| 18-138 |
Brian Huffman v. Kirstjen M. Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
|
administrative-law agency-procedure agency-regulations circuit-conflict circuit-split due-process harmless-error remand right-to-counsel |
Whether a court must remand a matter for a new board hearing when an administrative board's failure to follow its own regulations implicates a petitio… |
| 18-15 |
James L. Kisor v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
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 |
Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock |
| 18-266 |
The Dutra Group v. Christopher Batterton |
Ninth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (18)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure general-maritime-duty jones-act maritime-law personal-injury punitive-damages seaman-rights seaworthiness seaworthy-vessel unseaworthiness vessel-seaworthiness |
Whether punitive damages may be awarded to a Jones Act seaman in a personal injury suit alleging a breach of the general maritime duty to provide a se… |
| 18-304 |
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al. v. Jennifer Davidson |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
article-iii-standing consumer-protection consumer-standing deception declaratory-judgment false-advertising future-harm injunctive-relief product-misrepresentation standing |
Whether a consumer who has used a product and determined that a representation concerning that product is allegedly misleading can plausibly allege a … |
| 18-38 |
Illya Erwin v. Department of the Army |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
5-cfr-315-804 5-usc-1221 5-usc-2302 administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-circuit personnel-action probationary-employee prohibited-personnel-practice termination-defense whistleblower whistleblower-protection |
Whether the agency can claim it would have taken the same personnel action absent whistleblower disclosure based on grounds not stated in the terminat… |
| 18-39 |
Jason Lee Boyd v. Washington |
Washington |
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… |
| 18-395 |
Corning Optical Communications RF LLC v. PPC Broadband, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure egregious-conduct fee-shifting halo-standard halo-v-pulse intentional-knowing notice-requirement objective-reasonableness patent-damages willful-infringement |
Whether courts must consider all relevant circumstances, including evidence that the defendant's position was objectively reasonable, in determining w… |
| 18-408 |
Kohn Law Group, Inc. v. Auto Parts Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
appellate-review appellate-review-standard armour-standard armour-v-united-states civil-contempt civil-contempt-standard consent-decree district-court-discretion federal-circuit fifth-circuit injunction-interpretation interpleader legal-standard mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper mccomb-v-jacksonville-paper-co non-consent-order |
What is the standard for judging allegations of civil contempt of an injunction or other disputed order, as distinct from a consent decree? |
| 18-412 |
Jael Watts v. Michael Allen, et al. |
Virginia |
Denied |
|
access-to-courts court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment state-law tort-immunity |
Whether the Virginia Supreme Court's dismissal of the Petitioner's appeal without reaching the merits of the case violates the Petitioner's fundamenta… |
| 18-432 |
Wilfredo Pineda, aka Wilfredo Pineda Alarcon v. Kristjen Nielson, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
None |
|
| 18-433 |
Julius J. Larry, III, Appellant v. Arkansas, et al. |
Arkansas |
Denied |
|
None |
|
| 18-436 |
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, dba Liberty International Underwriters, et al. v. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split contract-services doiron-factors kirby-test maritime-commerce maritime-contract navigable-waters offshore-oil-and-gas offshore-oil-gas vessel-involvement |
Is a contract to provide services to oil wells located on fixed platforms in navigable waters within a State a maritime' contract when a vessel played… |
| 18-437 |
Dmitri I. Medvedev v. Henrico County |
Virginia |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment civil-rights driver's-license due-process dui fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio |
When the officer took and retained Petitioner's license, did it constitute a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes where reasonable suspicion did not … |
| 18-438 |
Carllene M. Placide v. Supreme Court of Washington, et al. |
Washington |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-client-relationship attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline bar-discipline constitutional-rights due-process due-process,civil-rights,equal-protection,legal-pr equal-protection legal-ethics legal-practice legal-procedure procedural-fairness racial-discrimination |
Whether an attorney can be deprived of his/her constitutionally protected right to practice law |
| 18-448 |
Estate of Jerry West, Deceased v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1447 38-usc-511 administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction probate-exception remand subject-matter-jurisdiction veterans-affairs veterans-benefits |
Whether the Kentucky probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over the disability award under the 'probate exception' to federal-court jurisdiction, w… |
| 18-471 |
