Conference: 2019-02-22

173 cases — 0 granted, 173 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-328 Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul Klemm, et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure consumer-protection discovery-rule fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations Whether the "discovery rule" applies to toll the one (1) year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, … 18.5
18-566 Heriberto Menendez v. Marshall Garber Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-burden due-process interstate-commerce judicial-jurisdiction limitations long-arm-statute non-resident-tolling statute-of-limitations tolling Whether a state statute that tolls limitations while the defendant is absent from the state imposes constitutionally impermissible burdens on intersta… 16.5
18-272 Jim Yovino, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools v. Aileen Rizo Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (6) circuit-split civil-rights compensation due-process employment employment-law equal-pay-act factor-other-than-sex gender-discrimination prior-salary sex-discrimination wage-differential 1. The Equal Pay Act permits employers to pay men and women different wages for the same work "where such payment is made pursuant to (i) a seniority … 15.0
18-551 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Elaine Jordan Florida Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure class-action constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings issue-preclusion jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings … 11.0
18-552 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mary Brown, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rayfield Brown Florida Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process engle-progeny findings jury jury-findings legal-precedent preclusion prior-proceeding standing tobacco Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule of preclusion that permits plaintiffs to invoke the preclusive effect of a prior jury's findings … 11.0
18-621 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Mary Faricy Pardue, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John N. Faricy Florida Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle issue-preclusion jury-findings preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-jury-findings res-judicata tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits a plaintiff to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of her claims without sh… 11.0
18-192 J. B. R. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied age-of-criminal-responsibility constitutional-limits constitutional-punishment criminal-prosecution death-penalty due-process first-degree-murder juvenile-justice juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders life-imprisonment prosecutorial-discretion statutory-interpretation statutory-punishment Whether the Due Process Clause forbids the Government from prosecuting an individual who was a juvenile at the time of the crime under a statute that … 10.5
18-649 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Cheryl Searcy, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carol LaSard Eleventh Circuit Denied actually-decided civil-procedure claim-preclusion class-action constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit issue-preclusion jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion The Florida Supreme Court has devised a new, class-action-specific doctrine of claim preclusion in order to facilitate the classwide adjudication of i… 10.5
18-654 Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. v. Richard Boatright, et ux. Florida Denied civil-procedure claim-preclusion class-action due-process engle-progeny issue-preclusion jury-findings preclusion procedural-due-process The Florida Supreme Court has devised a new, class-action-specific doctrine of claim preclusion in order to facilitate the classwide adjudication of i… 10.5
18-680 Erica Huss, Warden v. Loren Robinson Sixth Circuit Denied criminal-procedure due-process federal-law habeas habeas-corpus jury-right parole-eligibility sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether it is clearly established federal law, as is required to grant relief in a federal habeas case, that the Sixth Amendment jury right applies… 10.5
18-779 Power Integrations Inc. v. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied apportionment customer-demand entire-market-value-rule federal-circuit patent-damages patent-infringement patent-law patent-litigation willful-infringement Whether a plaintiff that proves that a patented feature creates the basis for customer demand for infringing products is entitled to patent damages ba… 10.5
18-340 In-N-Out Burger, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law compelled-speech constitutional-rights-free-speech employer-rights first-amendment free-speech janus-v-afscme labor-relations national-institute-of-family-and-life-advocates-v- nlrb-doctrine special-circumstances special-circumstances-doctrine 1. Whether the Board's order compelling speech of a private employer violates the First Amendment, in light of this Court's recent holdings in Janus v… 10.0
18-323 Suzan Evans, Individually and as Wife and Next of Kin of Scott Evans, Deceased v. United States, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split constitutional-law excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor police-conduct reasonableness-standard tennessee-v-garner totality-of-circumstances use-of-force Whether the totality of the circumstances test for assessing the reasonableness of a use of force under this Court's decisions in Tennessee v. Garner,… 9.0
18-653 Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Vickie McKeever, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Theodore McKeever Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process jury-findings opportunity-to-be-heard preclusion preclusion-doctrine prior-proceeding res-judicata standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims w… 9.0
18-742 Brandon Washington v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-review cumulative-effect cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance performance prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel trial-counsel-errors Whether, under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a court assessing the prejudice resulting from trial counsel's errors should consider ea… 9.0
18-849 HTC Corporation v. 3G Licensing, S.A., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1391 28-usc-1400b federal-circuit foreign-defendant patent-infringement statutory-construction statutory-interpretation venue venue-statute This patent infringement case squarely presents a question acknowledged by the Court but left unanswered in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Grp. Brand… 8.5
18-897 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Marlene Nally, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph Nally, Sr., Deceased Florida Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process engle jury-findings litigation-strategy preclusion preclusion-doctrine res-judicata standing tobacco Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s… 8.5
18-898 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Barbara Jean Johnston, Personal Representative of Franklin James Johnston Florida Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-law due-process eleventh-circuit engle-litigation florida-supreme-court issue-preclusion jury-findings legal-preclusion preclusion prior-proceeding res-judicata Is the Due Process Clause violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without s… 8.5
18-993 Young Adult Institute, Inc., dba YAI National Institute for People with Disabilities, et al. v. Joel M. Levy, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived contract-enforcement erisa erisa-regulation executive-compensation federal-common-law non-profit non-profit-corporations non-profit-governance public-policy retirement-benefits Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because it refused to decide YAI's public-policy argument that arises under federal common law… 8.5
