Conference: 2018-11-09

105 cases — 0 granted, 105 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-281 Virginia House of Delegates, et al., Appellants v. Golden Bethune-Hill, et al. Virginia Denied Amici (5) None 15.5
18-301 Chieftain Royalty Company v. Charles David Nutley, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (4) attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights class-action common-fund common-fund-fees diversity diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-law inherent-power judicial-discretion state-law Whether common-fund fee awards are governed in diversity cases by state or federal law. 14.5
18-119 Gotech International Technology Limited, et al. v. Nagravision SA Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure defendant-jurisdiction due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-claims federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreign-defendants jurisdiction-pleading personal-jurisdiction pleading pleading-requirements rule-4k2 subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a plaintiff invoking jurisdiction under Rule 4(k)(2) must plead that "the defendant is not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of ge… 14.0
18-73 Scott Carpenter v. Douglas Jordan Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 brady-violation brady-vs-maryland civil-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence favorable-termination heck-doctrine heck-vs-humphrey invalidation section-1983 statute-of-limitations wrongful-conviction Does a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 wrongful conviction claim for unconstitutionally withholding exculpatory evidence "accrue" and thus the statute of limitations… 14.0
18-50 Linda Carty v. Texas Texas Denied Amici (3) brady-violation brady-violations capital-case capital-murder constitutional-error constitutional-errors cumulative-error cumulative-prejudice due-process habeas-review heightened-scrutiny strickland-standard strickland-violation 1. Whether the Constitution requires a court on habeas review in a capital case to assess cumulatively the prejudice caused by multiple constitutional… 13.5
18-37 Securiforce International America, LLC v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) abuse-of-discretion administrative-law authorized-agent authorized-official contract-termination discretionary-determination discretionary-determinations government-contracts government-procurement judicial-review procurement standard-of-review 1. May discretionary government procurement determinations be upheld as reasonable when the authorized official expressly disavows making the required… 11.5
18-29 Shailendra Bhawnani, et al. v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, et al. Second Circuit 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… 10.5
18-403 Bruce A. Shear v. MAZ Partners, LP, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated First Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights disgorgement disgorgement-order district-court-power diversity-jurisdiction due-process equitable-power equitable-remedy erie-doctrine federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion jury-trial jury-verdict 1. When a jury finds in favor of defendant on the sole claim asserted against him, may a district court affirm the verdict but then use "equitable pow… 9.5
18-350 Lamar Sequan Brown v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response Waived abandonment abandonment-doctrine cell-phone-privacy cell-phones digital-data fourth-amendment privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement Fourth Amendment doctrine permits police to freely search ordinary objects deemed "abandoned." No suspicion, or warrant, or exigency is required. But … 8.5
18-509 Charles G. Kinney v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-trust civil-rights civil-rights-violations color-of-authority due-process first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct professional-speech standing state-bar-regulation vexatious-litigant By simultaneously dismissing 8 of Kinney's pending appeals, did these same 3 Judges on a Ninth Circuit panel abuse their discretion by covering-up act… 8.5
18-283 Charles Coleman, et al. v. Campbell County Library Board of Trustees Kentucky Denied Amici (2) due-process federal-due-process-rights fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure prospective-only retroactive-relief state-law state-retroactivity-doctrines tax-relief unlawful-taxes 1) Whether a state can circumvent the requirements of the Due Process Clause to provide taxpayers retroactive relief from unlawful taxes by making its… 7.5
18-153 Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (1) administrative-law cost-allocation energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-ratemaking ferc-refund-policy holding-company-cost-allocation preemption rate-making ratemaking refund regulatory-policy state-ratemaking supremacy-clause 1. Given this Court's holdings that the Federal Power Act ("FPA") preempts inconsistent state ratemaking and requires state agencies to treat cost all… 6.5
18-244 Charles E. Woide, et ux. v. Federal National Mortgage Association Eleventh Circuit 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… 5.5
