Conference: 2019-01-18

71 cases — 0 granted, 71 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-12 Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (7)Relisted (12) coaches constitutional-rights employment-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech public-employment public-forum public-school religious-expression school-speech teachers tinker-v-des-moines Whether public school teachers and coaches retain any First Amendment rights when at work and "in the general presence of" students. 23.0
18-500 The First Presbyterian Church U. S. A. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, et al. v. John Doe Oklahoma Denied Amici (3) affirmative-defense church-discipline church-doctrine church-government church-member-disputes consent consent-based first-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine membership membership-dispute religious-autonomy 1. Whether the religious autonomy doctrine derives from the First Amendment or rather is a consent-based doctrine applicable only to disputes between … 13.5
18-676 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ryan Karnoski, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) due-process equal-protection first-amendment gender-dysphoria military-service military-service-policy transgender transgender-individuals transgender-policy Whether the district court erred in preliminarily enjoining the military from implementing the Mattis policy nationwide. 13.0
18-677 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Jane Doe 2, et al. District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection gender-dysphoria military-policy military-service preliminary-injunction transgender transgender-military-service In 2018, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a new policy concerning military service by transgender individuals. Under the Mattis policy, tra… 11.0
18-678 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Aiden Stockman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection gender-dysphoria military military-policy military-service preliminary-injunction standing transgender transgender-military-service transgender-policy Whether the district court erred in preliminarily enjoining the military from implementing the Mattis policy nationwide. 11.0
18-506 Dawn L. Hassell, et al. v. Yelp, Inc. California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) communications-decency-act injunction interactive-computer-services non-party non-party-liability section-230 tortious-content unprotected-content unprotected-speech Whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230 et seq., which precludes holding certain interactive computer services "liable"… 9.0
18-561 Orus Ashby Berkley, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 15-usc-717r administrative-review administrative-review-scheme agency-action agency-order congressional-delegation constitutional-challenge delegation-of-power district-court district-court-jurisdiction non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers I. Is a delegation of Congressional power an "agency order" or "agency action" such that a party wishing to challenge that delegation must file that c… 6.5
18-344 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts american-inns-of-court attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest court-of-appeal due-process judge-disclosure judicial-ethics recusal right-to-appeal social-relationship Does due process require reversal of the dismissals as Presiding Justice Mary J. Greenwood failed to recuse or disclose her conflicts of interests? I… 6.0
18-475 Zaremba Family Farms, Inc., et al. v. Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) anticompetitive-agreement antitrust antitrust-injury civil-procedure civil-rights due-process injury-in-fact market-allocation oil-and-gas oil-and-gas-rights private-cause-of-action standing takings valuation Whether proof of the fact of damage—a significant drop in the value of a plaintiffs oil and gas interests—because of an illegal, anticompetitive agree… 6.0
18-615 Bruce Munro, et al. v. Lucy Activewear Inc., et al. Eighth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure copyright copyright-law intellectual-property lanham-act physical-products preemption product-design standing trade-dress Does copyright preclude Lanham Act product design trade dress claims for physical products, and if so, under what circumstance(s)? 5.5
18-618 Dolores Gutierrez, et al. v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied arbitration civil-procedure class-action dispute-resolution due-process efficient-dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act litigation-tactics procedural-strategy standing Is the Federal Arbitration Act's goal of "providing efficient streamlined procedures tailored to the type of dispute," AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcio… 5.5
18-628 Rebekah Cooper, as Administrator of the Estate of Jason Cooper, Deceased v. Ehtsham Haq, et al. Alabama Denied civil-procedure federal-question medical-malpractice state-law-claims statute-of-limitations supplemental-jurisdiction tolling tolling-provision wrongful-death Are the state-law periods of limitation for Alabama wrongful-death and medical-malpractice claims immune from the tolling provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 13… 5.5