Jay Sandon Cooper v. Bank of New York Mellon, Trustee, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis property-foreclosure property-rights res-judicata standing statute-of-limitations |
Is Cooper's appeal taken in good faith, arguable on its merits, and therefore, not frivolous? |
| 18-5145 |
Chauncey Bennett v. John Wolfe, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection public-facilities standing |
Whether the Lower court erred in denying the petitioner's filing, a Leastcost, vs due? |
| 18-5157 |
In Re Jose Luis Arevalo |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice cause-and-prejudice-doctrine certificate-of-appealability drug-crimes due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment jurisdiction money-laundering reasonable-doubt |
Whether the due process clause was violated by failure to prove every element of money laundering beyond a reasonable doubt |
| 18-5313 |
Joseph Steele v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing elements-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erroneously determined that the statutory definition of a 'violent felony' under the 'elements cla… |
| 18-5382 |
Muriel Fiedler v. Mace Brindley, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1441 civil-procedure civil-procedure-removal diversity-jurisdiction due-process forum-defendant-rule judicial-bias remand remand-procedures removal removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction over the petitioner's case |
| 18-5509 |
Randy David Makell v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment curtilage drug-dog drug-dog-search florida-v-jardines fourth-amendment home-search jardines-standard katz-v-united-states reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure |
Does the use of a trained drug dog to sniff the doorway of a residence violate the resident's reasonable expectation of privacy? |
| 18-5622 |
Susan Elizabeth Walker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1291 28-usc-2253 breach-of-fiduciary-duty,sec-securities-exchange-c certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealability,circuit-split,jurisdi circuit-split de-novo-review denovo,circuit-split,uniformity,lawrence-v-dept-of fiduciary-duty hohn-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel,circuit-split,un jurisdiction |
Should a Certificate of Appealability be granted to resolve a circuit split regarding Jurisdiction established by 28 U.S.C.§ 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 2253… |
| 18-5670 |
Margaret Campise v. New York Commissioner of Labor |
New York |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
article-vii civil-rights constructive-termination due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection hostile-environment hostile-work-environment sexual-harassment workplace workplace-rights |
Are the lower courts above the law? |
| 18-574 |
Joseph Rachal v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
6th-amendment bifurcated-trial bifurcation criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prejudicial-evidence |
Is it unduly prejudicial for a jury to be exposed to the toxic evidence that the defendant is a convicted felon before even determining whether the de… |
| 18-5808 |
Rafael Angel Rondon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
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 |
| 18-5843 |
Alexander Manjanja Chanthunya v. Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission |
Maryland |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
attorney-disciplinary-proceedings attorney-discipline attorney-misconduct bar-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights cross-examination disciplinary-proceedings due-process fair-hearing judicial-review standing |
Whether Maryland Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's Petition |
| 18-585 |
Ernest J. Franceschi, Jr. v. Betty T. Yee, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bill-of-attainder driver-licenses due-process hearing-opportunity license-suspension occupational-licenses procedural-rights retrospective-legislation substantive-due-process tax-delinquencies tax-delinquency |
Does the suspension of state issued occupational and driver licenses without a hearing opportunity, based upon tax delinquencies that pre date enactme… |
| 18-5856 |
David Gerard Jeep v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process eighth-circuit judicial-act judicial-immunity probable-cause qualified-immunity rico-act standing xiv-amendment |
Is the issuance, and support on appeal, of a court order without a 'reasonable probable cause' a judicial act? |
| 18-5876 |
Steven Sanford v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing sentencing-enhancement |
Whether a court may grant a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition collaterally challenging a sentence under Johnson |
| 18-5933 |
Mary Wilkerson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
brady-doctrine brady-v-maryland due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence juror-dishonesty juror-misconduct kyles-v-whitley materiality post-trial-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct rule-of-evidence |
Whether, under Brady v. Maryland and Kyles v. Whitley, the courts may consider information that arises after trial in determining the materiality of s… |
| 18-6128 |
Norman Douglas Diamond v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
due-process fraud irs irs-corruption jurisdiction jurisdictional-notice overpayment-refund statutory-guarantee statutory-notice tax tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction tax-deficiency tax-evasion tax-fraud |