18-269 Alan Mapuatuli, et al. v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-client-privilege attorney-work-product civil-rights confidential-communication confidentiality criminal-procedure due-process federal-inmates prison-litigation-reform-act prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment work-product-doctrine 1. Resolving a conflict within federal courts, arethe Sixth Amendment rights of federal inmates and detainees to the assistance of counsel violated wh… 5.5
18-279 Frank Konarski, dba FGPJ Apartments and Development, et al. v. City of Tucson, Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights commerce-clause competitive-restraint due-process fair-housing-act interstate-commerce municipal-action rental-transactions restraint-of-trade standing takings vexatious-litigant Whether housing rental businesses are a part of the federally protected domain of interstate commerce. If such business are per se a part of the fede… 5.5
18-305 Kenda Kirby v. Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied ada civil-rights due-process educational-amendments eleventh-amendment equal-protection first-amendment retaliation sex-based-characteristics sex-discrimination standing title-ix Broadly, questions raised by the case include whether Plaintiff has a right to redress (both for discrimination and retaliation) under Title IX of the… 5.5
18-310 Amanda D. Tucker v. LCP-Maui, LLC Hawaii Denied civil-procedure civil-rights deficiency-judgment due-process equity-rights foreclosure gelfert-v-national-city-bank judicial-sale property-rights surplus-equity takings Does a State's judge-made common law foreclosure practice violate Due Process of Law that calculates the amount of deficiency judgments after confirma… 5.5
18-316 Brian Arthur Weese v. Maryland Fourth Circuit Denied civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process facial-challenge federal-jurisdiction federal-rules jurisdictional-challenge material-allegations nonmoving-party personal-jurisdiction pleading-requirements sovereign-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction sufficiency-of-pleadings The Court lacks subject matter and personal jurisdiction for the reasons below. The Complaint presents a detailed recitation of Plaintiffs' assertion… 5.5
18-322 Steven A. Miner v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Illinois Denied attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline burden-of-proof clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process due-process-clause first-amendment misappropriation personal-relationships private-relationships professional-misconduct 1. In an attorney disciplinary matter in which charges against a lawyer must be proven by clear and convincing evidence, and there is no positive evid… 5.5
18-352 South Carolina v. Raymond Lewis Young South Carolina Denied appellate-review batson-challenge batson-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure deference-to-trial-court discretionary-review equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination trial-court-deference Whether, upon reversing Respondent's conviction on grounds that: "The trial court erred in failing to conduct a proper analysis under the third step o… 5.5
18M61 Jeremy James Hendricks v. Matt Bingham, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M62 James Rodwell v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-170 John Anthony Gentry v. Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) attorney-misconduct constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-enforcement due-process federal-jurisdiction government-reform judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight republican-form republican-government sovereign-immunity state-reform state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign immunity is vitiated when the state government is no longer republican in character or form. Whether a citizen of a state… 4.5
18-454 Derek L. Dinger v. United States Armed Forces Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bouie-v-city-of-columbia court-martial due-process ex-post-facto military-justice precedent-overruling retired-personnel retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-rules After petitioner's offenses, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overruled two precedents without fair warning and held that a court-martial can… 4.5
18-105 Modesta R. Sabeniano v. Citibank, N.A., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal appeal-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-review perjury Whether petitioner Sabeniano was denied her constitutional right to due process when the Court of Appeals dismissed her appeal without giving her the … 4.0
18-318 Christos Koutentis v. New York City Police Department, Licensing Division New York Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms-permit firearms-regulation licensing nypd-regulations revocation second-amendment vagueness void-for-vagueness Do the N.Y.P.D. regulations, as applicable to the revocation of a firearms permit, violate the Petitioner's rights under the Second Amendment? Are th… 3.5
18-320 CEH Energy, LLC, et al. v. Kean Miller, LLP, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appeals appellate-deadline circuit-split civil-procedure judicial-procedure motion-to-alter new-grounds rule-59(e) rule-59e successive-motions tolling tolling-provision Rule 59(e) establishes a party's right to file a motion to alter or amend a judgment. Other circuits have held, where a Rule 59(e) motion is filed to … 3.5
