infringement marketing marketing-materials pictorial-representation pictorial-representations real-estate real-estate-industry statutory-interpretation Whether floor plans constitute "pictures, paintings, photographs, or other pictorial representations" of an architectural work within the meaning of 1…
21-1219 Estela Mabel Argueta Romero v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied administrative-law immigration immigration-law judicial-review jurisdiction notice-to-appear order-of-removal removal removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a noncitizen who leaves the United States after receiving notice to appear at a removal hearing, but before receiving an order of removal, is …
21-1214 Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam Oklahoma 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (6) 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-1208 Eric Andrews v. United States Third Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act section-924(c) sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-7270 Karo Brown v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-7283 Earnest J. Matthews v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-03-04 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-7268 Ross Anthony Farca v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-restitution false-statement mental-health military-recruitment property-damage restitution statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether petitioner's offense of making a false statement about his mental health history resulted in "damage to or loss or d…
21-7230 Gemar Morgan v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-standard probation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release Question not identified.
21-7259 Keith Prescott Gace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-03-02 Denied IFP child-pornography circuit-split d-c-circuit dost-factors federal-criminal-law first-amendment judicial-precedent lascivious-exhibition seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation As a matter of statutory interpretation, should a jury or court consider the so-called Dost factors when determining whether a visual depiction of a m…
21-1193 Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied Relisted (6) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-membership What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-7238 Holli Wrice v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) allows district courts to reduce a defendant's sentence, based on a finding of extraordinary and compelling reasons, afte…
21-7219 Lorenzo Suttles v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation I. Whether a pre-FSA (First Step Act) defendant's circumstances, changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c), and the resultant disparity thereof…
21-7222 Hugo Valencia Mendoza v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the term "involved" under Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional under the Vagueness Doctrine through t…
21-7226 Christopher Ronald Martin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing generic-robbery mens-rea recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation () Whether generic robbery, as used in federal sentencing enhancement provisions, encompasses robbery offenses that only require a mens rea of mere re…
21-7227 Daniel Isaiah Thody v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process jury-trial sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release As a case of first impression, whether the current implementation of Supervised Release, (18 U.S.C. §3583), as a "separate sentence " in addition to t…
21-7229 Steven A. Taliani v. Illinois Illinois 2022-02-28 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing involuntary-intoxication prescription-medication state-prisoner statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1) Does the Illinois Supreme Court's opinion and analysis constitute an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the Illinois Supreme Cour…
21-1189 Arthur Dale Lothringer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied Response Waived alter-ego circuit-precedent civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-law due-process legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation texas-law Whether Texas statutory law supersedes Fifth Circuit precedent regarding alter-ego determinations.
21-1191 Gabriel Gonzalez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-28 Denied appellate-review article-iii article-iii-power federal-courts in-forma-pauperis prison-litigation-reform-act statutory-interpretation strikes ultra-vires Whether federal district courts exceed their statutory or Article III power by issuing proclamations that their dismissal "counts as a 'strike' within…
21-7211 Theodore William Taylor v. The Kendall Law Group, P.L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-ethics misconduct statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit violated the Petitioner's (Plaintiff's) Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to Due Process of the Law by permitting such egregi…
21-7216 Cory Mendrell Welch v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Did the state courts rely solely on a procedural bar? Also, the basis of this petition challenges the Wisconsin court of appeals jurisprudence pursuan…
21-7204 Corey Louis Hines v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings Zb ir\or£rk ±) C z,r> ^TKe_ bnreziLJ Pri£or6, £j\fLL)rr\L!/ vdvA of ^ ''cdjm4 ofdrr ?u dr bb ZsUTLlA VDli Op L_Skfll' Cbmp,) \iJl4-ka r f-fat bx,(A £.…
21-7195 James Leon Higgins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearms firearms-possession interstate-commerce perjury-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-1169 Alain Kaloyeros v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-24 GVR Relisted (3) circuit-split mail-fraud mcnally-doctrine property property-fraud right-to-control scotus statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Is the deprivation of accurate information regarding a transaction, without more, "property" under the wire fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1348), as the S…
21-1161 Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-23 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 deception economic-information government-advocacy government-agency honest-services-fraud mail-fraud money-or-property-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one's position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U…
21-1162 Erika Bailey-Johnson v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act court-of-federal-claims federal-jurisdiction injunctive-relief jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tohono-o'odham-nation tohono-precedent united-states-court-of-federal-claims united-states-v-tohono-o'odham-nation Should the Court revisit its holding in Tohono to determine whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 1500, a U.S. District Court action solely for injunctive or dec…
21-7176 Leandra Marrio Chisholm, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-offense jurisdictional-clause robbery statutory-interpretation vagueness I. Is an Interference of Commerce by Robbery conviction for the robbery of a single retail store beyond the scope of the Commerce Clause of the United…
21-7170 Deborah Bowers and Steve S. Jabar, aka Steve Shariff, aka Satar Jabar, aka Kamal Jabar, aka Kamal Jamel v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1001 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure false-statements fraud fraud-theory indictment materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. May a court of appeals reinstate a verdict on a theory of fraud that was not pled in the indictment, not sought to be proven or argued at the trial…
21-7174 Inocencio Gamboa-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7156 Floyd Allen Hawkins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-law due-process interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
21-7157 Richard Lucas v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split cocaine cocaine-definition controlled-substances criminal-arrest criminal-procedure plain-error probable-cause statutory-interpretation 1. If a state statue's definition of "cocaine " differs from the federal definition of "cocaine" based on the plain, unambigu ous language of the sta…
21-7158 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law divisibility elements-means elements-versus-means federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach? II. Is the Texas statute prohibiting the of…
21-7159 Garland E. Williams v. United States Federal Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-threshold merit-injury money-mandating standing statutory-interpretation tax tax-refund 1. Whether merit injury claims suffice in the undecided proceedings; titled open thereunder; "Williams v. U.S.," 1:21-CV01632-EMR; thereof United Stat…
21-7163 Nathaniel Ruth v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-procedure federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation I Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.C. § 4B1.2(b) include substances that are excluded from the Controlled Substances Act? II. When def…
21-7151 Quentin Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause mens-rea predicate-offense reasonable-person sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation threat-of-force QUESTION ONE: The circuit courts agree that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware that his cond…
21-7136 Gregory Nesbitt, aka Spooky v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "applicable" policy statement that binds the district court in considering a d…
21-7137 Lonnel Porter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law custody custody-escape eighth-circuit escape homelessness residential-reentry-center sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT MISCONSTRUED 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) TO FIND THAT AN ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY IMPOSED "BY VIRTUE OF . . . CONVICTION" INCLUDES PLACEM…
21-1134 Bryan Adams v. Department of Homeland Security Federal Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Amici (1) active-duty cross-reference differential-pay federal-employees military-reserves national-guard statutory-interpretation Whether 10 U.S.C. § 12301(d) is "a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10."
21-1135 Goyko Gustav Kuburovich v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-16 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud criminal-procedure due-process false-statements federal-prosecution fraud jury-instructions jury-unanimity statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Where a criminal defendant is prosecuted in federal court for a single count of bankruptcy fraud relying on multiple alleged false statements, each wi…
21-1140 UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2022-02-16 Denied Amici (5) actuarial-equivalence administrative-law cms cms-rule healthcare-insurance medicare medicare-advantage overpayment-rule same-methodology statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Overpayment Rule violates the statute's "actuarial equivalence" and "same methodology" mandates. 2. Whether the Overpayment Rule is ot…
21-7115 Robert Stahlnecker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP communications-law constitutional-challenge criminal-law first-amendment free-speech political-speech statutory-interpretation telecommunications Does 47 U.S.C. § 223(a)(1)(C) violate the First Amendment when applied to political speech, as it was in this case?
21-7121 Joseph Lamont Wilson v. Phoenix Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
21-7110 Jorge Alberto Funez-Zapata v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
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…
21-1117 Reginald Watkins, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court due-process mortgage-foreclosure quiet-title sheriff-sale standing statutory-interpretation statutory-redemption takings A. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT THE PETITIONERS DO NOT HAVE STANDING SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH STANDING. i. Petitioners answer: "Yes…
21-1119 Paul Francis v. John O. Desmond, United States Trustee First Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-521 11-usc-727 appellate-review bankruptcy-court bankruptcy-procedure court-of-appeals discharge-denial due-process judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals committed error when affirming judgment from the Bankruptcy Court Appellate Panel refusing to reverse the B…
21-7102 Elmer Josue Rivas-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-7097 Sinmyah Amera Ceasar v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553(a) appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-sentencing gall-v-united-states sentencing-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness terrorism terrorism-cases In Gall v. United States, 128 S. Ct. 586 (2007), this Court held that appellate courts must review the substantive reasonableness of all sentences und…
21-7086 William L. Whitefield v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c compassionate-release criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons mandatory-minimum sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-7077 Catherine Kurkjian v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Federal Circuit 2022-02-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-obligations bad-faith-doctrine civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law contract-reprisal government-contracts lost-profits statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Question 1: Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses; by…
21-7069 Javar Dinsdale Clarke v. United States Sixth Circuit 2022-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime May Bank robbery apply as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. 924(c) when Bank robbery does not match the elements of section 924(c)(3)(A).
21-7053 Iramm Wright v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-default statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether the Court should resolve the three-way circuit split regarding whether, and under what circumstances, a movant's procedural default may be …
21-7055 Eugene Willis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP brandishing carjacking carjacking-statute criminal-intent due-process-rights firearm ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intent judgment-of-acquittal jury-instructions statutory-interpretation I. In compliance with Holloway V. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1991), is an attorney ineffective for failing to argue before the jury the Government f…
21-7021 John Matthew Gayden, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-7035 Seville Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-7037 Robert Breest v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal dna-testing expert-testimony favorable-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus new-hampshire retrial statutory-interpretation 1. Issue One: Whether the DNA tests were favorable under New Hampshire RSA 651-D-2, VI (b) and warrant dismissal of the charge because a different res…
21-1063 Elaine Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response Waived conspiracy criminal-acquittal due-process fifth-amendment health-care-fraud presumption-of-innocence statutory-interpretation unjust-compensation unjust-conviction-and-imprisonment 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2513's requirement that a defendant acquitted because of insufficient evidence must affirmatively disprove the factual allegati…
21-1052 United States, ex rel. Jesse Polansky, M.D., M.P.H. v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2022-01-31 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (3) civil-procedure false-claims-act federal-procedure government-dismissal judicial-conflict qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation Whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to proceed with the action, and what standard applies if the gov…
21-1059 Citibank, N.A., et al. v. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-31 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 11-usc-550 avoided-transfer bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee burden-of-proof good-faith statutory-interpretation subsequent-transferee Whether a bankruptcy trustee seeking to recover an avoided transfer from a subsequent transferee under 11 U.S.C. 550 bears the burden of pleading and …
21-6969 Alton Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines booker circuit-court-review criminal-sentencing guideline-enhancement lapsed-statute legal-interpretation mandatory-guidelines sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether it was error for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold the district court's enhancement of Defendant's sentence under a provision of U.S.S.G. § 2K…
21-6972 Maria Haydee Luzula v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons circuit-split first-step-act non-delegation-doctrine sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13 is an "applicable" policy statement that binds a district court in considering a defendant-filed motion for sentence reducti…
21-6973 Larry Lee Jacks v. Warden Lynch Ninth Circuit 2022-01-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland case-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provision due-process exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-jurisdiction new-trial prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-6956 Roman Enrique Delgado-Montoya v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-prisoner-relief first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), the district court is limited to the "extraordinary and compelling reasons" given in application note 1 of the com…
21-1037 Steve Wilson Briggs v. James Cameron, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-01-25 Denied Response Waived 9th-circuit civil-procedure copyright-law due-process judicial-accountability judicial-interpretation judicial-system legal-authorities shell-corporations standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, by disregarding properly established U.S. authorities (Corpus Juris Secundum, C.J.S.), to surreptitiously create its own copyright law sys…
21-6934 Donnie Barnes, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied IFP child-pornography circuit-split dost-factors federal-criminal-law lascivious-exhibition model-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether an instruction on the Dost factors authorizes a conviction for production of child pornography on broader grounds th…
21-6941 Tracy Vaughn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act sentencing-factors sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, in deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence for a crack cocaine offense under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act, a district court mus…
21-6942 Alison Gu v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1542 circuit-court-split criminal-law false-statements oath-requirement passport-application statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether making false statements on a passport application form as to which the mandatory oath was never administered, the statements were never sworn …
21-6921 Sedale Pervis v. United States Second Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court family-impact judicial-discretion mitigating-factor procedural-background respect-for-law respect-for-the-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The touchstone statu te for criminal sentencing, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), provides that a sentence must promote respect for the law. However, "respect for…
21-6925 Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Maryland 2022-01-20 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person?
21-6926 Willie Wilcher v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-law due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard procedural-requirements rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Wlu4er He Low<tf Courh fai j urtsAicfan fa tJWn decJ? fa CAtej i*Sed P-eh<if \js 2/<?/ faoli), An^ fa gownm^ Few fro^ por veriifW- Hef Pekb^,%/fav he…
21-6929 Rozelle Summerise v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Can reasonable jurists debate whether Hobbs Act robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) …
21-1025 Ashwani Sheoran v. Walmart Stores East, LP, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure claim-submission due-process false-claims-act fraud pleading rule-9b statutory-interpretation Whether a circuit split on how to apply Fed. R Civ. P. 9(b) in pleading cases under the False Claims Act requires a more rigorous approach, such as re…
21-6903 Michel Thomas v. Grundfos, CBS, et al. Fifth Circuit 2022-01-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review statutory-interpretation What is the proper standard of review when it comes to the question of a void judgment and/or a constitutional question, and/or question of law, and/o…
21-6894 Arnoldo Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-924c borden-v-united-states constitutional-review criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING IN BORDEN V. UNITED STATES, 593 U.S. _ (2021), ALVARADO'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §111 (a) AND (b) QUALIFIE…
21-6898 Jasper Stevens, et al. v. Robert S. Whitmore Ninth Circuit 2022-01-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11-u.s.c.-521 11-u.s.c.-554 asset-scheduling bankruptcy bankruptcy-abandonment circuit-split debtor-financial-affairs fresh-start statutory-interpretation trustee-administration Whether an asset can be abandoned to a debtor where (1) the asset is not administered prior to the closing of the bankruptcy case; and (2) the asset i…
21-6900 Patrice E. Brown v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Arizona 2022-01-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Does a court render no judgment which violates the law of its veld when it renders its judgment 2 Compliance with the mandatory provisions of an uncon…
21-6829 Ibrahim Donmez v. New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, et al. Second Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process litigation-reform neitzke-v-williams non-prisoner-complaints prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights screening-standard section-1915 standing statutory-interpretation 1) Does the language of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 allow screening or dismissal of non-frivolous non-prisoner complaints and claims for failure to state a claim…
21-6844 Pedro Rafael Caraballo-Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instruction multiple-theory-error predicate-offense statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness united-states-v-davis vagueness Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) may be sustained based on the reviewing court's finding that the jury relied equally on a valid pr…
21-998 Daniel Bierbach v. Digger's Polaris, et al. Minnesota 2022-01-13 Denied CVSGRelisted (2) civil-rights controlled-substances-act employer-reimbursement medical-marijuana preemption state-law statutory-interpretation workers-compensation Whether the Controlled Substances Act preempts an order under a state workers' compensation law requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee…
21-6825 Diana Bustamante v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law modified-categorical-approach predicate-offenses sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Do statutes criminalizing simulated controlled substances count as predicate "controlled substance offenses" for applicability of the career offender …
21-6826 Todd Stands Alone v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-12 Denied Amici (1)IFP assault circuit-split common-law-assault conviction criminal-law due-process federal-law federal-statute statutory-interpretation Is common-law simple assault an essential element of § 111(b)?
21-6814 Eleazar Flores-Mora v. United States First Circuit 2022-01-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-jurisdiction niz-chavez-v-garland notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear (NTA) that…
21-985 Oklahoma v. Gage Christopher J. Shriver Oklahoma 2022-01-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-6786 Semaji Warren v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582(c) 18-usc-3582c1a1 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-6787 Rondale Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-10 Denied IFP but-for-causation but-for-cause circuit-split criminal-law ninth-circuit-interpretation purpose-element racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vicar-statute violent-crime violent-crimes Whether the purpose element of the VICAR offense, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, requires the government to prove that the racketeering-enterprise motive was a but…
21-6767 Bryce Clair Clark v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Did the court in applying point eroe enhanciment for having 3 altered with an numbers re chary read?
21-6768 Emanuel E. Goines, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation (1) Federal law makes it a crime for a person with a prior felony conviction to "possess . . . affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition." 18 U.S.…
21-6769 Luke Joseph Burning Breast v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921(a)(20) 18-usc-922(g) civil-rights-restoration criminal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm firearm-components interstate-commerce rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Can the government establish the interstate commerce element in a § 922(g) prosecution by showing that a single interchangeable part of a firearm trav…
21-972 Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2022-01-06 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (12) administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the …
21-6753 Trevin Nunnally, aka Rick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2022-01-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi cocaine-distribution constitutional-law constitutional-precedent criminal-justice-reform criminal-statute first-step-act intervening-developments sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation "Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018 . . . a district …
21-6760 Deandre Spencer Cotton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law divisibility-inquiry due-process federal-court-certification federalism sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-court-certification state-criminal-statute statutory-interpretation I. If a state criminal statute's divisibility is ambiguous when the defendant is convicted in state court, may a federal court later certify its divis…
21-961 Oklahoma v. Patrick Wayne Olive Oklahoma 2021-12-30 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure federalism jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-954 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-12-29 Judgment Issued Amici (24) administrative-discretion administrative-law agency-discretion border-policy due-process homeland-security immigration-law immigration-policy judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 8 U.S.C. 1225 requires DHS to continue implementing MPP. 2. Whether the court of appeals erred by concluding that the Secretary's new deci…
21-6739 Anthony Harris v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-29 GVR Relisted (2)IFP covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli…
21-6743 Juan Carlos Reyes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intentional-force statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation, under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), is a crime of violence under the elements…
21-6736 Steven R. Henson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-12-28 GVR Relisted (2)IFP actual-knowledge appellate-review criminal-intent criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance harmless-error jury-instructions medical-practitioner prescription-liability statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence willful-blindness 1. Whether the erroneous issuance of a deliberate ignorance or willful blindness instruction is harmless as a matter of law and beyond appellate revie…
21-6737 James P. Donoghue, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue First Circuit 2021-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP general-intent judicial-oath judicial-regulation judicial-remand judicial-review objective-review perjury specific-intent statutory-interpretation tax-court 1. Pursuant to 26 C.F.R. § 1.183, whether the lower courts' errored when framing decision under the doctrine of general-intent; using subjective deduc…
21-6723 Jeremy L. Watson-Buisson v. Virginia Virginia 2021-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights computer-aided-solicitation constitutional-challenge criminal-classification equal-protection indecent-liberties jurisdictional-comparison sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registry standing statutory-interpretation 1) Does the Petitioner lack standing to raise an Equal Protection challenge to Code of Va. § 9.1-902(F) (formerly effective 2018) where the Supreme Co…
21-6696 L. W. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2021-12-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure deadlines due-process jurisdiction jurisdiction-termination standing statutory-interpretation texas-family-code trial-court-procedure 1. Did trial court commence prior to losing jurisdiction under Tex. Fam. Code § 263.401 2. Did an agreed Recess of trial to allow Respondent to conti…
21-6697 Melvin Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-terrorism-and-death-penalty-act civil-procedure court-jurisdiction district-court-authority docket-modification due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-default statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Concerning procedures of the District and Courts of Appeals regarding due process in federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b) motions as well as a …
21-920 Kalab D. Willman v. United States Armed Forces 2021-12-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure article-66-ucmj courts-martial due-process judicial-interpretation military-justice sentence-review sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-code-military-justice Does the CAAF's decision prevent the CCAs from fulfilling their Congressionally imposed mandate pursuant to Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866, to dete…
21-924 Michael R. Atraqchi, et ux. v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-question frivolous-dismissal in-forma-pauperis pro-se standing statutory-interpretation surveillance wiretapping Whether the opinion of the Eleventh Circuit affirming the lower Court's decision in dismissing the Pro se, federal question in forma pauperis complain…
21-925 Adolfo Sandor Montero v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-limitations due-process fraud government-fraud government-overreach standing statutory-interpretation tax-regulations 1. Whether the US government can circumvent constitutional limitations 1 and defraud ~320 million American citizens through hidden legal provisos, spe…
21-908 Kate Marie Bartenwerfer v. Kieran Buckley Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-liability discharge discharge-exception fraud imputation imputation-liability statutory-interpretation May an individual be subject to liability for the fraud of another that is barred from discharge in bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C. (the "Bankruptcy Code")…
21-917 Abel Diaz v. Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Bennettsville Fourth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response Waived drug-offense drug-offenses habeas-corpus jurisdiction jury-trial savings-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT HAD JURISDICTION UNDER THE SAVINGS CLAUSE OF 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) TO ADJUDICATE THE MERITS OF PETITIONER DIAZ'S § 2241 PETIT…
21-6687 Rory Lee Zirkelbach v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 career-offender district-court-discretion extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-reasons sentence-reduction sentencing-disparity sentencing-error sentencing-guideline statutory-interpretation Did the district court err when it imposed an extratextual limitation on its statutory authority to determine what amounts to an "extraordinary and co…
21-6692 Alex D. Ramos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-903 Robert M. Glen v. American Airlines, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure confiscated-property cuban-property helms-burton-act inheritance-rights private-right-of-action property-confiscation standing statutory-interpretation trafficking trafficking-claims Title III of the Helms-Burton Act, 22 U.S.C. § 6081 et seq., is a broad remedial statute that authorizes U.S. nationals whose property was confiscated…
21-905 Nathaniel Rimpson, III, Charles Scott, and Carl Buggs v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-906 Klickitat County, Washington, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Ninth Circuit 2021-12-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) boundary-dispute congressional-act congressional-authority indian-reservation land-disposition ninth-circuit-error statutory-interpretation treaty-interpretation 1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.…
21-6658 Donald Ray Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-sentencing guideline-commentary judicial-deference judicial-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether federal sentencing courts are bound by the illustrations found in Guideline Commentary?
21-6629 Jimmy Steele v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-interpretation retroactivity sentencing state-court statutory-interpretation The question for review is whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Congress intended that reasons in the first insta…
21-6642 Tre Reshawn Tate v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note criminal-law dangerous-weapon judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie possession robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the application note defining "dangerous weapon" overly broad under Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019) by defining "possession" of a "dangerou…
21-6646 Pedro Alvarado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-924 borden-v-united-states consent-search criminal-conviction criminal-law fourth-amendment ruse-search statutory-interpretation violent-crime I. WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF THE COURT'S RULING IN BORDEN V. UNITED STATES, 593 U.S. _ (2021), ALVARADO'S CONVICTION UNDER 18 U.S.C. §111(a) AND (b) QUALIF…
21-895 John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-16 Denied civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L…
21-884 Blake Fields v. United States First Circuit 2021-12-15 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-procedure district-court factual-developments first-step-act intervening-factual-developments intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n…
21-887 Miguel Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (12)Response RequestedRelisted (4) administrative-proceedings americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights exhaustion-requirement futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act money-damages statutory-interpretation The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) preserves the rights of children with disabilities to bring claims under the Constitution and o…
21-6594 James A. Hald, et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i), a district court must first determine whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduct…
21-6622 Rufus Lawson, Jr. v. Officer West, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied IFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process excessive-fines statutory-interpretation tax-evasion I.Hrjufj 'Hw viohifM / urjer ftrUi wi! {ul mins of )mn [Atf cJh. J J*i/W an aa, a t of j. f Z-&..T ', r 1 r. ; ■ S'
21-6625 Derrick Harrell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), i.e., one that "has as an elem…
21-6579 Cesar Hidrogo-Marin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of …
21-6589 Lamont Guinyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes a defendant's possession of a firearm or ammunition, is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's …
21-6592 Donald Stanley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi…
21-6601 Austin Woods v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c co-conspirator conspiracy crime-of-violence pinkerton-liability statutory-interpretation substantive-offense In 1946, this Court enunciated the Pinkerton theory of liability, which permits a defendant to be held liable for a substantive offense committed by a…
21-6602 Brandon Christian v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process factual-basis habeas-corpus plea-bargaining plea-validity sentencing statutory-interpretation In petitioner §2254 petition, Petitioner raises this question of error? The plea was not entered knowingly and voluntarily because the trial court fa…
21-6605 Jermaine Jackson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a).
21-6610 Cody Allen Bruner v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-12-14 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment finality-of-judgments habeas-corpus mcgirt oklahoma retroactivity statutory-interpretation supreme-court tribal-jurisdiction Whtf McGirf ]/. j^O s, c>i, (lbzo)j applies ~h) to/hJittiofls Anft\ 4]hen W&S an^uAtcl,u3t(t,
21-877 Ross Thacker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-12-14 Denied 18-usc-3582c1a 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons federal-procedure first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-6572 Jose Luis Ramos-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6584 Gregory Donell Eatmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-13 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-3553(a) criminal-procedure district-court-discretion first-step-act section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines This Court recently granted certiorari in Concepcion v. United States, No. 201650, on the question of whether, when deciding if it should "impose a re…
21-6575 Nathaniel Fields v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-10 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-861 First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company v. Giorgio Armani Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied circuit-split co-fiduciary contribution employee-benefits erisa fiduciary fiduciary-duty indemnity statutory-interpretation Whether, under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, a fiduciary can seek contribution and indemnity fr…
21-864 Geoffrey M. Young v. Garland "Andy" Barr Kentucky 2021-12-10 Denied ballot-challenge civil-procedure due-process judicial-review kentucky-law kentucky-revised-statutes motion-to-dismiss motion-to-set-aside standing statutory-interpretation On June 22, 2020, 1 filed a ballot challenge against U.S. Representative Andy Barr pursuant to KRS (Kentucky Revised Statutes) 118.176. It was never d…
21-866 Realgy, LLC v. Roberta Lindenbaum, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied Response Waived civil-rights content-based-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-recusal recusal retroactive-liability severability standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did this Court sever the government exception retroactively, and if so, is it permissible to reimpose the unequal treatment that this Court held "v…
21-867 Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-10 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie…
21-868 Oklahoma v. Kevin Tyler Foster Oklahoma 2021-12-10 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-857 Marcus Deangelo Jones v. Dewayne Hendrix, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-12-09 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-inmate habeas-corpus legal-innocence retroactivity statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, federal inmates can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review, with successive at…
21-6508 Daniel Jones v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appointment-of-counsel circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion motion-for-counsel pro-se-litigant standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT. OF APPEALS DECISION ERR AS A MATTER OF LAWIN DISMISSAL OF APPEAL PURSUANT TO 25 U.S.C.§ 1915(e), BASED SOLELY ON DEN…
21-6560 Carlo Donato v. United States Second Circuit 2021-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) covered-offense criminal-sentencing deportation first-step-act retroactive-penalty retroactivity section-924(c) sentencing stacking statutory-interpretation Whether, under the First Step Act, Act 403(a) Title 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) modify penalty the covered offense Act, due to the fact that the statutor…
21-6534 Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error jury-verdict residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a conviction obtained in reliance on an unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) may be sustained based on a revie…
21-6540 Alfred E. Daking, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-1b1.13 When Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98 473, Tit. II, ch. II, 98 Sta. 1987; 18 U.S.C. §3551, et seq.) , it provided a …
21-838 Penobscot Nation v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived alaska-pacific-fisheries indian-canons indian-canons-of-construction indian-settlement-acts maine-indian-settlement-acts penobscot-nation reservation reservation-boundaries statutory-interpretation tribal-rights Whether the Maine Indian Settlement Acts— consistent with this Court's precedents on statutory interpretation and the Indian canons of construction— …
21-840 United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1) indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes only the uplands of the islands in the main stem of the Penobscot River or also includes the surroun…
21-831 Matt P. Jacobsen v. Rushmore Loan Management Services, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response Waived claim-preclusion factfinding federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice logically-consistent mortgage-dispute prior-action res-judicata statutory-interpretation 1. Does Res Judicata apply when the earlier action(s) did not cover all the claims and allegations of the later case? 2. Must a District Court find f…
21-6512 Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w…
21-6524 Joshua James Mjoness v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-language crime-of-violence criminal-law mathis-precedent modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whet her, when applying the modified categorical approach under Mathis v. United States , 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) , a court may place determinative wei…
21-6525 George Patrick v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP class-of-felony criminal-procedure error-correction felony-classification judicial-authority revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation supervised-release A sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release is governed by the class of felony determined at the time of the original sentence. 18 U.S.C.…
21-6527 Ronald Johnson v. Kansas Kansas 2021-12-06 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process jurisdiction mandatory-minimums sentencing statutory-interpretation /. H/laij 4\e- slab of Kdi siahh CtCsA cll-fyss) Hid Was held b b ^ M CucIm fnl ^oflsliidioriW {/ioldfor 7 spoWc sauM*s clause- Mandafery senienee- M…
21-6501 Luke D. Patterson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation I) whother Conficing decisons withine A snge CooRt CAN PRESOTEL AN ONfAL SontaNCE dispaniy ) Wo D E And 2 US.C 158((A) (Co D gty As glouds fe A lasste…
21-6503 Pradeep Gupte v. University of Connecticut Second Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review child-pornography civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-6507 Lyle Quinton Brown v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-12-03 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights due-process judicial-decision jurisdiction native-american official-authority precedent retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Whether or not Matloff v. Wallace, 2021 OK CR 21 no retroactivity decision conflicts with the holding in Sharp v. Murphy, U.S. 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020…
21-823 Abdulla Nagi Naser Daifullah v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived citizenship-revocation civil-procedure congressional-power denaturalization due-process good-cause-affidavit jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement naturalization naturalization-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1451(a)'s requirement that the United States Attorney for the respective district institute proceedings is a jurisdictional require…
21-826 K. John Corrigan, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference bureau-of-land-management chevron-doctrine federal-land-policy-and-management-act grazing-preference judicial-review statutory-interpretation taylor-grazing-act Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly held that statutory silence on the issue before the court can be unambiguous for purposes of the Chevron doctrine …
21-829 Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-12-03 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent categorical-approach criminal-law federal-sentencing minor sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements state-statutes statutory-interpretation Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol…
21-818 EGAE, LLC, et al. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Ninth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Response Waived administrative-review appellate-review civil-monetary-penalties constitutional-claims constitutional-issues due-process hud judicial-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1. In 12 U.S.C. § 1735f-15( e), Congress authorized federal Courts of Appeals to take direct review of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development'…
21-819 Baxter Corporation Englewood v. Becton, Dickinson and Company Federal Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act expert-testimony inter-partes-review ordinary-remand-rule patent patent-challenge prior-art remand-rule statutory-interpretation A petitioner may challenge an issued patent in an inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an agency tribunal, but "only on…
21-6474 Kristie Leanne Sluder v. R. Patrick Bentancourt, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP adoption-and-safe-families-act civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process federal-statute ku-klux-klan-act liberty-interest notice-and-hearing standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did Macon County Department of Social Services Violate Conducted two weeks prior to my Foster daughter's placement in a group home? 2. Do foster P…
21-6453 Duane Nishiie, aka Suh Jae Hon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP fraud-offenses legal-interpretation precedent statute-of-limitations statutory-definition statutory-interpretation war-nexus wartime-suspension-act wartime-suspension-of-limitations-act I. Whether the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act suspends the statute of limitations for fraud offenses that have no nexus to the war or armed con…
21-6467 John D. Glenn, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud bank-fraud-statute circuit-court-split common-fraud definitional-term fraud-enforcement fraud-enforcement-and-recovery-act mortgage-lending-business statutory-interpretation third-circuit-ruling venture-capitalist-firms 1. Whether the Third Circuit's overbroad interpretation of what is a "mortgage lending business," a definitional term added by the Fraud Enforcement a…
21-6471 Jose Francisco Noesi v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner is eligible for a Title 18 U.S.C. Section 358a(c)(1)(A)(i), bd on the modiiction of Secon 35 C)A), through the First Step Act of J0…
21-6482 Calvin Wayne Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-6485 R. S. C. v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Texas 2021-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenge constitutional-challenge due-process facial-challenge fourteenth-amendment procedural-rights section-262.201(0) statutory-interpretation texas-family-code Does Texas Family Code, Section 262.201(o) violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because it is unconstit…
21-6486 Gary Green v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jury-bias jury-prejudice shackling statutory-interpretation 1. In Deck v. Missouri , 544 U.S. 622 (2005), this Court held that shackling a defendant in front of the jury is inherently prejudicial and violates d…
21-806 Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, et al. v. Ivanka Talevski, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gorgi Talevski, Deceased Seventh Circuit 2021-12-01 Judgment Issued Amici (32)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction medicaid medical-malpractice nursing-home-amendments nursing-homes private-rights section-1983 spending-clause statutory-interpretation third-party-beneficiaries 1. Whether, in light of compelling historical evidence to the contrary, the Court should reexamine its holding that Spending Clause legislation gives …
21-813 Michael Peck v. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied Response Waived civil-rights congressional-intent energy-reorganization-act nrc-employment nuclear-regulatory-commission sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation whistleblower whistleblower-protection In 2005, Congress amended the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ("ERA") to expressly include the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") as an employer …
21-816 Melvyn Gear v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-12-01 Denied appellate-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process firearms greer-v-united-states legal-status plain-error rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation This case presents two questions for review. 1. In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), this Court held in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §…
21-796 Marchand & Rossi, L.L.P., nka Marchand Law, L.L.P. v. Bryan K. White, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act first-to-file-rule fraud fraud-prosecution jurisdictional-bar parallel-state-laws qui-tam statutory-interpretation whistleblower The federal False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3730, includes an interrelated series of provisions intended to incentivize, through monetary awards…
21-798 Oklahoma v. Stephen Tanner Vineyard Oklahoma 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-799 Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fourth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure effective-date employment-law national-defense-authorization-act ndaa-provision protected-activities retaliation retaliation-claim retroactivity statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection 1. Whether whistleblower provision of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) protects employees from retaliation occurring after the provi…
21-6448 Joseph D. Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-30 GVR Relisted (4)IFP acca career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure occasions-different occasions-test sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation temporal-analysis 1. Should the courts employ a purely temporal approach or a "totality of the circumstances" test when interpreting the Career Criminal Act's phrase, "…
21-6460 Truman Jones v. United States Third Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-discretion prejudice remand sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the district court's refusal to accurately compute the extent of a Speedy Trial Act violation and to consider the government's district wid…
21-6461 Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose The aggravated identity theft statute imposes a mandatory consecutive sentence of minimum two years for "[w]hoever, during and in relation to any felo…
21-6431 Vegas D. Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review career-offender criminal-procedure explanation judicial-discretion procedural-error record sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit commit error when it affirmed the District Court's decision to deny petitioner's motion filed under 18…
21-6445 Ruben Vazquez-Ovalle v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Vazquez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
21-6406 Damoni Owens v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-6418 Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text o…
21-6427 Antonio Lorensito Garrido v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-crimes mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Should this Court resolve a division among the circuit courts regarding whether the two-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2D1.1(b)(5) for the…
21-773 Oklahoma v. Harold Denton McCurtain Oklahoma 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-767 Clinton Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-768 Lil’ Man in the Boat, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied 42-usc-1983 commerce-clause fees-and-obligations navigable-waters rivers-and-harbors-act statutory-interpretation tonnage-clause Pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Act, Congress provided that "No taxes, tolls, operating charges, fees, or any other impositions whatever shall be l…
21-769 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Amici (1) allotment congressional-intent federal-reservation indian-land-rights indian-law sixth-circuit-ruling statutory-interpretation superintendence treaty-interpretation treaty-of-detroit treaty-rights Whether the 1855 Treaty of Detroit established a federal reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians?
21-6376 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-23 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing eligibility first-step-act judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation The question presented here is analogous to the question presented in Concepcion v. United States, No. 20-1650, on which this Court recently granted c…
21-6383 Harinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split concealment criminal-conviction drug-proceeds federal-statute insufficient-evidence money-laundering regalado-cuellar statutory-interpretation Where the evidence at trial was insufficient was insufficient to prove that the design or purpose of the cash transmittals was to "conceal or disguise…
21-6389 Thamud Eldridge v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-23 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery categorical-crime-of-violence crime-of-violence hobbs-act sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-right statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a categorical crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). This Cour…
21-6391 Hai A. Duong v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2021-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity legislative-amendment non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w…
21-6347 Justin Dwight Sholley-Gonzalez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process intimate-partner-violence plain-error rehaif-error restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial based on plain error is required where the defendant maintained at all times during his pre-Rehaif prosecution that the state cour…
21-757 Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-11-22 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (33)Response RequestedRelisted (4) 35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-scope enablement enablement-requirement invention-disclosure judicial-review patent patent-law statutory-interpretation undue-experimentation written-description 1. Whether enablement is "a question of fact to be determined by the jury," Wood v. Underhill, 46 U.S. (5 How.) 1, 4 (1846), as this Court has held, o…
21-751 Dr. Ralph Slaughter v. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System Louisiana 2021-11-19 Denied Response Waived compensation-calculation constitutional-challenge equal-protection judges law-enforcement retirement-benefits state-employees statutory-interpretation supplemental-pay Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System ("LASERS") violate the Equal Protection Clause by defining earned compen…
21-6327 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia Virginia 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission expert-testimony fair-trial free-exercise standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure 1. Should this matter been allowed to progress to a civil commitment trial since the Respondent incarcerated the Petitioner for exercising his Constit…
21-6349 Victor Hurns v. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-acquittal judicial-review legal-procedure newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN THE MISSISSIPPI TRIAL COURT BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT WAS CLEARLY ERRONEOUS AND CO…
21-6355 Everett Earl Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-felony Whether, under the Supreme Court precedent established in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Parker's life sentence for count 1 shou…
21-6361 Marcus Crawley, aka Holyfield v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states due-process judicial-review plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation If a defendant pleaded guilty to a § 924(c) charge and a predicate crime of violence that is no longer valid after Davis, may a reviewing court search…
21-6335 Chi Mak v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors statutory-factors statutory-interpretation Whether the district court abused its direction and acted unreasonably in denying Mak's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c), by …
21-6318 Michael Aaron Aldridge v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness supervised-release 1. Whether the district court exceeded the statutory maximum sentence of 24 months imprisonment when it imposed five separate sentences of imprisonmen…
21-729 Shirene Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-17 Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-circuits fiduciary-duty honest-services-fraud ninth-circuit-precedent skilling-standard skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation The Court avoided a "vagueness shoal" in Skilling by holding that 18 U.S.C. § 1346's prohibition on schemes targeting "the intangible right of honest …
21-734 Oklahoma v. Justin Dale Little Oklahoma 2021-11-17 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-721 Transpacific Steel LLC, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Amici (2) delegation-of-legislative-power federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng national-security presidential-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tariff-imposition tariffs trade-expansion-act-1962 trade-regulation 1. Whether the President acted outside of the scope of the statutory authority Congress granted under section 232 by doubling the tariff on steel impo…
21-728 Pedro Dino Cedado Nuñez, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure customary-international-law drug-enforcement international-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-test maritime-drug-law maritime-law statutory-interpretation vessel-nationality The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act authorizes the United States to prosecute certain drug crimes committed aboard a "covered vessel." 46 U.S.C. § 7…
21-6295 Jmarreon Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review attempt controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference fifth-circuit judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err when it deferred to the United States Sentencing Commission's use of commentary in its Guidelines Manual to…
21-6297 Henry Cervantes and Jaime Cervantes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-statute jury-trial obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation As to both petitioners, 1. Whether the federal obstruction of justice statute, 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2) (obstruction of an official proceeding), can be …
21-6278 Joseph Fenelon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP attempted-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach clean-vehicle crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force The question presented is whether an attempted bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113, which may be completed even if it is abandoned before anyone knows…
21-6280 Johnny Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy drug-distribution-conspiracy due-process enhanced-sentence mens-rea statutory-construction statutory-interpretation When the Government clearly defines the scope and object of a drug distribution conspiracy in a charging Indictment, do the lower courts err when they…
21-704 Oklahoma v. Samantha Ann Perales Oklahoma 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-710 Valerie Jackson v. Lupe Valdez, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied 28-usc-144 28-usc-455 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal standing statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may disregard this Court's precedent and the plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 144, review and rebut the merits of an affidavit s…
21-711 Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. v. Hasbro, Inc., et al. First Circuit 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1909-act 1976-act copyright copyright-law copyright-ownership employer-employee independent-contractor statutory-interpretation work-for-hire Whether a party that commissions a work from an independent contractor qualifies as the creator's "employer" within the meaning of the Copyright Act o…
21-6232 Jason Stallcup v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does completed Hobbs Act robbery qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
21-6234 Edward Stain v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction crimes-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner Stain asks this Court to address whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is unconstitutional when the Shepard documents do not cle…
21-6249 Daniel Rosa v. Bruce Gelb, Superintendent, Souza Baranowski Correctional Center First Circuit 2021-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeal's decision that failed to provide a reasoned justification for denying a Certificate of Appealability, but rather stated onl…
21-6224 Tony Ford v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-10 GVR Relisted (3)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-6228 Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Urena v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements When a notice to appear fails to include information required by statute and/or regulation, does the immigration court lack jurisdiction over the matt…
21-6231 Christopher Lee Scott v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offenses divisibility fourth-circuit-review modified-categorical-approach precedent remand sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether this case should be remanded for the Fourth Circuit to decide the issue presented below, which is whether S.C. Code §§ 44-53-370 and 44-53-…
21-6247 Andrew Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-11-10 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-delay motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation suspension-clause I. Does an inordinate delay of almost six years -- as a matter of law -- render a motion to vacate under 28 USC 2255 inadequate or ineffective to the …
21-6248 Oliver Vaughn Douce Al Dey v. New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, et al. Third Circuit 2021-11-10 Dismissed IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation 1/Whether federal court U.S. judge bias abuse discretion. Or error over look 28 USC 1441 2/Whether IV-D agency may deprive a parent, daughter of fit …
21-683 John C. Kitchin, Jr., et al. v. Bridgeton Landfill, LLC, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-11-09 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure class-action-fairness-act defendant-conduct federal-jurisdiction local-controversy-exception significant-basis statutory-interpretation Under the Class Action Fairness Act's "local controversy" exception, a federal district court must decline jurisdiction over a class action in which, …
21-6212 Anthony De La Torriente v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied IFP circuit-split consent criminal-liability intoxication physical-incapability physical-incapacity rule-of-lenity sexual-abuse sexual-abuse-statute statutory-interpretation The federal sexual abuse statu te, 18 U.S.C. § 2242(2)(B) , criminalizes a " sexual act with another person if that other person is . . . physically i…
21-6217 Alberto Grajales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error judicial-review residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) may be sustained b…
21-6218 Matthew Manuel Barnett v. Colorado Colorado 2021-11-08 Denied IFP certiorari civil-rights criminal-law due-process influence-statute private-corporation public-servant state-law statutory-interpretation In this case of first impression, Colorado Supreme Court denied certiorari affirmed a conviction upheld by the Court of Appeals stating that an employ…
21-6197 Lance Arnold Kingbird v. Vicki Janssen, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists similar-facts statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
21-672 Steven B. Barger v. First Data Corporation Second Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied cost-savings employee-rights employer-obligations employment-rights fmla fmla-restoration leave-of-absence restoration-entitlement statutory-interpretation termination The statutory language of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ("FMLA") provides that employees are "entitled to be restored" to…
21-673 Robert Allen Austin v. James McCann, Judge, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation due-process free-speech judicial-procedure standing statutory-interpretation What Statute grants Federal and State Judges the use of Defamation 18 U.S.C. § 4101(1) in part or as a whole to deprive a United States Citizen of a P…
21-674 North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees v. Maxwell Kadel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied 11th-amendment civil-rights discrimination-waiver eleventh-amendment federal-financial-assistance rehabilitation-act sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Section 1003 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986 provides that a State "shall not be immune under the Eleventh Amendment . . . from suit in F…
21-675 Jeffrey G. Carswell, et al. v. E. Pihl & Sons, et al. First Circuit 2021-11-05 Denied administrative-law administrative-support congressional-intent director-standing federal-review-jurisdiction jurisdictional-review labor-director longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act private-fund statutory-interpretation wage-loss-claims workers-compensation If the First Circuit had jurisdiction to review Petitioners' wage-loss claims, did its finding that a US Labor Director could oppose their claims to p…
21-6192 Benjamin Joseph Langford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process habeas-relief iowa-robbery-statute johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation three-strikes united-states-v-johnson Whether Mr. Langford was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his "three strikes" mandatory life sentence, pursuant to United States v. John…
21-664 Patrick J. Downey v. City of Toledo, Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-11-04 Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process federalism fourteenth-amendment home-rule municipal-ordinance police-powers statutory-interpretation Do federal courts have legal authority to alter or amend the plain meaning of a lawfully-enacted statute of a sovereign state or a lawfully-enacted or…
21-6174 Antonio Smith v. Arkansas Arkansas 2021-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing state-law statutory-interpretation X Does Tk-e, T~&cA~ TU4- Arlc&^sas dosUs AnyxcXaXc^A \ k 'HO' %O^j /Vnji ] lo-^ r\-] C>\ CJ&) /Vs Xrh ti DiS cr^rh0\C^\/ LovtaUC OCi^. a-r4vre. /Iwd T…
21-6176 Dwaine Collymore, aka Twin v. United States Second Circuit 2021-11-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-robbery crime-of-violence exceptional-importance federal-criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, which may be completed through an attempted threat alone, see 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), falls outside the definition o…
21-6179 Leoncio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP civil-rights criminal-justice due-process first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation I . LJh&lhtf " <1 redt/O^ ^Scnle^Xju Pc/^Ujrct +0 § a-f- #!t 'firsf ST<5/> Acf of dto/S" Ctyc/ireJ' P / e»oa >*-/ 'feserx ^ ^ . nd %5djs4wA.fi <rJ or…
21-6161 Adam Rene Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE PROTECTION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEE…
21-6166 Ángel De la Cruz v. United States First Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-offense due-process first-step-act maritime-drug-law safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation terry-v-united-states The Pre-First Step Act Safety Valve was widely applied to the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), a statute whose punishment criteria and eleme…
21-658 Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-11-03 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite …
21-660 Freelancer International Pty Limited, et al. v. Upwork Global, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-03 Denied Response Waived counterfeit-mark fair-use fair-use-defense irreparable-harm preliminary-injunction retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-law For at least a decade, the petitioner has been using the registered and now-incontestable trademark "Freelancer" in commerce with various goods and se…
21-644 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-state-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma , 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) , should be over ruled.
21-645 Oklahoma v. Chandler Kyle Ned Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-646 Oklahoma v. Dameon Lamar Leathers Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-jurisdiction precedent-challenge stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-6136 Marcio Santos-Portillo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-exclusion federal-law-enforcement judicial-discretion procedural-remedy separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation Whether a federal court has the discretion to exclude evidence obtained by federal law enforcement agents in violation of a federal statute, as three …
21-6144 Johnnie Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-11-02 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation (1) Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence u…
21-6113 Clinton Rayshawn Grayson v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
21-6127 In Re Howard Griffith 2021-11-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-rules habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation What was the reason for not making application for writ of habeas corpus to the district court of the district in which I am being held? (Rule 20.4[a]…
21-6139 Yency Nuñez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-11-01 Denied IFP appellate-procedure article-iii circuit-courts circuit-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-facts maritime-drug-law precedent statutory-interpretation Petitioner Yency Nuñez and the government agree that, although the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act makes proof of jurisdictional facts indispensable…
21-6131 Jose Alfredo Gonzalez-Mares v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-627 Air Transport Association of America, Inc., dba Airlines for America v. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) airline-deregulation-act carrier-prices-routes-services circuit-split federal-law morales-v-trans-world-airlines preemption state-law statutory-interpretation transportation-regulation The Airline Deregulation Act ("ADA") expressly preempts any state law "related to a price, route, or service of an air carrier." 49 U.S.C. § 41713(b)(…
21-631 Emily S. Wilson, as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph A. Wilson, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law chevron-deference foreign-trust irs-policy irs-reporting statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-penalty Beginning in 1997, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") required the owners of foreign trusts to file an annual Form 3520, disclosing the trust's fina…
21-6109 Jackie Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-authority probable-cause reasons-for-granting search-warrant statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights 1. When a lower Court removes a waiver and assigns counsel for appeal, then by asserting the waiver, they had removed, covers under its scope the deni…
21-6115 Jaime Mayorga v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-v-california criminal-conviction criminal-procedure harmless-error intent-to-defraud jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-neder Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's instructional error claim, which did not examine evidence Petitioner proffered regarding his lack …
21-6118 Kevin Folse v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law new-mexico sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unlawful-force violent-crime New Mexico courts have held that the state's aggravated battery statute can be violated by unlawful touching alone. Unlawful touch that results in bod…
21-6121 Luis Enrique Lario-Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-28 Denied IFP commentary crimes-of-violence criminal-enhancement guideline-commentary prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Sentencing Commission can use commentary to expand an unambiguous Guideline that applies to enhancements for prior convictions for crimes …
21-6076 Lukeen Gerald v. United States Third Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether Hobbs Act Robbery, 18 U.S.C § 1951 (a) remains a predicate crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C § 924(c) under the elements clause after…
21-6107 Thomas Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-27 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments presidential-commutation sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an eligible defendant under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a distric…
21-6071 Aldridge Robinson, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act section-1951 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3).
21-6077 Torri McCray v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split due-process fact-finding fentanyl-analogue fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct 1. As every Federal Court of Appeals has now taken a position, should this Court resolve the Circuit split as to the proper fact-finding standard for …
21-6078 Melvin Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-608 Oklahoma v. Laurie Jean Martin Oklahoma 2021-10-26 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-6068 Ronald Tingle v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-3582 district-court drug-offenses extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-compelling-reasons first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district judge is categorically prohibited from considering the First Step Act's amendment to penalties for drug offenses when determining w…
21-6054 Benjamin Koziol v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-criminal-interpretation criminal-liability extortion hobbs-act legal-precedent leocal-v-ashcroft ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation A. The Ninth Circuit has placed itself in conflict with several other circuits by criminalizing any baseless threat to sue as Hobbs Act extortion. Thi…
21-6056 Terrance V. Frelix v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
21-6062 Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation I. BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL OVER THIS MATTER, CAN THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S COMMENTS TAKE PRECED…
21-584 Agendia, Inc. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure delegation-of-authority local-coverage-determination medicare-act medicare-administrative-contractor medicare-coverage-policy medicare-policy rulemaking-requirements statutory-interpretation Whether the rulemaking requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 1395hh(a)(2) apply to a Medicare policy deeming all molecular diagnostic laboratory tests "investig…
21-6046 Jacques Lisbey v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is unconstitutional on its face and as-applied because Congress lacks the power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize…
21-6049 Aaron Christopher Pena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offenses importation knowledge-standard mens-rea methamphetamine offense-level-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether an offense level enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines that applies when "the offense involved the importation of amphetamine or methamp…
21-6010 Robert D. Sutton v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a defendant may seek a sentence reduction based, in part, on "extraordinary and compelling reasons." In 2018, Congres…
21-6020 Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process sentencing-guidelines specific-intent statutory-interpretation terrorism-enhancement Question 1: This Court should resolve the circuit split that has developed by finding that the twelve-level terrorism enhancement under U.S.S.G. §3A1.…
21-6027 Fidel Anguiano Gallardo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2021-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-6028 Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-20 GVR IFP borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing intervening-development sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-robbery ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery by injury, Tex. Penal Code §29.02(a)(1) constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
21-568 Jason Jarvis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Amici (1) criminal-law criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-law federal-law-change judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
21-5998 In Re Anthony Terry 2021-10-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender circuit-precedent circuit-split criminal-procedure elements-clause mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation In a previous holding (Borden v United States, 141 S.Ct. 1817 (2021)), this Court determined that a mens rea element of "knowing and purposeful" is re…
21-6002 Mario Bachiller v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-conviction jury-instructions predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis "It has long been settled that when a case is submitted to the jury on alternative theories the unconstitutionality of any of the theories requires th…
21-6005 Terrell Hunter v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-element criminal-statute drug-proceeds drug-robbery federal-jurisdiction federal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Did the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals, that the commerce element of the Hobbs Act is satisfied by the robbery of moneys int…
21-6007 Carlton Potts, aka Pep v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion factual-developments fair-sentencing-act first-step-act legal-developments sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an eligible defendant under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a distric…
21-6009 Jose Moyhernandez, aka Yindo v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-19 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to "impose a reduced sent…
21-5982 Marcus Matthews v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines georgia-criminal-code sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines Does a conviction under Official Code of Georgia Annotated ("OCGA") § 1613-30 qualify as a "controlled substance offense" for purposes of enhancing a …
21-552 Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., et al. v. Edward Anderson, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Amici (1) chadbourne-v-troice circuit-split covered-securities in-connection-with merrill-lynch-v-dabit securities-exchange-act securities-litigation slusa statutory-interpretation uniform-standards-act Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with other Courts of Appeals, erred in concluding that Troice narrowed Dabit's interpretation of SLUSA's "in co…
21-5984 Zacharia Allen Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act causation-of-injury circuit-split criminal-statute failure-to-act force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-force (1) Whether a statute that only requires causation-of-injury and not the affirmative application of force satisfies the violent force requirement of t…
21-551 John J. Watford v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-14 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown …
21-546 Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-13 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-548 David J. Zawistowski v. Michael D. Kramer, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 ankenbrandt-v-richards diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the domestic relations exception apply to federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or is the exception limited to diversity jurisdict…
21-5958 Aaron Christopher Pleasant v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-regulation federal-power firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
21-531 Jerome D. Lee, Stephen E. Brown-Bennett, and Taylor Lee & Associates LLC v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response Waived available-funds civil-procedure cja-vouchers contempt contract-authority due-process fee-inquiry judicial-discretion reimbursement standing statutory-interpretation sua-sponte I. DID THE LOWER COURT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, SUA SPONTE, SET ASIDE THE PETITIONERS' CONTRACTS, AND CONDUCT AN FEE INQUIRY INTO WHETHER OR NOT FUNDS W…
21-5940 Jovani Jacobo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-reasons federal-courts federal-prisoners judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation The federal compassionate-release statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits sentencing courts to release federal prisoners for "extraordinary and co…
21-528 Willie H. Goffney, Jr., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review medicare medicare-claims regulatory-deference regulatory-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997) and Kisor v. Wilkie, --- U.S. ---, 189 S.Ct. 2400 (2019), s…
21-5930 Albert M. Ranieri v. Vicky Moser, Warden Third Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3613(b) ex-post-facto mandatory-victims-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victim-witness-protection-act vwpa 1) Is the VWPA the controlling law regarding payment of the Order of Restitution in the underlying criminal action and is the Ex Post Facto Clause of …
21-516 Justin Haggerty v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied 18-usc-1152 affirmative-defense criminal-procedure element federal-jurisdiction indian-country interracial interracial-offense statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Whether the "interracial" nature of a minor offense in Indian Country is an element of 18 U.S.C. § 1152, rather than an affirmative defense, and th…
21-518 AlixPartners, LLP, et al. v. The Fund for Protection of Investors' Rights in Foreign States Second Circuit 2021-10-07 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) 28-usc-1782 arbitration-proceeding commercial-dispute discovery discovery-authorization foreign-tribunal international-tribunal investor-state-arbitration investor-state-dispute section-1782 statutory-interpretation Whether a n ad hoc arbitration to resolve a commercial dispute between two parties is a "foreign or international tribunal" under 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) …
21-519 Growth Energy v. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. District of Columbia 2021-10-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-interpretation ethanol-blending ethanol-waiver fuel-blends reid-vapor-pressure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation volatility-limit Whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency may interpret the ethanol-waiver provision in 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4) to apply to fuel blends…
21-5922 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice that occurred when lower Court unc…
21-5927 In Re Lindsey Orr 2021-10-07 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-authorization detention-authority due-process federal-law first-time-offender legislative-intent patent standing statutory-interpretation takings I. TVa Following &uUtUnIs Based UP5n THt Fait [ Hat Fxuptional ti U'umshrun Vlarrant TKt txmiH Of The tourU Biuret unary Powers Baud Upon ThU*Extrcw…
21-5916 Ramiro Medina-Oliden v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
21-511 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III Sixth Circuit 2021-10-06 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (3) all-writs-act circuit-split evidentiary-development federal-court habeas-corpus state-prisoner state-prisoners statutory-interpretation transportation writ-of-transportation 1. 28 U.S.C. §2241(c) allows federal courts to issue a writ of habeas corpus ordering the transportation of a state prisoner only when necessary to br…
21-502 Oklahoma v. Terrance Lucas Cottingham Oklahoma 2021-10-05 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5886 Sasha Trieste McGarity v. Birmingham Public Schools, dba West Maple Elementary - Bloomfield Hills Sixth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-1652 28-usc-8004 civil-procedure court-rules due-process electronic-filing federal-procedure legal-service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Does filing an answer with the court via electronic means but failing to serve the plaintiff satisfy service of process in accordance with 28 U.S. Cod…
21-5891 Archie Ned Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process hobbs-act-robbery physical-force pinkerton-liability section-924c statutory-interpretation 1. Must the "use of physical force" required to establish a predicate crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) be personal to the defendant co…
21-5872 Antonio Donnel Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled …
21-5874 Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-10-04 GVR Relisted (3)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-law constitutional-precedent covered-offense criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the "as if" language in Section 404(b) of the First Step Act requires a sentencing court to disregard intervening, but well-established consti…
21-5875 Kenneth J. Jackson, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-sentencing de-novo-sentencing first-step-act retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the sentencing amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) enacted by the First Step Act of 2018 (the "First Step Act", "FSA", or "Act"), Pub. L. No. …
21-5881 In Re Marjorie Creamer 2021-10-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process employment free-speech jurisdictional-issues legal-procedure statutory-interpretation workplace-policies writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
21-495 Dennis Black, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Sixth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure due-process erisa judicial-oversight pbgc pension-plan pension-termination statutory-interpretation The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") carefully spells out the process to terminate a distressed pension plan insured by the Pension B…
21-496 Martez L. Smith v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) categorical-approach conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure guideline-interpretation overt-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the categorical approach for generic offenses applies to the offense of conspiring under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 Application Note 1 and requires a…
21-484 Oklahoma v. Sonny Raye McCombs Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty standing statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-486 Oklahoma v. Dakota James Alleyn Shriver Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-jurisdiction native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law oklahoma-sovereignty precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-487 Oklahoma v. David Deval Martin Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-boundaries native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5843 Brandon Lamar Pruitt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment jury-instruction mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation 1. The federal sex trafficking statute requires that the government prove the defendant knew his/her own actions would cause the victim to engage in a…
21-5827 Jerry Ray Craine v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession government-prosecution mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the government must prove, as an element of a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), that defendant knew his constitutionally protected cond…
21-5829 Amar Taylor v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis 1. Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) remains valid in light of United …
21-482 Hassan Sharif Ali, aka Big Hassan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied Response Waived categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-code united-states-v-davis Whether a court must apply the modified categorical approach to determine whether a verdict of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) necessarily rests o…
21-5815 Jose Antonio Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5822 Tahji Antonio Eley, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act-robbery section-924(c) sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a "crime of violence" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3).
21-465 James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the term "relevant official service department records" in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s "reconsideration" provision encompasses all records that …
21-470 Eric Lee Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-28 Denied appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rule-criminal-procedure judicial-precedent legal-standard plain-error precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether an error can be "plain" within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) based on established legal principles, or whether an er…
21-462 Jolie Johnson, et al. v. Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care LLC Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act fraud fraud-pleading government-claims pleading rule-9(b) rule-9b statutory-interpretation Whether Rule 9(b) requires plaintiffs in False Claims Act cases who plead a fraudulent scheme with particularity to also plead specific details of fal…
21-5789 KT Burgee, aka Kape Teal Burgee v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-classification federal-offense minor minor-protection residual-clause sex-offender-registration sex-offense sorna statutory-interpretation It is a federal offense for a person who is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to knowing…
21-5787 In Re Randall Thomas McArty 2021-09-24 Dismissed IFP civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Whethe the prima fai requiement in 28uss 2244() wud funtion enn renen ennt f a sentn ot ld l dee etio of nelease or paude. 2). Whether 28 usc 246 …
21-5769 Joseph R. Dickey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2244(b) 2255 60(b) actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation federal-prisoners habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation 1. In light of the fact that actual innocence supported by newly discovered evidence acts as a de facto suspension of habeas corpus by applying 2244(b…
21-5772 Charles Eason v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court armed-career-criminal-act chemical constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-procedure drug-classification drug-manufacturing remand sentencing-enhancement serious-drug statutory-interpretation I. When the Appellate Court Interprets"Promotion" Of A Chimical that "Could" be used to Manufacture as a "Serious Drug" is Remand Required ? II. If…
21-5731 Sheridan Sisk v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied IFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Guideline applicable to a felon in possession, U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, increase s a defendant's base offense level if a defendant has prior "controlled …
21-5743 Rafael Fernandez Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation 1. Is it appropriate for a court to apply old policy statements, specifically reserved for agencies to follow, to new statutory constructions that eli…
21-5746 In Re Conghau Huu To 2021-09-22 Denied IFP criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court-procedure due-process federal-review gatekeeping habeas-corpus judicial-integrity newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5758 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-law harmless-error statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause invalidated in Unit…
21-443 William Beaumont Hospital v. United States, ex rel. David Felten Sixth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure employee employment-status false-claims-act qui-tam retaliation standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)(1) protects an "employee" against retaliation for trying to stop a violation of the False Claims Act. The question presented is wh…
21-445 Floyd Calhoun Dent, III v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-09-22 Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute federal-healthcare-programs healthcare-fraud independent-contractor independent-contractors marketing medical-referral referral remuneration sales-commission statutory-interpretation Whether the AKS prohibits the payment of sales commissions to independent contractors who make marketing presentations to physicians but who are not m…
21-5738 Daniel Jose Gomez v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-21 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jury-trial statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5717 Brandon Demon Blackmon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault criminal-law guidelines sentencing statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
21-5725 Sergio Amaya-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.s.-991(b) 5th-circuit circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing role-adjustment sentencing-fairness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-3b1.2 1. Whether the 5th Circuit Court has qualified the minor and minimal role adjustment commentary under U.S.S.G. §3 B1.2 such that the sentences in cons…
21-5690 Pedro Zavala-Armendariz v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court judicial-discretion safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court err by not adequately explaining its ruling in applying or not applying the safety valve in connection with 18 U.S.C. §3553(f)?
21-5699 Al-Kareem Rasool-Rachmaan Collier v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-17 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation supreme-court ^■Mou) d_tfie6j'M' mcI -the petitioner? l\MMJlUm&„i4)A$LCmmitte4S- _ ^ _ ^J^^6-^ilsct^t £&4t ktiJ? ~0uhide_m£(uinceJmproi&JyJ r(,u4kU&„k^ p _ __ %-…
21-5710 Charles L. Fieldgrove v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, et al. Nebraska 2021-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation A Criminal Defendant's initial Habeas Corpus action, filed for the purpose determining the validty of the statutes convicted and sentence under, as be…
21-5673 Timothy Brandon Fredrickson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography consensual-transmission constitutional-law constitutional-overbreadth criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech image-production statutory-interpretation Whether Section 18 USC 2251(a) is overbroad in that it provides punishment for constitutionally protected activity in the inducement of consensual pro…
21-5664 Maurice L. Ross v. United States Third Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 24(c), since the elements of Hobbs Act robbery, especially atte…
21-5671 Vicente Corona v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons sentencing-disparities sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court …
21-400 Melecia Baltazar-Sebastian v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Response Waived article-iii-court bail-reform-act civil-detention executive-branch executive-branch-authority immigration-and-nationality-act immigration-detention separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether it violates the separation of powers for executive branch officials to keep a person in civil detention on the basis of factual findings th…
21-401 ZF Automotive US, Inc., et al. v. Luxshare, Ltd. Sixth Circuit 2021-09-14 Denied Amici (8)Relisted (3) arbitration-law civil-procedure evidence-gathering federal-jurisdiction foreign-tribunal international-tribunal judicial-assistance private-arbitration statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), which permits litigants to invoke the authority of United States courts to render assistance in gathering evidence for us…
21-404 United States v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-09-14 Judgment Issued Amici (1) contract-workers federal-contract-workers federal-facilities intergovernmental-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause workers-compensation Whether a state workers' compensation law that applies exclusively to federal contract workers who perform services at a specified federal facility is…
21-5650 Carl Richard Samson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-13 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), meaning that it "ha…
21-5657 Chris Eugene Cosner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery career-offender categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing statutory-interpretation This petition presents a straightforward case for certiorari review. The question presented is whether, under the categorical approach of the elements…
21-5633 Roland J. McLain v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-09-10 Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law due-process federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.2(b) , including as it is incorporated into U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, include substances that are …
21-5627 William Brinson Ball v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction international-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) extends to conduct occurring outside the United States.
21-5631 Elton Vallare v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-09-09 Dismissed IFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution What is the unit of prosecution under § 2252A(a)(5)(B)?
21-5638 Davin Griffin v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-rights due-process factual-innocence first-step-act habeas-corpus sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the lower court courts denial of relief in a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2241 ON THE QUESTION OF FACTUAL AND ACTUAL INNOCE…
21-5639 Siliaivaoese Fuimaona v. D. Hudson, Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences criminal-appeal custody federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review ninth-circuit parole sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation k)kje.-rkfiA +VUL U'5- CouA-t-o-f. Appeals, 44 a +VuL 4 C>N:ai^ cPf>Mio^ ;as u>eN at> -vW ©p<* '<M ©44U£ . ftfe-tNc-*' CcuM- -VW btetXcto4 ^av\SGS Qj…
21-5604 Daniel Chase Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3261 18-usc-7 circuit-split civilian-jurisdiction due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-criminal-law military-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation 1) Whether U.S. military or civilian courts have exclusive jurisdiction of service members for their overseas conduct on foreign U.S. military install…
21-369 Oklahoma v. Bea Ann Epperson Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-370 Oklahoma v. Travis Dray Stewart Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-371 Oklahoma v. Jeffery Arch Jones Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-372 Oklahoma v. Charles Michael Cooper Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-373 Oklahoma v. Joses Ric-E Beck Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5584 Guerly Alexis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit equal-protection fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant whose offense preceded the enactment of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, and who was sentenced after its enactment, but not necess…
21-5586 Tyrone Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2021-09-07 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act motion-to-vacate sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery meets the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A).
21-348 Johnson & Johnson, et al. v. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General of Mississippi, ex rel. Mississippi Mississippi 2021-09-03 Denied Amici (7) administrative-law agency-action chevron-deference civil-rights due-process notice-and-comment-rulemaking police-powers preemption preemption-clause state-police-powers statutory-interpretation 1. In Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust, this Court held that courts should "not invoke any presumption against pre-emption" when a "s…
21-339 Ali Hamza Suliman Al Bahlul v. United States District of Columbia 2021-09-02 Denied administrative-law agency-discretion agency-head appointments-clause binding-upon-all executive-power final-and-conclusive judicial-review principal-officer sole-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. Is an agency head, who is statutorily given the "sole discretion and prerogative" to make "final and conclusive" decisions in adjudications that ar…
21-5563 William Ferguson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-09-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-242 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense section-924c statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether a defendant's convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) should be vacated, where each § 924(c) charge had, as an underlying predicate, a vi…
21-5555 Ross Allen Hartwell v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial jurisdictional-limits jury legal-interpretation sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-interpretation Does the Supreme Court Sanction vs. Washington delete US 068 (4284) lower Courts to present defense atheists to Violate co defendants Cig to a fair an…
21-319 Oklahoma v. Nacole Ryan Bain Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-320 Oklahoma v. Robert William Perry, II Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-321 Oklahoma v. Ryan Cortlan Johnson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-322 Oklahoma v. Joseph Harjo Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-323 Oklahoma v. Michael Eugene Spears Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-324 Oklahoma v. Kadetrix Devon Grayson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-325 Oklahoma v. Matthew Steven Janson Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-law due-process federalism mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-326 Oklahoma v. Devin Warren Sizemore Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-327 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-332 William A. White v. Daniel Sproul, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-09-01 Denied Response Waived 18-USC-1503 18-USC-373 28-USC-2241 28-USC-2255(e) federal-criminal-law habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge non-existent-offense post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation When, if ever, is relief available under 28 USC §2241 and 28 USC. §2255 (e), where a person stands convicted and remains in custody for a non-existant…
21-309 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Latrice Saxon Seventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) circuit-city-stores-v-adams circuit-split contract-exemption eastus-v-iss-facility-services federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce ramp-agent-supervisor statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether workers who load or unload goods from vehicles that travel in interstate commerce, but do not physically transport such goods themselves, are …
21-316 Lorenzo Williams v. Steve Kallis, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-conflict circuit-split federal-habeas habeas-corpus mathis-decision mathis-v-united-states section-2241 section-2255 statutory-interpretation This Petition seeks to resolve a circuit conflict. Persons convicted of a federal offense can file a petition to challenge their convictions pursuant …
21-5520 Brunson Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process individual-liberty judicial-review legal-precedent patent standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5511 Jose Cesar Sanchez, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied IFP alleyne circuit-split criminal-law drug-conspiracy foreseeability rehaif scienter sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Like most other circuits, the Ninth Circuit has long held that an individual coconspirator convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 846 is liable only for the type…
21-296 AMN Services, LLC v. Verna Clarke, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) employee-reimbursement fair-labor-standards-act overtime overtime-compensation per-diem-allowance per-diem-allowances regular-rate statutory-interpretation traveling-expenses Whether, under the FLSA, per-diem allowances for traveling expenses, which are reduced when the employee fails to work a contractually required shift,…
21-297 Travis Croft v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act carjacking categorical-approach force-clause fourth-circuit intimidation south-carolina statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in concluding that a conviction for South Carolina carjacking, S.C. Code § 16-3-1075, is categorically a crime of …
21-299 Montgomery County, Maryland v. Yasmin Reyazuddin Fourth Circuit 2021-08-30 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-relief legal-standing prevailing-party standing statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff who obtains no judicial relief is a "prevailing party" entitled to attorney's fees.
21-5508 Marc Norfleet v. John R. Baldwin, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-08-27 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3582 access-to-courts civil-rights compassionate-release due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing indigent-status prisoner-rights sanctions sentence-modification statutory-interpretation Upon 8/04/15 (9) Court's Denial of Petitioner's Constitutional Violation of Petitioner's USC Fourteenth Amendment due process Clause, equal protection…
21-5503 Eric Henry Woodberry and Bradford Marselas Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-length firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea prosecutorial-burden sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(B)(i) requires the government to prove that a defendant knew of the length of the firearm carried during the commission …
21-5479 Francisco Almanza-Garcia v. Rick Coursey, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-motion post-conviction-relief procedural-timeliness state-post-conviction-review statutory-interpretation Does the plain meaning of "properly filed" in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) include a timely filed motion for the determination of the state appellate court's j…
21-5480 Charles Bryant v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-25 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 increased the threshold amounts of crack cocaine – from 5 and 50 grams to 28 and 280 grams – needed to trigger two man…
21-271 Raymond Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Fourth Circuit 2021-08-25 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-immunity civil-procedure fourth-circuit governmental-unit hospital-authority local-government private-hospitals statutory-interpretation Can a multibillion-dollar "hospital authority" that operates in multiple States in a manner indistinguishable from private hospitals be a "local go…
21-267 James Garfield Broadnax v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 28-usc-2254 batson-challenge cullen-v-pinholster evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether, under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Cullen v. Pinholster, 563 U.S. 170 (2011), a federal habeas petitioner may present evidence of a prosecutor's r…
21-269 Anthony Carter v. Texas Texas 2021-08-24 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) controlled-substances criminal-conviction drug-possession jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia molecular-structure statutory-interpretation sufficiency-analysis technical-elements In a sufficiency analysis under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (1979), may a reviewing court uphold a conviction where the offense is defined by te…
21-5455 Emmanuel Granados v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power firearms firearms-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, exceed s Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
21-5457 Brian Fierro v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP actus-reus circuit-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force plain-language robbery robbery-statute statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The plai…
21-5460 Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split clearly-established-law federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review state-court-decision statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court's review of a state court decision limited to an analysi…
21-5461 Tyrone Felder v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) cell-site-evidence crime-of-violence hobbs-act intangible-asset new-york-robbery physical-force property statutory-interpretation 1. Is Hobbs Act violence a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense quali…
21-5462 James Michael Kerns v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence plea-bargaining plea-validity sentencing-challenge sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis Question I. If Count 3 charging a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 is without legal, constitutional foundation as it alleges a crime of violence in Count …
21-257 Oklahoma v. Jimmie Dewayne Starr Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-258 Oklahoma v. Donta Keith Davis Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-procedure due-process federalism mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-259 Oklahoma v. Arnold Dean Howell Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-251 Oklahoma v. William Clayton Brown Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law judicial-review mcgirt-precedent oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-252 Oklahoma v. Shannon James Kepler Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-case criminal-law federal-indian-law legal-precedent mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-253 Oklahoma v. Christopher Jason Hathcoat Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-procedure federal-indian-law judicial-review jurisdiction McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-254 Oklahoma v. Jordan Batice Mitchell Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-procedure federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-255 Oklahoma v. Grant N. Jackson, IV Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.
21-5423 Shaheen Cabbagestalk, aka James Cabbagestalk v. William Berley, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
21-5431 Jereme Eugene Mackey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-crimes due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel pre-trial-custody sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN FINDING THE APPELLANT JEREME EUGENE MACKEY GUILTY INASMUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROVE AT THE TIME OF ARR…
21-5432 Deangelo Lenard Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession firearms knowledge-of-status mens-rea misdemeanor-conviction rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether, to support Rehaif's knowledge-of-status element in a prosecution for unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a misdemeanor …
21-5436 William D. Dickerson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-analysis civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-review court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-standard legal-procedure procedural-error sentencing statutory-interpretation The OCR text provided is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header …
21-5387 Roland Adams, aka Peter Brown, aka Harold Whiteker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction plea-agreement statutory-authority statutory-interpretation void-judgment 1. Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter judgement under 18 U.S.C § 1956(h), where Petitioner was not charged with nor engaged in "f…
21-5413 Antoine L. Wallace v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation United States Sentencing Guidelines enhance the sentence for drug offenders and gun offenders, if, among other things, they have prior "felony convict…
21-5414 Johnny Tippins v. Anthony Immel, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-08-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process factual-dispute legal-standard motion-denial procedural-challenge standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ABUSE THEIR DISCRETION WHEN IT VIEWED THE EVIDENCE AT SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THE LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO PETITIONER AND DENIED H…
21-5401 Shawn R. Wilson v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-08-17 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-234 Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-08-17 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali…
21-206 Mourice Neal v. City of Detroit, Michigan Michigan 2021-08-13 Denied civil-rights constitutional-compliance constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-oath judicial-power legal-jurisdiction standing state-law-conflict statutory-interpretation 1. United States constitution is the supreme law governing this land correct? 2. All judges in every state is bound by oath or affirmation federal an…
21-5353 Michael Napper v. Artis Singleton, Warden Georgia 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5365 Mark Lee Wilkinson v. Siobhan Burtlow, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conviction conviction-challenge habeas-corpus new-judgment petition-filing sentence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation successive-petitions time-limitation Whether, consistent with this Court's holdings in Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147 (2007), an intervening new judgment between two habeas petitions res…
21-5348 James H. Bates v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation section-404 sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation (1) Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence u…
21-5350 Bobby Earl Keys v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process prisoner-release sentencing sentencing-factors standard-of-review statutory-interpretation DID THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED THE WRONGED APPELLATE STANDARD OF REVIEW TO CLAIM THAT DISTRICT COURT COMMITTED STATUTORY ERROR UNDER 1…
21-202 Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction inter-partes-review judicial-review nhk-fintiv-rule patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeals-board statutory-interpretation 1. Does 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) categorically preclude appeal of all decisions not to institute inter partes review? 2. Is the NHK-Fintiv Rule substantive…
21-203 John A. Mandacina v. Frederick Entzel, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Response Waived brady-claim brady-rule due-process due-process-clause evidence-withholding federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief savings-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Did the court of appeals correctly conclude that petitioner's Brady claim fell outside the scope of the "savings clause" of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). 2…
21-194 California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act ("FA") expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service, of any motor carrie…
21-5332 Efrain Hidalgo v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certiorari circuit-conflict circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the circuits on the question of whether attempted Hobbs Act Robbery constitute…
21-5345 Leonard Thurman v. Medical Transportation Management, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-regulations federal-right medicaid medicaid-act section-1983 statutory-interpretation Petitioner Leonard Thurman filed suit against Respondent Medical Transportation Management, Inc. for failure to provide transportation, which is guara…
21-5346 Genard Alonzo Toney v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5322 André J. Twitty v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law federalism first-amendment preemption state-statute statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause void-for-vagueness Does the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13, impose upon a federal Court to assimilate Under the requirements of an Unconstitutional State Statut…
21-5335 Omar Israel-Griffin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-provisions contract-law cooperation criminal-procedure due-process federal-procurement government-contract government-discretion plea-agreement statutory-interpretation withdrawal When a defendant enters a plea agreement (guilty/nolo contendere), providing that the government is allowed to withdraw if the government believes the…
21-5336 Theodore Howard v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(1)(A) 924(c)(1)(C) constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-use fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Mr. Theodore Howard/ was denied his United States Constitutional fourteenth/ and Sixth amendment due-process rights/ to fair notice of the …
21-5314 Thomas Brantley Jenkins, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing district-court-review judicial-discretion motion-analysis primary-contentions sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation written-findings WHEN RULING ON A MOTION FOR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), DOES A DISTRICT COURT FULLY CONSIDER THE FACTORS SET FORTH IN 18 U.…
21-5326 Juan Marquis Holiday v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 attempted-crime attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a).
21-5310 Marcus Daniel Silver v. Bertram Siegel, et al. California 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 30-day-rule civil-procedure federal-court-procedure filing-deadlines jurisdictional-deadline notice-of-removal receipt-of-complaint service-of-process statutory-interpretation I. NOTICE OF REMOVAL: According to the plain language meaning of 28 U.S. Code §1446, the notice of removal of a civil action or proceeding shall be fi…
21-5311 Thomas Morgan Soper, II v. Idaho Idaho 2021-08-06 Denied IFP brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation *1. 0oes A PisTfaicrF C.jp&'kT A#*®' p&^ef\ &*tcL/o/? RicpT *To Avi e?^o<ef^ o£-0lo5u5pes)^ a/J pefts/'sTMt E/ilfiwceirtert& **3{t O&e.'b a Di^TricT"…
21-5319 John Louis Devencenzi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking circuit-split crime-of-violence intimidation mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force residual-clause statutory-interpretation By its plain language, federal carjacking can be committed by "intimidation." 18 U.S.C. § 2119. This Court recognizes carjacking by intimidation is sa…
21-5308 Calvin B. Lynch v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-law statutory-interpretation witness-intimidation witness-testimony 1. Is PETITIDNER ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREM COURTS CLARIFYING INTERPRETATION OF THE WITNESS INTIMIDATION STATUTE, PA.C.S.A.S49…
21-169 James Gatto, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Amici (1) 18-usc-1843 criminal-law federal-statute incidental-harms jury-instructions property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-text united-states-v-kelly wire-fraud 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1343—the federal wire fraud statute—requires the Government to prove, consistent with section 1343's statutory text, that the "…
21-170 Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied 35-usc-112 35-usc-112f claim-construction federal-circuit indefiniteness nautilus-standard nautilus-v-biosig patent patent-law statutory-interpretation Whether a patent claim may be invalidated for indefiniteness only if, under 35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 2 (now subsection 112(b)) as construed by Nautilus,…
21-171 Joel Zupnik v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ' 'entice ' 'induce ' or 'coerce' in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require more circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-state-balance federalism interstate-commerce mens-rea minor-protection sentencing sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Title 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits using a facility or means of interstate commerce to "persuad[e], induc[e], entic[e], or coerc[e]" a minor to engag…
21-159 W. Clark Aposhian v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (21) administrative-law agency-interpretation agency-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-concerns criminal-law rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Since this Court's 1984 decision in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), federal courts have deferred…
21-165 In Re Gracie E. McBroom 2021-08-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process employment employment-law judicial-appointment judicial-review precinct-judge standing statutory-interpretation 1. Was this a reasonable question in the mind of the State Franklin County Court of Appeal on June 20, 1996 in the Memorandum Decision in their agreem…
21-5296 Patrick C. Lynn v. Debra Lundry Tenth Circuit 2021-08-04 Denied IFP 28-usc-144 administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection physical-injury recusal reverse-error statutory-duty statutory-interpretation v\"~Ue lO1^ kr^urV- err m -^zhUa^ 1t> ko[J! k's L-Cf. /Wtqren s-f^k/tory dSuiy oo^r vKC ^ 144- 4© fc-fer ANy Af£i^a/i4of j^nejo^oe, 1x> jsncrt-Wr C+.…
21-5299 John Johnson, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2021-08-04 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause factfinder-discretion fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-verdict penal-code statutory-interpretation Does Texas Penal Code §21.02 desciminate who is an<d.who is not protected under the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment by allowing…
21-5279 Ernest Francis v. Connecticut Connecticut 2021-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process good-time-credits habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation You WC \ye 'ied wes C sik wie) he + PORN 2 TIS Guan Sheadesd NE Review Lor Weber ona 'elo er N Ve ° aS Sendenced On \e Dosis of acco ks cotton Questi…
21-172 Melvin G. Perry v. VHS San Antonio Partners, L.L.C., dba North Central Baptist Hospital Fifth Circuit 2021-08-03 Denied circuit-conflict civil-rights contract-enforcement contract-rights contractual-relationships racial-discrimination section-1981 statutory-interpretation third-party-interference Does section 1981 prohibit a third party from interfering, on the basis of race, with the right of an individual to make or enforce a contract?