When statutes guarantee deficiency proceedings and mandate issuance of notices, do statutes confer jurisdiction and due process even without complianc… |
| 18-6175 |
Victor Tony Jones v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
1981-homicide 1990-homicide capital-murder criminal-law death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing,hurst-v-state,jury-unanim hurst-v-state jury-unanimity reasonable-doubt retroactive-application retroactivity substantive-criminal-law |
Given that the elements of capital murder identified by the Florida Supreme Court in Hurst v. State are being applied in a prosecution for a 1981 homi… |
| 18-6192 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. William D. Gore, Sheriff, San Diego County, California |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction pleadings standing takings |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted |
| 18-6211 |
Pedro Rodriguez v. San Diego County, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
abstention-doctrine bad-faith-prosecution civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-error due-process exhaustion-of-remedies extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus paredes-v-atherton perez-v-ledesma prosecutorial-bad-faith standing younger-abstention younger-v-harris |
Whether the district court erred in failing to consider Petitioner's claim under the Abstention Doctrine, YOUNGER-V-HARRIS |
| 18-6220 |
Anthony Quentin Kelly v. Frank Bishop, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment access access-to-courts civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process food-and-water liberty |
Whether the short period of being held without trial and the deprivations of liberty, food, drinking water, and access to the outdoors violate the Eig… |
| 18-6221 |
Raymond P. Vinnie v. Bruce R. Henry, et al. |
Massachusetts |
Dismissed |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court litigation-privilege standing state-immunity supremacy-clause |
whether-private-attorneys-conspiring-with-clerk-of-court-for-favorable-judgment-violates-supremacy-clause |
| 18-6224 |
Lamond Latney v. Anthony Parker |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment incorporation standing takings |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 18-6227 |
DeWayne L. Wester v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cause cause-standard ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions post-conviction post-conviction-petition res-judicata successive-petition |
Where a State Court fail to adjudicate an issue properly raised and argued in a post conviction petition and on appeal, can the absence of a res judic… |
| 18-6231 |
Dawud Rahim v. South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourth-circuit notice notice-requirement parole parole-revocation procedural-rights standing state-deference |
Was the petitioner denied procedural due process when the respondent failed to notify him prior to the reconvening of the Parole Board to reconsider a… |
| 18-6234 |
Scott Doyle Barrett v. Arizona |
Arizona |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment burden-of-proof child-molestation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process sexual-motivation |
Does Arizona's statutory scheme, which excludes sexual motivation as an element of child molestation, unconstitutionally shift the burden of proof on … |
| 18-6250 |
Curtis Nairn v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th and 14th Amendment rights unexhausted and meritless which violated Petitioner's 5th aedpa amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-amendments constitutional-claims constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process eleventh-circuit exhaustion exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus procedural-bar procedural-default section-2254 |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal err when it denied Petitioner's §2254 petition as procedurally barred by AEDPA, unexhausted and meritless… |
| 18-6252 |
Hersie Wesson v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-right death-penalty due-process intellectual-disability opportunity-to-be-heard procedural-due-process state-courts threshold-showing |
When a capital defendant can make a substantial threshold showing of intellectual disability, are the state courts constitutionally required to provid… |
| 18-6262 |
Richard Penunuri v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fact-finding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact that serves to… |
| 18-6295 |
Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial |
Did the district court err in denying the accused's petition for writ of habeas corpus? |
| 18-6312 |
Tyrone Mason v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-1 article-1-section-9 constitutional-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ninth-amendment standing writ-suspension |
Does Article 1 § 9 cl. 2 of the United States Constitution prohibit suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and implicitly grant the petitioner an ina… |
| 18-6316 |
Willie Gene Wilks, Jr. v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof due-process false-testimony grand-jury indictment jury-instructions plain-error-review prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error |
Is a defendant denied due process when a prosecutor presents and relies upon false testimony in order to secure an indictment in grand jury proceeding… |