18-345 Xiu Jian Sun v. Jon O. Newman, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived book-of-doctrine-and-covenants civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention doctrine-and-covenants due-process free-speech jehovah legal-complaint parable-of-the-woman-and-the-unjust-judge pharisees religious-freedom spiritual-adam standing unjust-judge widow widow-parable The complaint of the plaintiff, -god's servant, Xiu Jian Sun, the spiritual Adam respectfully shows and alleges as follows Jehovah, -the Lord God of … 3.5
18-347 West Congress Street Partners, LLC v. Rivertown Development, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1985 42-usc-1986 civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-claims discrimination due-process elliott-larsen-civil-rights-act federal-statute gentrification minority-protection real-estate real-estate-discrimination 1. Is the plausibility standard attached to federal conspiracy claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985 and 42 U.S.C. § 1986 sufficient to protect minoriti… 3.5
18-353 Tate Clark v. Southwest Airlines Company Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review causation-standard civil-procedure district-court evidence-standard factual-inferences fmla-retaliation genuine-issue-for-trial judicial-review mixed-motive pretext prima-facie-case standard-of-review summary-judgment Therefore the question presented is whether the District Court and Court of Appeals failed to view the evidence presented in conjunction with Responde… 3.5
18-372 Ryan Joe Coddington v. Nevada Nevada Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality prosecutor-conflict prosecutorial-conflict prosecutorial-misconduct recusal Is a criminal defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial before a fair and impartial tribunal denied when the tribunal is linked by marriage to … 3.5
18-400 Christopher Hoskins v. Perry Fuchs Texas Denied Response Waived absolute-privilege civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-petition due-process equal-opportunity free-speech immunity standing tcpa-statute texas-civil-practice university-complaint Whether the confidential complaint filed by Petitioner with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Equal Opportunity Services (EOS) office is abso… 3.5
18-402 Anna Pezhman v. Chanel, et al. New York Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment court-denial due-process due-process-clause fraud fraud-motion judgment judgment-set-aside legal-pertinence misconduct misrepresentation motion-to-set-aside-judgment When dealing with a motion to set aside a judgment based on fraud, misconduct and misrepresentation, must a court proffer reasons for its denial or ca… 3.5
18-429 Joseph J. Germinaro, et al. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-plaintiffs civil-procedure continuity continuity-requirement organized-crime ponzi-scheme racketeering racketeering-activity rico rico-act Under Title XI of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (also known as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO")), is there a … 3.5
18-435 LabMD, Inc. v. Tiversa, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-agency fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court government-fraud hazel-atlas intentional-misrepresentation judicial-procedure mens-rea rule-60 rule-60(d)(3) standing wilful-blindness Whether a judgment obtained by fraud on a court must be set aside pursuant to Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co., 322 U.S. 238 (1944) and Fe… 3.5
18-439 Peter Janangelo v. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure federal-agency federal-agency-discretion foia-exemptions foia-request freedom-of-information-act glomar-response in-camera-review information-disclosure judicial-discretion national-security vaughn-index 1. If Glomar Responses are permitted should they be limited to instances involving national security, public safety, or public health? 2. Under what … 3.5
18-440 Edward Michael Nero, et al. v. Marilyn J. Mosby Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived absolute-immunity advocacy-function civil-procedure civil-rights due-process investigation investigatory-materials law-enforcement legal-advice probable-cause prosecutor prosecutor-investigation prosecutorial-immunity standing Whether a prosecutor is acting as an "advocate" and is entitled to absolute immunity when the prosecutor performs an investigation and provides those … 3.5
18-449 Pharmavite LLC v. Noah Bradach Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived class-action class-certification class-members federal-preemption federal-statute individual-inquiry preemption state-law-claims supremacy-clause 1. Is it a violation of the Supremacy Clause, U.S. ConsT. art. VI, cl. 2, for a federal court to certify a class that includes class members asserting… 3.5
18-455 Aaron Joseph Emineth v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment photo-radar standard-of-proof state-court-proceedings traffic-enforcement trial-court 1. Did the state trial court violate Petitioner's constitutional right to Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution… 3.5