18-900 Philip Zodhiates v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response Waived carpenter-v-united-states cell-site-location-information davis-v-united-states exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure good-faith-exception international-parental-kidnapping probable-cause warrant-requirement 1. Does the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule allow use at trial of CSLI illegally seized by a prosecutor prior to this Court's decision i… 7.5
18-642 Morris E. Zukerman v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3742 appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion sentencing-explanation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-variance shocks-the-conscience substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness Whether a court of appeals that finds that a district court has failed adequately to explain a sentence can simply request further elaboration without… 7.0
18-223 In Re Christopher Dawson Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights consumer-protection due-process financial-misconduct foreclosure standing Whether Christopher Dawson, a disable and indigent senior citizen of United States, has been denied his due process rights, guaranteed under the Fifth… 6.0
18-375 Daniel H. Alexander v. Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Florida Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendment disqualification due-process evidence-fraud foreclosure fraud judicial-review mortgage-foreclosure national-mortgage-settlement Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Third District Court of Appeal of Florida ("the Third DCA") violated the due process protections of the 5th … 6.0
18-578 William L. Pender, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied appropriate-relief benefit-plan civil-procedure divided-bench employee-benefits equitable-relief equity-courts erisa judicial-remedy pension-law solicitor-general statutory-interpretation Whether the word "appropriate" in ERISA § 502(a)(3) authorizes ERISA courts to decline to award an established equitable remedy based on consideration… 5.5
18-651 Jason Craig Montgomery v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied 18-usc-2422b attempt coerce criminal-attempt entice induce intent interstate-communication interstate-communications minor minor-solicitation persuade sexual-activity statutory-interpretation substantial-step telecommunications-act I. Does a defendant attempt to persuade, induce, entice, or coerce a minor, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. §2422(b), where the defendant communicates… 5.5
18-674 Jedidiah Isaac Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied brady-violation criminal-procedure-error cross-examination due-process expert-witness habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel materiality materiality-standard presumption-of-correctness prosecutorial-misconduct psychological-evaluation standard-of-review 1. Whether the court of appeals erred in requiring that an expert witness, instead of trial counsel, correct the false impression that the prosecutor … 5.5
18-773 Daniel Sullivan v. City of Frederick, Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 assembly civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech monell monell-doctrine municipal-immunity retaliation Three questions are presented: 1. Did the court below err in affirming that a sixmonth criminal investigation of police officer Dan Sullivan, for his… 5.5
18-784 Eldon Bugg v. Marc Honey, et al. Missouri Denied bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law common-law-torts diversity-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment national-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction Under bankruptcy law, in personam jurisdiction is national. In re Federal Fountain, 165 F.3d 600,601, (8 Cir. 1999)(en bane)). ". . . physical presenc… 5.5
18-785 Eshed Alston v. Administrative Office of the Courts, Delaware Judiciary, et al. Delaware Denied civil-rights court-order court-order-violation due-process equal-protection equal-rights institutional-racism name-change religious-expression Given that the first fourth and fourteenth RELIGIOUS guaranties are the law stated with specificity in Constitutional and legal RIGHTS that are respec… 5.5
18-786 Glenn Blair v. Angela McClinton, et al. Texas Denied child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction plenary-powers standing subject-matter subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Title IV-D Agency Court had jurisdiction, both personal, subject matter, and plenary powers over my daughter and I when they issued a child su… 5.5
18-802 James DeHoog, et al. v. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied antitrust antitrust-law brown-shoe brown-shoe-v-united-states clayton-act clayton-act-section-7 market-concentration market-share merger-analysis potential-competition supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-el-paso united-states-v-el-paso-natural-gas united-states-v-penn-olin-chemical 1. In the over forty-years since this Court has issued a decision interpreting § 7 of the Clayton Act, a trend in unprecedented concentration has grip… 5.5
18-812 Teamsters Local 210 Affiliated Health and Insurance Fund v. Leon Silverman, as Trustee of the Union Mutual Medical Fund, et al. Second Circuit Denied collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreements federal-claims jurisdiction jurisdictional-scope labor-management-relations-act labor-management-relations-act-301a labor-organization national-labor-policy signatory supplemental-jurisdiction union-benefit-trust union-sponsored-benefit-trust union-sponsored-benefit-trust-fund 1. Did the Second Circuit impermissibly expand the jurisdiction of LMRA § 301(a) and drastically alter national labor policy when it held that a union… 5.5
18M103 John C. Hom v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M104 Philip Andra Grigsby v. Juan Baltazar, Jr., Warden Tenth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18-458 Lillian Pellegrini v. Fresno County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 18-usc-1961 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-procedure-60b civil-rights color-of-law due-process fraud property-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine standing 1. Can the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine bar federal court jurisdiction under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(b), 42 U.S.C. 1983, or 18 U.S.C. 1961 et s… 4.0
18-598 Andrew Chien v. Andrew K. Clark, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-relief judicial-bias rico rico-act second-circuit-review standing summary-affirmance summary-judgment takings Whether the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organ Whether the Second Circuit erred that to grant Appellees motion for summary affirmance while to deny Chien's three motions as moot, indicating so far … 4.0
18-6092 Robert Dion Ables v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plain-error-review empirical-analysis empirical-foundation-of-guidelines guideline-2g2.2 judicial-discretion plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-policy substantive-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness-of-sentences I. Whether factual error is categorically immune from plain error review? II. Whether sentences arising under Guideline 2G2.2 tend to produce substan… 4.0
18-683 Bradley Christopher Stark v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment burden-of-proof civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment motion-to-dismiss notice-pleading sovereign-immunity 1. Whether, on a motion to dismiss raising a defense of sovereign immunity, a plaintiff possesses a burden to do more than allege an unequivocal waive… 4.0
18-1002 Cynthia Davis, et al. v. Valsamis, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived admiralty-law carnival-cruise-lines carnival-cruise-lines-v-shute contract-interpretation cruise-line-liability fundamental-fairness judicial-scrutiny limitation-of-liability majestic-the maritime-law notice-requirement passenger-ticket passenger-tickets pre-suit-notice the-majestic ticket-limitation Whether under this Court's holdings in Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, 499 U.S. 585 (1991) (limitation clauses that are contained within form pa… 3.5