18-634 Aed El-Saba v. University of South Alabama Eleventh Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-procedure employment-discrimination national-origin-discrimination pretext pretext-analysis retaliation summary-judgment supervisory-power termination Under Rule 10(a) when the trial court changes the language of the stated discharge reason; substitutes another document as the focus of pretext analys… 5.5
18-636 The Pure Presbyterian Church of Washington, et al. v. The Grace of God Presbyterian Church Virginia Dismissed church-property civil-procedure constitutional-competence ecclesiastical-abstention establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise merger-analysis neutral-principles religious-freedom religious-organizations subject-matter-jurisdiction The trial court entered its Final Order disposing, inter alia, of Church Property, predicated upon a judicial determination that Grace Presbyterian wa… 5.5
18-646 Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C., et al. v. Entergy Mississippi, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied admiralty admiralty-law comparative-fault maritime-law navigable-waters permit-compliance prejudgment-interest property-interest rivers-and-harbors-act takings tort-action Land-based decisions in the takings context mandate permit compliance as a threshold for a plaintiff to have a compensable property interest. For the … 5.5
18-647 Pulte Homes of New York LLC v. Town of Carmel, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights continuing-violation land-development-fees municipal-government municipal-liability section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accrues by a continuing violation theory when a municipality refuses, or attempts to condition, th… 5.5
18-660 Kenneth J. Taggart v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Third Circuit Denied carpenter-v-longan due-process federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federal-removal freddie-mac mortgage note property-rights real-estate security-interest standing state-court-action 1. Has the authority of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) to remove state court actions to federal court, pursuant to 12 U.S.C.… 5.5
18-665 James Michael Alvis v. Leland W. Schilling Tenth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-immunity state-court-action state-law 1. Whether Respondent, a state court judge, was entitled to judicial immunity when he took action in a child custody matter in contravention of state … 5.5
18A669 In Re Grand Jury Subpoena District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M89 Edgar Baltazar Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M90 Nicholas Harris v. Linda Fuller California Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M93 In Re Grand Jury Subpoena District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-5548 Brian Tuttle v. Allied Nevada Gold Corp., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review article-iii-courts bankruptcy-appeals bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law constitutional-rights equitable-mootness judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether Article III courts can refuse to exercise appellate jurisdiction assigned to them by Congress over final decisions of non-Article III bankrupt… 4.5
18-630 Charles Allen Richards v. City of Des Moines Police Department, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech legal-clinic police-department retaliation standing 1. Did Charles Richards exercise a right protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States when he approached the legal clinic… 3.5
18-655 Craig J. Spitzer v. Trisha A. Aljoe, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion attorney-misconduct barton-doctrine civil-procedure civil-procedure-discovery-sanctions-public-entity- discovery discovery-sanctions discretionary-review frcp-26 public-entity sanctions section-1983 state-court-receiver Does a district court have a duty under FRCP 26(g)(3) to sanction public entities and their attorneys for improper withholding of documents requested … 3.5
18-662 Mary McDonald v. City of Wichita, Kansas Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-action but-for-causation but-for-cause employment-discrimination jury-instruction jury-instructions predominant-cause retaliation sole-cause sole-cause-standard standard-of-proof title-vii The plaintiff in a Title VII retaliation case must "establish that his or her protected activity was a but for cause of the alleged adverse action by … 3.5
18-764 Oscar Henry Steinmetz v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights consent consent-search constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure 1. Does the law regarding searches, seizures, and consent need clarification for proper guidance and application? 2. Should a law enforcement officer… 3.5
18-6378 Robert Ira Peede v. Florida Florida Denied IFP arbitrary-cutoff capital-murder capital-punishment death-penalty death-penalty-retroactivity due-process eighth-amendment evolving-standards-of-decency fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida jury-unanimity retroactivity 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity rule as to violations pursuant to Hurst v. Florida, which is based on an arbitrary cutoff… 0.5