18-456 Michael J. Persico v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived apprendi due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness 1. Does Petitioner's sentence, which would have been deemed substantively unreasonable in the absence of the district court's factual findings, violat… 3.5
18-467 Barbara Fletcher, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived ambiguity-principles circuit-split civil-rights collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement contract-interpretation due-process erisa federal-common-law labor-management-relations-act retiree-healthcare supreme-court-precedent Fletcher v. Honeywell International Inc. , 892 F.3d 217 (6th Cir. 2018) holds that a "CBA's general durational clause applies to [retiree] healthcareb… 3.5
18-5190 Marco Antonio Garcia-Echaverria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split constitutional-rights deportation discretionary-relief due-process immigration-law removal-proceedings right-to-counsel Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit—that a non-citizen has no constitutional right to be informed of the … 0.5
18-5223 Gerand Earl Ratcliff v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights consent-search consent-to-search constitutional-rights deferential-review due-process fact-finding schneckloth-v-bustamonte standard-of-review voluntariness-standard Is the voluntariness of consent to search a question of fact that is subject to the same deferential review as findings of historical fact? -1.0
18-6293 Alfredo Martinez-Rey v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… -1.5
18-6297 Jorge Robles-Avalos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment border-patrol fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure totality-of-the-circumstances vehicle-stop In ruling on a motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a roving Border Patrol stop, must a court consider, as part of the totality of the … -1.5
18-6328 Carlton Roland Hunter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split collateral-review johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states post-sentencing-case-law residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement 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,… -1.5
18-5160 Michael Anthony Tanzi v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (5)IFP caldwell-v-mississippi capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation judicial-procedure per-se-rule supreme-court-precedent 1. Does the Florida Supreme Court's application of a per se harmless–error rule to violations of Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), in every pre… -2.5
18-5228 Quawn M. Franklin v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (5)IFP caldwell-error constitutional-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation individualized-review jury-recommendation sullivan sullivan-v-louisiana Whether the per se harmless-error rule adopted by the Florida Supreme Court, pursuant to which violations of Hurst v. Florida, 136 S.Ct. 616 (2016) ar… -2.5
18-5518 Norman Mearle Grim v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (5)IFP advisory-jury burden-of-proof caldwell-v-mississippi capital-case death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment harmless-error hurst-v-florida hurst-violation sixth-amendment sullivan-v-louisiana 1. Can a violation of Hurst v. Florida , 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), be ruled harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, based solely on a pre-Hurst "advisory " j… -2.5
18-5181 Michael Gordon Reynolds v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (4)IFP caldwell-v-mississippi capital-sentencing death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment hurst-error jury-instructions ring-v-arizona structural-error 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's plurality decision rejecting Mr. Reynolds' Caldwell v. Mississippi, 472 U.S. 320 (1985) claim is error. The jur… -3.0
18-5812 In Re Richard DeCaro Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure doctrinal-underpinnings double-jeopardy due-process gamble-v-united-states innocence original-meaning re-adjudication separate-sovereigns separate-sovereigns-exception Whether the Court should overrule the "separate sovereigns" exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause. -4.0
18-5487 Angel Soto v. Unknown Sweetman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP accrual-of-claims administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights claim-accrual judicial-procedure prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations Where a federal statute —such as 42 U.S.C . § 1997e(a) —mandates that a plaintiff exhaust administrative remedies prior to filing suit , does the plai… -4.5
18-5517 Mike Peter Gallardo v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP capital-jury capital-punishment citizen-jurors due-process eighth-amendment fair-cross-section fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance jury-composition sixth-amendment Almost a decade ago, this Court unanimously held that, "If a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for … -4.5