18-792 Ronald Leroy Satterlee v. Alicia Miller-Degase, Assessor of Douglas County, Missouri, et al. Missouri Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-rights due-process government-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-challenge presumption-of-innocence property-rights property-tax right-of-contract tax-assessment taxation The Question Presented for Review is whether or not this Appellant Has Right To Life, Liberty, Property and Pursuit of Happiness, the Right To Presump… 3.5
18-816 Gavin B. Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 28-usc-2201 5th-amendment 8-usc-1481(a)(2) due-process expatriation-act expatriation-act-of-1868 federal-jurisdiction frap-21(c) frcp-57 frivolous in-forma-pauperis jurisdiction ninth-circuit political-asylum standing A priori, whether Plaintiff-Appellant's Due Process rights under the 5th and 14th Amendments were abridged and subjugated in the Ninth Circuit Court's… 3.5
18-822 Steven G. Cohen v. Grievance Administrator, Attorney Grievance Commission of Michigan Michigan Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-petition judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct petition petition-clause professional-ethics professional-misconduct rosa-parks-estate WHETHER THE ARBITRARY, CONTRADICTORY AND FACT-FREE PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED BY THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE BOARD VIOLATED PETITIONER'S RIGHTS UNDER … 3.5
18-829 John H. Davis v. Jeanne W. Anderson, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure attorney-client-relationship attorney-discipline attorney-removal civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure legal-ethics presumptive-reasonableness seventh-circuit supervisory-power Whether this Court should call for an exercise of this Court's supervisory power by rejecting the Seventh Circuit's reasoning in John H. Davis v. Jean… 3.5
18-836 Phil Miranda Luna v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived capital-sexual-battery criminal-procedure due-process entrapment internet-sting internet-sting-operation jury-instruction jury-instructions minor sexual-battery statutory-entrapment traveling-to-engage-sex-with-minor QUESTION 1: Whether due process is denied when a trial court refuses to instruct a jury on a statutory entrapment defense because a defendant, charged… 3.5
18-844 Cesar Omar Chavez-Juarez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
18-871 Ronald Jarmuth v. The International Club Homeowners Association, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived claim-preclusion extrinsic-fraud fair-housing-act federal-court federal-court-injunction precedent retaliation state-court state-court-order Whether the Court of Appeals and the District Court erred in ignoring all precedents by holding that a federal court may not enjoin a state court orde… 3.5
18-875 Albert G. Hill, III, et al. v. PBL Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-courts circuit-split civil-procedure evidence evidence-standards judicial-review procedural-uniformity remand standards-of-review summary-judgment uniform-standards Should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand to the District Court for further proceedings, because the Court of Appeals… 3.5
18-892 Mark N. Kirsch v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights coercion due-process extortion extortion-statute property-transfer racketeering-act racketeering-conspiracy scheidler-precedent scheidler-v-now sekhar-precedent transferable-property union-contract Whether pressuring a construction contractor to enter into a union contract meets the definition of generic extortion such that a racketeering act pre… 3.5
18-904 King Law Group, PLLC, et al. v. M2 Technology, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived bell-v-hood circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdictional-facts merits merits-overlap procedural-standard standing steel-co-v-citizens-for-a-better-environment subject-matter-jurisdiction In light of the Steel Co. rule that jurisdiction must be determined as "an antecedent" matter, what is the proper procedure for handling situations in… 3.5
18-914 Gerald E. Bove v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees circuit-precedent due-process frivolous frivolous-prosecution hyde-amendment labor-law labor-laws legal-theory standing 1. For the purposes of denying an a claim for attorney's fees from the federal government under the "Hyde Amendment," may a government theory of prose… 3.5
18-919 Robert R. Davies v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion guidelines-range interest-of-justice presumption-of-reasonableness public-perception sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-intent sentencing-procedures sentencing-reliability unjust-procedures A criminal sentence is a package of sanctions that the district court utilizes to effectuate its sentencing intent, but a district court's original se… 3.5
18-924 Michael Antonio Bullock v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-limits due-process fourth-amendment mission-scope police-conduct police-investigation reasonable-duration rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop Under Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015), a police officer may not prolong a traffic stop beyond the time required to complete the mis… 3.5
18-945 TLSL, Inc. v. Rankin Snead, as Administrator Ad Litem of the Estate of Juan Estrada, et al. Alabama Denied Response Waived at-home-test civil-procedure constitutional-rights corporate-domicile daimler due-process general-jurisdiction goodyear personal-jurisdiction tyrrell TLSL, Inc. ("TLSL") is a Mississippi excavation contracting company. It is incorporated in Mississippi and has its principal place of business in Miss… 3.5
18-960 Nationwide Biweekly Administration, Inc. v. BMO Harris Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1367 arbitration arbitration-agreement article-iii article-three case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-court supplemental-jurisdiction third-party third-party-complaint 1. Whether a plaintiff loses their right to have all claims that form part of the same case or controversy under Article III of the United States Cons… 3.5
18-991 Levi Huebner v. Midland Credit Management, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act least-sophisticated-consumer oral-dispute statutory-interpretation written-dispute 1. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692e(8), 1692g(a)(3), is a debt collector required to treat a consumer's oral dispute w… 3.5
18-5092 Tyrone Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act florida-robbery physical-force prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement stokeling-v-united-states victim-resistance violent-felony I. Whether Mr. Anderson's sentence must be vacated because Florida robbery is not a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act. I… 2.0
18-6257 Edward Dean McCranie v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP career-offender colorado-robbery common-law common-law-robbery crime-of-violence force force-clause generic-robbery sentencing-guidelines stokeling-v-united-states tenth-circuit violence Is Colorado robbery, which follows the common-law definition of the amount of force required, a crime of violence for purposes of the career-offender … 0.5
18-6715 Cortney John Edstrom v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment apartment-dwellers apartment-search circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights curtilage drug-detection-dog drug-detection-dogs due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech reasonable-expectation-of-privacy standing Whether a drug-detection dog's sniff of the doorway of an apartment constitutes a "search" under the Fourth Amendment when the apartment is located in… 0.0
18-5213 Dawn Baker v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -1.0
18-7244 Vidal Licea Morales v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech jurisdiction racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing voting-rights Whether Petitioner was denied a fair trial when a government expert witness provided improper testimony that informed the jury that Petitioner was in … -1.5