21-133 Jorge Alejandro Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration Ninth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-records circuit-split consultant-corollary foia-exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act inter-agency-memoranda judicial-circuit-split statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit, in a sharply divided en banc decision, erred by adopting the consultant corollary and holding that "intra-agency memorandum…
21-134 Jesus Vasquez, Jr., et ux. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee of Stanwich Mortgage Trust F Fourth Circuit 2021-08-02 Denied bankruptcy-code debtor-rights dewsnup-v-timm judicial-precedent lien lien-valuation secured-claim secured-claims statutory-interpretation unsecured-claim Section 506(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code states that "[a]n allowed claim of a creditor secured by a lien * * * is a secured claim to the extent of the…
21-126 Lucio A. Barroga v. Board of Administration of California Public Employees' Retirement System Ninth Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-proceedings retirement-benefits statutory-interpretation A) DID the refusal or denial of the MEMORANDUM of Feb. 23, 2021 and the ORDER of May 26, 2021 to interpret the issues of questions of laws, ISSUES I, …
21-5266 Alla V. Stepanets v. United States First Circuit 2021-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation-chain chain-of-causation criminal-misdemeanor drug-dispensing drug-distribution federal-drug-laws medical-facility proximate-cause statutory-interpretation strict-liability 1) Whether a defendant "dispenses" drugs pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(l)(B) when they are shipped to a medical facility where a physician will write…
21-5231 Shaun J. Salazar v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process federal-law imprisonment revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum supervised-release united-states-v-haymond Whether a district court may impose a revocation imprisonment term under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) that, when combined with a defendant's initial term of…
21-5248 Davion L. Jefferson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment crime-of-violence directed-verdict due-process jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Did the district court violate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment's Jury Trial Clause when it directed a verdict on 1…
21-5250 Adalberto Martinez-Ramirez v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP §3Bl.1(a)-standard buyer-relationship circuit-court-review criminal-leadership criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing evidence precedent precedent-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation U.S.-v.-Miller Whether this Court should grant Certiorari because the Eighth Circuit opinion overlooked the binding precedent set forth in U.S. v. Miller when determ…
21-5253 John David Wilson, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-29 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation I ENTER THIS COURT WITH "CLEAN HAND" AS A HONORABLY DISCHARGED QUALIFIED SUBMARINER, WHO POSSESSED A QUALIFIED SUBMARINE INSIGNIA. (THIS MILITARY AWAR…
21-5264 In Re Melvin Dinkins 2021-07-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1651 28-usc-3730 administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause What are the "usages and principles" of law, in this case 28 USC 3730 (b)(1) - when legislature proclaims "A person may bring a civil action for the p…
21-124 Emmanuel Torres v. Bay Area Credit Services, et al. Second Circuit 2021-07-29 Denied civil-rights consumer-protection debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection federal-jurisdiction federal-statute new-york-business-law private-right-of-action statutory-interpretation Does a consumer have a private right of action under New York General Business Law Section 349 for a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Violation.
21-5234 Melquiades Galvez-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5241 Jose Lazaro Venancio Mendoza-Batres v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5219 Bryan James Collins v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process evidence federal-statute fifth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit wrongly affirmed Collins's conviction where it determined that the evidence was sufficient to establish that Collins violate…
21-5221 Andre M. Adams v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-27 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction legal-proceeding petition standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions writ Question not identified.
21-102 Marcus Walker v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-26 GVR Relisted (2) 18-usc-1951(a) 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A), meaning that it "ha…
21-104 Robert Timothy Harley v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-07-26 Denied as-applied-challenge circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process firearm-possession hearth-and-home second-amendment statutory-interpretation Can there be a personal, individual as-applied challenge under the Second Amendment to a prohibition on the possession of a firearm for the protection…
21-94 Lt. Colonel Patrick Schreiber v. Tracy Renaud, Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-issue-exhaustion administrative-law carr-v-davis child-definition constitutional-claim federal-common-law immigration-law immigration-nationality-act legitimation state-law statutory-interpretation The definition of "child" in Section 1101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act includes "a child legitimated under the law of the child's [or …
21-95 David W. Foley, et ux. v. Orange County, Florida, et al. Florida 2021-07-23 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 colore-officii fourteenth-amendment legal-remedy public-servant-immunity state-court-discretion statutory-interpretation virtute-officii Is a state court free under the Fourteenth Amendment to deprive a plaintiff of a remedy in 42 USC §1983 by granting a public servant immunity from sui…
21-91 Wesley Perkins v. Whitney Brewster, Executive Director, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response Waived civil-rights compelled-arbitration constitutional-challenge criminal-sanctions due-process pleading-standard standing statutory-challenge statutory-interpretation transportation-code vehicle-definition Statutory Challenge 1. Is the TEX. TRANSP. CODE "unconstitutional," as applied? 2. Are sanctions abusive? Pleading standard 3. Was it abusive to orde…
21-5173 Vernon Montrell Webster v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note attempt-offense auer-deference circuit-split controlled-substance-offense kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether this Court should resolve a Circuit Split and decide if a District Court's use of Application note 1 to U. S.S.G. § 4B1.2 is an improper ex…
21-5175 Alfredo Jesus Chavez-Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5179 Stanford R. Coleman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-avoidance court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts federal-state-conflict judicial-review legal-interpretation standing state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether this Court is required to consider the doctrine of Constitutional Avoidance in any case involving either validity or extension of Almendarez-T…
21-5186 Mihran Melkonyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law auer-deference circuit-split deference federal-courts judicial-interpretation regulatory-interpretation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1.) Whether, as the Courts of Appeals for the Third' and Sixth² Circuits have held, in conflict with the decision below³ and decisions of the Fifth* a…
21-5145 Richard Demon Donaldson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment state-court-deference statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED AND ABUSED.ITS DISCRETION IN REFUSING AND/OR DECLINING TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY UPON THE CONTENTION …
21-5157 Gary Simmonds v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Third Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process judicial-power jurisdiction lesser-included-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is the appeals court correct? Does 28 U.S.C. § 2106 or any federal statute authorize "a lesser included offense" of an unconstitutional statute, taken…
21-5158 Miguel Angel Berdeja-Medina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-82 Alpine Securities Corporation v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-authority bank-secrecy-act enforcement-authority mens-rea sec-enforcement securities-and-exchange-commission securities-exchange-act statutory-interpretation treasury-department In enacting and amending the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Congress vested the Secretary of the Treasury with the authority to administer, interpret, and en…
21-83 William H. Sorkpor v. The Harlo Fenway First Circuit 2021-07-21 Denied Response Waived civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination minority-rights section-1982 spending-power statutory-interpretation title-viii Whether Congress intended the Fair Housing Act to be construed — technically and broadly —to ensure that the Title VIII protection of a minority home-…
21-5144 Tye Lanford Sarratt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states post-conviction-motion retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does a post-conviction motion asserting the following claim—that a sentence violates due process under Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015…
21-5147 Firas Ayoubi v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-20 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisible-statutes due-process equal-protection jury-selection mathis-v-united-states peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation united-states-v-cardena held in United State v. Cardena 842 F.3d997 h Ci. 2016) Soastomae ts Sections [a(), a), a(3 Seprate Crimes with their Own elemerts? #2: was the jury …
21-5132 Michael Curtis Reynolds v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arson-statute constitutional-law constitutional-voidness covid-19-risk criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statutes predicate-offense statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Did Davis render 18 U.S.C. §2332b(a)(l)(B) equal to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B)-, and thus equally make void and Unconstitutional both statute subsect…
21-5136 Ledaniel Vernell Russell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10-1-provision civil-rights drug-laws due-process equal-protection legal-interpretation markup-provision metric-calculation mixture-metric opportunity-gain sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5138 In Re Willie S. Smith 2021-07-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP acquittal aedpa-review exceptional-circumstances finality-of-verdict habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review jury-verdict non-capital-case statutory-interpretation Whether transfer to the District Court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional non-capita…
21-5114 Mario Daniels v. Florida Florida 2021-07-16 Denied IFP aggravated-assault criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination separation-of-powers sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-rights Whether the First District Court of Appeals unauthorized abrogation of an Essential Element of the statutory offense of Aggravated Assault deprived Da…
21-5128 Paul R. Hansmeier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split common-law-fraud criminal-law mail-fraud materiality statutory-interpretation transaction-essence wire-fraud Under the mail fraud and wire fraud statutes, does an actionable scheme to defraud require, as an aspect of materiality, a falsehood which goes to the…
21-5097 Johann Brito v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe…
21-5112 David Starks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act statutory-interpretation A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe…
21-5122 Juan Angel Velasquez-Canales v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion felony-enhancement guideline-interpretation immigration prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred in applying a six-level enhancement under Section 2L1.2(b)(2)(C) of the Sentencing Guidelines where Mr. Velasquez-Can…
21-5125 Reginald Lamont Thomas v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-consideration civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process judicial-council judicial-suspension retroactive-application sentencing-limits statutory-interpretation suspension time-limits ^ Id the cjdOQ£€$$) oiML efAlJc If O.S.C-5 i IVlI (cj) olMcS i-C 4ke cH\e£ jodyc of a d\s\txzd eoueL-V coijel.LAi.e_s 11 pA iv si/epeiisioii of +iwe…
21-58 Sassine Razzouk v. United States Second Circuit 2021-07-15 Denied Response Waived categorical-approach circuit-split lagos-v-united-states mandatory-victims-restitution-act offense-against-property property-offense restitution-obligation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts should apply the categorical approach in determining if an offense is an "offense against property" under the MVRA?
21-5100 Matthew James Haymond, Sr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing drug-offenses fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum plea-bargaining retroactive-application sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Haymond was improperly denied First Step Act § 404 relief from his mandatory life sentence under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), where the distr…
21-5104 John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court …
21-5105 Cedric Antonio Wright v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-harm carjacking criminal-intent criminal-law driver-cooperation intent intent-interpretation mens-rea statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court correctly ruled in Holloway v. United States, 526 U.S. 1 (1999) that during a carjacking, a person's intent to seriously harm or ki…
21-5107 Willie C. Walker v. Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied IFP berkovitz-test civil-rights discretionary-function-exception due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability judicial-review policy-considerations statutory-interpretation Exceptions pursuant to which the government is not subject to suit, even if a private employer could be liable under the same circumstances. These exc…
21-5109 Everett Jerome Tripodis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-review bail-reform-act dangerousness due-process non-dangerous-offense pretrial-detention prolonged-detention statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Court of Appeals was required to answer or resolve the legal questions presented to it, or if it may instead "overlook " or "evade " the …
21-5077 Herbert Jonathan Castillo Juarez and Paola Valenzuela Arevalo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-crimes drug-type knowledge-requirement mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-2d1.1 Whether the government is required to prove a defendant's mens rea and knowledge with respect to the requisite drug type for penalties under Title 21 …
21-5072 Roque Saenz-Quintela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5057 Lance Lamont Lavert v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied IFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act property-rights robbery statutory-interpretation violent-crime Should this Court mend the circuit split about whether a Hobbs Act robbery is necessarily violent as the Ninth and eight other circuits have held, or …
21-5060 Kevin Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 circuit-split criminal-statute domestic-violence firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-hayes Under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) , a person may not possess a gun if he has been convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence." A "misdemeanor cr…
21-5064 Brandi Channon and Matthew Channon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-981 criminal-forfeiture forfeiture in-personam in-personam-order joint-and-several-liability joint-liability money-judgment rewards-fraud statutory-forfeiture statutory-interpretation 1) Does § 981(a)(1)(C) permit the entry of an in personam money judgment in lieu of tainted property? 2) Does § 981(a)(1)(C) permit joint and several…
21-5065 Blake Taylor v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute divisible-offense double-jeopardy sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)—bank robbery and entry…
21-5069 William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-precedent due-process judicial-overreach jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Is a Circuit court allowed to establish new precedence by disregarding and/or overruling twenty-four statutes written by the Congress of the United St…
21-5043 Carlos Amador Saragoza-Botello v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-5046 Ira Lee Wilkins v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-08 GVR IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law reckless-conduct reckless-force sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review tenth-circuit violent-crime Should this Court grant this petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand in order to allow the Tenth Circuit to determine in the first instance wh…
21-5047 Michael Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation (1) Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence u…
21-5026 Kevin L. Martin v. Ashlynn Ledford Seventh Circuit 2021-07-07 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
21-5028 David Copes, aka David Henderson-Copes v. United States Third Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a predicate crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
21-5030 Jonathan Mark Brinda v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion due-process excessive-sentence sentencing sentencing-considerations statutory-considerations statutory-interpretation supervised-release A. AFTER DETERMINING MR. BRINDA HAD VIOLATED THE TERMS OF HIS SUPERVISED RELEASE, THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED BY SENTENCING MR. BRINDA EXCESSIVELY BASED …
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…
21-5013 Arnold Council v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) accomplice-liability crime-of-violence criminal-law direct-liability elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) as to either direct or accomplice l…
21-5017 Angel Mondragon Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-07-06 GVR IFP aggravated-felony borden-decision certiorari crime-of-violence criminal-law immigration mens-rea sentencing statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below and remand for further consideration in light of this Court's recent decision in …
21-7 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Leymis Carolina Velasquez, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-06 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) adjustment-of-status administrative-law admission-criteria immigration immigration-law lawful-permanent-resident permanent-residency statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether, under 8 U.S.C. 1254a(f)(4), a grant of temporary protected status must be treated as an admission into the United States for purposes of a fo…
21-2 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2021-07-02 Denied administrative-law agency-deference chevron-deference erisa fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-benefits plan-termination statutory-interpretation Has the D.C. Circuit improperly extended Chevron deference to PBGC's construction of ambiguous statutory provisions in informal, non-binding adjudicat…
21-5001 Ronald D. Smith v. Illinois Illinois 2021-07-02 Denied IFP constitutional-proportionality criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-enhancement firearms illinois-constitution legislative-revival sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the legislature revived the firearm enhancement in Section 720 ILCS 5/8-4 (B-D) (West 2000) amended by Public Act 91-404 that was declared unc…
21-5008 Brittany Crownhart v. Anne Magill Collins Tenth Circuit 2021-07-02 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-procedure fourth-amendment judicial-review property-rights search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation warrantless-search Question not identified.
20-8465 Felipe Ambriz-Valdovinos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-cfr-1003.14 8-usc-1229 administrative-procedure circuit-split immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction notice-to-appear statutory-interpretation Should the Court resolve the circuit split on whether a notice to appear in immigration proceedings must comply with the statutory definition of a not…
20-8469 Lamont Benedict Nelson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18…
20-8452 Keith Lamar Lott, aka Kevin Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 borden-standard borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand hobbs-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand this case to permit the lower court to consider whether a conviction for Hobbs Act robbery under 18…
20-8460 Marcus Snipes v. Florida Florida 2021-06-30 Denied IFP Apprendi-rule constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum WHETHER THE STATE CAN AVOID APPRENDI'S REACH BY WRITING ITS PENAL STATUTES SO THAT A FACT THAT INCREASES THE PENALTY FOR A CRIME INSTEAD BECOMES A FAC…
20-8448 Henry Paul Richardson v. Christopher Gomez, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-court-interpretation circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus procedural-opportunity saving-clause statutory-interpretation Does The Saving Clause Under Section 28 U.S.C. 2255(e), permit A Federal prisoner To Proceed in a Habeas petition Pursuant to Section 28 U.S.C. 2241, …
20-1809 VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-06-29 Denied 35-usc-101 innovation innovation-incentives judicial-framework legal-uncertainty patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law patent-system statutory-interpretation subject-matter-eligibility What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim "directed to" a patent-ineligible concept under step one of the Court's two-st…
20-1801 Darrel Mendez v. NRZ REO X LLC Arizona 2021-06-25 Denied civil-procedure consumer-protection deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-waiver takings trustee-sale Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-1803 Evelyn Sineneng-Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response Waived alien-status constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute due-process first-amendment immigration-law standing statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Do the terms "encouraging" and "inducing" an alien to reside in the United States, within the meaning of 8 U. S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), extend to t…
20-8421 Braulio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 911-call armed-career-criminal body-camera body-camera-footage constitutional-rights'\n'Issue 4 criminal-history criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 2 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 3 criminal-procedure'\n'Issue 4 enhancement evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment firearm fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statements statutory-interpretation witness witness-testimony 1. Whether Mr. Perez's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when his motion to suppress the firearm was denied? 2. Whether Mr. Perez's Fifth Amendme…
20-8422 Wayne Porter v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conspiracy-conviction criminal-enterprise criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervisory-power Whether the Fourt Circuit Court of Appeal's sanctioning of the district court's refusal to correct errors and omissions of facts from the Fourth Circu…
20-8398 Jonathan Jerome Hills v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 criminal-justice criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion procedural-opportunity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Whether differences in procedural opportunity arising from the fact that a defendant is statutorily eligible for relief under the First Step Act, such…
20-8402 Daniel Chica-Gutierrez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense collateral-attack criminal-procedure custis-rule federal-statutory-provision sentencing sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court is permitted to consider an argument that a prior state-court conviction does not satisfy a relevant federal statutory provisi…
20-1778 Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. District of Columbia 2021-06-23 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (4) administrative-law agency-authority carbon-emissions clean-air-act clean-power-plan energy-policy environmental-regulation epa hazardous-air-pollutants section-111(d) section-112 statutory-interpretation 1. Whether EPA may employ 42 U.S.C. § 7411(d) to impose standards of performance on existing stationary sources that are regulated under the "hazardou…
20-1789 Lorna Y. Channer v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Authority Second Circuit 2021-06-23 Denied bankruptcy federal-law governmental-unit jurisdiction state-law statutory-interpretation title-11 Does the term governmental unit under title 11 include any entity created or organized pursuant to state law or only those that fit within the boundar…
20-1763 Fenyang Stewart v. Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law burden-shifting but-for-analysis disability-discrimination disability-related-interference merit-systems-protection-board rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claims statutory-interpretation statutory-text Should disability-related interference claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12203(b) be analyzed as retaliation claims susceptible to a burden-shift…
20-8373 Kevin Herriott v. Associate Warden Ford, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied IFP civil-rights discovery due-process federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdictional-requirements legal-mail mail-room procedural-law standing state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation 1) DID THE COURT OF APPEALS MISUNDERSTOOD THE GOVERNING RULE OF LAW THAT THE RIGHT TO DISCOVERY WAS PREDICATED UPON?
20-8386 Cheddie Lamar Griffin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-rule sentencing statutory-interpretation successive-petition supreme-court WHETHER THE CIRCUIT PANEL'S DECISION AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF MR. GRIFFIN'S AUTHORIZED SUCCESSIVE 2255 (UNDER JOHNSON) SIMPLY BECAUSE …
20-8349 Thomas Gordon v. Delaware Delaware 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8351 Kevin Herriott v. Aaron Joyner, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-dismissal pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1) DID THE COURT OF APPEALS IMPROPERLY REVERSED THE DISTRICT COURT ON THE ISSUE OF LAW OF WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT HAD VALID SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDIC…
20-8359 James Christopher Castle v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Ninth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Relief is sought from void ab initio emergency judicial order which void issued are dedicated upon an operation by Eastern District of California Chie…
20-8361 Josh Small and Joni Amber Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element kidnapping kidnapping-statute statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (the federal kidnapping statute) requires, as an element, a nexus between the kidnapping and interstate commerce, Does a purely local…
20-8364 David Gilmartin v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-sentencing earnings-definition economic-circumstances probation-conditions restitution restitution-order sentencing social-security social-security-benefits statutory-interpretation 1. Whether an increase in a defendant's monthly receipts and revenue from $0 (zero) at time of sentencing to $3000 after release from prison and award…
20-8369 Clarence Clark v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in violation of U.S. Const. V and VI as well as this Court's precedent, when it denied Mr. Clark's c…
20-8370 Loranzo Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether, in light of Borden v. United States, -- U.S. --, -- S. Ct. -, 2021 WL 2367312 (U.S. June 10, 2021), aiding and abetting Hobbs Act robbery by …
20-8372 Martez Howard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c attempted-crime circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation A conviction for a completed offense, say Hobbs Act robbery, is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause whe…
20-8346 Juan Anibal Patrone v. United States First Circuit 2021-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error immigration-status rehaif rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation First, whether the district court's violation of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) — when it omitted the knowledge of immigration status…
20-8325 Francisco Javier Bermudez-Chavez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8300 Lonnie Norton v. Utah Utah 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness (N) Do this Court's rulings in Apprend: v. New Jersey,530U.S. 466 (2000) and Alleyne v. United States 577 U.S.99 (2013) require that when a state stat…
20-8310 Kenrick Brathwaite v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-conspiracy jury-instructions jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-exposure statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties 1. What is the statutory maximum sentence for a conspiracy conviction under 21 U.S.C. §§ 963 or 846, where the jury has declined to make any specific …
20-8320 James E. Nottingham v. Laurel Harry, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Should the Petition for Writ of Certiorari be granted for the lack of Jurisdiction? Suggested answer: Yes. Respondents
20-8323 Clint Raymond Webb v. Michael Pacheco, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest speedy-trial state-created statutory-interpretation If a state creates a liberty interest by providing a procedural mechanism to enforce and ensure a defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial, …
20-1726 Roy J. Meidinger v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure contract contractual-relationship federal-claims-court iRS-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-relief-and-healthcare-act-of-2006 tax-whistleblower whistleblower whistleblower-claims The questions presented for review, deal with aspects of a single subject matter reference, The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109 —4…
20-1732 Thomas Bryant, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-15 Denied Amici (3) circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an "applicable" policy statement that binds a district court in considering a def…
20-8284 Harold Gashe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-court-split appellate-review criminal-justice due-process equal-protection extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion section-3582 sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Is it fair and equal justice for defendants who present under that the previously harsh 924(c) stacking is an extraordinary and compelling reason dese…
20-8295 Jose Antonio Martinez v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law rico rico-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether substantive RICO is a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. §924(c)?
20-8296 Carrington Sturgis v. Maryland Maryland 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the memos of the remire were boad against apelent cut or Austaticr Dathe court abue Hs discretion in 4ailing to addess apellants reguest to d…
20-8304 Lee Goston v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2021-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appealability appellate-review due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-incompetency statutory-interpretation time-bar Did the U.S. District Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals error by denying petitioner's 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 Writ of Habeas Corpus Petition as…
20-8285 Enrique Hurtado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences physical-force statutory-interpretation L. By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The p…
20-8286 Kemon Dominique Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach constitutional-error crime-of-violence guilty-plea hobbs-act-robbery jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1. Whether Mr. Thompson's plea of guilty to brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent, where…
20-8292 Pete Anthony Tyndale v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing divisibility due-process federal-prosecution reckless-conduct serious-violent-felony sovereign-authority state-prosecution statutory-interpretation three-strikes-statute Whether the life sentence imposed under the Federa Does the government have the authority to dictate sovereign particular state, federal trial will be prosecuted other than the state according to the D…
20-8273 Roger G. Babcock v. Florida Florida 2021-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-discretion state-law statutory-interpretation My name is Roger G. Babcock, and, in 1997 a Florida jury found me guilty of the crime of sexual battery, a capital felony not punishable by death. At …
20-8275 Paul Xavier Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actus-reus circuit-split criminal-law hobbs-act plain-language robbery robbery-definition statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The plai…
20-8257 Oscar Daniel Rios Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-09 GVR IFP 18-usc-16a bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law federal-statute legal-definition recklessness statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §16(a) includes offenses that may be committed by the reckless infliction of bodily injury?
20-1697 Alice Kimble v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-06-09 Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment eighth-amendment excessive-fine fbar foreign-bank-account-report statutory-interpretation tax-evasion tax-penalty willful-violation willfulness 1. Did the Court err in holding that Alice acted willfully, despite the lack of proof either that she had knowledge of the requirement to file an FBAR…
20-1701 Walter P. Vargo, Jr. v. D & M Tours, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1631 civil-procedure court-discretion court-of-appeals federal-courts interest-of-justice jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer procedural-rules statutory-interpretation transfer The question presented in this appeal is whether 28 U.S.C. §1631 means what it says: that "when a court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, th…
20-1702 Jimmy Cobb v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction plea-bargaining plea-deal sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation undercover-operation 1. Does a District Court have the have Jurisdiction to punish and convict conduct that does not fall within a Federal Statute of 18 U.S.C 2422(b) and …
20-1692 Henry Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response Waived administrative-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution expert-testimony health-care-fraud healthcare-fraud medicaid medicare medicare-regulations statutory-interpretation 1.) Are the Medicare rules, regulations, and policies "controlling" in a criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1347; i.e. is evidence of compliance o…
20-8238 Martavis Hollis Samuel v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca controlled-substance-offense criminal-law elonis florida-drug-statute mcfadden mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of marijuana or cocaine or for possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "con…
20-8241 John Doe v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release 139 S.ct.2369 (2019) Abrogate crcnit precedest 1n U.5. v. Ward, 770 F.3d 1069 (4+h (i2.2014) Gupy +54 Supercised Belease under 18 USC Bevocation Procc…
20-8232 Barbara A. Stuart Robinson v. Greater Lakes Recovery Center Ninth Circuit 2021-06-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-precedent lower-court-ruling procedural-due-process res-judicata standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8201 Andres Abelino Ayon-Brito, aka Hugo Ayon-Brito, aka Joel Diaz Garcia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied IFP administrative-law circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law reentry reentry-violation statutory-interpretation Does a "found in" violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 occur when an alien reenters the country, as the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits have held, …
20-8215 Aaron Walton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-law eighth-circuit guidelines inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that an inchoate offense such as an attempt is included in the definition of a "controll…
20-8222 In Re Marshall DeWayne Williams 2021-06-03 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-1680 ACI Information Group v. MidlevelU, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-03 Denied Response Waived copyright-infringement copyright-registration fair-use fraud implied-license internet-publication internet-publications statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate 1. A party who uses a copyrightable work with the implied license of a copyright owner is not liable for infringement. Such a license can arise from i…
20-1671 Chi Ping Patrick Ho v. United States Second Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure federal-courts foreign-corrupt-practices-act indictment money-laundering prosecution-exemption reference-canon statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a federal court may decline to apply the reference canon, recently reaffirmed by this Court in Jam v. Int Fin. Corp., --- U.S. ---, 139 S. …
20-8189 Heather Dawn Griffith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure drug-distribution federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether, in a prosecution under 21 U.S.C. § 846, Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(b)(3) requires a statement sufficient to show an agreement to d…
20-8192 Jorge Ramon Newball-May v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-drug-law maritime-law pre-trial-hearing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501 et. seq., is unconstitutional on its face and in violation of the Sixth Amendment right…
20-8194 Irvin Moreno v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure-act bureau-of-prisons drug-trafficking nonviolent-offense sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supervised-release Did the BOP violate the plain meaning of the relevant sentencing statutes and regulations by categorically disqualifying a prisoner convicted of a non…
20-8202 Otis Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law eighth-circuit inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g-4b1.2 Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that inchoate offenses such as attempts and conspiracy are included in the definition of…
20-8206 Prentiss Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-06-02 Denied IFP 8th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review legal-procedure mental-health sentencing statutory-interpretation Can Convicted of alleged Crime be petiticrer mentianed) from retarded (persan) mental a testmany Cbsence of a alane, in the ealuation Detenmine, If al…
20-8186 Michael James Young, Jr. and Vance Edward Volious, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-06-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law explosives first-amendment fourth-circuit law-enforcement mail-fraud non-mailable-matter postal-service statutory-interpretation DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERR BY RULING THAT 18 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1716 PROHIBTS AS NON-MAILABLE AN INERT …
20-8190 Rickey Leon Scott v. California California 2021-06-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Does Senate Bill 43, M37 likely conflicts with Article II of the Constitution? 2. May requiring Courts to overrule their odd. A MAIC preceded simp…
20-8161 Lisa Marie Belyew v. Mike Pallares, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied IFP appellate-procedure bail constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidence-standard federal-law judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure statutory-interpretation peleai^ on OkM A^feadLsaJA/V proper eAj{d-€AAce O^A'tJC U5C §a^b6io)j (tiod UOkfiAkrfwr V(L CaofK Of red \vi d&yu^i HIajl moIIq^v
20-8175 Timothy Alan Marr v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP violating Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment Right constitutional-rights due-process federal-question fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus petition statutory-interpretation untimely-filing Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the decisions of this Honorable Court when the lower court…
20-1653 Lazelle Maxwell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-27 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-sentencing first-step-act legal-developments procedural-history resentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n…
20-1650 Carlos Concepcion v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-26 Judgment Issued Amici (10) circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing factual-developments first-step-act legal-developments resentencing sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should "impose a reduced sentence" on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 21 U.S.C. § 841 n…
20-1651 Michael J. DeMartini, et ux. v. Timothy P. DeMartini, et ux. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure joinder remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction (1) Whether an antecedent court order amending a complaint to join a diversity-destroying defendant is separable from a § 1447(e) remand order and thu…
20-8124 Lance Mitchell Owens v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Are courts violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution by excluding defendants who enter pl…
20-8138 Eddy Pena v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-846 conspiracy conspiracy-liability controlled-substances pinkerton-doctrine reasonable-foreseeability sentencing statutory-interpretation Should the Court grant certiorari in order to determine whether under 21 U.S.C. § 846 (conspiracy to distribute controlled substances) it is proper to…
20-8100 Thomas McGill v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2021-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection-clause ex-post-facto-clause florida-department-of-corrections gain-time statutory-interpretation (A) Did the Florida Department of Corrections award Me. McGill approximately 4148 days of gainstime before changing their interpretation of s.944.275 …
20-1625 David Lillie v. ManTech International Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied Response Waived california-labor-code civil-procedure false-claims-act retaliation retaliation-statute rule-50 rule-50-motion statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-statute The case involves issues regarding two whistleblower statutes, one federal and a California whistleblower statute. The California whistleblower retali…
20-1634 Nicole Johnson-Gellineau v. Stiene & Associates, P.C., et al. Second Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied 15-usc-1692a(4) 15-usc-1692c(b) creditor creditor-definition debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act fiduciary fiduciary-duty litigation-communication statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a fiduciary that obtains a defaulted debt, and is owed the debt, may qualify as a person facilitating collection "for another" within the e…
20-8084 Gregory Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-courts federal-procedure mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 994(h)(2)(B) and the definition of a "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) require that a defendant's prior offens…
20-8094 Corey L. Johnson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP covered-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy federal-sentencing first-step-act multi-object-conspiracy rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Where there is ambiguity as to which penalty applies in a multi-object conspiracy that is a "covered offense" pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, …
20-8071 Delson Marc v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms mens-rea rehaif-standard statutory-interpretation In Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. Sections 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require that the government prov…
20-8072 Byron Montijo-Maysonet v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied IFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process equal-protection internet-crimes internet-enticement minors statutory-interpretation 1. The enticement of minors over the internet is criminalized under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The First Circuit upheld the § 2422(b) conviction below based…
20-8074 Anibal Lucas Garcia v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony appellate-review categorical-approach duenas-alvarez formal-law generic-crime immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine state-law statutory-interpretation This case concerns a methodological problem in applying the categorical approach. The categorical approach compares the elements of a state crime with…
20-8077 Kavoris Clayton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the drug conduct in the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit na…
20-1617 Matthew Earley v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Can the "burden of proof" regarding inherency shift if the Court (US Court of Appeals / Federal Circuit) and Board (US Patent Trial and Appeal Board) …
20-1620 Joy McShan Edwards v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-19 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1513 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) was unreasonable, whe…
20-1593 Devon E. Sanders v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response Waived child-pornography criminal-law disaggregation double-jeopardy federal-sentencing paroline-v-united-states restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner pleaded guilty to two counts under federal statutes relating to possession of child pornography. One count charged knowing receipt of th…
20-1594 Murray Rojas v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 GVR Amici (1) criminal-statute drug-dispensing drug-regulation fdca federal-criminal-law federal-state-balance federalism lenity medical-practitioner statutory-interpretation young-v-united-states Whether the FDCA's felony prohibitions on "dispensing" drugs reach the administering of drugs by practitioners, which has been left to state and local…
20-8064 Derrick Grant v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-statute criminal-law federal-agency federal-officer-employee federal-state-balance prison-employee statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Section 111 of Title 18 of the United States Code prohibits assaulting any person "designated in section 1114 of this title." Section § 1114 designate…
20-8066 James Hill v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law due-process federal-prosecution federalism firearm-possession interstate-commerce standing statutory-interpretation The federal government has committed petitioner James Hill to prison for a term of years based on testimony he briefly possessed a handgun on the fron…
20-8039 Matthew J. O'Neal v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography criminal-law eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by expanding the scope of the "relating to" language in 18 U.S.C. §2252A(b)(2) to include conduct under a state statut…
20-8033 Ivan Ignacio Minjarez-Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-8034 George Poole v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eighth Circuit 2021-05-14 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-8011 Troy Webb v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922(g)(1) 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-statute discarding-firearm due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co…
20-8016 Rico Blackwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence collateral-attack-waiver criminal-procedure davis-challenge federal-sentencing habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-default residual-clause section-924c statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum Mr. Blackwell is serving a long federal prison sentence for the paired crimes of conspiracy to commit bank robbery and use of a firearm during and rel…
20-8017 Subrina Brenham v. Joseph Kemp, et al. Texas 2021-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation i. Whether the Supreme Court of Texas case no. 20-0246 denial on November 13, 2020 of my (1) right to a rehearing and the (2) Supreme Court failure to…
20-8019 Roberto Torner v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP aggravated-assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process equal-protection new-jersey-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a New Jersey conviction for Aggravated Assault, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)(1), is a crime of violence for sentencing guideline purposes.
20-8020 Charleston Pierre Wiggins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-13 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense drug-distribution guideline-commentary sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation USSG-4B1.2(b) I Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a "controlled substance offense" under the USSG § 4B1.2(b)? II Whe…
20-7972 Gregory L. Roberson, Charles Matthews, and Dorothy Robinson v. United States Third Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act first-step-act retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties Does the term "covered offense" in the First Step Act include violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) involving crack cocaine to which apply the penalties in…
20-7987 Gregory K. Clinton v. Cheryl Dean Riley Fourth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law endangered-species-act environmental-law national-environmental-policy-act standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7991 Bulmaro Contreras-Figueroa, aka Israel Contreras v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury sentencing statutory-interpretation Is the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury violated when a defendant enters a guilty plea to an indictment that alleges a conspiracy to commit an of…
20-7969 Refugio Agustin-Pineda v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a "notice to appear" that fails to specify the hearing's time …
20-7958 Anderson Jean v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felon aggravated-felony criminal-statute mens-rea scienter sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In the wake of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), and Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), jurists continue to disagree…
20-7961 Antonio Olmeda v. United States Second Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial multiplicitous-conviction sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a Judgment and Conviction oh two counts, § 2K2.1.(a)., for unlawful "receipt", of a firearm and "Possession" of that firearm is multiplicitou…
20-7956 Bryan Montalvo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure downward-departure federal-courts judicial-discretion motion-for-departure sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation I. Whether a circuit court of appeals has jurisdiction to review the denial of a motion for downward departure?
20-1552 Naked TM, LLC v. Australian Therapeutic Supplies Pty. Ltd. Federal Circuit 2021-05-07 Denied circuit-split federal-circuit judicial-precedent lanham-act lexmark standing statutory-cause-of-action statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-registration trademark-standing 1. A majority of a Federal Circuit panel ruled that respondent has standing under 15 U.S.C. § 1064 to cancel petitioner's trademark registration even …
20-7946 Lisa Biron v. United States First Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure equitable-exceptions federal-appellate-jurisdiction habeas-corpus post-conviction-proceeding statutory-interpretation time-bar time-limits The First Circuit held that Fed. R. App P. 4la) is jurisdictronal under Bowles v.Russell, 551 4.s. 205, 214(2007), and dismissed Ms. Birons 2255-proce…
20-7948 Ernest H. Baker, III v. Oregon Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech judicial-review precedent religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7950 Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court The default penalty range for ill egal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) is a sentence of "n ot more than 2 years" in prison. Petitioner was …
20-7943 Tyquez Ursery v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary generic-burglary james-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-gloss violent-felony 1. Does Tennessee's aggravated burglary statute, which defines "entry" so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a "generic burgl…
20-1545 TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, et al. v. Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 Federal Circuit 2021-05-05 Denied 35-usc-271 claim-construction industry-standard infringement judicial-precedent literal-infringement patent patent-infringement statutory-interpretation This Court's precedent in Markman requires that the construction of a patent "is exclusively within the province of the court." Markman v. Westview In…
20-1532 Diana Garvey v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-regulation chevron-deference judicial-review plain-meaning statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits willful-misconduct Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Nat. Res. Def. Council Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842 (1984), held, the first question when interpreting a statute is "whether Congr…
20-1535 Kevin Diaz v. Ashley Johnson First Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-action administrative-procedure-act agency-action apa arbitrary-and-capricious chevron-deference ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-review statutory-interpretation technology tucker-act 1. Whether the Lower Court erred in not admitting nexus evidence for administrative action taken under the jurisdiction of §§ 702 706 of the APA imple…
20-1537 Terence K. Dickinson v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied Response Waived congressional-act constitutional-law federal-courts federalism judicial-review legal-interpretation legislative-authority legislative-intent separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Is the Truth-in-Lending-Act, passed by Congress into law, to be adhered to by the United States Federal Courts.
20-7909 Juan Pablo Price v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-05-04 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea ninth-circuit sexual-assault sexual-contact statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether the knowledge requirement in 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b) applies to all elements of the offense, such that the government must prove both that the def…
20-7901 Chalin Merrihew v. Florida Florida 2021-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing statutory-interpretation "fiuip cOV'£- vv \a&* €^eryBvv^ Ivovaj kfS wC+Mr^w- 1 akes 4WW Av ,-eUW A® '^ v3 cWr^-fW kfs \(A4k ' " v— X ^7' y~cuc w\ S^zUACe^ 4® t>£> XuC)Aern'eA …
20-1522 United States v. Malik Nasir Third Circuit 2021-04-30 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-review circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction following a trial for possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U…
20-7887 Ronnie Spells v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine discretion first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimums racial-disparities sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation systemic-racism Whether District Court Judge Castel and the Second Circuit Appeals Court perpetuated continued systemic racism by contending that Congress left out th…
20-7891 Hasan Shareef v. Butler County Public Newspaper, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation US. M& (y i
20-7863 Martin G. Lewis v. DeWayne Hendrix, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 burrage-v-united-states detention-legality habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-bar retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the government should be foreclosed from relying on prior litigation that it concedes incorrectly invoked a procedural bar to review on the me…
20-1502 Abdikarim Karrani v. JetBlue Airways Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived air-carrier-discrimination air-transportation cat's-paw cat's-paw-doctrine civil-rights discrimination federal-preemption preemption statutory-interpretation transportation-law 1. Is 49 US.C. § 44092(b) inapplicable to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 cases? 2. Should the "cat's paw" analysis of Staub v. Proctor Hosp., 562 U.S. 411 (2011) b…
20-1499 American Civil Liberties Union v. United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court 2021-04-27 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (3) article-iii-court article-iii-courts constitutional-law first-amendment foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court judicial-jurisdiction public-access statutory-interpretation Congress created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ("FISC") in 1978 to oversee electronic surveillance conducted for foreign intelligence pu…
20-7853 Craig Allen Morgenstern v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-instructions sixth-amendment statutory-elements statutory-interpretation supervised-release But for the errors of the trial court which allowed modified jury instructions that impermissibly deleted statutory elements, defendant would not have…
20-7855 James Ayers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-27 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Question not identified.
20-7860 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law pro-se-litigant property-rights sanctions statutory-interpretation Is the statutory law taking of a person's property arbitrary, too broad and discriminatory under Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 (2002) and v…
20-7866 Paul Demetrius Lamar Gray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause physical-force pinkerton-conspiracy pinkerton-liability postal-robbery residual-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime Before United States U. Johnson, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), the federal courts routinely relied on the residual clause to hold that convictions sustained un…
20-7841 Sylvia J. Manor v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure contract contract-interpretation date-of-accrual insurance-law legal-interpretation life-insurance statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions The Defendant, (Respondent), life insurance company maintains that they are free to choose a Date Of Accrual which is in flagrant violation of the con…
20-7845 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) actual-innocence court-of-appeals criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence section-924c statutory-interpretation yates-precedent yates-v-united-states 1. In considering error under Yates v. United States , 354 U.S. 298 (1957) should a court consider evidence of the defendant's actual innocence of the…
20-7829 Edmundo Bustamante-Muniz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit precedent-overturning sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7832 Chadwick Marvin Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation What qualifies as 'extraordinary and compelling circumstances under a Motion for Compassionate release, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A)? (2) Does the lower c…
20-1480 George P. Naum, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-22 GVR Relisted (6) 21-cfr-1306-04 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice opioid-prescription professional-standards statutory-interpretation united-states-v-moore Can the elements of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(l) as defined in United States v. Moore, 423 U.S. 122 (1975) requiring the Government to prove unlawful distribu…
20-1479 Eddie Houston, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-21 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion reduced-sentence retroactive-sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sente…
20-1467 Michael Varco v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia 2021-04-20 Denied Response Waived civil-rights crime-victims-rights crime-victims-rights-act dc-code district-court due-process federal-law metropolitan-police-department mpd standing statutory-interpretation victims-rights 1. Whether a person harmed by a D.C. Code offense, who qualifies as a "crime victim" under 18 U.S.C. § 3771(e)(2)(A), may assert rights under subsecti…
20-1468 Robert David Dupuch-Carron, et ux. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Federal Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied compensation compensation-eligibility foreign-vaccination residency-requirement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vaccine-act vaccine-injury 1. Does the ordinary meaning of the words of section 11(c)(1)(B)(i)(III) of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (the NCVIA or "Vaccine Act"), 42…
20-7792 Ralph Stephen Gambina v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-19 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-provision 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
20-7802 Michael Green v. Illinois Illinois 2021-04-19 Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine precedent public-policy standing statutory-interpretation Whether there exist a Fivadde mee fe ( Misterstas 2 0 f Seshee bere the dst/onen's Conviction Rested On Pan Jig bye of the New Ss Cio biti ca his . St…
20-7790 Rolando Villarreal v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-16 GVR IFP assault-statute criminal-law force-against-person mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force violent-felony I. Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless …
20-1453 Cal Cartage Transportation Express, LLC, et al. v. California, et al. California 2021-04-16 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) commercial-ramifications federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-statute independent-contractor independent-contractors motor-carrier preemption pricing-regulation statutory-interpretation worker-classification Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act, which expressly preempts state laws "related to a price, route, or service of any motor ca…
20-1454 Vekuii Rukoro, et al. v. Federal Republic of Germany Second Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen international-law property-rights second-circuit sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation takings-exception Question not identified.
20-1455 Deborah Cheng v. Mary Raleigh, et al. Illinois 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived 2016-obama's-snt-law 21st-century-cures-act congressional-intent healthcare-law implementation-scope planned-national-implementation probate-exception special-needs-trust statutory-interpretation 1. Did Congress intend the probate exception to include the 2016 Obama's SNT law in the 21st Century Cures Act? 2. What is the scope of the probate e…
20-1459 United States v. Justin Eugene Taylor Fourth Circuit 2021-04-16 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether 18 U.S.C. 924(¢)(3)(A)'s definition of "crime of violence" excludes attempted Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951(a).
20-7778 Gerald Scott v. United States Second Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-sentencing physical-force physical-inaction rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force Does a crime of physical inaction, in which the inaction is deemed the cause of injury or death, have as an element the "use of physical force against…
20-7785 Kevino Graham v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel human-trafficking sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness (A.) "WHETHER PETITIONER GRAHAM WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO CHALLENGE; "WHETHER 18 …
20-7737 Marjuan Shondell Fleming v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights crack-cocaine criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure first-step-act post-conviction right-to-counsel sentence-enhancement sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the term "Covered offense" in the First Step Act of 2018, includes violations of Title 18 USC 924(c), involving crack cocaine, to which ACCA t…
20-7742 Deandre Joseph Warren v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled …
20-7749 Eric Kamahele v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-04-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process force-clause hobbs-act intangible-property reckless reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation 1. Model jury instructions define Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, to include takings caused by fear of future economic harm to "intangible proper…
20-7761 Andrew Indelicato Peterson v. S. Butler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-04-14 Denied IFP conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession knowledge-of-status plea-agreement prior-conviction prior-misconduct sentencing statutory-interpretation Can the distriet Court Use Post offenic conduct for crimes that a defendant never Served Overa Year in Prison to assume ai defendant knew his status P…
20-7765 Jared Andrew Martin v. California California 2021-04-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure criminal-statute culpability due-process evidence jury mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7730 Fendi Brooks v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointments-clause attorney-general constitutional-law constitutional-violation federal-vacancies-reform-act prejudice standing statutory-interpretation structural-violation When colorably alleging a structural, constitutional violation, specifically, that an individual illegally exercised the powers of the office of the A…
20-1424 ACE American Insurance Company, et al. v. MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived conditional-payment double-damages eleventh-circuit federal-election-commission lexmark-international liability-allocation medicare-reimbursement medicare-secondary-payer policy-considerations statutory-interpretation statutory-standing When Medicare has made a conditional payment for healthcare services on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary, 42 U.S.C. § 1395y(b)(3)(A) provides a cause …
20-1429 Arcona, Inc. v. Farmacy Beauty, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied circuit-split lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion registered-mark statutory-interpretation trademark-counterfeiting trademark-registration The Lanham Act defines "counterfeit" as "a spurious mark which is identical with, or substantially indistinguishable from, a registered mark." (15 U.S…
20-1432 United States v. Maine Community Health Options, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-04-13 Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-liability implied-damages implied-right-of-action premium-tax-credits statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-1425 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. v. Allen Miller Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights common-law-negligence due-process federal-preemption motor-carrier safety-regulation statutory-interpretation transportation transportation-law The question presented is whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker is preempted because it does not constitute an exercise of th…
20-1427 Levian dela Car Pacheco Pacheco, aka Levian D. Pacheco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-law criminal-law deportation due-process immigration immigration-law sexual-offense statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Congress has made it a crime to engage in certain sexual acts with detainees who are "pending deportation." 18 U.S.C. §§ 2243(b), 2244(a)(4), 2246(5)(…
20-7707 Charles Michael Ledford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY DISMISSING MR. LEDFORD'S MERITORIOUS ARGUMENTS DUE TO THE APPELLATE WAIVER LANGUAGE OF THE PLEA A…
20-7726 James Ray Davis v. Gary Musselwhite, Warden Eighth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure discovery due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7701 Samuel Alex Gann v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-04-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-statute circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute sentencing specific-intent statutory-interpretation trespass An essential element of generic "burglary" is that the person formed the specific intent to commit a crime at some point during the commission of the …
20-1421 Paul Ballerstein, et ux. v. Penelope McHatten, et al. Maine 2021-04-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-bias property property-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements In this civil case, Maine courts deprived the defendants of their property, after concluding that the facts "foreclose " doing so. The trial court fou…
20-7678 Roshawn Deon Joiner, aka Shon Joiner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-08 GVR IFP 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-statute fifth-circuit mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force-clause Does the "use of force" clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere rec…
20-7694 Eusebio Escobar de Jesus v. United States First Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split compassionate-release due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in affirming the denial of Petitioner's Motion for Compassionate Release under the First Step Act, which the Distri…
20-7695 Gregory D. Jones v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation be Did ctral and appeels Loact pyer looks the prrven povadatios we claw of, delileemle indi Hereate g 2, did trak dod appals ceset ahwe descetion by …
20-7680 Jonathan Beasley v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution felon-in-possession firearm-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether, in a federal prosecution for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1) that occurred after the dec…
20-1410 Xiulu Ruan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-04-07 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (5) controlled-substances criminal-conviction criminal-liability good-faith-defense medical-ethics medical-prescribing prescription professional-practice statutory-interpretation A physician otherwise authorized to prescribe controlled substances may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) if his presc…
20-7670 Faizah Dean v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-employment-action civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process labor-discrimination prima-facie-case procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation workers-compensation Question One: In Franco v. MV Transportation, Inc., 2019 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 120 the panel held that injured workers may make a prima facie sho…
20-7671 Ronald E. Johnson v. Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process kansas-supreme-court mandatory-minimums mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-modification sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Was Astorga v. Kansas remanded back to the Kansas Supreme Court for the purpose of correcting with the Mandatory Sentence modification of Hard 40/50 p…
20-7659 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-reform-act civil-detention criminal-defendant homeland-security pretrial-release statutory-interpretation statutory-time-period Whether section 3142 (d)(2) of the Bail Reform Act (BRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq. prevents the United States Department of Homeland Security from civ…
20-7660 In Re Justin Paul Sulzner 2021-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent injunctive-relief mentally-disabled pro-se standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the 8th Cir. Appellate Court should have used "special care" when dealing with a mentally disabled, indigent, pro se Plaintiff under 28 U.S…
20-7629 Robert Earl Martin v. United States Third Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states legal-precedent residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether application of Johnson to the virtually identical residual clause in § 3559(c) does not require a new rule of constitutional law, but merely r…
20-1385 Tarek Obaid v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-02 Denied 28-usc-1355 civil-forfeiture due-process in-rem in-rem-jurisdiction minimum-contacts pennoyer-v-neff property-situs shaffer-v-heitner statutory-interpretation Does the Due Process Clause, as construed by Shaffer v. Heitner, require application of the "minimum contacts" test to true in rem proceedings?; and …
20-1382 Emanuel Gettinger, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. Second Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response Waived bankruptcy-code for-value good-faith good-faith-transfer ponzi-scheme securities-investor-protection-act sipa-liquidation statutory-interpretation transfer-avoidance value-transfer Whether the Bankruptcy Code's avoidance provisions operate differently in the context of a SIPA liquidation proceeding, notwithstanding that a transfe…
20-7625 James Arthur Ross v. John Myrick, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion due-process judicial-error prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation property-exemption standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Did the District Court error by ignoring Oregon's Wildcard Exemption Rule announced in ORS 18.345(l)(o)(2011) and in Schlunt v. Nooth, 261 Or. App. 86…
20-7609 Raynal King and Howard R. Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-31 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause force-clause mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires a resulting death categorically includes, as an element, "the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force ag…
20-7617 Willie Lee Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-31 GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances-act felony-drug-offense first-step-act sentence-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation One: Does the First Step Act's addition of a definition for "felony drug offense" to section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802, al…
20-1370 Nidal Ahmed Waked Hatum v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) concealment-money-laundering criminal-forfeiture forfeiture-money-judgment honeycutt-limitation honeycutt-v-united-states mirror-image-transactions money-laundering no-loss-to-bank return-of-tainted-property statutory-interpretation substitute-property tainted-property Whether a criminal defendant's legitimate, untainted property is subject to an extra-statutory forfeiture money judgment or substitute property forfei…
20-1373 Wanza Cole v. Wake County Board of Education Fourth Circuit 2021-03-31 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split civil-rights detrimental-effect employment-discrimination protected-status statutory-interpretation title-vii Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment," or is its reach limited to only discriminatory empl…
20-1368 Cynthia Rollo-Carlson, as Trustee for Jeremiah Flackus-Carlson, Deceased v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-claims administrative-law agency-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure federal-claims federal-tort-claims-act jurisdictional-requirement standing statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. §2675(a), is the requirement that an agency be presented with evidence of the claimant's authority to act during the administrative cl…
20-7610 Jose Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-30 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3) attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether an attempted Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951) qualifies as a categorical "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3) because…
20-7590 Billy Earl Parker v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2021-03-29 Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-liberties constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure statutory-interpretation I. IS AN pro-sELitiaANT eNtitIEb to relcive CourT procecdinqs NO NO INDONNNUbND OO 21 violatetheeiqth AmevomeNt 3 ON A ACTUAL FALTWALINNOCENCE CLAIM 4…
20-7593 Fernando Clarke v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252 child-pornography criminal-law file-sharing government-action peer-to-peer peer-to-peer-network statutory-interpretation transportation-statute Fernando Clarke was charged with, inter alia, two counts of transporting child pornography. At trial, the government witnesses testified that Mr. Clar…
20-7594 Rashawn Donnell Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conviction criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation mcorrecmu 954^ &f\d despiVe ■btac hbldtr^S Aft liy, \f. Do^lS ySci HS5 (_5* tirca^^ -^cd - u)trt aP-Pirm-ed by lid. v. T)a>/is . 1SS S. C4-53^
20-7570 David Travis Frazier v. Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process judicial-review limitations-period standing statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-judgment When a Court enters a judgment that is later determined to be void ab-initio, and a petitioner appeals from that decision, does that start the limitat…
20-1357 Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado v. Laurie Exby-Stolley Tenth Circuit 2021-03-26 Denied ada adverse-employment-action americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights employment-discrimination reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation Whether a plaintiff asserting a failure-to-accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a), must show that t…
20-1354 City of Portland, Oregon, et al. v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-interpretation administrative-law brand-x fcc-preemption federal-communications-commission local-government-regulation municipal-rights preemption public-property-access statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telecommunications-regulation 1. Did the court of appeals err in upholding the FCC's interpretation of "effect of prohibiting" in light of its plain meaning, lack of a limiting sta…
20-7548 David Antoine Luster v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden Third Circuit 2021-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law career-offender constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-1337 APC Investment Co., et al. v. Howmet Aerospace Inc., fka Arconic, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cercla civil-procedure common-law contribution contribution-claim environmental-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation superfund Is the statutory claim for contribution in section 113 of CERCLA, including the statute of limitations found in section 113(g)(3), governed exclusivel…
20-1325 Wesley Perkins v. John Lipscombe, Judge, County Court at Law No. 3, Travis County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied administrative-rules civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-arbitration consent-doctrine due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-challenge standing statutory-interpretation transportation-code Statutory Challenge 1. Is the TEX. TRANSP. CODE "unconstitutional, " as applied? / Pleading standard 2. Was dismissal abusive? Compelled Arbitration …
20-7533 Preston James v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-23 Denied IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether it is a misapplication of the Sentencing Guidelines for a sentencing court to defer to guideline commentary that expands the definition of a c…
20-7502 Vaughn Alexander Cropper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms-regulation Second-Amendment standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-1301 Kenneth Charles McNeil, aka Chip v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 all-writs-act coram-nobis equitable-relief federal-courts federal-equity judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation united-states-v-morgan writ-of-relief 1. Whether, and to what extent, United States v. Morgan, 346 U.S. 502 (1954) fashioned the writ of coram nobis to incorporate the former federal equit…
20-1309 Corcamore, LLC v. SFM, LLC Federal Circuit 2021-03-19 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure due-process lanham-act lexmark-test standing statutory-interpretation trademark-law trademark-trial-and-appeal-board 1st Question. Whether this Court's Lexmark test is the sole determinant of the statutory power of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to adjudicat…
20-1312 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Empire Health Foundation, for Valley Hospital Medical Center Ninth Circuit 2021-03-19 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) health-and-human-services hospital-adjustment low-income-patients medicaid-fraction medicare-fraction medicare-statute statutory-interpretation supplemental-security-income Whether the Secretary has permissibly included in a hospital's Medicare fraction all of the hospital's patient days of individuals who satisfy the req…
20-7486 Carlos Guzman-Merced v. United States First Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2106 appellate-remedy appellate-review criminal-procedure indictment indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review remedial-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeals can, and should, order an indictment that omits an element of the crime dismissed as part of the appellate remedy given the…
20-7488 William Douglas Hampton v. Mark Williams, Warden Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process electronic-fraud free-speech plea-agreement standing statutory-interpretation 1) DOES 28 UNITED STATES CODE SERUICE $2LHI's. SPECIFIC WORDING PERMIT THE JUDICIAL SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OFA HABEAS CORPUS IFTHE STATUTE'S SUB…
20-7496 Maurice Spriggs v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
20-7497 Kevin Reid v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-18 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act negligence predicate-offense statutory-interpretation surplusage 1. Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, at…
20-7501 Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Alfredo Arroyo-Hernandez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to…
20-7507 Christopher Faella v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2259 appellate-rights eighth-amendment plea-agreement restitution sentencing sentencing-appeal statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum waiver Whether a defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his sentence -- unless it exceeds the statutory maximum penalty or violated …
20-7471 Christian Joseph Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-review standing statutory-interpretation -Can the Court of Appeals deny Petitioner's application for Certificate of Appedlability ("coA") withoct any analysis of whether the District Courts d…
20-7477 Hakimah Jabbar v. James L. Graham, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-law circuit-conflict conflict-of-laws due-process fiduciary-duty forfeited-property property-law statutory-interpretation trust-beneficiary trust-law 1) The U.S Court of Appeals 6th Cir. Affirming of District Court decision directly conflicts with the Appeals Court 's opinion, In re Adams, 302 B.R.…
20-1292 Parts Galore L.L.C., et al. v. Jacqueline Harrison Sixth Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation americans-with-disabilities-act auer-deference chevron-deference federal-courts judicial-review regulatory-guidance statutory-interpretation Congress in 2008 amended the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, expanding some key sections and admonishing courts to const…
20-1295 United States v. Timothy Zachary Green Fourth Circuit 2021-03-17 GVR Relisted (2) circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 …
20-1288 Craig Geness v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied administrative-agency americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-violation constitutional-violations due-process sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-violations third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit erred in granting the collateral appeal of Defendant, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts (hereinafter "AOPC"), wh…
20-7465 Johnny Andres Asuncion, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-sentencing felony-drug-offense mandatory-minimum ninth-circuit-precedent predicate-offense recidivism sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The District Court Judge sentenced the Petitioner to life in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine , 21 U.S.C. Sect. 841(a)(…
20-7447 Elijah Hasan Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force use-of-force-clause Whether the "use of force" clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of reckl…
20-7453 Douglas D. Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2021-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation venue Question not identified.
20-7454 Delwyn Manuel v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2021-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation takings WHETHER PETTTIONER IS ENTTTEO TO bE RESENTENED TO 30 YEARS The MAximum PoNishmeNT Allowed STATUTE 794.011 PRIOR TO ThE NEW UNDER The PROJISION ANd PEN…
20-1278 Johlen Johnson, et ux. v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Arizona 2021-03-15 Denied Response Waived constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the prevailing Opinions of the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme produce a constitutional violation, and therefore provide this Court with good cause …
20-1271 Daryl R. Blanton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-03-12 Denied Response Waived 38-usc-5109a administrative-law clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error due-process federal-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Is the Cook standard to establish CUE in a VA decision erroneously restrictive?
20-7445 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. SunTrust Bank, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-03-12 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law court-of-appeals due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation third-amendment Question not identified.
20-7408 Trystan Keun Napper v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts judicial-discretion legal-interpretation plain-error standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) permits courts of appeals to grant appellate relief in the absence of error shown by binding preceden…
20-7417 Allen Pace, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas…
20-7420 Tobi Kilman v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-review civil-rights due-process good-time-credits liberty-interest prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate Whether a prisoner has a liberty interest in receiving time-credits toward the service of his sentence, when said credits are mandated by statute and …
20-7427 Leefatinie Tirosh Cole v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 34-U.S.C.-§-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-7430 Carlos Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act predicate-offense robbery-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether a completed Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 categorically qualifies as a predicate "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)…
20-1261 Wi-LAN, Inc., et al. v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-03-11 Denied administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer judicial-review patent patent-office principal-officer separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation uspto 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of…
20-1263 Gianinna Gallardo, an Incapacitated Person, By and Through Her Parents and Co-Guardians Pilar Vassallo and Walter Gallardo v. Simone Marstiller, In Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-11 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) beneficiary-rights federal-statute future-medical-expenses healthcare-reimbursement medicaid-act medicaid-recovery medical-expenses preemption reimbursement statutory-interpretation tort-recovery tort-settlement Whether the federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid's payment of a beneficiary's past medical…
20-1253 Charles L. Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2021-03-10 Denied chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment motion-to-strike pro-se-representation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1 DID THE MISSISSIPPI SUPRME COURT BREAK STATE LAW WHEN IT WOULD NOT APPLY THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE WORD OF SHALL IN MISSISSIPPI CO…
20-7402 Sylas Glenn Brownridge v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas…
20-7412 Anthony W. Gardner v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-statutes force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-crimes statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas…
20-7413 Zelos Fields v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encom…
20-7382 Calvin Thomas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encom…
20-7383 Jorge Zamora-Suarez, aka Pedro Moncada v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach crime-of-violence force-clause hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas…
20-7386 Andrew Chapnick v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline criminal-procedure federal-habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation timeliness-provision 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker …
20-7387 Vaughn Lewis v. United States First Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP agency-deference career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation When "controlled substance offense" is defined in the text of the Career Offender Guideline, U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b), whether the commentary can add consp…
20-7393 Edward Coleman, aka Keith, aka Tiny Keith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the offense encompas…
20-7394 Joaquin Ramos De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split divisibility felon-in-possession guilty-plea knowledge-requirement sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation structural-error I. Is it structural error when a defendant pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), witho…
20-1241 Michael Paul Miselis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-03-09 Denied Amici (1) anti-riot-act civil-rights constitutional-validity criminal-prosecution due-process federal-prosecution first-amendment free-speech overbreadth protest-rights standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2101, the Anti-Riot Act, is facially invalid under the First Amendment. 2. If so, are the constitutionally infirm provisions o…
20-1229 James W. Robertson, Sr. v. Intratek Computer, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) administrative-scheme arbitration-enforcement employment-rights federal-contract government-subcontractor mandatory-arbitration non-waiver-provision statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection Under 41 U.S.C. § 4712, employees of government subcontractors may not be retaliated against for reporting violations of laws, rules, or regulations…
20-7359 Karen Gagarin v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied IFP circuit-split consent criminal-law criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft means-of-identification statutory-interpretation supreme-court The aggravated identity theft statute imposes a mandatory consecutive sentence of minimum two years for "[w]hoever, during and in relation to any felo…
20-7360 Emmanuel Feaster v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), "[i]t shall be unlawful" for certain individuals to possess firearms that have traveled in interstate…
20-7370 Avery Bradford v. Clinton Perry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7333 Nolberto Martinez v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Low Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights habeas-corpus right-of-redress saving-clause statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holding in McCarthan v. Dir. of Goodwill Indus.-Suncoast, Inc., 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017)(en banc),…
20-7345 Willie Ray Lewis v. Robert Legrand, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abortion appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-standing medical-regulations standing statutory-interpretation I) Whether Trial counsel's failune to inwestigate interview, or loss-examine thealleged Victims, Pretrial, Whenshe was inossession of a resantationtaf…
20-7277 Niles O'Neil v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the U.S. Sentencing Commission acted within its authority by its commentary to $ U.S. Sentencing…
20-7320 Zbigniew Laskowski v. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Washington 2021-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights de-novo-review due-process evidence judicial-findings prosecutorial-discretion standing statutory-interpretation Whether in reviewing a claim, appellate court must 1) apply de novo review where a superior court trial judge failed to make specific findings on the …
20-1222 Julie Dalessio v. University of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-03-03 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights comprehensive-remedial-scheme due-process judicial-review ninth-circuit remedial-scheme section-1983 statutory-interpretation statutory-rights 1. Does a "comprehensive remedial scheme for the enforcement of a statutory right " under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) [42 U.S.C. 12101 e…
20-1209 In Re Raymond L. Rogers 2021-03-02 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act appeals appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Your Petitioner is [requesting] and [praying] for this United States Supreme Court to exercise its supervisory appellate powers pursuant-to 28 U.S.C. …
20-7294 James Peter Sabatino v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights communication-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process mootness statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S APPEAL AS MOOT, IN THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S SUBSEQUENT RULING REAUTHOR…
20-7299 Michael Dean Adkisson v. Nevada Nevada 2021-03-02 Denied IFP consecutive-sentence criminal-sentencing custody due-process jury-trial jury-trial-rights prison-custody separate-offense separate-statute statutory-interpretation Whether state prison officials violate an inmate's due process and jury trial rights when they hold an inmate in custody pursuant to an additional con…
20-7305 Larry Daniel Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery negligence physical-force predicate-conviction property-injury statutory-interpretation 1. Circuit courts, including the Ninth Circuit here, are analogizing the element of "intimidation" in 18 U.S.C. § 2113 with the element of "fear of in…
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…
20-7282 Earl Malloy v. United States Second Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms-offense guilty-plea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this petition should be held pending the decision in United States v. Gary, No. 20-444, given that both this petition and Gary present the sam…
20-7284 Tyrell Donte Curry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Amici (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-procedure mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the drug conduct in the Armed Career Criminal Act's "serious drug offense" definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of th…
20-7285 Cedric Durand Collins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied IFP controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offense due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the drug conduct in the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit na…
20-7286 Kashus Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the drug conduct in the Armed Career Criminal Act's "serious drug offense" definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of th…
20-7287 Viguens Cius v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied IFP controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offense due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the drug conduct in the "controlled substance offense" definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit na…
20-1200 Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Amici (1) affordable-care-act contract-law cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reduction-payments government-liability government-obligation mitigation-defense statutory-interpretation May the United States invoke a non-statutory mitigation defense to avoid the unambiguous requirement of section 1402 of the Patient Protection and Aff…
20-1205 Gazelle Craig v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-03-01 Denied Response Waived circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-distribution dispensing distributing medical-necessity prescription prescription-law statutory-interpretation When Dr. Craig wrote a prescription for a controlled substance that was not medically necessary, did her conduct constitute "dispensing," "distributin…
20-1178 Pacific Choice Seafood Company, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference commerce-secretary fishery-management quota-limits quota-shares statutory-interpretation The Ninth Circuit below applied deference under Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), to a statutory …
20-7243 David Linehan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce interstate-communication statutory-interpretation threat-transmission Whether 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), which criminalizes "transmit[ting] in interstate or foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to . . . inju…
20-7244 Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a "crime of violence" within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(a).
20-7247 Walter Eugene Powell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7253 Nancy Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied IFP constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statutes due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability 1. Whether the knowingly mens rea in the federal drug statutes, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 960, applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establis…
20-7235 Michael Alvarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law intent-standard mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation The circuit courts agree that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware that his conduct would be p…
20-7237 Clyde E. Bradley v. Teri Kennedy, Warden Seventh Circuit 2021-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus petition pro-se rebuttal statutory-interpretation I.) WHETHER THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING THE PRO SE PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF WITHOUT PERMITTING THE PETITIONER A FAIR OPPORTUN…
20-7196 Kristy Renee Rasnick v. Dickenson County Department of Social Services Virginia 2021-02-23 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protection counsel counsel-representation due-process parental-rights state-court state-court-appeal statutory-interpretation 1) Whether Petitioner was deprived her constitutional right affording her due process when the Virginia Supreme Court and the Virginia Court of Appeal…
20-7213 Nathan Ray Dent v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis I. The government concedes that one of the possible predicate offenses used to convict Petitioners under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) —conspiracy—is not a § 924…
20-7215 Sunni Askari Newell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT HAS MISCONSTRUED U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), CONTRARY TO EVERY OTHER CIRCUIT, RESULTING IN DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIREARMS …
20-7217 Felix Cisneros, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-intent criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing statutory-elements statutory-interpretation waiver-doctrine 1. Can a person be convicted of conspiracy to violate a statute containing an element increasing the offense's severity, where that element is not act…
20-7218 Crystal Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-856 congressional-intent double-counting drug-involved-premise drug-sentencing fair-sentencing-act precedent sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Congress intended The Fair Sentencing Act to more severely punish persons sentenced under 21 U.S.C. §856 in what is a departure from over 20 y…
20-7223 Angelo C. Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence davis-precedent federal-criminal-law force-and-violence intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation WHETHER PETITIONER'S ARGUMENT UNDER UNITED STATES V. DAVIS, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), DESERVES CLOSER SCRUTINY, WHERE APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS IN DAVI…
20-1162 Maine Community Health Options, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-02-23 Denied Amici (3) affordable-care-act breach-of-contract contract-law contract-law-analogy cost-sharing-reduction government-liability government-obligation shall-pay-command statutory-interpretation Whether the government is required to pay insurers the full amount of the cost-sharing reduction payments required by the unambiguous shall-pay langua…
20-1142 Atlantic Richfield Company v. Asarco LLC Ninth Circuit 2021-02-22 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived bankruptcy cercla contribution contribution-claim environmental-liability judicial-settlement liability response-action settlement statutory-interpretation Whether a judicially approved settlement that conclusively determines a party's obligation to perform response actions "resolves its liability" for "s…
20-1144 Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. v. Curtis Ulleseit, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights-removal court-of-appeals federal-officer-removal remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. 1447(d), courts of appeals generally may not review orders remanding removed cases to state court. But Section 1447(d) also states tha…
20-1148 Robert M. Sellers v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Amici (4) civil-rights claim-scope disability-compensation due-process pro-veteran-canon service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits When a veteran has submitted an application for disability benefits, does the veteran's claim encompass all reasonably identifiable conditions within …
20-7204 Shane Faithful v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-distribution criminal-law federal-sentencing medical-care medical-prescription prescription-drugs sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a physician who prescribes a controlled substance to a patient for reasons other than medical care has unlawfully "dispensed" the substance…
20-7207 Manuel de Jesus Gordillo-Escandon v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-22 Denied IFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process interstate-agreement-detainers interstate-agreement-on-detainers-act judicial-procedure jurisdiction speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation trial-timing 1. Did the district court err when it failed to dismiss the indictment under the Speedy Trial Act ("STA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 3161-3174, when the trial did …
20-7181 Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady The Statute 18 U.S.C.924 (c)(1)(A) which states: Except to the extent that'a -greater minimumsentence is otherwise provided by this subsection or by…
20-7167 Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, under 21 U.S.C. § 841, a defendant who knowingly possesses or distributes a controlled substance can be convicted and subjected to an enhance…
20-1124 Michael Don Leatherwood v. Jeorld Braggs, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied affidavit criminal-procedure due-process fair-warning ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion probation probation-conditions statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner subject to the release conditions of probation while he was in prison? Does the statute which defines probation as "a procedure by whi…
20-1131 James C. Dimora v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-02-17 Denied Response Waived bribery conviction criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions lawful-conduct legal-error official-act statutory-interpretation Whether a McDonnell error—i.e., defining the element of "official act" overbroadly in bribery counts and thereby enabling a jury to wrongly conclude t…
20-1122 Edward B. Fleury v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2021-02-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process law-enforcement second-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether Massachusetts gun storage law M.G.L. c. 140, § 131L, providing enhanced penalties for different types of firearms, is unconstitutionally va…
20-7123 Kenneth R. Heddlesten v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP conviction-finality district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus haynes-v-kerner jurisdiction limitations-period pro-se pro-se-petition statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 1. When was my conviction final? 2. When did the limitations period under 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1)(D) actually start? 3. Did the Caddo County District C…
20-7150 Creadell Hubbard v. Charles Ratledge, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-7155 James Scott, Jr. v. Norm Robinson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-law content-moderation free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure social-media statutory-interpretation Does the Petitioner have the right to Due Process Equal Law lanse And Jury Trial as guarecd the Cthaudrth b Vou.d Count abuse ifs dxenetod or Sensiaic…
20-7159 Danny L. Smith v. Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-16 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights congressional-intent court-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-conflict standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether oa not the lower Covrts' "decision"to "timebar Petitioner' Claims of "Statutory tolling" was in "conflict" with Btatutory Congressional ist…
20-7138 Patrick Begay v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission In carrying out the mandate of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) to impose a sentence that is "sufficient but not greater than necessary on a defendant," may a dist…
20-7140 Cesar Raul Aceves v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure immigration immigration-law mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rehaif unlawful-reentry 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) prohibits individuals falling into particular status categories from possessing firearms or ammunition. Rehaif v. United States, 58…
20-7144 Xue Jie He v. Hairong Xue New York 2021-02-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment landlord-tenant security-deposit statutory-interpretation Whether it violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1. The petitioner does not owe the statement an…
20-7146 Frank Ray Gallardo v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant charged with an offense under 18 USC § 2244 is entitled to a specific intent instruction and there is a conflict among Circuits.
20-1114 American Hospital Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2021-02-12 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (3) administrative-law chevron-deference healthcare-regulation hospital-acquisition-cost medicare medicare-reimbursement reimbursement-rates statutory-interpretation survey-data Under federal law, the reimbursement rate paid by Medicare for specified covered outpatient drugs is set based on one of two alternative payment metho…
20-1116 Anthony Seward v. United States First Circuit 2021-02-12 Denied criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process federal-criminal-law federalism interstate-registration sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation venue venue-jurisdiction A registered sex offender who changes residence from one state to another must register in the new state within three business days of arrival. 34 U.S…
20-1113 American Hospital Association, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services District of Columbia 2021-02-12 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-action agency-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Chevron deference applies to a statutory interpretation question that determines both the lawfulness of agency action and the court's jurisdic…
20-1092 Brandon Jones v. United States Second Circuit 2021-02-11 Denied circuit-split civil-rights document-fraud due-process federal-criminal-law fraud free-speech government-securities legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 514(a) prohibits the use of "any false or fictitious instrument, document, or other item appearing, representing, purporting, or contrivin…
20-1090 Thasha A. Boyd v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-courts federal-employment judicial-review retroactive-legislation statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection 1. Whether the 60-day deadline for seeking judi­cial review pursuant 5 U.S.C. § 7703(b)(1)(B) and the FRAP sets a bar to an appeal, as the Eleventh Ci…
20-7101 Anthony Jerome Billings, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence Eleventh-Circuit florida-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Is a conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance offense" as defined in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) if, acco…
20-7107 Jimmy Richard Husband v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule 1. Whether NELSON V. COLORADO 137 S. Ct. 1249 (2018), announced a new substantive rule, narrowing the language and scope of 18 USC Sect. 3661, that ha…
20-7069 Martell Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled …
20-7087 Brian James Holland v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2241 conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency force-definition statutory-interpretation witness-credibility i) What is the definition of the term force Under Statute 18. USCS. 2241? What is the proper Criminal law and procedure used to determine sufficient e…
20-1077 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Bernard Waithaka First Circuit 2021-02-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration-exemption circuit-split civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce national-boundaries state-boundaries statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce, 9 U.S.C. 1, prevents the Act's appli…
20-7067 Wilma Pennington-Thurman v. Sansone Group DDR LLC Missouri 2021-02-05 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction state-courts state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1971 stated: "In the event of conflicting proceedings during the interim, federal jurisdiction prevails over st…
20-7068 Jerry Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the 4thCircuit Court of Appeals created a Cirauit split by affiomingthe District Courts reuson to ceny his motion for a sentence reduction und…
20-7024 Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent force. Hobs Act robbery's p…
20-7041 Bruce Kintrell Green v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-7043 Kevin Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-decision criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dominguez 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err by finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a "crime of violence" under United States v. Dominguez, 954 F.3d 1251 (9th Cir. 2020…
20-7021 Martel Valencia-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault assault-charge criminal-law dangerous-weapon due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation weapon-definition weapons Whether a "deadly or dangerous weapon" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 111(b) includes a natural object that was not designed to be a weapon, such as a ro…
20-7016 Andrew David Bruins, II v. Michele Whitman, Associate Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-02-02 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-provisions civil-procedure civil-rights court-proceeding due-process mandate relief remedies standing statutory-interpretation undue-burden i dots ihc-' kntlc of Mandate, or Hi-t Inslifuficn iotuetyds YiSiinci ftrWcil riofifcahon arid Olpprova t before remedies of a Pubhc mfresflI- The …
20-6996 Delroy T. Booth v. Walter Berry, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-29 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law disability due-process judicial-review legal-precedent social-security standing statutory-interpretation Did that Defendant's criminal Trial Violate the Confrontation Clause when a Court Reporter Reading the out-of-court Certified Social Security letter D…
20-6964 Dallas Ray Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP ammunition-possession commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any ammunition that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past…
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL WHERE THE CONVICTION AND SENTENCE WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE HOBBS ACT ROBBERY IS NOT A…
20-6977 Joshua Ryan Dorman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6978 Chaka LeChar Castro v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process ethnic-targeting evidence evidence-sufficiency hate-crime hate-crimes religious-discrimination sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether sufficient evidence supported Petitioner's convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for counts three, five, seven and nine of the Second Supers…
20-1017 Lawrence Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-rights common-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession law-enforcement statutory-interpretation In Dixon v. United States, 548 U.S. 1 (2006), this Court held that every "long-established common-law" affirmative defense is incorporated into the fe…
20-1031 Northern California Small Business Assistants, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2021-01-28 Denied Amici (1) administrative-procedure civil-procedure equitable-tolling jurisdiction jurisdictional-deadline statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent tax-law Is 26 U.S.C. § 6213(a)'s deficiency petition (90-day) Filing Deadline jurisdictional (such that it is not subject to equitable tolling) under current …
20-1010 Ded Rranxburgaj v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-01-27 Dismissed Amici (3) administrative-law agency-discretion immigration-law jurisdiction removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6962 Misael Herrera-Fuentes v. United States First Circuit 2021-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear that did n…
20-6955 Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York New York 2021-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act child-services civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law immigration-law social-services-law statutory-interpretation Whether the respondent, in denying the petitioner's request for services by occupation at the petitioner's home in accordance with New York State Law,…
20-6930 Marco Antonio Lopez-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure legal-precedent recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6932 Jorge Armando Jamaica-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
20-6938 Muhammad E. Milhouse v. Camba Inc. Staff Members, et al. Second Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process federal-statute freedom-of-religion freedom-of-speech prosecutorial-discretion sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6946 Barry Cashin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process procedural-reasonableness sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Does 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) restrict appellate courts' authority to review the procedural and substantive reasonableness of a denial of a motion for a se…
20-6948 Beau Brandon Croghan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied IFP 8th-circuit child-pornography criminal-intent criminal-law eighth-circuit evidence evidence-retention knowingly-receives mens-rea statutory-interpretation website-viewing Whether the Eighth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant knowingly receives child pornography by viewing it on a website, even without any evidenc…
20-6949 Neally Cunningham v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP cocaine-base criminal-law criminal-resentencing drug-offenses federal-drug-offense first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Whether Appellant's offense of conviction, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) occurring before August 3, 2010, and involving cocaine base, is a "…
20-1000 Monico Dominguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 GVR Relisted (4) 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924(c)(8)(A) attempted-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether attempted robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, qualifies as a "crime of violence," meaning that it "has as an element the use, attem…
20-986 Michael Gregory Hubbard v. Alabama Alabama 2021-01-25 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-statutes due-process fair-notice first-impression-law legal-interpretation official-actions official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-theory statutory-interpretation Did the Supreme Court of Alabama deprive Petitioner of due process of law, when it affirmed his conviction based on (a) first-impression interpretatio…
20-987 Spielbauer Law Office v. Midland Funding, LLC, et al. California 2021-01-25 Denied appeal civil-procedure constitutional-taking due-process entry-of-judgment judicial-discretion notice-of-appeal procedural-rights statutory-interpretation takings 1. If a statute appears to reasonably permit the filing of a notice of appeal upon entry of order or entry of judgment, is it a denial of due process …
20-979 Pankajkumar S. Patel, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-22 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law citizenship citizenship-misrepresentation discretionary-relief due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration-law inadmissibility judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i) preserves the jurisdiction of federal courts to review a non-discretionary determination that a noncitizen is i…
20-962 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-21 Dismissed administrative-procedure administrative-rulemaking homeland-security immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility notice-and-comment public-charge standing statutory-interpretation Whether entities that are not subject to the public-charge ground of inadmissibility contained in 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)(A), and which seek to expand ben…
20-967 Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response Waived collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Pedro Rodriguez-Garcia was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "Notice to Appear" that did not tell Mr. Rodri…
20-6897 In Re Lee Charles Bradford 2021-01-15 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation I. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ABDICATE ITS CLEAR LEGAL DUTY TO EXERCISE ANCILLARY JURISDICTION OVER CLAIMS OF FRAUD ON THE COURT, ABUSE ITS DISCRETION BY …
20-6909 Brian Gale v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law district-court due-process elements-clause hobbs-act residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation "WHETHER HOBBS ACT ROBBERY QUALIFIES AS A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE"?, WHERE THE DISTRICT COURT FAILED TO ADVANCE ANY THEORY (i.e. "residual clause, force c…
20-6910 El-Asad Alsaedi v. Florida Florida 2021-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-authority sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6876 Leon Tollette v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254(d) eleventh-circuit federal-habeas-review harrington-v-richter ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether, on federal habeas review under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), a federal court may refuse to "look through" to the last reasoned state court decision, a…
20-6878 Edward Joseph Curran, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-statute firearm-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6882 Bo Zou v. Linde Engineering North America, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-conflict civil-rights court-procedure due-process federal-courts injunctive-relief jurisdictional-challenge legal-precedent standing statutory-interpretation 1. How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit make its decision on injunctive reliefs in conflict with not only the U.S. Supreme…
20-6888 Christina Elizabeth Pandey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-949 Angelica Christina Limcaco v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied 28-usc-455 court-impartiality court-payments extrajudicial-source judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics liljeberg-v-health-services liteky-v-us procedural-standards statutory-interpretation The first question presented is whether the language "might reasonably be questioned" under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) can be judicially restricted to require…
20-959 Angela Thigpen v. Board of Trustees of the Local 807 Labor-Management Pension Fund Second Circuit 2021-01-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6865 William Rouser v. Unknown Ninth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6867 Noel Romero-Espinal v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuing-offense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether illegally reentering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. §1326 is a continuing offense.