| 18-6320 |
Timothy Joseph McGhee v. Ron Davis, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pre-trial-investigation reasonable-investigation strickland-prejudice strickland-prejudice-standard strickland-standard unreasonable-factual-findings unreasonable-findings-of-fact |
Whether the Ninth Circuit should have granted a certificate of appealability on the ineffective assistance of counsel claim |
| 18-6325 |
Adrian Contreras-Rebollar v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability co-counsel criminal-procedure-6th-amendment-right-to-counsel- criminal-procedure-6th-amendment-self-defense-inef defense-of-another due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instruction right-to-counsel self-defense sixth-amendment |
Where petitioner's defense in the trial court was based on Self-Defense, petitioner did not fully trust his Dept. of Assigned Counsel lawyer, and thus… |
| 18-6345 |
Felix J. Bruette, Jr. v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship citizenship-act congressional-authority due-process indian-reorganization-act land-rights political-doctrine property-rights reservation-lands tribal-affiliation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
What legal Historical standing does the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community claim to convey the lands and rights of a historical Tribe in the State of… |
| 18-6353 |
Michael Joseph Bien v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process legal-precedent prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court supreme-court-jurisprudence supreme-court-precedent texas-court-of-criminal-appeals |
Whether a prosecutor who violates the Double Jeopardy Clause should have exclusive power to determine which of his unconstitutionally obtained convict… |
| 18-6381 |
William B. Crockett, III v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review threshold-inquiry |
Whether a court of appeals' unreasoned, one-page order summarily denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with relevant decisions of this Cour… |
| 18-6400 |
Tarvares James Watson v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b state-law state-law-procedural-principles state-procedural-law |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit abused its discretion in overlooking the relevant state law procedural principles underlying petitioner's constitutional … |
| 18-6406 |
Daniel Tappen v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client-privilege attorney-client-relationship constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether a defense attorney renders ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 18-6414 |
Marvin K. Locke v. Daniel Paramo, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
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 |
Whether the second-degree felony murder rule is based on statute |
| 18-6416 |
Briand Williams v. California |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-record due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargain registration-requirements sentencing transcripts |
Is a Plea Agreement considered terminated or fulfilled 15 years later upon loss of sentencing transcripts? |
| 18-6424 |
Walter Lee Deiter v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924(e) aiding-and-abetting armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery criminal-sentencing force mens-rea violent-felony |
Whether aiding and abetting an unarmed bank robbery qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 18-6453 |
Celestine G. Thompson v. Kirstjen Nielson, Secretary of Homeland Security |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech immigration retaliation standing whistleblower |
Were DHS-ICE officials in Plan to Criminalize Appellants |
| 18-6464 |
Frank Ralph LaPena v. George Grigas, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
contract-killing criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus highly-deferential-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-insufficiency legal-sufficiency nevada-supreme-court physical-evidence rational-juror reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence witness-testimony wrongful-conviction |
Whether the Nevada Supreme Court's decision rejecting the legal insufficiency claim was unreasonable because, even under a highly deferential review, … |
| 18-6480 |
Gregory Hill v. James Gammon, Superintendent, Moberly Correctional Center |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anderson-v-bessemer-city batson-challenge batson-claim constitutional-review due-process eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-jurisprudence federal-habeas jury-selection racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-in-jury-selection thomas-v-keohane |
Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates racial discrimination in selection of its jurors |
| 18-6499 |
Dominique Johnson v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process federal-agents federal-government fourth-amendment home-arrest standing tenth-amendment warrantless-search |
Whether an individual can challenge a warrantless arrest inside a home by federal government agents under the 4th Amendment |
| 18-6511 |
In Re Ken Ejimofor Ezeah |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal-waiver-guilty-plea-unite guilty-plea inherent-equitable-authority tenth-circuit united-states-v-galloway united-states-v-hahn united-states-v-mccarthy |
