Conference: 2018-12-07

114 cases — 0 granted, 114 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
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 1. Whether the Court should overrule Auer and Seminole Rock. 2. Alternatively, whether Auer deference should yield to a substantive canon of construc… 43.5
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… 29.0
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; and Whether Zimmerman established standing to challenge Aust… 12.5
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 The Sheriff's Department detained Respondent for ninety-six days pursuant to a capias issued by the state circuit court following a grand jury's indic… 12.0
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 after using a product and determining that a representation concerning that product is allegedly misleading, can plausibly all… 10.5
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… 9.5
18-432 Wilfredo Pineda, aka Wilfredo Pineda Alarcon v. Kristjen Nielson, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
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 1. In determining whether to enhance damages for "egregious" infringement under §284, must courts consider all relevant circumstances, including evide… 7.5
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 1. What is the standard for judging allegations of civil contempt of an injunction or other disputed order, as distinct from a consent de cree? Is it … 7.5
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 The federal courts have admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1) over a contract dispute if the contract at issue is "maritime." In Norfolk So… 7.5
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… 5.5
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 appal, without reaching the merits of the case, violates the Petitioner's fundament… 5.5
18-433 Julius J. Larry, III, Appellant v. Arkansas, et al. Arkansas Denied None 5.5
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 Under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), a police officer can briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in crim… 5.5
18M70 Hiram I. Perez Soto v. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Denied None 5.5
18M71 In Re Renea Chafe Denied None 5.5
18M72 Mark Woods v. Warden, FDC Philadelphia Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M73 Jesse Ray Rose v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M74 Gintaras Vilutis v. NRG Solar Alpine LLC California Denied None 5.5
18M75 Terry LaCarl James v. Eldorado Casino Shreveport Joint Venture, et al. Louisiana Denied None 5.5
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 1. Whether, in defense of a whistleblower claim of wrongful termination by a probationary employee, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 1221, the agency may claim … 4.0
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 pursuant to an order of disbarment by the Court below … 3.5
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 1) whether the United States District Court correctly held that the Kentucky probate court has exclusive jurisdiction over the disability award in que… 3.5
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 ISSUE 1: Is Cooper's appeal taken in good faith, arguable on its merits, and therefore, not frivolous? ISSUE 2: Has Cooper been deprived of due proce… 3.5
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 No one can legitimately deny that a felony conviction is exceedingly prejudicial. That is why evidence of a felony conviction is normally admissible o… 3.5
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 California in 2012 enacted a statutory scheme to suspend the driver and occupational licenses of the largest state income tax delinquents. Revenue & T… 3.5
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 In Ocasio v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1423 (2016), separate opinions by Justice Thomas and Justice Breyer questioned whether Euans v. United States, … -0.5
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 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in contrast to every other federal circuit except for the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circ… -1.0
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 – in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution – by failing to inform … -1.5
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, … -1.5
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 I. Whether the following cases pending before this Court create a reasonable probability of a different result in the instant case insofar as the addr… -1.5
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–a guideline crafted without benefit of Sentencing Commission expertise or empiric… -1.5
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 Virginia law provides for filing of a Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence (Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-327.10 (West)) in Virginia state court. Petitioner f… -1.5
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 Did the lower court erred by failing to supply diet meals when petitioner was placed on lockdown? Did the lower court erred in petitioner being filed… -4.0
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, without opinion, that properly raised a constitutional issue regarding viola… -4.0
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 I. DOES THE USE OF A TRAI NED DRUG DOG TO SNIFF THE DOORWAY OF A RESIDENCE VIOLATE THE RESIDENT'S REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY UNDER KATZ V. UNIT… -4.5
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 when the sentencing judge never specified - an… -4.5
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 1. 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 h… -4.5
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 1. Whether the district court erred in failing to consider Petitioner's claim under the Abstention Doctrine, YOUNGER V HARRIS 401 U.S 37 (1971), Prose… -4.5
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 Petitioners claim under the Abstention Doctrine, YOUNGER V HARRIS 401 US 37 (1971), Prosecutio… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
18-6221 Raymond P. Vinnie v. Bruce R. Henry, et al. Massachusetts Denied 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 1) Whether as a matter of first impression, are 5-private attorneys who fraudulently conspired with a Clerk of Court in a lawsuit for the sole purpose… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 Whether the rescission procedure of the Petitioner, granted that prior to convening and reconsidering his parole for rescission the Petitioner was con… -4.5
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 Question #1: When a capital defendant can make a substantial threshold showing of intellectual disability, are the state courts constitutionally requi… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 1. Is a defendant denied due process when a prosecutor presents and relies upon false testimony in order to secure an indictment in grand jury proceed… -4.5
18-6731 In Re James D. Sudberry Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Deginded n atto o y Duepuse or Mitgatn Ciramstanes Not guity by Beaon oR Insanty which define s f enotal trauma or s. Dhere wao mo intnt to kill my un… -4.5
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 OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT WAS VIOLATED IN THE CASE OF AREVALO, BECAUSE HIS PROSECUTION FAILED TO PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE… -6.0
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 The forum defendant rule, 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a), provides out of state defendants protection against biases of local courts and juries by procedurally p… -6.0
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?… -6.0
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 as they do not see that Article VII does constitute constructive termination? Does that Article not include sexual… -6.0