20-6840 Frederick D. Darrington, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause intimidation mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether a crime that requires proof of "intimidation" of the victim satisfies the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), when the offense does n…
20-6787 Matthew Lee Pryor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing direct-appeal direct-review first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Does Congress' express "Clarification of Section 924(c) of Title 18, United States Code" in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply to a defendant con…
20-6788 Brian Gene McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law federal-crime-of-violence felony-definition firearm-statute person-of-another prenatal-conduct reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation voluntary-manslaughter 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) prohibits the use of a firearm during and in relation to a federal "crime of violence." "Crime of violence" is defined in § 9…
20-6807 Jamal Clinton, aka Moreless v. United States Second Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP bostock-precedent bostock-v-clayton-county career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance-offense drug-conspiracy fair-and-not-arbitrary sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-3553a6 1. Whether sentencing courts are required by Title 18, United States Code section 3553(a)(6) and Supreme Court precedent interpreting unambiguous stat…
20-6809 Anthony Lynn Wood v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-power nondelega tion-doctrine nondelegation separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should this Court overrule Gundy and, if appropriate, revisit its approach to nondelegation claims, and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstit…
20-915 Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-08 Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-procedure circuit-court-precedent civil-procedure copyright-law copyright-office copyright-registration ninth-circuit publication-standard registration-requirements standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in breaking with its own prior precedent and the findings of other circuits and the Copyright Office in holding that 17 U…
20-895 Scott Seldin, Individually and as Trustee of the Selden 2002 Irrevocable Trust, dated October 9, 1993, et al. v. Estate of Stanley C. Silverman, et al. Nebraska 2021-01-07 Denied actual-bias arbitration-award arbitration-awards evident-partiality federal-arbitration-act judicial-review public-policy statutory-interpretation vacatur 1. Whether the FAA categorically forecloses courts from vacating an arbitration award on the ground that the award is contrary to public policy. 2. W…
20-900 Shell Oil Products Co., L.L.C., et al. v. Rhode Island First Circuit 2021-01-05 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-review removal-statute statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) authorizes appellate review of any issue encompassed in a remand order when removal was premised in part on the federal-of…
20-880 Michael H. Holland, as Trustee for the United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund and United Mine Workers of America 1992 Benefit Plan, et al. v. Westmoreland Coal Company, et al. Fifth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) anti-injunction-act bankruptcy-code circuit-split coal-act south-carolina-v-regan statutory-interpretation tax tax-assessment 1. Is the South Carolina v. Regan exception to the Anti-Injunction Act available to debtors who want to avoid paying a tax for reasons unrelated to th…
20-884 Chevron Corporation, et al. v. San Mateo County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-01-04 GVR Relisted (2) 28-usc-1442 28-usc-1447d appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-issue remand-order statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) authorizes appellate review of any issue encompassed in a remand order when removal was premised in part on the federal-of…
20-6759 Bernard Weiters, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3582(c)(2) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing first-step-act resentencing section-404(b) sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandatory-minimum statutory-maximum Whether the Court Committed error by declining to resentence the petitioner under Section 3582 of the First Step Act, when the Court earlier reduced t…
20-6761 Wayne Wells, Jr. v. Terrie Wallace, Warden Fourth Circuit 2021-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence-rules sentencing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure witness-testimony Does Module Code Ann. § 16-3-1055 (B)(c) has a constitutional requirement that a trial court must rule on the defendant's motion to suppress evidence …
20-6730 Jose Lupe Corrall v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation 1. Under McFadden v. United States, ---U.S.---, 135 S.Ct. 2298 (2015), when a defendant pleads guilty to "knowingly" distributing a controlled substan…
20-6736 Salvador Diaz v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-challenge court-of-appeals due-process jurisdiction prior-conviction sorna-violation statutory-interpretation supervisory-power venue venue-selection 1. Whether the Court of Appeals' failure to remedy the District Court's improper venue selection conflicts with this Court's decisions in Nichols v. U…
20-6738 Lisa Yvette Coffman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law embezzlement federal-statute fifth-circuit fraud plain-error-review statutory-interpretation substantial-rights I. Does the first paragraph of 18 U.S.C. § 641 – which makes it illegal to embezzle, steal, purloin, or knowingly convert to one's own or another's us…
20-6739 Larun E. Miller v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-challenge outrageous-government-conduct sixth-circuit-conflict standing statutory-interpretation vagueness Question not identified.
20-6742 Edward Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis violent-crime WHETHER PETITIONER'S ARGUMENT UNDER UNITED STATES V. DAVIS, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), DESERVES CLOSER SCRUTINY, WHERE APPLYING THE SAME STANDARDS IN DAVI…
20-6743 Neil Dussard v. United States Second Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction plain-error sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether the Supreme Court should correct the Second Circuit's split from other Circuit Courts in addressing the recurring question of the validity of …
20-6744 Sinclair Ellis, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Where as the District Court has 30 days on the Speedy Trial Clock to make a ruling on a pre-trial motion under §3161 (H)(l)(J). If the Distrcit Court …
20-871 In Re Bryant Moore 2020-12-31 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1651 appellate-review default-judgment extraordinary-writ fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether this Court should use its discretion through 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a) and governing law of Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 2…
20-862 Hui Feng, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response Waived antifraud-provisions broker-registration capital-raising investment-advisers-act-of-1940 sec-authority secondary-market secondary-market-transactions securities-act securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 statutory-interpretation The questions presented are: 1. Whether the SEC exceeded its statutory authority under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which regulates secondary…
20-6732 Adams Joel Forty-Febres v. United States First Circuit 2020-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-insufficiency first-circuit judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Evidence was Totally Insufficient for the Conviction to Fairly Stand.
20-6713 Danielle Devona Jones v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process fifth-amendment firearm-offense grand-jury-indictment indictment section-924c statutory-interpretation IS THERE AN ACKNOWLEDGED CONFLICT AMONG THE SISTER CIRCUITS AS TO WHETHER SECTION 924(c) CRIMINALIZES TWO SEPARATE OFFENSES (1) "CARRY OR USE" A FIREA…
20-6715 Michael Adair Mankin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6722 Eddie A. Poindexter v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-12-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6710 Marlon Iron Crow v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 criminal-law criminal-statute jury-instruction jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation Whether the "reckless" mens rea should be included in the jury instruction for "malice aforethought" for second degree murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1.
20-852 Shaquere Myleshia Gray, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Tremaine Miller, et al. v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Fifth Circuit 2020-12-28 Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process employer-liability federal-courts fela fifth-circuit labor-law legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has deviated from established Supreme Court precedent under the Federal Employers Liability Act ("…
20-6689 Matthew J. Kwong v. Cheswold (TL), LLC, et al. Connecticut 2020-12-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-principles due-process foreclosure judicial-order legal-precedent property-rights republic-design statutory-interpretation Whether the Connecticut Superior Court's Order of Judgment of Foreclosure by Sale on September 14, 2018 in favor of the respondent against the petitio…
20-6699 Juan David Pineda-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6694 Gerardo Flores-Riojas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6671 Sarah Melisa Cox, aka Sarah Cox, aka Sarah Cunningham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP print or publish the distribution of child pornog child-pornography circuit-split communication communication-standard criminal-law federal-criminal-law notice notice-requirement statutory-interpretation Whether a communication between just two individuals is sufficient contact to satisfy the requirement of giving notice to make, print or publish the d…
20-818 Bruce A. Norvell v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-17 Denied Response Waived 26-usc-7623 administrative-procedures-act agency-action irs-inaction irs-whistleblower-office sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction whistleblower-claim Airbnb —a prominent tech company —did not report to the defendant IRS its 2017 payments of $4 billion to its USA hosts, and I informed the IRS Whistle…
20-6640 James David Perryman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a…
20-6641 Jose Angel Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce claus…
20-6578 Rickey White v. Gary L. Lumpkin, Presiding Judge, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-12-15 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation I INNAGIE SEAFCH WARRAT Q2 DEFECTIVE WALRHNT AFFIDAVI'T RREST MAERANT TOR FOPAELE CAUSE. N TUERE WAS N SUFPORTING AFFIDAUE RESENGEd TO A JUCGE …
20-6622 Devon Mitchell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-15 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-robbery bank-robbery crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. By denying Petitioner's Petition For Certificate of Appealability, did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in implicitly holding that Bank Robbe…
20-6635 Daion J. Williams v. Michele Wilhelm, Warden, et al. Nebraska 2020-12-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-error jurisdiction statutory-interpretation unconstitutional writ-of-review 1. DID THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ANDREW R. JACOBSEN ERROR, In denying the Petitioner's Petition For Writ Of Habeas Corpus pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §…
20-807 Bradley LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company Seventh Circuit 2020-12-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split federal-employers-liability-act foreseeability in-use interstate-commerce locomotive-inspection-act negligence-per-se railroad-liability safety-regulation statutory-interpretation Two questions are presented: 1. Whether a locomotive is in use on a railroad's line and subject to the LIA and its safety regulations when its train …
20-6605 Demondray D. Mayo v. Perry Russell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition reasonable state-court state-court-reasoning statutory-interpretation wilson-v-sellers Whether a federal court reviewing a habeas petition incorrectly applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), when it rel…
20-6606 Paul W. Miller v. B. Von Blankensee Ninth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review procedural-due-process remedies standing statutory-interpretation I. Can Congress Statutorily limit the Subject-matter Jurisdiction of Courts Created by Act of Congress? II. Is there a limitation of time based on pr…
20-6609 Salvador Moreno Cervantes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-794 Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-12-11 Granted Amici (13)Relisted (2) circuit-split district-court-discretion evidence-gathering foreign-tribunal international-arbitration international-tribunal judicial-assistance private-arbitration statutory-interpretation tribunal-definition Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in "a foreign or internatio…
20-795 New York, et al. v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2020-12-10 Dismissed Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-law byrne-jag-program civil-rights federal-funding federal-grants grant-conditions immigration immigration-enforcement spending-clause statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment Did Congress authorize DOJ to condition Byrne JAG funding on acceptance of DOJ's three new requirements?
20-796 City of New York v. Department of Justice, et al. Second Circuit 2020-12-10 Dismissed Relisted (3) administrative-law byrne-jag-grant civil-procedure federal-grants federal-immigration-enforcement government-funding immigration separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation In 2006, Congress enacted the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant ("Byrne JAG") statute, requiring the Department of Justice to provide gra…
20-6594 Juan Fredy Hernandez-Zozaya v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-law human-trafficking interstate-commerce interstate-transportation prostitution prostitution-statute statutory-interpretation transportation-across-state-lines WHETHER IT IS A VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a), WHICH MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT A PERSON ACROSS STATE LINES WITH THE INTENT FOR THAT PERSON TO E…
20-6596 Kevin S. Abney v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal due-process legislative-history rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the legislative history dealing with 18 USC § 924(e)(1) supports all the lower courts' rulings concerning offenses committed on different occa…
20-6601 Savannah Sifuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure elements-of-offense essential-element forfeiture guilty-plea indictment indictment-challenge statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether a defendant who unsuccessfully moves to dismiss an indictment for failure to allege an essential element of the crime waives or forfeits th…
20-6582 Curtis Ward v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery force-clause mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation Federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be committed "by force and violence, or by intimidation . . . or . . . by extortion."…
20-6552 Ignacio Arreola-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6556 Harvey Bass v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMED BASS' SENTENCE WHERE BASS' SENTENCE WAS UNREASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE S…
20-6561 Jesus N. Rodriguez v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law district-court due-process incorporated-grounds judicial-discretion pleading-defect procedural-error rule-violation standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT INVITED ERROR RESULTING IN FUNDAMENTAL PLEADING DEFECT BY PERMITTING "INCORPORATED GROUNDS " NOT EXPLAINED IN THE PETITION …
20-6565 Simon Quinn v. Louisiana Louisiana 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-investigation criminal-procedure homicide-investigation obstruction-of-justice reasonable-doubt specific-intent statutory-interpretation underlying-conviction Reasonable jurist would debate that the State failed to meet its burden of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Quinn is guilty of the offense …
20-6566 Anilou Beltran Del Rio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6571 Antonio W. Smith v. M. Brecken, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Fourth Circuit Appeals Court err by not hearing Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2241 petition on the merits where his misclassification as a career of…
20-782 Raymond Holloway, Jr. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Amici (5) 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process firearms-prohibition gun-ownership individual-liberty misdemeanor-conviction second-amendment statutory-interpretation Does a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violate the Second Amendment?
20-783 Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-12-08 GVR Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-rights-removal court-of-appeals federal-officer-removal jurisdiction remand-order removal statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state cou…
20-6541 Alejandro Pineda-Campuzano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6549 Evatrus Derjuan Moss v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-review exclusionary-provision habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default statutory-interpretation treving-v-thaler COUNSEL ON AN INITIAL STATE POST-CONVICTION HABEAS CORPUS APPLICATION, CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S PRECEDENT OF MARTINEZ v. RYAN, 56…
20-6555 Solomon Manamela v. Warden, Fort Dix FCI Third Circuit 2020-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-uscs-1347 18-uscs-24(b) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process health-care-fraud jurisdiction pennsylvania-public-welfare-code standing state-created-danger statutory-interpretation 1) Whether affirmative evidence exists to establish Congress' intention under 18 USCS §24(b) to find City of Philadelphia-contracted non medical fami…
20-6539 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-04 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law physical-force reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a statute has as an element the use of physical force against the person or property of another, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), when a con…
20-6521 Hector Valdez v. United States First Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-review criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights If a defendant waives the right to appeal a sentence and the waiver takes place before the passage of the First Step Act and the defendant is sentence…
20-6529 Wesley Wayne Wakeford v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2d1.1(b)(5) circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses methamphetamine-importation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation This Court should grant this petition to interpret Sentencing Guide-lines section 2D1.1(b)(5). What an "offense that involved the importa-tion" of met…
20-6508 Jesse Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-12-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-offense methamphetamine scienter sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United State s Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involve d the importation of ... metham phetam ine…
20-758 Audie Jay Reynolds v. U.S. Bank National Association Arizona 2020-12-02 Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights severability statutory-interpretation takings Does the Arizona Deed of Trust Scheme provide good cause for removal of one or more of its provisions under severability?
20-753 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency-deference consent criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law public-law-280 public-safety retrocession statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Can the United States change the scope of its reassumption of Pub. L. 83-280 jurisdiction in Indian Country years after the reassumption became effect…
20-754 Albert Von Weingarten v. Lonnie Chester Second Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response Waived certification-to-state-court civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction estate-administration federal-court independent-cause-of-action legal-certification maladministration state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Does Title 14 Vermont Statutes Annotated Section 1208 provide for an independent cause of action for maladministration of an estate, which can be b…
20-6469 Hector Valentine v. United States Third Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-innocence criminal-law double-jeopardy judicial-review plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit's Erred in not addressingconduct has been rendered non-criminal byanintervening Whether the Third Cirauit's Erred in not ad…
20-6482 Derrick Moffite v. Mississippi Mississippi 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation WheTher itis a violaTion of due process where The evidence is insufficient To Support The jury Verdict of a greater offense; here AggravaTed AssaulT, …
20-6485 Qinard Lamar Collins v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circuit-split due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus medical-evidence shaken-baby-syndrome statutory-interpretation Whether – in a case where (1) the prose cution's theory was based on "shaken baby syndrome" but (2) there has now been a sea change in the medi cal co…
20-6486 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history firearm-possession jury-instructions rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation substantial-rights When determining whether a defendant's substantial rights were affected by an indictment and jury instructions that omitted an essential element of a …
20-6492 Calvin James v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms government-power interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation i,) i-ld'iA/ rr£ &6\/£gMrtE.iJT :TrAJhrc %bFo&£ r^sr /}pP£ A £Ahic£ di. f%& -,Td*ZUs»h Wt A :m& ?/ Auo Ntjlsc Fo/c o£ Pea,*, of,,* T7 &j%/ -A ^ ? $>)…
20-6476 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1495 28-usc-2513 certificate-of-innocence court-of-appeals dismissal district-court federal-court-of-claims fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation technical-claim When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred by affirming the District Court's dismissal of petitioner's claim of "tortious interferenc…
20-6444 Ronnie Eugene Fuston v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-11-27 Denied IFP cell-site-location-information fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause state-statute statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement In a pre-Carpenter v. United States case, did the state appellate court err in extending the good faith exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requ…
20-6459 David Lee Garrett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(e) civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-enhancement simple-robbery statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-code texas-offense violent-felony I. Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery constitutes a "violent felony" under 18 U.S.C. §924(e)? II. Whether the Texas offense of burglary cons…
20-6462 Anastacio Castruita-Escobedo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Anastacio Castruita-Escobedo, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notic…
20-6463 Alex Murillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6464 Benito Moreno-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Benito Moreno-Rodriguez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to …
20-737 B/E Aerospace, Inc. v. C&D Zodiac, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure america-invents-act inter-partes-review obviousness patent-challenge patent-validity printed-publications prior-art statutory-interpretation In an inter partes review proceeding under 35 U.S.C. § 311(b), does the Board have authority to consider unpatentability on a ground of obviousness th…
20-723 Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Susan Allan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-25 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system civil-procedure federal-regulation number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the definition of ATDS in the TCPA encompasses any device that can "store" and "automatically dial" telephone numbers, even if the device does…
20-728 adidas AG v. Nike, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied 5-usc-7513 administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-judges principal-officers severance statutory-interpretation us-patent-and-trademark-office 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Of…
20-731 Paul Winfield v. United States Probation & Pretrial Services, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived 18-USC-201 18-USC-666 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law federal-bribery McDonnell-v-US overbreadth statutory-interpretation statutory-overbreadth supreme-court-precedent vagueness Since 18 U.S.C.A. § 666 is even broader than other federal bribery statutes, does it suffer from the same constitutional infirmities of vagueness and …
20-6436 Daniel Lovato v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law commission-commentary crime-of-violence guideline-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Commission commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous. 2. Wh…
20-6447 Michael Anthony Cernak v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause extortion federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intimidation mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation Federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be committed "by force and violence, or by inti midation . . . or . . . by extortion.…
20-6458 Clayton Lee Waagner v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-11-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act burglary-definition collateral-estoppel indictment indictment-statute ohio-aggravated-burglary predicate-offense statute-of-conviction statutory-interpretation Whether the "statute of conviction" must be used for an ACC A predicate offense, or can the district court use the statute listed on the indictment in…
20-6412 Robert St. Hilaire v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing firearm-possession sentencing-guidelines serial-number serial-number-alteration statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit, which noted it was deepening a split over the meaning of U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B), properly construed that Guideline's 4-…
20-6414 Daniel Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-7 adams-v-united-states circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction maritime-jurisdiction prison-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction In an 18 U.S.C. § 113 prosecution, does the Ninth Circuit's rule that prison personnel testimony that they "work at a United States prison" contravene…
20-6420 Oscar Urias Espinoza, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-power criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-restriction firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
20-6424 Deloyd Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an "enterprise" under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared…
20-6427 Marquis Wilson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process first-step-act retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, which is expressly titled a "clarification" of the penalty provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (1)(…
20-714 Stephen A. Saccoccia v. United States, et al. First Circuit 2020-11-24 Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture-law gross-disproportionality joint-and-several-liability joint-liability statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the courts of appeal may create exceptions to this Court's finding in Honeycutt v. United States that there exists no statutory authority for …
20-6404 Henry T. Liggins v. Bob Vashaw, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6405 Joshua Cato v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process federal-scheduling guilty-plea knowledge-standard mens-rea plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation 1. Under McFadden v. United States, --U.S.---, 135 S.Ct. 2298 (2015), when a defendant pleads guilty to "knowingly" distributing a controlled substanc…
20-6392 Peter Gakuba v. United States District of Columbia 2020-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights declaratory-relief electronic-communications federal-circuit-court privacy privacy-protection search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications AS A MATTER OF LAW, GAKUBA IS EHTITLED TO EQUITABLE RELIEF PER 18 USE S27IO(E+ SC8) COHBISTEMT W LIKEWISE THE SAME EOURABLE REUEF 1S DOUBLY AFFORDED …
20-6399 Duwayne Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense eleventh-circuit fifth-circuit florida-statute-§-893.13 mens-rea second-circuit sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(b) Is a post-2002 conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver or sell, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13, a "controlled substance offen…
20-6388 Joel Latrent Fletcher v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant review to resolve a split between the circuits courts' determination of whether error under Rehaif v. United States…
20-6376 Sean Jason Harstine v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-defendant appeal breaking-and-entering criminal-history due-process juvenile-offender juvenile-offenses point-calculation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER IT WAS ERROR TO COUNT CRIMINAL HISTORY POINTS FOR FOUR 2004 BREAKING AND ENTERING (B&E) CONVITIONS WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OLD…
20-6351 Johnny Tippins v. Patricia Caruso, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law legal-compliance standing state-actors statutory-interpretation Should the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recall its mandate to prevent a miscarriage of justice because the Sixth Circuit and the Distri…
20-6359 Andrew Rey Ybaben v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction child-pornography discretionary-conditions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie…
20-6362 Victor Manuel Avalos-Rivera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 circuit-split illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-order statutory-interpretation Whether an immigration court lacks jurisdiction to issue an order of removal that can later be used as a basis for an illegal reentry criminal convict…
20-6363 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence appellate-review civil-procedure due-process magistrate magistrate-recommendation plain-error plea-agreement report-and-recommendation statutory-interpretation Whether a district court commits plain error by not waiting the fourteen days allotted by 28 U.S.C. § 636 prior to adopting a magistrate's Report and …
20-681 Daniel E. Larkin, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived burden-of-production burden-of-proof civil-procedure irs irs-restructuring judicial-review penalties statutory-interpretation supervisory-approval tax-law tax-penalties 1. Does the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, Pub. L. 105-206, 112 Stat. 685, Title III, which enacted new sections 6751 …
20-686 Michael Shock v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-law discovery-violation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection mistrial oregon-v-kennedy prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation Are significant discovery and Brady violations by the prosecuting attorney, necessitating the grant of a mistrial, sufficient to invoke the double j…
20-6326 Adam Donald Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 child-exposure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deferred-adjudication prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sexual-abuse statutory-interpretation texas-law I. Is a Texas deferred adjudication a "prior conviction" for purposes of the sentencing enhancement in 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)? II. Does the Texas crime …
20-6333 Immanuel F. Sanchez v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-16 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-rights government-power hearing judicial-power oral-argument procedural-fairness standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-672 Thomas Gilewicz v. Brylin Hospital, et al. New York 2020-11-16 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights court-proceedings due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure standing state-court statutory-interpretation Did the state court procedure in petitioner's case violate his right to due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constit…
20-6314 Jovon Antoine McClures v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense knowledge-requirement physical-force robbery robbery-offense snatching statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Does a state robbery offense that may be committed through mere snatching "have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical…
20-6316 Mickey Pubien v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing discretion first-step-act penalty-reduction sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation What the district court may appropriately consider when imposing a reduced sentence pursuant to § 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 remains an unsettl…
20-6323 Lamont Andre Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-13 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction prosecutorial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Does the Fifth Circuit have constitutional authority under Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, to bring Criminal Charg…
20-664 Artem M. Joukov v. Office of the State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida Florida 2020-11-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection florida-law small-business small-business-rights state-agency statutory-interpretation FLA. STAT. § 57.111 (2020), the Equal Access to Justice Act, entitles small business owners to costs and attorney's fees when they prevail in administ…
20-666 Robert M. Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-13 Dismissed Relisted (3) byrne-jag-program civil-rights department-of-justice federal-funding federal-grants grant-conditions immigration immigration-compliance information-sharing state-and-local-government statutory-authority statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Department has statutory authority to impose the notice and access conditions on grantees that accept Byrne JAG awards. 2. Whether the…
20-6282 Darius Tirrell Thomas v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation u.s.-code Whether, the Trial Court Erred in Finding the Defendant to Be a "Career Offender" and Sentencing Him Accordingly?
20-6283 Robert Brownlee v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette Third Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL WAS CONSTITUTIONALLY INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO RESEARCH THE ELEMENTS OF A VIOLATION OF 18 PACSA 6301(a)(1)(@i) (THE STATUTE"…
20-6284 D'Angelo Domingo Davis, aka D'Angelo Dominico Davis, aka Deangelo Domingo Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of this Court's holding in Carter v. United Stat…
20-6285 Brittany Shanice Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6290 Orlando Sanchez v. United States Third Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness johnson-v-united-states postconviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version of the Sentencing Guidelin…
20-6292 Alonte Deshavion Richey v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-648 James W. Bonham v. John Sutto, Jr., et ux. Arizona 2020-11-12 Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation deed-of-trust due-process foreclosure non-judicial-foreclosure property-rights statutory-interpretation Currently Arizona uses a scheme of statutes to effectuate forced conveyances of residential single family property Via a non-judicial foreclosure. It …
20-654 Anthony John Ripa v. Stony Brook University Second Circuit 2020-11-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights denied-benefit educational-amendments educational-amendments-1972 gender-advocacy sex-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation student-benefits title-ix 1. Whether discrimination for a student because of sex constitutes a "denied . . . benefit " to the other sex within the meaning of Title IX of the Ed…
20-655 Xiu Jian Sun v. R. Craig Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-12 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-process legal-standing religious-doctrine religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows 1. The Lord god of hosts J…
20-6268 Bryan Keith Roberts v. Texas Texas 2020-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-trial criminal-trial-prejudice due-process jury-charge law-enforcement law-enforcement-presence prejudice right-to-fair-trial spectators statutory-interpretation Is the presence of a large number of uniformed, under cover, and armed spectators identifiable as law enforcement on the final day of the guilt-innoce…
20-6272 Domonic Devarrise Usher v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-10 Rehearing Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert…
20-6274 Fernando Juarez, aka Fernando Perez-Juarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-discretion overarching-goal presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard rita-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the presumption of reasonableness for within-guidelines sentences approved in Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338 (2007) has proved incompatib…
20-616 Stephen Durr v. Department of the Army, et al. District of Columbia 2020-11-09 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-interpretation motion-to-vacate procedural-rights standing statute-claim statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-6258 Arthur L. Campbell v. Cynthia Gause, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights first-amendment free-exercise islam judicial-review prison-policy religious-freedom rluipa statutory-interpretation substantial-burden THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COMMITTED PLAIN ERROR, CONTRARY TO 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq., WHEN IT ABDICATED THE RESPONSIBILITY, CONFERRED BY CONGRESS ON THE COU…
20-6246 Adam Joseph Bogema v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-sentencing mental-illness sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparity Whether this Court should provide some guidance to the appellate courts on the proper evaluation of a within guidelines sentence vis-a-vis 18 U.S.C. §…
20-6249 Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop…
20-604 InfoBionic, Inc. v. Cardionet, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea federal-circuit innovation longstanding-human-practice patent-eligibility patent-monopoly statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit has properly narrowed the scope of the abstract idea exception under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
20-6212 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition to Resolve a Circuit Split Regarding Whether Under Plain Error Review, a Defendant's Conviction for Felon…
20-6214 John J. Powers v. Warden, Allenwood USP Third Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1-usc-109 18-usc-3624b criminal-procedure first-step-act general-savings-statute good-time-credits sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Does the General Savings Statute, 1 U.S.C. §109, apply to the First Step Act's amendment to 18 U.S.C. §3624(b) so that penalties of the loss of good t…
20-6225 Michael David Lister v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-11-05 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fair-warning reckless-causation serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation texas-assault texas-penal-code violent-felony 1. Is Texas aggravated assault—which can be committed by recklessly causing serious bodily injury—a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act…
20-6242 Devontate Mauryce Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate offenses to the USSG § 4B1.2(b) definition of "controlled su…
20-601 Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky v. EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C., et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-11-05 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) attorney-general civil-rights due-process federal-appeals-court intervention judicial-procedure june-medical standing state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a state attorney general vested with the power to defend state law should be permitted to intervene after a federal court of appeals invalidat…
20-587 Hope Angelic White, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Myron Pollard v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied bivens bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar personal-representative sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671 et seq., waives the sovereign immunity of the United States and creates a cause of action …
20-6187 Robin Elaine Jackson v. County of Sacramento Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law fmla fmla-violation standing statutory-interpretation time-limitation wrongful-termination Whether a plaintiff who has no available remedy in a ["FMLA" ] time limitation violation , through no lack of diligence on her part, she is barred by …
20-6202 Jimmy Don Wooten v. Arkansas Arkansas 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3005 capital-murder criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process error-coram-nobis statutory-interpretation Did United States Code Annotated 18 U.S.C.A. 3005 apply to Petitioner in 1994 when he was charged with Capital Murder and the Death Penalty was sought…
20-6204 Kenneth Curry v. Kess Roberson Seventh Circuit 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER PLAUSIBLY HAS SUFFICIENTLY PLEADED A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A SECURED RIGHT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. SECTION 2253…
20-6207 Steven Cooper v. Bay County, Florida, et al. Florida 2020-11-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-vagueness due-process judicial-review mandamus property-rights statutory-interpretation takings trespass vagueness 1. Whether the Florida Statute for Adverse Possession without Color of Title section 95.18 is unconstitutionally vague on its face and as applied beca…
20-6180 Naquan Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Reyes's contention that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable based on the district court's fa…
20-6182 Kyle Rainey v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-11-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Under Brady vs. Maryland, a PCRA petitioner may establish a true Brady violation if the following can be proven; if the evidence at issue is favorable…
20-6192 Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that "in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) and § 924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the d…
20-579 Zimmian Tabb v. United States Second Circuit 2020-11-02 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law guidelines-commentary judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous. 2. Wh…
20-568 William Geoffroy v. Town of Winchendon, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response Waived 29-usc-626 age-discrimination due-process employee-rights employment-law statutory-interpretation voluntary voluntary-consent waiver waiver-validity Whether a waiver of age discrimination claims can be found to be voluntary when an employer verbally revokes an employee's twenty-one (21) day review,…
20-575 Royal Truck & Trailer Sales and Service, Inc. v. Mike Kraft, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-10-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) authorized-access circuit-split computer-fraud-and-abuse-act criminal-law federal-statute improper-purpose standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus…
20-558 Jon D. Adams v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Response Waived 26-usc-6404e case-law fifth-circuit interest-abatement judicial-review lee-v-commissioner statutory-interpretation tax-abatement tax-law tax-procedure The Appellant (hereinafter referred to as "the Taxpayer") is seeking abatement of interest assessed by the Appellee (hereinafter referred to as "the C…
20-559 Jane Doe v. United States Second Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine military-service service-academy sexual-assault sexual-harassment sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation 1. Was Feres wrongly decided and should it be overruled? 2. Alternatively, should Feres be limited so as not to bar tort claims brought by servicemem…
20-6161 Joey Lamont Brunson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment legal-insufficiency statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence surveillance-law wiretap-order wiretapping Is a wiretap order, which fails to specify the name of the person who authorized the application for such order, insufficient on its face thereby requ…
20-6170 Justin David Brown v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance Did the defendants Sixth Distnet Court violate the Amendment right Special Agent Nicole allowing ba Bailey Hecring the defendants Sentancing 4s2 24 at…
20-6143 Saul Mangual-Corchado v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking-statute civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process force-clause johnson-standard residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine THE COURT SHOULD ISSUE A W.O.C. AND ADDRESS WHETHER THE FEDERAL CARJACKING OFFENSE DOES CONSTITUTE A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.…
20-6145 Anthony Quentin Kelly v. Frank B. Bishop, Jr., Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-28 Dismissed IFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process federal-law standing statutory-interpretation In the extrcordinary ircunstances of this case, lenited states Lourt of Appeals Daniet, 529 4.s, 473, 48y (2000); B4ck 05 Davi5, - 4.5.m,137 80k 759,7…
20-6147 Shane Anthony Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-right waiver Whether the Court of Appeals improperly denied Mr. Roberts of the statutory right to appeal his 70-month sentence by summarily granting a government m…
20-6148 Smith Merinord v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO CASES PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, WHERE THE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE HOBB…
20-6153 Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute drug-trafficking proximate-causation proximate-cause rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "death enhancement" of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) requires proximate causation when the statute's language is ambiguous - triggering the rul…
20-551 Jack Witt Voris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-28 Denied 18-usc-111 assault assault-statute circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-use multiple-offenses rule-of-lenity sentencing-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether firing multiple gunshots in a single assaultive act can be construed as multiple, distinct offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 111 as the Ninth Circ…
20-555 Kyle Stephen Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea minor-protection minors purpose-element sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the "for the purpose of" element of § 2251(a) means the defendant's prevailing or most influential purpose for the sexually explicit conduct w…
20-556 Special Services Bureau, Inc., dba Regional Bonding Co. v. Circuit Court of West Virginia, Berkeley County West Virginia 2020-10-27 Denied arbitrary-discretion bail-bondsmen constitutional-challenge discretionary-power due-process good-moral-character statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness Whether W.Va. Code § 51-10-8 violates the due process clause of the United States Constitution by being unconstitutionally vague as to the meaning of …
20-6137 Arvester Lamonica Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense force knowledge-requirement physical-force robbery robbery-offense snatching statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Does a state robbery offense that may be committed through mere snatching "have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical…
20-6133 Theodore David Newcomb v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach conspiracy conspiracy-elements controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense eighth-circuit inchoate-offense sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled …
20-543 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-26 Judgment Issued Amici (1) administrative-law alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporation cares-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance indian-tribe relief-funds statutory-interpretation tribal-government Whether Alaska Native regional and village corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are "Indian Tribe[s]" for purp…
20-544 Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, Inc., et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, et al. District of Columbia 2020-10-26 Judgment Issued Amici (3) agency-practice alaska-native-claims-settlement-act alaska-native-corporations cares-act circuit-split federal-benefits indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation tribal-recognition Whether ANCs are "Indian tribes" under ISDEAA and therefore are eligible for emergency-relief funds under Title V of the CARES Act.
20-535 Drew Samuel Bates v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure first-step-act judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district court that chooses to conduct a resentencing under § 404 of the First Step Act is prohibited from considering a defendant's current…
20-6108 Antoine Washington v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 burrage-precedent burrage-v-united-states but-for but-for-causation causation causation-standard criminal-law drug-sentencing forensic-pathology statutory-interpretation I. Whether the "special rule" exception to but-for causation mentioned in dicta in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) is inapplicable to an…
20-6092 Nathan L. Hill v. Warden of Lee County, U. S. P. Fourth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP albeyne-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's holding in Alleyne v United States set forth a Rule of statutory interpretation that could be used on Collateral Review.
20-6099 Malcolm Moore v. United States Third Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure direct-review due-process first-step-act judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, which is expressly titled a "clarification" of the penalty provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), …
20-6101 Rachel Mae Skidmore v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g)(1) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-6074 Timothy Jarred Paige v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-charge criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation WHEN CHARGED WITH VIOLATING 18.U.S.C § 922(9)(1) COUPLED WITH § 924(a)(2) DOES THE DISTRICT COURT RETAIN JURISDICTION TO CHARGE AN OFFENSE THAT ISN'T …
20-6075 Deshawn McCarter v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-statute generic-extortion generic-robbery property-threat sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the California robbery statute criminalize a broader swath of conduct than generic robbery or generic extortion in light of the fact that Califor…
20-6081 Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied IFP 11-usc-523 bankruptcy-discharge court-costs due-process equal-protection license-suspension professional-licensing state-bar-discipline statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(7) bars a debtor from obtaining a discharge of State Bar disciplinary costs under Chapter 7. Whether the equal protection c…
20-519 State Bar of California, et al. v. Lenore L. Albert-Sheridan Ninth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied 11-usc-523(a)(7) attorney-discipline bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split federal-courts kelly-v-robinson public-protection statutory-interpretation Whether payments ordered by the California Supreme Court as a condition of an attorney's discipline, imposed to protect the public, are non-dischargea…
20-522 Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest c…
20-525 Harold E. Rutila, IV v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit 2020-10-20 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit hearing-waiver johnson-v-zerbst merit-systems-protection-board statutory-interpretation Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board violated Petitioner's due process rights when an administrative judge failed to provide him a hearing, in v…
20-6073 Desmond Littlejohn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certiorari-review civil-rights crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-amendment ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).
20-6053 Dieter Riechmann v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-standard circuit-split evidence evidence-review federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-determination statutory-interpretation Is a state court's conclusion that evidence not presented at trial was cumulative of other evidence before the jury a "determination of the facts" tha…
20-6057 David Lee Emmert, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-defendants criminal-enhancement due-process equal-protection immigration liberty-interest sentencing-disparity sexual-abuse-minor statutory-interpretation As of right now, immigration cases use the Esquivel-Quintana standard exposure to statutory penalty for "any 1' prior felony of "sexual abuse of a min…
20-6058 Lacey Renee Baxter Moore, aka Lacey Kittrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process liberty-deprivation probation probation-condition sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-purposes supervised-release 1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a person to "permit a probation officer to visit [her] at any time athome or elsewhere…
20-6027 Michael Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing gvr mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner questions wehether even if §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) does not call for a generic-offense-matching analysis, does it require knowledge of the sub…
20-6029 Pedro Tiempo-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in ruling the District Court did not err in imposing an upward departure sentence. Whether the Court of Appeals er…
20-6032 Timothy Nolan v. Kentucky Kentucky 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment human-trafficking jurisdictional-error notice notice-requirement standing statutory-interpretation The requirement to provide notice of what conduct is considered to be human trafficking I. will forever be changed by the answer to the question: Is i…
20-6041 Raymond Lewis Perry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-stage-proceeding robbery sentencing sentencing-hearing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-480 David Bryon Babcock v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit 2020-10-14 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-service-pension dual-status-military-technician military-technician national-guard social-security-act statutory-interpretation uniformed-service Is a civil-service pension payment based on dual-status military technician service to the National Guard a payment based wholly on service as a membe…
20-481 GE Capital Retail Bank v. Nyree Belton Second Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-code debt-discharge federal-arbitration-act implied-repeal legal-procedure lower-court-confusion precedent statutory-discharge statutory-interpretation Whether provisions of the Bankruptcy Code providing for a statutorily enforceable discharge of a debtor's debts impliedly repeal the Federal Arbitrati…
20-6004 Jconcepcion Alonso-Tobar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-6007 William Harold Wright, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process indictment judicial-review prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence venue Did the Delaware Court Erect to Denie doaht's Modton bo t SINS Che Naictineit?
20-472 HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC, et al. v. Renewable Fuels Association, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-10-13 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) continuous hardship exemptions since 2011 to qual administrative-law disproportionate-economic-hardship energy-policy epa-regulation hardship-exemption renewable-fuel-standard small-refineries small-refinery-exemption statutory-interpretation In order to qualify for a hardship exemption under § 7545(o)(9)(B)(i) of the Renewable Fuel Standards, does a small refinery need to receive uninterru…
20-5994 Mongkhon Leekomon v. Georgia Georgia 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure georgia-court-of-appeals indictment legal-procedure statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-exception Whether the Georgia Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the indictment alleged a statutory tolling exception to extend the seven-year statute of…
20-5995 Edwin Virgilio Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Edwin Virgilio Gomez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to app…
20-5997 Zaira Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies compassionate-release criminal-justice exhaustion federal-procedure judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred by ruling that exhaustion of administrative remedies is required before a court can consider a motion for compassiona…
20-5998 Kevin Ray Prentice v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis civil-rights criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit least-culpable-act mellouli-v-lynch predicate state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit ignored this Court's authority and misapplied the categorical analysis by failing to consider the least-culpable act covered…
20-6001 Antranette Canady v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3583(d)(2) civil-rights criminal-procedure liberty-deprivation probation probation-condition sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-purposes supervised-release 1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a person to "permit a probation officer to visit [her] at any time athome or elsewhere…
20-5975 Nathaniel Ruth v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-10-09 Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) include substances that are excluded from the CSA? 2. When defining an operative, bu…
20-450 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-10-08 Dismissed Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure homeland-security immigration-law immigration-nationality-act inadmissibility notice-and-comment notice-and-comment-rulemaking public-charge standing statutory-interpretation Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., an alien is "inadmissible" if, "in the opinion of the [Secretary of Homeland Securit…
20-454 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Fourth Circuit 2020-10-08 Granted Amici (1)Relisted (3) abortion abortion-referrals administrative-law agency-rulemaking family-planning rust-v-sullivan statutory-interpretation title-x 1. Whether the rule falls within the agency's statutory authority. 2. Whether the rule is the product of reasoned decisionmaking.
20-457 MarketGraphics Research Group, Inc. v. David Peter Berge Sixth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy bankruptcy-discharge circuit-split debtor-liability discharge intent-standard objective-certainty statutory-interpretation subjective-intent willful-and-malicious-injury willful-injury The Bankruptcy Code exempts from discharge "any debts * * * for willful and malicious injury by the debtor to another entity or to the property of ano…
20-5959 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant review to resolve a split between the circuits courts' determination of whether error under Rehaif v. United States…
20-5964 Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
20-5969 Robert Dinkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif vacate the judgement below certiorari criminal-law criminal-participation due-process gun-buy-program illegal-guns non-profit-organization police-department public-announcement rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant Certiorari, vacate the judgement below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Cti. …
20-5937 Rosa Enedia Pazos Cingari v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law authority commentary federal-sentencing guideline-commentary inconsistency judicial-interpretation legal-authority sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether United States Sentencing Guideline Commentary which adds to a sentencing guideline is necessarily inconsistent with the guideline such that th…
20-437 United States v. Refugio Palomar-Santiago Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-remedies criminal-law due-process fundamental-unfairness immigration-law judicial-review removal-order statutory-interpretation unlawful-reentry Under 8 U.S.C. 1326(d), a defendant charged with unlawful reentry into the United States following removal may assert the invalidity of the original r…
20-440 Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-10-06 Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) 35-usc-282 assignor-estoppel due-process judicial-doctrine patent patent-infringement patent-invalidity patent-law statutory-interpretation In the Patent Act, Congress established that invalidity is a "defense[] in any action involving the validity or infringement of a patent." 35 U.S.C. §…
20-5925 Roberto Mendoza-Sanchez v. United States First Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear pereira-v-sessions removal-proceedings service-of-process statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the immigration court has jurisdiction to remove a noncitizen where the removal proceedings were initiated by a notice to appear that did n…
20-5926 Rolando Candia v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the federal carjacking statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2119, which may be violated by means of "intimidation" through threats of mental or non-corporeal …
20-5904 Tarahrick Terry v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Judgment Issued Amici (9)IFP 2010 crack offenders sentenced under 21 U.S.C. § circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act federal-criminal-statute first-step-act sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties Whether pre-August 3, 2010 crack offenders sentenced under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) have a "covered offense" under Section 404 of the First Step Act.
20-5910 Robert Coleman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. What Conateude celevank Conduck 2° Ad. \Nhen does teledant Conduck become Celevant Conduct do dhe inslant S¥Sense oF conuicheon Yo be used to enha…
20-5912 Adam Alan Henry v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-statute first-amendment overbreadth sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Whether in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v ) the definition of "sexually explicit conduct" defined as the lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic …
20-5914 Clifton Robinson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech interstate-commerce regulatory-authority sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1) peTiTIoNer Obsects To The hower courrs deTenmiratio> ThAT peTiTIONER STIpUlUTEd ait Triul That The scheme wuolved c1 WIne COMMUNiCUTIONS aFFECTINg …
20-5871 Derrick Lenard Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt bodily-injury borden-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A) includes all offenses that require an attempt to inflict bodily injury?
20-5891 Mauricio Alvarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment mens-rea negligence seaman's-manslaughter-statute statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness subjective-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the Seaman's Manslaughter Statute, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1115, which uses the terms "misconduct, negligence and inattention to his duties" does not p…
20-418 Melanie Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split human-intervention predictive-dialer random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA"), Pub. L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat. 2394, prohibits use of an "automatic telephone dialing system" …
20-5857 Alimamy Barrie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582 criminal-procedure discretion federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-amendment statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-5863 Andrew Newson v. Wisconsin Wisconsin 2020-10-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection mailing-error parental-rights petition-for-review statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights timeliness Question not identified.
20-5876 In Re Paula Idele Keller 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 9th-circuit-appeal civil-procedure fair-housing-act loan-modification mortgage mortgage-modification private-right-of-action real-estate real-estate-transaction standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Mortgage Loan Modification from a plaintiffs loan servicer is sufficiently related to the meaning of "real estate-related transaction " u…
20-5877 Demetrius Cherilus Morancy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3013 criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute legal-procedure offenses-against-the-united-states sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Whether the special assessment required by 18 U.S.C. Section 3013 for "an offense against the United States" is required to be imposed for all offense…
20-5880 Deepak Deshpande v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction meaningful-access statutory-interpretation transcript 1. an statutorily On instad they acquind bypothetinal jurisdiction. 2. convictien have @right to control dfense and right to Casist in Ocon dleeose 9…
20-5861 Alijah Jaquez Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime weapons-offense IS A HOBBS ACT ROBBERY A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FOR PURPOSES OF 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)?
20-400 James Avery, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute circuit-split criminal-procedure divisibility divisible-statute sentence-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a state burglary statute that disjunctively lists places that may be burgled under the statute is divisible for purposes of a sentence enhance…
20-409 Christopher Michael Marino, et ux. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Ninth Circuit 2020-09-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge-violation judicial-review recurring-issue statutory-interpretation Whether, under 11 U.S.C. 105(a), debtors may recover attorney's fees incurred on appeal to remedy a discharge violation.
20-5824 Trenard Caldwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-28 Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit fourth-circuit guilty-plea plea-withdrawal rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation structural-error Where a defendant pled guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) prior to Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2029), and it is undisputed that …
20-5807 Geoffrey Graham v. Grady Perry, Warden, et al. Georgia 2020-09-25 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process indigent-prisoner judicial-discretion pro-se regulations standing state-court-procedure state-courts statutory-interpretation 1. Is a Pro Se [indigent] prisoner to be held to a higher standard than state courts? Are state courts exempt from following their own statutes and r…
20-5809 Albert Martinez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute criminal-sentencing force reasonable-fear robbery robbery-force statutory-interpretation stokeling stokeling-definition 1. Whether the definition of force adopted in Stokeling for robbery eschews a requirement that any fear produced by a threat of force be reasonable? …
20-380 Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC, et al. v. Gilead Sciences, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112a enablement genus-claim genus-claims patent patent-law pharmaceutical-innovation pharmaceuticals statutory-interpretation written-description The Patent Act provides that patents must "contain a written description of the invention" in "such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable…
20-383 PAR, Inc., et al. v. Nichole L. Richards Seventh Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure enforcement-mechanism fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-law plain-meaning right-to-possession state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Courts may look to state law to define "present right to possession" in 15 U.S.C. §1692f(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to e…
20-5772 Michael Portanova v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "categorical approach," which this Court has repeatedly held must be applied in assessing whether a prior state conviction qualifies as a …
20-376 DNF Associates, LLC v. Jillian McAdory Ninth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act henson-v-santander legal-standing passive-debt-buyer statutory-interpretation Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties that perform collection, …
20-5777 Leroy Banks v. Anthony Terry, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-23 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-law free-speech judicial-procedure standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals and The District Court erred and Prejudiced me in denying and dismissing my claims and case (including injunctive relief …
20-5751 Pedro Fernandez-de Campa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law certiorari-petition criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration precedent precedent-review sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled.
20-5758 Damon Woodard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c1c congressional-amendment congressional-amendments first-time-offender first-time-offenders mandatory-minimum-sentences recidivism sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit and recede from its decision in Deal v. United States, 508 U.S. 129 (1993), which permits the "stacking" of mandator…
20-5759 Charles C. Williamson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-weight judicial-interpretation relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT AND CIRCUIT COURT MISINTERPRETED AND MISAPPLIED THE "RELEVANT CONDUCT" PROVISIONS OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION, G…
20-5739 David Rothenberg v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-sentencing paroline-v-united-states physical-abuse restitution restitution-calculation statutory-interpretation victim-losses When calculating restitution for a possessor of child pornography, must the victim's losses caused by the initial physical abuse be disaggregated from…
20-5746 Brandon Thomas Finnesy v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied IFP 28-usc-636 consent-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure guilty-plea judicial-consent magistrate-judge statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(3) authorizes a federal magistrate judge to accept a guilty plea with the parties' consent?
20-355 Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-09-17 Dismissed Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived 35-usc-287 damages federal-circuit infringement-notice marking-statute notice-of-infringement patent-act patent-damages patent-marking statutory-interpretation willful-infringement Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that "notified of the infringement" and "such notice" under §287(a) refer only to communications from th…
20-360 David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-17 Denied attorneys-fees circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights fee-enhancement judicial-discretion lodestar-method prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-litigation statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the PLRA leaves any room for a district court to enhance a fee award in prisoner cases beyond what it statutorily pr…
20-5714 Donald Joseph Koshmider, II v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process medical-marijuana possession-immunity retroactivity standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Did the Sixth Circuit err when its opinion failed to analyze Petitioner's issues according to the Legislative directive that Public Act 283 is retroac…
20-5725 Rheashad Lamar Lott v. E. Oseguera, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-16 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standing state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation WAS PETITIONER'S 42 U.S.L. $ 1983 LOMPLAINT ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OFEQUITABLE TOLLING? IN SOME EXTLA DRDINARY WAY FRDM ASSERTING HIS RIGHTS BEFDRE THE S…
20-338 Johnny Clyde Benjamin, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response Waived 11th-circuit controlled-substances-act criminal-indictment federal-district-court furanyl-fentanyl indictment jurisdictional-defect statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION Federal district courts have their jurisdiction limited to violations of laws of the United States. During the per…
20-348 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. E. A. Vega Fourth Circuit 2020-09-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process guarantee-clause jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment supreme-clause SCOTUS Rule 10(a) - Whether or not a Circuit Split has arisen between the Fourth Circuit and other Circuits over the interpretation of whether crimes …
20-5695 Tony DuPree v. Florida Florida 2020-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation takings (1). Is the Florida Supreme Court correct in saying it lacks jurisdiction where Petitioner is bringing Actual Innocence claim, Newly Discovered Eviden…
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…
20-5670 Henry Horace Givins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-enhancement circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-law eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13, a "controlled substance …
20-5672 David Kareem Turpin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c3a crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts force-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery, which can be committed by putting another in fear of future injury to himself, his property, or even his intangible propert…
20-322 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Esteban Aleman Gonzalez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-11 Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) administrative-law bond-hearing danger-to-community due-process flight-risk immigration-detention statutory-interpretation Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government …
20-315 Jose Santos Sanchez, et ux. v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Third Circuit 2020-09-10 Judgment Issued Amici (12) 8-usc-1254a 8-usc-1255 administrative-law circuit-split immigration-law legal-status noncitizen-rights statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4), a grant of Temporary Protected Status authorizes eligible noncitizens to obtain lawful-permanent-resident statu…
20-5636 Miguel Figueroa v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction gun-statute plea-bargaining plea-colloquy predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's statement during a plea colloquy admitting conduct that could serve as a predicate for a conviction for use of a gun under 18 U.…
20-5640 Michael Wayne Northcutt v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process intentional-conduct mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Where the circuit courts agree that a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) will be sustained even if the defendant was not aware that his conduct woul…
20-5648 Damien Guidry v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines imprisonment-aggregation probation-modification probation-revocation rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Sentencing Guidelines permit the aggregation of a prior sentence of imprisonment with a subsequent probation modification imposed …
20-5649 David Blaszczak v. United States Second Circuit 2020-09-10 GVR Amici (1)IFP conversion criminal-liability dirks-v-sec fraud fraud-statute government-property insider-trading regulatory-information statutory-interpretation title-15 title-18 1. Whether information about a proposed government regulation is "property" and a "thing of value" belonging to the regulatory agency such that its di…
20-5650 Carlos Cruz-Rivera v. United States First Circuit 2020-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure firearms firearms-conviction first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), which as clarified and as amended by the First Step Act of 2018, precludes aggravated punishment for second firearms…
20-5622 Larry E. Starks, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois Seventh Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fifth-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment A. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT ERRED AND ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY TERMINATING THE INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PETITIONER MET TH…
20-5627 Justin Woodard v. New York New York 2020-09-09 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation 1) Was defendant's Constitutional Fourteenth Amendment right to Due process violated when the Monroe County Trial Court denied the re-opening of a sup…
20-5628 Javier Corona-Verduzco v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP based on the plain text of the statute without relying on extratextual sources of author 21-usc-841 drug-felony extratextual-sources first-step-act imprisonment-term plain-text plain-text-analysis plain-text-interpretation sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase "served a term of imprisonment of more than 12 months" in the First Step Act unambiguously allows a defendant to sustain two "serio…
20-302 Steven Dotson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-09-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review predicate-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation substitute-predicate-convictions If a defendant successfully challenges on collateral review one or more of the predicate convictions that the district court relied on to impose a sen…
20-303 United States v. Jose Luis Vaello Madero First Circuit 2020-09-09 Judgment Issued Amici (31)Relisted (6) civil-rights congressional-authority due-process equal-protection federal-benefits fifth-amendment puerto-rico statutory-interpretation supplemental-security-income territorial-rights Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment by establishing Supplemental Security Income…
20-294 Lamont Kortez Gaines v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process equipoise evidence evidence-standard hobbs-act motion-for-acquittal standard-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a trial court must grant a motion for acquittal when, in viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the evidence …
20-298 El Paso County, Texas, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-09-08 Pending appropriations-clause border-wall caa congressional-spending department-of-defense executive-branch executive-power separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation transfer-of-funds In January 2019, during a government shutdown, President Trump formally requested from Congress $5.7 billion in appropriations for a wall along the So…
20-5600 Jason Lee Harris v. Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-09-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure court-procedure due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-rights relief-petition standing statutory-interpretation X * uJhtn Pr£pc*nder<Xfic& oV Horde/K^ sjVWc.£i ioWWA* ¥oq_ cajrls a unSubsfc{/ykcL} Q^Jo not toctrrcAof"~Jociicroi s4oVvc.e'' ■'* jodiau unt«?*Jt j^…
20-5595 Joshua Glen Box v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit categorical-approach child-pornography criminal-law eighth-circuit federal-criminal-law predicate-offense predicate-offenses sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred when it failed to properly apply the categorical approach to determine whether Mr. Box's pri…
20-291 Jamell Birt v. United States Third Circuit 2020-09-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-penalties statutory-interpretation Does the term "covered offense" in the First Step Act of 2018 include violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) involving crack cocaine to which apply the pena…
20-285 Herman Tracy Clark v. Jerold Braggs, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied aedpa-restriction commutation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus impartiality liberty-interest pardon pardon-and-parole parole statutory-interpretation Whether the word "shall " binds the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board decision that must be pursued in the ordinary mode prescribed by law, to be ada…
20-5584 David Matthews v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-03 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal …
20-5588 Joshua Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-09-03 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split criminal-intent duenas-alvarez facial-overbreadth generic-burglary generic-definition intent statutory-interpretation Where a state statute explicitly defines "burglary" in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec…
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…
20-256 Zavian Munize Jordan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-924c circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession predicate-crime statutory-interpretation violent-crime Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1), "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime * ** uses or carries a firearm…
20-246 Stephen B. Pence, et al. v. VNB New York, LLC, as Successor by Merger to VNB New York Corporation, as Successor in Interest to the Park Avenue Bank Kentucky 2020-08-31 Denied banking banking-regulation d'oench-doctrine defenses federal-common-law financial-institutions-reform firrea fraud holder-in-due-course statutory-interpretation Does the D'Oench doctrine, D'Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942), or federal common law "holder in due course" doctrine, survive Congress'…
20-5546 Rudolph Carryl v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure fraud fraud-definition sale sale-requirement sec-v-zandford securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-fraud standing statutory-interpretation zandford-precedent WHETHER VIOLATION OF §10(b) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (15 U.S.C. §78j(b)) AND THE HOLDING OF SEC u. Zandford, 535 U.S. 813 (2002) HAS BEE…
20-5508 David P. Moran v. Florida Florida 2020-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-challenge due-process fourteenth-amendment motion-preservation preservation-of-issues statutory-interpretation trial-procedure 1. Is Fla. Stat. 924.05l(l)(b) unconstitutional on it's face due to it's conflict with the due process clause of the U.S. Const. 14th Amend.? 2. Shou…
20-5515 In Re Tracey A. Merrill 2020-08-27 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction ninth-circuit pleadings predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation IS THIS A DISTORTION OF JUSTICE WAS EXTREME MALICE DISPLAYED IN THIS CASE
20-234 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Yolany Padilla, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-27 GVR 5th-amendment classwide-injunction credible-fear detention due-process expedited-removal immigration immigration-detention statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(l)(B)(ii) —which authorizes the government to detain aliens who are placed in expedited removal proceedings, but who then …
20-5504 Kevin L. Martin v. Cathleen Capron, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights court-discretion due-process equal-protection federal-pleading jurisdictional-review pleading-standards procedural-standards qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals dealt with the merit and merits due in good faith process protection protect mactin in this case. 2) District court abus…
20-5490 William James Payton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3583(d)(2) criminal-procedure home-visit home-visits liberty-deprivation probation-officer statutory-interpretation statutory-purposes supervised-release 1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a person to "permit a probation officer to visit [him] at any time athome or elsewhere…
20-215 Richard Bernholz v. Internal Revenue Service Second Circuit 2020-08-25 Denied Response Waived federal-tort-claims-act government-liability immunity internal-revenue-service sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-collection The question presented is whether any conduct by the Internal Revenue Service which may broadly be construed as a mechanism for the assessment and col…
20-5457 Dennis A. Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-law drug-statute first-step-act predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals incorrectly determined that the Ohio Revised Code §2925.03(A)(2) dealing with preparation for shipment or preparation for…
20-5469 Alfonzo Traymayne Lee v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discretion due-process equal-protection first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether giving the District court discretion to grant or deny sentencing reduction pursuant to 18 USC 3553(a) and the First Step Act of 2018, Section …
20-5472 Henry Dailey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jurisdictional-challenge restitution sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation The State of Missouri has a Statute that criminalizes the transfer of dee. Custody or @acontcol of ANY Corin +o aNatrer, or ko another place, when the…
20-5444 Mark Louis Sanders v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure asset-monetization civil-rights due-process government-overreach jurisdictional-challenge property-rights statutory-interpretation tax-procedure Respondent, by their own admissions, monetized Petitioner's assets in the amount of $212,945 without jurisdiction and violated their own policies and …
20-209 Ali Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2020-08-21 Denied Relisted (2) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split consent database-telemarketing smartphone statutory-interpretation telemarketing telephone-consumer-protection-act The question presented is whether this definition encompasses only systems that autodial telephone numbers generated using a random or sequential numb…
20-5409 Johnathan Scott Keen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-law criminal-law drug-offenses due-process felony-enhancement mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether, as preserved, the District Court erred as a matter of (Constitutional) Law in finding Mr. Keen's prior Florida drug convictions qualified as …
20-5421 Doved Ben Downer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-document criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy drug-possession due-process information-charging legal-sufficiency racketeering statutory-interpretation 1. IS SIMPLE POSSESSION UNDER F.S. 893.13(6)(A). A LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE RACKETEERING PREDICATE INCIDENT UNDER F.S. § 895.02(l)(a), § 895.02(l)(b)? 2. …
20-5396 Austin Peterson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-08-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be committed "by force and violence, or by intimidation... or... by extortion" and…
20-5373 Don Nell Hawkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 16-usc-3582 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 0 Wh-tkh<_r iht District Cour t Erred /oy On Uu. Sinctvun of n u^s.c. I 36^(060 ^Ad U$S{?. Dppjos-td lo iZS^XCoCOC^ 'Wh-tA JTt Uu/ckel CL Motion Un…
20-5376 Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio, aka Alfredo Erasto Estrada-Eugenio, aka Juan Eugenio Medina, aka Alfredo Estarada, aka Alfredo Eugenio-Estrada, aka Alfredo Estrada, aka Gerardo Amezquita v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-5380 Antonio Deshawn Pitt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion mental-health proportionality proportionality-principle sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a district court's statutory obligation to consider the "history and circumstances" of a criminal defendant and to refrain from imposing a sen…
20-171 Isaac L. Hobbs v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Relisted (3) 18-usc-922 constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea knowledge-of-status statutory-interpretation structural-error Does a constitutionally invalid guilty plea resulting from the government's failure to inform a defendant of the knowledge-of-status element of 18 U.S…
20-174 Patrick Baehr, et ux. v. The Creig Northrop Team, P.C., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-08-17 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing civil-rights concrete-harm due-process fiduciary-relationship kickback kickbacks real-estate respa standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether plaintiffs pursuing claims under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ("RESPA") must present evidence of an overcharge for services ta…
20-163 Brett C. Lillemoe v. United States Second Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split criminal-conviction due-process economic-harm federal-fraud fraud materiality money-property-fraud second-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant may be convicted of federal "money or property" fraud when his alleged deceit was incapable of affecting any economic decisions by…
20-5347 Bakari McCant v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 attempt crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element of the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of vio…
20-5333 Norman Paul Blanco v. Ralph Diaz, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP administrative-law california-penal-code civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment felony-convictions judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation Aunder parole consideration arficle under I vection 32 of california prparition fonmater whnvilenfe constitution sentence ner th p atn ith febny atte…
20-5341 Erik Becerra v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied IFP affirmative-defense criminal-justice criminal-prosecution federal-law firearm-possession judicial-development lower-court-conflict statutory-interpretation In a criminal prosecution for unlawful possession of a firearm or ammunition, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), does federal law permit the judicial development of …
20-5353 Ramone L. Wright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation DiDthE CoUtERR N P/EA DEFENDANT while HEWAS UNDER HUENCE IN thE Psychiatric MEDICINE REMEON MEDICA/ FiLE CE.C.F. NO.8 atPE SEE.B.O.P. ID #341 that inr…
20-146 Mark Henry Benavides v. Texas Texas 2020-08-13 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking overbreadth penal-code statutory-interpretation vagueness WHETHER SECTION 20A.03 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
20-158 SRAM, LLC v. FOX Factory, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-08-13 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-103 commercial-success federal-circuit graham-v-john-deere nonobviousness objective-indicia patent-act patent-claim patent-law person-of-ordinary-skill secondary-considerations statutory-interpretation In Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City, 383 U.S. 1 (1966), this Court recognized the pivotal importance of "objective indicia" of nonobviousness (…
20-5334 Dennis K. Kieren, Jr. v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada Ninth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law constitutional-rule due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit should have granted a Certificate of Appealability on the district court's denial of Kieren's motion to amend his petition w…
20-5335 Dustin Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment methamphetamine methamphetamine-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Issue I Whether the District Court erred in sentencing the Defendant based on ice ("actual" methamphetamine) rather than a mixture and substance cont…
20-5321 Michael Wayne Wadena v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights controlled-substance criminal-history due-process eighth-amendment firearm-possession related-cases sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Does 924(e)'s "serious drug offense" mandate that courts consider both statutes when sentencing Could hypothetical aggravating sentencing factors be …
20-5323 Alfred Domenick Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fair-sentencing-act government-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sentencing-reduction sibron-v-new-york statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance united-states-v-gall 1.) Should the Government correct error committed when applying 'The Fair Sentencing Act ' (Nov. 2014)? And if an applicant 's reduction for Substan…
20-5325 Maurice Woodard v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law continuance due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Where the State postconviction courts assessment of Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of counsel claim was "I guess the only potential issue would b…
20-5305 Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits 1. Whether the statutes 29 UCS Section 1001 et seq., ERISA insulated Petitioner 's federal pension funds in a account which is not taxable exempt from…
20-5302 Edwin Daniel Gongora-Baltan v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-interpretation criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application judicial-construction rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-analysis statutory-interpretation In the interpretation of a sentencing guideline enhancement pro vision to determine whether it applies to extraterritorial or merely domestic criminal…
20-130 Hung Dang v. Washington Department of Health, Medical Quality Assurance Commission Washington 2020-08-07 Denied Response Waived duty-of-care first-amendment free-speech medical-licensing medical-quality-assurance physician-patient-relationship professional-speech statutory-interpretation While on-call as a private otolaryngologist, I verbally declined to accept into my care two persons from outlying hospitals, where I was neither on st…
20-136 Tremayne T. Dozier v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-08-07 Denied circuit-split controlled-substances-act criminal-law felony-definition prior-felony-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sentencing-scheme statutory-interpretation statutory-sentencing-scheme The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) imposes sentencing enhancements based on an offender's prior felony convictions. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A). A "felo…
20-138 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. v. Sierra Club, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-07 Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) administrative-law appropriations appropriations-transfer department-of-defense executive-power judicial-review national-security separation-of-powers standing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation 1. Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain review of the Acting Secretary's compliance with Section 8005's proviso in transfer…
20-126 Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law creditor-liens municipal-finance property-rights secured-lending statutory-interpretation Federal bankruptcy law generally provides that a creditor's lien does not extend to "property acquired . . . after the commencement of the [bankruptcy…
20-5267 Kolongi Richardson v. United States Second Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-sentencing federal-conspiracy inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the inclusion of inchoate offenses within the commentary is inconsistent with the text of U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, rendering the commentary not le…
20-5268 Luis Fernando Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Ramirez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time? 2. In an illegal …
20-5284 Tony Lam v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-authority controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the U.S. Sentencing Commission's use of the Sentencing Guideline commentary in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 to capture drug conspiracy offenses within the me…
20-5259 Robin Hood Who v. Department of the Treasury Ninth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction bias civil-procedure constitutional-rights corruption due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation Filed, onisobritted to and THiS Will complaint U.S.D.C. District of Oregon in tHe # 3:19-CV-1028-51 Judge that was Dectared Bas from the sTAT, to a an…
20-5264 Lakento Brian Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The First Step Act changed the penalty for petitioner's crack cocaine crimes from life in prison to 10 years to life and changed petitioner's guidelin…
20-121 Marshall Spiegal v. Michael C. Kim Seventh Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived collateral-estoppel debt-collection debt-collector-allegations debtor-conduct direct-connection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa judicial-notice statutory-interpretation transaction-nexus The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") covers debts "arising out of" certain transactions. Does "arising out of" require a "direct" connecti…
20-114 Michael Edward Bufkin v. Scottrade, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied administrative-law arbitration-dispute civil-procedure compelled-arbitration due-process finra foia-request judicial-procedure standing statutory-interpretation tax tax-controversy 1. Was it error to compel FINRA arbitration of this "tax" dispute? 2. Was it error to refer anything to the un-consented-to magistrate? 3. Was it ab…
20-5248 Robert Bernal, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-limits unlawful-sentence Whether a defendant's waiver of the right to appeal which explicitly permits appeal of a sentence that "exceeds the applicable statutory limits set fo…
20-5249 Marlon Blacher v. California California 2020-08-04 Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Does the circumstances presented and detailed by STATEMENT OF THE CASE portion of the present Petition for a Writ of Certiorari warrant issuance of th…
20-5252 Garry Grace v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process firearm-offense knowingly-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Grace was illegally charged with, and unknowingly convicted of, a crime that was not an offense against the United States, in light of the…
20-5244 David Lopez v. United States First Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note base-offense-level criminal-procedure judicial-discretion leadership-enhancement rico rico-violation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the district court and the First Circuit err by declining to apply Application Note One as written?
20-5245 Victor John Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act attempt attempted-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether an attempt to commit an offense that has as an element the use of physical, violent force categorically qualifies itself as "a crime of violen…
20-5246 Jerry Luke v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-review court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-challenge search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-110 Jack S. Kannry, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law disaster-relief disaster-tax-relief federal-tax-procedure irs-discretion irs-regulations stafford-act statutory-interpretation tax-procedure taxpayer-rights The question thereby presented is whether the IRS should be free to pick and choose which mandated statutes and regulations to apply, and to avoid oth…
20-111 Walter N. Strand, III v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-08-03 Denied administrative-law board-discretion civilian-oversight due-process judicial-review military-records separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the Secretary of the Navy, is "acting through" the Board for Correction of Naval Records as required by statute when…
20-5194 In Re Kevin D. Moore 2020-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP compassionate-release covid-19 due-process equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus non-successive-claim post-conviction-relief sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Question not identified.
20-5198 Franklin C. Smith v. Nurse Mayfield, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-29 Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation takings ated intrinc os extsinsic missepsesentaion, ar othes tiscondnat of an adresce pasy nch as, Cpi Fay pesinsed Limse eile sondes Dath tesif depition that…
20-5200 Gerald A. Sanford, Sr. v. Tennessee Department of Correction, et al. Tennessee 2020-07-29 Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings prisoner-rights state-court-discretion state-court-of-appeals statutory-interpretation supervisory-power WHETHER A STATE COURT OF APPEALS HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH A DECISION OF A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AND OTHER STATE COURT OF APPEA…
20-5206 Nathan D. Knuth v. Colorado Colorado 2020-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-5207 William Joe Long v. George Jaime, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection legislative-discretion prison-overcrowding separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. When the Legislation oasses enactments pertaining to all its citizens does not the (14th.Amendment ) Equal Protection apply to all it's citizens ? …
20-87 George Lee Nobles v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-07-29 Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-status jury-determination jury-instructions major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation I. How does one determine whether a defendant is an Indian? II. Is Indian status a jury question?
20-88 HZNP Finance Limited, et al. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 claim-construction consisting-essentially-of nautilus-v-biosig patent patent-act patent-claim patent-validity reasonable-certainty statutory-interpretation transitional-phrase Whether the "basic and novel properties" identified in connection with a patent claim's transitional phrase "consisting essentially of" must independe…
20-89 Thomas Daniel Rhodes v. Michelle Smith, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Response Waived 2244(b)(2)(B)(i) circuit-split constitutional-error evidence-as-a-whole evidence-review factfinder-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-factfinder statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B)(i), a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application must be dismissed before a hearing on the me…
20-94 Martin Dekom v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC New York 2020-07-29 Denied civil-procedure court-intervention due-process foreclosure foreclosure-procedure judicial-rulemaking legal-burden rulemaking-power standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements A county court in New York invented a legal process which streamlines foreclosure by removing statutory requirements and motions. Can a court of its o…
20-84 Teresita A. Canuto v. Troy Alexander, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-28 Denied Response Waived acting-official civil-procedure due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act immunity-doctrine individual-liability jurisdictional-challenge official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken i…
20-86 Charles Daniels, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, et al. v. Ronald Ross Ninth Circuit 2020-07-28 Denied but never mentioned in his original federal habeas petition to supply th civil-procedure court-order federal-habeas federal-rules-civil-procedure habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition mayle-v-felix relation-back statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(c) permits a habeas petitioner to rely on a state court order appended to, but never mentioned in, his original federal hab…
20-5160 Keith Henderson v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
20-5184 Richard Brian Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-charging criminal-procedure indictment indictment-error prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-provision statutory-interpretation 1) Whether sentencing Mr. Williams under the ACCA was error because the prosecutor specifically charged the sentencing provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)…
20-5172 Darrell Henry Williams v. Joe Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit 2020-07-24 Denied IFP career-offender criminal-statutes due-process federal-procedure mandatory-minimums physical-force reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Do criminal statutes satisfied by reckless conduct resulting in injury require as an element "the use ... of physical force against the person of a…
20-5131 Michael Kimbrew v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP bribery-of-public-official bribery-statute commercial-bribery due-process federal-employee ninth-circuit-interpretation official-act public-official quid-pro-quo statutory-interpretation sun-diamond Is Kimbrew's expansive reading of § 201 unconstitutional?
20-5111 James Earvin Sanders v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review rare-and-exceptional-circumstances statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-provision If a petitioner can demonstrate that he falls under a built-in tolling provision as described in 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(1)(A)-(D), does he also need to de…
20-5118 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-07-21 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ancient-writs appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process jurisdiction post-conviction-relief procedural-constraints standing statutory-interpretation I. Do Pennsylvania appellate courts have the authority and jurisdiction to review and grant petitions of ancient writs ex statutory constraints? II. …
20-5120 Giovanni Cotto, aka Monte v. United States Second Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-statute mens-rea official-proceeding statutory-interpretation witness-retaliation Whether, in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1513(b)(1), the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knew the witness agains…
20-5122 Maximo Flores-Lezama v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583(e) criminal-conduct criminal-punishment due-process precedents punishment revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether a supervised release revocation sentence may be imposed to punish a defendant for his underlying criminal conduct, or whether a punitive revoc…
20-5132 Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-21 Denied IFP criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner Is actually, Factually, Legally, and Lawfully Innocent of his Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) recently decided by T…
20-5100 Steven Deon Turner, Jr. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit 2020-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process free-speech judicial-review procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Whether the PLAINTIFF appeal is frivolous when it involves a trespass of constitutional dimension on the Freedom of Information Act, BY THE UNITED …
20-38 Arkansas v. Charles Gresham, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-16 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion experimental-projects health-benefits health-policy medicaid medicaid-expansion secretary-of-health-and-human-services social-welfare statutory-interpretation work-requirements Whether the Secretary's approval of the Arkansas Works Amendment was lawful.
20-5093 Dion Clayborn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender congressional-intent deference-to-agency drug-trafficking guideline-commentary recidivism sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Title 28 U.S.C. § 994(h) authorized the Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines that, based on legislative history, were intended harshly punis…
20-37 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Charles Gresham, et al. District of Columbia 2020-07-16 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-rights demonstration-projects health-care-coverage medicaid medicaid-demonstration-projects statutory-interpretation work-requirements Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the Secretary may not authorize demonstration projects to test requirements that are designed to…
20-5076 Jorge Aaron Ceja-Valdez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 california-penal-code categorical-approach criminal-law deportation-grounds immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a conviction under California Penal Code § 211 categorically qualify as a generic "theft" offense for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G)?
20-5077 Joaquin Mario Cipriano-Ortega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-classification citizenship-laws due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry morales-santana morales-santana-precedent ninth-circuit-review severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
20-5079 Charles Monroe Finchum v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5080 Christopher George Wiggin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP with no evidence of defendants' conduct causing s criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5081 Clarence Hoffert v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1521 criminal-intent criminal-statute due-process false-lien federal-false-lien-statute intent-standard mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine The question presented is whether the interpretation of the federal false lien statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1521, adopted by the court of appeals in this case…
20-5052 Jeremy E. Lewis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights due-process frivolous-filings habeas-corpus immigration-law ineffective-assistance judicial-review motion-to-reopen standing statutory-interpretation Lewis was "Completely" barred from filing a motion in federal court. Does Lewis have a "Constitutional Right To Petition The Courts" under this Court'…
20-5054 Michael Lance Davis, aka Michael Scott Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-sentencing distribution manufacturing ninth-circuit possession-with-intent-to-distribute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether Shular v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 779 (2020), abrogates the "related to" test for whether a state crime qualifies as a serious drug offense,…
20-5055 Juan Carlos Castellanos Muratella v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-conflict controlled-substance controlled-substances counterfeit-controlled-substances criminal-law drug-trafficking due-process imitation-controlled-substances simulated-substance statutory-interpretation Is a statute that includes simulated controlled substances, imitation controlled substances, and counterfeit controlled substances categorically a con…
20-5060 Justin Kirk Graves v. David Shinn, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-07-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act choice-of-law circuit-split district-of-confinement district-of-conviction habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Court err in deeming the Fifth Circuit's decision on Texas burglary to be conclusive of whether Mr. Graves could state a claim of act…
20-19 Gary L. Jackson v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy District of Columbia 2020-07-14 Denied Amici (1) circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process employment-discrimination military statutory-interpretation title-vii uniformed-military Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16, apply to the uniformed military?