18-5694 Taumu James v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-court clearly-established-federal-law due-process fair-application federal-law habeas-corpus identification-evidence state-suggestion 1. In Perry v. New Hampshire , 565 U.S. 228 (2012), this Court held that the right to due process is generally not denied by identification evidence u… -1.0
18-5707 Anthony Curtis Flowers v. United States Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3-strikes armed-career-criminal-act career-offender due-process due-process,johnson-v-united-states,18-usc-924,18- habeas-corpus johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states section-2255 sentencing sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether the district court deprived Flowers due process by denying his § 2255 petition challenging his sentences under Johnson v. United States, 1… -1.0
18-5760 William Benjamin Brown v. Andrew Mansukhani, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Did the District Court Abuse its Discretion By Not Addressing the Court Order? Did the Respondent Violate Rule 5 by not answering the Court Order? D… -1.0
18-6097 Leonard G. Marquez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary burglary-definition circuit-split mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement tenth-circuit violent-felony I. Did the Tenth Circuit determine a New Mexico residential burglary is "burglary" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii) in a way that contravenes this C… -1.0
18-7072 Kenneth Harper v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea harmless-error judicial-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy rule-11 sentencing-guidelines Has United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55 (2005), and its progeny stripped the Courts of Appeal of the ability to meaningfully supervise the plea colloqu… -1.5
18-7077 JC Christopher Pulham v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review district-court legal-standard plain-error plain-error-review presumption presumption-of-correctness presumption-of-knowledge sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review When a district court does not articulate the legal standard it is applying, may an appellate court presume that the district court knew and correctly… -1.5
18-5420 Tyler T. Heagy v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process filing-restrictions habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief procedural-due-process right-to-appeal right-to-counsel standing statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-as-applied Was 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9543 (a)(1)(i) unconstitutional as applied to Petitioners case? Were 42 Pa.C.S.A. §9545 (b) and (c) unconstitutional as applied to … -4.0
18-5569 Sean Weisner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-habeas federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate-rule mental-illness standing time-bar 1) Does the Classification made by this Court in Coley d. Sattald Jan 8.64. 3134 constitute the Circuit Court as being contrary to Clearly established… -4.0
18-6048 In Re Daniel A. Spottsville Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing takings Qustionis, as a staterprisoner does Afiant Spottuillehane vested, tinding Constitutionep sight to file a 28 uscs 5 224 petition in the dostrict court … -4.0
18-5965 Rayburn Scott Harmon v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP bodily-injury castleman-standard civil-rights criminal-law due-process felony-force-clause misdemeanor-force-clause statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-castleman violent-act violent-felonies violent-felony violent-force violent-physical-force Whether the mere causation of bodily injury necessarily includes the use of violent, physical force. -4.5
18-6062 Ramiro Rubi Ibarra v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-exception final-conviction habeas-corpus martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default retroactive-rights retroactivity 1. Could reasonable jurists debate whether the equitable exception to procedural default recognized in Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), should be … -4.5
18-6330 Jose Arnaldo Rodrigues v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standing Whether federal habeas review of a silent state court denial of competency-related habeas claims must consider the state court's appellate opinion on … -4.5
18-6375 Michael Whisby v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-provision collateral-review mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness stokeling-v-united-states vagueness-doctrine violent-felony 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-a-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. 2… -4.5
18-6684 Arika Matelyan v. Fox 11 Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Why do't the highest coort in the land put copy right to Conbent I would like to ask wny dont the supeme count go by the law and follow wnat the lowe… -4.5