18-5534 Juan Carrasquilla-Lombada, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 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… -4.5
18-5891 James Edward Whitney v. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, et al. Arkansas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 9th-amendment administrative-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-pleadings standing 1) Should any court deny an individuals secured, guaranteed, and protected rights to due process as expressed in the 5th, 6th, 9th, and 14th amendment… -4.5
18-5892 Andre Jackson v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-sentencing jury-recommendation jury-sentencing jury-trial sixth-amendment Is Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida? -4.5
18-5909 Barry Soldridge v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction post-conviction-relief waiver Whether the district court erred in failing to find that the state court entered a decision that was unreasonable in light of the full record, and whe… -4.5
18-5919 Lance R. Martin v. Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr., et al. California Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-review patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-5926 Darnell Wilkins v. Jay Lane, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equitable-tolling guilty-plea habeas-corpus mental-health mental-incapacity pcra psychotropic-medications standing DID PETITIONER'S MENTAL INCAPACITY DID NOT ENTITLE HIM TO EQUITABLE TOLLING? WERE THE PETITIONER'S PCRA AND APPELLATE RIGHTS VIOLATED AS HIS GUILTY P… -4.5
18-5936 Terrance D. Johnson v. Randall Williams, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP evidence-preservation exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search whether the Fourth Amendment forbids a pretextual seizure of a motorist based solely on probable cause due to an alleged obstructed tag? Does the Fou… -4.5
18-5947 Stevie Andre Roberson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-rights constitutional-review due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure procedural-due-process standing state-court-jurisdiction statute-of-limitations texas-supreme-court 1.) WHETHER DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION TO DENY PETITIONER'S HABEAS PETITION AS BARRED BY STATUTE OF LIMITATION OF THE ANT-TERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH… -4.5
18-5955 In Re Steven D. Turner, Jr. Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings WHEATHER THIS COURT WILL REQUIRE THE CIRPORFTE XESPONOENTCO IN TH/S LECAL ACTION TO PROVE ITS IN NEMAND, OR,/N PERSONAM CRIMINAL JUR/S5 DICTION OVER T… -4.5
18-5958 Kevin Wilmot v. Florida Florida Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing FLonida Violate State Ard Federal CAN the State oF Constitstional Amendments. And ProviSions ThAt Are GUArAnteEd becAuse the Prisorer is Poor Ard CArN… -4.5
18-5991 Johnny Ray Bennett v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny double-jeopardy due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-detention WOULD THE 2002 ENACTMENTS VIOLATE THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSES OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, IF ITS RETROACTIVITY DID NOT CURE THE DEFECTS OF CH… -4.5
18-5995 Nathaniel R. Webb v. Donnie Harrison, Sheriff, Wake County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP abstention-doctrine circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-bail fourth-circuit habeas-corpus pretrial-detention speedy-trial younger-abstention Is Younger v. Harris abstention appropriate when challenging the denial of Constitutional protections at prosecution; specifically when does prolonged… -4.5
18-5999 Joe Litton Bailey v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence habitual-offender jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing-enhancement sufficiency-of-evidence 1) in this case, the responding police officer failed to preserve the alleged crime scene. There are no photos of the vehicle, the broken window, or o… -4.5
18-5137 Maurice Daniel v. Brooklyn Law School New York Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-authority academic-due-process academic-performance americans-with-disabilities-act americans-with-disabilities-act-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act-title-iii discrimination discriminatory-punishment due-process educational-discrimination mental-health mental-illness new-york-city-human-rights-law new-york-city-human-rights-law-section-8-107(4)(a) title-ii title-iii IS AN ACADEMIC DEAN'S DECISION TO BAR A STUDENT FROM TAKING TWO MAKEUP EXAMS, AND KICK HIM OUT OF SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HER MISTAKEN BELIEF THAT THE STUDE… -6.0
18-6281 Terry E. Callins v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review habeas-corpus mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-retroactivity teague-v-lane timeliness Did Mr. Callins file his § 2255 motion within one year of "the date on which the right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court," which … -6.0
18-5927 J. A. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response WaivedIFP attenuation coolidge-v-new-hampshire fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-entry lustig-v-united-states probable-cause reasonable-foreseeability search-and-seizure state-action I. DID A SEARCH INVOLVE STATE ACTION UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ENTERED A HOME ILLEGALLY, AN OFFICER THERE TOLD A N INQUIRING CI… -6.5