20-15 Pennymac Financial Services, Inc., et al. v. Erich Heidrich, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1738 enforcement-of-agreement fair-labor-standards-act federal-arbitration-act federal-substantive-law individualized-arbitration state-court-decision state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of an arbitration agreement as applied to Fair Labor Standards Act claims where the parties' …
20-5016 Ashton Charles Butler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery criminal-law divisible-offense double-jeopardy federal-sentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation uniform-administration-of-justice united-states-code In Prince v. United States, 352 U.S. 322 (1957), this Court construed the first and second paragraphs of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a)—bank robbery and entry in…
20-5020 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Tri-Lift North Carolina, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
20-5031 Artemio Ramirez-Arroyo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582(c)(2) due-process equal-protection hughes-v-united-states retroactive-amendment retroactive-guideline-amendments sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation In 2011, the Sentencing Commission changed its policy statement in U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10 to disqualify defendants who received sentences below the Guideli…
20-5001 Mark Norris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary-statute criminal-sentencing entry-definition generic-burglary sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute violent-felony Does Tennessee's burglary statute, which defines "entry" so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a "generic burglary" under the…
20-5004 Michael Joseph Zeroni v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-USC-20913(d) constitutional-law Executive-Branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i…
20-5008 Emilio Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
20-5012 In Re Jeanette Woolsey-Ross 2020-07-09 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-statute due-process equal-protection federal-state-laws judicial-interpretation jurisdiction legislative-intent standing statutory-interpretation Should a writ of Prohibition be issued under the U.S. Supreme Court Writ of Certiorari in this case or Writ of Mandamus, I also stated or whatever the…
19-1475 Duke University v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied 35-usc-314 administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause due-process forfeiture inter-partes-review patent patent-law standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments Clause violation in a pending appeal despite an intervening c…
19-1476 Vantage Energy Services, Incorporated, et al. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights conditions-precedent due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intake-questionnaire iqbal plausibility-standard pleadings statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements verified-charge 1. Whether the combination of an unverified intake questionnaire submitted on behalf of the charging party and an inexcusably dilatory verified charge…
19-8914 Bobby W. Ferguson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-liability defendant-conduct due-process economic-loss extortion fear-definition hobbs-act statutory-construction statutory-interpretation victim-state-of-mind Principle of strict statutory construction requires that term "fear" should not be construed broadly to include any non-violent acts of "economic loss…
19-8918 Donovan G. Davis, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-procedure executive-branch judicial-branch judicial-interpretation property-return rule-41g standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 41(g) provides for the return of person's property once it no longera serves a government purpose in the prosecu…
19-8922 Amber Renee Craker v. Texas Texas 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-discretion capital-punishment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review statutory-interpretation Was there sufficient evidence to support her capital murder conviction? Did the Court of Appeals Err in holding Craker's mistaken belief that she kil…
19-8924 William R. Jenkins v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-motion residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8927 Alfred Brian Mitchell v. Tommy Sharp, Warden Tenth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied IFP age-of-culpability cognitive-science constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment sentencing-aggravator standing statutory-interpretation 1. Given this Court's prior ruling that the text of Oklahoma's "heinous, atrocious, or cruel" death-penalty aggravator is unconstitutionally vague, is…
19-8928 Oscar Campos-Lagunas, aka Jose Lopez-Lomali, aka Carlos Ortiz, aka Orbelin Lagunas Campos, aka Carlos Laguna Campos, aka Oscar Laguan Campos, aka Norbelio Campos-Lagunas, aka Carlo Garcia, aka Orbelin Campos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment judicial-interpretation precedent-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-8929 Tedarel Leshun Preston v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 …
19-8847 Michael D. Nixon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3006A constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-witness funding-denial geo-location indigent-defendant sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether Michael D. Nixon's constitutional rights were violated when the District Court failed to grant him, an indigent defendant, funding for a geo-l…
19-8907 Jonathan Boyer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-uscs-2254 civil-procedure federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-procedure motion-to-recall relitigation-bar statutory-interpretation successive-petition Whether and under what circumstances a motion to recall judgment attacking the erroneous application of the relitigation bar in 28 USCS 2254(d) should…
19-1461 Mitche A. Dalberiste v. GLE Associates, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-07 Denied Amici (5)Relisted (13) civil-rights employment-discrimination minority-religions religious-accommodation stare-decisis statutory-interpretation title-vii undue-hardship Whether the Court should reconsider Hardison and set a proper legal standard for determining what constitutes an "undue hardship" under Title VII, 42 …
19-8899 Michael Wayne Blanche v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law jury-finding jury-instructions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting armed bank robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A). Whether the verdict and 7-year sentence on the …
19-8901 Fabian Fuentes Rosas v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-exception federal-habeas habeas-corpus material-misrepresentation ninth-circuit plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit failed to consider and decide one of the certified claims raised in Rosas's appeal, namely an exhausted argument that Ros…
19-1459 Polaris Innovations Limited v. Kingston Technology Company, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-07-06 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (3) 35-usc-311 administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause civil-service-protections congressional-intent constitutional-remedy ipr-statute patent-law severance statutory-interpretation tenure-protections 1. Whether severance of the tenure protections for Administrative Patent Judges ("APJs") was unavailable to the Arthrex court to remedy the violation …
19-8896 Melodio Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8884 Samuel Gray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3559 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elemental-analysis georgia-robbery prior-convictions recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY AND UNANIMITY AMONG LOWER COURTS OF WHETHER A PRIOR GEORGIA ROBBERY CONVICTION CONSTITUTES A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" FOR ENH…
19-8890 Richard Antonio Hodge, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing first-step-act resentencing retroactivity rule-of-lenity sentence-enhancement sentencing-provisions statutory-interpretation Whether the ameliorative sentencing provisions of the First Step Act apply to defendants who were initially sentenced pre-First Step Act, but whose se…
19-8892 Edwin G. Perez-Cubertier v. United States First Circuit 2020-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-proceeding collateral-proceedings counsel-rights first-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial statutory-interpretation withdrawal-from-conspiracy In Massaro v. United States, 538 U.S. 500 (2003), this Court held that a convicted federal defendant may first bring an ineffective assistance of coun…
19-8877 Patrick D. Lomas v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion section-404 sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation i. Did the District Court abuse it's Discretion when it denied Petitioner's Motion seeking a reduction of Sentence under Section 404(b) of the First S…
19-8878 Frank Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law first-step-act retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act of 2018 which dramatically changes the penalties imposed for gun-related crim…
19-1446 Bing Charles W. Kearney, Jr., et al. v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Eleventh Circuit 2020-07-01 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment appellate-courts appellate-procedure constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations due-process federal-appellate-courts federal-courts fifth-amendment florida-supreme-court judicial-review legal-doctrine right-for-the-wrong-reason statutory-interpretation The possibility for federal appel late courts to abuse the "right for the wrong reason" rule, as the rule was promulgated by this Court in Helvering…
19-1440 Melvin Ammons, et al. v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd. Illinois 2020-06-30 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived comparative-negligence counterclaim federal-employers-liability-act fela fela-liability property-damage railroad-liability setoff statutory-interpretation statutory-limitations void-device 1. When a railroad files a counterclaim for property damage in an injured employee's FELA action to purposely or intentionally evade FELA liability to…
19-8824 Keith Newton v. Alabama Alabama 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process effective-counsel evidence jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8828 Michael Jerald Leggett v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-crimes attempted-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause hobbs-act specific-intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step violent-crimes The courts of appeals have universally held that a conviction for a completed offense is categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)…
19-8837 Donnie Wayne Nipper v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal criminal-procedure double-jeopardy ex-post-facto jurisdictional-waiver sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Should Mr. Nipper be resentenced without an armed career criminal enhancement to his guideline range where the government failed to allege prior convi…
19-8799 James Johnman, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied IFP appeals circuit-split criminal-assessment criminal-law judicial-review sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation victims-rights victims-trafficking-act Whether the "additional special assessment" in the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3014, imposes a per-offender or per-count asses…
19-8802 Regina Lewis v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing statutory-interpretation Oi ryik finest
19-8813 Tom Mark Franks v. Kirk, Deputy Sheriff, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8820 Cesar Velazquez v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8810 Jonathan Monterio Davidson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering criminal-law criminal-sentencing felonious-breaking-and-entering north-carolina north-carolina-law statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. DOES NORTH CAROLINA'S OFFENSE OF FELONIOUS BREAKING AND/OR ENTERING QUALIFY AS A VIOLENT FELONY UNDER THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT?
19-1408 James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton Third Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below, Respondent's failure to state a claim with…
19-1409 Howard B. Bloomgarden v. California California 2020-06-24 Denied Response Waived circuit-split crime-of-violence double-jeopardy extortion federal-prosecution interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation travel-act unlawful-activity In part, the Travel Act makes it a crime to "travel[] in interstate or foreign commerce….with the intent to…[(a)(2)] commit any crime of violence to f…
19-1404 Michael Lieberman v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived all-writs-act amendment criminal-defendant district-court judicial-relief post-conviction-remedies relief restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) What relief is available to a criminal defendant under the All Writs Act? 2) How, and when, may a district court amend a restitution order imposed…
19-1406 Lord, Lewis & Coleman, LLC v. Bellaco, Inc., et al. Texas 2020-06-23 Denied Response Waived business-entity choses-in-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process notice notice-requirement standing state-law statutory-interpretation takings Whether a Texas statute, which extinguishes a business entity's choses in action without notice, violates the Due Process clause of the U.S. Constitut…
19-8762 Percy St. George v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-22 Denied IFP circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-timeliness statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULV DEBATE THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ADOPTION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING THAT APPELLANT'S PETITION WAS UN…
19-8756 Kevin Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-hobbs-act-robbery attempted-offense categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-statute federal-sentencing james-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis If a completed offense is categorically a "crime of violence" within 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s elements clause, is the attempted commission of that o…
19-8697 Shiron Deshane Davis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-06-18 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment judicial-review legal-jurisdiction search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8741 Kelly David Ankeny, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing dangerous-weapon force-requirement oregon-robbery physical-force second-degree statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether Oregon Robbery in the Second Degree (Or. Rev. Stat. § 164.405(1)(a)) is a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act when the statute'…
19-8745 Bernard Scott, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8749 Paul Anthony Crayton v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence judicial-review legal-procedure privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation was the pirosented Statement made in the Newspaper hommbul evoug to wannt a mistial? 2 D (cRaytaw) Anmendent. Presene his 6tll N3) boovove Dio the De…
19-1388 Jason Small v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water Sixth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedRelisted (13) civil-rights de-minimis-cost employment-discrimination religious-accommodation statutory-interpretation title-vii undue-hardship Whether Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison, 432 U.S. 63, 84 (1977), which stated that employers suffer an "undue hardship" in accommodating an emp…
19-1390 Martin Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-18 Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process elements-clause fair-notice sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the "elements clause" of the Armed Career Criminal Act (18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i)) is void for vagueness.
19-8733 Petrona Gaspar-Miguel v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied IFP border-crossing criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process immigration-law law-enforcement-surveillance official-restraint statutory-interpretation The issue presented in this Petition is whether constant surveillance by a law enforcement agent is "official restraint" that prevents an "entry" and …
19-8735 Michael A. Jackson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-vagueness due-process liberty post-conviction-relief residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether a postconviction motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, challenging a sentence imposed under the pre-2005 mandatory version …
19-8704 Rolando Q. Alvarado v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review circuit-court due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-determination habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-error statutory-interpretation unreasonable-determination-of-facts IS THE DECISION OF THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS BASED ON AN UNREASONABLE DETERMINATION OF THE FACTS INASMUCH AS IT IS BASED ON AN INCOMPLETE REC…
19-8710 William Frazier v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-06-15 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit is correct that—contrary to every other circuit's application of the plain statutory language—the VICAR statute, 18 U.S.C…
19-8688 Richard Dale Ingram, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP arkansas-law categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states statutory-interpretation terroristic-threatening Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly applied the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016…
19-8690 Jimmy Lee Wheeler v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation structural-error The OCR text is too degraded and illegible to accurately extract the "Question(s) Presented" section verbatim. While a "QUESTION(S) PRESENTED" header …
19-8694 Joseph D. Rouse v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 appeal-waiver appellate-review due-process mandatory-minimum notice-requirement plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does the express language of 21 U.S.C. § 851 requiring prior written notice of the particular conviction the government seeks to use to enhance a mand…
19-1364 Heather Henry, et vir v. CMBB, LLC Sixth Circuit 2020-06-12 Denied Response Waived certification civil-procedure common-law district-court intentional-injury intentional-tort preemption sixth-circuit standing statutory-interpretation tennessee-law workers-compensation 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals erred in affirming the decision of the District Court that Petitioners' claim is ba…
19-8669 William M. Tyson v. United States Third Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-law due-process first-amendment mistake-of-age-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit erred in ruling that a mistake-of-age defense need not be read into 18 U.S.C. §2251 (…
19-8674 Rolando Gus Paez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-system civil-procedure dismissal-rule due-process federal-procedure federalism federalism-doctrine habeas-corpus section-2254 statutory-interpretation Does Rule 4 of the rules governing Section 2254 cases in the United States District Court, which provides that "[i]f it plainly appears from the petit…
19-8675 Issac Oral Chandler v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt revocation sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Should this Court grant review to determine whether the mandatory provision for revocation of supervised release set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) viol…
19-8679 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-knowledge statutory-interpretation substantial-rights united-states-v-reed In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require the government to prove that "the defendant knew he possess…
19-8680 Adrian Zitalpopoca-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 circuit-split comparative-sentencing criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation To avoid "unwarranted sentence disparities," does 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6) require federal judges to compare a defendant's sentence to the sentences of …
19-8653 Jose Heriberto Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-standards criminal-procedure due-process independent-review judicial-review legal-principles sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Petitioner is challenging all Drugs Minus-Two pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582 (c)(2). Reduction of Sentence, Petitioner is eligible to receive the …
19-8662 Jason Paris Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
19-8621 Steven Desmond Peterson, aka Primo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8628 Deree J. Norman, Administrator of the Estate of Lydia F. Shearlds, Deceased v. Temple University Health System, dba Temple University Hospital, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP decedents-estates decedents-estates-and-fiduciaries inherent-powers inherent-powers-and-duties jurisdictional-standards pennsylvania-statutes self-contained-statutes state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation wrongful-death-claim 1. Are State Supreme Courts required to adhere to the standards of self-contained statues governing Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries within their re…
19-8645 Joe Cephus Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography due-process mandatory-minimum prosecutorial-discretion sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Does 18 U.S.C. § 2252A violate the Due Process Clause and the separation-of-powers doctrine because the statute allows a prosecutor to unilaterally se…
19-8646 Leonard Griffin v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether, under the law established by this Court in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Griffin should be resentenced without applyin…
19-8648 Vernon Wayne McNeal v. Fleming, C/O, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-penalties agency-authority civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction regulatory-compliance standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation three-strikes (a) congress did not includ a statute of Limitation inside 28 u.s.C. Revok2 a jndien+ in1 trree strikes. (b) Congress did not State in 28 us,C, 1915(…
19-1348 Alfred Bourgeois, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia 2020-06-09 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-rule capital-case death-penalty execution-protocol federal-death-penalty-act federal-law notice-and-comment procedural-rule statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the phrase "prescribed by the law of the State" in 18 U.S.C. § 3596(a) includes those procedures that state law requires state officials to…
19-1349 George L. Miller, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of HomeBanc Corp. v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2020-06-09 Denied Response Waived automatic-stay bankruptcy-code collateral collateral-liquidation creditor-protection financial-crisis repurchase-agreements safe-harbor statutory-interpretation In times of acute economic distress, the automatic stay of the Bankruptcy Code functions as a critical circuit breaker: it backstops a vulnerable fina…
19-8636 Silas Bernard Peterson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law attorney-general attorney-general-authority constitutional-delegation ex-post-facto notification-act retroactive-application sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Did the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unconstitutionally delegate to the Attorney General the decision of whether and how it …
19-8637 Robert Reeves v. Cathleen Stoddard, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-06-08 Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment legislative-override punishment-limitation statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should overrule the " legislative override " exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause.
19-8611 Adam Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-circuit-split appellate-review assault crime-of-violence dangerous-weapon due-process federal-criminal-law sentencing statutory-interpretation At least five federal appellate courts, including the Ninth Circuit, have determined the use of a dangerous weapon automatically transforms assault in…
19-8617 Homar Perez Chavez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres case-review criminal-law due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), should be overruled?
19-8619 Deon Christopher Cobb v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2020-06-05 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation I Woether The Ruling By The Court Was Confrary Topor INvolved an Unreasowable Applrcatn Clearly Esablished Unied Sfates Supreme Court Law? I. Woether…
19-1336 The National Retirement Fund, et al. v. Metz Culinary Management, Inc. Second Circuit 2020-06-04 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actuarial-assumptions arbitration best-estimate employee-retirement-income-security-act-erisa erisa measurement-date multiemployer-pension-plan statutory-interpretation withdrawal-liability Whether ERISA prohibits multiemployer pension plan actuaries from selecting actuarial assumptions to calculate withdrawal liability, after the Measure…
19-8580 Lary James Plumlee v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-06-02 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-precedent teague-doctrine welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
19-8583 Joseph Emanuel Hechavarria v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit 2020-06-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process immigration immigration-law physical-force removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Petitioner Joseph Hechavarria, an immigrant, has been ordered removed from the United States for having committed a crime of violence as defined by 18…
19-8585 Van Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-06-02 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a federal Prisoner has a Right to Present a argument based on a Change in Procedural law on his first motion under Title 28 U.S.C.S 2255 ?…
19-1324 Center for Immigration Studies v. Richard Cohen, et al. District of Columbia 2020-06-01 Denied civil-procedure closed-pattern criminal-enterprise criminal-law open-pattern pattern-of-activity prosecutorial-standard racketeering rico rico-act standing statutory-interpretation Does the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO")* require a plaintiff or prose-cutor claiming an "open pattern" of racketeering to…
19-8574 Calvin G. Latimer v. North Carolina Department of Transportation Fourth Circuit 2020-05-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation To Apply -fine U)&iT £ce i+1 ) 2. flou3 -Hkl mnp her I^tsc^p^ (dat A Fftc+ fU e. &T/ftL , 3 . TT ^5 ~l DT l St 0 A? ° ^ ZO-rohfirA Setp^fO/yiC- Cu^f…
19-8544 Hubert Carter v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judicial-determination jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does the judicial determination of crimes "committed on occasions different from one another" at sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.…
19-8536 In Re Robert P. Russell 2020-05-26 Dismissed IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-constitutional-right federal-crime federal-habeas habeas-corpus liberty-interest liberty-interests murder-conviction retroactive-application statutory-interpretation successive-motions Whether Petitioner Robert Peter Russell ("Russell"), convicted of first degree murder under 18 U.S.C. Section 1, retains a federal constitutional righ…
19-8540 Antwoyn Spencer and Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act resentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioners are being deprived of their right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Amendme…
19-8524 Gregory Preston Coker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process standing statutory-interpretation i) Uirrht* -rle ^ m^pUr? sf o\ JnO rt+ Ctefr/io'iMeo +£? s'c CAacca ^vi U.S M-si'iis Di^ ibie + a Q*,UFal*'*i 6F(oJ0&- Pnwiok 7
19-1312 Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware Third Circuit 2020-05-22 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-3730 circuit-split constitutional-law dismissal-standard due-process federal-statute legal-malpractice legal-procedure qui-tam separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation 1. Which one of the two differing standards, the D.C. Circuit's "Unfettered Discretion" standard or the Ninth and Tenth Circuits' "Rational Basis Test…
19-1310 Craig R. Jalbert, in His Capacity as Trustee of the F2 Liquidating Trust v. Securities and Exchange Commission First Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-authority civil-rights disgorgement due-process judicial-review legislative-power penalty-enforcement securities separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties Whether a federal government agency commits a structural separation-of-powers violation of exercising a legislative function when, in addition to expl…
19-8518 Dexter C. Newson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-05-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights compulsory-process constitutional-law due-process equal-protection exculpatory-evidence judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-present-defense statutory-interpretation Petitioners appeal Without him compusorry process to Call a Witness in his Fabor as guarented in the 6th AMendment of the Constitution and to determin…
19-8505 George Tolbert v. Stephanie Waggoner, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-review prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-1303 Earnest Cassell Woods, II v. California California 2020-05-20 Denied criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process mens-rea murder-conviction natural-probable-consequences resentencing retroactive retroactivity self-defense senate-bill-1437 sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. DOES SENATE BILL 1437 ADDED SECTION 1170.95, WHICH PERMITS PERSONS CONVICTED OF MURDER UNDER THE NATURAL AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES THEORY TO PETITI…
19-1304 Indian River County, Florida, et al. v. Department of Transportation, et al. District of Columbia 2020-05-20 Denied Amici (2) administrative-deference federal-assistance qualified-highway-or-surface-freight-transfer-faci skidmore-deference statutory-interpretation surface-transportation tax-exempt-bonds title-23 transportation-project The Internal Revenue Code authorizes the issuance of tax-exempt bonds to finance "qualified highway or surface freight transfer facilities." 26 U.S.C.…
19-1305 Wanda Vázquez-Garced, Governor of Puerto Rico, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied democratic-governance democratic-representation elected-government fiscal-plan fund-reprogramming governance-of-territories oversight-board promesa promesa-section-202 promesa-section-204-c puerto-rico statutory-interpretation territorial-governance 1. Whether the Oversight Board may preemptively override the elected Government's ability to request reprogramming of funds under PROMESA section 204(…
19-1306 United Parcel Service, Inc. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2020-05-20 Denied aggregation-threshold carrier-liability cigarette-trafficking circuit-split common-carrier-liability contraband-cigarette-trafficking-act exemption-compliance national-importance possession statutory-construction statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation tobacco-regulation 1. The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act prohibits the knowing transportation of "a quantity" of more than 10,000 untaxed cigarettes in the "posses…
19-8485 Melvin T. Bell v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-05-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process final-judgment judicial-review jurisdiction legal-remedy statutory-interpretation WHEN A PETITIONER HAS REALIZED, TWO YEARS LATER, AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY RETRIED FOR THE SAME STATUTORY OFFENSE TO IN THE SAME PROCEEDING, WHICH HAS LE…
19-8474 Brittany Dawn Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(e) 18-USC-3553e criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation i. DOES A DISTRICT COURTS INABILITY TO DEPART BELOW A MANDATORY MINIMUM UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), FOR ANY FACTOR OTHER THAN DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIAL A…
19-8455 Michael Alan Bruzzone v. James McManis, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process economic-espionage false-claims-act federal-recovery judicial-misconduct qui-tam standing statutory-interpretation Can federal judge's intentionally error to conceal economic espionage subject 18 U.S.C. §§ 1832, 2382 questions harms country and citizen's presents t…
19-8463 Luis Ricardo Mayea-Pulido v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination heightened-scrutiny legitimacy marital-status ninth-circuit parents'-marital-status statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Did the Ninth Circuit (and other courts of appeals) misinterpret the phrase "parents' marital status" by holding that it refers exclusively to "legiti…
19-8467 Juan Petis McLendon v. United States District of Columbia 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal-without-prejudice due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mandatory-review speech-trial-act standing statutory-interpretation stricklands-prejudice Does a failure to obtain a dismissal without prejudice under the Speedy Trial Act constitute "Strickland prejudice," when the mandatory language of Ti…
19-8469 Viengxay Chantharath v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure drug-convictions first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the First Step Act (FSA-2018) "altered "the statutes: 21 U.S.C.§ 841(a) (1)(b)(1) (A)-(B) also (C) for the prior drugI. con victions that qua…
19-8452 William Strickland v. Illinois Illinois 2020-05-13 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings sutont tho dccomplrce Why The triel court did not witness" in strction, 1. P.1.3.17, dispitethe existence of prebible Cduse to indict Doy " Bleck Arms…
19-8443 George R. Young v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Does the State have the authority to commence prosecution after the twenty-year statute of limitations has expired when the alleged suspect is not kno…
19-8445 Freddie Lee Curry, aka King of da Hood, aka Rat v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 alleyne alleyne-ruling criminal-procedure drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court abused its discretion when it failed to to apply Alleyne to Appellant's sentence reduction under Section 404(b) of the First St…
19-1282 Avery Terry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-12 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924c appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver due-process force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DISMISSING THE APPEAL PURSUANT TO AN INVALID APPEAL WAIVER, AFTER MAKING ERRONEOUS FINDINGS, OVERLOOKING AND MIS…
19-8430 Valery LaTouche v. New York New York 2020-05-11 Denied IFP criminal-procedure discretionary-review due-process equal-protection post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE TRIAL COURTS INVOCATION OF STATUE 440.10(3)(C) DENIED PETITIONER HIS INTEREST, DUE PROCESS RIGHTS, AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW. WHETH…
19-8431 Ciro Cruz-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-05-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court immigration-law jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-order removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Ciro Cruz-Lopez, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to appear" …
19-8422 Todd Lee Glenn v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-8426 Shawn M. Twitty v. Indiana Indiana 2020-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP amelioration-doctrine criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing doctrine-of-amelioration due-process fundamental-fairness res-judicata sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a sentence is manifestly erroneous because the Doctrine of Amelioration allows for that sentence to be controlled by a newly amended version o…
19-8410 Johnathan Pinney v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-limitations criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-rights standing statutory-interpretation The Constitation's Direct anthorty that the wi't of Habens Corpus Shall ot be suspended" superceeds the requirement suspendig shch wight perding the S…
19-8415 Arthur Stanley v. United States Second Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-relevance federal-rules-of-evidence gang-related-crime relevant-evidence rico-statute rule-401 standing statutory-interpretation 1. Where the Government introduced a cache of weapons found four years before the alleged crime, simply because gang graffiti was found nearby, should…
19-8416 Hadori Karmen Chantel Williams v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law boumediene-v-bush civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether, in light of Bousley v. United States, 523 U.S. 614 (1998), Mr. Williams' 28 U.S.C. section 2255 Motion to Vacate was timely if 18 U.S.C. sect…
19-8406 Jihad Shahaddah v. Deputy Gotcher, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law assault civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review notice statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8397 Domenico Alexander Lockhart v. North Carolina North Carolina 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cole-v-arkansas constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-narcotic-offenses due-process judicial-review overt-act procedural-and-substantive-rights statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8399 Reshon Tolliver v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute drug-payment drug-trafficking evidence federal-law money-laundering statutory-interpretation To resolve a circuit split, whether mere payment for drugs constitutes sufficient evidence for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1956?
19-8387 Robert C. Caldwell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-05-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy enhanced-penalty evidentiary-finding firearm public-choice-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation two-strike-statute The Government seehs to have defendants sentenced under both the CarJacking statute and the firearm statute. The issue befire the Court is whether sen…
19-8377 Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act circuit-court civil-procedure due-process extensions federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus health-issues incarceration statutory-interpretation time-limitations ARE THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE (FRAP) TOO RESTRICTIVE OR INFLEXIBLE IN RESOLVING IMPEDIMENTS TO TIMELY LITIGANTS HAMPERED BY THE CONJUNCTIVE…
19-8382 Christopher Ewing, aka Alex Christopher Ewing v. Nevada Nevada 2020-04-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-hearing fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act's guarantee that defendants have the right to "demand and procure counsel" requires state courts to appoi…
19-8381 Joseph Benjamin O'Donnell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-1248 Eli Dunn v. Bryce Hatch, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied admiralty admiralty-jurisdiction civil-rights commercial-fishermen commercial-fishing maritime maritime-law public-policy punitive-damages seamen-rights statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour wage-disputes wages 1. Should punitive damages be available to commercial fishermen cheated on their wages? 2. Is there a conflict among federal courts of appeal, and wi…
19-1239 Jackson Ridge Rehabilitation and Care, et al. v. Rhonda Meadows Ohio 2020-04-22 Denied Response Waived concurrent-jurisdiction employee-benefits erisa exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction interference retaliation statutory-interpretation Whether ERISA claims for retaliation and interference are enforced through 29 U.S.C. §1132(a)(1)(B), as decided by the Ohio Supreme Court and the Fift…
19-8314 Reginald Ward v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied IFP actual-innocence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence jurisdiction self-defense statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8315 Todd Michael Vincent v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation Question One A review of an order denying a Rule 60(b) motion does not involve the validity of the underlying judgment. Yet, the Eleventh Circuit, lik…
19-8322 Joseph Augustus Dixon v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation "Whether the U.S. District Court and the Eleventh Circuit of Appeals, have abused their discretion by failing to accept Petitioner's timely amended § …
19-8308 Terry Gooden v. U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 7h) ^<<a /T\J c/tltrri.(j J. /brf)
19-8287 Muhammad Toure v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit 2020-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-question judicial-review jurisdiction precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation (1) AGAINST FED.R.CIV.P 12(b)(6) AND 12(e)(6), WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF A COURT'S DISCRETION IN UPHOLDING A PLEADING THAT STATES A CLAIM FOR RELIEF IN LIG…
19-8269 Stella Rae James v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1791 conviction criminal-statute due-process federal-correctional-facilities federal-correctional-facility federal-criminal-law inmate-contraband possession possession-law statutory-interpretation Whether due process requires the government to establish actual or constructive possession of a prohibited object in order to sustain a conviction und…
19-8255 Emilio Medina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-1212 Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. v. Innovation Law Lab, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-14 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-authority border-policy due-process immigration-law non-refoulement notice-and-comment preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation This case concerns a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy, known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which applies to aliens who have n…
19-1210 Harry's Nurses Registry, et al. v. Claudia Gayle, et al. Second Circuit 2020-04-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-enforcement condition-precedent employment-law fair-labor-standards-act private-right-of-action section-206 section-207 section-216(b) statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour Is the finding that the employer has violated Section 206 or Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et. seq , a condition preced…
19-1207 Geoffrey M. Young v. Denise G. Clayton, Chief Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals Kentucky 2020-04-10 Denied ballot-access ballot-challenge due-process election-law federalism judicial-review kentucky-supreme-court original-jurisdiction separation-of-powers standing state-constitution state-constitution-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky may nullify Kentucky's ballot challenge statute, Kentucky Revised Statute ("KRS ") 118.176, and violate Secti…
19-8240 Richard Valentini v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-statute extortion hobbs-act personal-gain property-deprivation property-transfer statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-transfer 1) Does a conviction for violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951(b)(2) require not only that a victim be deprived of his or her property, but a…
19-8229 Donnie L. Harris, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-04-09 Denied IFP capital-punishment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Does Oklahoma's strict application of its statutory requirement that all newly discovered evidence in capital cases must be presented within one year …
19-8235 Justin K. Eaton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-us braxton-v-us constitutional-challenge dillon-v-us judicial-review retroactive-effect sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation (1). Since the Sentencing Commission is to serve a similar function to interpreting guidelines as this Court does in interpreting statutes under Braxt…
19-1203 Children's Hospital Association of Texas, et al. v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. District of Columbia 2020-04-09 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation chevron-deference disproportionate-share-hospital medicaid medicaid-reimbursement regulatory-policy statutory-interpretation supplemental-payments Because of Medicaid's low reimbursement rates, hospitals with large Medicaid patient populations have a statutory right to supplemental "Disproportion…
19-8218 Angel Paz-Alvarez v. United States First Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-853 appeals controlled-substances criminal-forfeiture drug-trafficking due-process standing statutory-interpretation third-party third-party-interest This petition asks an important question: whether modern criminl- forfeiture statutes can be squared with the Due Process Clause and and whether petit…
19-8221 Feuu Fagatele v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process risk-of-injury sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a statute that criminalizes creating a risk of injury categorically satisfies the definition of a crime of violence?
19-8204 Arnold Eugene Fox, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fourth-amendment free-speech ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct search-warrant standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) have an unconstitutionally vague residual clause, and has the government, District Court, or the Sixth Ci…
19-8187 Kahwahnas Nucumbhi Potts v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1028a circuit-split consecutive-sentencing criminal-law criminal-sentencing district-court federal-procedure inter-circuit-conflict sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether this honorable Court should grant certiorari to resolve inter-Circuit disharmony regarding a District Court's consideration of consecutive sen…
19-8188 Anthony Wayne Hamilton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence hobbs-act ninth-circuit-conflict physical-confrontation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-florida 1. Whether a Hobbs Act robbery, which statutorily can be committed by a threat of future harm, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18…
19-8195 Alens Charles v. Ric L. Bradshaw, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2020-04-06 Denied IFP assault civil-rights-act-of-1991 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritoriality federal-government federal-officers general-intent specific-intent statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. §111 criminalizes "assaulting, or impeding certain victim or" of the federal government. As ED CARNES explained below (and the US District C…
19-8179 In Re Harold Wayne Nichols 2020-04-03 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 capital-defendant court-of-appeals habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits merits-adjudication retroactive-law statutory-interpretation successive-petitions 1. When a capital defendant requests from a court of appeals authorization to file in a district court a second or successive habeas petition presenti…
19-8182 Edward Paul Moss v. Arizona Arizona 2020-04-03 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights conviction-review criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury judicial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-8161 In Re Curtis Smith 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court due-process federal-courts gatekeeper-standard habeas-corpus sanctions statutory-interpretation I. Did the court of appeal adopt divergent interpretation gatekeeper standard? Does the gatekeeper visited?" by this Supreme Court, because different …
19-8172 Adam Carson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction perjury statutory-interpretation witness-credibility witness-tampering Can a conviction for witness tampering be upheld when a Defendant did not ask a witness to lie for him? and; can a Court of Appeals change the interpr…
19-8132 Antoine T. Chest v. Michael P. Bald, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Stephenson County Illinois 2020-03-31 Denied IFP bodily-harm consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion legal-ambiguity sentence-enhancement sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation THE HONORABLE JUDGE MICHAEL BALD IMPROPERLY IMPOSED CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES WHEN CONCURRENT SENTENCES ARE MANDATED BY THE STATUTE, PETITIONER WAS FOUND …
19-8133 Jorge A. Martinez v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-31 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation causation constitutional-rights conviction-notice criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process health-care-fraud judicial-notice statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE 'BUT-FOR' TEST OF GENERAL CAUSATION IS SYNONYMOUS TO THE STATUTORIAL ELEMENT OF ACTUAL CAUSATION IN THOSE STATUTES LIKE 18 USCS § 1347H…
19-1189 BP p.l.c., et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Fourth Circuit 2020-03-31 Judgment Issued Amici (20) appellate-review civil-rights-removal federal-officer-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits remand remand-order removal statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state cou…
19-1181 Estate of Thomas Steinbeck, et al. v. Waverly Scott Kaffaga, as Executrix of the Estate of Elaine Anderson Steinbeck Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 17-usc-304 collateral-estoppel copyright-act copyright-law copyright-termination licensing-rights res-judicata statutory-interpretation vesting Whether collateral estoppel bars an affirmative defense based on 17 U.S.C. § 304(c)(5) in a second litigation, when the first litigation involving dif…
19-1186 Joshua Baker, Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Amici (6) 42-usc-1396a(a)(23) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split federal-enforcement medicaid-recipients medicaid-rights private-right-of-action provider-qualification spending-clause state-determination statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Medicaid recipients have a private right of action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(23) to challenge a state's determination tha…
19-1173 Comcast Corporation, et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Amici (3) article-iii-courts comcast domestic-patent-infringement federal-circuit importation international-trade-commission international-trade-commission-itc mootness patent-infringement section-337 section-337-tariff-act statutory-interpretation vacatur 1. Whether the Federal Circuit's judgment should be vacated as moot and remanded with instructions to vacate the Commission's orders, pursuant to Unit…
19-1176 Jim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools v. Aileen Rizo Ninth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) circuit-split employment-law equal-pay-act factor-other-than-sex gender-discrimination merit-system prior-salary salary-history seniority-system sex-discrimination statutory-interpretation wage-differential wage-gap The Equal Pay Act permits employers to pay men and women different wages for the same work "where such payment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority sys…
19-8117 Vincent D. White, Jr. v. Donnie Morgan, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-issue due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-constitutional-issue federal-habeas procedural-default state-courts state-prisoner statutory-interpretation In federal habeas cases, whether federal courts should exclusively apply 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) when evaluating State assertions that a State prisoner ha…
19-8129 Charles Ben Bounds v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bounds-case court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jurisdiction legal-review sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the application of Obstruction-of-Justice Sentence Enhancement in United States of A…
19-8107 Raul Guzman-Ibarez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-26 Denied IFP administrative-law aggravated-felony circuit-split due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings judicial-review retroactivity statutory-interpretation Does the provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that expanded the definition of "aggravated felony" app…
19-8100 Jorge Rodriguez-Luca v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-8089 Michael W. Jenkins v. Brigitte Amsberry Ninth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit slack-standard slack-v-mcdaniel statutory-interpretation statutory-standard Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling, denying a Certificate of Appealabiliy to a habeas corpus petitioner, contravene the statutory standard, under 28 U.S.…
19-8096 Marvin D. Noble v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-1166 Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-24 Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure consent federal-agency federal-jurisdiction non-federal-entity rule-19 standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an Administrative Procedure Act action challenging a federal agency's compliance with…
19-1158 Airbus Helicopters, Inc. v. Mary Riggs, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Amici (1) 28-usc-1442 administrative-delegation aviation-law civil-procedure delegation faa federal-aviation-administration federal-officer federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-removal removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether a private party is "acting under" a federal officer and may remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), where it is carrying out duties formally and …
19-1162 Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act In 2014, a photographic mural project was destroyed during the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant United States Postal Service (USPS), New York. The U…
19-8071 Curtis Dion Earley v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § …
19-8073 Kenneth Baker v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent third-circuit Whether the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rendered a decision in conflict with the law of the United States Supreme Court announced in Barefo…
19-8079 Mark Steven Elk Shoulder v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-jurisdiction major-crimes-act nondelegation-doctrine retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration special-relationship statutory-interpretation Whether SORNA can be applied, retroactively, through the Wetterling Act, to a defendant whose underlying sex offense conviction was prosecuted under t…
19-8049 Kenneth Marquise Ruff v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1962d 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment rico rico-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of procedural due process is violated where the Petitioner receives a sentencing enhancement in a Racketeer In…
19-8053 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (b) is categorically a "crime of violence" as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(3)(A) , if the plain …
19-8054 Nathan Richard Vineyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-code eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-registration-requirements notification-requirements sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act sexual-contact statutory-interpretation united-states-v-vineyard The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 34 U.S.C. § 20901 et seq., requires anyone convicted of a sex offense under state law to…
19-8046 Michael Anthony Cervantes v. W. L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-relief ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-interpretation witness-testimony WAS PETITIONERS CONVICTION SUSTAINED IN VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS WARRANTING HABEAS RELIEF WHERE THE DISTRICT THE INJUSTICE THAT RESOULTS FRON THE CON…
19-1147 Willowood, LLC, et al. v. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-U.S.C.-271(g) 35-usc-271 copyright-claims federal-circuit-review limelight-networks-v-akamai monopoly patent-infringement pesticide-labels single-entity-rule statutory-interpretation This Petition presents two questions for review: 1. Whether lability for patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. §271(g) requires that all steps of a pat…
19-1145 Ng Lap Seng v. United States Second Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied bribery bribery-of-foreign-officials criminal-prosecution foreign-corrupt-practices-act international-organizations mcdonnell-v-united-states official-act quasi-sovereign-public-international-entities statutory-interpretation united-nations 1. Whether the generic term "organization" in §666 should be construed to include quasi-sovereign public international entities like the United Nation…
19-8038 Jermaine James v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt circuit-split commentary conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (b) to include the inchoa…
19-8043 Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a "crime of violence" that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(…
19-8016 Jaime Vega, aka Jimmy Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release To what extent does 18 U.S.C. § 3553 require a district court to specifically state the reasons for imposing a revocation sentence above the guideline…
19-8030 Robbie Shane Bateman v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary criminal-statute entry entry-definition generic-burglary sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-law The Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory penalty can be triggered by prior convictions for "burglary." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) , (e)(2(B)(ii). The term "b…
19-8034 Whitney Atkinson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine drug-offense fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentence-enhancement statutory-interpretation Did Mr. Atkinson receive a sentence for a covered drug offense, such that he should be eligible for retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act…
19-8036 Odis Lee Jackson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction first-step-act judicial-review mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct sentencing sentencing-modification sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation I. What procedures does Section 404 of the First Step Act require a district court to follow when conducting its statutorily required "complete review…
19-7996 Milton Mayorga v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-authority immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Milton Mayorga, like many noncitizen defendants, was ordered removed by an immigration judge after being served a document titled "notice to appear" t…
19-7999 Christopher Parker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) categorically a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) w…
19-8004 Lamarcus Harvey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c) attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause intimidation statutory-interpretation I. Bank Robbery, (the basis for attempted bank robbery) which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim, or by presenting to the telle…
19-8005 Harrison Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal edwards-v-arizona first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, enacted while Petitioner's case was pending on direct appellate review, apply where his sentence is…
19-1131 Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. v. Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC Federal Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Amici (1) 35-usc-112 claim-construction federal-circuit patent-claims patent-law patent-law-35-usc-112 patent-specification patent-validity statutory-interpretation written-description written-description-requirement Whether § 112 requires a patent's specification to contain a written description of all of the limitations of a patent's claims, not just a "substanti…
19-1119 Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance v. Department of the Interior, et al. Seventh Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-services arbitrary-and-capricious environmental-policy federal-property federal-property-and-administrative-services-act military-helicopter-training military-training national-environmental-policy-act national-park-service recreation secretary-of-the-interior standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Did the Seventh Circuit err in concluding that the National Park Service's approval of military helicopter training exercises on property conveyed for…
19-7980 Maechel Shawn Patterson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2020-03-13 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection retroactive-application statutory-interpretation victim-rights victims-rights IF PETITIONER ORDERS BEFORE OFFERING IS OCT. 10, 1998 AND THE N.C.G.S. THE-501 CONTINUE VICTIM RIGHTS ACTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR CRIMES THAT WERE COMMITT…
19-1116 LinkedIn Corporation v. hiQ Labs, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-12 GVR Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) bot-technology circuit-conflict computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act computer-trespass data-harvesting legislative-history personal-data public-websites statutory-interpretation technical-barriers unauthorized-access website-scraping Whether a company that deploys anonymous computer "bots" to circumvent technical barriers and harvest millions of individuals' personal data from comp…
19-1115 American Bankers Association v. National Credit Union Administration District of Columbia 2020-03-11 Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-authority agency-discretion chevron-deference delegation-of-authority local-community regulatory-definition separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation When a statute expressly directs an agency to define a statutory term, does the delegation expand the scope of the agency's authority at Chevron step …
19-7894 In Re Charles S. Renchenski 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-adequacy statutory-interpretation statutory-notice writ-of-certiorari DID THE FEDERAL COURT(S) UNLAWFULLY SUSPEND THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY RENDERING DECISIONS CONTRARY TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RELATING TO: …
19-7961 Randall Duane Throneberry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-03-11 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment oklahoma-law oklahoma-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether under the clear language of Oklahoma Statute Title 21, § 1123, Petitioner's enhanced sentence under Oklahoma Statute Title 21, § 51.1A is i…
19-7965 Cedric Edney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fifth-circuit-interpretation mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-precedent taylor-v-united-states u-s-s-g-section-4b1-2-b Did the Fifth Circuit Err in deciding as an issue of first impression, that Texas offenses of Distribution of controlled substances and possession wit…
19-7966 Justin Odell Langford v. William G. Cobb Ninth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 26-usc-1415 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1) whether the Courts violated U.s. Const. Amend,14 clauses on Due Process and Equal Protection? 2) Whether the courts violated U.s. Const. Amend. 5 …
19-7930 Roderick Pearson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-justice-reform criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process finality first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether certiorari should be granted in order to vacate the decision below and remand to the Eleventh Circuit to consider whether § 403 of the First S…
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
19-7950 Daejerron L. Valentine v. Nebraska Nebraska 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment ambiguity automobile-exception conjunctive consistency criminal-procedure Did the removal of 'or' create ambiguity? disjunctive fourth-amendment Is a defendant entitled to consistent jury instruc jury-instructions jury-trial legislative-history possession probable-cause reasonableness reasonableness-standard scope-of-search search search-and-seizure search-scope statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement warrantless-search 1) Did the warrantless search of an automobile pursuant to the automobile exception become unreasonable when police officers expanded the search beyon…
19-7952 Michael Deon Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability 1. Whether the language "death or serious bodily injury results from" in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or…
19-7909 Sidney P. Kilmartin v. United States First Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP assisted-suicide causation civil-rights due-process first-circuit free-speech legal-reasoning mail-fraud mailing-an-injurious-article mailing-injurious-article statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-7896 Nicholas Hughes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Title 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) requires the government to prove that the defendant engaged in sexually explicit conduct with a minor "for the purpose of" p…
19-7900 Tanino Emon Miller v. Michigan Michigan 2020-03-06 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-procedure sentencing standing statutory-interpretation It T&s £vz:t>svcF tki^^FF tctb /^t T Fxr/ub TUB Ftncr-^soe/z £vTtTi T>T( cv1> A- Bter ]>oo>SF FofZ /4-~&rtuc-r~ k/^T7/ t+jTevT To d?£&rr /3o^ f fi'U&…
19-7878 Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m…
19-7883 Tyrone Harris, Sr. v. Arkansas Eighth Circuit 2020-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing criminal-statute-conflict due-process habitual-offender judicial-review prejudice prejudice-standard sentencing statutory-interpretation Mr. Harris alleges an obvious conflict between the criminal 16-93-609(b), and the habitual offender statute 5-4-501(d)(2), that prohibits the two from…
19-1090 In Re Bahig F. Bishay 2020-03-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-action federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Against the backdrop of this Court's most recent guidance set forth in Weyerhaeuser Co., — where the Court held, to wit: "The Administrative Procedure…
19-1084 Dayton Michael Cramer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied 18-usc-2422 child-exploitation circuit-split criminal-law due-process intent-element intermediary-communication mens-rea minor-protection sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Whether - pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) - communications with an adult intermediary to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor are punishable on…
19-7858 Todd Darrell Ballard v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief post-sentencing procedural-rights sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-rights waiver waiver-doctrine Whether the Act of the General Assembly [42 Pa.C.S. § 9543 and 9544] is in violation of Appellant's substantive and procedural rights; and whether sai…
19-7859 Marlon Blacher v. California California 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-seizure civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-due-process due-process judicial-procedure neutral-hearing penal-code property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is it not true that in view of the matters brought to be heard (see APPENDIX A-1a.) the Courts Summary denial is Unreasonable and advance the an Ac…
19-7867 David Leon Mims v. Illinois Health and Family Services Illinois 2020-03-04 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process freedom jurisdiction statutory-interpretation THe pAyMert oF Chid Supprt (TiHI D PriNAtEe COMPANY is NOt MANdatoRY, ANd hAS NO JarisdictiON tO Stop my FOodom AS A FrEt MAN
19-7869 Raymond David Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender common-scheme criminal-scheme criminal-sentencing felony-disposition judicial-discretion misdemeanor-conviction misrepresentation-of-felony prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Why Did The DiStRiCt CouRt ERRONeouSLY CLASSIFEd MR.WiLSON AS A CAREER OFFENdER WhEN IN FACT BOth PRiORS AN INtERVeNiNg ARRESt. LSO WAS The DiStRICt C…
19-7873 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Mr. Alexis appeal asked Justices Gorsuch and Kagan to overturn Defendant's knowledge of his two prior felony convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). Aff…
19-7863 Delores L. Knight v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-03-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-appellate-review judicial-review ninth-circuit patent sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
19-7815 Robert Grimsley v. Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied IFP civil-rights contractual-leniency custody due-process fraud fraud-in-the-facts habeas-corpus prison prison-contracts prisoner-rights sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court state-court-judgment statutory-interpretation takings Can a state commit the crimes of fraud in the facta of its own Sentencing guidelines to renege on prison contracts How can there be Habas Corpus reli…
19-7842 Manetirony Clervrain v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-ambiguity administrative-law alien-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration immigration-law plra standing statutory-interpretation trade-secret I. When considering whether agency expertise could be brought to bear on the questions presented in the "Bennett " decision, the United States Court o…
19-7846 Cemaludin Veseli, II v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
19-1073 Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-112 35-usc-282 clear-and-convincing-standard enablement inoperability non-enabled-claims patent-law patent-validity presumption-of-validity statutory-interpretation unpredictability I. In light of a patent's presumption of validity under 35 U.S.C. § 282 and the concomitant clear and convincing standard for proving invalidity, may …
19-1064 Kealii Makekau, et al. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1988 all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-attorneys-fees election-cancellation injunctions judicial-imprimatur merits prevailing-party statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Court's grant of an injunction pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), which requires a "finding that [plaintiff] has a sig…
19-7822 Harry J. Williby v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing statutory-interpretation takings A. Is Facebook subject to suit under the Civil Rights law(s) based upon the conduct
19-7824 Dexter Fisher v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-procedure firearm-brandishing hobbs-act section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Mr. Fisher's § 924(c) convictions for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the Hobbs Act robbery offenses …
19-7766 Guillermo Garcia v. B. A. Lacey, et al. California 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enfo…
19-7775 Rande Brian Isabella v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review circumstantial-evidence conflict-among-circuits criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-18-usc-2251a due-process evidence evidence-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-procedure sexting statutory-interpretation substantial-step Whether if was prejudicial error for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings by disreg…
19-7797 Lonnie W. Hubbard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process medical-necessity medical-practice medical-purpose prescription-dispensing prescription-drugs professional-practice statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY HOLDING A JURY COULD RATIONALLY CONCLUDE THAT DEFENDANT PHARMACIST ABDICATED HIS DUTY UNDER §§ 1306.04(a) & 841(…
19-7811 Marcus Scott Crum v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting attempt conspiracy controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-sentencing-commission Whether the Sentencing Commission's commentary to its definition of "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to include inchoate offenses…
19-7777 John Henry Hoyle v. West Virginia West Virginia 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction question-not-identified sexual-offender-registration standing statutory-interpretation takings telephone-disclosure void-for-vagueness Is West Virginia's sexual offender registration scheme, which requires the disclosure of any telephone number that a registrant "has" or "uses," uncon…
19-7778 James William Hill, III v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Amici (1)IFP bias-motivated-assault civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-power criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-jurisdiction hate-crimes hate-crimes-act hate-crimes-prevention-act jurisdictional-prong statutory-interpretation The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249, criminalizes, among other things, assaults based on the …
19-7780 Frank Harper v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking-by-intimidation collateral-review consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure dean-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Predicate-Offense retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. A. Should certiorari be granted to determine whether Harper was denied the effective assistance of counsel for the failure to challenge on appeal a…
19-7781 John Charles Fortner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-crimes felony-offense minor minor-involvement minors sentencing sentencing-enhancement sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2260A is a penalty provision which provides for an additional 10 year consecutive sentence if the defendant is: (1) required to register u…
19-7782 Stephen Mayer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity contempt-of-court-18-usc-401 contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-42-a-2 federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-28-usc-1331 federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-misconduct immunity judicial-immunity statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT'S OPINION DECLINING JURISDICTION OVER CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS UNDER 18 U.S.C. §401, VIOLATES FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL P…
19-7783 Billy J. Martin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2020-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings If a Florida U.S. Citizen is convicted of a crime by and through the perpetration of fraud on the trial Judge, and the jury by the assistant state att…
19-7760 Jeremy Achey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-analogue criminal-sentencing drug-conspiracy due-process federal-drug-law mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-penalties 1. Whether, in cases where a drug conspiracy allegedly involves multiple substances, the government must prove that the defendant conspired to distrib…
19-7763 Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation DOES THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS EXCEED THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THE AGENCY BY CONGRESS IN 18 U.S.C. § 3585(a), WHEN IT COMMENCES A …
19-7764 Michael Tyrone Simpson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of this Court's holding in Carter v. United States,…
19-7776 Mickel L. Marzouk v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause fair-sentencing-act fourth-circuit hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Petitioner Mickel L. Marzouk presents two questions for this Court's review: 1. Whether Petitioner's sentence on the second § 924(c) conviction and t…
19-7753 Juan Ramon Pineda-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Pineda because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time? 2. In an illeg…
19-7757 Babatunde Popoola v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud consent criminal-law criminal-procedure financial-crimes identity-theft money-laundering predicate-crime statutory-interpretation WHETHER A PERSON WHO WITH THE CONSENT OF A BANK ACCOUNT HOLDER PROVIDES IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY TO DEPOSIT FUNDS INTO THE ACCOUNT W…
19-7722 Audrel Jack Watson, Jr. v. Virginia Virginia 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-appeals due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure standing state-court-rules state-statutes statutory-interpretation supreme-court-error ARE ALL STATES MANDATED BY ANY U.S. PROVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULE 11 BY ADOPTING THEIR OWN SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL R…
19-7731 Michael Herrold v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary controlled-substance controlled-substances drug-distribution generic-burglary generic-definition intent intent-element overbreadth state-statute statutory-interpretation 1. Where a state statute explicitly defines "burglary" in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element …
19-7737 Charles Wolfe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP advice-of-counsel compliance-officer controlled-substance-analogue controlled-substance-analogue-act controlled-substance-analogue-enforcement-act criminal-defense fair-notice federal-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence-403 industry-expert mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness When the "advice of counsel" is an industry expert on the CSA and the Analogue Act, and was the petitioner's compliance officer, how can that defense …
19-7663 Ryan Douglas LaSalle v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review categorical-analysis congressional-definition criminal-procedure federal-regulations guidelines guidelines-miscalculation plain-error regulatory-definition sentencing statutory-interpretation taylor-categorical-analysis taylor-v-united-states Can a court of appeals successfully avoid undertaking plain error review of a Guidelines miscalculation by relying on a federal regulatory definition …
19-7718 Denny Reyes v. United States Second Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2a 8-usc-1324a aiding-and-abetting criminal-intent immigration-law mens-rea recklessness rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the intent element of 18 U.S.C. § 2(a) can, consistent with this Court's decision in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65 (2014), be satisfi…
19-1035 ShaRon D. Rose v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-02-20 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 11-usc-362 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-362-a bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-filing bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-petition-dismissal bankruptcy-statute-2005-revisions bankruptcy-stay debtor-property repeat-bankruptcy-filings statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(8)(A) terminates the automatic bankruptcy stay as to property of the bankruptcy estate.
19-7646 Davion Fitzgerald v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law due-deference federalism federalism-principles judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-subjectivity sentencing-guidelines state-court-deference state-courts state-criminal-statutes state-statute statutory-interpretation May a federal court dismiss state precedent interpreting the state's own criminal statute as an "odd hypothetical" based on "legal imagination" to sub…
19-7692 R. A. S. v. Montgomery County Children and Youth Services Pennsylvania 2020-02-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1257a adjudication adjudication-hearing adjudication-order constitutional-rights due-process fundamental-rights parental-rights statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review termination-of-rights termination-proceeding Whether the right to a fair termination of parental rights proceeding include the right of an effective adjudication order, and whether the Supreme Co…
19-7706 Tommy Adams, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fourth-circuit modified-categorical-approach sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-descamps-mathis-precedent taylor-v-united-states DID THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS INCORRECTLY APPLY THE LINE OF AUTHORITY FROM THIS COURT BEGINNING WITH TAYLOR V. UNITED STATES, 495 U.S. 575 (…
19-7683 Marlon Blacher v. California California 2020-02-18 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal arbitrarily-denied civil-rights due-process federal-remedy habeas-corpus judicial-discretion resentencing standing state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation carse /evidantiary haaring af a fetition fon a writ of habaas corpus wherein the prasanted faets include : Marlon Blacher, hereinafter "Patitioner ", …
19-7684 Jeremy Glenn Powell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-18 GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit physical-force reckless reckless-offenses statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-felony 1. Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery, Penal Code § 29.02(a), "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force …
19-7687 Miguel Palacios Plata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied IFP civil-rights court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-procedure discovery dna-evidence due-process evidence habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Whether Favorcdle Eurdence KnocnAt The Time Of Trral But Excluded And Jury Rrevented FromSeeingOr Hearing, Can This Evidence Now Be Conesrderede As Ne…
19-7691 In Re Wilbert Norwood Starks 2020-02-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. WHETHER the County Court abused its Discretion and violated Due Process Under the Fourteenth Amendment and Rule 13, Tex. Rule of Civil Procedure; …
19-1026 Ford Motor Company v. United States Federal Circuit 2020-02-18 Denied Amici (4) customs-classification federal-circuit import-duties international-trade post-importation-modification precedent statutory-interpretation tariff-classification tariff-provisions vehicle-classification waiver worthington-v-robbins I. Whether the Federal Circuit erred in holding, contrary to this Court's precedent, that a product's post-importation modification and use can determ…
19-7659 Ashley Rios, et vir v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2020-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-neglect abuse-or-neglect child-custody due-process expert-witness foster-placement indian-child-welfare-act knowing-waiver parental-rights qualified-expert-witness statutory-interpretation waiver In a case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 – 1923 (1978), may a court deny a petition to invalidate the proceeding w…
19-7664 Yervin Keith Barnett v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute categorical-approach criminal-law entry entry-element generic generic-statute predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation tennessee-law Whether Tennessee's burglary statutes are generic where the State can obtain a conviction by proving only attempted burglary because the element of "e…
19-7665 Marvie Chapman, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-statute divisibility felony-drug-offense mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation How to determine whether a statute is indivisible for purposes of applying Mathis v. United States to "controlled substance offense", "serious drug of…
19-7648 Otis Renaldo Harris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-power district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-review sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT FOUND THAT PETITIONER HARRIS WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A SENTENCE REDUCTION UNDER SECTION 404?
19-7635 Timothy Courtney v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the holding in Almendarez-Torres creating an exception for not having to prove the existence of prior convictions when used to enhance a de…
19-7637 Pedro Anthony Romero Cruz v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP which can be committed through mere omission 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-statute omission-liability statutory-interpretation use-of-force virginia-law 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s definition of a "crime of violence," under which an offense must have "as an element the use, attempted use, or …
19-995 Michael J. Murray v. Mayo Clinic, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied americans-with-disabilities-act causation causation-standard congressional-intent disability-discrimination discrimination motivating-factor statutory-interpretation The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) forbids discrimination "on the basis of" disability, but does not specifically set forth the standard to be …
19-1000 Heon-Cheol Chi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-02-10 Denied bribery corrupt-intent criminal-intent foreign-bribery intent-to-influence mcdonnell-v-united-states money-laundering official-act public-official statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "an offense against a foreign nation involving . . . bribery of a public official" under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(B) requires generic bribery…
19-7589 Michael M. Monzel v. United States District of Columbia 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-restitution paroline-factors proximate-cause restitution-methodology sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation 1. Whether — in the context of a criminal restitution request on behalf of a victim of child pornography — § 2259/ Paroline requires disaggregation of…
19-7604 Richard Allen Lumpkin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-7609 Juan Mauricio Castillo v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2020-02-07 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-courts statutory-interpretation substantive-rule welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
19-7562 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-approach drug-offenses fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-categorical-approach mathis-v-united-states rehaif-v-united-states serious-drug-offense serious-drug-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. b18-6662 (January 2019) 2. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016). 3. Did this Court's intervening decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2…
19-7586 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission Pennsylvania 2020-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights civil-service due-process employment-law free-speech mootness public-employment ripeness standing statutory-interpretation veterans-rights voluntary-cessation IS THE UNDERLYING CASE MOOT?
19-7553 Gerald Humbert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied IFP 11th-circuit acca armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation summary-remand 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit should have granted COA as to whether Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug off…
19-7559 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech school-discipline standing statutory-interpretation student-rights • DOES APPENDIX Q PERSONAL GUARANTOR/SURETY BOND 5-9-2017 SUFFICE TO DEFER FILING FEES? • DID THE ARTICLE 3 COURT-U. S. DISTRICT COURT-MDF-TD ERROR I…
19-7567 Richard Ben v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2111 18-usc-924 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-law dimaya-decision dimaya-vs-sessions due-process firearm-brandishing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states johnson-vs-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether, under Supreme Court precedent established in Johnson and Dimaya, Mr. Ben's conviction for brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of vio…
19-7571 Richard Williams v. Tony Mays, Warden Tennessee 2020-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-standard criminal-procedure due-process evidence murder murder-investigation presumption statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption venue Whether, as applied to the facts of this case, the statutory presumption if a body of a murder victim found within the state, the death is presumed to…
19-7573 Sean M. Donahue v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. Third Circuit 2020-02-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts jobs-for-veterans-act standing statutory-enforcement statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-employment-rights veterans-preference-act void-for-vagueness Question I. WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR 38 U.S.C. §4215? Question II. WHAT IS THE NEXT BEST ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM ABSENT THE US…
19-7535 Norman Eugene Reed v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-U.S.C.-20913(d) 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-law executive-branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i…
19-7536 James Henry Simpson v. Martesha Bishop, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-liability criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution federal-rules immunity judicial-docketing prisoner-filing standing statutory-interpretation 1. Should a U.S. District Court docket a Criminal Complaint filed pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure as a civil action and subjected to t…
19-7538 Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Jodi Harpstead, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. Minnesota 2020-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure administrative-procedures breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute medicaid medicaid-coverage medical-assistance medicare state-statute statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the applicable "plain and unambiguous " language in light of Hauser v. IdahoDWP and of Congress 's federal statute 42 U.S.C. 1396a(aa) and…
19-7531 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied IFP criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-sentencing direct-appeal due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the First Step Act Must be Applied To Cases Pending on Direct Appeal? 2) Whether there is An Inherent Disparity In Congress Amending the R…
19-966 Emerson Electric Co. v. SIPCO, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-02-03 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 35-usc-103 35-usc-324 administrative-law america-invents-act cbm-patent covered-business-method judicial-review patent patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation In the America Invents Act, Congress authorized the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to review whether certain patents, called Covered Business Method (C…
19-972 Christopher Edward McMillen v. New Caney Independent School District Fifth Circuit 2020-02-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-exhaustion circuit-split disability-rights education-law individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review non-IDEA-claims procedural-requirements relief-not-available-under-IDEA standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq., requires administrative exhaustion when a plaintiff brings a…
19-7504 Verdell Marcel Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-31 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act…
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…
19-7494 Ricky Lynn Thomas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-limits executive-branch gundy gundy-precedent legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i…
19-7505 Lamar James Crump v. Tracy Beltz, Warden Eighth Circuit 2020-01-30 Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
19-7470 Agustin Martinez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a appellate-review appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing,appellate-review,18-usc-3553(a federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness L When conducting their substantive-reasonableness review of sentences, can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as…
19-7472 Tymaine Akeen Lewis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(e) armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance drug-offense firearm-possession prior-conviction qualifying-offense robbery statutory-interpretation texas-robbery violent Whether Petitioner is an Armed Career criminal under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)?
19-7444 Ameen Abdullah Muhammad v. John Kozelski, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-7458 Kaleb Jermaine Myers v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-law hobbs-act legal-standard statutory-interpretation (1) Whether this Court should grant certiorari to resolve the conflict among the lower federal courts and decide the important legal question of wheth…
19-7463 Terrance A. Burlison v. David R. Ellspermann, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Clerk of Court for Marion County, Florida Florida 2020-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-procedure sec-1988 statutory-interpretation Whether the Florida Court of Appeals for the Fifth District abused its discretion in awarding defendant attorney's fees pursuant to sec. 1988.
19-7465 Jose Antonio Contreras v. Washington Washington 2020-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review patent procedural-rights racial-discrimination standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
19-939 Stephen Gustus v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied circuit-split criminal-law diminished-capacity due-process intent-standard mens-rea postal-service-employee statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §111 is a specific-intent or general-intent offense.
19-944 Scott A. Seldin v. Theodore M. Seldin, et al. Eighth Circuit 2020-01-28 Denied Response Waived arbitration civil-procedure functus-officio jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar law-of-the-case mandate-rule rule-of-mandate statutory-interpretation trust-accounting 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of a narrow statutory trust accounting action, which was based on fi…
19-934 In Re Todd Britton-Harr 2020-01-27 Denied 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoners habeas-corpus procedural-review second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation successive-petitions supervised-release Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) ("[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented i…
19-7420 In Re Adrean Francis 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-justice-system drug-crime due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus second-amendment sentencing-enhancement state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation youthful-offender QUESTION ONE: Whether the continued application of a vacated New York "Youthful Offender" conviction constitutes an illegal sentence and creates separ…
19-7423 Adam Lee Hamilton v. Eileen Ramey, Warden Missouri 2020-01-27 Denied IFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-property preemption property-theft robbery state-prosecution statutory-interpretation theft united-states-government Do the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §2112, 28 U.S.C. §2114, 28 U.S.C. §8 and 7 U.S.C. §2024(D) reserve jurisdiction for the prosecution of such a criminal…
19-7433 Anthony Russell Wilson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-sentencing fifth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release united-states-v-haymond The question presented to this Court is whether Petitioner, Wilson, who suffered a criminal prosecution by way of a supervised release revocation hear…
19-7434 Andrea Zambrano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3b carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1. Whether United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether "in…
19-7387 Travis Miles v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary burglary-statute criminal-sentencing entry entry-definition generic-burglary statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute violent-felony 1. Does Tennessee's burglary statute, which defines "entry" so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a "generic burglary" under …
19-7389 Nicole Rena McCrea v. District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, et al. District of Columbia 2020-01-24 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights district-of-columbia due-process eeoc-obligations employment equal-employment-opportunity-commission equal-opportunity exhaustion-of-remedies human-rights judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation 1. Was the Petitioner adversely aggrieved by the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission- DC Fiel…
19-7397 Bert Hudson v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole Pennsylvania 2020-01-24 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-mandate due-process equal-protection free-speech life-without-parole sentencing separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation takings Here in these United States of America where we have all pledged "...justice for all", is this Honorable High Court's supervisory authority called for…
19-7404 Joseph James Roe v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process enhancement-factors essential-factor guideline-interpretation guidelines judicial-discretion leadership-role lower-court-guidance sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-3b1.1(a) Whether a district court may impose a sentence enhancement under USSG § 3B1.1(a) for leadership role based on a factor not mentioned in the Sentencing…
19-7409 Melvin Pryor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm firearm-display physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony Do criminal statutes that prohibit angry or threatening firearm displays not targeted at a specific victim qualify as a "violent felony" having as an …
19-7410 Victor Manuel Mora-Galindo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear procedural-due-process removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation 1. Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mora because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time? 2. In an illegal ree…
19-7413 Brennen Clancy v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict classification due-process equal-protection felony misdemeanor probation probation-department sentence-classification sentencing statutory-interpretation Can a probation department change the classification of a sentence from MISDEMEANOR to FELONY for no reason and without any due process? The 1l'h cir…
19-7415 Dennis C. Davis v. Fayette County Appraisal District, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 adjudicate-merits erroneous-limitation-law federal-jurisdiction state-court-remedies state-law-remedies statutory-claims statutory-interpretation tax-case-litigation tax-cases tax-cases-1983-relief taxation-violation-claim tort-claims Writ of Certiorari to resolve a conflict among the state, courts as to whether in TAX CASES, state court must provide relief under 42 U.S.C. §1983 whe…
19-7417 Corey Michael Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering constitutional-challenge criminal-history effective-counsel predicate-offense predicate-offenses prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Can a the breaking and entering of outbouildings (ie. storage Sheds), that were visably and actually padlocked from the outside, where no reasonable p…
19-930 CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-01-24 Judgment Issued Amici (23)Relisted (2) administrative-agencies administrative-procedure-act anti-injunction-act apa-challenges direct-marketing judicial-review regulatory-mandate regulatory-mandates statutory-interpretation taxes Whether the Anti-Injunction Act's bar on lawsuits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes also bars challenges to unlawfu…
19-932 In Re Julius Jerome Murphy 2020-01-24 Denied 2244(b) 28-U.S.C.-§-2244(b) circuit-court-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction prima-facie-showing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions I. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) tasks federal courts of appeals with determining whether an applicant has made a "prima facie showing" that his application …
19-933 Monex Deposit Company, et al. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Ninth Circuit 2020-01-24 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cftc-authority commodity-exchange-act commodity-futures-trading-commission due-process fraud market-manipulation retail-transactions retroactive-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether 7 U.S.C. § 9, the Commodity Exchange Act's "Prohibition Against Manipulation," empowers CFTC to punish conduct that does not manipulate any co…
19-914 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit 2020-01-22 Denied Relisted (5) administrative-law consumer-protection consumer-redress enforcement-scheme federal-trade-commission ftc ftc-authority injunctive-relief permanent-injunction section-13(b) section-19 statutory-interpretation Whether Section 13(b)'s second proviso providing that the FTC "may seek" a permanent injunction is an independent grant of authority to "file suit" se…
19-896 Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Antonio Arteaga-Martinez Third Circuit 2020-01-21 Judgment Issued Relisted (3) administrative-law bond-hearing clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process flight-risk immigration-detention immigration-law statutory-interpretation Whether an alien who is detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231 is entitled by statute, after six months of detention, to a bond hearing at which the government …
19-897 Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. v. Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-21 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (2) 8-usc-1226 8-usc-1231 administrative-law detention immigration-detention immigration-law immigration-procedure removal-order statutory-interpretation withholding-of-removal withholding-removal Whether the detention of an alien who is subject to a reinstated removal order and who is pursuing withholding or deferral of removal is governed by 8…
19-7346 Peggy Jean Clark v. Department of the Army, et al. Fifth Circuit 2020-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-action-review administrative-law benefits-revocation due-process federal-circuit-court judicial-review military-benefits procedural-error property-rights retroactive-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Appeals Court err in its judgment affirming the retroactive revocation of benefits on the premise that the initial determination granting …
19-7320 Jurden Rogers v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation I. Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim or by presenting a teller with a demand not…
19-7330 Michael P. Haldorson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-844h2 constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury indictment statutory-interpretation stirone-v-united-states Where a grand jury charges a defendant with violating 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(2) based on the carrying of an "explosive, namely, smokeless powder," may he …
19-7334 Edgardo Diaz-Cestary v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) categorical-approach categorical-qualification criminal-statute elements-clause hobbs-act johnson-i johnson-standard physical-force statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER FORCE REQUIRED TO COMMIT HOBBS ACT ROBBERY SATISFIES THE PHYSICAL FORCE STANDARD OF JOHNSON I TO CATEGORICALLY QUALIFY THE ELEMENTS CLAUSE …
19-7335 Chad Prodoehl v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law drug-conspiracy drug-crimes drug-trafficking due-process inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses overt-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation As statutorily defined, violating 21 U.S.C. § 846 is an inchoate offense, as it requires no overt act, but is complete upon the agreement. Because of …
19-7337 Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat 1. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B 1.2?
19-7341 Joey D. Wiseman, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-intent criminal-law drug-crimes drug-felonies drug-policy drug-trafficking due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the inherent inequity in Congress changing the level of the enhancement for prior drug felonies for 21…
19-7315 Andrew Wright v. United States Second Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C-2255(f)(4) civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal retained-counsel standing statutory-interpretation 1. Does equitable tolling automatically apply under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(4) where a defendant relies, to his detriment, on an oral order of a United St…
19-7324 Lonnie Greer, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-procedure different-occasions generic-burglary recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-judge sixth-amendment sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-precedent statutory-interpretation 1) Whether Sixth Circuit precedent that counts Tennessee aggravated burglary as "generic burglary" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act is in…
19-887 Aryeh Simon, et ux. v. Marriott International, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-01-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cafa civil-procedure class-action class-action-fairness-act constitution constitutional-requirement diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction minimal-diversity statutory-interpretation The United States Constitution requires that parties have at least minimally diverse citizenship for a federal court to exercise diversity jurisdictio…
19-7292 Jerry Franks v. Emma Collins, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure habeas-corpus montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-review retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause supreme-court-retroactivity trevino-v-thaler First Question : Did Montgomery v. Louisiana also announce a new watershed rule of criminal procedure that applies retroactively when ruling the Supre…
19-7293 Desmond Bowen v. United States Fifth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) appellate-review booker-v-united-states federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-standard sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) states: "The court shall impose a sentence sufficient, but not greater than necessary." Indeed, there are factors found in § 3553(…
19-7301 Michael Goodrum v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-15 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER IT'S A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION, PROSCRIBED IN JACKSON V. VIRGINIA, FOR PETITIONER'S CONVICTION TO BE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE T…
19-7260 Darin Kaufmann v. United States Seventh Circuit 2020-01-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-2252 categorical-approach child-pornography federal-criminal-law first-amendment predicate-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Seventh Circuit err in holding that the categorical approach does not apply when determining whether a state conviction triggers a sentenci…
19-7238 Jerry Reginald Burkes v. Tennessee Tennessee 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal due-process harmless-error harmless-error-analysis indictment-dismissal mandatory-language money-laundering speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation tennessee-local-rule-10.03 tennessee-rules-of-criminal-procedure tennessee-rules-of-evidence trial-rights 1. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF A MOTION TO DISMISS AN INDICTMENT FOR A VIOLATION OF THE SPEEDY TRIAL ACT'S 70 DAY TIME LIMIT FOR BRINGING A DE…
19-7242 Bryan Whitehead v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 5th-amendment conviction conviction-and-sentence crime-of-violence due-process fifth-amendment jury-determination residual-clause sentence sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis I. Whether the Petitioner was denied his Fifth Amendment right to due process of law by virtue of his conviction and sentence under the residual claus…
19-7247 Mark Linnear Hays v. Randy L. Tews, Warden Ninth Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus saving-clause second-or-successive second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation A federal prisoner who seeks to challenge the legality of his conviction or sentence usually must do so in a motion under 28 U.S.C. §2255. Under the s…
19-7249 Herbert Evans v. J. Hollingsworth, Warden Third Circuit 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction parole revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Illegal Sentence After Revocati Of supervised Release-Extended past Originol Sentence Expiration Date.
19-7251 William McNeal v. Florida Florida 2020-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP Apprendi apprendi-standard apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure degree-classification due-process essential-element essential-elements jury-trial reclassification sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether, when determining if a defendant's offense can be reclassified to the next highest degree, Florida's interpretation of "essential element" as …
19-7187 Tyree Miles v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights court-review due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-challenge legal-interpretation post-conviction-relief pre-arrest-delay procedural-requirements speedy-trial statutory-interpretation sixth AmEndMEnt U.S. Const to . whether Petitroner EFFECTIVE Fthe story? I. whEther PEtitoner sixth Amendment eights U.s. const to EfFectIVE unding fo…
19-7234 Denzel Chisholm, aka Den, aka Din v. United States First Circuit 2020-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-drug-abuse-act anti-drug-abuse-act-1986 anti-drug-abuse-act-of-1986 congressional-intent criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense proportionality retail-level-manager sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Whether a 342-month sentence for a retail-level manager is substantively reasonable where it far exceeds a sentence that properly accounts for Congres…
19-7188 John Jay Powers v. M. L. Stancil Tenth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3584 18-usc-3584a administrative-deference administrative-law bureau-of-prisons criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing deference federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-interpretation statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ANY OF THE CIRCUITS, THE TENTH CIRCUIT HELD THE LANGUAGE OF 18 U.S.C. 3584(a)'S PHRASE "AT THE SAME TIME" TO BE AMBIGUOUS. THE T…
19-7206 Robert W. Johnson v. Law Offices of Jennifer S. Adams, et al. Second Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fine-improvement-act criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process insurance-fraud second-circuit sentencing standing statutory-interpretation white-collar-crime Question not identified.
19-7207 Mohamed Elshinawy, aka Mojoe, aka Mo Jo v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vcclea Did the Courts-violate the Separation of Powers and Due Process when the enhancement § 3Al.4 was applied without examining Congress' explicit directiv…
19-7217 Rickey Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause firearms johnson-davis-doctrine johnson-v-united-states mandatory-minimum second-degree-murder statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine L. Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8) is unconstitutionally vague pursuant to Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and …
19-854 Universal Telephone Exchange, Inc. v. ZTE Corporation, et al. Texas 2020-01-08 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law federal-arbitration-act fraud fraud-standard legal-integrity revised-uniform-arbitration-act statutory-interpretation texas-civil-practices-and-remedies-code undue-means uniform-arbitration-act Does an admission by a party of contemporaneous illegal activity at the time of the issues in dispute in arbitration, or contemporaneous with the time…
19-850 Mark Joseph Derrico v. Georgia Georgia 2020-01-07 Denied Response Waived arbitrary-enforcement civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process equal-protection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Does the void-for-vagueness doctrine extend to cases such as Derrico's where courts have rested on the authority of judges and juries to ratify arbitr…
19-7185 Stanley Brewer v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 civil-rights district-court-review due-process facts-and-evidence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent legal-standard precedent standing statutory-interpretation (1) The judgment of the United States District Court has violated long standing precedent of the United States Supreme Court and the United States Cou…
19-7195 Matthew Davonn Weatherspoon v. Colorado Colorado 2020-01-07 Denied IFP cell-phone-tracking civil-rights colorado-statute criminal-law due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement Question not identified.
19-7197 Darryl William Young v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery colloquy constitutional-law constitutional-question-of-procedural-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 criminal-procedure-rule-20 direct-appeal district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question-of-statutory-law federal-rules-criminal-procedure jurisdictional-venue overbroad-interpretation plea-agreement plea-validity procedural-requirements sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-law venue waiver 1. The United States Supreme Court is asked to resolve a federal question of jurisdictional law, whether the district court for the Eastern District o…
19-7172 Larry Antonio Simmons v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-judiciary first-step-act judicial-ethics political-bias sentencing sentencing-reduction standing statutory-interpretation trump Whether the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina the Honorable Bruce H. Hendricks, Judge, Assistant United States District …
19-7148 Jimmy Lee Boston v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-01-06 Denied Relisted (5)IFP 28-usc-2244 acca acca-elements-clause armed-robbery criminal-law due-process elements-clause habeas-corpus second-or-successive-motion second-successive-motion sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether, categorically, a Florida conviction for principal to armed robbery, in violation of Fla. Stat. §§ 777.011 and 812.13, is a "violent felony" u…
19-839 Eastern Oregon Mining Association, et al. v. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, et al. Oregon 2020-01-03 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split clean-water-act environmental-regulation material-movement navigable-waters pollutant-discharge pollution-prohibition statutory-interpretation suction-dredge-mining The Clean Water Act forbids the unpermitted "addition of any pollutant to navigable waters," 33 U.S.C. § 1362(12) (emphasis added). See id. § 1311(a).…
19-7123 Sean Gregory Mitchell v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bodily-injury criminal-sentencing intentional-causation omission physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal statute that prohibits the intentional causation of bodily injury to another "by any means," including omissions, is a violent felo…
19-7155 Russell DeFreitas v. Gregory A. Kizziah, Warden Sixth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion actual-innocence constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241 ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation First Question: Whether Sixth Circuit's precedent supersedes and adoption of district court's arbitrary abuse of authority, prohibits petitioner's 2…
19-7160 Ernest J. Espinoza v. Matt A. Ashe, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-01-02 Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process free-speech patent. standing takings appeal case-statement civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process filing-deadlines jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition Question not identified.
19-7113 Raynard Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a), qualifies as a "crime of violence" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), the so cal…
19-7115 Alexander Faulkner v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca burglary burglary-definition categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause generic-burglary sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court Generic burglary must be committed in a building or structure. For non buildings like vehicles to qualify as a structure, this Court has required that…
19-7118 Calvin Buffington v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process judicial-fact-finding section-3582 section-3582(c)(2) sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3582(c)(2) statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the district court's failure to find a drug quantity when adopting PSR in its entirety authorized it to select a new quantity as a basis f…
19-7130 Fabio Morel v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-law circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing judicial-precedent plea-agreement plea-bargaining precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. WHETHER THE LOWER COURT'S DECISION IS IN CONFLICT WITH FREEMAN V. UNITED STATES, 564 U.S. 522 (2011); AND HUGHES V. UNITED STATES, 138 S. Ct. 1765 …
19-7131 Eric Hanna v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 aiding-and-abetting certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act-robbery second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the decision below, and remand (GVR) this case with directions that the Eleventh Circuit grant Pe…
19-819 Alfred Procopio, Jr. v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied administrative-law civil-procedure equal-access-to-justice equal-access-to-justice-act haas-v-peake judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation substantially-justified veterans-benefits I. Whether This Court Should Grant Certiorari to Resolve an Important Point of Law Concerning the Applicability of the "Substantially Justified" Stand…
19-825 Federal Trade Commission v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-31 Granted Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (6) circuit-split district-court enforcement-authority federal-trade-commission federal-trade-commission-act injunction permanent-injunction restitution section-13(b) statutory-interpretation Whether Section 13(b) authorizes district courts to enter an injunction that orders the return of unlawfully obtained funds.
19-836 Paul Ross Evans v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief prisoner-petition section-2255 statutory-interpretation successive-application successive-petitions 1. When a motion under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 60(b) is granted with respect to a prisoner's first application under 28 U.S.C. 2255, whether a subsequent a…
19-7076 Cedrick Ponder v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether this Court should resolve the split of authority over whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" unde…
19-7083 Leroy L. Perdue v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 851-enhancement criminal-procedure due-process enhancement federal-statute notice role-adjustment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the sentence should be vacated for failure comply with the requirements of 21 U.S.C. § 851(b). 2. Whether the court erred in assessing a f…
19-7084 Andrew Haley Morcombe v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process fair-trial international-kidnapping international-parental-kidnapping jury-instructions state-law state-law-definitions statutory-interpretation Whether the failure of 18 U.S.C. § 1204, the International Parental Kidnapping statute, to define the term "domestic violence" for purposes of an affi…
19-7095 David Lee Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-relief criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standards pro-se sentencing standing statutory-interpretation ib PKQ-SE. permPMCA. eaititlek Ta this c-ounrk eecx — c>i Aia ft tAlR.IT Fftm TD h&dLARE Al.d. S.SQF ENTIRE. ArtATTER. iM £aMT£OVSGSV B'/XSSCtlMe ap…
19-7102 Ruben Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7103 Edward Merritt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law controlled-substance-offense criminal-law deference guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses judicial-deference sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Is the definition of "controlled substance offense" in U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) genuinely ambiguous such that the guideline commentary can be used to re…
19-7105 Miguel Jilberto Vazquez-Chavarria v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion remand sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness 1. Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to "reweigh the [18 U.S.C. §3553(a)] factors"? SUBSIDIARY QUES…
19-7107 Joseph Thor Perkins v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a 3553(a)-factors abuse-of-discretion booker-v-united-states criminal-sentencing downward-variance federal-sentencing-procedure gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court can abuse its discretion by not varying downward further based on this Court's decisions mandating that a sentencing court …
19-7111 Robert W. Johnson v. Kevin S. Portnoy, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-12-30 Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection insurance rico standing statutory-interpretation texas-department-of-insurance Question not identified.