18-7448 Charles Foxx v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act beckles-v-united-states career-offender collateral-review constitutional-law mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness vagueness vagueness-doctrine 1. Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. 2… -1.5
18-7453 Corey Kirkpatrick Sterling v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process mandatory-guidelines pre-booker retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-vagueness sentencing-review vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)'s residual clause is void for vagueness vis-à-vis defendants sentenced under the pre-Booker mandatory Guidelines. Whet… -1.5
18-7468 Robert Charles Jones v. Jack Palmer, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-advice criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel life-without-parole parole plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief sentencing sixth-amendment Whether Jones received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel advised him to stipulate to a sentence of life without the possibility… -1.5
18-7585 Lemuel Gay v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guideline-enhancement guidelines judicial-discretion procedural-error sentencing-court sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Can the sentencing court's statement —that it would impose the same sentence irrespective of any error in its application of a guideline enhancement —… -1.5
18-7588 Frank Odom, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver district-court due-process fourth-circuit mitigation mitigation-arguments plea-agreement remand sentencing Does a plea agreement with an appeal waiver waive the right to obtain a remand requiring the district court to actually consider the defendant's mitig… -1.5
18-7602 Percy Elwayne Demerson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922g1 alderman-v-united-states bond-v-united-states commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power statutory-interpretation In light of Bond v. United States, Nat'l Fed'n of Indep. Bus. v. United States, and United States v. Lopez, does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possess… -1.5
18-5232 Charles Lynch Pettis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split physical-force robbery-statute sentencing-disparities sentencing-enhancement state-robbery victim-resistance violent-felony Is a state robbery offense categorically a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) (an offense that "has as … -3.0
18-5288 Robert Serrano v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act elements-clause force johnson-definition physical-force state-robbery state-robbery-offense victim-resistance violent-felony I. Is a state robbery offense that includes as an element the requirement of overcoming victim resistance by use of force a violent felony under the e… -3.0
18-5612 Detrick C. Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability elements-clause firearm-possession florida-felony-battery florida-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony The broad question presented by this case is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously denied Mr. Smith a certificate of appeal abilit… -3.0
18-5838 Hosea Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP categorically constitutes a 'violent felony' unde interpreted by state law to be satisfied by the f armed-career-criminal-act circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-statute element-of-force force-element robbery-offense state-robbery-offense statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states violent-felony 1. Is a state robbery offense that includes "as an element" the taking of property by another by force, interpreted by state law to be satisfied by th… -3.0
18-5940 Moises Perez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP appellate-interpretation armed-career-criminal-act common-law-resistance force-clause resistance state-appellate-courts state-robbery state-robbery-offense violent-felony Whether a state robbery offense that includes as an element the common law requirement of overcoming "resistance" is categorically a "violent felony" … -3.0
18-6025 Rene Borrero v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-robbery due-process state-law state-statute statutory-interpretation victim-resistance violent-felony Whether Florida's State attempted robbery offense that includes "as an element" the common law requirement of overcoming "victim resistance" is catego… -3.0
18-6177 Tony Lipscomb v. United States Seventh Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split illinois-robbery stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony 1. Does Illinois robbery categorically require the use of force and thereby qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act? 2. The S… -3.0
18-6369 Lashon Browning v. United States Seventh Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach certiorari circuit-split illinois-robbery statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states use-of-force violent-felony 1. Does Illinois robbery categorically require the use of force and thereby qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act? -3.5
18-6230 Harvey L. Shoate v. Jason Lewis, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error plea-agreement post-conviction post-conviction-relief sentencing sua-sponte Question not identified. -4.0
18-6294 Steven Anthony Walcott, Jr. v. Terrebonne Parish Jail Medical Department, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process exhaustion-of-remedies frivolous-claims medical-conditions medical-treatment prison-conditions standing M. Did thE pEtitioNEr hANE A SEriDUs MEdicHl CouditiON? 2. Did thE pEtitioNEr's CESIONS MEDICAL AllEgEA in jtil CDRETitION FOM CUNHACTING A dENAy diB… -4.0
18-6298 Robert Alan Fratta v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-amendment due-process fatal-variance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-review miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-representation right-to-counsel standing sufficiency-of-evidence *** CAPITAL CASE IS IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR A U.S. COURT OF APPEALS TO ACCEPT, SANCTION OR MAKE DECISIONS THAT: ALLOW STATE COURTS 110 REFUSE TO. ACCE… -4.0
18-6383 Robert J. Kulick v. Steven Rein Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP ada-accommodation attorney-client attorney-client-rights civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process legal-ethics legal-malpractice legal-representation pro-per-status pro-se standing state-bar-bias Why the CA State Bar denied an investigation against Steven Rein, Esq. for his blackmail against me, & :-;why attorneys allowed to be relieved as an a… -4.0
18-6410 Michael McKinzy v. Carletha Gaston (McKinzy) Missouri Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-notice notice procedural-fairness service service-of-process state-action state-court The Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement (DcsE) was required under sections 464.4705 and 454.475.5 RSMo(2000) +omall a copy of its final Ord… -4.0
18-6507 Alice Brown v. Del Norte County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-discrimination dereliction-of-duty due-process equal-protection fraudulent-concealment constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-appeal judicial-disqualification jurisdiction magistrate-judge ninth-circuit THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECIDED IN BERGER THE JUDGE TO RETIRE FROM THE CASE WHEN THE AFFIANT BELIEVES THAT THE JUDGE HAS A PERSONAL BIAS OR PR… -4.0
18-6654 In Re Gary Ray Debolt Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct Is it in violation of the fifth Amendment and Brady v. Maryland to convict a person with the use of false and manipulated evidence? Is it in violatio… -4.0
18-5384 Wendell Rivera-Ruperto v. United States First Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment due-process due-process-clause eighth-amendment government-manipulation mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements statutory-manipulation sting-operation sting-operations Whether the Eighth Amendment forbids the creation of a de-facto mandatory life without parole sentence through stacking 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) charges for… -4.5