Whether the court should expand the framework in United States v. Hahn on appeal waivers |
| 18-6536 |
Lewis Waters v. Charles L. Lockett, Warden |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-safeguard court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury habeas-corpus jurisdiction unindicted-crime |
Where the Fifth Amendment guarantees that no person shall be held to answer for a crime unless upon presentment of a Grand Jury's indictment, does the… |
| 18-6537 |
In Re Gerald Phillip Wooten |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement united-states-v-watts |
Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado has been or should be made retroactively applicable to ca… |
| 18-6542 |
Mauricio Licea v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure dual-role due-process evidence expert-testimony expert-witness jury-instruction jury-instructions law-enforcement law-enforcement-testimony lay-witness trial-procedure |
Whether district courts must give a dual-purpose jury instruction after a law enforcement officer testifies as both an expert and a percipient witness |
| 18-6551 |
In Re David Hoskins, et al. |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
| 18-6552 |
Thomas A. Woods v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compelled-testimony constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment grand-jury self-incrimination self-incrimination-protection |
Do the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the government from introducing evidence of a defendant's grand jury testimony which was taken when th… |
| 18-6553 |
Michael Founier Dixon, aka Michael Fournier Dixon v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing |
Was Agpli canl's guilty pleac) involuwtaay duce 40 counsels wet echve deficient Assistance jw Tetality duaing all Stages of the caiminel process ? |
| 18-6554 |
Walter Collins v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mandatory-life-sentence opportunity-for-release reasonable-opportunity-for-release |
Whether a mandatory life sentence for a crime committed by a juvenile that does not allow him a reasonable opportunity for release violates the prohib… |
| 18-6557 |
Casey O'Dell v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 due-process federal-rules-criminal-procedure plea-bargaining plea-colloquy structural-error united-states-v-gonzalez-lopez |
Whether the Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(b)(1)(N) rule was violated by the inadequacy of the change of plea colloquy? |
| 18-6559 |
Tommy Alexander, Sr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bias civil-procedure constitutional-issue constitutional-rights court-recusal due-process fair-and-impartial-court impartiality judicial-bias recusal tribunal-fairness |
Whether the District Court displayed bias against the Petitioner, creating a constitutional issue of a fair and impartial court |
| 18-6560 |
Wendell Weaver v. Walter Nicholson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure disqualification eyewitness-testimony ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-alternatives right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-court wheat-v-united-states |
Does Wheat v. United States clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before disqualifying a criminal defendant's coun… |
| 18-6561 |
In Re Jesus Denova Lopez |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-discretion guidelines-range section-3553(a) section-3553a sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion by the rubberstamp of the erroneous and impermissible conclusion of erst… |
| 18-6564 |
Cephus Hollis v. United States |
District of Columbia |
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… |
| 18-6565 |
Charles C. Gore v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment adversarial-proceedings constitutional-rights courtroom-closure criminal-procedure critical-stage-of-trial defendant-rights jury-deliberations public-accountability public-trial right-to-public-trial |
Whether the right to a public trial is violated when the trial court closes the courtroom while addressing questions posed by the jury during delibera… |
| 18-6566 |
Jara Meotta Ishon Flowers v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
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 |
Should this Court overturn its prior decision in Evans? |
| 18-6567 |
Luis Delprado v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
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 |
Whether the required fit between a defendant's prior statute of conviction and a 'generic' offense for the purposes of a criminal history enhancement |
| 18-6570 |
Timothy J. Kaprelian v. Lizzie Tegels, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-defendant criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel no-contest plea-agreement plea-bargaining |
Is a criminal defendant who pleads no contest entitled to exculpatory evidence that the state concealed and suppressed |
| 18-6573 |
Malik Farrad v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment authentication circuit-split corpus-delicti due-process facebook hearsay police-action social-media |
Is the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' lower standard of authentication for social media postings in conflict with other circuits, violating due proce… |
| 18-6574 |
Curtis D. Hall v. United States |
Third Circuit |
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 |
Whether the categorical approach applies in cases where the defendant was also convicted of using a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1) |