19-7067 Michael Baird Jordan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that bank robbery by intimidation is less culpable than a specific in…
19-7071 Joseph A. Williams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act certification criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-certification sentencing serious-drug-offense state-convictions statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's "serious drug offense" definition is limited to only those state convictions that are the same or narrower …
19-7072 Tyrone Walker v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) actual-or-threatened-force crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act physical-force property-crime property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states 1. Whether the substantive offense of Hobbs Act robbery is categorically a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A). 2. Whether H…
19-7074 Victor J. Stitt, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing generic-burglary rehaif rehaif-standard sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tennessee-law I. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct…
19-7077 Immanuel F. Sanchez v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis oral-argument standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-7078 Braun Nathan Thompson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aggravated-robbery armed-robbery-statute criminal-law criminal-procedure elements-clause federal-sentencing firearms-offense minnesota-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether aggravated robbery under Minnesota law is a violent felony within the scope of the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(2)(b)(i).
19-7079 Bryan Mark Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause intent intentional-force statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) …
19-7080 Stanley Jaboin v. Florida Florida 2019-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,federal-law,supreme failure-to-render-aid federal-law florida-statute-316.193 judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal standard-of-proof statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent I. Petitioner ask did the First District Courts of Appeals apply federal law issued by the United States Supreme Court in a way that frustrates and un…
19-809 Michael Bonin v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-27 Denied Response Waived criminal-law due-process false-identity federal-jurisdiction federal-statute first-amendment impersonation standing statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant violates 18 U.S.C. § 912's prohibition on "falsely assum[ing] or pretend[ing] to be an officer or employee acting under the author…
19-7057 Johnny L. Shelton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-penalty drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking fifth-amendment inchoate-crime sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "death results" enhanced penalty provisions of 21 U.S.C. §841(b)(1)(C) apply to a prosecution for the inchoate crime of conspiracy to comm…
19-7062 Florentino Villanueva, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act common-law common-law-principles criminal-law criminal-sentencing force force-element predicate-conviction robbery robbery-statute statutory-interpretation Does a robbery statute qualify as a predicate conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act when the force can be employed after the taking of the pr…
19-7050 In Re Charlene Rosa 2019-12-23 Denied IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sanctions statutory-interpretation witness-testimony Wter the Foh ct con pel bue i 1. discretion in sanction the petitioner Whether the Founth OcH Erceed it Authonty in sancion The petitioner. A Disco…
19-801 Eddie N. Dela Cruz v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-12-23 Denied Response Waived administrative-law eligibility-criteria federal-circuit filipino-veterans military-service pro-veteran-canon remedial-legislation service-determination statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits wwii Whether the Federal Circuit has erred in its narrow construction of ARRA Section 1002—a remedial veteran's statute providing a benefit for Filipinos w…
19-7031 Allen James Hancock v. Texas Texas 2019-12-20 Denied IFP 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process equal-protection land-use property-rights regulatory-takings standing statutory-interpretation takings-clause Question not identified.
19-7042 Christian Rosado v. United States Third Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-law guidelines judicial-interpretation judicial-opinions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines state-law state-law-offense statutory-interpretation use-of-force The question presented is whether, as the court of appeals in this case held, a state-law offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" for purposes of t…
19-6972 Tarsis Guillermo Sanchez-Mora v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions miscarriage-of-justice plain-error rico-conspiracy statutory-interpretation The lower court's ruling fail ed to correct a miscarriage of justice by allowing a conviction to stand, where the trial court's jury instruction on th…
19-7017 Lana K. Williams v. Taco Bell Ninth Circuit 2019-12-19 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. NH4 NO LIABILI7Y INSUNANCE ON BUSiNESSGS 2. WNY IS A CALiFONIA AUOWED TO STRING Ou7 Er CASE. AND NUMEnOUS EXNENSES - DECIDE (ONENHAT THAY PRo-SEL …
19-786 Willie Kipyego Butia v. Virginia Virginia 2019-12-19 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Is due process violated where the trial judge instructs the jury using words not found in the statute and in such a way that clearly expands the statu…
19-782 Vahan Kelerchian v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied carpenter criminal-prosecution mail-fraud mcnally property regulatory-authority right-to-control statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Does the "right to control" constitute "property" for purposes of wire and mail fraud in light of this Court's holding in McNally, Carpenter, Cleve…
19-783 Nathan Van Buren v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Judgment Issued Amici (22)Relisted (2) circuit-split computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act cybercrime data-protection improper-purpose intent standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus…
19-6951 Ruben S. Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C-2244(d)(1)(D) coerced-plea coercion collateral-review federal-courts guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence statutory-interpretation Whether the lower federal courts erred in determining that newly available evidence, in the form of affidavit of co-defendant's attorney, John Nathan …
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, which may be committed by intimidation, requires an element "the use, attempted use, or threatene…
19-6994 Christopher William Manikowski v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights debatable due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on the basis that the Petitione…
19-6996 Myron L. Johnson v. Darren Settles, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-disposition civil-procedure constitutional-law court-disposition due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error legal-procedure lower-court-decisions standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation DID THE LOWER COURTS ERR IN THEIR DISPOSITION OF PETITIONER'S CASE?
19-7006 Alvin Andrae Drummond v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force predicate-offense probable-cause search-warrant statutory-interpretation violent-crime Petitioner Alvin Drummond presents two questions for this Court's review: 1. Whether a misdemeanor crime of violence, not aggravated by any additiona…
19-6946 In Re Michael Curtis Reynolds 2019-12-17 Dismissed IFP actual-innocence appeal civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,criminal-procedure,senten constitutional-void criminal-appeal due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus remand statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness 1) DOES Diruaya , 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018), when the Petitioner was on Direct appeal of his 18 U.S.C. §I6(b) Unconstitutional and void argument under Vi…
19-6961 Hernan Navarro v. United States Third Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process equitable-relief evidence evidentiary-proceedings intellectual-predicate judicial-review precedent precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation fordamenton error of equitable sharispr tence by evaluating the Detitoners WS Under an erroneous Stendo revi Me tn && B0id Claimg being unFarnly rejec…
19-6965 Vondale Lamar Kincaide v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-sentencing gvr-order sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the determina…
19-6966 Kyle A. Keys v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split due-process exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-requirement fair-presentation federal-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-review habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court-remedies statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals correctly interpreted the "fair presentation"/exhaustion requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the decision…
19-6967 Michael E. Boyd, et al. v. California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-authority circuit-split commerce-clause conflicting-circuit-authority declaratory-and-injunctive-relief federal-power-act prevailing-party-attorney-fees public-utility-regulatory-policies-act purpa remedies statutory-interpretation 1. There is an important issue of law as to the scope of the remedies available for violations of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act ["PURPA"]…
19-6968 Brian David Brumbach v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-sentencing entry-by-instrument entry-requirement generic-burglary sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-law The Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory penalty can be triggered by prior convictions for "burglary." "Burglary" carries the meaning that the majori…
19-6974 Wilfredo Torres v. Bellevue South Associates LLP, et al. Second Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process federal-judiciary judicial-conflicts-of-interest judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-independence judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-recusal statutory-interpretation In her short tenure as U.S. District Judge of the Southern District of New York, the Honorable Ronnie Abrams has presided over a number of cases that …
19-6975 Jason Lee Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co…
19-6982 Ernest Collins v. Barnes & Thornburg LLP, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 1983-civil-rights-act case-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment incorporation judicial-discretion qualified-immunity section-1691 standing statutory-interpretation DOES THE DISCRETIONARY FUNCTIONS EXCEPTIONS IN 28 U.S.C. 2680(a) APPLY WHEN THE ALLEGED RIGHTS DOES THE "COMMITTED TO AGENCY DISCRETION" EXCEPTION IN…
19-774 Marcus Terrelle Marsh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute federal-sentencing predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including purchasing, which does not meet the definition of a …
19-6933 Elmuiz Abdu v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-opinion criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection good-time-credit habeas-corpus jail-credit legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation time-calculation time-served Base upon the case laws, rules, and the authority provided by the Genral Assermbly and the Attorney General, petitioner alleged the his jail good time…
19-6936 Pedro Vigio-Aponte v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech rico standing statutory-interpretation In a RICO-conspiracy case, must the government present proof of, inter alia, an existing enterprise, which is engaged in activities that actually affe…
19-6940 Kevin James Petroske v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 8th-circuit child-pornography circuit-split criminal-intent due-process minor-protection production-of-child-pornography sexual-conduct sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation video-voyeurism Whether mere video voyeurism – surreptitious videoing of unaware subjects without any posing or manipulation of the video images – of the innocent con…
19-6941 Michael Collins v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process first-circuit massachusetts-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rulings violent-felony 1. Whether the First Circuit holding that assault with a dangerous weapon as defined by Massachusetts law is a violent felony under the Armed Career C…
19-6920 Courtney Omar Boyd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-discretion motion-denial sentencing statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION AND VIOLATED MR. BOYD'S CONSTITUTIONAL DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN IT DENIED BOYD'S FIRST STEP ACT MOTION…
19-748 John B. Lepore v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived administrative-judge-findings administrative-law annuity-calculation basic-pay civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-52-a-6 creditable-service due-process fact-finding federal-employment government-benefits government-employee-retirement government-employment judicial-review retirement-benefits statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the court below had the right to ignore that finding, in plain violation of Rule 52(a)(6) which states that "Findin…
19-752 Hawaii Management Alliance Association v. Randy Rudel Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response Waived adjudicatory-procedure administrative-law civil-enforcement civil-procedure erisa erisa-preemption federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-regulation preemption state-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation If state statutes create an adjudicatory procedure that is contrary to the exclusive civil enforcement mechanism under the Employee Retirement Income …
19-6902 Samir Benamor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP antique-firearm burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation Whether, in a 922(g)(1) prosecution, the Government bears the burden of proving that the defendant knew the charged firearm has the characteristics th…
19-6904 Afries Sandonicaes Maham v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute federalism sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering, which criminalizes the breaking or entering into "any other structure designed to house or secure within…
19-6908 Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6888 In Re Roger A. Libby 2019-12-10 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2244-b-3-a jurisdiction jurisdictional-issues standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Oo&* VY\e. >Ox/-\VV\ Cxv/COxY C-OO v/A- O y -Af>y>eo,,\6 \ ov/i>>^ i g U o\r\ Vo .£ v fin V .AVe. Ve. x V 0 cx\ __V\oxv e. C-0-WA\A x o>v:vW:>A <3% o…
19-6891 Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States Second Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons Whether a defendant's attempted "use" of a weapon of mass destruction, an element of 18 U.S.C. § 2332a, includes conduct besides detonation such as co…
19-6896 Jeffrey Antonio v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-action criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-element jury-determination land-claims preliminary-finding pueblo-lands pueblo-lands-act statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence I. Whether, when Congress relinquished all federal claims and extinguished all interest of the Pueblo of Sandia in privately held lands within pueblo …
19-6897 Obaydul Hoque Bhuiyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction plaintiff-burden prima-facie prima-facie-showing private-party-analogue standing statutory-interpretation What prima facie showing is it necessary and sufficient for a plaintiff to make, in order to establish the existence of a private-party analogue suppo…
19-734 Trina R. Patterson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1692a-6 circuit-court-split debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure ninth-circuit security-interest standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding consistent with the opinions in Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al and Obduskey v. McCarthy and H…
19-6885 Antonio Escobar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states fourth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation traffic-stop 1. Whether, in light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), and Alleyne v. United …
19-6883 Donald Brian Winberg, et ux. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is a farmer committing' 'fraud"(l8 U.S.C. §1343) when he sells his "future goods" crop (UCC §2-105) on a '.'future goods" contract, and accepts a…
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…
19-6864 Cedis R. Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach categorical-review crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process offense-of-violence sentencing-guidelines sentencing-predicate state-court-conviction statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§4a1.1(e) vagueness vagueness-analysis vagueness-doctrine Does a state court conviction qualify as an "offense of violence" for the purpose of the sentencing predicate pursuant to U.S.S.G.§4A1.1(e), if the st…
19-6865 Delante L. Lunn v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP but-for-causation but-for-test causation criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-offenses drug-overdose mandatory-minimum overdose-causation sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this Honorable Court should re-evaluate the but-for test established by Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) for mixed drug overdoses…
19-712 Hamp's Construction, LLC v. Inland Marine Services, L.L.C. Louisiana 2019-12-05 Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-law civil-procedure due-process federal-courts industrial-justice judicial-review manifest-disregard statutory-interpretation statutory-law vacatur 1. Is "manifest disregard of the law" still a valid basis to vacate or modify an arbitrator's award? 2. Did the arbitrator in this case manifestly di…
19-6838 Joshua Smith v. Sandra Butler, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appellate-review caselaw federal-procedure guideline-range habeas-corpus incorrect-guideline-range mandatory-guidelines savings-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Courts of Appeals have incorrectly interpreted the 'savings clause', found in 28 USC 2255(e), to require that a defendant be sentenced und…
19-6840 Manuel Antonio Severino v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution legal-duty mens-rea statutory-interpretation tax-fraud willfulness Whether, in a prosecution for aiding and assisting in the preparation or filing of false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2), the government is requ…
19-6842 Vivek Shah v. Marcus Holmes Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-court-of-conviction collateral-review extortion factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition plea-agreement retroactive-statutory-interpretation section-2255 statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a federal prisoner claiming factual innocence as a result of a new, retroactively applicable statutory interpretation by the circuit court…
19-6849 Cedric Sharrod Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review controlled-substance criminal-law drug-crimes due-process firearm-proximity firearms fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the fourth circuit court of appeals erred in concluding that, despite the controlled substance [heroin] in this matter having been locked in a…
19-6850 Ledell Tyler v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process force-definition hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce jurisdiction non-violent-conduct statutory-interpretation violent-conduct 1. Whether The Meaning of The Word "Force" Under The Hobbs Act Provision Encompassass Both Violent and Non-Violent Conduct: 2. Whether The Hobbs Act …
19-6858 David Lamont Liddell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act armed-robbery constitutional-law criminal-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states mississippi-state-law prior-conviction resentencing section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether, under the law established by this Court in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Liddell should be resentenced without applyin…
19-708 Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-04 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation 1. Can a court invalidate a copyright registration – and thus terminate a pending case – on the basis of a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate informat…
19-711 Missouri, ex rel. Darrin Lamasa v. Michael Wright, Associate Circuit Judge, 12th Judicial Circuit, Warren County, Missouri Missouri 2019-12-04 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law due-process federal-preemption marbury-v-madison medical-marijuana rational-basis-review statutory-interpretation I. Whether Missouri's medical marijuana law (Mo. Const. art. XIV) is preempted by the federal statute. II. If not, since there is no verdict director…
19-6798 Corey Eugene Gill v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure habeas-corpus mathis-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-6804 Michael Helms v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process extinguishment foreclosure foreclosure-judgment rescission rescission-rights security-interest statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent truth-in-lending-act The Truth in Lending Act ('TELA "), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq., provides special rescission rights for loans secured by a borrower's principal dwelling…
19-6806 Anthony J. Stokes v. Florida Florida 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felony jurisdictional-conflict military-law predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation trial-modification I. WHETHER A CONVICTION ON A CHARGE CONTAINING AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT NOT CHARGED IN THE INFORMATION IS A "DUE PROCESS" VIOLATION. II. WHETHER THE DOUB…
19-6807 Marcus Robinson v. Les Parish, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court takings Could the District Court or the State Court make a decision to deny the Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim based on U.S. Supreme Cou…
19-6818 John D. Ward v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidelines, USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2)? II. Whethe…
19-6820 Rafael Leoner-Aguirre v. United States First Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction first-circuit jury-instructions predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-conspiracy salinas-v-united-states statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court united-states-code In Salinas v. United States, 522 U.S. 52 (1997), this Court held that the RICO conspiracy does not require proof that a defendant himself committed or…
19-6826 Jennifer Castro v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defenses age-of-consent criminal-law criminal-statute human-trafficking mens-rea minor minor-victims prostitution prostitution-law reasonable-belief sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability Is 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), which bars employing a minor to engage in prostitution, a strict liability offense requiring no proof of the defendant's knowl…
19-705 John F. Sharpe v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-12-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion federal-claims military-pay separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treasury-disbursements I. Whether the acts of officials of the De partments of Defense and of the Navy are bound by statute and regulation. II. Whether a court may find va…
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…
19-6794 Lakesha Smith v. St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law judicial-interpretation statute-of-limitations statutory-definition statutory-interpretation time-bar wrongful-termination 1. If the actions of the respondent that led to my termination were "willful ", did the United States Court of Appeals Err in affirming the United Sta…
19-6771 Larry Wayne Parr v. Simon E. Rodriguez Tenth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-definition bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-procedures business-trust chapter-11 chapter-11-conversion chapter-7 corporation debtor-status homestead-exemption statutory-interpretation Due to The Fact Larry Parr 's business and business assets were in The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST, do these facts make The LARRY W. PARR LIVING TRUST …
19-6775 James Marione Butchee v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender controlled-substance criminal-history due-process federal-sentencing ineffective-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony The Federal Minimum Mandatory sentence for Career offender clause [21 USC 841(b)] is at question in this petition, Do having one violent felony and on…
19-6784 Jermaine Whyte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-victim criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mens-rea reasonable-opportunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1591(c) creates a self-standing strict liability offense with regard to the age of the victim that removes the mens rea element in…
19-6791 Bryan Lamon Burnett v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-circuit 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing felon-in-possession firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines SHOULD THE COURT GRANT CERTIORARI TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL IN THE APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE SE…
19-688 Wells Fargo & Co., et al. v. City of Miami, Florida Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights fair-housing-act legal-causation private-litigation proximate-cause standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation tort-liability Whether proximate cause in private litigation about the Fair Housing Act requires more than a "logical bond" between the alleged statutory violation a…
19-689 Mark Chapman, et al. v. ACE American Insurance Company Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-27 Denied certification civil-procedure duty-to-defend insurance-coverage statutory-interpretation statutory-rights substance-abuse summary-judgment 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion by requiring allegations not contained in Chapter 397 and by denying petitioners' motion to cert…
19-667 Michael Baker v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied circuit-split common-law-definition criminal-code criminal-law fraud fraud-statutes honeycutt-v-united-states obtain-property property-rights sekhar-v-united-states statutory-interpretation The federal fraud statutes define the offense of fraud as a scheme to "obtain[ ] money or property" by deceptive means. 18 U.S.C. § 1343; see also 18 …
19-671 Daniel A. Grover v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law administrative-procedure agency-deference agency-interpretation civil-procedure civil-service due-process federal-regulations regulatory-compliance statutory-interpretation ultra-vires Whether the deference standard regarding federal agencies interpretation of their own regulations must continue in the light of the admission by the O…
19-6748 Steven A. Adams v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting ambiguity attempt conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law deference deference-doctrine sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-manual-4b1.2b statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the term "controlled substance offense" defined by UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL § 4B1.2(b) to mean "an offense under federal …
19-6757 Jamal Bowens v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms mens-rea reasonable-doubt rehaif-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct…
19-6761 Younes Kabbaj v. United States Third Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-115 18-usc-875 apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence elonis-v-united-states first-amendment first-amendment-free-speech sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation subjective-intent true-threat true-threats It is a federal crime under both 18 U.S.C. §875 and §115 to threaten to injure the person (\.e. physical body) of another, yet not legally settled as…
19-677 Dave Yost, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-11-26 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 42-usc-1988 abortion-providers abortion-rights article-iii article-iii-standing attorney-fees civil-rights patient-rights preliminary-injunction prevailing-party standing statutory-interpretation 1. Do abortion providers have Article III standing to assert the rights of their patients? 2. When, if ever, does a plaintiff who wins a preliminary …
19-678 United States, ex rel. Laurence Schneider v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, et al. District of Columbia 2019-11-26 Denied administrative-law appeal circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca-qui-tam-government-deference- government-dismissal habeas-corpus Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference qui-tam sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Government is entitled to absolute deference regarding its decision to dismiss an FCA action under section 3730(c)(2)(A), or whether the q…
19-6722 Robin Leach, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-922 constitutional-rights criminal-law firearm-possession firearms legal-status mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation (1) Did the Petitionee 1 know that finding mens-rea of knowing in a gun or fifeafm statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Rehaif v. See ,e .g. United States , …
19-664 Eugene H. Williams, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence coram-nobis criminal-conviction criminal-procedure destructive-devices firearms firearms-violations ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea statutory-interpretation writ-of-coram-nobis 1. Whether Petitioner is innocent of the charges resulting from a complete miscarriage of justice based upon the facts herein and is therefore qualifi…
19-6714 Keith D. Goodman v. Eddie Pearson, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-district-court habeas-corpus procedural-rule section-2254 sentence-aggregation sentencing sentencing-calculation statutory-interpretation Is a federal district court (or a § 2254 petitioner) permitted to disregard or evade Rule 2(e) (of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the Unite…
19-6720 James Dwayne Myers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-22 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-analysis eighth-circuit jury-unanimity mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation May a court properly apply the divisibility analysis prescribed in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), without considering the question o…
19-6736 Ralph Colombo v. Kinkle, Rodiger & Spriggs, et al. California 2019-11-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-enforcement california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure due-process legal-enforcement statutory-interpretation vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enfo…
19-659 Miladis Salgado v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2465 abuse-of-discretion civil-forfeiture claimant court-dismissal dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-prevailing-party prevail prevailing-party statutory-interpretation without-prejudice 1. When does a civil forfeiture claimant "substantially prevail" under 28 U.S.C. § 2465(b)(1)? 2. In civil forfeiture lawsuits where a district court…
19-6707 Ricky Lee Tyndall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process element-of-force federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act physical-force property-damage property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s FORCE CLAUSE requires the use of "physical force" (i.e: "violence force" meaning "force capable of causing PHYsICAL in Dima…
19-6711 Luciano Diaz-Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-power felon-in-possession firearms firearms-possession statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceed Congress's power under the Commerce Clause?
19-6675 Michael Ray Bishop v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance-offense enumerated-offense-clause sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines?
19-6687 Demetrius Marcellus Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP categorical-approach controlled-substances-act criminal-law eighth-circuit felony-drug-offense fifth-circuit legal-uncertainty state-conviction statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the categorical approach is required to determine if a State conviction qualifies as a "felony drug offense" under the Controlled Substanc…
19-6688 Robert Joseph Fisher v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct rule-of-lenity state-law 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…
19-6703 Shondor Janell Arceneaux v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2113(a) 924(c) aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting bank-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-offense generic-crime-definition generic-definition remand sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. If §924(c) applies to predicate crimes, 1 whose Elements are no Broader than a Federal Generic Definition of that crime , is... remand required i…
19-6706 Ramsin Jonathan Malek v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crimes federal-criminal-procedure force-clause ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether this Court should grant certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's decision because armed robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(d) does not categorical…
19-6667 James Anthony Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER A UNITED STATES CITIZEN SHALL BE HELD IN PRISON FOR AN
19-6671 Kyle Dwayne Boleyn v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the deter…
19-6672 Erwin Keith Bell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act requires the same categorical approach used in the deter…
19-6677 Justin Scott Vasey v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment eighth-circuit legal-interpretation lowest-level-of-conduct state-law statutory-construction 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…
19-6678 Joseph Van Sach v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca circuit-split criminal-law illinois-armed-robbery sentencing sentencing-enhancement seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony Is Illinois armed robbery an ACCA violent felony after this Court's decision in Stokeling v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 544 (2019)?
19-6680 Tony Lipscomb v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca illinois-armed-robbery illinois-robbery sentencing sentencing-enhancement seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court-review violent-felony Is Illinois armed robbery an ACCA violent felony after this Court's decision in Stokeling v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 544 (2019)?
19-6681 Louis Milton Willis v. Territory of the Virgin Islands Virgin Islands 2019-11-19 Denied IFP 48-usc-1612 district-court exclusive-jurisdiction gross-receipts-tax income-tax organic-act revised-organic-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction virgin-islands Whether the plain language of § 22 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 [48 U.S.C. § 1612(a)] establishing that "the District Court of the Virgin Isla…
19-6653 Quinton Omar Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-criminal-law force force-and-violence intimidation legislative-intent mens-rea physical-force statutory-interpretation violence Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us…
19-6661 Jean Bernier, aka Charles Watson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-encroachment congressional-intent general-savings-clause habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation judicial-powers mandate-recall sentencing-enhancement separation-of-powers statutory-clarification statutory-interpretation A. IS THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION-OF-POWERS , WHICH PROHIBITS WJUDTGIAL ENCROACHMENT ON THE EXCLUSIVE POWER OF CONGRESS TO MAKE LAWS, VIOLATED, WHEN…
19-6662 Shane E. Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-18 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judicial-determination jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right statutory-interpretation Does the judicial determination of crimes committed on occasions different from one another" at sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S…
19-630 Kyle Ray Hurst, Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew James Hurst and on Behalf of the Estate of Andrew James Hurst Deceased and the Statutory Wrongful Death Survivor of Andrew James Hurst v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights commercial-area commercial-use due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisprudence federal-lands-management fee-charged liability public-access standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment takings Whether the Eleventh Circuit wrongfully absolved Respondent of liability when it determined that Moore Lake was not an "area" where a fee was charged,…
19-631 William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-11-15 Judgment Issued Amici (19) automated-call-restriction constitutional-remedy first-amendment free-speech government-debt-exception political-speech severability statutory-interpretation tcpa telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the government-debt exception to the TCPA's automated-call restriction violates the First Amendment, and whether the proper remedy for any con…
19-633 Edwin Arthur Avery v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-15 Denied Relisted (3) 28-usc-2244(b)(1) 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 federal-custody federal-prisoners habeas-corpus jurisdictional-limitation post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief second-or-successive-motion state-custody statutory-interpretation Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1) applies to federal prisoners seeking relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
19-619 Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-11-14 Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea computer-automated-method computer-automation computer-network data-analysis data-collection patent patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation Whether patent claims that recite only the abstract idea of collecting and analyzing data are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice.
19-612 Hassan Abpikar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response Waived circuit-court-conflict circuit-split conflict-with-other-circuits criminal-complaint criminal-procedure due-process original-indictment sentence-increase sentencing sentencing-enhancement speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation superseding-indictment 1. Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on petitioner's claim to his Rights under the Speedy Trial Act is IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER CIRCUITS, …
19-6609 Chad Michael Stoner v. United States Third Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-875c 18-usc-876c criminal-law due-process federal-crime first-amendment-speech free-speech internet interstate-threat interstate-transmission private-correspondence statutory-interpretation threat video-reposting The question presented is whether, as the court of appeals in this case held, a person may be convicted of the federal crime of interstate transmissio…
19-6620 John Kevin Waldrip v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments statutory-interpretation supervised-release I. In a consolidated Appeal JOHN KEVIN WALDRIP argued that the district court erroneously applied 18 U.S.C. § 3014 when it imposed a total of $15,000 …
19-6623 Mario Denane Fultz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us…
19-6626 Allen Dodson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon…
19-6586 Shane Inghels v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-11-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-statute divisibility indiana-code indiana-code-35-48-4-1.1 serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction for dealing in methamphetamine under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1.1 is improperly considered a "serious drug offense" under the Armed…
19-6564 In Re Wei Zhou 2019-11-08 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-discretion judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-proceedings jurisdiction-decline legal-interpretation mandamus statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Does the Constitution of the United States permit any court of the United States to decline the exercise of jurisdiction given by any law of the Unite…
19-6569 Keyon W. Carraway v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. Whether there is a reasonable probability that the court of appeals would conclud e that Rehaif v. United States , __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (June 2…
19-6512 Michael Allen Channel, Sr. v. John Brinker, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review legal-precedent qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Whether The Defcndant's Knwingly with willful Misconduct 1.7 Dut due process of Law. Yes s NO. 2.) Whether The DeFendant's Volated A.R.s.4. b) MEMoRAu…
19-6555 Courtney Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP ability-to-pay appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process fine-imposition fines indigent-defendant judicial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT ERRS BY IMPOSING A FINE UPON AN INDIGENT DEFENDANT, REPRESENTED BY APPOINTED COUNSEL, WITHOUT MAKING ANY INQUIRY INTO THE DEF…
19-599 Samuel C. Mohorne v. Beal Bank, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection foreclosure free-speech homestead-property property-rights standing state-court statutory-interpretation writ What is the appropriate procedure when the Court uses a service of foreclosure order for one property and takes two properties in one foreclosure? 2W…
19-6504 Franklin Roosevelt McGee v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-06 GVR Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness qualifies as a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career Crim…
19-6505 Michael Ingram v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 21-usc-851-enhancement 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255-f-4 federal-law federal-procedure federal-sentencing geographic-disparities geographic-disparity habeas-corpus sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-report statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limit time-limitation Where the United States Sentencing Commission publishes a report summarizing the geographic disparities in the application of the 21 U.S.C. §851 enhan…
19-6517 Lynden Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-11-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 2nd-amendment bond-v-united-states commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-statute firearm firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea nfib-v-sebelius rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is …
19-583 Estate of Robert Cunningham, et al. v. Mark McGuire First Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied facts-underlying false-claims-act first-to-file-bar judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-provision legal-standing pleadings procedural-analysis qui-tam statutory-interpretation The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, permits qui tam relators to sue on the United States' behalf to recover damages for frauds against…
19-587 Jimmie Eugene White, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-11-05 Denied continuance criminal-procedure district-court-discretion ends-of-justice on-the-record-findings speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation stipulation time-exclusion Whether, notwithstanding the plain language of § 3161(h)(7) of the Speedy Trial Act and this Court's decision in Zedner, a district court may exclude …
19-585 Robert Leigh Stoltz v. Virginia Virginia 2019-11-04 Denied Response Waived age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions mens-rea reasonable-belief statutory-interpretation undercover-operations Is due process violated where the judge instructs the jury such that even if the jury finds that the defendant knew the alleged victim (an undercover …
19-6486 Eduard Bangiyev v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1963 21-usc-853 co-conspirator-liability conspiracy criminal-forfeiture federal-statute personal-possession-or-use proceeds-of-crime property-forfeiture statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-honeycutt Whether the elements that availed the Supreme court decision in United States v. Honeycutt, also apply more broadly to the 18 U.S.C.S. 1963 statute.
19-6487 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-11-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-921a20b 18-usc-922g1 civil-rights civil-rights-restoration constitutional-infirmity cumulative due-process firearms-disabilities firearms-disability jurisdictional-authority misdemeanor-conviction pennsylvania restoration-of-rights second-amendment statutory-interpretation DOES TREATING "CIVIL RIGHTS " AS CUMULATIVE RENDER THE ENFORCEMENT OF 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(l) AND 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(20)(B) TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY INFIRM …
19-6428 Keith Elmo Davis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-11-01 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-1151 choctaw-nation congressional-act dependent-indian-community diminishment disestablishment extinguishment indian-country jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries oklahoma reservation reservation-status statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE CHOCTAW NATIONS 10,864 SQUARE MILES LOCATED IN SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTED A RESERVATION UNDER 18 USCA 1151 …
19-576 Interior Glass Systems, Inc. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-11-01 Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing due-process hearing irs iRS-collection penalties seizure statutory-interpretation tax tax-penalties vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the collection of tax penalties an exception to the requirements of due process, or does a citizen have a right to a hearing before the IRS seiz…
19-6462 Stephen L. Bush v. David W. Gray, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
19-6466 Eric Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-31 Denied Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does aiding and abetting armed bank robbery —which can be accomplished without the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force —qualify as…
19-6420 Christopher Mark Heath v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-law criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The mere presence of a firearm at the scene of a drug trafficking offense constitutes possession of the firearm "in furtherance of" the conspiracy for…
19-6447 Charles Donelson v. Darrise Hardy, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure-review-standard due-process hearing-requirement standing summary-judgment appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard ninth-circuit standing statutory-interpretation zipursky WhEther The power appiled in this case to assert Judiciol authority wos Contrary to this and other circutr in light of thcwhole record. WhEther the I…
19-6450 Sherif Sayed Mahmoud v. Texas Texas 2019-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutionality content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech penal-code standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions texas-penal-code 1. Whether Section 33.021 of the Texas Penal Code is a content-based restriction. The courts of appeals continue applying the incorrect standard of re…
19-6453 James E. Lang v. Florida Florida 2019-10-30 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fiore-v-white judicial-review pipeline-law precedent-interpretation retroactivity statutory-interpretation When a state's highest court corrects an erroneous interpretation of it's statutory law committed by it's lower appellate Court, that has affirmed a c…
19-566 Devan Pierson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 922(g)-felon-in-possession criminal-procedure direct-appeal firearm-possession first-step-act first-step-act-2018 rehaif rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing status-based-possession statutory-interpretation 1. Section 401(c) of the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-394, provides: "This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply to…
19-568 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-30 GVR 18-usc-922 constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process firearm-regulation mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Should the Court grant review, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the Ninth Circuit based on this Court's holding in Rehaif v. United States,…
19-563 Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. v. Patrick J. Collins, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-10-29 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-law anti-injunction anti-injunction-clause conservatorship conservatorship-powers derivative-action fannie-mae federal-housing-finance-agency freddie-mac shareholders-rights statutory-interpretation succession-clause takings third-amendment treasury 1. Whether the statute's anti-injunction clause, which precludes courts from taking any action that would "restrain or affect the exercise of powers o…
19-6424 Anthony Darnell Stokes v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review conviction court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-statute obstruction-of-justice sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS MISAPPLIED 18 U.S.C.S. § 1512(c)(1) (LAWYERS EDITION 2008) WHEN IT AFFIRMED STOKES'S CONVICTIONS FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTI…
19-6433 Edward Anthony Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-courts indian-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue magistrate-court native-american native-american-law ninth-circuit pretrial-decision standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a district court may, pretrial, decide an Indian status jurisdictional question in light of conflicting Ninth Circuit law that results in a fe…
19-6359 Stephen Nivens v. Maryland Maryland 2019-10-25 Denied IFP administrative-hearing administrative-law correctional-services double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review sentencing-credits special-project-credits standing statutory-interpretation venue 1.) Whether Judge Daniel P. Dwyer as the Administrative Judge was to preside over and hear Petitioner's hearing for Judicial Review instead of Judge B…
19-6360 George C. Pugh v. Florida Florida 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process felony florida-law habitual-felony-offender habitual-offender precedent release-date sentencing statutory-interpretation time-calculation Is it lawfol for the Petittioner For be decmed an Habitual fetorry offe whereas the Petitioner was one day outside of the B years of dor of conviction…
19-6383 Nelli Kesoyan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeals federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure legal-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Did the Court of Appeals adopt an erroneous interpretation of U.S.S.G. § 2J1.3(b)(3)?
19-6389 Quincy Dennis v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 categorical-approach drug-offense federal-procedure habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-relief-28-usc-2241 intervening-change mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence presidential-commutation presidential-pardon retroactive-application retroactively-applicable-decision sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation QUESTION # ONE: Whether petitioner Dennis is entitled to seek federal habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the ground that 28 U.S.C. § 225…
19-6397 Jose Gomez-Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction immigration immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Did the court of appeals err in holding that robbery in violation of D.C. Code § 22-2801 categorically qualifies as an aggravated felony theft offense…
19-6401 Anthony Viola v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Second Circuit 2019-10-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure arkansas-v-sullivan civil-rights constitutional-ruling court-of-appeals due-process error-correction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review lower-court-decision statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Title 28 U.S.C. § 2106 Gives The Court of Appeals Error Correction Power. Under § 2106, Error Correction Becomes An Exercise of The Court's Statutory …
19-544 In Re Todd C. Bank 2019-10-25 Denied affidavit affidavit-requirement article-iii-court bar-admission civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1746 due-process federal-courts legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation unsworn-declaration 28 U.S.C. Section 1746 states that, "[w]herever, under any law of the United States or under any rule, regulation, order, or requirement made pursuant…
19-536 Bocilla Island Seaport, Inc., fka Highpoint Tower Technology, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied Response Waived basis-adjustment deficiency-determination due-process partner-level partner-level-penalty partner-level-proceeding partnership-basis penalty penalty-imposition reasonable-cause statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction tax-procedure united-states-v-woods This Tax Court partner-level penalty jurisdiction case raises these four interrelated issues: 1) Should "each partner's outside basis [in his partner…
19-6366 Spencer Kerry Curtiss v. North Dakota North Dakota 2019-10-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation As Truth is fundamental: Can a state's duty to provide guarantee of counsel in a criminal action be duly fulfilled when supplied representation is in …
19-6372 Kelby Germaine Parson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-24 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-offense firearms mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness I. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief on his claim that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague and his conviction under 18 U.S.C. …
19-6364 Eduardo Duffy, aka Eduardo Duffy-Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-definition citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge conviction-review due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry judicial-precedent morales-santana severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6348 Billy J. Griffin v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender controlled-substances divisibility drug-statute federal-sentencing felony-convictions missouri-law state-convictions statutory-interpretation Question 1. Is the Missouri Controlled Drug Statue indivisible such that the Defendant's two distribution of marijuana felony convictions in state cou…
19-6353 Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the general, residual phrase "takes any other action" in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th…
19-6358 In Re Morris J. Warren 2019-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole-eligibility retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-regulations statutory-interpretation DOES DANIEL v. FULWOOD, CASE NO. 12-5327/CITATION 766 F. 3d 57 (D.C. CIR. 2014), APPLIES TO MY PAROLEBLE SENTENCE, WHERE WHICH WAS GIVEN DECEMBER 18, …
19-6315 John David Stahlman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-2422(b) 1.) DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, VIOLATE T…
19-6334 Ignacio Arellano-Banuelos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction illegal-entry immigration-law jurisdiction removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be "found" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres…
19-6340 Jonathon William-Durand Neuhard v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP comity criminal-procedure due-process evidence federalism integrity-of-state-proceedings statutory-construction statutory-construction-federal-question-due-proces statutory-interpretation Whether the federal court of appeals below correctly found that the determination of whether a state adjudication qualifies as a prior conviction unde…
19-517 Daniel Barbosa, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia 2019-10-22 Denied administrative-procedure-act agency-transparency civil-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception express-statement-requirement foia foia-publication-requirements freedom-of-information-act judicial-review mandatory-publication secret-law stafford-act statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether section 5148 bars review of claims that FEMA uses secret law in violation of FOIA's mandatory requirements.
19-508 AMG Capital Management, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (6) administrative-law circuit-split federal-trade-commission federal-trade-commission-act injunctions injunctive-relief monetary-relief permanent-injunction preliminary-injunction restitution statutory-construction statutory-interpretation unfair-or-deceptive-acts Whether § 13(b) of the Act, by authorizing "injunction[s]," also authorizes the Commission to demand monetary relief such as restitution—and if so, th…
19-511 Facebook, Inc. v. Noah Duguid, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Judgment Issued Amici (25)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split content-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-free-speech government-debt-collection-exception speech-restriction statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Congress enacted the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("TCPA") to prohibit calls made to a cell phone without consent using an "automatic tel…
19-512 Anthony Robinson v. Department of Education Fourth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Relisted (3) civil-procedure civil-suit consumer-protection fair-credit-reporting-act federal-agency federal-government-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-liability Whether the Fair Credit Reporting Act authorizes consumers to file civil suits against federal governmental agencies under 15 U.S.C. § 1681n and §1681…
19-6314 Ralph Willard Savoie v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process haymond-v-united-states parole plea-agreement precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation suborned-perjury supervised-release supreme-court supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-watts waiver-of-appeal [1] Can United States v. Watts stand in light of recent holdings in Haymond v. United States? [2] Does a waiver of appeal, in light of Garza v. Idaho…
19-6318 Damon Tracy Locke v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-sentencing drug-statute drug-statutes mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states plain-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Eighth Circuit interpretation and application of drug statutes as qualifying offenses for career offender status in opposition to Mathis v. Uni…
19-6320 Nalen Pierre Williams v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g1 criminal-law criminal-statute due-process felon-in-possession firearm-possession legal-status mens-rea plain-error reasonable-doubt rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-6327 Lorenzo Lorta v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-10-21 Denied IFP amendments california-penal-code circumstances civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent modification-of-sentence parole sentencing statutory-interpretation Refexto All attachmentoregarding questions of Las V E an Modification of Sentence and Re-sentence Lnder 5 Y6 positibn 57 Also, Under ColiForriaPenal C…
19-6306 Jonathan Mota v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied IFP circuit-split commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act interstate-commerce ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held—in conflict with the decisions of several other circuits—that to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951…
19-6307 Andrew Oreckinto v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-659 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-reach Whether the Second Circuit erred in adopting a reading of 18 U.S.C. § 659 unsupported by any relevant canon of statutory construction or relevant prec…
19-6309 Charles Benton Bagwell v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intentional-force intentional-use-of-force statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) …
19-507 Publishers Business Services, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-10-18 GVR Relisted (7) circuit-split disgorgement equitable-remedies equity-powers ftc-act ftc-act-section-13b kokesh kokesh-v-sec monetary-relief separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1) Whether a district court can award monetary relief under § 13(b) of the FTC Act, consistent with separation-of-powers principles; and 2) Whether a…
19-6282 Aldo Salazar-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offenses drug-statute due-process federal-criminal-code flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether, in light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), and Alleyne v. United Sta…
19-6289 Brian Thomas Mohr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-17 Denied IFP appellate-procedure case-review circuit-court-case criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-reconsideration jury-instructions legal-probability rehaif-v-united-states remand standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether there is a reasonable probability of different result if the court below is directed to reconsider its judgment in light of Rehaif v. Unite…
19-6293 Dwight Knowles v. United States District of Columbia 2019-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-jurisprudence congressional-intent conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-conspiracy extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-offenses extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-application Whether federal conspiracy statutes apply extraterritorially when the object of the conspiracy is an extraterritorial offense but there is no clear in…
19-495 Martin Shkreli v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-16 Denied Response Waived bank-fraud forfeiture-calculation good-faith good-faith-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions loss-causation mail-fraud materiality mens-rea no-ultimate-harm prosecutorial-standard securities-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud In prosecutions for mail, wire and bank fraud, which require a finding of a loss or an intended loss by the victim, a "no ultimate harm" instruction h…
19-484 John Doe 1, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia 2019-10-15 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-enforcement confidential-investigation constitutional-avoidance disclosure disclosure-limitations federal-election-campaign-act federal-election-commission first-amendment rulemaking-power statutory-interpretation Whether, notwithstanding FECA's express bar on prohibiting the disclosure of any investigation, and its careful constraints on the FEC's disclosure po…
19-488 Steven T. Waltner, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2019-10-15 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-regulation certified-mail circuit-split common-law-mailbox-rule due-process-challenge irc-section-7502 mailbox-rule postmark statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-filing 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held, in conflict with precedents in the Third, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, that under 26 CFR §301.750…
19-483 Elsie Marino v. Jeffrey Nadel, dba Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied creditor debt-assignment debt-collection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure foreclosure-action postjudgment-remedy standing statutory-interpretation trustee trustee-status In Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291, 296, the Court observed that an apparent objective of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et …
19-6255 Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-sentencing criminal-justice-reform due-process first-step-act retroactivity section-404 sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether me, the Petitioner, is entitled to Relief from denial 404 motion at the District Court level in light of the First Step Act, December 21st, 20…
19-6262 Liddon Young v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-intent federal-firearms-law felon-possession firearm-disposal firearms-transfer knowledge-requirement mens-rea prohibited-persons prosecution-burden prosecution-strategy statutory-interpretation 1. Since the Supreme Court has now held, in Rehaif v. United States , that in a prosecution under §922(g) and §924(a)(2), the Government must prove b…
19-6264 Orane Nelson v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure direct-appeal first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Petitioner was convicted of three 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offenses in a single proceeding and was sentenced to enhanced minimum penalties under § 924(c)(1)…
19-6238 Brannon D. Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) 18-USC-924c categorical-approach contemporary-interpretation crime-of-violence elements-clause predicate-crime statutory-interpretation Whether, in applying the categorical approach to the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), courts must analyze the least of the acts historical…
19-6244 Eugene Williams v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law discovery due-process evidence free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation .WhEthER fectiv ASisA of COUE ws h WhE cOU AppoNd cOUe ft CRMN RACICE to peSUE rNSURAUCE lAW the MIdle of y MEl. whCh cAUSE y AEAl to bE disMissEd "du…
19-6245 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Stanislaus County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus immunity ninth-circuit parental-rights pro-se procedural-default standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation IS a Family Law Divorce Proceeding in which Parental, Custody Property and Financial rights are at issue a Bona Fide Civil Access to Courts Action war…
19-6250 Father v. Maternal Grandparents Ohio 2019-10-10 Denied IFP adoption adoption-consent civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-law Under Ohio law, incarcerated parents who have actively sought to maintain a connection with their children cannot lose their children to adoption with…
19-469 John Hsu v. City of Berkeley, California California 2019-10-10 Denied arbitrary-enforcement california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enfo…
19-481 In Re R. C. "Rick" Lussy 2019-10-10 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-code elections extraordinary-circumstances free-speech judicial-procedure misconduct non-delegation-doctrine public-office standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-6200 Michael Scott Smith v. Florida Florida 2019-10-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claims criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process florida-statutes habeas-corpus indictment jurisdiction lesser-included-offenses post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Can a State Court indict an accused on one of the tried crime merely being in the quise a theory of crime of the Florida Statutes. and each are comple…
19-6225 Marc Pierre Hall v. Warden Andrews Fourth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 district-court fundamental-errors habeas-corpus judicial-review precedent-analysis retroactive-statutory-interpretation savings-clause-28-usc-2241 statutory-interpretation statutory-interpretation-28-usc-2255 subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Petitioner respectfully requests the Supreme Court's Supervision of uncommunicated Circuit Courts regarding Statutory Interpretation and applicatio…
19-6229 John Joseph Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-09 Denied IFP acca aggravated-robbery aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law overbreadth-doctrine predicate-offense sentencing state-law statutory-interpretation stokeling sudden-snatching I. IF A STATES AIDING AND ABETTING STATUTE IS BROADER THAN THE FEDERAL GENERIC DEFINITION; DOES AIDING AND ABETTING AGGRAVATED ROBBERY QUALIFY AS A …
19-6193 Franklin C. Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Fourth Circuit 2019-10-08 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment incident-to-arrest judicial-review legal-procedure privacy search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation takings warrant-requirement g the Court to put i halt to the Intrmant systen as esteuctive and inherently Bangerons And droxen Censing the life of at jeust one aw enfoscement off…
19-6197 Donald Steven Reynolds v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP §2255-motions circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction local-rule-interpretation local-rules motion-to-strike page-limits statutory-interpretation 1) Is the Sixth Circuit's holding in Martinez v. United States , that the 25 page limit under Local Rule 7.1 applies to §2255 Motions, inconsistent …
19-6176 Christopher Harris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process evidence murder pecuniary-gain rico rico-enterprise sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation vcar vcar-offense I. Should a Writ of Certiorari Issue Because the Sixth Circuit Ignored the Uncontroverted Evidence and its own Analysis of the VCAR Motives to Conclud…
19-6178 Jose Bryan Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no …
19-6181 Mark Robertson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3599 6th-amendment death-penalty federal-courts habeas-corpus investigation judicial-review meaningful-representation representation representation-services sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation (1) Did the district court deny Mr. Robertson the meaningful representation informed by investigation to prepare a habeas corpus application to which …
19-6186 Latroy Leon Burris v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-10-07 GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fair-warning physical-force reckless-injury statutory-interpretation (1) Does recklessly causing another person to suffer injury necessarily involve the "use of physical force against" that person for purposes of the Ar…
19-6143 Christopher Scott v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution-framing constitutional-law due-process exoneration judicial-review original-intent separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation DID THE FRAMER! Si OF THE CONSTITUTION BELIEVE THAT THE DOCUMENT'S POWER WOULD "EXONERATE?! [A] MAN ?
19-6144 Tom Smith, III v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting alternative-elements career-offender conspiracy controlled-substance-offense criminal-attempt divisible-statute sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-mandate sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate I. whether the Sentencing Commission via commentary exceeded its statutory mandate under § 994(h) by includiiig/aiding and abetting, conspiracy, and a…
19-6155 Deounte Ussury v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process jury-instructions racketeering statutory-interpretation unanimity verdict-form violent-crimes I. Whether conviction under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute § 18 U.S.C. 1959(a), also known as VICAR, requires a special verdict for…
19-6128 Bacari McCarthren v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-battery categorical-approach crime-of-violence deadly-weapon descamps descamps-v-united-states mathis physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation turner The Florida crime of aggravated battery may qualify as a crime of violence under Section 4B1.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines only if the …
19-6131 Derrick Estell v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 bodily-harm crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-offense due-process federal-criminal-law negligence sentencing statutory-interpretation threat-of-bodily-harm unintentional Can a criminal offense that involves as an element an unintentionally or negligently communicated threat of bodily harm qualify as a "crime of violenc…
19-435 SIH Partners LLLP, Explorer Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied administrative-law agency-interpretation chevron-deference circuit-split irs-regulation revenue-ruling statutory-interpretation tax-liability tax-regulation The Third Circuit, in conf lict with the D.C., Ninth, and Federal Circuits, deferred to an IRS regulation under step two of Chevron even though the ag…
19-438 Clemente Avelino Pereida v. Robert M. Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General Eighth Circuit 2019-10-02 Judgment Issued Amici (5) ambiguous-record burden-of-proof categorical-approach circuit-split conviction-record federal-offense immigration-law modified-categorical-approach noncitizen-status removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal conviction bars a noncitizen from applying for relief from removal when the record of conviction is merely ambiguous as to whether …
19-440 Northern Trust Corporation, et al. v. Lindie L. Banks, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-10-02 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split class-action covered-securities federal-securities-law fiduciary-duty preemption private-securities-litigation-reform-act securities-fraud securities-litigation securities-litigation-uniform-standards-act statutory-interpretation trust-assets trust-law trustee-misconduct uniform-standards-act For purposes of SLUSA, does a trust beneficiary allege misconduct "in connection with" the purchase or sale of a covered security when the beneficiary…
19-425 Veronica W. Ogunsula v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis leave-to-amend notice notice-requirement pleading-standards procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation What is the meaning of 28 U.S.C. Section 1915 (e) (2) (b) (ii), "fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted", as it relates to Rule 12 (b) …
19-428 Ryan Courtade v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2256 appellate-review child-pornography child-pornography-statute circuit-split due-process lascivious-exhibition standard-of-review statutory-interpretation subjective-intent 1. When reviewing a district court's conclusion that an image depicts a "lascivious exhibition" under 18 U.S.C. 2256(2)(A), must the appellate court r…
19-6084 Jair Mendoza Montoya v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction-territorial-principle-extrat district-court drug-enforcement extraterritorial-effect international-waters maritime-jurisdiction nicaragua-international-waters statutory-interpretation territorial-principle (1.)Was the criminal jurisdiction of the United States based upon territorial principle, and unlawfully conferred to the U.S.A. by implication given…
19-6104 Freya D. Pearson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1001 district-court due-process duty-to-speak false-statement government-knowledge government-misconduct jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions materiality prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1) Can a conviction stand under 18 U.S.C. 1001 (2) without a "Materiality" determination, and should that Determination come from the District Court o…
19-6108 Corey Kidd v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting controlled-substances crime-of-violence criminal-law physical-force robbery statutory-interpretation I. Did the court below err in finding that the offense of aiding and abetting robbery of controlled substances qualifies as a crime of violence under …
19-6116 Ronald E. Evans v. United States Second Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation generic-burglary north-carolina north-carolina-burglary north-carolina-statute second-degree-burglary sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation trailers Whether North Carolina second degree burglary (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-51), which encompasses unlawful entries into trailers used to store property, is c…
19-6119 Masnik Sainmelus v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 1. Whether The District Court Erred When The Court Increased The Appellant's Guideline Range Four Levels By Finding That The Offense Involved Between …
19-6120 Raul Rodriguez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process gvr sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-ruling third-circuit vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether this petition should be granted, the judgment of the Third Circuit vacated, and the case remanded (GVR) to the court of appeals for a determin…
19-6090 Taylor Wells v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied IFP amended-judgment case-law-precedent civil-procedure federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-modification magwood-v-patterson new-judgment scrivener's-error serivener's-error statutory-interpretation Whether an amended judgment which does more than correct a mere serivener's error in the original judgment constitutes a "new judgment" within the mea…
19-6097 Clarence Duke Reynolds v. Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-09-30 Denied IFP administrative-law appointment-clause constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hearing-procedure parole parole-board selection-process separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation victim-impact Is §53.1-134, the law used for the selection of parole board members, unconstitutional? Is the Virginia Parole Board Manual that mandates the use of …
19-421 In Re William Henry Hamman 2019-09-30 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights-education dual-enrollment due-process education equal-protection florida-statute home-education procedural-due-process statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process 1) Florida 's public colleges and universities each require a high school GPA in order to participate in the Dual Enrollment program. But law states…
19-413 Robert W. Mauthe, M.D., P.C. v. Optum, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response Waived advertisement circuit-split commercial-communication commercial-fax fax-advertisement fcc-interpretation legislative-history statutory-interpretation tcpa telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa Did the Third Circuit err by holding that a commercial fax cannot be an "advertisement" as defined by the TCPA unless it promotes a direct sale of the…
19-415 Oscar Ernesto Melendez v. Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response Waived 8-usc-1255 adjustment-of-status circuit-court-split circuit-split immigration-law lawful-admission national-importance statutory-interpretation temporary-protected-status Whether a grant of TPS to an alien by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") constitutes a lawful admission into the United States fo…
19-6087 Atif Babar Malik v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied IFP appellate-procedure charged-statute circuit-split cotton-precedent criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge scope-of-statute statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-cotton DO COURTS LACK SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION WHEN THE SCOPE OF THE ALLEGED CONDUCT FALLS OUTSIDE CHARGED STATUTE?
19-6088 Julian Madero-Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-classification citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry immigration morales-santana morales-santana-precedent severability standing statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6078 Terreall McDaniel v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c appeal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Does Section 403 of the First Step Act , which dramatically clarifies the applicable penalties for which a defendant may be sentenced for gun rela…
19-6055 Edwin Ricardo Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felony chevron-deference circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto immigration immigration-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation theft-offense I. Does a "theft offense (including receipt of stolen property)" under § 1101(a)(43)(G) require a taking of property without consent? II. May courts …
19-6062 Priscilla Daydee Valdez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924d 21-usc-853 28-usc-2461 28-usc-2461c ammunition civil-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture firearms firearms-offense procedural-law statutory-interpretation substitute-assets (1) May a defendant be required to forfeit substitute property in lieu of the firearms and ammunition subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d)? …
19-401 Lamont Dejuan Higgs v. Warden Wilson Fifth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appeal appellate-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus saving-clause sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether the saving clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) allows defendants to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the grounds that a subsequent statutory in…
19-402 Howard L. Baldwin, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (6)Relisted (4) administrative-law agency-deference brand-x-doctrine common-law common-law-mailbox-rule stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tax tax-refund (1) Should Brand X be overruled? (2) What, if any, deference should a federal agency's statutory construction receive when it contradicts a court's p…
19-403 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-09-25 Denied Amici (2) agency-interpretation federal-indian-law fifth-circuit gaming gaming-prohibition gaming-regulation indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act multi-circuit-conflict national-indian-gaming-commission statutory-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty trust-lands trust-statutes Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming, as the National Indian Gaming Commission,…
19-387 Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 11-usc-904 11-usc-922 48-usc-2165 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code debt-enforcement municipal-bankruptcy municipal-debtors special-revenues statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 11 U.S.C. § 904 and 48 U.S.C. § 2165 prohibit a bankruptcy court from enforcing the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code against municipal deb…
19-6025 Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-24 GVR Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6039 Camilo Andres Landazuri Vargas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied IFP congress-powers-limits congressional-power criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment foreign-national international-law international-waters jurisdiction jurisdictional-element maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation united-states-constitution WHETHER THE PROSECUTION OF MR. VARGAS - AN ECUADORIAN NATIONAL WITH NO TIES TO THE UNITED STATES — FOR TRAFFICKING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN INTERNATIO…
19-6044 Janice Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC Massachusetts 2019-09-24 Denied IFP anti-peonage anti-peonage-act civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process housing jurisdiction low-income-housing privileges-and-immunities statutory-interpretation summary-process supremacy-clause thirteenth-amendment I. As applied, does Massachusetts General Law (MGL) c 239 Summary Process for Possession of Land Subrogate IRC § 26 U.S. Code §42(h)(6)(B) (vi) ("IRC …
19-6050 Jose Vizcarrondo-Casanova v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(3)(a) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent plain-error puerto-rico-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1) Whether' murder under Puerto Rico law categorical approach fails to qualify as a "crime of violence" under remaining force clause of 924(C)(3)(A)…
19-6001 Gregory Leroy Packer v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-duty counsel-representation court-docket court-procedure diligence diligence-appeal due-process legal-diligence pennsylvania-statute prejudicial-delay related-case-law standing statutory-interpretation unprecedent-case 1. WERE THE APPELLATE COURTS RULINGS UNPRECEDENT FOR THIS CASE? 2. DID THE COURTS DISREGARD PETITIONER'S COURT DOCKET IN THEIR RULING? 3. DID THE CO…
19-6002 Nicole Rena McCrea v. Mark S. Devan, et al. Maryland 2019-09-20 Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-conflict legal-sufficiency maryland-law maryland-rule standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Is the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ' March 13, 2019 unpublished Opinion and Memorandum affirming the judgment of the Circuit Court of Charles Co…
19-6015 Roque Arias-De Jesus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-6016 Devon Chance v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3) 18-usc-924c3 abrogation appellate-review case-law-abrogation circuit-court-decision criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ovalles-v-united-states section-2255-motion statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review united-states-v-davis Whether, in light of this Court's most recent decision, in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), which abrogated the Eleventh Circuit Court …
19-6018 Joey Little v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-authority congressional-oversight criminal-law judicial-review magazine-based-enhancement regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2k2.1 statutory-construction statutory-interpretation u.s-sentencing-commission unlawful-exercise Whether Application Note 2 of the commentary to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1 represents an unlawful exercise of agency authority by the U.S. Sent…
19-381 Rainbow Ridge Resort, LLC, et al. v. Branch Banking and Trust Company Tennessee 2019-09-20 Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process examination-limitations first-amendment petition petition-rights pleading standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Is Tennessee Code Annotated Sec. 35-5-118 unconstitutional as applied, given the lack of due process created by artificially limiting a Defendant's…
19-372 William D. Jenkins, Jr., et ux. v. Corey Chance, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-09-19 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts judicial-power legislative-authority legislative-intent standing state-legislation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Does This Court possess verifiable Constitutional and Congressional power to interpret unwritten Congressional Law and alleged Legislative "voids ". …
19-373 James Walker v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-19 Granted Amici (7)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act…
19-5983 Alejandro Llamas-Delgado v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy drug-trafficking due-process statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-precedent Whether the lower court's decision conflicts with Supreme Court and other circuit precedent concerning the government's burden to prove the evidence w…
19-5952 Keith A. Gordon v. Cenedra D. Lee, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals err in finding that Petitioner has not shown a "clear and indisputable right" to issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel…
19-5964 In Re Dwight Carter, Sr. 2019-09-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c 2255-motion constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-2255-habeas-corpus davis-rule due-process habeas-corpus hobbs-act-robbery merits-analysis prima-facie-standard retroactivity second-or-successive-motion sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1.) Because Petitioner's 18 U.S.C.j924(c) conviction identified conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951, predicate to support his 924(c…
19-5976 Marquise Travon Dedmon v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off…
19-5981 William James Truesdale v. Florida Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-standard patent procedural-question standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-rule transfer Whether the united states Distriet court Middle District of Florido Tompo Division deliberately OF OBJEETIONS" U.S. DiSTrIET JUdYe ORDER DENYFNG MOTEO…
19-5929 Abisai Ramirez-Anguiano v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-16 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drug-offenses mens-rea methamphetamine scienter sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involved the importation of ... methamphetamine or …
19-5928 Marcos Santiago v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process first-step-act retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Congress decision to not make its recent clarification of 924(c) fully retroactive, creates a significant risk that thousands of prisoners sta…
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 …
19-5923 Jamaar Danglo Hayes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether the determination of a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA or Act) requires the same categorical approach used…
19-5908 Howard Leon Combs v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-11 GVR Relisted (4)IFP acca-elements-clause armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause physical-force reckless-offense reckless-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-assault violent-crime 1. A person is guilty of Texas aggravated assault if his reckless driving causes another person to suffer injury; if he transmits a virus to an unwitt…
19-5911 Paul R. Butts v. Eric D. Wilson, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence congressional-intent congressional-interpretation federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-review saving-clause statutory-interpretation Does the "saving clause" of 28 U.S.C. §2255 provide an avenue of judicial review for a federal prisoner to claim his actual innocence due to a Congres…
19-329 Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind v. PDS Consultants, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-09-11 Denied Amici (6)Response Waived ability-one agency-acquisition bid-protest bid-protest-jurisdiction court-of-federal-claims government-contracts mandatory-source-directive statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-preference Congress enacted the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act ("JWOD"), 41 U.S.C. § 8501 et seq., to increase employment for individuals who are blind and severely dis…
19-323 Charles V. Schneider v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-ruling circuit-court-rulings circuit-split constitutional-authority constitutional-authority-of-courts federal-law inferior-courts judicial-conflict judicial-hierarchy judicial-review judicial-supremacy legal-precedent statutory-interpretation supervisory-power supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (or any other inferior court) has the Constitutional authority to rule in conflict with r…
19-5871 Patrick Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-crime federal-law guidelines-interpretation mandatory-minimum offer-to-sell preparatory-action sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantial-step tenth-circuit-precedent 1) Did the district court error in increasing Havis base offense level based upon its belief that the Commentary to &4Bli2 appropriately includes atte…
19-5882 Rome Richard Chacon v. Nevada Nevada 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states 1. Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court…
19-5891 Donte Island v. United States Third Circuit 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process imprisonment release-conditions split-circuit statutory-interpretation supervised-release tolling Whether a term of supervised release may be tolled for periods of noncompliance with release conditions (as the Third Circuit, joining one side in a m…
19-5869 Jaime Enriquez-Hernandez, aka Jaime Enriques-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
19-5870 Shakeem Heratio Crawford v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment ex-post-facto first-step-act parole retroactivity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Did the Judge Abuse his Discrection under He sth Amendment Due procecc clause by Cotegorically Dening all career orfenders when he stated that career …
19-5848 Saquawn Harris v. United States District of Columbia 2019-09-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-review federal-rule-35 federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-statute judicial-procedure majority-vote recusal statutory-interpretation I. Whether the federal statute providing that en banc rehearing is granted upon the vote of "a majority of judges of the court in regular active servi…
19-5852 Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-06 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-5853 Jambulat Tkhilaishvili v. United States First Circuit 2019-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process extortion judgment-of-acquittal physical-possession property-transfer scheidler sekhar statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent takings I. This Court has held in Sekhar and Scheidler that, to be guilty of extortion, the defendant must take physical possession of the victim's property. …
19-314 Robert T. Chiu v. Jui-Chien Lin California 2019-09-06 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process federal-preemption legal-enforceability public-policy state-law statutory-interpretation Is an Agreement whose main purpose is to allow someone to circumvent and violate Federal law legal and enforceable under State law?
19-5820 Charles D. Raby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 circuit-court-jurisdiction circuit-split habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence prima-facie-showing reasonable-juror standard-of-review statutory-interpretation successive-petition 1. Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(C) permits a court of appeals, when ruling on a motion for authorization to file a successive habeas petition based …
19-5821 Robert Earl Robinson v. Arizona, et al. Arizona 2019-09-05 Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Should the verdict be reversed because the plea was not entered into knowingly intelligently and voluntarily? Did the prosecution violate Brady requi…
19-5833 Wesley G. Copeland, Sr. v. Kansas Kansas 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,constitutional-law, equal-protection harmless-error speedy-trial statutory-interpretation Question A: Did the Kansas Court of Appeals err in their analysis of the undisputed violation of a criminal defendant's Constitutional Due Process Ri…
19-5835 Josue Martinez-Hernandez and Oscar Carcamo-Soto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 california-penal-code categorical-approach criminal-law deportation-grounds immigration-law statutory-interpretation theft-offense Does a conviction under California Penal Code § 211 categorically qualify as a generic "theft" offense for purposes of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(G)?
19-5804 Jesse Lewis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 GVR IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis , 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), which defines "crime of violence," is unconstitut i…
19-5812 Mitchum Pastor v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Because 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) defines bank robbery in a way that does not require intentional intimidation, does § 2113(a) bank robbery fail to qualify …
19-5813 Alejandro Plaza-Montecillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16 aggravated-robbery appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-code federal-criminal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-law violent-crime Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. §16?
19-296 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2019-09-04 Denied Amici (7)Relisted (5) administrative-law chevron-deference criminal-law deference due-process judicial-review overrule rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether Chevron deference, rather than the rule of lenity, takes precedence in the interpretation of statutory language defining an element of vari…
19-5777 Donielle Rashi Ross v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law domestic-violence legal-precedent mens-rea misdemeanor-crime physical-force recklessness recklessness-standard second-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation use-of-force voisine-v-united-states Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States, __U.S.__, 136 S.Ct. 2272 (2016), that recklessness is consistent with the "use of physical f…
19-5788 James Nunley, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law ussg-4b1.2 violent-crime Whether the Texas offense of aggravated robbery constitutes a "crime of violence" under USSG §4B1.2?
19-5793 Anton Jevon Alexander v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness supreme-court-precedent underlying-crime vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), this Court held that the residual clause contained in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(b) is unconstitutionall…
19-5763 Jose Lara-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-30 GVR Relisted (4)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5771 Eric Allen Haensgen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent child-pornography constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-amendment free-speech statutory-interpretation unconstitutional Whether amendments to the child pornography law set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A) have rendered the current version of the statute unconstitutio…
19-5772 Sergio Saldivar Gutierrez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault-statute california-penal-code conscious-disregard-of-risk criminal-intent force-clause general-intent physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation violent-felony California state courts have authoritatively construed the state statute punishing assault with a deadly weapon, California Penal Code $ 2a5(a)(1) and…
19-5773 John Franklin Kenney v. P. D. Brazelton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-discretion appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
19-5749 Juan Manuel Perez 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-law statutory-interpretation 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…
19-5750 Felix A. Okafor v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) criminal-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment firearms-offense first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER PETITIONER'S 3167 MONTH SENTENCE IMPOSED AS A RESULT OF THIS COURT'S MISINTERPRETATION OF THE STACKING PROVISIONS OF 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A)(i)…
19-5753 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1029 constitutional-rights criminal-intent criminal-law-mens-rea criminal-procedure due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states intent jury-instructions knowingly knowledge mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1) To satisfy the "knowingly" and with "intent" in 18 U.S.C. § 1029(A)(3), Do Courts have to prove precise "mens rea" as set forth in Rehaif v. United…
19-5730 Lawrence Michael Lynde v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sex-offender-treatment sixth-circuit-appeal standing statutory-interpretation victim-restitution Question not identified.
19-5732 Joel Luque-Rodriguez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law federal-offense generic-offense gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez prosecutions realistic-probability state-statute statutory-interpretation To establish that a "realistic probability" exists that a state statute applies to conduct not covered by a generic, federal offense for purposes of t…
19-5743 Michael Dewayne Hegwood v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 binding-precedent career-offender criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing federal-jurisdiction first-step-act jurisdiction sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Does the First Step Act authorize a court to "impose" a reduced sentence in accordance with such statutes as 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a) and 3582(a), or d…
19-256 Yuzef Abramov v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-powers counsel-of-choice due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause necessary-and-proper necessary-and-proper-clause sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation treaty-power I. Whether it is constitutional to extend 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) to noncommercial conduct allegedly committed by a foreign citizen and resident against o…
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…
19-248 Walid Jammal, et al. v. American Family Insurance Company, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split common-law-test darden employee-classification employee-status employment-status erisa standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Like many federal statutes, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 incorporates the traditional common-law test for distinguishing betwee…
19-5710 Chidi Ezeobi v. Jamal Jamison, Warden Third Circuit 2019-08-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP credit criminal-procedure due-process extradition foreign-incarceration incarceration international-law sentence-credit sentencing sentencing-court sentencing-credit statutory-interpretation 1. Is Mr. Ezeobi entitled to seven months of credit toward his sentence for the time he was incarcerated in England awaiting extradition to the United…
19-5664 Curtis Lee Sheppard, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-08-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-motivation criminal-procedure Does the application of the 'enterprise profits' t double-jeopardy due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction pecuniary-gain rico-enterprise standing standing-issue statutory-interpretation vcar-statute 1. IF THE TRIAL COURT LACKED JURTEDICTIOON DECTION TO SETTHE CONVECTION -JUDGMENT AEIDE AND DEEMISETHELAUSE. 2. THE TREAL COURT /THE COURT OF CREMONA…
19-5699 Robert Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
19-5702 Tony D. Walker v. Green Bay Correctional Institution Health Services Unit, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims prison-conditions prisoners-rights procedural-hurdles standing statutory-interpretation I. WHETER 28 U.S.C.3 1915(S) s OVERBROAL, UNCONSTUTIONAL, AND INVALID WHERE CONSRESS HAS ENAETEd THE STAIUNE THAT INTENTIONALLY CHILLS ANd VIOLAIES IN…
19-242 Juanita Nichols v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company Fifth Circuit 2019-08-23 Denied Response Waived circuit-split disability-benefits disability-insurance erisa erisa-disability-insurance insurance-interpretation job-duties long-term-disability occupation-definition regular-occupation statutory-interpretation Whether "regular occupation" refers to a general category of employment in a broad and generic sense, or instead refers to a claimant's "actual job du…
19-237 James R. LaFrieda, et ux. v. Nancy A. Gilbert Nevada 2019-08-22 Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-50-b judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict professional-negligence proximate-cause punitive-damages standard-of-care statutory-interpretation trial-court-fact-finding 1. Did the Nevada Supreme Court have the right in its Order of Affirmance to blatantly disregard past decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court as to statut…
19-5649 Terry Lee O'Brien v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-negligence national-uniformity obstruction-of-justice prison-conditions standing statutory-interpretation To what degree for interpretation of a constitution, statute, rule and regulation is a question of law for consideration by the Supreme Court is neces…
19-5652 Anthony Wayne Bettcher v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-08-21 GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guideline circuit-split force-clause reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Do reckless crimes qualify categorically as crimes of violence under the force clause of these statutes and guidelines?
19-5654 Shederro Lemarc Brooks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-firearms-law federal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
19-5629 Al-Malik Fruitkwan Shabazz v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-1984 categorical-approach connecticut-general-statutes-53a-133 connecticut-robbery florida-robbery force-clause resentencing sentencing statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states stokeling-vs-united-states supervised-release violent-felony I. Whether robbery under Connecticut General Statutes § 53a‐133 categorically qualifies as a "violent felony" under the force clause of the Armed Care…
19-5634 Daniel Marquez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-adjustment minor-role ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-adjustment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 ussg-3b1.2 Petitioner contends that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in affirming the lower Court decision deny minor role after failing to pr…
19-5647 Kenneth Randale Door v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting crimes-of-violence criminal-statutory-provisions force-clause sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-offenses statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions substantive-criminal-offenses washington Whether a state aiding and abetting statute that is broader than generic aiding and abetting and incorporated within the state's substantive criminal …
19-218 Xiu Jian Sun v. Wu Hua Jing, et al. New York 2019-08-20 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-messenger due-process governor judicial-intervention jurisdictional-claim legal-petition mandamus mandarin-chinese registered-mail religious-doctrine religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation 1. messenger sent by Jehovah,- the Lord of host, said through the angel: 'Bring it over to face the judge.' Said it on October, 2012, Wu Hua Jing M.D.…
19-221 Michelle Valent v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit 2019-08-20 Dismissed Amici (3) administrative-law administrative-sanctions agency-interpretation chenery-doctrine chevron-deference civil-rights disability-benefits due-process social-security social-security-act statutory-conflict statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Court should overrule Chevron. 2. Whether Chevron requires courts to defer to an agency's resolution of a conflict between statutory p…
19-213 Charles Fischer v. Texas Texas 2019-08-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-law criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process propensity-evidence propensity-inference statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-appeals texas-statute Whether the Due Process Clause is offended by a statute that authorizes criminal convictions on the basis of character conformity and propensity.
19-5631 Joe Fernandez v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c aider-and-abettor aider-and-abettor-liability aiding-and-abetting criminal-liability criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error-analysis harmless-error jury-instruction rosemond-standard rosemond-v-united-states statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Whether the failure to give an instruction on aider and abetter liability for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) that comported with this Court's de…
19-5608 Christopher Joe Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-elements-clause certificate-of-appealability disagreement federal-prisoner judicial-disagreement post-conviction-claim postconviction-claim reasonable-judges statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-robbery texas-burglary Where a federal prisoner demonstrates that judges have, in fact, disagreed about the legal issues governing his postconviction claim, is he entitled t…
19-5623 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-possession indictment knowingly-element rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction In light of this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019) -- which held that the elements of an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-200 Billy F. Hawk, Jr., et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sixth Circuit 2019-08-16 Denied Response Waived 6901 circuit-split commissioner-v-stern creditor-rights federal-tax-doctrine statutory-interpretation strict-liability tax tax-cases transaction-collapsing transferee-knowledge uniform-fraudulent-transfer-act 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision conflicts with the decisions of the First, Second, Fourth, and Ninth Circuits regarding whether an alleged tra…
19-5601 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-16 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felony felony-status firearms firearms-possession indictment-requirements interstate-commerce knowledge mens-rea prior-conviction statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) provides for criminal penalties for felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of th…
19-199 Manfredo M. Salinas v. United States Railroad Retirement Board Fifth Circuit 2019-08-15 Judgment Issued administrative-law agency-decision-making benefits-determination final-decision judicial-review railroad-retirement-act railroad-retirement-board railroad-unemployment-insurance-act statutory-interpretation Whether, under section 5(f) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 45 U.S.C. § 355(f), and section 8 of the Railroad Retirement Act, 45 U.S.C. § …
19-5597 Randall B. Lord v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-discretion agency-regulation bitcoin-exchange chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process money-transmission plain-error regulatory-deference statutory-interpretation I. Is it a plain error for the District Court to regulatory deference to an agency's regulation before identifying ambiguity in the plain meaning of a…
19-196 Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, dba Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana v. Encompass Office Solutions, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived antiassignment-provision authoritative-guidance choice-of-law civil-procedure claim-processing clear-authoritative-guidance erie-doctrine erie-railroad erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins erisa erisa-antiassignment-provision erisa-benefits erisa-waiver federal-court federal-courts liability medical-provider standing state-law statutory-interpretation waiver 1. Whether a federal court seeking to identify the content of state law pursuant to Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938), may choose the …
19-5571 Carlos Eloy Garcia-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure burden-of-proof criminal-law deportation due-process federal-criminal-law illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be "found" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres…
19-5589 Marlon Leroy Porch v. T. Watson, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-08-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fundamental-defect maximum-sentence saving-clause sentence-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. WHETHER A FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IS SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY THE SAVING CLAUSE WHERE PETITIONER ERRONEOUS ENHANCE SENTENCE FELL BENEATH THE STATUTORY MAXI…
19-5552 Kevin Devon Sutton v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-13 Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-rights sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions WHETHER SUTTON IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER? DOES THE COURT OF APPEALS' DECISION VIOLATE SUTTON'S RIGHTS TO EQUAL PROTECTION AND DUE P…
19-5565 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-13 GVR IFP criminal-law due-process firearms firearms-possession rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Mr. Perez respectfully requests that his 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) conviction be reversed and remanded in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (J…
19-5572 Rickie Markiece Atkinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-13 GVR IFP 18-usc-922g armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach circuit-precedent fourth-amendment guilty-plea north-carolina-breaking-or-entering rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation I. Whether North Carolina breaking or entering, which criminalizes, among other things, the breaking or entering into "any other structure designed to…
19-5574 Anthony Ray Welch v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-importation drug-offenses fifth-circuit listed-chemicals mens-rea methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense scienter scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involved the importation of ... methamphetamine or …
19-5575 Antwaine Enta Yarbrough v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-08-13 Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus precedent sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, U.S._, _S.Ct. —, 2019 WL 2649851 (June 28, 2019)?
19-5578 Preston Shands, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina 2019-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-analysis civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process notice notice-requirement overbreadth overbroad statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness As applied to Preston Shands, Jr., is South Carolina's kidnapping statute, S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-910, vague and overbroad, in violation of due process…
19-5579 Sebastian Eccleston v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-08-13 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-delay post-conviction-relief post-conviction-statute statutory-interpretation supervisory-power In 2016, Sebastian Eccleston, a federal prisoner, filed a motion in the court of appeals requesting authorization to pursue a second or successive pos…
19-5580 In Re Sebastian Eccleston 2019-08-13 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-writ federal-prisoner judicial-discretion mandamus post-conviction statutory-interpretation writ-of-mandamus In 2016, Sebastian Eccleston, a federal prisoner, filed a motion in the court of appeals requesting authorization to pursue a second or successive pos…
19-5534 James W. Royster v. Virginia Virginia 2019-08-12 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing state-courts statutory-interpretation 1. Petitioner filed two (2) Motions with the Henrico County, Virginia Circuit Court Per Virginia Code section(s) 8.01-428(D) and 19.2-227, upon the gr…
19-5556 Regina Lewis v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-magistrate federal-state-balance procedural-violation rule-of-lenity standing statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-115 Did United States Magistrate Gabriel Gorenstein violate the Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 4 (b) Did my arrest and prosecution violate the narrow federal-state…
19-182 Francisca Guillen v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response Waived california-labor-code california-law district-court-discretion electronic-records employee-protection employee-rights jury-instructions labor-code labor-law labor-standards-enforcement statutory-interpretation wage-statements 1. Whether it was error not to instruct a jury on the law set forth in almost 20-years of opinions of California's Department of Labor Standards Enfor…
19-5540 Thomas Edward Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eighth-amendment judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessment standing statutory-interpretation Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in granting the government's motion to dismiss by denying the Petitioner the ability…
19-177 Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al. Second Circuit 2019-08-08 Judgment Issued Amici (6) civil-rights federal-funding first-amendment foreign-policy free-speech funding-conditions hiv-aids overseas-affiliates prostitution speech-restriction standing statutory-interpretation Respondents are United States-based organizations that receive federal funds to fight HIV/AIDS abroad. In Agency for International Development v. Alli…
19-5511 Robert Hill v. Dave Jassen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus incarceration judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Are inccrcerated plaintiffs m civil coses in corcercted fro se U.S. Distriet Cout cnfairl trected, cadlar in prejedd agoinst, becaule they ore not giv…
19-5516 Rayshawn Roshard Robertson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 burden-of-proof constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure criminal-relief federal-procedure retroactive-application retroactive-constitutional-decision section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum I. Whether a criminal defendant moving for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, based on a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statut…
19-5521 Steven Michael Cox v. Nevada Nevada 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-standard welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
19-5529 Kendrick Ledelle Dotstry v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges district-court-discretion divisible-elements divisible-offenses felony-enhancement felony-offense misdemeanor-elements sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-misdemeanor 1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT CAN ENHANCE A SENTENCE PURSUANT TO UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINE (U.S.S.G.) PROVISIONS UNDER SECTION 2K2.1(b)(6)(B)…
19-5460 Jose Ortega v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure grant-vacate-remand residual-clause section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand Mr. Ortega's case in light of United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), after the Court of Ap…
19-5491 Shed T. Woods v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-08-07 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction divisibility drug-offense indiana-code-35-48-4-1 indiana-statute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction for dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1 is improperly considered a "serious drug offense" under th…
19-5501 Mandrail Jamar Woodberry v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-08-07 GVR IFP appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review withdrawal-of-counsel Whether in light of the Court's opinion in Rehaif v. United States, No. 17-9560 issued on June 21, 2019 this Court should vacate the opinion of the U.…
19-5451 Michael Lawrence Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP binding-precedent circuit-split constitutional-question court-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255 jurisdiction statutory-interpretation successive-petitions 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) provides the procedures by which inmates request, and federal appellate courts grant, permission to file second or successive 28 U…
19-5478 Wilfredo Roy Madrigal v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense eleventh-circuit mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession with intent to sell cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance of…
19-5480 Andrew Dorsey v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca cocaine criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses florida florida-statute possession sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Whether a Florida conviction for selling cocaine, delivering cocaine, or possessing cocaine with the intent to sell or deliver it, in violation of …
19-164 David Samarripa, et al. v. Gregory Kizziah, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs due-process federal-courts filing-fees habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts have the authority to impose partial filing fees on habeas petitioners.
