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24-685 Susan McBrine, et al. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2024-12-27 Denied Amici (1) camp-lejeune justice-act mandamus-relief statutory-right trial-by-jury united-states 1. Whether plaintiffs who bring actions against the United States under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 have the right to trial by jury. 2. Whet…
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…
23-7380 Kenneth Leslie Caldwell v. United States Federal Circuit 2024-05-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust civil-rights color-of-law constitution due-process government-accountability government-power legal-remedies standing united-states Is the "United States " a medium employed by the United States of America assigned for the upholding of the United States Constitution to the best of …
23-7221 Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-law federal-perjury obstruction-of-justice perjury-rule sentencing-guidelines two-level-enhancement uncorroborated-testimony united-states Does the longstanding rule for federal perjury cases that a finding of perjury cannot rest on the uncorroborated testimony of one witness apply to the…
23-5515 Carmen Saldana Meyer v. United States Fifth Circuit 2023-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure extraterritorial-jurisdiction federal-kidnapping-act foreign-commerce jurisdictional-basis jury-instructions kidnapping united-states unlawful-act Whether the Federal Kidnapping Act authorizes a conviction where the foreign commerce jurisdictional basis was the defendant's travel in foreign comme…
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…
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)?
21-6889 Michael D. Lowery v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-01-18 Denied IFP choctaw-indians congress-authorization criminal-jurisdiction reservation treaty-of-dancing-rabbit-creek united-states (1) whether Article 4 of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 7 Stat. 333 reserves criminal jurisdiction to the United States or Choctaw Nation without…
20-1714 William Joseph Mooney, et ux. v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-06-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure article-iii courts-of-the-united-states due-process federal-register iRS-collection legal-notice real-party-of-interest standing substantive-regulations united-states united-states-of-america Question 1. Who has Standing against the Mooneys as the Plaintiff and being the as the Real Party of Interest in the "Courts of the United States " ar…
20-1654 Sonos, Inc. v. Implicit, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-05-26 Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause article-ii constitutional-law inferior-officers principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
20-6251 Timothy Tyrone Byers, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-review judicial-power standing state-court-jurisdiction supreme-court-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction united-states ©WfidW oft 4V pftowixHo^ must fcW^s f>aov«, W'W<x\ jutfbdwttoN WiR o, CAlm- iw oftM 4* & toiMefrw? WU^** ^ Wdw is oa/ &\$dt£tiot\! IX IA*£. 6*^1 '7ift…
20-408 Fredman Bros. Furniture Company, Inc. v. Bedgear, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-09-29 Dismissed Relisted (2) administrative-officers administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-law principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.
18-1481 Eric S. Strohmeyer v. Surface Transportation Board, et al. Third Circuit 2019-05-28 Denied Response Waived abandonment administrative-law federal-agency-decision jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss rail-line-acquisition standing surface-transportation-board third-circuit transportation-board-jurisdiction united-states Was it clear error for the Third Circuit to fail to address the issue of whether the Surface Transportation Board ("STB") had the jurisdiction to rend…
18-7026 Bryan Coats v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts government-action jurisdiction jurisdiction-filing legal-procedure order-denying-rehearing petition-for-rehearing rehearing standing takings timeliness united-states Question not identified.
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 …
18-6865 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…
18-6292 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 …
18-6194 James Dow Vandivere v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-10-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP absurd-results civil-action civil-commitment civil-procedure congressional-act due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-statute procedural-law statute-of-limitations united-states 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…
18-315 Cochise Consultancy, Inc., et al. v. United States, ex rel. Billy Joe Hunt Eleventh Circuit 2018-09-11 Judgment Issued Amici (10)Relisted (2) 31-usc-3731 civil-action false-claims-act government-intervention official-of-the-united-states official-status qui-tam relator statute-of-limitations united-states united-states-intervention The False Claims Act establishes two distinct statute-of-limitations periods. Under 31 U.S.C. § 3731(b)(1), a False Claims Act civil action "may not b…
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…
18-5022 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…