18-6411 Ennis Reed v. California California Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discrimination due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-bias racial-discrimination voir-dire HAS CALIFORNIA AGAIN DEPARTED FROM THE FEDERAL STANDARDS GOVERNING DETERMINATIONS OF RACIAL BIAS DURING JURY VOIR DIRE? -4.5
18-6727 John C. Stojetz v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP brady-violation capital-punishment due-process exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel medical-records mitigation prosecutorial-misconduct ptsd racial-bias I. Has the Constitutional right to due process of law been violated where a prosecutor withholds prison medical records that substantiate a capital de… -4.5
18-6752 David McGuire v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP brady-violation brady-violations criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process evidence-disclosure fair-trial fourteenth-amendment police-misconduct remedies When a discovery violation is discovered mid-trial, does a remedy that fails to order the disclosure of the withheld evidence violate the Due Process … -4.5
18-6772 Donovan Grant v. United States First Circuit Denied IFP appeals appeals-court appellate-review conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process financial-transaction guilty-plea money-laundering plain-error plain-error-doctrine specified-unlawful-activity trial-court The First Circuit affirmed a conviction for money laundering based on a financial transaction that was a different financial transaction from the one … -4.5
18-6818 Ruben Rangel v. California California Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-amendments death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment jury-determination jury-trial sentencing 1. Does California's death penalty statute violate the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by failing to… -4.5
18-7099 Richard Allen Ratushny v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP Brady-v-Maryland brady-violation conflict-of-interest crimen-falsi due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment welfare-fraud WAS THE PETITIONER DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO COUNSEL WHERE DEFENSE COUNSEL THAT REPRESENTED PETITIONER SIMULTANEOUSLY AND A POTENTIAL DEFENS… -4.5
18-7118 Richard E. Lynch v. Florida Florida Denied IFP death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-fact-finding sixth-amendment Whether the State of Florida violated Petitioner's rights under the Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution by deny… -4.5
18-7137 Jamie R. Madrigal v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance res-judicata statutory-interpretation May withholdin exculpatory and impeaching evidence [in violation of Brady (373 U.S. 83, 63) /Due Process as Guaranteed under the 5th and 14th Amendmen… -4.5
18-7146 Jonathan Samuel Sage v. Washington Washington Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause cross-examination double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process evidence-restriction judicial-review jury-instructions multiple-convictions same-crime same-person-same-time separate-and-distinct-conduct uncharged-misconduct witness-credibility 1. It is well established that when a person is charged with multiple counts of the same crime committed against the same person at the same time, the… -4.5
18-7149 Mary Danielak v. Shawn Brewer, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 circuit-split due-process federal-court federal-court-review habeas-review habeas-review-28-usc-2254-d-1 sixth-circuit state-court-opinion statutory-interpretation summary-reversal supreme-court-precedent wilson-v-sellers In Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), this Court explicitly stated that a federal court on habeas review must look to the actual reasoning of … -4.5
18-7151 Curtis John Mulhern v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-enterprise due-process entrapment law-enforcement outrageous-conduct outrageous-government-conduct probable-cause reverse-sting Did law enforcement conduct become constitutionally unacceptable where government agents and their confidential informant essentially, engineered and … -4.5
18-7155 Alfredo Provencio v. Joe Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment aedpa custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus miranda-rights sixth-amendment Under the Fifth Aniedrnent/Miranda Right's; The Sixth Amendment And Due Process Clause of the Fourtheenth Amendment as Applied to AEDPA Habeas Corpus.… -4.5
18-7157 Cody Wayne Mayfield v. Jimmy Martin, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP clearly-established-law deferential-review due-process estelle-v-mcguire federal-claim federal-law habeas-corpus standard-of-review state-court state-court-adjudication supreme-court-precedent unreasonable-application Whether deferential treatment is given when a state court's adjudication of a federal claim is not merely unreasonable, but too involved an incorrect … -4.5
18-7159 Andrew Mark Lamar v. John O'Dell, Colorado Parole Board Member Tenth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure circuit-split circuit-splits civil-rights discretionary-parole due-process liberty-interest parole parole-release-hearings wilkinson-v-dotson I. WHETVER REASONABLE JURISTS WOULD FIND TME DISTRICT COURT'S RESOLUTION OF PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS CHAIN DEBATABLE OR WRONG WITH RESPECT TO EXTENDIN… -4.5
18-7165 Drakile Leroy Jones v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence michigan-supreme-court sixth-amendment standing state-court-appeal supervisory-power williamson-v-united-states 1) Whether the decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals conflicts with Crawford v. Washington? 2) Whether the Michigan Supreme Court's interpretatio… -4.5
18-7168 Michael Deontray Williams v. J. Soto, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation federal-habeas habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ninth-circuit non-capital standard-for-granting-coa substantive-innocence-claims supreme-court-precedent The only question in deciding whether to grant a Certificate of Appealability ("COA") is whether reasonable jurists could disagree with the district c… -4.5
18-7170 Jonathan Yancey v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection exculpatory-evidence first-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standing takings THIS APPEAL IS SUCH IMPORTANCE TO THE PUBLIL CITIZEN'S THAT ARE X SEX OFFENIDERS UNDER (ASORCNA) AS TO JUSTIFY DEVIATION FROM NORMAL APPELLATE PRACTIC… -4.5
18-7171 Zuri Sana Kabisa Young v. M. Voong, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts bias civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process pleadings standing DD WHAT CONSTTUTES A SUCCESS IN STATINGA COGNIZABL CLAIM, UPON WIICH RELIEF CAJ BE GRANTED? HOW DCES A COURT REACH THE CONCUSION THAT A PLAINTIPF HAS… -4.5
18-7172 Tomas Marco Keen v. Washington Washington Denied IFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-rights criminal-procedure disclosure due-process exculpatory-evidence plea-bargaining plea-negotiations prosecutorial-disclosure prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Does the prosecutor have a duty to disclose exculpatory information relating to threatened--but not filed--charges during plea negotiations? 2. Do… -4.5
18-7173 Karen Lofgren v. Todd Hardin Washington Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process family-law incarceration incarceration-impact parental-rights troxel-v-granville visitation-rights Whether it is First and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment violations for a Family Court in State to deny a parent visitation with her children becau… -4.5
18-7175 Christopher Lipsey, Jr. v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts california-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-7179 Trevelle J. Taylor v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP 4th-amendment arrest-standards civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search witness-testimony Whether a persons mere proximity to others independently suspected of criminal activity, withoutmore, give rise to probable cause to search that perso… -4.5