18-6708 Clifford D. Williams v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment judge-sentencing jury-trial jury-verdict sentencing-phase sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida Is Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida? -4.5
18-6722 Craig Porter v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation DID THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS ERRONEOUSOY AFFIRMED APPLICANT'S CONVECTION BASED ON STATE PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENTS WETH ROGARDS TO APPLICANT'S REGAT TO… -4.5
18-6735 Perry Alexander Taylor v. Florida Florida Denied IFP caldwell-v-mississippi death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection flawed-scientific-testimony hurst-retroactivity medical-examiner-testimony non-unanimous-jury retroactivity Perry Alexander Taylor was denied relief under Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016) in the State of Florida because his case was one of many that b… -4.5
18-6736 James E. Whitney v. Cindy Glover, Clerk, Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Arkansas, et al. Eighth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech religious-freedom standing Should and Individuals secured and protected Constitutional Right under the First Amendment to redress the Government for wrongs perpetuated against t… -4.5
18-6744 Wesley Wayne Schaefer v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Criminal Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP consequences criminal-procedure de-novo-review double-jeopardy double-jeopardy,lesser-included-offense,state-law, due-process due-process,criminal-procedure,plea-bargaining,eff due-process,equal-protection,fourteenth-amendment, due-process,grand-jury,fifth-amendment,fourteenth- effective-assistance-of-counsel,plea-bargaining,du federal-courts,state-courts,de-novo-review,mixed-q grand-jury guilty-plea ineffective-assistance jury-unanimity plea-bargaining silent-record sixth-amendment,jury-trial,unanimous-verdict,due-p Whether a Court may assume, from a silent record, the defendant was sufficiently made aware of the consequences of his guilty plea? Whether the Unite… -4.5
18-6745 In Re Donald L. Spencer Denied IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act district-court-judge due-process federal-court federal-courts federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations tolling-provision A.) Whether the Honorable Richard Williams, U.s. District Court Judge has a clear duty to afford Petitioner the full one-year statute period from the … -4.5
18-6749 James Barnes v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure faretta-right faretta-v-california mitigation mitigation-investigation presentencing-investigation pro-se-defendant sixth-amendment special-counsel Whether Florida's use of "special counsel" to investigate and present mitigation and its requirement of a presentencing investigation report to provid… -4.5
18-6762 Edward Louis Thomas v. Texas Texas Denied IFP criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus harrington-v-richter hinton-v-alabama ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington DID THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS APPLY THE WRONG STANDARD OF REVIEW IN ANALYZING THE CLAIM OF DEFICIENT PERFORMANCE BY TRIAL COUNSEL? DID THE … -4.5
18-6769 Kenneth G. Middleton v. Ronda Pash, Superintendent, Crossroads Correctional Center Missouri Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief 1. Whether the continued incarceration of a state prisoner who has presented a truly persuasive case of actual innocence violates the Eighth and Fourt… -4.5
18-6785 Christopher Scott v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation 1st degree murder charges Count 23. Whether Petitoner PriNt, while Also Killed in the Course of Another Felny" 5/18-2 & 5/19-3, Violated the Joiner of… -4.5
18-6786 Curtis J. Hill v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP cause-of-death confrontation-clause due-process evidence expert-reports expert-testimony habeas-corpus medical-evidence pro-se pro-se-filing unreasonable-determination unreasonable-factual-findings 1. Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) did the California Court of Appeal unreasonably determine the facts critical to a proper Confrontation Clause analysis… -4.5
18-6788 Rhett Bean v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice presumption-of-innocence FOR the purpose of U.s.c.A 2253(c), is it debatable that wrongly excluded evidence MAy be used to Rebut the presumption of guilt for A cRimivial convi… -4.5
18-6843 James Milton Dailey v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-error hurst-v-florida retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause 1. Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retro activity decision, which lim its the class of deathsentenced individuals entitled to a jury de termi… -4.5
18-6882 Willie Seth Crain, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP remedies prior constitutional defects in capital which requires unanimous jury findings of aggrava advisory-sentencing-panel aggravating-circumstances caldwell-v-mississippi capital-sentencing civil-rights constitutional-error death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process harmless-error Hurst-decision hurst-v-florida jury-instructions jury-role jury-unanimity mitigating-circumstances sentencing sentencing-procedure On remand from the Florida Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. Florida, the Florida Supreme Court held, as a state constitutional consequence, that a… -4.5