| 18-6576 |
Susan Kevra-Shiner v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fraud fraud-allegations indictment indictment-scope jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct verdict-slip |
Can a well written verdict slip cure the confusion created when the Government's Closing Argument and the Court's Jury Instructions constructively ame… |
| 18-6581 |
Larry Hailey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-enhancement crimes-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-appeal prior-convictions section-2255-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines virginia-prior-convictions |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner's Appeal from Denial of His Motion Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Wherein Petitioner's… |
| 18-6582 |
Kareem Glass v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-rights capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-circumstances penalty-phase sixth-amendment waiver waiver-of-rights |
where-capital-counsel-induced-petitioner-into-a-waiver |
| 18-6583 |
Dionysius Fiumano v. United States |
Second Circuit |
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? |
| 18-6584 |
Larry Flenoid v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-irregularity second-or-successive section-2255 supervisory-powers |
Whether the supervisory powers of the United States Supreme Court will be asserted to correct the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirming … |
| 18-6585 |
Raymond Alfred Gagnon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appeal civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fraud-on-the-court gonzalez-v-crosby habeas habeas-corpus prosecutorial-fraud rule-60 rule-60-motion second-or-successive-habeas-petition standing |
Whether the Appellate Court properly resolved the District Court's abuse of discretion |
| 18-6586 |
Bruce Wood v. Delaware |
Delaware |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard federal-rules judicial-review new-evidence post-conviction post-conviction-relief privileges-and-immunities |
Does Delaware's Amended' Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions violate Due Process Rights (14th Amendment) |
| 18-6587 |
David James Matthew v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anticipatory-warrant conditional-warrant florida-v-jardines fourth-amendment knock-and-announce probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant united-states-v-grubbs warrantless-entry |
Whether agent Waldo's initial warrantless entry into the enclosed 'screened front patio' of Matthew's residence violated the Fourth Amendment |
| 18-6589 |
Liddon Young v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-court criminal-law criminal-procedure false-statement false-statements materiality obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-enhancement stipulation |
When a defendant admits to all the elements of an offense/enhancement, does a prevarication on details not effecting the question of guilt render the … |
| 18-6591 |
Leslie Chin v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-diligence due-process equal-protection federal-courts new-trial newly-discovered-evidence standard-of-review trial-procedure |
Whether the Equal Protections Clause is violated when there is a conflict amongst the federal circuit courts of appeal dealing with what a defendant i… |
| 18-6593 |
Sigifredo Molina-Varela v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-severance prejudice prejudicial-error right-to-counsel severance sixth-amendment |
Did the defense counsel's failure to file a motion for severance create a significant prejudice against the petitioner thereby constituting ineffectiv… |
| 18-6596 |
Matthew James Dury v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause district-court-jurisdiction document-processing due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction legal-filing procedural-due-process standing |
Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction under Article III, Section 8, Clause 3 to deny petitioner's challenge to the Interstate Commerce Act, r… |
| 18-6597 |
Jazsmine Arielle Joseph v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof child-trafficking confrontation-clause confrontation-rights conspiracy conspiracy-charge domestic-violence expert-testimony sex-trafficking |
Did the lower court err in its decision regarding the requirements to prove a conspiracy charge in the sex trafficking of a child count? |
| 18-6599 |
Horace Vonche Jordan v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability collateral-review criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether USSG § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness with respect to defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines |
| 18-6600 |
Ringo Recto Labrador v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split criminal-sentencing empirical-basis fifth-circuit judicial-review methamphetamine-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness-standard second-circuit sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines |
Is a sentence imposed under the methamphetamine sentencing guideline entitled to a presumption of reasonableness? |
| 18-6601 |
Stefone Dwayne Palomo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
anders-review appeal appeal-rights appellate-review due-process fifth-circuit-rules frivolous frivolous-issues ineffective-assistance local-rules merits right-to-appeal sua-sponte-dismissal |