18-7182 Roy Dean Gates v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority jurisdiction texas-court-jurisdiction texas-court-of-criminal-appeals texas-supreme-court united-states-constitution-amendment-fourteen void-order DOES THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HAVE THE AUTHORITY OR THE JURISDICTION TO OVERRULE AN ORDER BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT? IS THE RULING AND OR… -4.5
18-7681 In Re Erasmo Aguinaga Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence circuit-split due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection federal-prisoner habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ manifest-miscarriage-of-justice procedural-framework saving-clause Has the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals effectively suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus, without authorization, where the Court… -4.5
18-6160 Kevin R. Carmody v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP bias civil-procedure cross-examination due-process employment hearing-officer involuntary-termination post-termination-proceedings privileged-document procedural-fairness public-employee public-employment standing termination 1. Did the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit err in finding Plaintiff bowed out of the post-termination proceedings? 2. Does an involuntarily … -5.5
18-6354 Cheryl Lynn Jossie v. CVS Pharmacy Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP civil-rights consent discrimination healthcare-information healthcare-information-processing healthcare-information-sharing healthcare-privacy herzing-university hipaa-violation license-practical-nurse licensing medical-information-sharing patient-consent privacy privacy-rights Why is CVS Pharmacy being allowed to break the law by sharing my Healthcare information? My consent was not given or authorized to be included in thei… -5.5
18-5128 In Re Gigi Fairchild-Littlefield Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fair-trial,false-evidence,directed-ver equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence judicial-misconduct jury-verdict prosecutorial-misconduct trial-manipulation Is the deliberate manufacturing of false evidence and manipulation of trial transcripts, and court documents, including the jury verdicts, to support … -6.0
18-5886 Dwight Mitchell v. Wilson Taylor, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 due-diligence due-process fraudulent-concealment lower-court merits rule-12-motion rule-12-motion-to-dismiss statute-of-limitations term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 Was it proper for the lower court to throw out a properly plead 42 U.S.C. § 1983 cause of action for events in 2013 on a Rule 12 motion to dismiss wit… -6.0
18-6326 Terry Alfred Coxe v. Daniel White, Superintendent, Washington State Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations civil-rights counsel-abandonment due-process equitable-tolling fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE LOWER COURTS RULINGS' DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE HOLDINGS IN (1) McQUIGGIN V. PERKINS; (2) CRONIC V. UNITED STATES, AND (3) CUYLER V. SULL… -6.0
18-6647 Kiran Sharma v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing forfeiture forfeiture-restitution ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-victim-restitution-act plea-agreement restitution statutory-interpretation third-party-beneficiary trust-corpus Does the language in the Mandatory Victim Act (MVRA) 18 USCS 3663A, and 21 USCS 853(a), and this court's opinions in Hughey v. United States, 495 US 4… -6.0
18-6781 Joan E. Farr v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment 7th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-conspiracy legal-representation sixth-amendment Whether Joan Farr was denied due process of law under the Fifth Amendment, the right to an attorney under the Sixth Amendment, the right to a jury tri… -6.0
18-6813 Rash B. Ghosh v. City of Berkeley, California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process final-determination judicial-review legal-argument relitigation standing vexatious-litigant was petitioner deprived of due process of law when the appellate court based its decision on an argument that had never been raised in the trial court… -6.0
18-7026 Bryan Coats v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts government-action jurisdiction jurisdiction-filing legal-procedure order-denying-rehearing petition-for-rehearing rehearing standing takings timeliness united-states Question not identified. -6.0
18-7164 Nathan Daniel Knuth v. Randall C. Arp, Judge, District Court for the First Judicial District of Colorado, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights dismissal due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion procedural-fairness standing waiver Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals violated Mr. Knuth's constitutional rights to due process when it "struck" his opening brief and dismissed the a… -6.5
18-7174 Shawndell Everson v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-denial civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice due-process effective-assistance ineffective-counsel public-trial sixth-amendment trial-rights Shawndell Everson was 32 years old when he was sentenced to 143 years (the equivalent of a life sentence ), for allegations of running a "looseknit" o… -6.5
18-7202 Fidel Rios Soto v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment custodial-interrogation custodial-interview due-process edwards-rule incriminating-statements incriminatory-statements law-enforcement-questioning miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona right-to-counsel smith-v-illinois When a suspect invokes the right to counsel during a custodial interview, can law enforcement officers continue to question the suspect if their post-… -6.5
18-7234 Robyn G. Edwards, et al. v. Gene Salter Properties, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-7250 Diane S. Jones v. Samson Resources Corporation, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment indigenous-landowner indigenous-rights property-rights standing takings Whether Petitioner, an indigenous landowner and a United States citizen has standing to challenge whether Respondents, Samson Resources Corporations' … -6.5
18-7276 Juan Francisco Vega, et al. v. Rebecca Kapusta, Interim Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-commitment civil-procedure civil-rights deterrence due-process for-profit-corporation Kansas-v-Hendricks-521-US-346-1997 retribution retribution-and-deterrence statutory-interpretation statutory-oversight MAY A FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ENACT A SYSTEM OF RETRIBUTION AND DETERRENCE BY WAY OF POLICY, IN DESECRATION OF THE DICTA OF KANSAS V. HENDRICKS, 521 U.… -6.5
18-7298 Nicole M. Moore v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony incarceration prison-sentence prosecutorial-misconduct state-action wrongful-conviction Whether the Due Process Clause excuses the State of Florida's use of false testimony in the procurement of a conviction and 13-year prison sentence wh… -6.5
18-7311 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Paul Gonzalez, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process equal-protection standing Does The Reasoning of This Court Asserted in Buck v Davis (2017) 137 S.Ct.759 also apply to Civil Appeals? (i.e. when all is before the Court is wheth… -6.5
18-7337 Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-error due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus indigent-rights ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias right-to-counsel venue GROUND ONE: Did the State of West Virginia and subservient Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia "abuse its discretion" and commit 'clear err… -6.5
18-7354 Derrick L. Johnson v. Charles Bradley, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-magistrate-act magistrate-judge notice procedural-rules service service-of-process sixth-circuit supervisory-power Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals failed to exercise it's supervisory power to establish a rule that preclude a United States District Magistrate Judge f… -6.5