19-168 Remington Arms Co., LLC, et al. v. Donna L. Soto, Administratrix of the Estate of Victoria L. Soto, et al. Connecticut 2019-08-05 Denied Amici (6) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process firearms-immunity firearms-industry-regulation free-speech plcaa plcaa-immunity predicate-exception statutory-interpretation unfair-trade-practices The question presented is whether the PLCAA's predicate exception encompasses alleged violations of broad, generally applicable state statutes, such a…
19-5456 Ibrahim McCants v. United States Third Circuit 2019-08-05 GVR IFP anonymous-tip categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility-of-state-statutes domestic-violence due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms fourth-amendment mathis-v-united-states mens-rea police-stop-and-frisk reasonable-suspicion rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation stop-and-frisk supreme-court-precedent third-circuit-court-of-appeals 1. In light of this Court's recent decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), should this Court grant certiorari, vacate the judgmen…
19-5457 Matthew G. Munksgard v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bank-fraud banking criminal-intent criminal-procedure document-forgery due-process evidence fdic-insurance financial-regulation presumption reasonable-doubt signature-fraud statutory-interpretation Whether it is proper to presume that a certificate of FDIC insurance issued 23 years earlier, combined with the statement of a bank officer that FDIC …
19-5427 Danny Reaves v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1291 civil-procedure due-process final-order jurisdiction standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation unadjudicated-claims §2255 motion is Order Within the meaning of §2253. Standard to deny COA.
19-151 United States v. Dominic Ladale Walton Fifth Circuit 2019-08-01 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-definition criminal-law criminal-statute due-process dwelling-offense intent-to-commit-crime statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states unlawful-entry Whether a state offense that criminalizes continued unpermitted presence in a dwelling following the formation of intent to commit a crime has "the ba…
19-5383 Christopher Stacy v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-31 GVR IFP case-law certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure judicial-review mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court should grant certiorari, vacate the judgment below, and remand for reconsideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2…
19-5410 Charles Borden, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-31 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process mens-rea recklessness retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation use-of-force 1. Does the "use of force" clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the "ACCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of mere …
19-5401 Thomas Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-371 18-usc-924c ambiguous-record circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure-retroactivity due-process federal-conspiracy mandatory-sentencing retroactive-invalidation retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis 1. Does this Court's ruling in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), striking as unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. §…
19-140 Jason Edward Rheinstein v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Fourth Circuit 2019-07-30 Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction attorney-discipline circuit-split civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-review remand remand-order removal standing statutory-interpretation Whether, once an appeal of a remand order has been explicitly authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d), the appellate court has jurisdiction to review the en…
19-133 Vidya Sagar v. Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury District of Columbia 2019-07-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure age-discrimination employment-discrimination federal-employment-law harassment mixed-case mixed-case-complaint probationary retaliation statutory-interpretation whistleblower-retaliation whistleblowing wrongful-termination 1. Whether the Petitioner can be terminated by committing acts of perjury? The amended complaint is for wrongful termination on account of statutory p…
19-134 Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation agency-reconsideration auer-deference chevron-deference civil-procedure due-process exhaustion jurisdiction jurisdictional-review statutory-interpretation takings universal-service-fund 1. Whether Chevron and Auer required the appellate court to accord absolute deference to the Government's conflicting jurisdictional statements, made …
19-137 Vibe Micro, Inc. v. SIG Capital, LLC Ninth Circuit 2019-07-29 Denied bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-statute circuit-split damages federal-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy involuntary-petition non-debtor non-debtor-relief standing statutory-interpretation A circuit split currently exists over the scope of 11 U.S.C. § 303(i), which provides remedies for the improper filing of an involuntary bankruptcy pe…
19-125 Gale Zamore v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Individually and as Trustee for JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007-CH5 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-CH5, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 15-usc-1635 amos-v-glynn-county civil-rights claim-preclusion due-process exxon-mobil-v-saudi-basic federal-jurisdiction federal-vs-state-law-for-res-judicata jesinoski-v-countrywide-home-loans res-judicata semtek-v-lockheed-martin statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tila tila-rescission tila-rescission-as-completed-event QUESTION 1: In Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280 (2005), this Court held that federal courts have jurisdiction to consider…
19-128 Charles Daniel Maye v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response Waived access-restrictions authorized-access circuit-split civil-procedure computer-fraud-abuse-act computer-fraud-and-abuse-act cybercrime-law information-access information-use legal-scope standing statutory-interpretation Whether "exceeds authorized access" in the Computer Fraud Abuse Act ("CFAA") is limited to violations of restrictions on access to information, and no…
19-5309 William Dante Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearms-violation habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court violent-felony Whether this Court should hold the instant petition in light of Shular v. United States, 15-1498, U.S._, _ S.Ct. —, 2019 WL 2649851 (June 28, 2019)?
19-5330 Maurice Montrae Parks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 GVR IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-validity criminal-conviction criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial is warranted where the District Court failed to instruct the jury that, in order to convict a person under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), it …
19-5350 Stevie Elbert Jones v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP career-offender crime-of-violence federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states texas-robbery ussg-4b1.1 ussg-4b1.2 Whether, after Stokeling v. United States , __U.S.__, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2019), the Texas offense of robbery satisfies the definition of "crime of violenc…
19-5356 Rashad Washington v. Nebraska Nebraska 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP black-codes class-v-united-states equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jim-crow procedural-default racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause territorial-application Was Mr. Washington convicted under a statute, Neb Rev. Stat. § 28-1212.04 that is void on its face by using territorial definitions of application tha…
19-5361 Luis D. Cabrera Mejia v. Walmart Fourth Circuit 2019-07-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights class-action court-procedure due-process employment federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-parties lower-court-error standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the lower court 's erred, in violation of justice for all to 4 U.S.C. § 4.
19-5304 Michael Paul Puzey v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 38-usc-7253 appellate-review article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-error due-process judicial-procedure jurisdictional-standard legal-interpretation procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the Appellate count committed a manifest of Constitutional error by failing to adhere to its obligations and duty under Article il subsecti…
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that the Court has now answered in United States v. Davis…
19-5325 Alan Victor Gomez Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-25 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure force-element immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5337 Arthur Shermaine Bussey v. Marty Allen, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure Question not identified.
19-5344 Felix Adriano Chujoy, aka Felix Chujoy Alvarado v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP corrupt-intent criminal-procedure false-testimony grand-jury human-trafficking immigration-violations intent plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation witness-tampering witness-tampering-18-usc-1512(b)(1) Whether the evidence was sufficient to convict the Petitioner for witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1) and two interrelated charge…
19-5345 Mustafa Kamel Mustafa v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP classified-information constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure defense-investigation due-process first-amendment national-security overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether Section 5(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act, 18 U.S.C. App. 3, is unconstitutionally vague or overbroad due to its potential to …
19-120 IBG LLC, et al. v. Trading Technologies International, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied Response Waived america-invents-act covered-business-method federal-circuit federal-circuit-split patent-eligibility patent-review patent-validity statutory-interpretation technological-invention Whether a patent that does not satisfy the first prong of § 42.301(b)—that is, that does not recite a novel and non-obvious technological feature—clai…
19-5303 Mario Benitez-Pineda v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-challenge constitutional-law controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-law penalty-provision sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 21 U.S.C. § 841 et. seq., is unconstitutional because it contains no penalty provision ?
19-5307 James D. Brigman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel…
19-5312 Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime Mr. Burke was convicted of knowingly carrying a firearm during and in relation to a "crime of violence," in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). The "crim…
19-5314 Aurora Barrera v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-petition 28-usc-1291 28-usc-2255 appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review district-court due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals has jurisdiction over an appeal of the denial of a § 2255 Petition pursuant to § 1291 when the District Court fails to adju…
19-5283 Kyle Jason Korte v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment good-faith-exception illinois-v-krull improper-application judicial-precedent law-enforcement search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation valid-law 1. Does the "good faith exception" outlined in Illinois v. Krull 480 U.S. 340 (1987) extend to circumstances where the statute, rather than being "sub…
19-5268 Thomas Bois v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault-with-dangerous-weapon crime-of-violence enumerated-offenses federal-sentencing force-clause massachusetts-assault massachusetts-assault-with-dangerous-weapon massachusetts-law sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Where the Massachusetts offense of "Assault with a Dangerous Weapon," Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265 § 15B, may be committed merely by means of an offensive …
19-5270 Phyteaf Phequan McCormick v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-22 GVR IFP case-remand criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-law fourth-circuit judicial-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the Fourth Circuit's judgment should be vacated and this case remanded for further review in light of this Court's recent opinion in Rehaif v.…
19-5278 Duryane Lewis Chaney v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca categorical-approach criminal-law davis drug-offense sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony WHETHER THE DETERMINATION OF A SERIOUS DRUG OFFENSE UNDER THE ACCA REQUIRES THE SAME CATEGORICAL APPROACH USED IN THE DETERMINATION OF A VIOLENT FELON…
19-5279 Miguel Esparza-Salazar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure illegal-entry prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-factors sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum This case presents the issue of whether a criminal defendant charged with illegal entry, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (2), is entitled to not…
19-5221 Richard Potts v. United States Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-claim constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Does Honeycutt v. United States, 137 S.Ct. de (2o1) apply retoactively o frfeiture judgment, that have been final foryears, on collateral review? Can…
19-5243 Larry Marvel v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-offense double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process legislative-definition multiple-punishments sentencing state-prosecution statutory-interpretation Where the State General Assembly legislatively defined in two separate statutes the same identical "conduct" for two criminal offenses mandating the s…
19-5245 Michelle Renee Lamb v. Joe Norwood, et al. Tenth Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation 1. This case represents a public issue to thousands of transgenders confined to state and federal institutions whom are being denied treatment despite…
19-5246 Jason Rosado v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied IFP 18-usc-1203 924(c) certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether, in light of this Court's most recent decision, in United States v. Davis, 139 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), which abrogated the Eleventh Circuit Court …
19-100 Crown Asset Management LLC v. Mary Barbato Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act legal-standing passive-debt-buyer standing statutory-interpretation Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties who perform collection, a…
19-5237 Felix Lyle Cowan v. Eli Lilly, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-18 Denied IFP antitrust bad-faith civil-procedure class-action patent settlement antitrust appellate-jurisdiction bad-faith civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-standing patent standing statutory-interpretation Bad Faith Eli Lilly et al Zyprexa Tort In C. Much Agreed As Settle To Wanted. I ContrActuel Agreed As I #8000 clients IN 'joo $700 mill…
19-5198 Robert Rang v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-coercion attempted-enticement criminal-law due-process enticement-of-a-minor federal-criminal-statute interpersonal-physical-contact mens-rea minor-protection minors sexual-activity sexual-offense sexual-offenses statutory-interpretation Does a "substantial step" under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) [attempted coercion and enticement of a minor] require evidence of intended "interpersonal physica…
19-5203 In Re Angel Ruiz-Rivera 2019-07-17 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-amendment debt-issuance due-process federal-law government-debt judicial-authority judicial-discretion legal-interpretation puerto-rico-government referendum standing statutory-interpretation takings IS JOINT RESOLUTION 87*121 OF AUGUST 3, 1961 BY THE U.S. CONGRESS AND THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF P.R. APPROVED THEREIN AND RATIFIED BY 82 % …
19-5194 Edward Hector v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off…
19-5201 Kenneth Medenbach v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3561 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-authority district-court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction probation probation-term sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation substantial-rights supervised-release Did the District Court err in finding that it has authority under 18 USC §3561(a)(3) to impose a sentence of six months imprisonment and a 5 year term…
19-5172 Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the …
19-5183 Miguel Grado v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process firearm-use firearms multiple-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…
19-5188 Jermaine Tart v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights digital-access discovery discovery-limitations due-process employment-royalties ninth-circuit procedural-scope royalties standing state-rights statutory-interpretation takings DO INKNATES HAVE 5 AND I4TL AMAEND MENT PRE-DEPRIVATION ROYALTIES? D, SHOULD THE EASTERN DISTRICT U.S. DISTRIOT COURT OF NC ORDER THE DEFENDANTS TO P…
19-5189 Michael Tyler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process exculpatory-evidence guidelines liberty post-conviction-relief procedural-barriers sentencing standing statutory-interpretation takings ISSUe ONE whether the u.s. supreme cart should great certiorcc to cesdve the Circuit Canflict, whether schlup gateway lnquir require neusly Presented …
19-5190 Steven Williams v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
19-5196 Malcolm Omar Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-15 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary criminal-law fourth-amendment fourth-circuit rehaif-v-united-states remand sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering, which criminalizes, among other things, the breaking or entering into "any other structure designed t…
19-73 Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services Fifth Circuit 2019-07-15 Denied Amici (1) attorney-fees circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fee-award fee-award-interpretation fee-award-laws fogerty-v-fantasy foia-litigation freedom-of-information-act legal-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation textual-analysis 1. Does the Fifth Circuit's rule that all federal fee-award laws must be read identically (i.e., absent express textual differences) contravene this C…
19-74 Michael A. Willner, et ux. v. James Dimon, et al. District of Columbia 2019-07-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-law constitutional-claims due-process fdic federal-deposit-insurance-corporation financial-institutions financial-institutions-reform-recovery-and-enforce firrea judicial-review jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the DC Circuit erroneously held that 12 U.S.C. § 1821(d)(6)(A) required claimants to have filed their constitutional claims against the FDIC i…
19-67 United States v. Evelyn Sineneng-Smith Ninth Circuit 2019-07-12 Judgment Issued Amici (11) civil-rights commercial-activity constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute facial-challenge financial-gain first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in vi…
19-68 Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services Eighth Circuit 2019-07-12 Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference civil-procedure judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie medicare medicare-regulations statutory-interpretation volume-decrease-adjustment This case presents the following question: whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulations (commonly…
19-71 FNU Tanzin, et al. v. Muhammad Tanvir, et al. Second Circuit 2019-07-12 Judgment Issued Amici (15)Relisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights damages damages-liability due-process federal-employees free-speech religious-freedom rfra standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C 2000bb et seq., permits suits seeking money damages against individual federal employe…
19-61 Maritime Life Caribbean Limited v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appointment attorney-general attorney-general-power civil-procedure department-of-justice district-court-discretion federal-government harmless-error harmless-error-review litigation-authority representation separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation united-states-code Title 28, section 516, of the United States Code, vests the authority to litigate on behalf of the United States in the Department of Justice, under t…
19-5142 Charles Anthony Ball v. Mike Slagle Fourth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-appeal federal-rule free-speech judicial-conflict meloy standing statutory-interpretation DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPOALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERR ON AN IMPORTANT FEDERAL QUESTION BY-ENTERING ITS DECISION/JUDGMENT, WHICH IS IN CONF…
19-5150 Irvin Junior Phillips v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924e apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process indictment-requirements prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review 1. Whether the Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of …
19-5134 Kouwanii Brunstorff v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault attempt attempt-crime force-clause new-york physical-force second-circuit second-degree statutory-interpretation violent-felony Is an attempt to commit a categorically violent felony, in this case, assault in the second degree in New York, categorically violent under the force …
19-5141 William Wade v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924c-sentencing circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process johnson-dimaya physically-restrained-enhancement residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court 1. The 10th Circuit has already declared that the 924(c) "residual" clause is unconstitutional in light of this Courts Johnson v US and Sessions v Dim…
19-5105 Rudy Espudo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-justice criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-statute firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation underlying-offense Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) for using a firearm to further a crime of violence or drug-trafficking crime may rest on more than one u…
19-5107 James C. Karahalios, Jr. v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c)(3) 18-usc-924c3 bank-robbery categorical crime-of-violence federal-bank-robbery force-clause johnson-v-united-states pharmacy-robbery statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states 1. Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. §2113 is a categorical "crime of violence" under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)? 2. Whether…
19-5111 Avery Blodgett v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C.-§2113 18-U.S.C.-§924(c)(3) 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3 crime-of-violence federal-bank-robbery force-clause johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states 1. Whether federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. §2113 is a categorical "crime of violence" under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)? 2. Whether…
19-5124 Arthur Durham v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process economic-harm federal-sentencing force-clause hobbs-act johnson-v-united-states retroactivity statutory-interpretation violent-crime welch-v-united-states 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to inta…
19-5127 William D. Dunne v. G. J. Bissett, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-07-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregated-sentences consecutive-sentences federal-prisoner federal-prisoners habeas-corpus mandatory-parole mandatory-release parole parole-eligibility pre-SRA sentence-calculation sentencing sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation Does pre-Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA)--"old law" — parole statute 18 USC §42.06(d) mandating federal prisoners' lease on parole absent certain…
19-5093 Jason Ellis Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92…
19-5100 Matthew Karahalios v. United States First Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 28-usc-2255 armed-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-law firearms-statute predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation 1. Does unarmed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) serve asa predicate offense for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) of using …
19-5102 Dan Pizaro v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process federal-sentencing first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the life sentence imposed on 21 U.S.C. § 846 and § 841(a)(1) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) and § 851 must be reduced to twenty-five (25…
19-52 Alfred J. Walker v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-07-08 Denied Relisted (2) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-procedure federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in order to raise arguments that were foreclosed by binding (but erron…
19-41 Keith A. Tucker, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied circuit-split due-process economic-substance-doctrine judicial-doctrine judicial-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tax-avoidance tax-law tax-provisions May the judge-made "economic substance doctrine" be invoked to supplant any tax results that a court deems abusive, even when those results stem from …
19-5066 Jordon Louis Dongarra v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3161 constitutional-claims double-jeopardy due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction plea-agreement prisoner-rights pro-se speedy-trial statutory-interpretation 1) IF Your OriqNAl IndiCtmeNt is lAte ANd dismissed UNder 18 USC 316/A) qrantina the Ends oF Justice . Wher You Get A Second Irdictment When the First…
19-5078 Jamie Neil Capalbo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea physical-force reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which …
19-5087 Willie Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3559 categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing enumerated-list-of-offenses enumerated-offenses essential-nature federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federal-three-strikes-law prior-state-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-law 1. Whether the categorical approach permits a court to compare "the essence" of a prior state crime of conviction to the "essential nature" of a speci…
19-5039 Carlos Ortiz v. Delaware Delaware 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation j/.J ni>h +/-s,vf A*?C*UCtf£SyCi'O (p&aJuZ) /**> Jfa ;>&£> A> c**<?/}M^ Ctm^>/* y/t&ri; 2 Jj dtyf£4t4es dzpu-^/ OA^UC^ ?'/ >/ s!s»y/A^
19-5058 In Re Artur Tchibassa 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation extradition habeas-corpus harmless-error judicial-discretion jurisprudence savings-clause statutory-interpretation structural-error WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY REFUSING TO APPLY THE REYES-REQUENA/SAVINGS CLAUSE JURISPRUDENCE.
19-5061 Akeem Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-law-procedure fifth-amendment hobbs-act statutory-interpretation Whether the least culpable means of committing a violation under 18 U.S.C. 1951: conspiring to commit a Hobbs Act robbery, qualify as a "crime of viol…
19-5063 Jose Thomas Barriera-Vera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery attempted-crime criminal-law criminal-statute person-or-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether attempted armed bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) has as an element "the use . . . of physical force against the person or property of another,"…
19-5070 Carlos Lamar Mitchell v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 criminal-law criminal-statute demand-note intimidation physical-force physical-force-18-usc-924c3a sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113), which may be committed by unintentionally intimidating a victim or by presenting a teller with a demand note,…
19-16 Allen E. Peithman, Jr., et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) 18-usc-981 circuit-split co-conspirator-liability criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) authorize forfeiture imposed jointly and severally among co-conspirators, as the Sixth and Eighth Circuits have held, or…
19-5025 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 GVR IFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute firearm-possession firearms rehaif rehaif-v-united-states remand statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez 1. Whether the Court should grant the petition, vacate the judgment, and remand for further proceedings on Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) convicti…
19-5029 Frederick Tyrone Calhoun v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain equal-protection just-compensation private-property standing statutory-interpretation takings The Constitution requires the federal government to obtain an indictment and jury verdict before imprisoning a person. While on federal supervised rel…
19-5032 Tyrone Felder v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication adult-conviction adult-convictions career-offender criminal-history criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Whether New York youthful offender adjudications qualify as adult convictions for purposes of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines career offender provis…
18-9793 Timothy Dale Gould v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach criminal-law divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-crime Is 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is divisible for purposes of categorical analysis?
18-9812 Chavez Spotted Horse v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault bodily-harm bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-law dangerous-weapon statutory-interpretation weapon In 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(3), Congress has proscribed assault with a dangerous weapon. But this statute does not define "dangerous weapon," so the courts …
18-1589 James Doyle Collins, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-06-27 Denied contraband contraband-possession criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-possession criminal-procedure destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction intent intentional-possession mens-rea possession possession-law statutory-interpretation Whether the act of an accused to delete or destroy contraband constitutes a "knowing or intentional possession" of the contraband.
18-1593 Jose Gracia-Cantu v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response Waived aggravated-felony circuit-split collateral-consequences crime-of-violence criminal-law-sentencing criminal-sentencing due-process immigration immigration-consequences mootness retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred as a matter of law in holding that Petitioner's conviction for unlawful entry warranted an…
18-1581 Michael Lowry, Robert Mulgrew, and Thomasine Tynes v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied 18-usc-1623 ambiguous-questioning ambiguous-questions bronston-rule bronston-v-united-states false-declaration false-statements grand-jury grand-jury-testimony literal-truth perjury perjury-statute prosecutorial-questioning statutory-interpretation Can responses to fundamentally ambiguous questions - or literally truthful answers to unambiguous questions - constitute "false declarations" before a…
18-9805 Keith Wayne Carver, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-device circuit-split criminal-law legislative-intent loss-amount sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation usability 1. Whether the statutory phrase "can be used" contained in the definition of "access device" at 29 U.S.C. § 1029(e)(1) requires the Government prove u…
18-9809 Willie Strong v. New York New York 2019-06-26 Denied IFP automobile-presumption burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions possession reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation statutory-presumption When is evidence sufficient to render the "Automobile Presumtion" N.Y. P.L. §265.15 (3)(a) inapplicable? Does the N.Y.P.L. §265.15 (3)(a), violates t…
18-9780 Christopher Hannigan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3551 component-parts criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judgment judgment-parsing judicial-discretion rule-32 sentencing sentencing-rules statutory-interpretation Does the language of Rule 32(k) and 18 U.S.C. §3551 allow for the court to parcel the judgment into component parts?
18-9781 Adam J. Winarske v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states preponderance-of-the-evidence preponderance-standard residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation Following the Supreme Court's decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), whether 28 U.S.C. § 2255 requires a Johnson petitioner to …
18-9782 Carlous Lindell Daily v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c constitutional-rights crime-of-violence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Johnson johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states resentencing sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum USSG-4B1.2 (1). Whether The Lower Court(s) Erred In Concluding That Petitioner Did Not Suffer Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel At His Resentencing On Appeal …
18-9796 Anthony Bernard Jimerson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP acca career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance-offense mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "controlled substance offense" as defined in U.S.S8.G. § 4B1.2(b) …
18-9762 Kwame A. Insaidoo v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied IFP 18-usc-666 5th-amendment 6th-amendment circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process federal-benefit jury-determination jury-trial second-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred, in violation of U.S. Const. V and VI, when it held that the government need not prove to a jury the…
18-9772 William Jerome Howard, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 cocaine-possession controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-drug-offense florida florida-drug-law mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Drug offenses in Florida are unlike most states insofar as in Florida, the prosecution does not have to prove a defendant knew the illicit nature of a…
18A1351 Janice Stevenson v. TND Homes I LLC Massachusetts 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete certiorari constitutional-challenge extension-of-time pro-se statutory-interpretation supreme-court Question not identified.
18A1352 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act chevron-deference criminal-enforcement machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1561 Armament Services International, Inc., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-923-f-3 de-novo-proceeding due-process federal-firearms-licensing firearms-licensing gun-control-act standard-of-review statutory-interpretation statutory-review statutory-safeguards third-circuit willful-violation willfulness 1. Whether the Third Circuit applied an improperly deferential standard of review in a de novo federal firearms licensing proceeding under 18 U.S.C. §…
18-1564 LAJIM, LLC, et al. v. General Electric Company Seventh Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied citizen-suit consent-order environmental-law federal-court-discretion federalism imminent-and-substantial-endangerment injunctive-relief rcra-citizen-suit resource-conservation-and-recovery-act state-consent-order statutory-interpretation Petitioners are private attorneys general who brought a Congressionally authorized Citizen Suit against Respondent under the Resource Conservation and…
18-1566 Charles D. Scoville v. Securities and Exchange Commission Tenth Circuit 2019-06-21 Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure criminal-prosecution dodd-frank-act due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-reach extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction sec-enforcement securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-law securities-regulation statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Section 929P(b)'s jurisdictional amendments conferred substantive extraterritorial reach upon Sections 10(b) and 17(a) in SEC enforcement acti…
18-9737 Laquan L. Kellam v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-rights expert-witness-testimony fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-rights fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-rights fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights procedural-error search-and-seizure sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-rights statutory-interpretation warrantless-arrest 1. DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ABUSE ITS DISCRETIONARY, BROADLY-BASED AUTHORITY OF INTERPRETATION, THUS, VIOLATING PE…
18-9739 Timothy Paul Malone v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility application-note application-note-2 chapter-5 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation offense-level sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Whether the lower court has misconstrued and misapplied U.S.S.G. Chapter 5, Part A, Application Note 2 by failing to limit the offense level to a l…
18A1315 United States v. Dominic Ladale Walton Fifth Circuit 2019-06-20 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act burglary intent-element sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Question not identified.
18-9705 Leonard Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appellate-review certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Should the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals have issued a Certificate of Appealability in the instant case to resolve an open question in the Sixth Circ…
18-9723 Jennifer Cardenas v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment due-process false-statements indictment indictment-specificity jury-instruction statutory-interpretation variance visa-fraud 1. Whether an indictment charging visa fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) or other crimes involving "false statements" must specify the allegedly false s…
18-9726 Lorenzo Hale v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-19 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-statute felon-in-possession firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea prior-occasion recent-past state-lines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g ) authoriz es conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there i…
18-9734 Hector Dominguez-Gabriel, aka Kinko, aka John Richard Bellefleur v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE LOWER COURT(S) ABUSED ITS DISCRETION WHEN IT DENIED APPELLANT SECTION 3582(c)(2) RELIEF?
18-9735 Carlton Darden v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing dillion-v-united-states district-court-authority due-process evidence judicial-discretion judicial-review new-evidence offense-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-adams ussg-1b1.10 Does 18 USC 3582(c)(2) after Dillion give a district corut authority to make additional finding as to offense conduct attributable to a defendant base…
18A1336 Robert Rang v. United States First Circuit 2019-06-19 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-law physical-contact rule-of-lenity sexual-activity statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1552 Henry P. Alfano and William Hird v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-19 Denied Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federalism mail-fraud property property-rights statutory-interpretation traffic-tickets unadjudicated-charges unadjudicated-tickets wire-fraud Does the potential for collection of fines and costs which may become due to the state from unadjudicated traffic tickets, on which there has yet been…
18-9696 Jerry Louis Hughes v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § …
18-9699 Jose Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability I. In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) …
18-9707 Blair Cook v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-06-18 GVR IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-rights due-process facial-challenge facial-vagueness fifth-amendment rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation threshold-question vagueness vagueness-doctrine The underlying question presented is: Whether § 922(g)(3) is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. This involves a…
18-9673 George Djura Jakubec v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery hobbs-act legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-9679 Gary Raymond Harvey, et ux. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP in conflict with Chevron and Section 6325(f)(2) administrative-law administrative-procedure chevron-deference irs-fiduciary-duty irs-lien lien-validity limitation-period statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tax-debt tax-lien-reinstatement-validity tax-procedure Congress enacted the Release of lien or discharge of property Act, 26 U.S.C.A. § 6325 (f) (2); Public Law 115-281, approved 12/1/18, to inform both th…
18-9681 Tracey Godfrey v. United States District Court for the District of Montana Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment montana-supreme-court sentencing statutory-interpretation MONTANA SUPREME COUT IMPOSOD A 10 VEAR SONTENCE DURSUANT D0 MCA 46-18-SO2. ON OCT 16T LO13 TH8 21ST JUICDAL DITRICT COURT, RAMAI CO.MT., IMPOSED A GO …
18-9684 David Prien-Pinto v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process federal-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § …
18-1546 Century III Mall PA LLC v. Sears Roebuck & Co. Third Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied 9-usc-10a4 arbitration-award arbitration-review arbitrator-authority binding-arbitration civil-litigation contract-interpretation contractual-rights dispute-resolution judicial-restraint lease-valuation prudential-restraint scope-of-authority statutory-interpretation While courts exercise prudential restraint when considering whether to vacate an arbitration award under 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4) ("where arbitrators excee…
18-1547 Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. v. Shawn Jensen, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-14 Denied 28-usc-636 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-litigation constitutional-violation federal-court-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rights magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-selection magistrate-jurisdiction prison-litigation-reform-act prospective-relief statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Circuit—in direct conflict with the Seventh Circuit—erroneously fail to recognize that 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) precludes the parties from …
18-1539 Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Guillermo Robles Ninth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Amici (5) accessibility ada ada-title-iii americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-split civil-rights digital-accessibility disability-discrimination mobile-app-accessibility mobile-application public-accommodation statutory-interpretation website website-accessibility Whether Title III of the ADA requires a website or mobile phone application that offers goods or services to the public to satisfy discrete accessibil…
18-9646 Max Edward Webb v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9653 Todd Ricks v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was a basis for enhancing his sentence, but fails to show th…
18-9661 William Kostopoulos v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-nexus law-enforcement mens-rea misdemeanor obstruction-of-justice statutory-interpretation WHETHER A DEFENDANT'S GENERAL DENIAL TO STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT HE COMMITTED A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE FEDERAL NEXUS…
18-9633 Manuel Gonzalez-Reyes v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection gender-discrimination immigration marital-status morales-santana-precedent statutory-interpretation (1) Will the distinction drawn within the former Section 1432(a)(3), based on marital status and the gender of his father violate the equal protection…
18-9637 Robert Travis Jenkins v. Kansas Kansas 2019-06-12 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights compliance-burden constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-regulations judicial-review jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation [I] On appeal, Jenkins contendsthe verdictshould be set aside because the prosecutor antialevidence. The inquiry advances in three staqes. If these st…
18-9643 Herichie Paul v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), where the text and legislative history demand the categorical approach, is unconstitutionally…
18-9645 Victor J. Black v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-06-12 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP appeals civil-procedure due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1530 Enplas Display Device Corporation v. Seoul Semiconductor Company, Ltd. Federal Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-271(b) extraterritoriality global-tech global-tech-appliances induced-infringement inducement microsoft-v-att patent-infringement presumption-against presumption-against-extraterritoriality rjr-nabisco statutory-interpretation Whether, in view of the presumption against extraterritoriality, a foreign defendant's foreign sales of components to a foreign company qualifies as i…
18-1531 South Carolina v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-11 Denied Amici (1) administrative-law civil-procedure department-of-energy environmental-law environmental-policy federal-jurisdiction nuclear-energy ripeness separation-of-powers standing standing-doctrine statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred in holding that South Carolina lacked standing to ch…
18-9592 Gene T. Favors, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan 2019-06-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure takings Question not identified.
18-9582 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights due-process employment-conditions federal-preemption federalism government-regulation labor-law labor-relations labor-rights national-labor-relations-act statutory-interpretation workplace-governance Are "terms and conditions of employment and working conditions" as defined by The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), subject matter left to free peo…
18-9584 William Earl Miller v. Arizona Arizona 2019-06-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment forfeiture fourteenth-amendment statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Arizona Revised Statutes, section 13-2313, violates the due process clause under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Cons…
18A1274 Nexus Services, Inc., et al. v. Donald Lee Moran, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-07 Presumed Complete attorney-fees civil-procedure fee-shifting prevailing-party statutory-interpretation voluntary-dismissal Question not identified.
18-9562 Shawn Michael Simms v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process illegal-sentence pennsylvania-courts post-conviction-relief post-conviction-relief-act sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio Ground I. Did the Pennsylvania Courts err in 'denying the instant Post Conviction Relief Act Petition for failing to recognize that the P.C.R.A. statu…
18-9563 Cody Shane Sorrels v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sentencing-determination sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-18-usc-3553 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum 1. Whether district courts may determine without the aid of a jury that a sentence above the statutory minimum is "not greater than necessary " to ach…
18-9574 Fayez Abu-Aish v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 21-usc-846 conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-intent distribution drug-distribution mcfadden-precedent specific-knowledge statutory-interpretation Whether the Government must prove that a defendant had specific knowledge of a controlled substance identified as XLR-11 in order to convict the defen…
18-9575 In Re Phillip Love 2019-06-06 Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-power federalism interstate-commerce jurisdiction necessary-and-proper-clause statutory-interpretation 1. Can the federal government punish felonious crimes under the constitutional Interstate Commerce Clause within the 50 compact states of the Union? …
18-9539 Keenan Brown v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2019-06-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-jurisdiction retaliation standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment whistle-blower Did the Illinois Northern District Court erred its decision by not properly exercising Rule 56 Summary Judgment with all evidence being examined as a …
18-9531 Lan Deyerle v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia 2019-06-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-rules -er4 I) f e cL2L)rt L V)u' re( 4-
18-1511 Ajay S. Ahuja v. United States Second Circuit 2019-06-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-law article-iii-standing civil-penalties controlled-substances-act opioid-epidemic record-keeping-requirements rule-of-lenity standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 21 U.S.C. § 842(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Controlled Substances Act permit the United States to impose a fine for each and every technical violation of …
18-1501 Charles C. Liu, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Judgment Issued Amici (19)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) agency-enforcement disgorgement equitable-relief judicial-review kokesh-v-sec lower-court-precedent penalty sec-enforcement securities-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Securities and Exchange Commission may seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as "equitable relief" for a securities law violation even…
18-9472 Reginald Donell Rice v. Carey D. Cockell, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied IFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-question due-process federal-law federal-question jurisdiction precedent standing statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions A UNITEA STATES COURT oF APPeaLS has dECided an imPOrtant question of Federal Law that hasnot beent,but should be setled hy this CouRT, And has decide…
18-9520 Alan Bartlett v. Susanna Pineda, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona 2019-06-03 Dismissed IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure electronic-surveillance fourteenth-amendment-due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure legislative-authority search-and-seizure state-constitution statutory-interpretation unlawful-search warrantless-search Whether in light of Coolidge vs. Judge Susanno C Pineda for the State of Arizona abused discretion denying Bartett's motion to suppress Petitioner arr…
18-9522 Renee Lopez-Galvan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-9482 Jorge J. Rubio v. Tina Raburn, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-31 Dismissed IFP 28-usc-1291 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation I WherTher A FederAl CourT OF APPeAs hAs JurIsDIcTiOn Under U.S.C.28 32lo7 To Review An order denting LeAVe To Proceed in FormA PAuperis under SecTion…
18-9499 Chad Austin v. Timothy Stewart, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bureau-of-prisons civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-review retroactive-application sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-bar 1.) Hows Can the Bureay of Prisons make petitioners Federal Sentence, when petitioner was sentenced on 11/iz/1999 under manttory sentencing Gidelines"…
18-9501 Bruce Mayo Ennis v. Nevada Nevada 2019-05-31 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
18-9457 Edwin D. McMillan v. Ron Rackley, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-05-30 Denied IFP 28-u.s.c.-2244(d)(1) 28-usc-2244 constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure habeas-corpus state-impediment statutory-interpretation DOES STRICT CALCULATION OF TIMELINESS AFTER FINDING OF EXTRAORDINARY CURCUNSTANCES CREATED BY A STATE IMPEDIMENT TO FILING 28.U.S.C. SECTION 2244(D)(1…
18-1493 Brittany Montrois, Class of More than 700,000 Similarly Situated Individuals and Businesses, et al. v. United States District of Columbia 2019-05-30 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-record agency-action chenery-corp civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-return-preparers user-fees voluntary-act I. Whether a U.S. court of a ppeals can explicitly decline to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedent requiring a voluntary act and a "special benefit" fo…
18-1489 Curtland H. Caffey, et al. v. Brenda K. Bowers, Chapter 7 Trustee Sixth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied automatic-stay bankruptcy-estate chapter-7 civil-procedure civil-rico good-faith good-faith-defense property-of-estate rico rico-action statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a state RICO action for injuries to a Chapter 7 debtor that arises five years after the filing of the Chapter 7 petition is property of the…
18-9460 Quentin Perry v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. Does the judicial determination of crimes "committed on occasions different from one another" under the Armed Career Criminal Act violate the Sixth…
18-9466 Paulito Govea-San Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-law disability senior-victim sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-2l1.2 statutory-interpretation stokeling-precedent stokeling-v-united-states texas-robbery ussg-2l1.2 Whether, after Stokeling v. United States, _U.S._, 139 S.Ct. 544 (2019), the Texas offense of robbery by inflicting injury against a senior or disable…
18-9467 Koran McKinley Allen v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-2113a-d 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G.…
18-9468 Melvin Bonnell v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 capital-conviction capital-punishment federal-habeas habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect magwood-v-patterson nunc-pro-tunc second-or-successive statutory-interpretation Whether, when a state court enters a nunc pro tune judgment to attempt to cure a jurisdictional defect in a capital defendant's conviction, the first …
18-9469 Paul Melvin Watson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-4a1.2 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u-s-s-g-4a1-2 Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § …
18-9432 Joseph Frank Rowe v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-crime Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § …
18-9431 William Maurice Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018? If so did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals fail to apply Griffith …
18-9436 William Edward Branham v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada 2019-05-28 Denied IFP criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Under the new constitutional rule of retroactivity established in Montgomery v. Louisiana and clarified in Welch v. United States, is a state court re…
18-9439 Danea M. Addison v. Indiana, dba Family and Social Services Administration Seventh Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction medicaid standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9444 Gregory Greer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-28 GVR IFP 922(g) 924(a)(2) commerce-clause congressional-authority criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez 1. Whether—in light of intervening authority in United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)—Congress may rely on Scarborough v. United States, 431 U.S…
18-9411 Steven Douglas Rockett v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied IFP beyond the objective meaning of those words misconstrued the plain language of the statute an child-pornography constitutional-overbreadth constitutional-vagueness definitional-overbreadth definitional-vagueness dost-factors due-process judicial-construction lascivious-exhibition ninth-circuit-precedent overbreadth statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the judicial construction of "lascivious exhibition" of the genitals or pubic area of a minor in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) to include consider…
18-9413 Hozay Royal v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appeal-deadline appeals civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadlines mail-filing notice-of-appeal postmark statutory-interpretation time-computation time-limits A. Does the thirty-day period under 28 U.S.C. § 2107 and Fed.R.App.Proc. 4(a) (1) (A) allow for the notice of appeal to be filed in the United States …
18-9420 Le'Ardrus Burris v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-statute divisibility divisibility-analysis felonious-assault mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states ohio-law ohio-revised-code-2903a sixth-circuit state-v-harris statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit's divisibility analysis ignores this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States, 579 U.S. __, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) and Oh…
18-9424 Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation 1. Does the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime ? The Court …
18-9425 Kevin Contreras v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-24 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(a) aggravated-assault criminal-law criminal-liability due-process equal-protection generic-offense interstate-movement physical-force recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-physical-force vagueness voisine-v-united-states I. Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault is equivalent to the "generic" form of that offense? II. Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v…
18-1468 United Mine Workers of America Combined Benefit Fund, et al. v. Andre M. Toffel, as Chapter 7 Trustee for Walter Energy Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response Waived 1992-plan-premiums anti-injunction-act bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-1114 circuit-split coal-act south-carolina-v-regan statutory-interpretation tax-assessment tax-validity 1. Whether the South Carolina v. Regan exception to the Anti-Injunction Act applies only in this Court and, if not, whether it applies only to litigan…
18-1474 Sunoco, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Amici (1) congressional-intent excise-tax federal-circuit renewable-fuels statutory-interpretation tax-credits tax-incentives tax-liability tax-system Whether the Federal Circuit properly held that tax credits operate as a reduction of tax liability rather than as a payment of taxes owed.
18-9394 Ward T. Evans v. Delaware Delaware 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutionality-of-statute criminal-law criminal-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-statute double-jeopardy due-process in-forma-pauperis indictment indictment-counts statutory-interpretation three-strike-rule three-strikes-law Whether Delaware's 11 Del. Crim. C. sec. 773(2) as it was written when Petitioner was charged and convicted, define three distinct and separate crimin…
18-9398 Ali Cisse v. New York New York 2019-05-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2511 circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-rights consent fourth-amendment mitchell-v-wisconsin privacy privacy-rights statutory-interpretation title-iii wiretapping wiretapping-consent Does knowledge of wiretapping establish "consent" to wiretapping under 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(c)?
18-9403 In Re Christopher Johnson 2019-05-23 Denied IFP 2255-motion 28-usc-2241 922g-offense binding-precedent circuit-precedent commerce-clause criminal-procedure erroneous-precedent federal-prisoner foreclosed-arguments habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a federal prisoner may file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in order to raise arguments that were foreclosed by binding…
18-9365 Jose Antonio Ramirez-Jaramillo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation statutory-range substantial-rights Whether an error in selecting the defendant's statutory range of imprisonment affects his or her substantial rights within the meaning of Federal Rule…
18-9375 Saleem Elamin v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia District of Columbia 2019-05-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment armed-robbery civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation the Assault w/a le ment of robbery 0.C. code arm in 22-2801 Can the statue 22-280/ charge thee goverament unarmes minumum Carrying Minimun offe nse 2 …
18A1209 Michael W. Gahagan v. Citizenship & Immigration Services Fifth Circuit 2019-05-22 Presumed Complete attorney-fees fee-shifting foia litigation-costs statutory-interpretation substantial-prevailing Question not identified.
18A1207 Michael Lee v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Presumed Complete armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause felony-robbery johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9360 Lazaro Veliz v. John V. Flournoy, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court void-for-vagueness 1. Whether the residual clause in 18 u.s.c. $924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness in light of this Court's decisions in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.…
18-9364 Javontae Tyree Street v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-21 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing mobile-structure nonpermanent-structure overnight-accommodation predicate-offense statutory-interpretation Whether breaking or entering a nonpermanent or mobile structure that is not adapted or used for overnight accommodation qualifies as the predicate off…
18-9351 Craig Bassett v. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-act court-rule due-process federal-courts federal-law respondeat-superior section-1983 separation-of-powers standing state-law statutory-interpretation Can a rule of court contradict an act of congress without violating due process of law guarantees? Can 42 U.S.0 Sect. 1983 be used to resolve the con…
18-1446 Lettie Sexton, ex rel. Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, et al. Kentucky 2019-05-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) beneficiary-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-regulations medicaid medicaid-benefits medicaid-program medical-coverage personal-liability standing state-agency statutory-interpretation statutory-right Whether 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(3) requires a state participating in the Medicaid program to provide a "fair hearing" to a beneficiary when coverage of h…
18-9318 Darnell Dunlap v. Michigan Michigan 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment griffin-v-illinois indigent-appellant right-to-appeal standing statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE STATE COURTS REFUSAL TO PROVIDE INDIGENT APPELLANTS WITH A COMPLETE COPY OF THE RECORD/TRANSCRIPTS FROM ALL PRE CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS …
18-9320 Domenick James Howard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach criminal-law due-process federal-crime federal-state-relations lockhart-v-united-states mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states ninth-circuit prior-conviction sentencing sexual-assault statutory-interpretation statutory-penalty WHETHER A PRIOR SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION SHOULD BE USED TO INCREASE THE STATUTORY PENALTY WHERE THE PRIOR STATE CONVICTION IS OVER-INCLUSIVE VIS-A…
18-9323 Donald Duhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is the residual clause definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague?
18-9324 Robert Gordon Johnstone v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-retardation ninth-circuit post-conviction-relief retrial-proceedings standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9325 Davion L. Jefferson v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-05-17 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c constitutional-rights crime-of-violence directed-verdict due-process jury-trial jury-trial-clause sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Did the district court violate the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Sixth Amendment's Jury Trial Clause when it directed a verdict on 1…
18-9330 Thomas Anthony Hammond v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender-guideline circuit-split criminal-justice criminal-law-sentencing due-process due-process-clause ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause federal-sentencing-guidelines robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The United States Court Of Appeals has entered a decision in conflict with the decisions of the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Seco…
18-9331 Nawaz Ahmed v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied IFP access-to-courts appeals appellate-review capital-counsel capital-habeas civil-rights collateral-review counsel-substitution due-process habeas-corpus judicial-proceedings mandamus right-to-counsel statutory-interpretation statutory-right Would it be violation of procedural & substantive due process and deprivation of right to meaningful, effective access to courts, if District Courts, …
18-9337 Ronnie Barnes v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law anatomical-definition anatomy back-injury civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights disability-rating due-process neck-injury permanent-disability-rating statutory-interpretation workers-compensation workers-compensation-act Does the term Back as used in the Award of June 0 1, 1982 include petitioners neck_ (a). Was the ruling of the WCAB (Board 's) On, Nov. 2,20 17, deny…
18-9340 Anes Subasic v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit No. 18-7047 make an error in denying my motion for a certificate of appealability and dismissing …
18-9301 Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that that confidential informant purc…
18-9302 Xing Lin v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-16 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness 1. Is the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) void for vagueness? 2. Should this Court hold petitioner's case for a ruling in United States v…
18-9280 Miguel A. Jusino, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP case-or-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9292 Timothy B. Fredrickson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-05-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal bail bail-appeal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion mandamus pre-trial-detention pre-trial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation What recourse is available to a defendant, when an appeal and mandamus enforcement of the ministerial and self-executing release on bail provision of …
18-1432 Nidal Khalid Nasrallah v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-15 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-review asylum deportation due-process immigration-law jurisdiction statutory-interpretation torture-convention withholding-of-removal Whether, notwithstanding Section 1252(a)(2)(C), the courts of appeals possess jurisdiction to review factual findings underlying denials of withholdin…
18-1434 United States v. Pablo Lovo and Joel Sorto District of Columbia 2019-05-15 Denied 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-1423 Paul E. Cooper v. United States Armed Forces 2019-05-14 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-867c article-i-authority court-of-appeals-for-the-armed-forces johnson-v-united-states judicial-review matter-of-fact matters-of-fact matters-of-law military-appeals-court-authority military-appellate-review military-law navy-marine-corps-court-of-criminal-appeals statutory-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces exceeded its statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 867(c) when it took action with res…
18-1430 ReDigi Inc., et al. v. Capitol Records, LLC, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived copyright copyright-law copyright-reproduction digital-distribution electronic-transfer exhaustion exhaustion-doctrine fair-use first-sale-doctrine reproduction-right statutory-interpretation 1. Under 17 U.S.C. § 109(a), is the acknowledged owner of a particular digital phonorecord lawfully purchased via electronic distribution under 17 U.S…
18-9248 Preston Phillips v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-offense indirect-force omission physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether an offense committed by indirect force, or by "any means" like an omission, qualifies as a "violent felony" under the Armed Careener Criminal …
18-9258 Bernard Roosevelt Shaw v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-challenge "Whether the lower court(s) erred in its interpretation as to the "vagueness challenge" of Section §924(c)(3)(B), and the meaning as to what is consid…
18-9266 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-14 GVR IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) categorical-approach conduct-based-approach constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Petitioners were convicted of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery and conspiring to possess a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence. The dis…
18-9271 Eteri Kholost, et al. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Second Circuit 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP consumer-reporting-agency due-process fair-credit-reporting-act federal-trade-commission interstate-litigation national-security reseller standing statutory-interpretation Must Real Page, Inc., in interests of national security define itself as a Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) and be responsible in that number under Fai…
18-9276 In Re Jesus Avila 2019-05-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure miscarriage-of-justice motion-recharacterization rule-60 rule-60(b)(6) standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE RE-CHARACTERIZATION OF JESUS AVILA'S PROPERLY FILED RULE 60(b)(6) MOTION CONSTITUTES AN IMPERMISSIBLE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
18-9245 Martin Paul De-La-Rosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation judicial-review methamphetamine section-2d1.1 section-4a1.1 section-4a1.2 sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Court of Appeals erred by not requiring the District Court to correctly apply the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Specifically, the sentencing cour…
18-1416 Adam Bereki v. Gary Humphreys, et ux. California 2019-05-13 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-fines penal-forfeiture restitution standing statutory-interpretation takings unjust-enrichment 1. Are sections §7031(a) and (b), of the California Business and Professions Code unconstitutional in effect or as applied? 2. Is disgorgement under …
18-1418 Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., et al. v. Akorn, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-05-13 Denied 35-usc-144 federal-circuit mandate non-obviousness obviousness-standard opinion patent-appeal patent-appeals patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board rule-36 statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 35 U.S.C. § 144's directive that the Federal Circuit "shall issue … its mandate and opinion" in all appeals from the Patent and Trademark O…
18-1412 Lewis-Jay Porter v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-state personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction The Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below. This Court, and all public offices, is defined under FRCP Rule 46) as…
18-9221 Barrington M. Hamilton, aka Jaame Amun Re El v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-claims debt-discharge due-process government-administration government-liability legal-procedure property-rights statutory-interpretation operation? Ans. No. The languagefound in Title 11 UScs$5a caxa) says "(a) A discharge in a case under this title [11 uscss 1o1 et seq.I (a) operates a…
18-9234 Rudy Mendoza v. United States Second Circuit 2019-05-10 GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process federal-procedure jury-determination second-amendment section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court united-states-v-davis vagueness 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague. (This question is presently before the Court in United States v. Davis, No. 18-431.) …
18-9197 Earl Moore v. Stephen Kallis, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence descamps-v-united-states due-process due-process-clause mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states retroactivity saving-clause section-2241 stash-house-robbery statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states Earl Moore Found himself in the sights of what has become known as a sting operation. That is, Moore was sitting at home in great need of resources to…
18-9218 Alexandro Gerandino-Aracena v. United States Third Circuit 2019-05-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii district-court due-process judicial-appointment judicial-appointments judicial-tenure non-Article-III-courts non-Article-III-judges presidential-appointment revised-organic-act separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tenure Virgin-Islands The Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands provides for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, 48 U.S.C. § 1612, and for the appointment of judg…
18-9185 Bobby Martin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-08 GVR IFP 18-usc-16 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent void-for-vagueness I. Whether reasonable jurors could debate whether Sessions v. Dimaya 188 S. Ct. 1204 (2018) and Johnson v United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015) invalid…
18-9195 Keith Walter Bullard v. Shane Jackson, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection index-of-authorities jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-certiorari standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions expert related services, non-psychiatric, what is the threshold determination to be made, and what does that consist of?
18-9154 Jeffrey William Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-criminal constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions life-imprisonment life-sentence mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation ATEPTED CAPITAL CASE THE INSTRUCTON ANO GIVE IT IN THE PROPER FORM; CITEDIN) "WHALEY V. COMMONDEALh, 214 VA.353 (1973) AND IN " FI5hBACK v. COMMONWEG…
18-9161 Robert Leonard Wood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review beckles-precedent beckles-v-united-states criminal-law johnson johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the Court should resolve the question left open by Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886 (2017), that continues to divide the courts of app…
18-9184 Michael B. White v. Collene K. Corcoran, Trustee, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-05-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506-c bankruptcy-code-11-usc-506(c) bankruptcy-conversion chapter-11 chapter-7 debtor-in-possession debtor-recovery debtor-rights preservation-costs recovery statutory-interpretation trustee-duties Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals err when it determined that a Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession loses all rights to recover under 11 USC 506(c) upo…
18-1401 David D. Peterson v. Linear Controls, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2019-05-07 Granted CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) adverse-employment-action circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-act eeoc employment-discrimination employment-practices statutory-interpretation terms-conditions-privileges title-vii workplace-discrimination Are the "terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" covered by Section 703(a)(1) limited only to hiring, firing, promotions, compensation, and le…
18-1396 Dereck Pelletier v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Arkansas 2019-05-06 Denied Response Waived criminal-law double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment multiplicity retroactivity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution A citizen of another state received a three-hundred-year sentence for sending, in one transaction, a single computer file containing thirty (30) image…
18-9138 Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Timothy J. Corrigan, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-9142 Joshua Neil Harrell v. California California 2019-05-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. Did the insefient ecod fal to stalish a Kowing, whiver of attelhints to Amerament right and Voluntaly andVor was Structural revessible enor coussel…
18-9148 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. James T. Blomo Arizona 2019-05-06 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-rules due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pro-se standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether or not the Honorable Margaret Mahoney Should had issued Civil Procedure, Rule 7, to reply to Defendant/Appelles Motion to Dismiss, as a minima…
18-9100 Corry Mency v. Florida Florida 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington blakey-v-washington constitutional-due-process criminal-procedure due-process judicial-factfinding jury-trial jury-trial-right sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum trial-judge Mr. Mency contended Florida Statutes (2004) section 775.084(3)(a)6 was unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey and Blakey v. Washington as appli…
18-9119 Kirby Gardner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody-control double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause evidence full-faith-and-credit-clause full-faith-credit judicial-review liberty-interest parole prosecution re-imprisonment retrospective-forfeiture statutory-interpretation #1: WHETHER THE FULL,FAITH, CREDIT CLAUSE : DOUBLE JEOPARDY CLAUSE PROHIBITS THE STATE OF TEXAS FROM REPROSECUTING : REIMPRISONING MODI SON JO I SO YH…
18-9124 Garland D. Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure illegal-sentence judicial-jurisdiction restitution rule-35 sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation title-18 DOES JURISDICTION EXIST TO CORRECT AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE AT ANY TIME.
18-9135 Joseph Malcomb v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-05-03 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing felony-classification judicial-discretion judicial-review legislative-amendment legislative-changes offense-gravity-score sentence-modification sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Was the Petitioner entitled to a sentence Modification / Reduction of (10) years when the (O.G.S.) offense gravity score was changed from Felony (1) t…
18-1384 Joseph D. Bradley v. Alco Oil & Gas Company, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-959(b) diversion-of-funds exclusive-in-rem-jurisdiction federal-equity-receiver federal-freeze-order federal-receivership fund-diversion in-rem-jurisdiction in-rem-jurisdiction-28-usc-754 midlantic midlantic-decision notice-to-parties state-agency state-agency-regulation statutory-interpretation summary-proceedings 1. Whether a State agency, with notice that certain defrauded investor funds on account at a bank are subject to 28 U.S.C. § 754's exclusive in rem ju…
18-1374 Chris Ann Jaye v. Oak Knoll Village Condominium Owners Association, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights controlling-law due-process erickson-v-pardus federal-courts federal-question interlocutory-appeal pleading-standard pleading-standards statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Is the Third Circuit acting in opposition to controlling law (Erickson v. Pardus, Johnson v. City of Shelby) and different from other circuits by impl…
18-1381 Supply Pro Sorbents, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response Waived advertising-space circuit-split commercial-availability fax-advertisement fcc-commentary incidental-advertisement ninth-circuit regulatory-interpretation seventh-circuit standing statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act Did the Ninth Circuit err by following FCC commentary to hold that an "'incidental [fax] advertisement' 'does not convert the entire communication int…
18-9066 Peter B. Rojas v. Jay Lane, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied IFP does 42 U.S.C. § 2254 (e) obviate the need for fe 42-usc-2254 constitutional-provisions due-process federal-hearing habeas-corpus state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court undeveloped-facts Where the State Court conducted a hearing and the party was "denied due process of law in the proceeding', does 42 U.S.C. § 2254 (e) obviate the need …
18-9092 Juan Lopez-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-state-statute immigration permanent-resident removal-order state-court-decisions statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts applying the categorical approach must rely on state court decisions that establish the elements of state court statute of conv…
18-9104 Kurt Zamor v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT FAILED TO PROPERLY APPLY TITLE 18 U.S.C. SECTION 922(e) IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE EVIDENCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLIS…
18-9105 Samuel Eugene Geddie v. North Carolina North Carolina 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-crimes alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states court-of-appeals criminal-classification criminal-law due-process north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY HOLDING THERE ARE "NO AGGRAVATED CRIMES", SUCH AS AGGRAVATED COMMON LAW ROBBERY, IN NORTH CAROLIN…
18-9112 Daniel Bronson v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation Un-1 -oj-e5 CJou - ' Appeals uj cks ckrad cic Jou1 ik -kis
18-9040 Valerie Arroyo v. Joseph Colbert, Jr., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied IFP 1985 1988 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 242? 18-usc-241-242 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1985 42-usc-1988 civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation-due-process-42-usc-1983-1 color-of-law constitutional-violation due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Did the lower tribunal, federal or state court, federal or state agencies, or employees' actions, conduct or interference were unconstitutional throug…
18-9057 In Re Miles Kaufman 2019-05-01 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Can The Respondent just not follow any and all Court Orders. Can just let an Indigent Mentally ill person rot in prison. Can The lower Courts do as …
18-9060 Bruce Wayne Harrison v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-599 criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto higher-sentence judicial-discretion pre-2011-sentence retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g-1b1.10 This Court provides that the Ex Post Facto Clause applies to any change in the law that creates a significant risk of a higher sentence, including cha…
18-9063 Tyrone Leonard James v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-05-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.…
18-9071 Jason Moody v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-05-01 GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process felon-in-possession felon-possession firearm-law firearms interstate-commerce knowledge-requirement mens-rea statutory-interpretation 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §924(a) provides for criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate commerce absent proof that they knew of thei…
18-9004 Vaughn S. Archer v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-advisement criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-trial sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation statutory-reduction trial-court-advisement (1) Whether Archer knowingly and voluntarily entered into a guilty plea where the trial court failed to advise him as to the potential application of …
18-9019 Lony Tap Gatwas v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied IFP aggravated-identity-theft circuit-split criminal-law felony mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in interpreting 18 U.S.C. § 1028A's prohibition on the "use" of another's identity without lawful authority as unambi…
18-1349 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit 2019-04-29 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-524 attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-crimes bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment criminal-law discharge-injunction discharge-violation discharged-debtor due-process fraud judicial-misconduct statutory-interpretation The motion to re-open was because of crimes (e.g. fraud) and judicial accessories-after-the-fact. Crimes are being committed not only by listed credit…
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" …
18-1346 Dale E. Kleber v. CareFusion Corporation Seventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied age-discrimination circuit-split disparate-impact employment-law griggs-doctrine griggs-precedent griggs-v-duke-power hiring-practices job-applicants national-economy smith-v-city-of-jackson statutory-interpretation Does the text of section 4(a)(2) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protect outside job applicants, as this Court held when interpreti…
18-8932 Vickie L. Sanders v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights drug-offense due-process due-process-clause equal-protection federalism recidivist-provisions recidivist-sentencing retroactive-reclassification sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. If a state retroactively reduces a felony drug conviction to a misdemeanor, can the government rely on that newly-reclassified misdemeanor convicti…
18-8999 Mark Richard Hillstrom v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-threat due-process elonis-standard elonis-v-united-states grand-jury harmless-error indictment intent mens-rea mental-state statutory-interpretation Whether, in light of this Court's holding in Elonis v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2001 (2015), that, to obtain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c), t…
18-1341 Jeffrey A. Robertson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights employee-benefit-plan employee-benefit-plans erisa erisa-venue-provision fiduciary-duty forum-selection forum-selection-clause participant-rights public-policy statutory-interpretation venue venue-provision Whether a private employee benefit plan's unilateral adoption of a forum selection clause that circumvents the venue choices that Congress granted pla…
18-1336 Walter P. Reed v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response Waived campaign-finance criminal-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture,statute-of-limitations,mail-fr criminal-prosecution custom-and-practice custom-and-practice,federal-mail-fraud,state-law,s due-process federal-law mail-fraud notice state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Whether Petitioner was denied due process by the "lack of notice" of (1) the federal prosecutors' hindsight interpretation of the phrase "unrelated…
18-1338 United States v. Joseph Decore Simms Fourth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied 18-usc-924(c) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law crime-of-violence criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-8963 Jose Cobian v. Illinois Illinois 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 730-ilcs-5-5-9-1-1 apprendi constitutional-challenge criminal-fines due-process guilty-plea sentencing southern-union-co-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. •-. has clarified that criminal fines are subject to the …
18-8975 Derran Smiley v. William Muniz, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto kidnapping kidnapping-enhancement one-strike-statute penal-code retroactive-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) WAS PETITIONER SMILEY WRONGFULLY CHARGED, CONVICTED AND SENTENCED WITH BREAKING A SPECIFIED STATUTE, (PC:607, GCD)), WHICH CHANGED THE LEGAL CONSEQ…
18-8977 Scott E. Schmidt v. Brian Foster, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-court-procedure clearly-established-federal-law clearly-established-law federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-review unreasonable-application wilson-v-sellers 1. Whether this Court should summarily reverse or, at a minimum, grant certiorari, vacate, and remand in light of Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (…
18-8983 Patrick Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8947 Michael-Francis Palma v. Harris County Appraisal Review Board Texas 2019-04-23 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process judicial-review procedural-due-process property-rights state-judiciary statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process NOTE: In order to simplify and facilitate the courts understanding, items highlighted in yellow and the chart contained herein concerns case #2. All o…
18-8953 Carol J. Morris v. Noel Francisco, Solicitor General of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-23 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction just-compensation standing statutory-interpretation takings veterans-benefits MUR OF HER ENTITLEM ENT TO JUST COMPENSATUOU: PUESUAUT TO.TITIE 28 USC 13.58, EMWENT DOMAW STATUTE (RE:MCAD V. CREOL JOHNENE MORRIS, TP13106, FUOO OCT…
18-8959 James Paul Arlotta v. McKesson Corporation, et al. Second Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied IFP 28-U.S.C administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts judicial-procedure pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation 1.)Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2403(a), may apply because neither the W.D.N.Y. federal district court, nor the U.S. C.A. 2dcir. certified to the U.S. Atto…
18-8965 Olusola Olla v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-knowledge criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference federal-courts investigative-standard jury-instructions mens-rea prosecutorial-evidence statutory-interpretation willful-blindness 1. Whether, in a criminal case where a statute requires proof of knowledge, the government may establish the requisite knowledge with evidence of a fa…
18-8973 Joshua Mitch Johnson v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2019-04-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process earned-sentence-credits fourteenth-amendment good-time-credits liberty-interest mandatory-language sentence-credits state-law statutory-interpretation wolff-v-mcdonnell Has the Petitioner been validly sentenced under §53.1-202.2 Code of Virginia, therefore being encompassed by this statute? Is the Petitioner one of "…
18-8909 David Lee Gentles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1385 constitutional-violation evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule illegal-search law-enforcement-limits posse-comitatus-act search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence Should a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 1385), serve as foundation for suppression of fruits of the resulting illegal searc…
18-8911 Gerald Humbert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-22 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 11th-circuit acca acca-serious-drug-offense armed-career-criminal-act certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense eleventh-circuit florida-statute florida-statute-893-13 mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-smith Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit should have granted COA as to whether petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offens…
18-8931 Tajie Coleman v. United States Second Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process elements-clause new-york-state-law physical-force robbery statutory-interpretation Whether the New York State offense of robbery "has, as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of an…
18-1331 William G. Bolton v. Department of the Navy Board for Correction of Naval Records Sixth Circuit 2019-04-22 Denied Response Waived 10-usc-1552 administrative-law administrative-review clemency courts-martial due-process legislative-history military-justice military-record-correction naval-board-authority record-review statutory-interpretation summary-court-martial 1. The scope of the authority of the United States Navy's Board for Correction of Naval Records ("Naval Board") to remove an unjust summary court-mart…
18-1328 Stephen Gilmore, et al. v. Neil R. Holland, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied administrative-law agency-regulation chevron-deference circuit-split cms-regulation emergency-medical-treatment emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act hospital-inpatient-care hospital-stabilization medical-care statutory-interpretation 1. Should the regulation issued by CMS, 42 C.F.R. § 489.24(d)(2)(ii), be stricken as contrary to the statutory language, which provides that the oblig…
18-8917 Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation (1):In light of MENDEZ V.KNOWLES,535 F3.d 973(9th Cir.2008)1 day late tiling of habeas pitition.and ditterentcoUrts:t may be more or less open to gran…
18-8886 In Re James Rodgers, Jr. 2019-04-18 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness. aggravating-circumstances criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection facial-unconstitutionality gang-relation-element jurisdiction legislative-intent statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness WHETHER ACTR NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, IS FACIALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF SECTION 13A-5-40(a), CODE O…
18-8890 Carl Lee Jones v. Willie Smith, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-treatment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transgender-rights medical Knee And Her Disease And medical Denial Tredtment The united states court of appedls has entered a decision in Conflict with the decision of …
18-8892 Carlos Hernandez Machin v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute due-process mandatory-minimum residual-clause samuel-johnson sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability is in conflict with this Court's precedent when reasonable jurists are current…
18-8901 Daniel H. Jones v. James F. Goodwin, Judge, Criminal Court for Sullivan County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-review sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation DID THE U.S. SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING THE PETITIONER'S ABSOLUTE RIGHT IN FILING AS WELL AS TO APPEAL HIS CIVIL ACTION IN FORMA PA…
18-1319 Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2019-04-18 Denied Response Waived bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims Should the 120 day deadline stated in 38 U.S.C. § 7266(a) for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims be equitably tolled where the …
18-8875 George E. Brown v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied IFP aedpa-time civil-rights civil-rights-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pipeline-analysis postconviction-relief retroactivity standing statutory-interpretation Question One: The 'Pipeline' Analysis Should Be Expanded To New Law That Applies To Postconviction Claims Where The Resolution Of The Postconviction …
18-8879 Olusola Arojojoye v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction jurisdiction restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) Does 18 Usc §3664(0) and USC H3742 give the district court jurisdiction to review a sentence which the restitution was calculated in violation of t…
18-8842 Michael Demon Nixon v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law-922g firearm-possession interstate-commerce mens-rea plain-error-review plea-agreement statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is …
18-8845 Abel Revill Ochoa v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied IFP ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-punishment death-penalty due-process federal-funding funding habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation procedural-standard statutory-interpretation (1) Whether, in light of Ayestas v. Davis, 138 S. Ct. 1080 (2018), a court applies an overly burdensome standard for funding under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f)…
18-8846 Silvio Lopez Cuellar v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-appeal sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights Does a defendant's plea agreement waiver of the statutory right of a sentencing appeal preclude appellate review of the sentence even where the distri…
18-8858 Aspen Warren v. Texas Texas 2019-04-16 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-unanimity manner-and-means murder murder-conviction state-criminal-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence IN A MURDER CASE WHERE UNDER STATE STATUTES A JURY NEED NOT BE UNANIMOUS AS TO MANNER AND MEANS AND ARE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE FROM THREE SEPARATE MANNER A…
18-1309 Booking.com B.V. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-04-16 GVR Amici (4)Relisted (3) administrative-law american-rule attorneys-fees civil-procedure civil-procedure-costs first-amendment government-fees government-litigation patent statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-registration Applicants for trademark registration dissatisfied with a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board can commence a civil action seeking de novo…
18-1314 Kimberly Meador, et al. v. Apple, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-16 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1332 access-to-courts certification-to-state-supreme-court civil-rights collision court-access distracted-driving diversity-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction-28-usc-1332 driver-distraction due-process erie-doctrine negligence product-liability smartphone-manufacturer-liability statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law 1. Has the court of appeals failed to exercise its mandatory diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 by refusing to make an "Erie guess" whether…
18-1299 Marie Gillispie v. Regionalcare Hospital Partners, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-retaliation at-will-employment circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-ruling civil-rights common-law due-process employment-law emtala emtala-statute free-speech medical-malpractice preemption public-policy-exception retaliation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent whistleblower whistleblower-protection I. Does the Precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals directly contradict United States Supreme Court precedent of Schindler Elevator Co…
18-1302 Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin Tenth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause 1. Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 …
18-1304 Richard Ashbaugh v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response Waived burrage-decision burrage-v-united-states collateral-review criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sentence-enhancement sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule In 2006, Petitioner Richard Ashbaugh pleaded guilty to distributing heroin, which, because of the "resulting-in-death" sentence enhancement contained …
18-8830 Julio Cesar De La Rosa v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process firearms mens-rea misdemeanor-crime-of-violence physical-force statutory-interpretation voisine-v-united-states I. Whether this Court's holding in Voisine v. United States, __U.S.__,136 S.Ct. 2272 (2016), that recklessness is consistent with the "use of physical…
18-8798 Brent Lynch v. Eddie Miles, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8799 Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank …
18-8733 Russell T. McElvain v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection federalism self-incrimination statutory-interpretation I. Can a state enact a statute that combines the use of older, established statates as the ways and means to commit the new statutes crimne, thereby e…
18-8745 Louis Alfred Piccone v. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure pa-rde-216 patent selling-v-radford administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-procedure patent patent-attorney-discipline professional-discipline reciprocal-discipline statutory-interpretation When underlying USPTO disciplinary proceedings are conducted according to regulations which abolish both 35 U.S.C. § 24's mandated discovery under the…
18-8752 Kulwant Singh Sandhu v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split criminal-law criminal-speech first-amendment free-speech harassment public-policy statutory-interpretation telecommunications telephone-harassment (1) Does 47 U.S.C. subsection 223(a)(1)(D) prohibit only the harassment caused by repeatedly ringing a telephone or does it also prohibit repeated ver…
18-8755 Matthew Ryan Murdoch v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-restrictions due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech liberty liberty-interest sentencing sex-offender statutory-interpretation Whether a lifetime prohibition on going to "locations where any form of pornography, sexually stimulating performances, or sexually oriented material,…
18-8773 Emmanuely Germain v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error essential-elements harmless-error jurisdiction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence uncharged-offense venue venue-error 1. Is the error of omission of an essential element of an offense from jury instructions rendered harmless by the sufficiency of evidence to support a…
18-8774 John Elvin Turner v. Nevada, et al. Nevada 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-exercise jurisdiction religious-freedom standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-1285 Gilbert P. Hyatt, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Amici (2) administrative-law mandamus manual-of-patent-examining-procedure patent-act patent-and-trademark-office patent-appeal patent-appeal-rights patent-appeals patent-examination patent-examiner patent-office patent-office-procedure patent-prosecution statutory-interpretation steinmetz-v-allen Whether MPEP § 1207.04 violates patent applicants' statutory right of appeal following a second rejection.
18-1284 Jennifer L. Wilson v. SunTrust Bank, et al. North Carolina 2019-04-09 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-hearing due-process judge judicial-discretion judicial-procedure jurisdiction north-carolina-constitution north-carolina-general-statutes procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation trial-court venue Did the Trial Court hearing of August 15, 2016, Judge Gregory R. Hayes presiding, violate Article VI Section 11 of the North Carolina Constitution; N.…
18-8738 Noe Machado-Erazo and Jose Martinez-Amaya v. United States District of Columbia 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-trial physical-force sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation I. Whether a state statute can be said to require the "use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of anoth…
18-8741 Francisco Frank Apodaca, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP association-in-fact corporation enterprise enterprise-definition guilty-plea individuals ineffective-assistance legal-entity rico rico-statute sentencing-error statutory-interpretation union 1. Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the "enterprise" definition of the RICO…
18-8749 Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision where the court neve…
18-8763 Terry Walker v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process judicial-fact-finding jury-finding jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining recharaterization sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1) Can a sentencing court consistent with the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution recharaterize a defendant's conviction into conduct th…
18-8719 Ciaran Paul Redmond v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-conflict criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal federal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jurisdictional-element jury-instructions jury-trial sentencing standards-of-review statutory-interpretation 1. A jury convicted petitioner of federal assault offenses under 18 U.S.C. § 113. Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit …
18-8726 In Re Stetory Calhoun 2019-04-08 Denied IFP alabama capital-offenses constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law death-penalty due-process gang-related-murder legislative-intent legislative-process statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER ACT NO. 92-601, AS ENROLLED, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, (CODIFIED AS SUBSECTIONS (15), (16), (17), AND (18), OF …
18-8729 Alan Kenneth Thompson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-claims constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-peter In light of United States v Peter, 310 F.3d 709 (11th C ir 2002), does the ambiguousness of the nature of the term "material" within Title 18 USC 2252…
18-1276 Andrew Levert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 28-usc-2255 appellate-court-split constitutional-law criminal-defendant district-court-judgment due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactivity second-or-successive-2255-motion second-successive-motion statutory-interpretation Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a…
18-1279 K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation District of Columbia 2019-04-08 Denied 29-usc-1303(f) appropriate-equitable-relief circuit-split disgorgement equitable-relief erisa erisa-title-iv fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-plan pension-plans statutory-interpretation Does § 1344(c) preclude disgorgement of profits from the Corporation as an appropriate equitable remedy under § 1303(f) for the Corporation's breaches…
18-1274 In Re Urvashi Bhagat 2019-04-04 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived 35-usc-101 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act bilski-v-kappos federal-circuit-discretion graham-v-deere graham-v-john-deere judicial-discretion patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent uspto-discretion Whether the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) abused its discretion by refusing to allow claims that passed every single requirement o…
18-8699 Marckenson Chery v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422b criminal-offense criminal-offense-element double-jeopardy fifth-amendment indictment sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) must identify the ''criminal offense'' element in order to meet the required nature of the …
18-8706 Donn Deveral Martin v. Texas Texas 2019-04-04 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure patent scotus-rules standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rules takings MUST BE SETASIDE? conviction oftthined from an perury Question daro. toes the scotus precednt still hold that aftaaid fom a warrntless pristected se…
18-8695 Deontray Vershon Tate v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis…
18-8696 Cody R. Brown v. Louisiana Louisiana 2019-04-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8662 Howard Lawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-history-classification criminal-law due-process florida-criminal-law predicate-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner's prior aggravated assault under Fla. Stat. § 784.021 and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon pursuant to Fla. Stat. 784.045 qu…
18-1264 Ronald Clark Fleshman, Jr. v. Volkswagen, AG, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-02 Denied Response Waived administrative-law citizen-suit class-action-settlement clean-air-act defeat-devices emissions-standards epa epa-regulation state-implementation-plans statutory-interpretation vehicle-emissions vehicle-importation 1. Can the Environmental Protection Agency revise clear statutory terms of the Clean Air Act to allow the importation, sale, and use of motor vehic…
18-1265 September Ends Co., et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Sixth Circuit 2019-04-02 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse Waived circuit-split civil-procedure collective-bargaining erisa erisa-pension erisa-pension-obligations erisa-successor-liability federal-common-law labor-law pension-obligations state-law statutory-interpretation successor-liability takings What is the proper standard for successor liability for unpaid ERISA pension obligations?
18-1258 Enclarity Inc., et al. v. Matthew N. Fulton Sixth Circuit 2019-03-29 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) civil-procedure commercial-availability commercial-communication commercial-transaction communication-law due-process fax-regulation information-request standing statutory-interpretation telecommunications telephone-consumer-protection-act unsolicited-advertisement unsolicited-faxes Whether faxes that only request information and propose no commercial transaction with recipients are "advertisements" under the TCPA.
18-1260 Jessica Cooke v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied administrative-claims administrative-law circuit-split civil-procedure claim-filing common-law federal-tort-claims-act legal-procedure mailbox-rule standing statutory-interpretation Whether the common-law "mailbox rule" applies to claims brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a).
18-8600 Tony McLeod v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phones circuit-split criminal-evidence digital-forensics expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment internet-anonymity lay-testimony mens-rea rule-702 sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether using Cellebrite technology to download forensic digital evidence from a cell phone requires specialized or technical knowledge so that the…
18-8619 In Re Derrell L. Gilchrist 2019-03-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-924 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process first-step-act habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation CAN PETITIONER SEEK RELIEF PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C § 2241 TO ADDRESS CLARIFICATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C) IN THE FIRST STEP ACT OF 2O18.
18-8625 Jennifer N. Nere v. Illinois Illinois 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation constitutional-rights contributing-cause controlled-substances criminal-law drug-induced-homicide due-process illinois-supreme-court precedent reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant may be convicted under the Illinois drug induced homicide Statute when the use of the controlled substance was a "contributing c…
18-8632 Marcos Lopez-Guzman v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 appellate-review criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion plain-error retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-reduction,18-usc-3582,amendm sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Court of Appeals committed a clear error denying Appellant's two-level reduction pursuant to § 3582(C)(2) and Amendment 782;…
18-8634 Andrew A. Chavis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-robbery attempted-armed-robbery career-offender crime-of-violence johnson-ruling mandatory-guidelines post-Johnson pre-Booker sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER PRIOR CONVICTION IN ILLINOIS FOR ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY CATEGORICALLY QUALIFIES AS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE UNDER THE 4131.1 CAREER OFFENDER PRE-B…
18-8614 Leonard Dwayne Hill v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment atf-regulations civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction standing-issue statutory-interpretation 23 Year Long "Circuit split" is making 9Jxgj) Unconstitutional to my case.) The 23 Live Rounds of Ammunition Was Manufactured An Assembled In The (Sa…
18-8617 Kristen Patrick Doyle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeals circuit-court-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction legal-motion-type mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit err in its denial of Defendant - Appellant's Motion to be granted relief under the clari…
18-8545 Debra Ann Lohri v. Specialized Loan Servicing, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure bankruptcy civil-procedure due-process filing-deadline government-agencies mailbox-rule notice-timeliness procedural-technicality statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8584 Antwan Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-03-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-challenge criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statute due-process federal-indictment federal-jurisdiction mens-rea statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness title-21-usc-846 vagueness I. Count 1 Conspiracy Indictment is insufficient on its face because it omitted essential element(s) that the Government had to prove. (a). Is Title …
18-8549 Keith D. Goodman v. I. D. Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process facial-unconstitutionality fourth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus second-or-successive second-successive-petition standing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-statute In 2013, The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals declared Va. Code § 18.2-361(A), a state criminal statute under which Petitioner remains convicted, sente…
18-8536 Elmar K. Scott v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8537 Daniel Salinas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8528 Willie Robertson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act force-clause state-robbery state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Is a state robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" categorically a "violent felony"…
18-8530 Steven Dennis Young v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied IFP administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8489 Danny R. Moore v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-precedent mathis-decision retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's decision in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) should apply. Whether the Saving Clause Of § 2255 Applies to claim
18-8496 Anthony Swatzie v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 constitutional-decision criminal-defendant criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process federal-statute federal-statutory-provision habeas-corpus retroactive-constitutional-decision retroactive-relief retroactivity section-2255 sentencing silent-record statutory-interpretation successive-motion Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant pursuing a second or successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is entitled to relief under a…
18-8525 Robert Brian Winston v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-1233 Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., fka Fossil, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-03-22 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure intellectual-property lanham-act profits profits-award remedies statutory-interpretation trademark-infringement willful-infringement willfulness Whether, under section 35 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), willful infringement is a prerequisite for an award of an infringer's profits for a …
18-1231 Xiu Jain Sun v. Philip O. Ohene, et al. New York 2019-03-21 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation judicial-remedy jurisdictional-challenge legal-authority legal-confrontation mandamus mandamus-request mandarin-chinese-interpreter religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-powers spiritual-petition standing statutory-interpretation Lord god of host sent the messenger through angel said to spiritual Adam: "take him (her) to the law to confront it." (fE ftl?. (fli) ! Attorney for …
18-8486 Joel Marvin Munt v. Eddie Miles, Warden Minnesota 2019-03-21 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights department-of-corrections due-process filing-delay frivolousness habeas-corpus judicial-error mootness procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation Was it error to not consider the DOC's role in filing delays when ruling Writ of Habeas corpus moot? Did Court error by holding his petition was moot…
18-8507 Randall Jennette v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Third Circuit 2019-03-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1738 admiralty-law admiralty-maritime full-faith-and-credit maritime-contract relief-sought statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court Whether Tax Court, had subject mattter jurisdiction, under it's Admiralty/Maritime Jurisdictions. To grant Appellee, relief sought in the absence of …
18-8479 Alexander A. Fels v. Mitch McConnell, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-healthcare free-speech healthcare healthcare-policy insurance-regulation legislative-claims obamacare standing statutory-interpretation 1.) PRESIDENT THRU VE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO PARDON HIMSELF? 2.) IS PRESIDENT TRUMP SUBJECT TO SUBPOENA(S)? 3.) DID PRESIDENT TRUMP SELL CO…
18-8493 Jeremel Remymartin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-921 18-usc-922 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-firearm-statute criminal-law-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearms juvenile-delinquency juvenile-justice sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation youthful-offender WHETHER A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER CONVICTION CAN BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF A STATUTE UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) WHERE THE PREVIOUS ADJUDICATION WERE JUVENILE…
18-8497 Leslie Roy Lynch v. Idaho Idaho 2019-03-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings Are the Idaho Courts going to be allowed to violate U.S. Laws, or is the U.S. Supreme Court going to enforce U.S. Constitution Article I Clause 2?