18-5938 Mark David Bailey v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-evidence habeas-corpus sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review suppression-of-evidence 1.) Can a fairminded jurist exclude expert evidence indicating that someone else committed a murder based solely on the jurist's lay disagreement with… -6.5
18-5963 Steve Kassab v. S. Skinner, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process excessive-force law-enforcement-misconduct new-trial qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment trial-procedure WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF ALL BUT 2 DEFENDANTS CAUSED PREJUDICE TO PETITIONER? WHETHER THE JURY'S VERDICT IS CONTRARY TO THE CLEAR WE… -6.5
18-5990 Omar Odale Brockman v. Erick Balcarcel, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP AEDPA aedpa-statute-of-limitations certificate-of-appealability federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus procedural-rulings slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction us-v-cotton Q1. Does petitioner Brockman properly asserts that Sup. Ct. R. 10(c) warrant him certiorari relief because the sixth circuit court of appeals resoluti… -6.5
18-5993 Douglas Roy Burns v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent WHETHER A STATE COURT MUST CONSTITUTIONALLY RECOGNIZE AND ALLOW A DEFENSE IN THE FORM OF TESTIMONY AND OR OTHER RELEVANT EVIDENCE WHICH DISPROVES THE … -6.5
18-6039 Darryl Taylor v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-6056 Harley Blevins, Sr. v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-punishment-code due-process jury-trial jury-verdict prior-conviction sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is Florida's Prison Releasee Reoffender Act, which nullifies a Criminal Punishment Code (CPC) sentence, unconstitutional and a violation of the Sixth … -6.5
18-6058 Donald Lee Reeves, III v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fair-trial felony-murder insufficient-evidence intent robbery special-circumstance I. Whether petitioner's due process right to a fair trial was violated when he was convicted of robbery in Count 4 based upon insufficient evidence th… -6.5
18-6126 Sally D. Villaverde v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60b constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ninth-circuit rule-60b standing I- WHETHER THE U.S DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA AND THE U.S COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT INCORRECTLY TREATED PETITIONER'S Fed.R… -6.5
18-6181 Michael Patino v. Rhode Island Rhode Island 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… -6.5
18-6183 Reginald Lynch v. Hilton Hall, Jr., Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure davis-v-washington dying-declaration hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DOES PETITIONER RECEIVE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHEN TRIAL COUNSEL FAILS TO OBJECT TO TESTIMONY FROM A WITNESS REPEATING THE STATEMENTS OF A… -6.5
18-6196 Marcus W. Tunstall v. John S. Wolfe, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-6235 Michael Rocky Lane v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review Whether, under this Court's precedent in Miller-El. v. GockreU. 537 U.S. 322 (2003) and buck v. Davis, 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), it is sufficient for purp… -6.5
18-6246 Michael Parnell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction property-rights reasons-for-granting-the-writ search-and-seizure standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions Question not identified. -6.5
18-6248 Antonio Mercedes-Rijo v. United States First Circuit 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 … -6.5
18-6249 Markos Pappas v. United States Second Circuit 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… -6.5
18-6255 Christopher Earl Oden v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-precedent circuit-precedent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists standard-of-review In Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 120 S. Ct. 1595 (2000), this Court held that a petitioner may obtain a certificate of appealability by showing tha… -6.5
18-6256 William Wise Mock v. United States Ninth Circuit 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… -6.5
18-6260 Jaime Traverso v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit full-faith-credit-clause judicial-discretion law-of-case perjury prosecutorial-misconduct standing withheld-evidence DID THE MARYLAND COURT ABUSED ITSI DISCRETION BY REFUSING ESTABLISHED BY THE TESTIMONY OF A CONVICTED PERJURER, WITHHELD FROM M THE DEFENSE AND TO REV… -6.5
18-6270 Cornelius Lynch v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection criminal-procedure defendant-rights double-jeopardy double-jeopardy,criminal-procedure,constitutional- due-process mistrial retrial trial-procedure May a state, consistent with the protections of the Double Jeopardy Clause, try a defendant a second time when the first trial ended in a mistrial whi… -6.5