Does Petitioner's right to an appeal require either a decision on the merits or an Anders review with a finding that all issues are frivolous? |
| 18-6602 |
Darnell Nolley v. Gregory McLaughlin, Warden, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the Tendieren Continent Conditions Characterizing 255 GMME Cotf ica ars el ns } nic ddl igi ca Haiship rane |
| 18-6604 |
Joseph Jenkins v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights court-reporters-act court-transcript due-process judicial-misconduct perjury perjury-by-exclusion qualified-retirement retirement-savings sentencing sentencing-discretion |
Question not identified |
| 18-6605 |
Joseph Perrone v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adversarial-proceeding appellate-review burrage-precedent causation causation-standard due-process government-assertions judicial-procedure record standard standard-of-proof united-states-v-burrage |
Did the lower courts refuse to follow the decision and holdings of this Court in United States v. Burrage, 571 U.S. 204, 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 71… |
| 18-6606 |
Anthony James Merrick v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process establishment-clause free-speech religious-freedom standing |
Does the lack of a workable test for determination of religious sincerity create arbitrary decisions based on bias that effectively violate the Establ… |
| 18-6616 |
Maria I. Sanutti-Spencer v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause criminal-motive criminal-procedure decedent's-drug-addiction decedent's-drug-dealing decedent's-motive decedent's-physical-abuse defendant's-health-issues due-process evidence evidence-exclusion lay-opinion-testimony right-to-complete-defense right-to-present-defense trial-procedure witness-testimony |
Does excluding evidence of another's motive, of the decedent's drug addiction, drug dealing, his physical abuse of the defendant and the defendant's s… |
| 18-6618 |
Jessie Jesus Marquez v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split constitutional-burden constitutional-law criminal-procedure drug-case evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence government-proof recorded-phone-call |
Are statements made during a recorded phone call, standing alone, sufficient to sustain the Government's constitutional burden of proof in a drug case… |
| 18-6622 |
Keeland Duralle Williams v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-review due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review |
Whether a court of appeals is required to grant a habeas petitioner a COA when the question presented clearly is debatable by jurist of reason as demo… |
| 18-6625 |
Darnell Bernard Blagmon v. Virginia |
Virginia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitution recantation state-court state-court-procedure witness-recantation writ-of-innocence |
Did the state court violate petitioner's federal constitutional right to due process by making this ruling without having held an evidentiary hearing? |
| 18-6638 |
Israel C. Isbell v. Steven Merlak, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure comity custody-transfer due-process inmate-rights inmate-transfer jurisdictional-comity presumption-of-intent primary-custody primary-jurisdiction sentencing-rights sovereign-intent sovereign-jurisdiction transfer-of-custody waiver-intent |
At what point is a sovereign's intent to waive primary jurisdiction assessed, and how is that intent assessed? |
| 18-6698 |
Shawn Aluiso v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
backpage computer-crime computer-use criminal-history fifth-circuit-appeal minor-victim probation-revocation revoked-probation sentencing-guidelines texas-conviction undue-influence use-of-computer |
Whether the District Court erred in calculating the Guideline range by applying two-point enhancements for undue-influence and use-of-computer, and in… |
| 18-6731 |
In Re James D. Sudberry |
|
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in finding that the petitioner's due process rights were not violated |
| 18-7 |
Choctaw County, Mississippi, et al. v. Jessica Jauch |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (4) |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 capias county-liability due-process fourteenth-amendment pretrial-detention procedural-due-process qualified-immunity section-1983 |
Whether a pretrial detainee's procedural due process rights were violated |
| 18-93 |
Donald Zimmerman v. City of Austin, Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) |
aggregate-limit austin base-limit campaign-contributions campaign-finance civil-rights constitutional-law contribution-limits due-process election-law first-amendment standing |
Whether Austin's $350 base limit on campaign contributions violates the First Amendment |
| 18M70 |
Hiram I. Perez Soto v. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico |
Puerto Rico |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M71 |
In Re Renea Chafe |
|
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M72 |
Mark Woods v. Warden, FDC Philadelphia |
Third Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M73 |
Jesse Ray Rose v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M74 |
Gintaras Vilutis v. NRG Solar Alpine LLC |
California |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M75 |
Terry LaCarl James v. Eldorado Casino Shreveport Joint Venture, et al. |
Louisiana |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|