18-1218 Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC, Litigation Trustee to the Greektown Litigation Trust v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-03-20 Dismissed bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-law Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes.
18-1223 Mario Villena, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2019-03-20 Denied Amici (1) 35-usc-101 35-usc-102-103 administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-test judicial-review patent-eligibility patent-examination patent-trial-and-appeal-board preemption section-101 statutory-interpretation uspto well-understood-routine-conventional Is the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (Title 5 U.S.C. § 706) somehow nonrelevant under Alice/Mayo, or does the Federal Circuit's refusal to addres…
18-1224 NuStar Energy Services, Inc. v. ING Bank N.V., et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-20 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) authorized-agent cimla commercial-instruments commercial-instruments-and-maritime-liens-act contract-law contract-relationships contractual-relationships federal-maritime-law maritime-law maritime-lien maritime-liens necessaries statutory-interpretation vessel-necessaries vessel-owner vessel-supplies Whether a party that physically supplies a vessel with fuel or other necessaries possesses a statutory maritime lien where the vessel owner or its aut…
18-8443 James F. Oliveira v. Patricia A. Coyne-Fague, et al. First Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process judicial-review jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation trial-procedure Question presented being important to administration of Criminal Justice. If the defendant James F. Oliveira had been granted his Speedy Trial, would…
18-8454 Carl Lynn Scott v. Jerry Goodwin, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction reasons-for-granting-writ standing statement-of-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Question not identified.
18-8456 Roberto Miramontes Roman v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied IFP 18-USC-924(c)(1)(A) acquittal conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy Double-Jeopardy-Clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-prosecution Firearm-Possession firearm-statute Prosecution state-court-acquittal state-federal-prosecution statutory-interpretation 1. Did it violate the Double Jeopardy Clause for the United States to prosecute Mr. Roman for the same offense and conduct for which he was acquitted …
18-8467 Abukar Osman Beyle v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings Did the Court Of Appeals create a Procedural Error, when it determined Petitioner, Abukar 0. Beyle, in a "Capitol Murder Case", did not make a claim t…
18-8469 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation The plain language of the crime of attempted enticement or coercion, pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), requires that a person under the age of 18 must b…
18-8472 James Allen Eapmon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act life-imprisonment mandatory-minimum sentencing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS DENIED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY CONCLUDED THAT IT WAS OBLIGATED TO IMPOSED. A STATUTORY MANDATORY MI…
18-8442 Marc Dutch v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment apprendi criminal-procedure indictment jury prior-convictions sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Given that the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi prohibit a sentencing judge from finding facts about a prior conviction, does 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)'s requ…
18-8447 Javis Wilson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-18 Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca acca-predicate armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-offense elonis-v-united-states mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-smith Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded in in finding. Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug - offen…
18-1209 Nicholas J. Bonacci v. Transportation Security Administration District of Columbia 2019-03-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure apa-section-706 chevron-deference chevron-doctrine due-process judicial-deference judicial-review statutory-interpretation Whether Sec. 706 of the APA is compatible with Chevron, or other deference models when a Court is faced with a significant question of statutory law. …
18-1211 NuStar Energy Services, Inc. v. ING Bank N.V., et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-18 Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) authorized-agent cimla commercial-instruments commercial-instruments-and-maritime-liens-act contract-law contractual-relationships maritime-law maritime-lien maritime-liens necessaries statutory-interpretation vessel-necessaries vessel-owner Whether a party that physically supplies a vessel with fuel or other necessaries possesses a statutory maritime lien where the vessel owner or its aut…
18-1214 Wilbur L. Ross, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-18 GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act apportionment-clause census-act census-citizenship-question census-data commerce-department commerce-secretary constitutional-authority constitutional-provisions district-court-injunction due-process equal-protection federalism judicial-injunction standing statutory-interpretation voting-rights-act Whether the district court erred in enjoining the Secretary of Commerce from reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 decennial census.
18-8395 Janet Sonja Schonewolf v. United States Third Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-sentencing prison-sentence prison-term rehabilitation sentencing-discretion sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-v-united-states The Sentencing Reform Act requires courts to "recogniz[e] that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation." 1…
18-8437 Garceia Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District I Wisconsin 2019-03-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights conviction-standards criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction jury-verdict standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-writ Whether the Wisconsin Supreme Court failure to grant a Wis.Stat.5(Rules) 809.71 Supervisory Writ to change Jurisdiction of cases 2013AP714 and 2012AP1…
18-8413 Francisco K. Avoki v. Carolinas Telco Federal Credit Union, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection creditor-notification due-process rescission rescission-right standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation three-year-period tila truth-in-lending-act truth-in-lending-act-tila Does a borrower exercise his right to rescind a transaction in satisfaction of the requirement of Section 1635 by" [N]oti±ring the creditor" in writin…
18-8417 Robert Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied IFP 18-usc-287 circuit-split criminal-law false-claim false-claims false-claims-act good-faith-defense knowledge mens-rea statutory-interpretation willfulness I. In a prosecution for filing a false claim against the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287, does the mens rea element require a showing of…
18-8419 Fabian Hernandez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision standard-of-review state-court-decision state-courts statutory-interpretation unreasonableness-test 1. Whether, in the face of a reasoned state court decision, a federal habeas court applies the unreasonableness test of 28 USC §2254(d)(1) to the spec…
18-8423 Willie White v. Justin Hammers, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2248 administrative-law application-granted civil-procedure court-order court-orders default-judgment due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default respondent-failure statutory-interpretation (1) Once Respondent failed to reply to the courtt orders on October 26,2017, should the application have been granted via 28: U.S.C. § 2248.
18-1190 DoctorDirectory.com, LLC, et al. v. Davis Neurology, P.A. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-13 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1446 article-iii federal-court jurisdictional-timing notice-of-removal other-paper removal removal-statute second-removal spokeo-v-robins standing state-court statutory-interpretation thirty-day-deadline Whether the thirty-day deadline for filing a notice of second removal from a state court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(3) can begin and expire in fe…
18-1177 Bradford G. Peters, as Executor of the Estate of Andrew J. McKelvey, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied administrative-law fair-notice internal-revenue-code judicial-gap-filling phantom-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-law-exceptionalism tax-regulation treasury-delegation treasury-regulations Whether, or under what circumstances, the Judiciary may enforce an ambiguous provision of the Internal Revenue Code by filling a statutory gap, when C…
18-8391 Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8393 Irma Ovalles v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied IFP categorical-approach constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), where the text and legislative history demand the categorical approach, is unconstitutionally…
18-8394 Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8359 Jarrett Terrell Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g-4b1.1 u.s.s.g.-4b1.1(a) Whether the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals committed error by sentencing the Petitioner as a career offender pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4B1…
18-8366 Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi…
18-8373 Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States First Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP court-officer-fraud criminal-conviction fraud fraud-by-officer-of-court hazel-atlas hazel-atlas-motion officer-of-the-court puerto-rico-territory second-or-successive-2255-petition second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction COULD A HAZEL-ATLAS MOTION BE USE TO ATTACK A CRIMINAL CONVICTION? MOTION UNDER HAZEL-ATLAS IS IT OR IS IT NOT A SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE §2255 PETITION? …
18-8333 Jorge Sosa v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 criminal-law due-process racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-crime violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering I. Whether a VICAR conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) can be sustained when a gang member commits a violent act that is unrelated to the racketeerin…
18-8339 Joshua E. Shepherd v. Jeffrey E. Krueger, Warden Seventh Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-prior-conviction acca-purposes constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue criminal-law due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts prior-conviction sentencing state-case-law state-courts state-statute state-statute-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based solely on another federal co…
18-8341 Louie M. Schexnayder, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9)IFP aedpa-deference judicial-federalism judicial-proceedings judicial-review pecuniary-interest prisoner-rights pro-se-petition pro-se-prisoners state-court-decision statutory-interpretation supervisory-power writ-application writ-applications Could jurists of reason debate whether to apply AEDPA deference to a state court decision arising out of a secret, thirteen-year-long policy to deny a…
18-8352 Lino Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3553(a)-factors 3582(c)(2)-motion amendment-782 amendment-782-788 criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentence-disparity sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w…
18-8355 Mario Chester Tabron v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP burglary burglary-element criminal-enhancement criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Fourth Circuit and the Middle district Of North Carolina (Greensboro) err in affirming the USSG 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) 4-Level enhancement without …
18-8318 Helen Thomasina Gardner v. Verizon Communications Inc. Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP breach civil-procedure defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-section-502 fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty health-insurance life-insurance participant plan-participant relief standing statutory-interpretation Do sections 502 (a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974(ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(2), and 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3) authorize a p…
18-8324 Johnny Madison Williams, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-8327 Robert Nathan Alm v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8329 Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A).
18-8330 Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8269 Alejandro Casillas Prieto v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 chapter-5-part-a criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range guidelines life-imprisonment notice offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the sentencing judge's oral pronouncement of the offense level 43 control? Is the sentencing judge require to give notice, to Chapter 5, Part A,…
18-8277 Trevor Ransfer v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 binding-precedent circuit-precedent crime-of-violence federal-appeals-court habeas-petition hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation successive-petition Should a three—judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals of the Eleventh Circuit's Order Denying A Second Or Successive habeas petition for re…
18-8302 Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8303 Thomas T. Alford v. Stephen S. Carlton, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federalism habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-8309 Darwin Zoch v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-interpretation armed-career-criminal-act due-process due-process,sentencing,acca,johnson-v-united-state habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to "affirmatively prove" that the sentencing court relied o…
18-8311 Ademolla Wahhed Adeyemi, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § …
18-8313 John Allen Newton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Is federal carjacking by intimidation not a crime of violence offense fails to require any intentional use, attempted use, or threatened use of violen…
18-8234 Jeremy Snider v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines advisory-sentencing-guidelines circuit-court-decision circuit-split cognizable-claims criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 federal-law federal-statute non-constitutional-claims post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether non-constitutional claims for sentencing relief grounded on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines can ever be cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
18-8267 Vincent Green v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP ACCA acca-offender armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure enumerated-offense o.c.g.a.-16-7-1 sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation PETITIONER'S SENTENCE AS AN ACCA OFFENDER MUST BE SET ASIDE, WHEREAS O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 IS NOT A VIABLE ENUMERATED OFFENSE PREDICATE, BASED UPON THIS C…
18-8272 Juliette Fairley v. Don Ford, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-circuit civil-procedure civil-rights disgorgement district-court diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals violate the 14th Amendment when it upheld Petitioner Juliette's dismissal which was based on the District Cour…
18-8281 Michael Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-intent criminal-law intimidation-statute leocal-v-ashcroft reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation Did, as the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits seemed to believe, this Court in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 (2000), add an addit…
18-8286 Marco M. Torres v. Michael S. Williams, Judge, Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Hillsborough County Florida 2019-03-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts florida-supreme-court judicial-power judicial-review separation-of-powers sister-circuit statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, Article 3, section 1, and 2, of the United States Constitution, on doctrine central to the federal courts structural independence consists…
18-1141 Sandra Brown v. New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medicine New Hampshire 2019-03-05 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency controlled-drug-act controlled-substances criminal-law enforcement-authority jurisdiction pharmacy-board regulatory-inspection separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in failing to find that the New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medic…
18-1150 Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-05 Judgment Issued Amici (34)Relisted (2) annotations copyright copyright-law government-edicts judicial-opinions legal-annotations official-code-of-georgia-annotated public-policy state-statutes statutes statutory-interpretation Whether the government edicts doctrine extends to—and thus renders uncopyrightable—works that lack the force of law, such as the annotations in the Of…
18-8236 Robert L. Bianchi v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 10th-amendment 28-usc-2244(d)(2) civil-procedure due-process federal-court federal-procedure filing-requirements habeas-corpus mass-rule-25(b)(2) motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reduction-in-verdict new-trial state-court state-court-requirements statutory-interpretation Whether the United States District Court/United States Court of Appeals violated the 10th Amendments of the United States Constitution when they creat…
18-8256 Mustafa Ahmad Naushad v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery judicial-discretion legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence violent-physical-force Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8260 Kenton Deon Harrell v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation takings This Court's holding and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(b) require a § 2255 court to conduct an evidentiary hearing unless the record and filings conclusively prove…
18-8265 Bradford D Vol Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-843b administrative-law auer-deference categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense notice-and-comment sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, without Congressional approval or a notice-and-comment period, may add a crime to the Sentencing Guideline definiti…
18-8266 Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-03-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate…
18-8209 Raymond Alford Bradford v. M. Marchak, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process healthcare judicial-precedent legal-interpretation mental-health ninth-circuit prisoner-rights prisoners-rights statutory-interpretation 507, 5a7 (I9Be) In Which the California CourT OF Appeal held tHat "state Priooners Presently have a statutory right absent a judicial determination th…
18-8211 Russell Berger v. James Gibson, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-03-01 Denied IFP ada civil-rights criminal-law disability discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-statute judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-safeguards standing statutory-interpretation 1) Can a persons height be a disability under Tithe II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42U.s.C.8 12102(1)(A)-(C)? 2) Can a "Strike" be access…
18-8222 Desi A. Lewis v. Virginia Virginia 2019-03-01 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation trial-court virginia-code Was the Trail Court in error when the Court therefore find that it is without jurisdiction to conduct a resentencing or modify the Defendant's sentenc…
18-8187 Kelley Toney v. David Stock, Warden Illinois 2019-02-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corrections-department due-process sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation supervised-release 1) Shoud A CONVcd PERN b FL ANishEd A SENENING? 2) Is A SENtence Not AuthoRizEd by StAtUte Void? 3) IS AN IPRPER SENtENCE in ViOLATiON OF UNiTESAtES…
18-8200 Tommy Earl Boone, Jr. v. Texas Texas 2019-02-28 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-law due-process legislative-intent official-discretion parole punishment-proportionality sentencing-discretion standing statutory-interpretation takings Assuming the Circuit Courts Application oF The June 15, 1989-Amended PArole Statute in Texas, By The 71 sT Legislature, strategicly Dismantling The SA…
18-1130 David W. Charron v. Glenn S. Morris, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-02-28 Denied Response Waived 11-usc-523 bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-procedure contempt contempt-sanctions debt-discharge discharge discharge-of-debts due-process intent non-dischargeable non-dischargeable-debt non-dischargeable-debts statutory-interpretation Whether contempt sanctions are per se non-dischargeable debts under 11 U.S.C. 523(a)(6)?
18-1131 United States v. Eric Quinn Franklin Ninth Circuit 2019-02-28 Dismissed accomplice-liability armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substances-act mens-rea serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether a state drug offense must categorically match the elements of a generic analogue offense, including with respect to the mens rea for any poten…
18-8149 Michael Achilles Fries v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-27 Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial free-speech fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the State have a Constitutional duty to bear the burden of proving that an error in enforcement in order to obtain a conviction, and/or a fair vo…
18-8164 Geoffrey W. Freeman v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Illinois 2019-02-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-application civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation vagueness Question not identified.
18-8128 Cynthia E. Collie v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct South Carolina 2019-02-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech frivolous-proceedings seventh-amendment standing statutory-interpretation I. Whether the revised South Carolina Frivolous Proceedings Act (SCFPA), S.C. Code § 15-36-10, is unconstitutional on its face and as applied and is a…
18-8135 Jerry Lee Williams, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-02-26 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process standing state-court-error state-law statutory-interpretation transcript-request trial-court-error 1. Was the clerk of court in error for not applying With LSA-R.S. 13:1885(A) andLSA-C.CR. P.Art.843? 2. Whether the clerkof court in error for not ad…
18-1116 Intel Corporation Investment Policy Committee, et al. v. Christopher M. Sulyma Ninth Circuit 2019-02-26 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) actual-knowledge breach breach-of-fiduciary-duty disclosure disclosure-requirements employee-retirement employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-statute-of-limitations fiduciary-duty limitations-period retirement-plans statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the three-year limitations period in Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. 1113(2), which runs from "the ea…
18-1097 SkyWest, Inc., et al. v. Andrea Hirst, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Amici (2) airlines discrimination dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption federal-statute interstate-commerce judicial-review preemption state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Is a state law exempt from the Dormant Commerce Clause merely because it does not discriminate against interstate commerce? 2. Is a state law exem…
18-1100 Wayne D. Ramsay v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure deficiency deficiency-interest interest internal-revenue-service jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax tax-court tax-law DOES THE U.S. TAX COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE DEFICIENCY INTEREST ASSESSED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE?
18-8076 Elijah Loren Arthur, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-1 18-usc-16 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Does 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) define only one crime, as held by the Seventh and Ninth Circuits, or two crimes, as held by the Sixth and Eighth Circuits? …
18-8093 John Ferreira v. Georgia Georgia 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP assault-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legislative-amendment legislative-deference statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did The State of Georgia err, and law violate the Fourteenth Amendment and Eighth Amendment by upholding Libel and Slander and Concludes that 'the Sta…
18-8095 Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER A CLARIFYING AMENDMENT UNDER UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHOULD APPLY RETROACTIVELY UNDER 18 USCS 3582(C)
18-8098 In Re Christopher Hanson 2019-02-22 Denied IFP due-process government-interference habeas-corpus pcra plea-agreement post-conviction-relief-act statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions timeliness WHETHER APPELLANT HANSON'S PCRA'S WERE TIMELY UNDER 42 Pa. C.S. § 9545(b) DUE TO GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE AND REFUSAL TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS. WHETHER AP…
18-8099 In Re Henry Lee Bryant 2019-02-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation At the end of Henry Bryant's direct appeal the government informed his appointed attorney (Sheryl Lowenthal) that the lead investigator had been disci…
18-8043 Victor Alanis v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c…
18-8051 Yeison Valencia Torres v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conflict-of-laws criminal-procedure drug-enforcement drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation The exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection, because there …
18-8055 Kevin Ventura v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-consideration jury-instructions jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Is Mr. Ventura is serving two life sentences imposed in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), bec…
18-8064 Fernando Luviano v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute document-falsification evidence federal-investigation obstruction-of-justice prosecutorial-standard statutory-interpretation Should this Court grant the petition for writ of certiorari to resolve the circuit split of whether 18 U.S.C. § 1519 requires the government to prove …
18-8069 Eric Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou…
18-8078 Elbert Walker v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation time-requirements trial-court-error void-judgment WHETHER THE BENNETT AND PURSUANT TO GEORGIA LAW/ STATUTE O.C.G.A.817-9-4 50 SEe RI/EY V.GARRETT, 219 GA.345,133 S.E.2d 367 (1463 AND GUTIERMEZ V.STATE…
18-1088 Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association Federal Circuit 2019-02-21 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test For over 70 years, the Court has used a common law patent eligibility test that deviates from the language and plain meaning of the patent eligibility…
18-1075 RPX Corporation v. Applications in Internet Time, LLC Federal Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-law inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-office-decision patent-review patent-review-procedure statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-objection Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) bars judicial review of the Patent and Trademark Office's decision to institute inter partes review where a patent holder's…
18-8010 Alimamy Barrie v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-retroactivity criminal-sentencing direct-appeal resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation A. Whether Under 18 U.S.C. S3582 (C) (2) should the Petitioner be eligible for a resentencing when two clariying amendments relevent to his case was e…
18-8025 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague vagueness 1. Is the definition of "crime of violence" in the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstit utionally vague, given the Court's holding in…
18-8026 Sergio Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the force cla…
18-7989 Manuel Guerrero v. N. C. English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in order to raise arguments that were foreclosed by binding (but erron…
18-7993 Ronald Bedford v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-1114 contractor criminal-law employee-status federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction government-contracts obstruction-of-justice official-duties postal-service statutory-interpretation trucking-contractor Whether an employee of a private trucking contractor that maintains a contract with the United States Postal Service ("USPS") to haul mail is a person…
18-7994 Daniel H. King v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons civil-commitment civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure custody-transfer district-of-columbia due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether someone serving a sentence imposed by the District of Columbia whose physical custody was transferred to the Bureau of Prisons is "in the cust…
18-7996 Emory Watkins v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-conspiracy residual-clause statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Whether the residual clause at 18 USC Sec. 924 ( c) (3) (B) is void for vagueness, a question that divides seven Court of Appeals? 2. Whether the…
18-1069 Diebold Foundation, Inc., Transferee v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied circuit-split commissioner-notice jurisdictional-issue second-circuit statutory-interpretation tax-appeals tax-court-jurisdiction tax-liability tax-notice tax-procedure tax-year taxable-year waiver 1. Whether the Tax Court lacks jurisdiction to consider and determine a liability for an incorrect taxable year when it does not have jurisdiction ove…
18-1070 Village of Lincolnshire, Illinois, et al. v. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 399, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-02-15 GVR employment-law federalism labor-relations labor-unions local-government municipal-ordinance national-labor-relations-act political-subdivision preemption right-to-work state-law statutory-interpretation union-membership Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act states that nothing in the Act "shall be construed as authorizing the execution or application of ag…
18-1072 James J. Macor v. United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2019-02-15 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 administrative-law analogous-art obviousness obviousness-standard patent patent-examination patent-law prior-art statutory-interpretation In making rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious, what standard should be applied in determining whether prior art is "analogous," and, if the…
18-7939 In Re Daniel Eric Salley 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus patent standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-powers Whether the district court failed to Perform it's ministerial duties pursuant to 28 U.S. C. 3636()()(Band(), and Fed,R. Civ. P 6(a) by not Computing T…
18-7961 David Martinko v. New Hampshire New Hampshire 2019-02-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP absurdity-doctrine battery battery-continuous-course-of-conduct continuous-course-of-conduct criminal-offense criminal-offenses criminal-offenses-absurdity-doctrine-legislative-s criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine legislative-supremacy statutory-interpretation I. Should the "Absurdity Doctrine" be limited or abandoned in criminal offenses altogether in order to protect legislative supremacy? II. When states…
18-7967 James Dalton Smith v. Texas Texas 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process facial-challenge penal-statute standing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise for the first time on direct appeal the constitutionality of the statute creating and defining the crime for wh…
18-7974 Carlos Cruz-Rivera, aka Chiqui, aka Cano, aka Cano Llorens v. United States First Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal federal-statute first-step-act pending-cases retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), as amended and clarified by the First Step Act of 2018, which provides for aggravated punishment for second violatio…
18-7976 Gerald Adger v. New York New York 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings WHEN THE PETITIONER GERALD ADGER #05-B-1254 WAIVED HIS RIGHT FOR A JURY TRIAL, WAS THE JUDGE SUPPOSE TO DENY GERALD ADGER WAIVER OF THE JURY TRIAL BEC…
18-7979 Eric K. Watkins v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3) (B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal c…
18-7984 James Scott Ervin v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit north-carolina statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Petitioner's rights to due process by not following this Court's prior holdings, when it determ…
18-7986 Maurin Chacon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 794 amendment-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law judicial-review plain-error plain-error-standard rosales-mireles rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-olan Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 585 U.S. - (2018). Clar - ified the Plain Error Standard in United States v.Olan, 507 U.S. 725, 736 (1993). Does a…
18-7936 Jaquan Henderson v. Greg Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure duress legal-justification murder statutory-interpretation WHETHER DURESS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PRIOR TO AN OCCURRE NCE OF MURDER?
18-7941 Trevor Little v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause restitution sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation the lower Courts, Fourth Circuit. Violated The Petitioner's st Facto Clause of The Cluted States Constituton, Artice, on 9 Clause 3, When It Still Enf…
18-7949 In Re Reginald Watson 2019-02-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2241-motion career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241 jurisdiction sentencing standard-of-review standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent QUESTION #1- Whether the District Court erred in dismissing Watsons 2241 motion for lack of jurisdiction? QUESTION #2- Whether in light of Decamps v …
18-7912 Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida Florida 2019-02-12 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-vote statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment, Chapter 2016-13, Laws of Florida, which required a vote of no less than…
18-7918 Rutilio Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-924 abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary I. Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to compl…
18-7920 Harold A. Habeck, II v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,sentencing,mandatory-minimums,d criminal-sentencing discretion drug-offense drug-offenses firearms mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums predicate-crime sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation "Whether; Dean v. United States, 581 U.S. (2017) permits a district court the discretion to consider less than the mandatory sixty month consecutive s…
18-7921 James Howard Looman, III v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process F.R.A.P.-Rule-22(b) federal-courts federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation Did the Fifth Circuit err when it refused to apply 28 U.S.C. §2253(c) and F.R.A.P. Rule 22(b) and follow this Court's commands regarding review of app…
18-7922 Thomas Isaac LaFleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit federal-registration firearm-definition national-firearms-act second-amendment staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-freed weapon-classification Did the Eleventh Circuit court of Appeals error in denying the Petitioner's SubjctMatter Jurisdiction claim, where the charging documents statute [26 …
18-1051 James Dickey v. City of Boston Inspectional Services Department First Circuit 2019-02-11 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1443 42-usc-3617 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-removal civil-rights-removal-act court-of-appeals federal-jurisdiction remand remand-standard removal statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred when it concluded that removal was inappropriate under the Civil Rights Removal Act, 28 U.S.C…
18-1044 PharMerica Corporation v. United States, ex rel. Marc Silver Third Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split false-claims-act fraud original-source public-disclosure-bar qui-tam qui-tam-action statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a relator's admission that he, in fact, derived his complaint from public disclosures triggers the Bar, requiring an analysis of whether su…
18-7823 Edward Nolan Norwood v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights comity due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection federalism sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation A. Resolving the issue explicitly left open by this Court in McNeil v. United States, 563 U.S. 816 (2011): Whether it violates the United States Const…
18-7861 Gary Don Boyd Graves v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3014 criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion future-earning-capacity future-earnings indigency mandatory-assessment mandatory-special-assessment non-indigent sentencing statutory-interpretation I. Whether district courts can consider future earing capacity in determining whether a person is "non-indigent" for the purposes of assessing the $50…
18-7863 Jeffrey Burris v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-sentencing due-process firearms firearms-possession reasonableness reasonableness-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unregistered Whether a sixty-month sentence for the simple possession of unregistered firearms, without any evidence suggesting the defendant was doing anything il…
18-7788 Sunny Robinson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine whether the District Court and the Fifth Circuit erred in not granting relief under Title 18 U.S.C…
18-7789 Ashley Richards v. Texas Texas 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus retroactivity sentencing-enhancement state-jail-felony statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-criminal-appeals When a statutory punishment enhancement is found inapplicable to a class of offenses, thereby decreasing the punishment range from 2-10 years to 180 d…
18-7804 Denandias Watson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-7815 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia 2019-02-07 Denied IFP civil-judgment civil-procedure due-process service-of-process standing state-court-judgment state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-7816 Jason Brooks v. Phil Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado, et al. Colorado 2019-02-07 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-securities-fraud due-process fair-notice mens-rea scienter securities-fraud statutory-interpretation strict-liability willfulness Whether "scienter" is an element of criminal securities fraud and whether its existence is a question of fact that must be proven beyond a reasonable …
18-7836 Michael Travis Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-crimes general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) is …
18-7838 William Floyd Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intimidation specific-intent statutory-interpretation violent-felony Given this Court's holding in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255, 268 (2000), that federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) is a general inte…
18-7839 Eric Mario Byers v. E. K. White, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals-court case-dismissal civil-rights district-court due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 1.Did the Fourth:CuEcuit:Coutt 6 1f, appeals in dismissing 1.the district Court case, violated petitioner's Fifth Amendment due process to redress the…
18-7844 Malcolm Jarrel Hartley v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-1030 United States, ex rel. Thomas A. Berg, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response Waived energy-savings-performance-contract false-claims-act government-knowledge materiality scienter statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements utility-cost-savings Although fraud-in-the-inducement taints all subsequent payments, belated discovery of the truth can leave the Government with no practical choice but …
18-1032 Robert Steven Mawhinney v. American Airlines, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response Waived air-carrier-employee air21-complaint air21-discrimination air21-discrimination-complaint arbitration-provision department-of-labor dol-investigation employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-exemption ninth-circuit-error pre-dispute-arbitration pre-dispute-arbitration-provision settlement-agreement statutory-federal-regulation statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in determining that the "DOL's independent interest in Mawhinney's AIR21 discrimination and retaliation complaint ... cea…
18-1027 Superior Communications, Inc. v. Voltstar Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-02-06 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (4) 35-usc-314 35-usc-314d 35-usc-315 35-usc-315b administrative-law appealability inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr patent-infringement patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab statutory-interpretation time-bar voluntary-dismissal 1. Whether, under § 314(d), a party may appeal the PTAB's application of § 315(b)'s time-bar provision made during its decision to institute IPR. 2. …
18-1028 Moda Health Plan, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2019-02-06 Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (2) appropriations appropriations-riders bait-and-switch federal-circuit government-contracts government-obligation health-care health-exchanges health-insurance insurance statutory-commitment statutory-interpretation statutory-promise takings Whether Congress can evade its unambiguous statutory promise to pay health insurers for losses already incurred simply by enacting appropriations ride…
18-7779 Kenneth William Kirkland v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law destructive-device federal-courts federal-courts-split federal-statute firearm firearm-regulation firearms parts-possession statutory-interpretation unregistered-firearm Whether a combination of parts designed or intended for use as a bomb can qualify as a "destructive device" under 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(4) and 26 U.S.C. …
18-7783 Todd Eugene Cannady v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-penal-code california-penal-code-211 categorical-approach commentary crime-of-violence johnson johnson-ruling residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 1. Can California robbery under California Penal Code § 211 be a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2, where Johnson invalidated the residual clau…
18-7784 Liston David, aka Liston Oswanio David, aka Smiley, aka Seal A. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause federal-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off…
18-7797 Coree Patrick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-06 Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach conduct-based-approach drug-conviction drug-offense predicate-conviction predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement state-conviction statutory-interpretation TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PRIOR STATE CONVICTION FOR A DRUG OFFENSE IS A QUALIFYING PREDICATE CONVICTION UNDER THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA), 18 U…
18-7753 Joel Marvin Munt v. Minnesota Minnesota 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review rules-of-construction separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Did MN Supreme Court violate Separation of Powers? Did MN Supreme Court's interpretation of Minn.Stat. § 590 and Minn.R.Crim.P. 27.03 unconstitutiona…
18-7773 Jose Jorge Espinoza-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alien-smuggling appellate-review criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review guidelines-interpretation immigration risk-assessment sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Petitioner, Jose Jorge Espinoza-Mendoza, pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, the federal offense of conspiring to harbor undocumented aliens. The…
18-7735 Michael Kenta Davis v. Justin Andrews, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-analysis criminal-law due-process mathis-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Question One: WHETHER THE S. C.. CODE ANN 44-53-370 IS OVERLYBROD AND INDIVISBLE AND NO LONGER QUALIFIES IN LIGHT OF BOTH MATHIS V US AND DESCAMPS? …
18-7737 Tyshawn Simmons v. United States Second Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process federalism sentencing standing statutory-interpretation tenth-amendment Question not identified.
18-7743 Kevin Daniel Driscoll v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-02-04 Denied IFP aedpa anti-terrorism antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-petition habeas-corpus petition-clause petition-rights procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the Antirerrorist and3 Effea tive Death Penalty A (AEWA) of 1996) vitiates; m citizens 1) Privilege to t he Wr it o' Hbeas Corpa pursuant to "…
18-1017 Angelex, Ltd. v. United States District of Columbia 2019-02-04 Denied 33-usc-1904 administrative-delay administrative-law apps-act-to-prevent-pollution-from-ships civil-procedure compensation-claim due-process government-liability maritime maritime-law marpol-treaty statutory-interpretation takings unreasonable-delay vessel-detention 1. Whether the Court below erred by prematurely dismissing Angelex's case prior to trial and full presentation of Angelex's evidence; and 2. Whether …
18-7709 John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group Fourth Circuit 2019-02-01 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation Whether contestability precedent from this Court, see Hurni, Enelow, Stewart, Pickering, Wallerstein and Button; the N.C. Supreme Court, see American …
18-7716 Jesse Ingram, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 3553(a)-factors 5th-amendment appeal appellate-counsel constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-review retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1). Is it a Fifth Amendment violation when Petitioners are sentenced to a higher guidline sentence when 18 U.S.C. statute 3553(A) warrants a below gui…
18-7720 Howard Webber v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split consent consent-defense criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-statute identity-theft mens-rea statutory-interpretation Can a defendant commit aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A by using another person's identifying information with that person'…
18-7722 Rodrigo Escobedo-Coronado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-02-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault circuit-split criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-offense federal-sentencing mens-rea model-penal-code state-survey statutory-interpretation Does the federal generic aggravated assault offense require more than a merely reckless mens rea, as determined by the Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Circuit…
18-7621 Jacoby Burns v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender categorical-analysis criminal-law elements-clause physical-force sentencing sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Does a conviction under Georgia's felony obstruction-of-an-officer statute, OCGA § 16-10-24(b), qualify as either a "crime of violence" under the e…
18-7680 Hector Cirino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied IFP 18-usc-924c3b armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process elements-clause johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7685 Michael E. Bargo, Jr. v. Porter County, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-compliance county-treasurer due-process indiana-statute property-tax standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether Petitioner Michael E. Bargo Jr.'s property tax payments submitted to the Porter County, Indiana Treasurer in 2011 and 2012 were properly and l…
18-7692 Byron Anthony Horn v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining pleading reasonable-doubt reasonable-sentence sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-7700 Luther Gene Ray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process federal-statute force-requirement human-trafficking interstate-commerce mens-rea sentencing sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction resulting in a fifteen-year mandatory minimum sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1591 requires, as the statute says, that force "was used…
18-996 Charles Lavel Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi 2019-01-31 Denied Response Waived chancery-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1654 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation DID THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT REFUSE TO APPLY THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE, WORD OF SHALL IN MISSISSIPPI CODE OF ANN § 11-1-17 IN VIOL…
18-991 Levi Huebner v. Midland Credit Management, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response Waived circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act least-sophisticated-consumer oral-dispute statutory-interpretation written-dispute 1. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692e(8), 1692g(a)(3), is a debt collector required to treat a consumer's oral dispute w…
18-995 Crunch San Diego, LLC v. Jordan Marks Ninth Circuit 2019-01-30 Dismissed automatic-telephone-dialing-system capacity-to-dial circuit-conflict civil-procedure due-process random-number-generator random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation tcpa telemarketing-practices telephone-consumer-protection-act Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in expanding the TCPA's definition of "automatic telephone dialing system"—in acknowledged conflict with the Third Cir…
18-7663 Randy Jason Ford v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act assault dangerous-weapon display-of-weapon force-clause iowa-law predicate-offense statutory-interpretation threatened-use-of-force When an Iowa "assault" is accompanied only by the "display" of a dangerous weapon, does the "displaying" provide the "threatened use of force" such th…
18-7666 Rowy De Jesus Vasquez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-sentencing departure district-court-discretion due-process notice notice-requirement sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-1b1.1 ussg-5k2.0 Whether the district court must have provided defendant notice for the grounds for a sentence above the range recommended by the advisory guidelines r…
18-7669 Bertulio Moreno-Alvarez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment firearms second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation L. Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5) violates the Second and Fifth Amendments?
18-7674 Michael S. Gorbey v. Michael McCall, Warden Fourth Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process extradition federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights standing state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation CourT To Federal CourT? 2) CaN A state Habeas Corpus, Filed by A"state PrisoNer CONTract Housed iN Federal PrisoN (withiN the sTarte) be Removed To Fe…
18-7596 In Re Robert F. Russo 2019-01-29 Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-overreach legislative-action legislative-overreach procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions Has the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals arrogated its own form of legislative action concerning a Petitioner's request for "leave" to commence a succ…
18-7636 Ernest Lee Glover, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied IFP 26-usc-2244 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation i. Does court of Appeals violate Due Process and Equal protection of law by applying 28 usc 2244(d)(1) to deny review of C.O.A. Challenging District c…
18-7649 Sergeyi Bazar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP caminetti-v-united-states criminal-law federal-law mann-act mann-act-18-usc-2422 prostitution sex-trafficking sexual-conduct sexual-intercourse statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-bitty 1. When Congress amended the Mann Act (18 U.S.C. § 2422) in 1986, did it overrule this Court's decisions in United States v. Bitty, 208 U.S. 393 (1908…
18-7652 Brian Anderson v. Colorado Colorado 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights colorado-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Does Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-302 Supersede Nelson V. Colorado 137 S.CT. 1249 (2017).
18-986 Sara Huckaby, et al. v. Frank Halley, as Next Friend of J. H., a Minor Child Tenth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response Waived child-abuse child-welfare civil-rights due-process forensic-interview law-enforcement-procedure prosecutor-directives qualified-immunity search-and-seizure state-statute statutory-interpretation An Oklahoma social worker and two law enforcement officers investigating child abuse allegations contributed to the brief removal of a minor child fro…
18-989 United States v. Marvin Lewis Fifth Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-offense firearms statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-7580 Mourice Neal v. Wayne County Treasurer Michigan 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitution constitution-interpretation due-process federal-courts federalism jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Is the United States Constitution the Supreme Law governing this Land? Is every judge bound by oath or affirmation to support the United States Const…
18-7592 Zane Hubbard v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-procedure due-process fair-procedure government-action judicial-review legal-interpretation standing statutory-interpretation (1). In CoNTROVERSIEs /NVOLVING TRENSON AND LEVy By The UiiTeo SnTEs GovernmeNT AwD WiTuiN One STiE WiTH SoTE GoreRnMieNT AGAiNsT One Orr MoRE OF lres…
18-7602 Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-7609 Merlin Alston v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Is the conviction of a local poli ce officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 9…
18-7612 Nathaniel Bowens v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(1)(A) advance-knowledge aiding-and-abetting court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-procedure drug-trafficking-crime firearm firearm-use mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals' decision below contravenes this Court's holding in Rosemond v. United States, 572 U.S. 65, 78 (2014) that in order to ai…
18-7570 Anthony Eugene Hardeman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful basis to enhance his sentence, but fails…
18-7572 Vernon Montrell Webster v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-25 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP alternative-means armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-statute criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process generic-burglary generic-offenses prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the locations under Wisconsin's burglary statute are alternative means——a question pending resolution from the Wisconsin Supreme Court—mak…
18-7573 Matthew Hearn v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-25 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7551 Joel Gomez v. Mary Berghuis, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law contract-validity due-process equal-protection legal-standards standing state-law statutory-interpretation DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY?
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure FX ONS _JUSTiCe so eloQuent ly pot Veo "Lest We SEHe WWISTI Ch ONL DAT TR AROUND ) Sttouks THE UNE@ViVOCA RLGKT TO RENRESENT ONES SEIF OR HAVE COUNSe|…
18-7557 Terveus Hyppolite v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 career-offender constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) is unconstitutional in light of Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886, 895 (2017)(holding the guidelines are u…
18-7560 Marcus Leland Freeman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE COURT BELOW ERRED BY MISCONSTRUING THE PETITIONER'S MOTION BASED ON BUCK vs. DAVIS BY FAILING TO APPLY THE CORRECT LEGAL ANALYSIS STANDARD…
18-7565 Michael Fuller v. Lashann Eppinger, Warden Ohio 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-sentence civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus maximum-term sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detention Whether Petitioner's maximum aggregate sentence has expired and he is being held unlawfully.
18-7490 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-24 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the "knowingly" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? This C…
18-7510 Mark A. Perez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2019-01-24 Denied IFP 42-pa-csa-721-726 collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law direct-review due-process extraordinary-relief original-jurisdiction pennsylvania sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction As a matter of first impression - Does the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's original jurisdiction process pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S.A. 721, 726 constitute…
18-7511 Edwin J. Ortiz-Fagot v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-3582-c-2 criminal-statute due-process non-delegation retroactive-application sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Does the sentencing court's discretion of setting modification via 3553(A); include deciding whether to retroactively apply the plain language of the …
18-7543 Rodney Landingham v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied IFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime void-for-vagueness 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C…
18-7523 Charles James v. Jeffrey Krueger, Warden Eighth Circuit 2019-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection felony-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1.)THE IOWA STATE COURT DECISION IN STATE V. HEEMSTRA, THAT IT IS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTE IS CONTRARY TO THE DECISION IN STATE V. GOOSMAN, TH…
18-7482 Edgar Baltazar Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3599 capital-case criminal-procedure due-process expert-expenses expert-fees global-cap investigative-fees legal-compensation reasonably-necessary statutory-interpretation Whether, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f) and (g)(2), a global cap may be imposed on investigative and expert fees and expenses in a capital case in an…
18-7513 Nelson Cobas v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts free-speech sentencing standing state-courts statutory-interpretation Under Which Standard of Review This Case Shall Be Determined Actual Innocence Injective Assistance of Counsels, The AEDPA Limitations, or After Guilma…
18-7518 Kevin Holt v. J.A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-cfr-chapter-1-2-61 federal-bureau-of-prisons federal-judicial-system first-impression good-time-credits life-sentence military-prisoner military-prisoners military-prisoners-life-sentence presumptive-release sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-4206 title-18-usc-4206a Should the Supreme Court of the United States hear this case that presents a substantial issue of first impression in the Federal Judicial System that…
18-7519 Daltonia Duncan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4246 civil-commitment civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute judicial-procedure mental-health mental-health-law state-custody statutory-interpretation united-states-code Whether a district court may civilly commit a person under 18 U.S.C. § 4246 without first determining whether suitable arrangements for state custody …
18-7489 Jurijus Kadamovas v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied IFP 18-usc-1203 bond-v-united-states capital-case due-process-clause federal-authority hostage-taking international-terrorism recusal-standard statutory-interpretation treaty-power (1) Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1203 should be interpreted in accordance with its underlying treaty and the principles in Bond v. United States, 572 U.S. 844 …
18-7495 Willie E. Boyd v. Francisco J. Quintana, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP even though the federal prisoner has demonstrated under Brady and shows new evidence that undermine 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence brady-claim brady-rule constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner fifth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether the decision of the Sixth Circuit is in conflict with United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205 (1952), were the Appellate Court has made 28 U.S.C…
18-7504 Raphael R. Hamilton v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied IFP circuit-court-discretion coercion competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue right-to-withdraw standard-of-review statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE TENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY NOT REVERSING THE TRIAL COURTS ORDER DENYING PETITIONER HIS RIGHT TO WITHDRAWAL OF THE GUILTY PLEA…
18-7507 In Re Dwight Carter 2019-01-18 Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus retroactive-law retroactivity statutory-interpretation Did the 11th Circuit adopt a "divergent" interpretation of the "gatekeeping standard" contrary to Congress' plain language in 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(C)…
18-936 Jeremy Kettler v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Amici (2) 2nd-amendment congressional-taxing-power constitutional-challenge constitutional-law cox-v-new-hampshire due-process murdock-v-pennsylvania national-firearms-act second-amendment sound-suppressor standing statutory-interpretation tax taxation united-states-v-sonzinsky 1. Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934, upheld in Sonzinsky, continues to be a constitutional exercise of Congress's taxing power when the justi…
18-938 Ritzen Group, Inc. v. Jackson Masonry, LLC Sixth Circuit 2019-01-18 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (3) 28-usc-158 appellate-jurisdiction automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay circuit-split civil-procedure final-order precedent statutory-interpretation Whether an order denying a motion for relief from the automatic stay is a final order under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1). In diverting from this Court's prio…
18-941 Carl B. Davis, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc. Tenth Circuit 2019-01-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-estate circuit-split courts-of-appeals creditor creditor-rights passive-conduct property-interest property-interests property-of-the-estate statutory-interpretation By operation of law, when a debtor files a bankruptcy petition, a bankruptcy "estate" is created consisting of all of the debtor's property "wherever …
18-7470 Carl Lee Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking categorical-approach crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-carjacking intimidation physical-force residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is federal carjacking by way of intimidation a crime of violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'s force clause? 2. In light of this Court'…
18-7471 Mark Henry, aka Weida Zheng, aka Scott Russel, aka Bob Wilson, aka Joanna Zhong v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-17 Denied IFP arms-export-control-act court-interpreters-act criminal-procedure mens-rea nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a "willful" violation of the Arms Export Control Act (""AECA"), 22 U.S.C. § 2778, requires proof that the defendant was aware of the export…
18-7475 Aldona B. v. Nicholas S. West Virginia 2019-01-17 Denied IFP biological-father child-custody civil-rights custodial-rights custody due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements unwed-parent Whether an unwed biological father who meets none of the statutory requirements of caretaking, providing for, legally acknowledging, and forming a par…
18-7443 Wallace Thornton v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm curtis-johnson-v-united-states elements-clause eleventh-circuit florida-battery statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously held that a Florida conviction for aggravated battery is a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the …
18-7454 Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for sentence red…
18-918 John Copeland, et al. v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-16 Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process facial-challenge free-speech johnson-v-united-states salerno-rule sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine In United States v. Salerno, 481 U.S. 739, 745 (1987), this Court held that to maintain a facial challenge, a plaintiff must establish that "no set of…
18-925 A-1 Premium Acceptance, Inc. v. Meeka Hunter Missouri 2019-01-16 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement arbitrator civil-procedure contract contract-law contract-validity dispute-resolution due-process federal-arbitration-act integral-term judicial-review section-5 statutory-interpretation Whether a statement in an arbitration agreement that a specific arbitrator is to be utilized is an integral term that prohibits application of §5 of t…
18-7414 Ray McArthur Freeney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Amici (1)IFP 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus material-evidence notice-and-hearing procedural-fairness state-court state-court-deference statutory-interpretation 1) Whether deference is accorded to a state court decision under 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) where the state court received and relied upon material evidence a…
18-7420 Joe Ray Alires v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-01-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary criminal-sentencing federal-criminal-law generic-burglary generic-crime residential-burglary sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a conviction for residential burglary under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 30-16-3(A) falls within the generic crime of burglary in the Armed Career Crimin…
18-7422 David Lee Williams v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana 2019-01-15 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction louisiana-supreme-court right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation Is defendnt entitled to relef where he was constuctively denied counsel duing trial? Is ndnt ied to whhewas cnuctivy dend counsel duina his one and o…
18-7387 James Dennis Lenihan, III v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3a carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-offense force-clause statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether the federal offense of carjacking, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2119, categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(…
18-7388 David Romo v. Ray Ormond, Warden Sixth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-802(44) 21-usc-841 categorical-analysis categorical-approach congressional-intent due-process felony-drug-offense recidivist-clause recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness 1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te…
18-7394 Torrey Brown v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit 2019-01-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process motion-to-proceed motion-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-7345 Mario Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2518(9) burden-of-proof due-process exclusionary-mandate mens-rea notice statutory-interpretation wire-intercepts In the case, as in hundreds of cases over the years since the enactment of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, which …
18-7346 Mark Raymond Ford, aka Dred, aka Benjamin Lee Green, aka Donald Wray v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP booker-decision criminal-sentencing due-process retroactive-rule retroactivity sentence-modification sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation united-states-v-booker I. Whether The Lower Court Denial Of Modification Of Sentence Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2) Based On A Mandatory Guidelines Range Departure's Sentence V…
18-7348 Edgar Arnold Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 18-USC-3582c2 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states district-court-discretion due-process legal-error sentence-modification sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-methodology statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum WHETHER, DILLON v. UNITED STATES, 560 U.S. 817 (2010), REQUIRES A DISTRICT COURT TO REEVALUATE ITS ORIGINAL SENTENCING METHODOLOGY IN STEP TWO OF THE …
18-7351 Rahmad Lashad Geddes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-review apprendi civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1). Can a court of appeals sanction a lower courts depature from this court's well established percedents that effectively conflates the standard of r…
18-7352 Giovanni Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment as-applied-challenge civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits due-process federal-firearms-law federal-regulation firearm-possession firearms interstate-commerce intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-7360 Peter Mathis, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process final-judgment grand-jury insufficient-evidence sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Did Congress' enactment of 18 USC § 3742 (a), allow for the review of an otherwise final sentence, if a defendant could showaviOlatiôn ofi1aw? Did th…
18-7364 Brandon M. Chambers v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied IFP court-interpretation grammar grammatical-construction judicial-deference judicial-discretion legislative-intent punctuation state-court statutory-analysis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation That responsibility/power does a State District court have in interpreting a provision of a statute, and when interpreting a statute to determine legi…
18-890 David D'Addario, et al. v. Virginia A. D'Addario Second Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights due-process hemi-group holmes-v-securities-investor-protection-corp probate proximate-causation rico rico-claims standing statutory-interpretation 1) Whether a beneficiary of a probate estate can establish the direct injury necessary to bring a civil RICO claim when the alleged RICO violation har…
18-895 The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) general-welfare-benefits gross-income income-tax-exclusion indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-general-welfare-benefits statutory-interpretation tax tax-interpretation tribal-general-welfare-exclusion-act tribal-welfare The 2014 Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act states that, for income tax purposes, "[g]ross income does not include the value of any Indian general w…
18-878 Robert Stevens, et al. v. CoreLogic, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure copyright-infringement copyright-management-information dmca dmca-violation infringement-prevention mental-state mental-state-requirement ninth-circuit-standard register-of-copyrights standing statutory-interpretation Whether, in order to satisfy the mental state requirement of "knowing, or, . . . having reasonable grounds to know" that removal or alteration of copy…
18-882 Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) but-for-causation causation civil-rights discrimination federal-employment federal-employment-discrimination personnel-actions retaliation statutory-interpretation title-vii Whether "shall be made free from any discrimination" permits federal-sector personnel actions that are not made free from any discrimination or retali…
18-7306 Michael Martin Steele v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-mental-state due-process immigration immigration-law mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability united-states-v-x-citement-video Did the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits misconstrue the mens-rea requirements of 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(B), when they created an aggravated felony for "il…
18-7325 John Joseph Zinkand v. Carlos Hernandez, Superintendent, Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus imprisonment indictment state-law statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Did North Carolina State unlawfully imprison 3 being N.C.G.S.S14-27.7A, a statute thathas been abolished, and replaced with two separate statutes, …
18-7331 Ishmael Douglas v. United States First Circuit 2019-01-09 GVR Relisted (2)IFP categorical-analysis circuit-split constitutional-law constitutional-vagueness criminal-law due-process legal-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether the residual clause of 18 U. S. C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague.
18-7340 Eric Dillon v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process federal-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-battle SINCE 18 U.S.C. 924(j) Is A DISCRETE OFFENSE THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OR REQUIRE A CONSECUTIVE S,DID THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT APP…
18-7287 Lamont LaPrade v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appeal collateral-attack crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process firearm-offense predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation 1) To Charge with 924c) (crime of violence) must sustain Conviction with connection, with Predicate Offense. 2) That, if on Collateral Attack (2255),…
18-7317 Willie Davis v. United States Third Circuit 2019-01-08 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-intent due-process judicial-review separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Appellate Court's reading of 18 U.S.C.§ 3231 in relation to 18 U.S.C.§ 3179(a) exceeds Judicial power Whether a Court's interpretation of…
18-7249 John Doe v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-court-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dillon-v-united-states federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Whether the holding in Dillon v. United States, 560 U. S. 817 (2010) applies to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(B) in the same manner it applies to 18 U.S.C. §…
18-7252 Eddie Ray Wiese, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act federal-prisoner fifth-circuit johnson-claim residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation successive-motion When a federal prisoner demonstrates that the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause was the only lawful substantive basis to enhance his sentenc…
18-7263 Gerald Patmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing deadly-weapon eleventh-circuit enumerated-offenses georgia-assault-statute gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez overbreadth sentencing-guidelines state-statute statutory-interpretation The question presented by this case is whether the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously affirmed Mr. Patmon's sentence under USSG § 2…
18-7269 Larry Allison v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-procedure plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Can one be sentenced for a crime to which no plea of guilty has been entered and no trial resulting in a conviction has been held? 2. Will this Co…
18-7276 Juan Francisco Vega, et al. v. Rebecca Kapusta, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families Florida 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-commitment civil-procedure civil-rights deterrence due-process for-profit-corporation Kansas-v-Hendricks-521-US-346-1997 retribution retribution-and-deterrence statutory-interpretation statutory-oversight MAY A FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ENACT A SYSTEM OF RETRIBUTION AND DETERRENCE BY WAY OF POLICY, IN DESECRATION OF THE DICTA OF KANSAS V. HENDRICKS, 521 U.…
18-858 James McCullars v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response Waived advertisement advertising-statute communication-privacy criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-interpretation notice notice-and-advertisement private-communications statutory-interpretation trial-evidence Whether the proof at trial which established that petitioner was only engaged in private, closed communications - either one-to-one, or among a small …
18-861 WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation Federal Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-procedure discovery due-process inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-litigation patent-office patent-office-procedures privy real-party-in-interest standing statutory-interpretation time-bar 35 U.S.C. §315(b) bars the Patent Office from instituting inter partes review proceedings to challenge a patent's validity "if the petition requesting…
18-866 Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 4-r-act discrimination fuel-tax infrastructure-funding interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-taxation railroad railroad-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination transportation-law Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), states may not impose taxes that discriminate against railroads by favoring their competitors, such as motor carriers. …
18-853 United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Postal Regulatory Commission District of Columbia 2019-01-04 Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-discretion chevron-deference cost-attribution institutional-costs package-delivery postal-accountability-and-enhancement-act postal-regulatory-commission postal-service statutory-interpretation 1. Should this Court reconsider the doctrine of Chevron deference? 2. Should this Court hold that Chevron deference does not apply to an agency's une…
18-7222 Winifred Jiau v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus insider-trading jury-instruction jury-instructions statutory-interpretation The Second Circuit held, contrary to the holdings of Supreme Court considering the question, a prisoner seeking a Certificate of Appealability (COA) m…
18-7233 Hosea Latron Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act assault circuit-split intent physical-force statutory-interpretation threat violent-felony weapon-exhibition Whether a statute prohibiting an angry exhibition of a weapon in the presence of another without requiring that the perpetrator direct or intend to di…
18-7238 Antron Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof civil-rights collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-burden-of-proof statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-7240 Charles Jermaine King, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender constitutional-rights criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guidelines habeas-corpus recidivism recidivist sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation IN ROSALES MIRELES V US, JUSTICE ALITO ASKED DURING THE ORAL ARGUMENTS... "SUPPOSE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER A DEFENDANT WAS PROPERLY TREATED…
18-846 David Allen Anderton v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived criminal-statute due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech immigration-law overbreadth separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether to "encourage" or "induce" an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States in reckless disregard of the alien's "in violation of la…
18-849 HTC Corporation v. 3G Licensing, S.A., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1391 28-usc-1400b federal-circuit foreign-defendant patent-infringement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute This patent infringement case squarely presents a question acknowledged by the Court but left unanswered in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Grp. Brand…
18-851 Bryan Christopher Marshall v. United States Fourth Circuit 2019-01-04 Denied Response Waived armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute due-process federal-law first-amendment law-enforcement predicate-offense sentencing speech-protection statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including one which does not meet the definition of a drug …
18-7201 Mark Isaac Snarr v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-01-02 Denied IFP 18-usc-3599 ake-v-oklahoma appellate-review ayestas-v-davis capital-case capital-defendant circuit-split due-process expert-services federal-funding fifth-circuit statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the Fifth Circuit disregarded this Court's precedent when it required petitioner to show that an expert was "critical" to his case before fund…
18-7192 Lavell Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-first-degree-murder attempted-murder attempted-use-of-force criminal-statute elements-clause first-degree-murder physical-force procedural-background sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA"), a "violent felony" is defined as, inter alia, a felony that "has as an element the use, attempted use, o…
18-7197 Johnnie O'Neil Lewis v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender crime-of-violence generic-robbery minimal-force no-threat-of-violence no-violence robbery sentencing-guidelines split-among-circuits statutory-interpretation Whether theft offenses requiring no more than minimal force and no violence or threat of violence categorically constitute generic "robbery" for purpo…
18-7176 Jose A. Garcia-Ortiz v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property pattern-jury-instructions statutory-interpretation In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense that can be committed by causing fear of har…
18-7178 David Kinh Duc Tran v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure district-court due-process injustice judicial-error mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice statutory-construction statutory-construction-error statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction united-states-v-clark THE CIRCUIT COURT SHOULD HAVE GRANTED MOTION TO RECALL MANDATE BECAUSE THE COURT ERRED IN THEIR PREVIOUS CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATUTE IN THE UNITED STA…
18-7185 Santos Orlando Diaz-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent-reconsideration recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction that increases the maxi…
18-818 Hubert Thompson v. James C. Rovella, Chief of Police, City of Hartford, Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2018-12-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process equitable-tolling prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation wrongful-incarceration Whether the statutory requirement that the petitioner show his criminal case was dismissed based on innocence or grounds consistent with innocence as …
18-7143 Derian Eidson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1956 18-usc-1956-a-3 criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute federal-prosecution government-sting money-laundering proceeds-definition specified-unlawful-activity statutory-interpretation Whether the criminal prohibitions against money laundering contained in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1) based on financial transactions that "in fact involvel]…
18-7149 Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-12-26 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of …
18-7141 Luis Rey Gonzalez v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent overruling precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Should this Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)?
18-7147 Abasi Akeem Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-111 18-usc-1114 criminal-procedure federal-officer federal-task-force law-enforcement official-duties state-law-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether a state law enforcement officer, who has also been made a member of a federal task force, qualifies as a federal agent when he is acting in th…
18-7166 Gerard Mann v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-21 GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine Whether the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct.…
18-801 Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-12-21 Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) 35-usc-145 administrative-law civil-action civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-act patent-application patent-law personnel-expenses standing statutory-interpretation uspto USPTO-litigation Whether the phrase "[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings" in 35 U.S.C. 145 encompasses the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs when its employees, in…
18-790 Tin Cup, LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied administrative-law agency-action appropriations appropriations-act clean-water-act corps-of-engineers delineation fiscal-year statutory-interpretation wetlands wetlands-delineation The Clean Water Act authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to issue permits for the discharge of certain pollutants into "navigable waters," whic…
18-793 Marion Quinton Brewster v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment different-occasions legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the interpretation of the Armed Career Criminal Act's "different occasions" provision has become overly broad and vague as to constitute cruel…
18-7132 James R. Bright v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender circuit-split filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Section 2255(f)(3) of Title 28 of the United States Code tolls the one-year filing period for a § 2255 motion until "the date on which the right asser…
18-7133 Paul Burks v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-tax due-process elements federal-courts federal-prosecution indictment indictment-elements pretrial-motion statutory-interpretation substantive-law tax-law uncertainty Contrary to the rule in James v. United States, 366 U.S. 213 (1961), is the substantial existence of uncertainty in the governing substantive tax law …
18-7135 In Re Walter Edward Harrington 2018-12-20 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection key-terms legal-issues petition precedent scotus standing statutory-interpretation topic-areas writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18-7137 Jamie R. Madrigal v. Ohio Ohio 2018-12-20 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance res-judicata statutory-interpretation May withholdin exculpatory and impeaching evidence [in violation of Brady (373 U.S. 83, 63) /Due Process as Guaranteed under the 5th and 14th Amendmen…
18-7154 John Visconti v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-12-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP boulware-precedent boulware-v-united-states corporate-fraud corporate-governance corporate-stock criminal-law criminal-procedure distribution-interpretation legal-classification return-of-capital securities-law shareholder-rights statutory-interpretation stock-distribution tax-evasion unlawful-diversion Whether an unlawful diversion may be deemed a "distribution . . . with respect to [a corporation's] stock," the question expressly left open in Boulwa…
18-7103 Rene Garcia-Montejo, aka Bibian Garcia-Montejo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process found-in-doctrine illegal-entry immigration-authorities immigration-law official-restraint official-restraint-doctrine statutory-interpretation surveillance 1. Whether the "official restraint" doctrine precludes the possibility that that a defendant can be illegally "found in" the United States, for purpos…
18-7104 Axel Irizarry-Rosario v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct government-obligation government-obligations judicial-ethics plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-argument statutory-interpretation May the government avoid its obligation to scrupulously observe the terms of a plea agreement by including in its sentencing argument information not …
18-7105 Tavaris Jemario Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Relisted (4)IFP acca begay-v-united-states categorical-approach circuit-split elonis-v-united-states mens-rea second-fifth-ninth-circuits serious-drug-offense staples-v-united-states statutory-interpretation strict-liability Is a post-2002 conviction for sale of cocaine or possession of cocaine with intent to sell in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13 a "serious drug offense…
18-7114 Earle D. Williams v. California California 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-kidnapping asportation constitutional-vagueness criminal-law dimaya-precedent due-process kidnapping penal-code sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether California Penal Code Section 209(b) is unconstitutionally vague under Sessions v. Dimaya, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018), as applied to …
18-7115 Richard Clark v. D. J. Harmon, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appointments-clause article-iii constitutional-delegation due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-2241 ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conference separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction This Court's Article III inferiors are in turmoil over the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e)'s phrase "inadequate or ineffective." Congress has not defin…
18-7123 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession firearms legal-knowledge mens-rea second-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924 require the government to prove a criminal defendant's mens rea as to each substantive element of the enumerated s…
18-7126 Ishmael Abdullah v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault court-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-criminal-statute state-statute statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's holding that New Jersey Statute §2C:12-1(b)(2), one of the subsections of New …
18-7127 Christopher French v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-burglary armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-court-review divisibility non-generic-crime sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-burglary-statute Can a Tennessee Aggravated Burglary conviction serve as an armed Career Criminal Act predicate? May a federal circuit court change a statutory burden…
18-776 Pedro Pablo Guerrero-Lasprilla v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit 2018-12-19 Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) agency-decision criminal-alien-bar diligence-standard due-process equitable-tolling immigration-law judicial-review removability statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the application of a legal standard to an undisputed set of facts is a question of law, or a pure question of fact that may be barred from …
18-781 Baltimore County, Maryland v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Fourth Circuit 2018-12-19 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) adea-enforcement age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent circuit-court-split discretionary-authority judicial-discretion pension-plan pension-plans retroactive-relief statutory-interpretation I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that a retroactive award of monetary relief is mandatory under the ADEA in this pension case, A. becau…
18-7080 Yusufu Danmola v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitution constitution-law constitutional-interpretation court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-enforcement separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation uniform-commercial-code Is the Court Allowed to Enforce a Law not in Pursuance with the Constitution? Are The People Prohibited Liberty Of Usage of the Uniform Commercial Co…
18-7088 Oscar Raul Mora v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-7039 Alexander Ndaula v. United States First Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 5th-amendment 6th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing loss-amount sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The 5th & 6th amendments to the Constitution guarantee fairness in criminal proceedings to the accused. When the verification of a sentence enhancemen…
18-7071 Chad Preston Brewer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation I. This Court should use this case to answer the reoccurring, important question whether, when enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm or Ammuni…
18-7032 Reginald L. Lomax v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-law drug-offense federal-drug-law federal-preemption mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation The question presented in this case is whether, as the circuit court held, a state statute criminalizing possession of "counterfeit" controlled substa…
18-7033 Michael Casey Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP congress district-court federal-indian-law indian-country judicial-restoration land-relinquishment land-rights native-american-lands native-americans reservation-status separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treaty-rights Whether or Not a District Court Judge Can Restor Lands That By TREATY Were Relinquished By Indians to the United States All Claims and Rights They Pos…
18-7036 Frank Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness In Sessions v. Dimaya , 138 S. Ct. 1204, 1223 (2018) this Court recently struck down as unconstitutionally vague the Immigration and Nationality Act's…
18-7002 Clifton Stanley Diaz, Jr. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority District of Columbia 2018-12-13 Denied IFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law damages default-judgment due-process employment judicial-review legal-procedure motion reinstatement remand standing statutory-interpretation U.S. COURT OF APPENCS FOR TNE D.C. CIRAMIT D.D NOT RESPOND TO THE MOTION SEEKING MONETARY DAMAGES BECAUSE THE COURT WAS REVIEWING THE ORDER FICED FIVE…
18-7022 Ryan Lee Zater v. Kenny Atkinson, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-13 Denied IFP actual-innocence circuit-split federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure habeas-corpus saving-clause sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation What is the scope of the §2255(e) saving clause? And is it permissible for Zater to proceed thereunder?
18-7024 Jacques Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia 2018-12-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge destruction-of-evidence due-process evidence evidence-destruction notice notice-requirement post-trial post-trial-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Virginia statutes, when applied in Petitioner's case, that allow for the destruction of evidence - post-trial - without notice are unco…
18-7000 Luis Rolando Bueno Jimenez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied IFP 18-usc-3553(f) circuit-split criminal-law drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minimum senten…
18-7004 Miguel Rodriguez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error remand sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum substantial-rights Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited remand …
18-750 JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd. Federal Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing estoppel injury-in-fact inter-partes-review patent patent-office-appeal patent-standing standing standing-article-iii-injury-in-fact-patent-office- statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Can the Federal Circuit refuse to hear an appeal by a petitioner from an adverse final decision in a Patent Office inter partes review on the basis of…
18-6972 Manuel Pereira-Gomez v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause force-clause physical-force robbery sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the New York State offense of robbery is a "crime of violence," that is, an offense that "has as an element the use, attempted use, or threate…
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…
18-6984 Benjamin Tillman v. J. A. Barnhart, Warden Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 collateral-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcfadden-case mcfadden-v-us retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation WHETHER PETITIONER WAS ENTITLED TO FILE AN APPLI-' CATION FOR HABEAS CORPUS UNDER 28 U.S.C. §2241 AND/OR 28 U..S.C. 2255(e) IN LIGHT OF McFADDEN v. U.…
18-6985 Dwayne Barrett, aka Sealed Defendant 3, aka Tall Man v. United States Second Circuit 2018-12-11 GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness, a question that evenly divides six Courts of Appeals.
18-6989 Jessie Lee Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP acca-sentencing armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6991 Julius King Rambo, III v. Kansas Tenth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights corpus-delecti corpus-delicti criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence falsification-of-evidence perjury statutory-interpretation Whether it is legal, lawful, and constitutional for states to manipulate distinctly explained statutes in order to present charges. Consequently, char…
18-6993 Jamie Todd Bjerke v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-of-appeals criminal-law force-clause gvr-order light-resistance petition-for-writ-of-certiorari predicate-conviction predicate-offense procedural-thesis robbery sentencing-determinations sentencing-guidelines state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation substantive-thesis united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether a state robbery offense that permits a conviction for use of force sufficient to overcome light resistance qualifies as a predicate conviction…
18-743 White Oak Realty, LLC, et al. v. Army Corps of Engineers, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Response Waived agency-action agency-authority chevron-deference congressional-authority federal-contracts property-rights public-projects regulatory-authority statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-conditions 1. Where a statute directs an agency to carry out and pay for a federal project for public benefit without granting express authority to regulate priv…
18-747 Sonja Ritter v. Lois Brady, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2018-12-11 Denied Amici (4) bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-chapter-7 bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7 chapter-7-liquidation judicial-precedent lien-stripping lien-valuation secured-claims stare-decisis statutory-interpretation unsecured-claims The question presented is whether Dewsnup v. Timm , 502 U.S. 410 (1992), should be overruled .
18-6977 James Edward Mitchell v. California California 2018-12-10 Denied IFP california california-law constitution constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process inhabitance-standard jury-instruction jury-instructions residential-burglary statutory-interpretation DOES THE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTION FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY IN CALIFORNIA VIOLATE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WHERE IT FAILS TO CONVEY THAT THE "DI…
18-6900 Jacob Scott Watters v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law predicate-offense relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-law visual-depictions As written, and by the actual language used in the Statute, is 18 U.S.C. §2251(a) in excess of Congress' Powers under the Commerce Clause to. regulate…
18-6921 Stevie J. Stevenson v. Craig Richman, Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP discovery-materials discovery-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus liberty-interest post-conviction postconviction-relief postconviction-writ section-1983 statutory-interpretation Does California Penal Code Section §1054.9 create a Liberty Interest under Kentucky v. Thompson, 490 U.S. 454, 460-63 (1989)? If so, what process is d…
18-6937 Steven Arthur Morrill v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt criminal-law due-process eleventh-circuit jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-offense statutory-interpretation It is a crime for a person to induce or attempt to induce a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The statute criminalizes …
18-6950 Jason Wayne McBride v. Texas Texas 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 5th-amendment amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process indictment-amendment mens-rea speedy-trial statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code waived even though it is observed and Texas Penal Code § 25.1(d) prohibited the use of more counts for the same offense arising out of the same crimin…
18-6951 Jamal Cooper v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2518 4th-amendment congressional-intent consent-requirements criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware necessity-requirement omnibus-crime-control-act probable-cause separate-application statutory-interpretation wiretap-application wiretap-necessity wiretap-statute Is 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (1)c) a statutory provision that reflects Congress' core concerns and does § 2518 (1)(c) require that each request for a wiretap b…
18-6962 In Re Walter E. Kostich 2018-12-07 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection jurisdiction magistrate-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements Question #1), Whether, the State prosecution or Courts has the authority to prosecute a criminal case, in the absence of a statutory required signed "…
18-729 Maxwell & Morgan, P.C., et al. v. Martha A. McNair Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure consumer consumer-protection debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa foreclosure judicial-foreclosure security-interest statutory-interpretation Whether the FDCPA applies to foreclosure activity that does not seek payment of money from a consumer.
18-6913 Lamar Sowell v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-provisions force-element lower-federal-courts statutory-interpretation united-states Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a "crime of violence" for …
18-6920 Clyde Retiz v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indictment plea-bargaining reasonable-sentence sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-6926 James Valentine v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement drug-conviction due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation DID THE HONORABLE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA COMMIT "PLAIN AND OBVIOUS ERROR" BY ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,…
18-6927 In Re Jerry Urbina 2018-12-06 Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-courts judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining retroactivity rule-11 sentencing-amendment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation WHETHER IN LIGHT OF THE SUPREME COURT HOLDING IN HUGHES V. UNITED STATES (CITATIONS OMITTED), THE LOWER COURTS ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION BY DENYING PETI…
18-6936 Anthony Bernard Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-12-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6912 Bryant Lamar Monie v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking federal-jurisdiction federal-law felony-conviction persistent-felony-offender sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Defendant's Kentucky Drug trafficking conviction, which carries a maximum sentence of five (5) years and was enhanced by Kentucky's Per…
18-717 PMCM TV, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency administrative-agency-interpretation administrative-law agency-interpretation cable-television-regulation chevron-deference constitutional-interpretation constitutional-power federal-judiciary federal-statutes statutory-construction statutory-interpretation (a) Should courts continue to follow the Chevron policy of deferring to administrative agency interpretations of federal statutes when the federal jud…
18-718 Geoffrey M. Young v. Sannie L. Overly, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-12-04 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process election-fraud immunity judicial-review party-accountability political-parties standing statutory-interpretation If the decision in Rosenberg v. Republican Party of Jefferson County, 270 S.W2d 171 (Ky. 1954) is not overturned, will the Republican and Democratic P…
18-6888 Kathy Glenn Clay v. Peace Officer Papik Ninth Circuit 2018-11-30 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-6880 Jason A. Lenz v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-death character-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-deadlock standing statutory-interpretation Should a certificate of appealability issue in a Section 2254 proceeding where counsel learned directly from a juror that the jury had deadlocked 10-2…
18-703 University of Southern California, et al. v. Allen L. Munro, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-29 Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-scope erisa erisa-arbitration-agreement erisa-claims erisa-fiduciary-duty erisa-plan-participant fiduciary-duty plan-participant standing statutory-interpretation trust Whether an agreement to arbitrate "all claims" that an ERISA plan participant "may have" against a plan fiduciary encompasses a breach-of-fiduciary-du…
18-6839 Billy A. Robin v. United States District of Columbia 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection jurisdiction opinions reasons-for-granting-the-writ standing statement-of-the-case statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions DOES INVALIDATE LAW WHILE ARMED ALGRAVATED ASSAULT CONUILTIONS MENS REA BECAUSE HE LACKED THE REQUISITE TME CRIME TD COMPLETE (2) WAS APPELLATE WHEN …
18-6854 Matthew Lane Durham v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power enumerated-powers extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-commerce-clause jurisdictional-limits minor-protection noncommercial-activity noneconomic-activity sexual-acts sexual-conduct statutory-interpretation Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers under the Foreign Commerce Clause by punishing noncommercial, noneconomic sexual acts committed by a U.S. ci…
18-6858 Micah G. Pritchett v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law distribution drug-distribution federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation virginia virginia-law Sentencing Guidelines?
18-6859 James Myers v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-11-28 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-sentencing divisibility enumerated-offenses force-clause mathis-principles mathis-v-united-states statutory-divisibility statutory-interpretation violent-felony Do the principles regarding a statute's divisibility announced in Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), apply both to offenses analyzed und…
18-6865 Adony Nina v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-statute due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-element prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation united-states Whether Title 18 U.S.C. § 2 (Aiding and Abetting) Requires the Prosecution to prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt The Jurisdictional Element By Establishi…
18-6870 James Frederick v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca-elements-clause bodily-harm categorical-approach causation-of-harm circuit-split criminal-law curtis-johnson duenas-alvarez florida-battery-statute statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-force In Curtis Johnson v. United States, 559 U.S. 133, 140 (2010), the Court defined the term "physical force" in the ACCA's elements clause to mean "viole…
18-6789 Delroy McLean v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-115 brady-violation constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-judiciary government-official immigration-judge judicial-officer protected-person statutory-interpretation vagueness IMMIGRATION JUDGE IS NOT A PROTECTED PERSON UNDER THE STATUE OF 18 U.S.C.S. § 115 (a)(1)(B) THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE IS AS WE HAVE SAID, AN OFFICER CREA…
18-6832 Keddron Rakee West v. Georgia Georgia 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for…
18-6833 Jose Ramon Zuniga, aka Josue Ararel Zuniga-Zaragoza, aka Jose Ramon Zuniga-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion offense-level residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-standards statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Guideline which incorporates by reference § 16(b)'s residual clause may serve as the basis for increasing the defendant's offense level u…
18-6852 Arnold Bennett Caldwell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-27 Denied Relisted (7)IFP 34-usc-20913 administrative-law attorney-general attorney-general-authority constitutional-law constitutional-nondelegation criminal-law due-process nondelegation-doctrine notification-act separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act's delegation to the Attorney General in 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) (formerly 42 U.S.C. § 16913(d)…
18-6801 Van McDuffy v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-killing bank-robbery criminal-law criminal-statute felony-murder intent mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation What intent, if any, beyond the intent to commit bank robbery, is required to sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e), which imposes a mandator…
18-6806 Eliana Sarmiento v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-speedy-trial-act dismissal harmless-error indictment-dismissal judicial-discretion prejudice speedy-trial-act statute-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a district court's denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment for a violation of the Speedy Trial Act's 70 day time limit for bringing a d…
18-6809 Desmond Camp v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act Hobbs-Act-robbery physical-violence residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness 1. May Hobbs Act robbery serve as a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(c) when Hobbs Act robbery does not match the elements clause of S…
18-682 Manuel Enrique Santana v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied aggravated-identity-theft appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federalism identity-theft means-of-identification name statutory-interpretation Whether the use of a name, without more, constitutes the use of a "means of identification of another person" under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.
18-6822 Mark Anthony Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute lesser-included-offense notice-requirement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation The plain language of 21 U.S.C. § 851 requires the United States to, "before trial," file an "information" if it intends to seek enhanced statutory pe…
18-6829 Jimmy Walter Fuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error remand sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum substantial-rights 1. Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited rema…
18-6830 Francisco Heredia-Silva v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP california-penal-code circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-law sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorist-threats violent-crime Should this court resolve the split between the Fifth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit about whether California terrorist threats convictions under Calif…
18-685 Lynn Robinson, et al. v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-26 Denied Response Waived adhesion-contract adhesion-contracts airline-deregulation-act common-law common-law-contract consumer-rights contract-interpretation contract-law forfeiture statutory-interpretation unconscionability Since the enactment of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, there has been confusion and uncertainty among the courts as to what the answer is to the…
18-6794 Charlton Bradshaw v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation takings DO A TIMELY FILED MOTION FOR REHEARJNG OF AN PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REUIEW THAT IS NEVER RECEIVED, RECEIUE THE BENIFIT OF THE MAILBOX RULE
18-6798 Elvin Hill v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act-robbery intangible-property physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-force 1. Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense qualifies as a "crime of violence" -- required for conviction under § 924(c)(1), …
18-666 Alliance for California Business v. California Air Resources Board California 2018-11-21 Denied Response Waived clean-air-act epa epa-approval epa-regulation judicial-review sovereign-jurisdiction state-courts state-implementation-plan state-jurisdiction state-law state-law-challenges statutory-interpretation Whether, under a provision of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), the inclusion of a state regulation in an EPA-approved State Implementation P…
18-668 Peggy Berg v. Social Security Administration Seventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response Waived absolute-debt bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-553(b) circuit-split creditor-rights debt-setoff fifth-circuit mutual-debt setoff seventh-circuit statutory-interpretation third-circuit Under Bankruptcy Code Section 553(b), regarding when "a creditor offsets a mutual debt owing" and "the date of such setoff," does this require that th…
18-670 SFR Investments Pool 1, LLC v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Amici (1) federal-housing-finance federal-housing-finance-authority fhfa foreclosure-bar lien-enforcement lien-priority mortgage-securitization property-rights real-estate-transactions secondary-mortgage-market securitized-mortgages statutory-interpretation tax-liens 1. Does 12 U.S.C. § 4617(j)(3) apply to foreclosures of properties for which FHFA holds a securitized mortgage solely as trustee for the security hold…
18-6748 Malachi M. Glass v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense federal-law federal-sentencing pennsylvania pennsylvania-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE BROADER PENNSYLVANIA DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE STATUTE, 35 PA. C.S.A. § 780-113(A)(30), QUALIFIES AS A "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE O…
18-6757 Ronald Ray Norman v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law descamps-v-united-states divisibility divisibility-analysis federal-sentencing means-versus-elements sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-text violent-felony I. What role does the text of a statute play in the divisibility analysis under the categorical approach of the Armed Career Criminal Act? II. Is the…
18-6768 Michael Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines mens-rea resisting-arrest state-criminal-law statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime 1. Whether the quantum of force required by the elements of the Florida offense of resisting with violence, Fla. Stat. § 843.01, is sufficient to qual…
18-6771 Johny Gardner v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-law federal-jurisdiction felon-in-possession firearms firearms-regulation second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause.