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 because it concludes that the crutial question… -6.0
18-5856 David Gerard Jeep v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied 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? Is there a non-exigent exception to th… -6.0
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 1. Whether, under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and Kyles v. Whitley 514 U.S. 419 (1995) the Courts may consider information that arises after… -6.0
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 Former IRS employees have been for fraud and embezzlement of income tax withholdings originally collected legally. The IRS still does not credit petit… -6.0
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 (1) Defense attorneys must conduct reasonable investigations . Out of twenty one potential witnesses, trial counsel only interviewed McGhee and his fr… -6.0
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… -6.5
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 … -6.5
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, unexhausfed and meritless… -6.5
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 A probable cause to hold hearing without counsel? May the state force a lawyer upon the accused when he insists that he wants to conduct his own defe… -6.5
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 ci. 2 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PROHIBIT SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND IMPLICITLY GRANT THE PETITIONER AN INA… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 The Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community was created by the Department of the.Interior in 1937.,by authority of the Indian Reorganization Act., under s… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 1. Whether a court of appeals' unreasoned, one-page order summarily denying a certificate of appealability, while citing the relevant statute but not … -6.5
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 … -6.5
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 1. THE DISTRICT COURT FOUND THE ISSUE " A HABEAS CORPUS IS AN APPROPRIATE VEHICAL FORSECOND OR SUCCESSIVE PETITION. THE DISTRICT COURT FOUND THIS ISSU… -6.5
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 to be terminated or full-filled fifteen (15) years later upon the destruction or lost of the actual sentencing plea agr… -6.5
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 1) whether aiding and abetting an unarmed bank robbery, which can be committed with a negligent or reckless mens rea, qualifies as a "violent felony''… -6.5
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 With Criminal and other indiviauals t0 * Streamline Appellant's Career toan 2U3 2. Were DHS-ICE officials ParT of Mass… -6.5
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 Gregory Hill's case raises pressing issues of National importance: Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates racial discriminat… -6.5
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 Just 6, 2004 by The United States of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents took within the jurisdiction of The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania… -6.5
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 (1)WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD EXPAND THE FRAME-WORK DECIDED IN "UNITED STATES V. HAHN",IN THE TENTH CIRCUITS DETERMINATION OF A KNOWING AND VOLUNTARILY… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 retroactieiy applicable to ca… -6.5
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… -6.5
18-6551 In Re David Hoskins, et al. Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
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… -6.5
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 PlEA AgReemeNts At "ANy" stagE duRinNg the CRimiNs pRocess CAUSE the defendant Harm; considering that they All contrined a factually iNsufficint deadl… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 1. WHETHER: THE FED.R.CRIM.P. 11(b)(1)(N) RULE WAS VIOLATED BY THE INADEQUACY OF THE CHANGE OF PLEA COLLOQUY? 2. WHETHER THE DECISION THE THIRD CRICU… -6.5
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 The question before this Court is the recusal of the District Court in this Cause since the District Court has displayed a bias against the Petitioner… -6.5
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, 486 U.S. 153 (1988) clearly establish that trial courts must consider reasonable alternatives before disqualifying a crim… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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. Can a defendant's waiver be d… -6.5
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 Question I - The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' lower standard of authentication by third parties for social media postings being what they are claim… -6.5
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 1. Whether (as the court of appeals held) the categorical approach does not apply in any case in which the defendant was also convicted of "use[ of] a… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner's Appeal from Denial of His Motion Under 28 US.C. § 2255 Wherein Petitioner… -6.5
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 OF HIS ENTIRE PENALTY PHASE AND A WAIVER OF HIS APPELLATE RIGHTS IN RETURN FOR A GUARANTEED LIF… -6.5
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 IN LIGHT OF THIS COURT'S DE… -6.5
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 … -6.5
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 while performing the threshold Rule 60 determination required u… -6.5
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 (post-conviction motion) and/or Delaware State Courts' decisions, make or enforce Laws/Rules… -6.5
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, WITHOUT KNOCKING OR RINGING THE DOORBELL, INTO THE ENCLOSED "SCREENED FRONT PATIO" OF MATTHEW'S RESID… -6.5
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 1. When a defendant admits to all the elements of an offense/enhancement, does a prevarication on details not effecting the question of guilt render t… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5
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, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS REQUIRED TO PROVE A CONSPIRACY CHARGE IN THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD COUNT AND §2… -6.5
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 In Johnson v. United States , 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) , this Court declared the Armed Career Criminal Act's (ACCA) residual clause unconstitutionally v… -6.5
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 I. 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? II.… -6.5
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 1. WCo CE ORdiMazy inCidants of PRison IfE. 2. WthE PRi Et he TET P onE Ci C E imposed by the Count WEE asiEt E TERI P ConES punisMENt beyond Me CA… -6.5
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 Can "catchall phrases" form a basis for a 'perjury by exclusion' indictment and conviction in the absence of precise questioning, open court transcrip… -6.5
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 134 S.Ct. 881, 187 L.Ed.2d 715 (2014), and thereby violate fundamental principles of due proces… -6.5
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 Mr. Merrick alleged that he had a right to practice his sincerely held personal religious beliefs, especially when inmates of other religious farths w… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 QUESTION ONE: At what point is a sovereign's intent to waive primary jurisdiction assessed, and how is that intent assessed? QUESTION TWO: Is there a… -6.5
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 In this Writ we present three issues dealing with the calculating of the Guideline range by the District Court. 1. The District Court erred in adding… -6.5