texas

14 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-5167 John Stancu v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Texas 2024-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-trial seventh-amendment sovereign-immunity standing state-power texas 1. Did the State of Texas Courts involved in this case wrongly denied Petitioner Stancu's Seventh Amendment right to the United States Constitution by…
23-1248 Keresa Richardson v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied Response Waived appellate-courts constitutional-law election-law equal-protection judicial-elections one-man-one-vote state-representation texas voting-districts Question 1: Does the Equal Protection Clause's one man, one vote requirement apply to the election of Texas appellate court justices so as to requi…
23-1011 Philip C. James, et al. v. Glenn Allen Hegar, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacities as Comptroller of Texas, Chairman of the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, and Administrator of Texas Unclaimed Property Funds, et al. Fifth Circuit 2024-03-14 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process ex-parte-young property-rights standing standing-injury state-enforcement takings texas unclaimed-property 1. Petitioners' assets were escheated to the State under the Texas Unclaimed Property Act and the State currently has physical possession of their pro…
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…
22-7327 John Edward Holmes v. Texas Texas 2023-04-20 Denied IFP court-of-criminal-appeals due-process fair-consideration habeas-corpus statutory-provisions texas texas-law writ-application Did the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas deprive petitioner of his due process right to a fair consideration of his initial application for a writ o…
22-6664 Sheik Tehuti v. Christopher C. Collie, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-01-31 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure complaint-reinstatement due-process federal-appellate-rules foreclosure jurisdictional-procedure standing texas 1. Is non-judicial foreclosure pursuant to Texas's extensive statutory procedure subject to 14th Amendment Due Process protection? 2. Can a court den…
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…
21-962 In Re Whole Woman's Health, et al. 2022-01-04 Denied abortion civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure mandamus remand standing texas writ-of-certiorari When this case was before the Court on a writ of certiorari before judgment, this Court "effectively [stood] in the shoes of the Court of Appeals" and…
21-5863 Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law trial counsel claims on Drrect Appead where the Only Cpportunity of A Garrantee of Cunsel n S T abvious troth is that lawyers are necessifies ot Luur…
20-7974 Terrol Debaun Travis v. United States Fifth Circuit 2021-05-10 GVR IFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances delivery offer-to-sell serious-drug-offense texas I. Whether the definition of "delivery" in the Texas controlled substances statute, which includes an offer to sell, includes conduct that does not qu…
20-327 BBB Industries, LLC v. Cardone Industries, Inc. Texas 2020-09-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-limits due-process forum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction state-court supplemental-jurisdiction texas Under the Due Process Clause, courts may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendants only when the plaintiff's claim arises f…
19-8706 Lester Thomas Butcher v. Texas Texas 2020-06-15 Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial texas trial-fairness Question 1. WILL THIS SUPREME COURT PERMIT TEXAS PROSECUTORS ' CLAIMS OF "MISTAKE AND INADVERTENCE ", MADE BY PROSECUTORS BENEFITING FROM SUCH CLAIMS,…
19-5199 Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-07-17 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code 1. How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Roberson, di…
18-484 Melvin Charles Pettigrew v. Texas Texas 2018-10-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus post-conviction-review state-court substantive-review texas Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas violated the Petitioner's right to due process of law as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the …