18-6774 Jimmy L. Thompson v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession firearm-charges predicate-felony sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation void-ab-initio void-statute Whether a conviction based on a statute that has been held void ab initio can be used to increase punishment as a predicate felony pursuant to 18 U.S.…
18-6778 DeAngelo Horn v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability deficient-performance eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice reasonable-jurists standard-of-review statutory-interpretation In cases such as Rompilla v. Beard, 545 U.S. 374 (2005), and Wiggins v. Smith, 539 U.S. 510 (2003), this Court found deficient performance where trial…
18-6785 Christopher Scott v. Illinois Illinois 2018-11-21 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation 1st degree murder charges Count 23. Whether Petitoner PriNt, while Also Killed in the Course of Another Felny" 5/18-2 & 5/19-3, Violated the Joiner of…
18-651 Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act I. Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates…
18-6741 Charles Mamou, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied IFP 18-U.S.C.-3599(f) court-procedure due-process funding funding-request habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-review procedural-default rule-of-law statutory-interpretation substantial-need-test Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in how it applied Ayestas v. Davis?
18-6751 Patrick McIntosh v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4243 civil-commitment criminal-law due-process mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect mental-health-law personality-disorder statutory-interpretation Does a severe personality disorder constitute a mental disease or defect under 18 U.S.C. § 4243(c)(d) civil commitment provision?
18-6753 Jesse Mendez v. Gary Swarthout, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 28-usc-2255 district-court federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-petition harrington-v-richter judicial-deference reasoned-decision state-appellate-court state-court state-court-decision statutory-interpretation When a state court denied a habeas claim without a reasoned decision, in assessing whether "there was no reasonable basis for the state court to deny …
18-6754 Domonic McCarns v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constructive-amendment criminal-procedure harmless-error indictment plain-error-review speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Cryptic Letter, Number Codes are Sufficient to Satisfy the Speedy Trial Act Requirement that Reasons Justifying Delay of a Criminal Trial M…
18-6755 Daederick Lacy v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP age-of-consent criminal-sexual-activity interstate-commerce mens-rea minor prostitution statutory-interpretation transportation-of-minors Does the statute require proof that the defendant knew the individual transported had not attained the age of 18 years? Does the statute require proo…
18-6756 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights contempt debt-imprisonment disgorgement due-process erisa erisa-case erisa-enforcement garnishment imprisonment judicial-review labor-secretary-powers preliminary-injunction statutory-interpretation Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly decided that parts of a $38 million judgment for "disgorgement" entered in 2015 against the Pet…
18-6759 Gregory L. Brown v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-11-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2244b brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-petition recurring-issue second-or-successive second-successive-petition statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Is a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), brought in a second-in-time habeas petition "second or successive" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. §…
18-6722 Craig Porter v. Texas Texas 2018-11-19 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation DID THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS ERRONEOUSOY AFFIRMED APPLICANT'S CONVECTION BASED ON STATE PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENTS WETH ROGARDS TO APPLICANT'S REGAT TO…
18-6737 Jose Lopez-Castillo v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP booker booker-decision constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent title-21 Whether the mandatory-sentencing regime of Title 21 has been abrogated by United States v. Booker and its progeny.
18-6695 Zafar Mehmood v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-interpreters-act due-process judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-standard right-to-interpreter sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation statutory-procedures waiver waiver-of-right-to-interpreter Whether the plain error standard applies to appellate review of a claim that the district court's acceptance of a waiver by defense counsel of his cli…
18-6706 Jeremiah Davis v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-law enhanced-penalties predicate-offense reckless-driving sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a Tennessee aggravated assault conviction, which does not require proof that the defendant caused serious bodily injury or used or displayed a…
18-6707 Alberto Jair Proa-Dominguez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offenses drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea statutory-interpretation strict-liability L In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally' mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) a…
18-626 Glen St. Andrew Living Community, LLC, et al. v. Marsha Wetzel Seventh Circuit 2018-11-14 Dismissed circuit-split discriminatory-intent duty-to-intervene fair-housing-act housing-discrimination housing-provider-liability housing-providers hud-regulation statutory-interpretation tenant-harassment tenant-on-tenant-harassment third-party-liability This is a case of first impression and national importance affecting the entire United States housing industry. It concerns who can be held liable und…
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…
18-6665 Maurice T. Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis categorical-approach criminal-law drug-offenses drug-trafficking due-process felony-drug-offense recidivism recidivist-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1). Whether it was the intent of congress to restrict the application of § 841 recidivist enhancement to previous drug trafficking crimes which are te…
18-6697 Kevin Marquette Bellinger v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction jury jury-instructions malice-aforethought mens-rea murder murder-conviction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether there was sufficient evidence presented to the jury in Bellinger's case to convict Bellinger of murder as alleged in Counts One and Two, where…
18-6660 Mustafa Hasan Arif v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 15-usc-52-57 advertising-law civil-procedure criminal-intent false-advertising first-circuit intent-to-defraud intent-to-harm non-prescription-drugs statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether petitioner was wrongly prosecuted under the Wire Fraud statute because Congress intended such allegations of false advertising of nonprescript…
18-6671 Jimmy David Malone v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-11-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-court federalism generic-conviction state-courts state-statute statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based on an independent interpreta…
18-610 TiEnergy, LLC v. Wisconsin Central Ltd. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure consignee-liability contract contract-law demurrage-charges seventh-circuit shipping-law statutory-interpretation summary-judgment For a consignee to be liable for demurrage it must agree to be a consignee for the goods being shipped as the liability for such charges is based in c…
18-6647 Kiran Sharma v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing forfeiture forfeiture-restitution ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-victim-restitution-act plea-agreement restitution statutory-interpretation third-party-beneficiary trust-corpus Does the language in the Mandatory Victim Act (MVRA) 18 USCS 3663A, and 21 USCS 853(a), and this court's opinions in Hughey v. United States, 495 US 4…
18-6598 Darryl A. Robinson v. Tony Baynes Sixth Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-6609 Manuel Lampon-Paz v. Office of Personnel Management Third Circuit 2018-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-immunity due-diligence due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-liability jurisdiction negligence statutory-interpretation When harm occurs and there is no resolution under current statutes and guidelines that regulate that agency, the following questions present themselve…
18-6612 James Pinkney v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-11-08 GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bi armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach force illinois-robbery-statute statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony Whether the Illinois robbery statute categorically requires the use of force called for by this Court so as to qualify as a "violent felony" under the…
18-600 Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions, Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., fka Intersil Corporation Federal Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) 35-usc-271 commercial-transactions extraterritoriality federal-circuit infringement international-relations offer-to-sell patent patent-infringement patent-law statutory-interpretation united-states-code venue Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), a person directly infringes a patent whenever she "offers to sell" a patented invention "within the United States." The ques…
18-6607 Scott Peters v. John Baldwin Seventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs 1.) PlAiNtiff cAuNot Sve tHtE UNited StatEs DepartmertoR veteraNs AFFARS FOR CONstitUtONAL WRONS AGAiNSt HiM FOR DeLiBeRAtE INDIFFERNCE OR 14TH AOMENA…
18-6608 William Charles O'Neil v. FCC Coleman, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied IFP circuit-split habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue retroactive-law retroactivity savings-clause section-2241 section-2255 sentencing statutory-interpretation Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), or the savings clause correct in McCarthan v. Director of Goodwill Industries - Sunco…
18-597 John Ching En Lee v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied agency-decision ambiguous-question false-statement false-statement-defense literal-truth materiality mens-rea real-world-context statutory-interpretation 1. When determining whether an alleged false statement has a literal truth defense, may a court isolate the ambiguous question or view it in the total…
18-6563 Jesus R. Gonzalez-Negron v. United States First Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking due-process factual-basis firearm-possession firearms guilty-plea machine-gun-possession plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Is evidence of a loaded machine gun and drugs within a person's residence an adequate factual basis to support a guilty plea to possession of a firear…
18-6564 Cephus Hollis v. United States District of Columbia 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process due-process,criminal-law,statutory-interpretation, sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unauthorized-vehicle-use vehicle-theft Whether the DC Court of Appeals' erroneous statutory interpretation of the DC statute criminalizing unauthorized taking, use or operating a vehicle "t…
18-6566 Jara Meotta Ishon Flowers v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP bribery case-overturning civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extortion judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-precedent precedent racketeering stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent In Ocasio v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1423 (2016), separate opinions by Justice Thomas and Justice Breyer questioned whether Euans v. United States, …
18-6574 Curtis D. Hall v. United States Third Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence firearm-use sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states 1. Whether (as the court of appeals held) the categorical approach does not apply in any case in which the defendant was also convicted of "use[ of] a…
18-6583 Dionysius Fiumano v. United States Second Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1343 criminal-law due-process due-process-notice federal-communications-commission fifth-amendment fraud johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines skilling-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine welch-v-united-states DOES THE UNDEFINED ELEMENT "SCHEME TO DEFRAUD" IN 18 U.S.C. § 1343 SATISFY FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS NOTICE REQUIREMENTS IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT'S DE…
18-6567 Luis Delprado v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition criminal-history-enhancement generic-offense herrold-v-united-states quarles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statute-of-conviction statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court-review united-states-v-stitt I. Whether the following cases pending before this Court create a reasonable probability of a different result in the instant case insofar as the addr…
18-6569 Mark Lee Murray v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process johnson-retroactivity johnson-v-united-states mandatory-consecutive-sentence residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively invalidates the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B). 2. Whether ge…
18-583 Kenneth Mayle v. United States, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-11-05 Denied Response Waived compelled-speech compelling-governmental-interest equal-protection free-exercise free-speech government-burden least-restrictive-means minority-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom-restoration-act sincerely-held-religious-beliefs standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court's ruling violates the Supreme Court's precedents by improperly substituting its own view that carrying currency bearing a reli…
18-578 William L. Pender, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-11-02 Denied appropriate-relief benefit-plan civil-procedure divided-bench employee-benefits equitable-relief equity-courts erisa judicial-remedy pension-law solicitor-general statutory-interpretation Whether the word "appropriate" in ERISA § 502(a)(3) authorizes ERISA courts to decline to award an established equitable remedy based on consideration…
18-6545 Frankie Calanche Lopez v. California California 2018-11-02 Denied IFP appeal criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process intent intent-element mens-rea opportunistic-crime robbery robbery-intent statutory-interpretation Does it matter. Appeal's Court Judge States It Consequently, whether defendant intended to commit robbery from the moment he first approached or punce…
18-6533 Anthony Lewallyn v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-registration-requirements due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-travel nichols-precedent nichols-v-united-states registration sex-offender sex-offender-registration sorna statutory-interpretation After this Court's opinion in Nichols v. United States, can a sex offender be prosecuted for failing to register or update his registration in the dis…
18-6543 John J. Koresko v. R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor Third Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP 29-usc-1132 appropriate-relief benefit-plans defined-benefit defined-benefit-plan erisa erisa-29-usc-1132 erisa-standing fiduciary-duty monetary-relief plan-surplus secretary-of-labor standing statutory-interpretation surplus-assets trust Does the Secretary of Labor have standing to sue for "losses" to the surplus of an ERISA defined benefit welfare plan - i.e., a theoretical injury to …
18-6547 Christopher Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-11-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea physical-force reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which …
18-6502 Chris Jonathon Epperson v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Ninth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process executive-power foreign-affairs foreign-policy national-security political-question separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Executive Orders: JohnF. Kennedy Theadore Roosevell Richard Nixon Ronald Reaqun ioth Amendment ForeanPolicy UKraine -Indonesia 2ndAmendmenl France - G…
18-563 Darren Commander v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response Waived 26-usc-6672 circuit-split civil-procedure negligence statutory-interpretation summary-judgment tax-law willfulness Was the Third Circuit's standard for willfulness under 26 U.S.C. § 6672(a) too lax for situations that at best are mere negligence in conflict with th…
18-568 Bart H. Rippl v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-31 Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment internal-revenue-code statutory-interpretation substantive-regulations Does the Fifth Amendment's "due process of law" guarantee apply to the specific language set forth in the Internal Revenue Code and other laws, and in…
18-6495 Richard Anthony Trent v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split demand-for-certainty divisibility divisible-statute federal-courts federal-statute-interpretation mathis-v-united-states modified-categorical-approach state-law-materials statutory-interpretation Is the demand for certainty satisfied where, after a survey of relevant, state-law materials, the federal court can only say what is "suggestive" and …
18-6476 Joseph White v. Detroit East Community Mental Health, et al. Michigan 2018-10-29 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment fraud hostile-environment hostile-work-environment legal-interpretation organizational-liability sexual-harassment standing statutory-interpretation workplace-abuse Must a court overlook co- workers, supervisors, and organizational directors, to tease and to allow sexual harassment, thus creating a hostile enviro…
18-6482 Roger Alfred Anchundia-Espinoza v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied IFP 18-usc-3553(f) criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-safety-valve united-states-v-mosquera-murillo Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minim…
18-6483 Armando Chavez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing indictment indictment-requirements judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether facts that alter the range of "reasonable" federal sentences must be pleaded in the indictment in federal cases?
18-554 Charles J. Weiss v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia 2018-10-29 Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process irs levy-action notice statutory-interpretation tax tax-notice taxpayer-rights under the notice prong of the Fifth Amendment due process clause and the statute itself, whether the IRS notice means what it says – as the 3rd, 9th, …
18-550 Brandi K. Stokes v. Christopher Lance Corsbie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1447d civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction geneva-conventions grave-breaches international-law preemption removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction war-crimes Whether 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d) is preempted by international law for claims involving grave breaches of the Geneva conventions.
18-6448 In Re Michael Quattrocchi 2018-10-26 Denied IFP administrative-forfeiture administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-approval judicial-review procedural-violations property-rights statutory-interpretation trial-delay unborn-rights WHETHER "ACTUAL INNOCENCE" REQUIRES THE ACCUSED UPON MOTIONS "ACTUAL AND
18-6455 Ronnie McGee v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 district-court-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-courts federal-habeas gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus section-2254 statutory-interpretation WHEN A DISTRICT COURT MISCONSTRUES A § 2254 CLAIM AND/OR FAILS TO CONSIDER OR PROPERLY CONSIDER MATERIAL EVDIENCE SUBMITTED TO SUPPORT A CLAIM, DOES T…
18-6461 Gerren K. Love v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines causation-element circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-classification criminal-law force-definition sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-crime violent-force If a statute has a causation-of-harm element, does it also necessarily have an element of violent force for purposes of classifying the crime as a vio…
18-6414 Marvin K. Locke v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP common-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-default second-successive-petition standing statutory-interpretation 1. THE DISTRICT COURT FOUND THE ISSUE " A HABEAS CORPUS IS AN APPROPRIATE VEHICAL FORSECOND OR SUCCESSIVE PETITION. THE DISTRICT COURT FOUND THIS ISSU…
18-6430 Kinzie Decarlos Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 alibi-defense appellate-review district-court evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel off-the-record off-the-record-facts procedural-default section-2255 statutory-interpretation Federal statute and this Court's rulings provide that a district court must grant an evidentiary hearing when material facts are contested, and those …
18-544 Teresita A. Canuto v. Department of Defense, et al. District of Columbia 2018-10-25 Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1604 28-usc-1605 acting-official foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity foreign-state government-liability individual-capacity individual-liability official-capacity service-of-process sovereign-immunity state-immunity statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a foreign state's immunity from suit under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1604 extends to an individual for acts taken in t…
18-534 Well Luck Company, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied administrative-law customs-classification customs-law explanatory-notes general-rules-of-interpretation hts-heading-1206 hts-heading-2008 legislative-intent nesoi prior-statutory-construction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tariff-classification trade-classification Whether the panel disregarded legislative intent and prior statutory construction to improperly use the General Rules of Interpretation and the Explan…
18-6408 Tiffany A. Prince v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offenses drug-overdose federal-courts federal-law physical-injury sentencing-guidelines significant-physical-injury sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether a non-fatal drug overdose is a "significant physical injury" under U.S.S.G. § 5K2.2.
18-6413 Joshua Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a "conviction" for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)?
18-6395 Alex D. Ramos v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process firearm-offense sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1) Did the lower Court err, and concomitantly violate the United States Constitution, Amendments V and VI, where it determined that Petitioner's prior…
18-524 Eric D. Gathings v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-19 Denied Response Waived appellate-review certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability-coa due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation suspension-clause I. Was the appellate court's summary denial of a certificate of appealability (COA) reciting that it had "carefully reviewed the original file of the …
18-512 Lee Simmons v. Paul Daniel Smith, in His Official Capacity as Acting Director of the National Park Service, et al. Eighth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response Waived administrative-agency-deference administrative-law agency-action agency-discretion chevron-deference due-process judicial-review property-rights statutory-interpretation takings wild-and-scenic-rivers-act 1. Whether an agency can advance an interpretation of a statute for the first time in litigation and then demand deference for its view under Chevron.…
18-6359 Uriel Gomez-Saavedra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3661-3553 5th-amendment 5th-circuit-law constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. The mandatory five year minimum under which Mr. Gomez-Saavedra was sentenced is unconstitutional and contravenes 18 U. S.C. 3661 and 3553(a) becaus…
18-6360 Jocelyn Faurisma v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law johnson-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation violent-crime After Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. __ , 135 S. Ct. 2551 and Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S. Ct. 1204 (2018), can reasonable jurists debate whether ar…
18-6385 Jeffrey Bernard Beeman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause sentencing-challenge statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,…
18-6363 Calvin Bernhardt v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 arthur-andersen circuit-split criminal-law federal-statute obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation vagueness witness-tampering 1. A person can be guilty under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) if he "corruptly persuades" someone else to withhold testimony or an object from an official proce…
18-6369 Lashon Browning v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-10-17 GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach certiorari circuit-split illinois-robbery statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony 1. Does Illinois robbery categorically require the use of force and thereby qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act?
18-494 Thomas S. Ross v. Apple, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-17 Denied Response Waived 17-usc-106 17-usc-501 copyright-infringement copyright-ownership eleventh-circuit exclusive-rights motion-to-dismiss standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit correctly held that granting defendant's Motion for Dismissal was justified even though a) plaintiff proved ownership of …
18-482 Paul Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services, LLC Eighth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied bosch-v-commissioner circuit-split eighth-circuit fair-debt-collection-practices-act interest-statute materiality materiality-requirement pre-judgment-interest state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit may disregard this Court's instructions in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017) for constructi…
18-6331 Vernon Robinson v. Florida Florida 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing standing statutory-interpretation did the 1st Diothict Count of appeal departiment from the essentinl reluinement of law ts Mandate By the uvited States Supreme the count muotmake A ex…
18-6342 Jaime Rene Lopez-Vaal v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP accomplice-liability aggravated-felony criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law ninth-circuit-review sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether Section 1326(b), which does not define "misdemeanors involving drugs or violence against the person," "felony," or "aggravated felony," is unc…
18-6343 Roberto Llerenas, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process human-trafficking ninth-circuit reasonable-opportunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation statutory-vagueness vagueness 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 1591 is unconstitutionally vague.
18-6346 Mark A. Dubarry v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law force-clause hobbs-act robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. In three circuits, pattern jury instructions extend Hobbs Act robbery (18 U.S.C. § 1951(b)) to an offense committed by causing fear of harm to inta…
18-6349 Daniel Israel Palomino v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-review due-process guideline-commentary judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-interpretation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation Whether a district court abuses its discretion in misapplying a sentencing guideline when it refuses to consider a factor expressly provided for in th…
18-6292 Anthony Robinson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law federal-criminal-provisions federal-criminal-statute force-element statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense has an element of force and thereby qualifies as a "crime of violence" for …
18-6322 Gabino Medina Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-10-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1101 criminal-law due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can a statute that this Court has held to be unconstitutionally void for vagueness nevertheless still be applied when incorporated by reference into t…
18-481 Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media, dba Argus Leader Eighth Circuit 2018-10-15 Judgment Issued Amici (20) circuit-split commercial-information commercial-or-financial-information competitive-harm confidential-information financial-information foia-exemption foia-exemption-4 freedom-of-information-act-foia statutory-interpretation 1.Does the statutory term "confidential" in FOIA Exemption 4 bear its ordinary meaning, thus requiring the Government to withhold all "commercial or f…
18-468 SSL Services, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 35-usc-325(d) administrative-law administrative-procedure estoppel inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-office patent-review patent-validity predictability prior-art statutory-interpretation 1. Whether courts may review an agency's ruling on whether the § 325(d) Multiple-Proceedings rule applies and bars an IPR's institution when (1) the a…
18-6302 Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-felony predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether Hobbs Act robbery as set forth as a predicate felony offense in Count 4 of the Second Superseding Indictment qualifies as a "crime of violence…
18-6303 Jeffrey Joseph Pendleton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment force-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Is the Force Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) invalid under the Fifth Amendment void-for-vagueness doctrine?
18-6274 Robert Klein v. Centennial Ranch and Aspen Mountain Ranch Association Colorado 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-obligations constitutional-rights court-orders discrimination due-process judicial-deference judicial-interpretation judicial-review legal-procedure legislative-intent prevailing-party-rights pro-se-litigation standing state-courts-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether state courts are following what the legislators have put in place through the statutes? Have the legislators put Statutes in place for reasoni…
18-6277 Glover A. Yawn, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP ACCA armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law elements-clause felony-battery great-bodily-harm possession-of-firearm sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-maximum violent-felony The broad question presented by this case is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed Mr. Yawn's sentence under the Armed Ca…
18-6299 Jonathan Wade Dunning v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appraisal appraisal-disclosure criminal-intent duty-to-disclose joint-ownership market-value property-purchase property-sale purchase-price scheme-or-artifice-to-defraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. For purposes of the wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, has a defendant engaged in a "scheme or artifice to defraud" when the defendant, without …
18-460 Walter Daniel, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rebekah Daniel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-11 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine medical-malpractice military-discipline military-exigencies service-member service-members stare-decisis statutory-interpretation In Feres v. United States, 340 U.S. 135 (1950), and its companion medical malpractice cases, Jefferson v. United States, and United States v. Griggs, …
18-447 Alabama Department of Revenue, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) commerce-clause discrimination dormant-commerce-clause equal-protection fuel-exemption interstate-commerce preemption state-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination tax-exemption transportation-carriers Under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4), when can a State justifiably maintain a sales-and-use tax exemption for fuel used by vessels to transport goods interst…
18-6282 Iseal Dixon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-firearms-law firearm-possession intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-6228 John Laschkewitsch v. American National Life Insurance Company Fourth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP breach-of-contract civil-procedure contestability due-process estoppel insurance-authorities insurance-contestability insurance-contract insurance-law precedent statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limitation unfair-and-deceptive-trade-practices unfair-claim-settlement Whether Hurni, Enelow, Stewart and Pickering contestability precedent from this Court; American Trust Co. and Chavis precedent from the NC Supreme Cou…
18-6232 Dion Dakota Johnson v. United States Third Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c categorical-approach categorical-approach-18-usc-924c circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation third-circuit vagueness Does the categorical approach apply in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)? In light of Johnso…
18-6241 Edward Jewell v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP class-precedent constitutional-challenge controlled-substance-offense criminal-law direct-appeal due-process mathis-precedent mathis-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Does this Court's holding in Mathis v. United States apply to determinations under the United States Sentencing Guidelines of Whether a prior convicti…
18-6248 Antonio Mercedes-Rijo v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power criminal-procedure define-and-punish-clause drug-trafficking due-process federal-jurisdiction high-seas mitigating-role sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-3b1.2 statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the Petitioner's Mitigating Role Should of Been Adjusted In Accordance With The United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3B1.2 Whether Congress …
18-6249 Markos Pappas v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-60(b) habeas-corpus rosales-mireles rule-60b section-2255 standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Does the certificate of appealability ("COA") requirement of 228 U.S.C. § 2253(c) that explicitly applies to motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, also appl…
18-6256 William Wise Mock v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender categorical-approach criminal-sentencing presentence-investigation-report sentencing separate-occasions shepard-documents statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, in applying the categorical approach to determine if a defendant is a career offender, the sentencing court can use a Presentence Investig…
18-442 Jesse R. Benton v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-09 Denied 18-usc-1001 campaign-finance false-statement falsity fec feca federal-election-commission materiality materiality-requirement reporting-violations sarbanes-oxley sarbanes-oxley-act statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE MATERIALITY REQUIREMENT IN 18 USC SECTION 1001 CAN BE TURNED INTO A MERE FALSITY REQUIREMENT IN THE FEC REPORTING CONTEXT OR WHETHER TH…
18-6215 Leonard Nathaniel Peragine, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion child-enticement child-pornography congressional-intent criminal-sentencing empirical-evidence guideline-calculation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the district court's utilization of the child pornography guideline in Section 2G2.2 to determine the sentence for a defendant whose primary o…
18-6198 Carlos Rafael Acosta-Joaquin v. United States First Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-408(a)(7)(B) criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process false-representation federal-criminal-law identity-theft social-security-fraud social-security-number statutory-interpretation Is a defendant guilty of social security fraud pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 408(a)(7)(B) – which prohibits "falsely represent[ing] a number to be the socia…
18-6222 Donte Timothy Bacon v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-challenges class-v-united-states commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure de-novo district-of-colombia-v-heller federal-criminalization federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution firearm-regulation guilty-plea interstate-commerce intrastate-firearm-possession intrastate-firearm-sale plain-error second-amendment standard-of-review statutory-interpretation unconditional-guilty-plea united-states-v-lopez Consistent with Class v. United States, 583 U.S. _, 138 S.Ct. 798 (2018), are as-applied constitutional challenges to statutes of conviction waived by…
18-420 United States v. Gerald Adrian Wheeler Fourth Circuit 2018-10-04 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent collateral-review federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity saving-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation statutory-minimum The question presented is whether a prisoner whose Section 2255 motion challenging the applicability of a statutory minimum was denied based on circui…
18-418 United States, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District Sixth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied civil-procedure constructive-knowledge false-claims-act false-claims-act-31-usc-3729 federal-law mistake-of-law pleading-requirements scienter statutory-interpretation subjective-scienter Whether stating a claim of knowing avoidance of an obligation or conversion under the FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(G) and (D), requires alleging that d…
18-428 United States v. Clifford Raymond Salas Tenth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-431 United States v. Maurice Lamont Davis and Andre Levon Glover Fifth Circuit 2018-10-03 Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law firearm-offense firearms hobbs-act statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the subsection-specific definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(3)(B), which applies only in the limited context of a federal cr…
18-6181 Michael Patino v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP and does not contain a full petition for writ of but the text you've provided appears to be incomp I cannot extract a meaningful Question Presented I will respond with: Question not identified. administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation I. Whether, in a murder trial, under the Rhode Island general murder statute, there was a deprivation of the accused's right to Due Process provided i…
18-6188 Andrew Lucero v. Colorado Department of Corrections Colorado 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP bill-of-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue liberty-interest procedural-default statutory-interpretation Whether the original Criminal Trial Court abused it's discretion in it's Procedural Defaults, ab initio, depriving petitioner of Constitutionally Secu…
18-6195 Marlon L. Watford v. Natasha Doe, et al. Seventh Circuit 2018-10-03 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction patent standing statutory-interpretation takings da the Po 28 U.S. C.$1915 (b)(4) noh not to e od o n n to in a mit Cot (28U.S.C.1915(a)(3)apnt ten i o d oA For The h etlied of n avo f the ot (viz…
18-6207 Manuel Ernesto Paiz Guevara v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion capital-crime capital-punishment criminal-procedure death-penalty eighth-amendment fourth-circuit-split mandatory-sentencing miller-v-alabama right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held - in conflict with the plain language of 18 U.S.C. § 3005 and in conflict with a 45-year split between …
18-6208 Nicholas Ryan Hemsher v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 8th-circuit appellate-review circuit-split co-conspirators criminal-enhancement criminal-procedure sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparities-18-usc-3553-a-6 sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1) Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the statutory direction to avoid unwarranted disparities among defendants, 18 U.S…
18-6184 Robert Demetrius Barnes v. B. Masters, Warden Fourth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split concurrent-sentence criminal-procedure federal-appellate-courts federal-sentencing prior-undischarged-term prior-undischarged-term-of-imprisonment sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-manual-5g1.3(c) statutory-interpretation Whether the word "concurrently" in Section 5G1.3(c) authorizes a sentencing court to run a sentence concurrently from the start of the pre-existing se…
18-411 Cindy Omidi v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-10-02 Denied Response Waived 31-usc-5317 31-usc-5324 civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture jurisdictional-basis money-judgment personal-money-judgment statutory-interpretation structuring 1. Does 31 U.S.C. § 5317 give a district court authority to enter a personal money judgment against a person who has violated only 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)…
18-413 David R. Bosch v. Arizona Department of Revenue Arizona 2018-10-02 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 26-usc-6103 26-usc-6103(d) administrative-procedure agreement-on-coordination-of-tax-administration due-process federal-authority federal-law information-sharing non-federal-agency privacy-act recipient-agency state-tax statutory-interpretation tax-administration May a, "non-federal," / "recipient agency," (as defined in the Privacy Act of 1974) purport to act under authority of 26 U.S.C. § 6103(d) pursuant to …
18-6156 Hector Medina v. United States Second Circuit 2018-10-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-guidelines criminal-classification criminal-law dangerous-instrument first-degree-robbery new-york-penal-law sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime SHOULD FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY WITH USE OF A DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT UNDER NEW YORK PENAL LAW § 160.15(3) QUALIFY AS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE FOR PURPOSES OF THE…
18-6111 Thompson Christopher Kyle Mandrell v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a6 appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-discretion sentence-disparity sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation whether the federal sentencing court failed to properly consider and apply § 3553(a)(6), which requires consideration of "the need to avoid unwarrante…
18-6121 Benjamin Vega-Garcia, aka Carlos Moreno Molina v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-standard constitutional-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), which holds that a prior conviction qualifying an enhanced …
18-6080 Abraham J. Bonowitz, Douglas A. Pagitt, Lisa S. Harper, Suezann K. Bosler, Arthur J. Laffin, Randy Gardner, Derrick W. Jamison, Thomas W. Muther, Jr., Shane A. Claiborne, Sam R. Sheppard, and John M. Travers v. United States District of Columbia 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP 40-usc-6135 assembly constitutional-law display first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine public-forum statutory-interpretation 1. Is the open-air, public space surrounding the Supreme Court a traditional public forum, despite a flawed, constitutionally suspect challenged law t…
18-6104 Wayne Thomas, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states supreme-court supreme-court-review use-of-force violent-crime 1) Does the Florida Robbery 812.13 "meet use of force" as defined in Johnson v. United States U.S. (2010)? Petitioner requests a GVR in light of Stoke…
18-6106 James L. Miller v. Amir Kashani, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction property-rights standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-6117 Josette Buendia v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP arthur-anderson bribery-statute circuit-split corrupt-intent criminal-intent federal-bribery-statute judicial-precedent school-vendor sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rooney In Arthur Anderson LLP v. United States, this Court held that only people with immoral, depraved, wrongful, or evil motive, only people conscious of t…
18-389 Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Brian Newton Ninth Circuit 2018-09-26 Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) choice-of-law circuit-split fair-labor-standards-act federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption gap-filling outer-continental-shelf-lands-act reliance-interests state-law state-law-borrowing statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour-laws Whether, under OCSLA, state law is borrowed as the applicable federal law only when there is a gap in the coverage of federal law, as the Fifth Circui…
18-384 Papierfabrik August Koehler SE v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-09-25 Denied Amici (1) administrative-record adverse-facts-available antidumping-duty commerce-department corroboration facts-available judicial-review statutory-interpretation tariff-act Whether a court may rely on the Tariff Act's perceived purpose to override its specific statutory requirements for selecting antidumping duty rates.
18-6100 Hugo Pliego-Hernandez v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16 administrative-law attempted-robbery circuit-court-review criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-jurisdiction guideline-commentary sentencing-guidelines seventh-circuit stare-decisis statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states The district court enhanced Pliego-Hernandez' sentencing guideline range on the strength of a prior conviction for attempted robbery. Nothing in the t…
18-6057 Omar Sosa-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule first-circuit fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-6069 Joel Cadena v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal case-holding circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus legal-deferral pending-litigation petition-for-writ sentencing statutory-interpretation stay supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should hold the instant Petition until the resolution of Stokeling v. United States, 138 S.Ct. 1438 (April 2, 2018), and/or United …
18-6073 Tramain Deon Price v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority criminal-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea police-power statutory-interpretation I. This Court should use this case to answer the reoccurring, important question whether, when enacting the Unlawful Possession of a Firearm statute (…
18-374 Wuilson Estuardo Lemus Castillo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-21 Denied 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-enforcement mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentences maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant convicted of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq., and subject to a mandatory minim…
18-370 Marlon Haight v. United States District of Columbia 2018-09-20 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act assault-with-dangerous-weapon circuit-split criminal-sentencing mens-rea reckless statutory-interpretation violent-felony Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), a defendant convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) who has three previous convictions for …
18-6063 Craig Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-history criminal-procedure disciplinary-infractions due-process judicial-discretion judicial-interpretation section-3582 sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court should resolve spilt decisions in the lower court -as to how far a Judge must explain and/or elaborate on a decision to gran…
18-6036 Donald S. Harden v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP causation criminal-statute drug-trafficking mandatory-life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing proximate-cause racial-disparities rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability This Court granted certiorari in Burrage v. United States, 569 U.S. 957 (2013), to decide two questions concerning the "death results" sentencing enha…
18-5978 John Robert Register, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process plain-error prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation A. Did the court commit a plain error by applying a career offender enhancement to petitioner, even though his prior convictions (to wit: possession o…
18-6016 Fabian Sandoval-Ramos v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-offense due-process enhancement-factor mandatory-minimum-sentence mandatory-minimum-sentences sentencing sentencing-enhancements statutory-interpretation In order to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence, must the government allege and prove that an enhancement factor was the object of the conspiracy, or…
18-6025 Rene Borrero v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-18 Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-robbery due-process state-law state-statute statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Whether Florida's State attempted robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" is catego…
18-6004 Matthew Jones v. Superior Court of Connecticut, et al. Second Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-prosecution civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-liability criminal-prosecution due-process government-employee government-immunity hiv-disclosure immunity statutory-interpretation yale-university civil prosecution? 2. Is having sex without divulging an infected partner's HIV status considered attempted murder? 3.Is Yale University considered a …
18-6006 Gerson Gonzalez Tovar v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions criminal-statute due-process interstate-commerce plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materia ls used to produce child pornog raphy once crosse d state lines at an unspeci…
18-346 Estate of Jason Allen Smallwood v. United States Federal Circuit 2018-09-17 Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction implied-contract implied-in-fact-contract jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar scheuer-v-rhodes sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation tucker-act veterans-benefits 1. In the face of Scheuer v. Rhodes, whether the trial court could have properly determined that the Estate's complaint must fail? 2. Whether 38 U.S.…
18-5950 Artis Ryan Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-procedure writ-of-certiorari Question not identified.
18-5976 In Re Jaame Amun Re El 2018-09-14 Denied IFP administrative-law banking-statutes civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-violations criminal-statutes due-process federal-habeas-corpus judicial-review judicial-role legal-hermeneutics separation-of-powers statutory-construction statutory-drafting statutory-interpretation statutory-language statutory-meaning textual-analysis Qustin.Is t ueditat's duty toterret a ta? Question. Are Banking statutes appropriate for alleged banking violations? Can a Federal prisoner seek rel…
18-5997 Francisco Burciaga v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-law drug-classification drug-policy due-process heroin-hydrochloride innocence legal-ambiguity pharmaceutical-industry prosecutorial-discretion sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness All University Englh Dictionaries define/describe as follows: heroin— a derivative of morphine morphine— a derivative of opium What is heroin hydro…
18-5998 Keith Lapell Biggins v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure appellate-review buck-v-davis case-law certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit federal-procedure habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation statutory-operation Whether the United Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Contrary to Buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 Inverted the Mode of Statutory Operation 28 U.S.…
18-6000 Angel Barreiro v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida 2018-09-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-facto-life-sentence due-process equal-protection florida-supreme-court life-sentence parole parole-eligibility parole-process sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-scheme Whether all 4,626 pre-1994 parole eligible Inmates in the State of Florida whom all are equally situated under the statutory schemes and criteria's of…
18-5965 Rayburn Scott Harmon v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force-clause statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-castleman violent-act violent-felonies violent-felony violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force.
18-5967 Matthew Wade Howard v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-law federal-guideline guideline-application sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation tenth-circuit Whether the Tenth Circuit and other circuits have broadened the application of U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) beyond the plain language of the guideline's te…
18-5981 Elizabeth Pastor v. Partnership for Children's Rights New York 2018-09-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-78-proceeding civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process employer-threshold employment employment-discrimination judicial-transfer standing statutory-interpretation title-vii Should the Supreme Court have transferred the Article 78 to the Appellate Division without a hearing? Should the lower court have denied full discove…
18-5930 Timothy Walker v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender double-jeopardy drug-offense due-process guideline-amendments guideline-range post-sentencing-litigation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g. Does it comport with the Due Process Clause and the prohibition against Double Jeopardy to, for all practical purposes, simultaneously impose two (2) …
18-5944 Rafael Tanco-Pizarro v. United States First Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3583 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discovery due-process revocation revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release title-18-usc I. Whether the punishment factor of the federal sentencing statute, Title 18 U.S.C §3553(a)(2)(A), is a permissible or prohibited factor in sentencing…
18-5945 David Chiddo v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-12 Denied IFP appeal-from-magistrate circuit-split district-court-order federal-magistrates-act felony-guilty-plea felony-plea judicial-procedure magistrate-authority plea-agreement plea-agreement-stipulation statutory-authority statutory-interpretation stipulated-facts 1. Does a federal magistrate have authority to accept a felony guilty plea? 2. Where a plea agreement provides that stipulated facts present an adequ…
18-5923 Brent Eugene Sanchez v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force misdemeanor-force-clause precedent standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-act violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force.
18-5934 Deborah M. Wagner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process mandatory-victim-restitution-act mvra plea-agreement restitution restitution-order sentencing statutory-authority statutory-interpretation I. Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in granting the Government's Motion to Dismiss the Petitioner's Appeal?
18-5935 Julio Cesar Velasquez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process flores-figueroa mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation strict-liability I. In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) …
18-5942 Darren K. Byler v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure clean-water-act de-minimis-standard environmental-law refuse-act sewage-discharge statutory-interpretation water-pollution 1. Does 33 U.S.C. 407, The Refuse Act, apply to sewage? 2. Does 33 U.S.C., 407, The Refuse Act. require discharges, into the water, to be morE than d…
18-314 Capella Photonics, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2018-09-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 35-usc-144 appellate-review due-process federal-circuit judicial-procedure judicial-review mandamus patent-appeals patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit's practice of routinely issuing judgments without opinions in appeals from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board violates 35 U…
18-292 Detric Lewis v. Nicole English, Warden Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Relisted (5) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation unlawful-detention May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in order to raise arguments that were foreclosed by binding (but erron…
18-297 Eric White, et al. v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. New York 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived canons-of-construction federal-indian-law indian-law indian-rights indian-treaty-rights native-american-rights new-york-indians seneca-nation sovereign-immunity state-taxation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-assessment treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty The decision below ruled that New York's promise to the Seneca Nation of Indians to refrain from assessing taxes "for any purpose whatever, upon any I…
18-5844 Rocco Tinoco v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875 civil-rights criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation whether a mental state of recklessness - absent Subjective intent to threaten - in conveying a threat is sufficient to support a conviction under 18 U…
18-5915 Michael Hill v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-09-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempt categorical-approach illinois intent statutory-interpretation substantial-step use-of-force violent-felony The Armed Career Criminal Act treats as a violent felony felonies that require the use of force. In Illinois, as in many states and as for many federa…
18-5919 Lance R. Martin v. Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., et al. California 2018-09-07 Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-5890 Mark D. Whitfield v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-law force hobbs-act property robbery statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force violent-crime Whether jurists of reason could debate whether robbery under the Hobbs Act possesses the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force against the pe…
18-5882 Daniel Vela v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession gun-control police-power second-amendment statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess…
18-5884 Matthew Gary Richardson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split generic-burglary intent-requirement judicial-factfinding mandatory-sentence mandatory-sentencing mathis mathis-peek mathis-v-united-states reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor 1. Whether the "Mathis peek" used by the court below to guess if a fact is an element or a means of committing an offense violates the Sixth Amendment…
18-5900 Juan Carlos Martinez-Barrientos v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-review sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap…
18-288 Philip A. Mearing v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-09-05 Denied Amici (3) appellate-review appellate-waiver criminal-appeal criminal-defendant-waiver criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining restitution restitution-order sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation 1. Whether, or under what circumstances, a criminal defendant's waiver in his plea agreement of the right to appeal his "sentence" covers an appeal of…
18-5866 Nathan Mosley v. United States Third Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. In accord with the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, should a conviction under the Hobbs …
18-5875 John Vivo, III v. Connecticut Connecticut 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-procedure plain-error plain-error-doctrine state-court-review statement-of-the-case statutory-exception statutory-interpretation 1. DID THE STATE COURT OF LAST RESORT ERROR BY DECLINING TO REVIEW THE PETITIONER'S REQUEST FOR REVIEW UNDER PLAIN ERROR DOCTRINE THE APPLICATION OF §…
18-5877 Levi Lapp Stoltzfoos v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cash-deposit civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-mens-rea due-process financial-institution financial-institutions mens-rea money-laundering overbreadth overbroad-statute statutory-interpretation Is 18 Pa. C.S. § 5111(a)(8) unconstitutionally overbroad where the statute criminalizes the depositing of lawfully acquired cash into financial instit…
18-5840 George Stoney v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924c3a categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-jurisdiction hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Under the categorical approach, rather than the Third Circuit's outlier contemporaneous act approach, does a conviction under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S…
18-5854 Joe Leonard Lambright v. Arizona Arizona 2018-08-31 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process incarceration-credit life-sentence parole sentencing statutory-interpretation When a defendant's death sentence is vacated and a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 25 years imposed in its place, is the Due Proces…
18-267 Electronic Privacy Information Center v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, et al. District of Columbia 2018-08-31 Denied article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights congressional-intent due-process federal-election-commission-v-akins federal-question federal-statute informational-injury injury-in-fact judicial-review munsingwear-doctrine munsingwear-vacatur privacy public-disclosure standing standing-injury-in-fact statutory-interpretation 1. Does a plaintiff suffer an Article III injury in fact "when the plaintiff fails to obtain information which must be publicly disclosed pursuant to …
18-5817 Jermaine Moorer v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus qualified-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-5835 Juan Fernando Lizarraga-Leyva v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony controlled-substance deportation drug-trafficking drug-trafficking-crime illicit-trafficking immigration-law immigration-nationality-act mens-rea state-law statutory-interpretation Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a noncitizen is subject to mandatory removal if convicted of an "aggravated felony." The list of aggravated…
18-5838 Hosea Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Relisted (4)IFP categorically constitutes a 'violent felony' unde interpreted by state law to be satisfied by the f armed-career-criminal-act circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-statute element-of-force force-element robbery-offense state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states violent-felony 1. Is a state robbery offense that includes "as an element" the taking of property by another by force, interpreted by state law to be satisfied by th…
18-5839 James Frederick Rebmann v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines felony-classification plain-reading possession-offenses prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation The Federal Sentencing Guidelines require a base offense level of 43 if the defendant is "convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), or (b)(…
18-5831 Willie Riley Curry v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-circuit age-of-victim byrd-v-united-states carpenter-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment gvr plain-error scienter search-and-seizure sixth-circuit-review statutory-interpretation The Fourth Amendment has continuously been applied to cases like the one here. The Sixth Circuit failed to follow that jurisprudence. Does Carpenter a…
18-5808 Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c 6th-amendment constitutional-law crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-law jury-instructions residual-clause sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-crime Whether the Eleventh Circuit's 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) pattern jury instruction violates the Sixth Amendment because it concludes that the crutial question…
18-5816 Keith L. Nash v. Richard J. Bishop, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process incarceration jurisdiction medical-care prison standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified.
18-5827 Robert Joseph King v. Robert R. Neall, Secretary, Maryland Department of Health, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied IFP americans-with-disabilities-act appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction-28-usc-1292 sovereign-immunity standing state-immunity statutory-interpretation title-i Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issue an Order that conflicts with 28 U.S.C. § 1292 by denying Petitioner's appeal? Did…
18-5828 Adolfo Lopez-Garcia v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3582c-motion amendment-782 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court procedural-reasonableness sentence-reduction sentencing-discretion sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-directive statutory-interpretation substantive-error substantive-reasonableness sufficient-but-not-greater-than-necessary Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w…
18-5770 John Denton Rouse, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP but no text of a SCOTUS petition was provided in I cannot generate a question presented or identif please include the full text of the petition. chapman-v-united-states criminal-procedure drug-quantity due-process mandatory-minimum market-oriented-approach sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the government may commingle substances that pose an identifiable danger of misidentification to produce an aggregate mixture or substance con…
18-5771 Jim Walter Qualls, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-courts felony-case guilty-plea judicial-authority jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judges plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation Whether the Supreme Court should resolve a conflict among the Circuit Courts of Appeals, and find that the Tenth Circuit erred in affirming Petitioner…
18-5788 James Everett Dutschke v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biological-agents bioweapon-offenses civil-rights constitutional-separation-of-powers due-process federal-prosecution jurisdiction jurisdictional-ambiguity plea-agreement select-agents separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-validity subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction treaty treaty-enactment 1-Is it constitutional for an Article III judge to act as an Article I lawmaker by rewriting or nullifying existing written law, writing new law or as…
18-5795 Luis Antonio Ibarra v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause double-jeopardy felon-in-possession interstate-commerce legislative-history mens-rea statutory-interpretation I. This Court should grant certiorari in this case to establish that the bright line "Blockburger" double jeopardy test accepted in Dixon is the one a…
18-5801 Harvey Eugene Larson v. Doug Moore, Parole Officer, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-28 Dismissed IFP cause-of-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus legal-standing pleading prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation Did claim(s) state a cause of action?
18-5804 Abdoulaye Diallo v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence fraud indictment-delay insufficient-evidence loss-calculation motion-for-acquittal prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sentencing snap-fraud statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence I.- Whether the District Court failed where did not granted his motion for acquittal because the Government failed to produce sufficient evidence to s…
18-255 George Briscoe v. Texas Texas 2018-08-28 Denied criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process fair-trial indictment indictment-amendment indictment-modification jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-procedure vagueness Can a defendant receive a fair trial when the plain language of a statute is ignored to allow the government to change the indictment after a jury has…
18-256 Robert Bartlett, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. Second Circuit 2018-08-28 Denied Response Waived cercla-preemption circuit-court-review circuit-court-summary-order civil-rights common-law-tort common-law-tort-claims congressional-intent cts-corp-v-waldburger due-process environmental-law judicial-precedent preemption statutory-interpretation torts toxic-exposure 1) Did the Circuit Court's Summary Order, which held that CERCLA preempts Petitioners' common law tort claims, directly contradict this Court's decisi…
18-244 Charles E. Woide, et ux. v. Federal National Mortgage Association Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied bankruptcy bankruptcy-code-interpretation bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights consummation contractual-obligation creditor-defenses creditor-rights declaratory-relief notice-of-rescission regulation-z rescission rescission-notice statutory-interpretation truth-in-lending-act This Court often has emphasized the importance of statutory interpretation. But a significant split has developed among the Circuits as to whether and…
18-5746 Kenneth Eugene Nix v. Florida Florida 2018-08-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-enforcement criminal-law discriminatory-enforcement due-process florida-statute statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine IS FLORIDA. STATUTE 784.045 IMPERMISSIBLY VAGUE AND/OR DOES IT ENCOURAGE ARBITRARY AND DISCRIMINATORY ENFORCEMENT?
18-5773 Michael Delancy v. Jorge L. Pastrana, Warden Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-27 Denied Relisted (5)IFP 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017) Inc. unconstitutionally forecloses habeas-corpus-acces which is in conflict with opinions of nine other 28-usc-2241 circuit-split constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts federal-inmates florida-state-convictions habeas-corpus mathis-v-us sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals holding in McCarthan v. Dir. of Goodwill Indus.-Suncoast, Inc., 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), which…
18-5732 James LaConte v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process due-process-clause florida-robbery florida-robbery-statute sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Whether Florida's State § 812.13 robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" is categor…
18-5737 Richard Delain Kyles v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied IFP circuit-principle discretionary-rules due-process ex-post-facto judicial-review legal-standards parole parole-board-policy parole-eligibility parole-suitability retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation The Court of Appeals has adopted and applied a "Fifth Circuit Principle" that "changes in the discretionary. ules, affecting. parole suitability canno…
18-5739 Terril Kinchen v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud civil-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the trial court plainly erred when it accepted the defendant's guilty plea to Conspiracy to commit robbery and two 924(c) charges where the…
18-5740 In Re Mark Clark 2018-08-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process relief separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether U.S.S.G. Amendment (790), a retroactive amendment to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, calls into serious question the Seventh Circuit …
18-5762 Pedro Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process facial-challenge federal-criminal-law firearm-possession firearms intrastate-possession second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional …
18-241 Paminder S. Parmar, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Surinder K. Parmar, et al. v. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Illinois 2018-08-24 Denied constitutional-challenge due-process estate-tax jurisdiction post-deprivation-remedy retroactive-application retroactivity sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tax-refund This Court held in Reich v. Collins, 513 U.S. 106, 108 (1994) that "due process requires a 'clear and certain' remedy for taxes collected in violation…
18-5686 Dwight Mundle v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875-c awareness-of-threat criminal-intent criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency intent jury prejudicial-effect prior-conduct statutory-interpretation threatening-communication uncharged-conduct witness-testimony Was their enough or even any evidence to prove the conviction of transmitting a threatening communication. in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c), was th…
18-5687 Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Nevada 2018-08-23 Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-review due-process federal-review habeas-corpus liberty-interest procedural-default standing state-court-decision state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent time-bar 1.) Whether ding he tiaevieoce gertd by federal proedural and substantive de proces of law preseribed particubarly by the 7rotected liberty interest i…
18-5725 Alfred Thomas v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-calculations circuit-split criminal-sentencing double-counting firearms-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(b)(6)(b) u.s.s.g.-2k2.1(c) u.s.s.g.-5k2.6 upward-departure Whether the Second Circuit, disagreeing with the Seventh Circuit, correctly held that it is permissible in sentencing a defendant for a firearms offen…
18-5730 Terrence Denmark v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-23 Denied IFP collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241,statutory-interpretation,retroa retroactivity statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-confinement 1) Should there be a two-part test for the 28 U.s.C. § 224l instead of a Five-part test, and should the test be based on (l) illegal unconstitutional …
18-5706 Hugo Islas-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-cfr-100.4 8-cfr-100.4(a) 8-usc-1325 8-usc-1325(a)(1) administrative-law administrative-regulation entry federal-code geographic-designation immigration immigration-law port-of-entry statutory-interpretation Whether immigration officials "designate[d]" geographic areas or physical port facilities for "entry" in 8 C.F.R. § 100.4(a) for purposes of 8 U.S.C. …
18-5673 Eugene Smalls v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing lochner sentencing sentencing-commission-guidelines sixth-amendment state-federal-relations statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-5678 Lee Andrew Paul v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit burrage-causation burrage-v-united-states causation commerce-clause commerce-clause-authority commercial-sex-trafficking constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute-construction eighth-circuit-interpretation statutory-elements statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Eight Circuit's decision conflicts with the Supreme Court's opinion in Burrage v. United States, 134 S.Ct. 881 (2014), which held that …
18-5684 Alejandro Verduzco-Rangel v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony controlled-substance deportation drug-trafficking immigration-law immigration-nationality-act mens-rea statutory-interpretation Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a noncitizen is subject to mandatory removal if convicted of an "aggravated felony." The list of aggravated…
18-5685 Clifton Patterson v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law due-process johnson-v-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague following the Supreme Court's holdings in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2…
18-220 Javier A. Carrillo, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association, et al. Florida 2018-08-21 Denied Relisted (2) 15-usc-1635 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-appeal creditor-possession due-process judicial-discretion judicial-procedure judicial-review per-curiam rescission-right standing state-court statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-possession Borrowers exercised timely the right to rescind the transaction in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 1635 [1635(i)]. The creditor did not ta…
18-216 Judith Ann Paixao and Kevin A. Lombard v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response Waived 18-usc-666(b) criminal-law federal-assistance federal-assistance-program fraud judicial-review justice-thomas-dissent lower-court-interpretation reconsideration-of-precedent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent veterans-affairs vocational-rehabilitation Whether the Court should reconsider Fischer v. United States, 529 U.S. 667, 686 (2000), because, as Justice Thomas's dissent predicted, the lower cour…
18-5646 Syrus Martin v. Georgia Georgia 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-hearsay child-testimony cross-examination evidence evidence-admissibility evidence-law hearsay hearsay-evidence hearsay-exceptions prior-statements statutory-interpretation testifying-witness witness-statements Whether Georgia's child hearsay statutes or O.C.G.A. § 24-8-801 (d) (1) (A) control the permissible use of the prior statements of a testifying child.
18-5655 Cory D. Foster v. United States Third Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied IFP a question that has split the circuits 10-1 18-usc-924c categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-courts federal-criminal-provision federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-definition statutory-interpretation Whether the categorical approach applies in determining whether an offense is a "crime of violence" supporting conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), a …
18-5666 Arthur Dennison v. Mark Hooks, Warden Sixth Circuit 2018-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals state-prisoner statutory-interpretation DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY TO STATE PRISONER ARTHUR DENNISON TO CHALLENGE THE DENIAL OF HIS …
18-5620 Mario Zuniga v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244(b) 28-usc-2255(h) attempted-murder criminal-law habeas-corpus mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states second-or-successive-2255-motion second-or-successive-motion section-2255 section-924e sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime I. Did the Seventh Circuit error in sentencing the Petitioner Mario Zuniga as a career criminal under 18 U.S.C. §924(e), without considering Mathis v.…
18-5626 Bruce Wishnefsky v. Jawad Salameh, et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights district-court-dismissal due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure prisoner-appeal prisoner-rights standing statutory-interpretation three-strikes-provision Whether the "three strikes" provision of the federal in forma pauperis statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), bars a prisoner from appealing in forma pauperis …
18-5636 Edgar Searcy v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-4248 28-usc-1658 circuit-split civil-action civil-commitment federal-civil-procedure federal-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether the 28 U.S.C. § 1658(a) four-year statute of limitations for "a civil action arising under an Act of Congress" applies to civil commitment pro…
18-5642 Miroslav Fejfar v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP animal-sci-prod-v-hebei-welcome-pharm asylum civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process extradition foreign-criminal-procedure foreign-law immigration statutory-interpretation withholding-of-removal Whether the plain language of the relevant statutes and the Due Process Clause prohibit extradition of an alien who has claimed in immigration court …
18-5644 Gesner Delva, aka Ti Blan v. United States Second Circuit 2018-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 appellate-review circuit-court-precedent court-of-appeals criminal-sentencing district-court due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion precedent sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Contrary to Its Own Precedent Affirmed the District Court's Judgment Order Whereby Denying the Pet…
18-206 Craig Cunningham v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-agency-authority federal-contractor-liability federal-preemption federal-statutes government-contractor-defense jurisdictional-defense separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation yearsley-defense yearsley-v-w-a-ross Almost 80 years ago, in Yearsley u. W. A. Ross Const. Co., 309 U.S. 18, 21-22 (1940), under seemingly innocuous facts, this Court created a defense to…
18-5606 Hagop Demirjian v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 amendment-782 circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion section-3582 sentence-disparity sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Issue #1 THERE IS A DIVISION AMONG THE CIRCUITS REGARDING ANY STATUTORY PRECLUSION FOR SUCCESSIVE §3582 MOTIONS, EMPLOYING U.S. v. Beard, 745 F.3d 288…
18-192 J. B. R. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-14 Denied age-of-criminal-responsibility constitutional-limits constitutional-punishment criminal-prosecution death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder juvenile-justice juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders life-imprisonment prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation statutory-punishment Whether the Due Process Clause forbids the Government from prosecuting an individual who was a juvenile at the time of the crime under a statute that …
18-195 William S. Poff v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-14 GVR exemption exemptions federal-seizure-law government-seizure incarceration-payments mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution restitution-enforcement seizure service-connected-disability statutory-exemption statutory-interpretation substantial-resources veterans-disability-benefits Petitioner is a disabled military veteran currently serving a federal prison sentence. While incarcerated, Petitioner is entitled to approximately $13…
18-5552 Victoriano Vega-Jimenez, aka Jose Raul Hernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) circuit-split conflict-with-precedent criminal-sentencing drug-amount drug-quantity drug-sentencing eligibility sentence-reduction sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-amendment-782 Whether the United States, Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Has Entered a Decision that Is in Conflict with Its Own Precedent and the Decisio…
18-5554 Carlos Troche-Alvarado v. United States First Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-U.S.C-3553 18-usc-3553 above-guidelines-sentence adequate-explanation appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion erroneous-factual-basis judicial-discretion procedural-reasonableness prosecution-recommended-sentence sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court violates 18 U.S.C. § 3553 when it imposes an above-Guidelines sentence, which also exceeds the prosecution's recommended se…
18-5577 In Re Adam D. Boylen 2018-08-13 Denied IFP civil-rights clean-water-act commerce-clause criminal-law due-process environmental-law owner-or-operator person source standing statutory-interpretation 1.) Whether petitioner, as a truck driver for an independent "person" Congress exclusively defined in the Clean Water Act to only mean any "source" an…
18-5548 Brian Tuttle v. Allied Nevada Gold Corp., et al. Third Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-iii-courts bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law constitutional-rights equitable-mootness judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether Article III courts can refuse to exercise appellate jurisdiction assigned to them by Congress over final decisions of non-Article III bankrupt…
18-5549 Phillip Anthony Kenner v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review due-process filing-period habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states retroactive-application retroactivity section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-recognition Section 2255(f)(3) of Title 28 of the United States Code tolls the one-year filing period for a § 2255 motion until "the date on which the right asser…
18-5550 Mario Lopez-Pacheco v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process executive-power immigration immigration-review judicial-discretion mendoza-lopez-standard noncitizen-rights prejudice standing statutory-interpretation In United States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828 (1987), this Court held that a defendant may not be convicted of illegal reentry after a prior order o…
18-5520 James Morris Sellers v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act conclusion constitutional-provisions drug-offenses index prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions supreme-court-precedent table-of-contents Question not identified.
18-5534 Juan Carrasquilla-Lombada, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied IFP confrontation-clause jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act pre-trial-hearing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation testimonial-evidence Whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501 et. seq., is unconstitutional on its face and in violation of the Sixth Amendment right…
18-5504 William Lem Posey, II v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-08-08 Denied IFP career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing descamps-approach divisibility element-analysis element-based-approach grammar-based-approach mandatory-guidelines non-generic-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation To decide whether a non-generic offense is divisible under Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013), does a sentencing court need to take a g…
18-5477 Thomas Ebron v. Karen D. Brown, Chair, Virginia Parole Board, et al. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 appeal appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-procedure legal-access standing statutory-interpretation 1. Has the U.s. Court of Appeals abused its discretion and Committed reversable error in dismissing Ebroni's 42 U.s.C. 5 1983, Appeal, finding no reve…
18-5483 Martin R. Vandemerwe v. Steve Langford, Warden Ninth Circuit 2018-08-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split federal-prisoner habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice retroactive-decision savings-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is the Circuit Split between the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and other' listed Circuits(see below) sufficient given it denies defendant's in all …
18-5467 Virginia Denise Wyche v. Florida Florida 2018-08-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether jury instructions misstating self-def 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homicide homicide-statute second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the First District's expansion of the scope of Florida's homicide statute could be used to affirm Wyche's conviction and sentence in light …
18-5445 Jason Lee Pyles v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aggravated-assault arkansas-statute armed-career-criminal categorical-approach due-process eighth-circuit johnson-standard johnson-v-united-states johnson-v-united-states-2015 physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony L Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erroneously held that Arkansas aggravated assault on a family or household member …
18-5452 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Fourth Circuit 2018-08-03 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure conspiracy-liability conviction-validity drug-conspiracy due-process jury-instructions sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Is it the District Court's duty or to determine under 4 ) the dg quantity Atributable to, D reasonably "Pinkertan" instructions on Co-conspirater when…
18-5426 Gabriel Rivero v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process export-controls federal-law mens-rea munitions munitions-export smuggling statutory-interpretation Whether the Government may obtain a conviction for smuggling goods from the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 554 charged in conjunction with …
18-5434 Troy Victorino v. Florida Florida 2018-08-02 Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment capital-punishment criminal-punishment death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto fifth-amendment florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment jury-sentencing resentencing statutory-interpretation 1. Does the Florida Supreme Court ruling that the automatic-resentencing-tolife provision of Florida Statutes Section 775.082(2) applies only if death…
18-5435 Martin Michael Ybarra v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied IFP 18-usc-2113 armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation supreme-court violent-felony I. Is federal bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113, which can be accomplished by "intimidation," a violent felony under the elements clause u…
18-5439 Adam Longoria v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states non-elemental-facts occasions-different sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-jury-trial statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states violent-felony Under the ACCA, can a sentencing court rely solely on non-elemental facts to infer that a defendant's temporally overlapping and related offenses were…
18-5444 Kenyan Deon Buchanan v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-08-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause commerce-clause-limits commerce-clause-limits,criminal-law,federal-power, constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-power felon-in-possession firearms interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez I. This Court and individual Justices have increasingly explained that Congress's power under the Commerce Clause to criminalize conduct otherwise fal…
18-5407 Mladen Mitrovic v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay right-to-present-defense standing statutory-interpretation witness-unavailability WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRONEOUSLY EXCLUDED THE STATEMENTS OF UNAVAILABLE WITNESSES, THEREBY DENYING PETITIONER THE RIGHT TO PRESENT A COMPLETE DE…
18-5409 In Re Daniel Riley 2018-08-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights drug-reimbursement due-process erisa-preemption habeas-corpus judicial-discretion pharmacy-benefit-managers rate-regulation sentencing state-regulation statutory-interpretation supervisory-authority supreme-court-precedent time-limitation time-limits Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in holding that A 1. Should this Court use its general supervisory authority to rectify an abuse, when the exceptional time of over two years has lapsed since Petitione…
18-5391 Daniel Sexton v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied IFP 18-usc-981 circuit-split criminal-forfeiture-liability criminal-procedure dismissed-charges due-process forfeiture-liability honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Question I. Does this Court's reasoning of Honeycutt v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 1626 (2017), limiting joint and several forfeiture liability to what…
18-5420 Tyler T. Heagy v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 2018-07-31 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process filing-restrictions habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process right-to-appeal right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-as-applied Was 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9543 (a)(1)(i) unconstitutional as applied to Petitioners case? Were 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9545 (b) and (c) unconstitutional as applied to …
18-132 Jamie Elmhirst v. McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital, dba Northern Michigan Emergency Medicine Center, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-31 Denied appropriate-medical-screening circuit-split due-process emergency-medical-treatment-and-active-labor-act emtala hospital-liability intent-standard legislative-history medical-screening motive-requirement roberts-v-galen-of-virginia statutory-interpretation Whether, when determining if a hospital has complied with the "appropriate medical screening" requirement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Activ…
18-5393 Shane McMahan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act causation-element causation-of-bodily-injury circuit-split criminal-law element-of-violent-force kansas-aggravated-battery statutory-interpretation united-states-v-castleman violent-felony Whether a prior Kansas aggravated-battery conviction under KSA § 21-3414(a)(1)(C) qualifies as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)'s element-…
18-5371 Michael Ellis v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-27 Denied IFP appellate-review case-remand constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process,criminal-procedure,probable-cause,forf forfeiture forfeiture-doctrine people-v-gaines probable-cause probable-cause,forfeiture,unconstitutional-statute statutory-interpretation teague-v-lane unconstitutional-statute Did the State forfeit the claim, reliance or remedy of Michigan v. DeFillippo, 443 U.S. 1 and U.S. v Charles, 801 F.3d 855 (71h Cir.) of an unconstitu…
18-5383 James Rodney Shuman v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act-acca controlled-substances-act drug-offenses due-process mathis-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states vagueness void-for-vagueness WHETHER THE APPELLATE COURT'S INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT (ACCA), SPECIALLY 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), IS CONTR…
18-127 Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-07-27 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 biotechnology enablement federal-circuit innovation patent-law possession statutory-interpretation written-description Whether the standard for determining the adequacy of the "written description of the invention" should be as the statute says—that the description mus…
18-114 G. Russell Rollyson, Jr., in His Official and Individual Capacity v. Jeffrey O'Neal, et ux. Fourth Circuit 2018-07-26 Dismissed constitutional-duty due-process notice notice-requirements property-rights qualified-immunity service-of-notice state-auditor statutory-interpretation tax-deed tax-lien tax-lien-purchaser 1. Whether a Deputy State Auditor is entitled to qualified immunity because no previous court had interpreted the State's statutory scheme as imposing…
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…
18-5314 Shannon Dale Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-25 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-law-sentencing criminal-statute firearm firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) increases the sentence of "any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence . . . uses or carries a firearm, o…
18-5335 Min Kwon v. Erie Insurance Virginia 2018-07-25 Denied IFP bona-fides caption civil-procedure contract-dispute contract-law contractual-terms coverage-dispute due-process erie-insurance exhibit insurance-policy parties policy-interpretation statutory-interpretation table-of-contents Which policy did Kwon contract original policy? Kwon filed policy exhibit I page 002089-002 102 that Kwon contracted. Erie filed policy exhibit A pa…
18-5310 Walter N. Rhodes, Jr. v. Shane Baker, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation timeliness Question not identified.
18-5313 Joseph Steele v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing elements-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in contrast to every other federal circuit except for the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circ…
18-5319 Timothy Galen Tolbert v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3583 bureau-of-prisons drug-treatment due-process liberty liberty-deprivation post-release-conditions revocation sentencing statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the District Court deprived the Petitioner of liberty within the terms of 18 U.S.C. 3583 (c) and (d) by re-sentencing Petitioner to incarcerat…
18-5329 Mario Donate Lockhart v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law drug-offense elements-clause florida-criminal-law florida-statute florida-statute-843.01 mens-rea resisting-arrest statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether the Florida crime of resisting an officer with violence, in violation of Fla. Stat. §843.01, is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career C…
18-5334 Marlon Crawford v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-24 Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus illiteracy judicial-procedure non-english-prisoners prisoner-rights statutory-interpretation Whether equitable tolling may be extended to non-English or illiterate prisoners that lose access to courts as a result.
18-107 R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. Sixth Circuit 2018-07-24 Judgment Issued Amici (33)Relisted (14) circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination gender-identity price-waterhouse-v-hopkins sex-discrimination statutory-construction statutory-interpretation title-vii transgender 1. Whether the word "sex" in Title VII's prohibition on discrimination "because of . . . sex," 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a)(1), meant "gender identity" and in…
18-5298 Reuben Stewart v. United States Eighth Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied IFP 18-usc-922g 18-usc-924 18-usc-924e2bii 8th-amendment aggravated-assault criminal-law due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states means-rea mens-rea recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony Does a prior conviction predicated on a means rea of recklessness qualify as a violent felony under 18 U.S.C. section 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) in light of Joh…
18-5321 Salvador Ortiz-Uresti v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP categorical-approach circuit-split colorado-drug-statute criminal-law divisibility drug-statute federal-predicate federal-sentencing immigration-consequences nationwide-impact sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation When deciding whether a conviction under Colorado's primary drug statute qualifies as a federal predicate for an increased sentence, should a court tr…
18-5293 George Anthony Autobee v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 armed-bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence felony-force-clause johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 statutory-interpretation timeliness 1. Whether Mr. Autobee's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) was timely because it …
18-5304 Raymond Sanchez Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-sanctions due-process interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2252A(5)(B) authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an uns…
18-5260 Mike McGlocklin v. FNU Blankenship, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-19 Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis motions procedural-posture standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE PETITIONER'S MOTIONS AND REQUEST TO PROLEEΔ IN FORMA PAUPERIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND,THE PROCEDURAL POSTU…
18-5257 Frederick E. Melvin v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida 2018-07-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process ex-post-facto parole prisoner-rights retroactive-application sentencing separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation (1) Would it be unconstitutional if the Florida Commission on Offender Review formerly the Florida Parole Commission knowingly operate Florida's Conso…
18-5269 Michael St. Hubert v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-16(b) 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Is the definition of "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague, given the Court's holding in Sessions v. Dimaya, 138…
18-5230 John Parker Murphy v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied IFP armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-error due-process johnson-movant johnson-v-united-states retroactivity sentencing sentencing-error statutory-interpretation welch-v-united-states The question in this case has arisen with great frequency in the wake of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and Welch v. United States,…
18-5250 Vincent Michael Marino v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia 2018-07-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-secrecy civil-rights document-disclosure due-process foia FOIA-access foia-exemptions foia-privacy-act Inadequate-search privacy-act Privacy-Act-amendment public-records Reimbursement-of-FOIA-fees search-fee statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Ground One The District Court, Appeals Court for the Districtof Columbia Circuit committed reversible legal error, by improperly categorizing and misa…
18-80 Pamela Melvin v. Peter O'Rourke, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-17 Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion due-process equal-protection inherent-power judicial-review search-and-seizure standard-of-review statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-law waived-arguments Whether 38 USC §7292 prohibits review of the Veterans Court's decision and evidence. Whether the Federal Circuit's decision conflicts with this Court…
18-5241 Victor Maturino v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law commentary-amendments destructive-devices double-jeopardy due-process firearms firearms-possession guideline-commentary offense-level-increases rulemaking-authority sentence-enhancement sentencing-commission-process sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Sentencing Guidelines in § 2K2.1 setting forth provisions concerning unlawful possession of firearms and specific offense characteristics provide …
18-5234 Marcos Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit 2018-07-13 GVR Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924c3b co-defendant-motions criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-procedure legal-joinder second-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Whether the 'risk of force' clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness. Whether the granting of a request to join in motions of a co-def…
18-5215 Dino Contreras Mejia v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel patent standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation takings Did the 5th Cir. Ct. ignore that Det. Mends inferences identified petitioner as in co-possession of recent stolen property and thus implicated petitio…
18-5219 Anthony Tyrone Campbell v. J. Mendez, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure administrative-remedies circuit-court-of-appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-force exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-review litigation-reform prison-litigation-reform-act section-1983 standing statutory-interpretation 1. Did quH circuit Court of Appeals decision conflict with ioth circuit court of Appeals decision where determining factor significantly substantiate …
18-5221 Aquilino Guizamano-Cortes v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act maritime-law rational-basis safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction The exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcemen Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection, because there i…
18-5204 Jose Luis Morales v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process enhancement evidence fact-finding immigration immigration-law judicial-error sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation undocumented-aliens WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRORED BY DENYING THE RELIEF UNDER SECTION 3E1:1 FOR ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY ? WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRORED IN ENHAN…
18-5210 Robert A. Espinoza v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) attempt-offense crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-statute johnson-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation Illinois attempt offenses have two elements: an intent to commit an offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. The substantial …
18-5170 Ijaz Khan v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-determination citizenship-and-naturalization-fraud citizenship-status due-process evidence evidence-standard fraud immigration immigration-law jurisdiction legal-review marriage naturalization naturalization-fraud standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether there was evidence presented at trial that petitioner was lawfully signed to Shabsan before he became Naturalized? 2. Whether an authorize…
18-5187 Verissimo Tavares v. United States First Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP beckles-v-united-states career-offender congressional-directive crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing-guidelines due-process johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states procedural-error residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-felony 1. Whether application of the residual clause of the definition of "crime of violence" in U.S.S.G. §4Bl.2(a)(2), a clause identical to that of the res…
18-5191 Jose Paniagua-Paniagua v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied IFP circuit-split collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-convictions due-process fundamental-fairness immigration-law removal-order removal-proceedings retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether a court reviewing the fundamental fairness of a prior removal order under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(D) can consider the current understanding of the nat…
18-5194 Teofil Brank v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-07-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-875d criminal-law extortion hobbs-act reputation reputational-harm rule-of-lenity scheidler-v-now statutory-interpretation Does Hobbs Act extortion encompass threats to reputation, as opposed to threats of physical injury or economic harm, as suggested strongly by the stat…
18-5107 Willard Quinn v. United States Seventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury crime-of-violence criminal-law force-clause injury sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-requirement violent-force Whether the force clause of the Sentencing Guidelines' definition of "crime of violence" can be satisfied by a statutory requirement that a defendant'…
18-5129 Rodolfo Trejo v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-counting due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection immigration sentencing sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness I.- Whether Petitioner's Sentence Constitutes Impermissible Double Counting. Whether Petitioner's Sentence is Substantively Unreasonable Under the th…
18-5161 Marvin Waddleton, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa burden-of-proof constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard plain-error pro-se right-to-counsel state-court-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence The plain error of the State of Texas Appeals Courts on direct collateral review. The use of Jackson standard of view in the light most favorable to t…
18-5164 George Adrien Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 18-usc-2422(b) attempted-inducement circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-criminal-law intent intent-requirement mens-rea minor minor-protection minors sexual-abuse sexual-activity sexual-inducement statutory-interpretation 18 U.S.C. § 2242(b) criminalizes, among other things, the attempted inducement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. The question presented by this…
18-5167 Levar Brown v. California California 2018-07-06 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-regulations second-amendment self-defense statutory-interpretation Law sstéz Farwe GUESS wo, CeLLed TWAt MAN: Nou 2eALLY waat 1p utes, oH DID IAS» AWE SALANGEYL wort THE Gun store fia Tow Home, ALse, A was. HANDED 7D …
18-39 Jason Lee Boyd v. Washington Washington 2018-07-06 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-convictions criminal-registration due-process ex-post-facto in-person-appearance offender-registration punishment punitive-law registration-statutes retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether the requirement of frequent, in-person reporting renders an offender-registration law punitive, such that applying the law retroactively viola…
18-40 Legacy Community Health Services, Inc. v. Charles Smith, Executive Commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services Commission Fifth Circuit 2018-07-06 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split federal-grants federally-qualified-health-centers fqhc health-centers managed-care managed-care-network medicaid-reimbursement public-health-service public-health-service-act statutory-interpretation Whether 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396a(bb)(1)-(5) impose an independent duty on States to fully reimburse FQHCs for all services they provide to Medicaid benefici…
18-29 Shailendra Bhawnani, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied criminal-procedure criminal-restitution fraud judicial-discretion legal-scope mandatory-victims-restitution-act restitution statutory-interpretation victim-compensation victim-definition Whether the definition of "victim" under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, 18 U.S.C. 3663A(a)(2), includes all victims directly and proximately h…
18-5114 Nigel L. Faison v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation takings failed to review 4CCA when entered Claim .5 hualidated due to that 0lea insufficlent factuar basis. e founs whea it 4CCA that shcofret erned drug quan…
18-5126 Jamal Hamilton v. United States District of Columbia 2018-07-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence due-process johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-barahona void-for-vagueness Whether Lynch v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498, 2016 WL 3232911 (U.S. Sept. 29, 2016), to determine whether the identical language in the residual clause of 18 …
18-5135 Mark Francis Honish v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2018-07-05 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limitation tolling WAS HONISH'S FIRST STATE HABEAS WRIT "APPLICATION" PROPERLY FILED WITHIN THE MEANING OF 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2), AND REQUIRED TO BE TOLLED? DID THE FIF…
18-5109 Reggie Rankins v. Illinois Illinois 2018-07-03 Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdiction jury-trial sentencing sexual-assault statutory-interpretation T1tOiS rep up oI\ +kt it' €ii ce P f S+l nhin 9, flc I Wi+4', 5+&3—ui — 72O LLCS SJiii.o (4fla)
18-5083 Rahman Fulton v. United States Third Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process extortion force-clause mathis-v-united-states mens-rea residual-clause statutory-interpretation Petitioner comes forth with Question base under Graham v. United States ; U.S., No. 16-6308, friend of the Court brief filed 10/28/16. To Be Held ThAb…
18-10 Stephen J. Anderson, et ux. v. Gary L. Rainsdon, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied appeal-time-limits appeals bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee chapter-7-bankruptcy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure official-capacity standing statutory-interpretation time-to-appeal united-states-officer Whether a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee is "a United States officer or employee sued in an official capacity" for the purposes of Fed. R. App. 4(a)(1)(…
18-15 James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit 2018-07-02 Judgment Issued Amici (33) administrative-law agency-deference ambiguous-regulation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review regulatory-interpretation retroactive-benefits statutory-interpretation substantive-canons veterans-benefits 1. Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock. 2. Alternatively, whether Auer deference should yield to a substantive canon of construc…
18-5033 Johnny L. Dawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing due-process eleventh-circuit modified-categorical-approach prior-convictions prior-offenses sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing,criminal-law,statutory-interpretation statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding Petitioner's prior offenses qualified him under the Armed Career Criminal Act ("ACCA…
18-5035 Sandra Grazzini-Rucki v. Minnesota Minnesota 2018-06-29 Denied IFP civil-procedure coerced-testimony constitutional-law defense-evidence due-process false-statements jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct restitution standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
18-5036 Jerome Aristedes Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law general-intent illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent In the United States v. Resendiz-Ponce, 549 U.S. 102 (2007), the Supreme Court made it clear, in dicta, that attempted illegal reentry is a specific i…
18-5038 Neil Sweeney v. United States First Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied IFP administrative-law child-pornography circuit-court-split civil-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence-403 federal-rules-of-evidence-414 standing statutory-interpretation Whether this Honorable Court should resolve the differing applications of the Circuit Courts as it applies to the use of Federal Rule of Evidence 414 …
18-5041 Louis Robinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-law-procedure criminal-statute due-process johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine I. Whether § 924(c)'s residual clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B), is unconstitutionally vague after Johnson v. United States , 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) a…
18-5043 Guy St. Amour v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-interpretation administrative-law aviation-law criminal-statute due-process faa-regulation fair-notice over-criminalization rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Title 49, United States Code, Section 46306 (b)(9), makes it a felony offense to knowingly "operat [e] an aircraft with a fuel tank or fuel system tha…
18-5047 Keith Lamont Tutt v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility corporate-liability criminal-procedure-due-process discretion due-process environmental-regulations fair-opportunity officer-responsibility plea-bargaining regulatory-compliance sentencing statutory-interpretation withdraw-guilty-plea withdrawal-of-plea 1) Whether the district court Prejudiced the defendant by denying him due process of a concerning his reasons for Wanting to withdraw his guilty plea …
18-5056 Joshua D. Bouziden v. United States Tenth Circuit 2018-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924e armed-career-criminal-act criminal-sentencing divisibility juror-unanimity modified-categorical-approach predicate-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), is divisible for purposes of the modified categorical ap…
18-5001 John Theodore Hancock v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard but-for-causation causation criminal-law criminal-procedure death-penalty death-resulting due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions sentencing statutory-interpretation Does a jury instruction that submits the question of whe- ther a death was the result of the accused's offense by simply tracking the statutory lang…
18-5022 Marcus Kalani Watson, aka Kiki Seui, and Rogussia Eddie Allen Danielson v. United States Ninth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery criminal-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause sentencing-enhancement slight-force statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states In Stokeling v. United States, No. 17-5554, this Court has granted certiorari to resolve whether a state robbery offense that requires a purposeful us…
18-5028 Carolyn J. Edlind v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 corrupt-persuasion criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-administration-of-justice due-process obstruction-of-justice official-proceeding statutory-interpretation subversion-of-justice sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-tampering Appellant was indicted for witness tampering under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1), which states someone is guilty if they "knowingly use intimidation, threate…
18-3 Robbie Ohlendorf, et al. v. Local 876, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Sixth Circuit 2018-06-28 Denied alexander-v-sandoval check-off-authorization duty-of-fair-representation federal-jurisdiction first-amendment labor-management-relations labor-management-relations-act private-right-of-action revocation statutory-interpretation 1) Labor Management Relations Act Section 302(e) grants federal courts jurisdiction to restrain violations of the statute. 29 U.S.C. § 186(e). The Cou…