18-7368 Redmond Howard v. Daryl McCready, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada ada-compliance civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-dismissal pro-se-pleading special-litigation standing 1) Had Judge Russell III drafted an inaccurate OPINION based on the American Disabilities Act (ADA), rather than the plaintiffs true claim: What the U… -6.5
18-7385 Cheng Le v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP biological-weapons biological-weapons-act commerce-clause constitutional-law-commerce-clause-treaty-power-bi criminal-law-biological-weapons-anti-terrorism-act criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-standard-of-review-plain-error- federalism plain-error standard-of-review treaty-power Whether federalism principles preclude holding Le Whether the Biological Weapons Act 18 U.S.C. §175 Whether a less demanding standard of review than plain error should be applied where the issue is one of law and defendant gained no possible tactical… -6.5
18-7394 Torrey Brown v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process motion-to-proceed motion-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
18-7395 Wilfred H. v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materiality brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct suppressed-evidence 1. Under Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963), does the materiality standard require that the suppressed evidence directly go to proving any count … -6.5
18-7397 Jackie Breeden, Jr. v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-exercise free-speech racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing Mr. Breeden alleges that had his trial counsel argued under Arkansas Law that his case should fall under the "first offender act" ,as a first time off… -6.5
18-7410 Walter A. Kott, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-precedent petitioner-claim precedent standing supreme-court Whether the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana and Filth Circuit Court of Appeals mis-applied clearly established Supreme Cou… -6.5
18-7412 Keith Kennedy v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing standing Why did Judge Gail Shenp force Keith Ray Kewmekj who guilty plea? Is my attorney Charles Kw en Be. abandoned? Is that ss, fo ron +4 \\ Mancl. If So,… -6.5
18-7427 Abdirahman Yasin Daud v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error harmless-error-analysis jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment specific-intent Whether the Court of Appeals' application of "harmless error" analysis to an erroneous jury instruction regarding the critical, specific intent elemen… -6.5
18-7430 Mohamed Abdihamid Farah v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instructions specific-intent trial-by-jury witness-credibility 1. WHETHER THE FAILURE TO INCLUDE IN JURY INSTRUCTIONS THE REQUIRED ELEMENT OF SPECIFIC INTENT IS SUBJECT TO HARMLESS ERROR ANALYSIS WHERE THE ELEMENT… -6.5
18-7436 Jeffrey Nicholas Aase v. Paul Schnell, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Corrections Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest criminal-defense cuyler-v-sullivan federal-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-integrity prosecutorial-ethics right-to-counsel structural-error Petitioner's private practice defense counsel', whose practice was struggling financially, created a personal conflict of interest before the start of… -6.5
18-7440 Christopher Whitman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appeal appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest disqualification due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion juror-bribery plain-error-review sentencing-guidelines standing Question One The Constitution guarantees a person the effective assistance of counsel for a first appeal of right. Effective counsel necessarily cont… -6.5
18-7443 Wallace Thornton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery armed-career-criminal-act bodily-harm curtis-johnson-v-united-states elements-clause eleventh-circuit florida-battery statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously held that a Florida conviction for aggravated battery is a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the … -6.5
18-7445 Lennis A. George v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-manslaughter constitutional-provisions criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence procedural-history standard-of-review Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Lennis George of attempted manslaughter? Did the Fifth Circuit err in deferring to the state court f… -6.5
18-7447 Christopher E. Lemon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional constitutional-provision constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit plea-agreement waiver-of-appeal Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Lemon's Plea Agreement. -6.5
18-7452 Herminio Garcia-Carillo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process due-process,equal-protection,immigration,prejudice equal-protection fair-trial free-speech immigration immigration-bias impartiality jury-selection prejudice voir-dire Whether the district court abused its discretion in rejecting Garcia's proposed voir dire questions regarding potential racial and ethnic bias against… -6.5
18-7454 Tyshaun St. Vallier v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582(c)(2) constitutional-statutory-provisions district-court district-court-discretion lodestone lodestone-principle sentence-reduction sentence-reductions sentencing sentencing-decisions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation third-circuit Are district courts required to maintain the Sentencing Guidelines as the lodestone of the sentencing decision when ruling on motions for sentence red… -6.5
18-7456 Jonathan Sebert v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process erotica first-amendment free-speech free-speech 18-7455" overbreadth overbroad overbroad-condition Question not identified. supervised-release vague vagueness WHETHER THE SPECIAL CONDITION OF SUPERVISED RELEASE IMPOSED UPON MR. SEBERT, WHICH (FOR EXAMPLE) WOULD PREVENT HIM FROM SHOPPING AT WAL-MART BECAUSE I… -6.5
18-7462 William Anthony Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals-court-discretion appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-discretion due-process finality finality-principle fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-discretion legal-finality mandate-recall miscarriage-of-justice recall-mandate statutory-provisions WHETHER THE APPEALS COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN DENYING PETITIONER'S MOTION TO RECALL MANDATE BASED ON ELEVATING THE PRINCIPLE OF FINALITY TO BE TH… -6.5
18-7473 William Dale Albright v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-decision alleyne-v-united-states apprendi apprendi-rule criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent QUESTION 1: DOES THIS COURT'S DECISION IN ALLEYNE V. UNITED STATES, 570 US 99 (2013) ANNOUNCE A NEW RULE OR WAS IT DICTATED BY APPRENDI V. NEW JERSEY,… -6.5
18-7495 Willie E. Boyd v. Francisco J. Quintana, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP even though the federal prisoner has demonstrated under Brady and shows new evidence that undermine 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence brady-claim brady-rule constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner fifth-amendment habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether the decision of the Sixth Circuit is in conflict with United States v. Hayman, 342 U.S. 205 (1952), were the Appellate Court has made 28 U.S.C… -6.5
18-7498 Eddie Hall v. J. A. Terris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense due-process fundamental-defect habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the District and Circuit Courts erred in the denial of Hall's § 2241 Petition where, as here, Hall sufficiently demonstrated that the decision… -6.5
18-7522 Freddie B. Kennedy, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-consistency judicial-decision-making legal-error precedent rehearing rehearing-request Did the lower Court commit error by not adhering to its prior decisions when it denied Petitioner's request for rehearing without discussion of the fa… -6.5