18-6889 Stephen Todd Booker v. Florida Florida Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment hurst-retroactivity montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity 1. Does the partial retroactivity formula for Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), claims designed by the Florida Supreme Court, as applied to a p… -4.5
18-6650 Imran Duplessis-Jean, aka Irman Jean Duplessis, aka Imran Jean, aka Irman Jean v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-6790 Clarence Otworth v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeal appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights equal-protection federal-jurisdiction final-order jurisdiction notice-of-appeal oath-of-office presidential-nonfeasance standing I. Is an appeal of a final order and a notice of appeal the same thing? Did Judge Cooper have the authority to send plaintiff's dismissed case to a c… -6.5
18-6825 In Re Alonzo Dean Shephard Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-6832 Keddron Rakee West v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process indictment mens-rea mistake-of-fact statutory-interpretation statutory-rape Is due process violated by not allowing Petitioner to rely upon the statutory enacted mistake of fact defense as his sole defense to an indictment for… -6.5
18-6868 In Re Peter T. Roukis Denied Response WaivedIFP Article-12 bureau-of-prisons civil-rights custody discharged-prisoners due-process legal-custody military-prisoners uniform-code-of-military-justice Are discharged military prisoners confined within the Bureau Of Prisons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (ucmJ)? Does Article 12, UCMJ… -6.5
18-6880 Jason A. Lenz v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accidental-death character-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance jury-deadlock standing statutory-interpretation Should a certificate of appealability issue in a Section 2254 proceeding where counsel learned directly from a juror that the jury had deadlocked 10-2… -6.5
18-6973 Andy Edward Minor v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing state-court-appeals A.oo SHOULD MINOR'S CONVICTION BE VACATED AND SENTENCE SET ASIDE DUE TO HIS ACTUAL INNOCENCE? PeTiTioner says Yes! B.. SHOULD MINOR'S CONVICTION BE V… -6.5
18-7048 Jimmy Lawrence Nance v. United States Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances fourth-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY BY FAILING TO ASSES THE EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES PRESEN… -6.5
18-7078 Joseph O'Shaughnessy, aka Joseph D. O'Shaughnessy v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-plea judicial-review ninth-circuit-procedure plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness voluntariness waiver The petitioner (criminal defendant below) claimed that his plea was involuntary, so therefore his appellate waiver was involuntary. The District Court… -6.5
18-7079 Franklyn Morillo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-waiver certiorari controlled-substances criminal-procedure district-court due-process first-impression first-impression' 'Should certiorari be granted i judicial-discretion knowing-intelligent-voluntary legal-standard plea-bargaining procedural-rights role-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review' 'Should certiorari be granted 1. Should certiorari be granted to decide whether a district court can only ask a Petitioner a single question about an appellate waiver, even though … -6.5
18-7108 Timothy Gene Pryer v. Thomas Gardner, III Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-limits criminal-acts due-process judicial-discretion judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct sovereign-immunity standing takings Does the Constitution grant judges jurisdiction to commit criminal acts by way of judicial decisions? Does the Constitution support absolute immunity… -6.5
18-7138 Antonio Alvarez-Moreno v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process firearms law-enforcement-notification sentencing-guidelines supervised-release vagueness weapon-possession Are these conditions unconstitutionally vague? -6.5
18-7144 Rodney Russell v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights criminal-procedure-peremptory-challenges due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-selection peremptory-strike powers-v-ohio racial-discrimination standing I. Whether a district court has an obligation to inquire of the prosecution as to the substance behind their stated reasons as to why they used a pere… -6.5
18-7156 Antonez Terril Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest federal-circuit-split fourth-amendment investigative-detention investigatory-stop investigatory-stops pedestrian-stop probable-cause reasonableness-standard scope-and-duration terry-stop terry-v-ohio This Court has held, in several traffic stop cases, that investigatory stops based on probable cause can violate the Fourth Amendment in scope and dur… -6.5