18-6283 Brent Douglas Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-safeguards fifth-amendment grand-jury individual-rights liberty prosecutorial-interference prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers structural-error structural-protections Whether the indictment in this case should have been dismissed because the structural protections of the grand jury designed to safeguard individual r… -6.5
18-6284 Alphonso Churchwell, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender collateral-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eleventh-circuit mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness void-for-vagueness In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Samuel Johnson), this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause uncon… -6.5
18-6285 Mady Chan, aka Maddy, aka Mandy, aka Manny v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-right constitutional-rights counsel-advice criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-precedent padilla-v-kentucky sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act Should the holding in Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356 (2010) that an attorney's failure to advise a criminal client of succinct, clear, and explicit… -6.5
18-6299 Jonathan Wade Dunning v. United States Eleventh Circuit 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 … -6.5
18-6300 Cheryl Singleton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP allocution criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure joint-stipulation presentence-investigation presentence-investigation-report sentencing Does the filing of joint stipulation(s) as to the presentence investigation report entitle the defendant to allocution on the (A)(i), (ii) ? -6.5
18-6301 Darrell Lynn Dancy v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-procedure district-court factual-innocence predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement unlawful-distribution A "serious drug offense," under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.s.c. § 924(e), is one involving manufacturing, distribution or possessing with int… -6.5
18-6302 Francisco Melgar-Cabrera v. United States Tenth Circuit 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… -6.5
18-6303 Jeffrey Joseph Pendleton v. United States Eighth Circuit 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? -6.5
18-6304 Alex Lenard McCoy v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment article-iii confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-11 self-incrimination sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the Defendant's rights under Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution for the trial of his crimes by jury in the State where t… -6.5
18-6308 Edwin Hernandez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process duress-defense jury-instructions second-circuit sentencing 1. Did the Second Circuit err in finding that the district court's charge correctly stated the requirements for the duress defense. 2. Did the Second… -6.5
18-6313 Lacoya Washington v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal conviction criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence judicial-discretion sentencing sex-trafficking trial trial-severance Whether there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to convict Lacoya Washington of the sex trafficking crime. Whether the Honorable Trial Court… -6.5
18-6317 Desmond DeWayne Turner v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach eleventh-circuit mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states predicate-offense sentencing united-states-v-ovalles Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in finding that the convictions for Burglary in the first degree under Alabama law qualified as a … -6.5
18-6322 Gabino Medina Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit 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… -6.5
18-6324 Akinlabi Coleman v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP bench-trial constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habitual-criminal habitual-offender jury-trial sixth-amendment 1) Were Mr. Coleman's Sixth Amendment rights to a jury determination of every element of an offense violated when he was only allowed a bench trial to… -6.5
18-6333 William Staples v. Claude Maye, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraudulent-declaration habeas-corpus legal-procedure prison-officials standing sworn-declaration 1) WAS Staples Due Process complied with by the prison Officials? from the prison officials? prison officials? -6.5
18-6348 Eric M. Pence v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-prosecution criminal-statute disorderly-conduct due-process electronic-communication fighting-words first-amendment free-speech true-threat true-threats This case presents an important question involving the application of the First Amendment to the Constitution to state disorderly conduct statutes pro… -6.5
18-6362 Edwin Darrell Lett v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights continuance counsel criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment state-procedure trial WHETHER THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS AND JUDGMENTS ARE FINAL UNDER 28 U.S.C. SECTION 1257. WHETHER CONSTRUCTIVE AMENDMENT OF THE INDICTM… -6.5