18-7523 Charles James v. Jeffrey Krueger, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection felony-murder jury-instruction jury-instructions retroactivity statutory-interpretation 1.)THE IOWA STATE COURT DECISION IN STATE V. HEEMSTRA, THAT IT IS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE STATUTE IS CONTRARY TO THE DECISION IN STATE V. GOOSMAN, TH… -6.5
18-7537 Felix Ricardo Saldierna v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment due-process interrogation-rights juvenile-confession limited-english limited-english-proficiency parental-consent police-interrogation self-incrimination social-science voluntariness Whether the North Carolina Supreme Court erred in finding a juvenile confession to be voluntary where a 16-year-old juvenile with limited English skil… -6.5
18-7550 Marbin Rene Reyes-Ruiz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law court-of-appeals due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,immigration,r error-correction fundamental-fairness immigration-law immigration-status judicial-review legal-error procedural-due-process removal-proceedings unlawful-status This petition presents a request for error correction. The Ninth Circuit held that the entry of a prior administrative-removal order against Petitione… -6.5
18-7556 Michael James Horton v. Clark E. Ducart, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure critical-trial-stages due-process pro-se-representation right-to-be-present right-to-counsel self-representation standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure FX ONS _JUSTiCe so eloQuent ly pot Veo "Lest We SEHe WWISTI Ch ONL DAT TR AROUND ) Sttouks THE UNE@ViVOCA RLGKT TO RENRESENT ONES SEIF OR HAVE COUNSe|… -6.5
18-7565 Michael Fuller v. Lashann Eppinger, Warden Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-sentence civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus maximum-term sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-detention Whether Petitioner's maximum aggregate sentence has expired and he is being held unlawfully. -6.5
18-7578 Jeffrey T. Howard v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence circuit-court-procedure civil-rights coa constitutional-challenge due-process due-process,civil-procedure,standing,habeas-corpus habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue manifest-injustice venue writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the law applicable in COA proceedings such as would represent deviation from the directives of t… -6.5
18-7579 David L. Price v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-enterprise drug-conspiracy drug-distribution due-process felon-in-possession heroin-conspiracy money-laundering restitution sentencing straw-purchaser Question not identified. -6.5
18-7587 Biven Hudson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court eleventh-circuit magistrate-court mandatory-minimum minimum-mandatory-enhancement reasonable-jurists sentencing-enhancement sentencing-review Whether the appellate court erred in denying Mr. Hudson's motion for certificate of appealability as to the denial by the district court of his motion… -6.5
18-7593 Richard Michael Sanchez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-waiver consecutive-sentence criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process legal-interpretation plea-agreement sentencing 1. Does a plea agreement's limited appellate waiver preclude a defendant's challenge of a decision to impose a consecutive sentence where the appellat… -6.5
18-7598 Carol J. Morris v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-compensation patent standing statutory-construction takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-7600 Johnathan Holt v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure custody custody-analysis interrogation law-enforcement-interrogation miranda-custody miranda-v-arizona objective-analysis personal-mobility sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-interpretation totality-of-circumstances Under the objective analysis criteria established by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), and its progeny, must a court evaluate all of the circum… -6.5
18-7605 Daniel Diaz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-7607 Bruce White v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-actions criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining defendant-rights due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-withdrawal plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sentencing voluntary-plea withdrawal-of-plea IF A PLEA WAS NOT ENTERED VOLUNTARY, INTELLIGENTLY, OR KNOWINGLY WILL THAT BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS TO FILE A MOTION FOR WITHDRAWAL OF A PLEA AGREEMENT P… -6.5
18-7608 James E. Whitney v. Blake H. Chancellor Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process list-of-parties preemption preface standing table-of-contents takings 1) Should an Individuals secured and protected Constitutional Right under the First Amendment to redress the Government for the wrongs perpetuated aga… -6.5
18-7609 Merlin Alston v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 18-usc-926b criminal-law-enforcement-officer-exemption criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process firearm-possession firearms law-enforcement sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Is the conviction of a local poli ce officer, required to carry a service pistol when off duty, excluded from prosecution for violating 18 U.S.C. 9… -6.5
18-7614 Michael Jacoby v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-court-review circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel eighth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit reasonable-jurist reasonable-jurist-standard sixth-amendment strickland-standard undermining-of-confidence-in-verdict The 10th Circuit's application of a reasonable Jurist Standard as a full denial of Jadby's §2255 under the Strickland standard is in conflict with the… -6.5
18-7615 Michael Alexander Bacon v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-split criminal-justice-process criminal-procedure evidentiary-inquiry fact-finding factual-dispute federal-rule-41 federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-41(g) government-possession post-conviction-motion property-return property-seizure rule-41g seized-property Courts widely recognize the general rule that seized property, other than contraband, should be returned to its rightful owner once criminal proceedin… -6.5
18-7619 Michael Scott Morris v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment coercion consent criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment police-coercion probable-cause search-and-seizure voluntary-consent warrant-requirement Is consent to search a home freely and voluntarily given when police threaten arrest and jail if they are required to obtain a search warrant? -6.5
18-7623 James Goolsby v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582-c-2 appellate-procedure dillion-v-united-states exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing misapplication-of-guidelines miscarriage-of-justice official-victim-enhancement recall-of-mandate retroactive-amendment sentencing-guidelines I. WHETHER THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION IN REFUSING TO RECALL THE MANDATE ON THE DIRECT APPEAL TO PREVENT A MISCARRIAGE O… -6.5
18-7638 John Todd Williams v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-violation civil-violations consumer-protection criminal-prosecution debt-collection deceptive-tactics fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-law misrepresentations Whether the courts below erroneously held that Mr. Williams and his companies could be prosecuted criminally, for acts his employees committed that ha… -6.5
18-7644 Carlos Benitez v. James Key, Superintendent, Airway Heights Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel evidentiary-hearing habeas habeas-corpus legal-claim right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-appealability standard-of-review Did trial counsel have a conplict of interest by simulttanecusly representing Me. Benitez and a defense witness, violating Mir. Benitez's Sixth Amendm… -6.5
18-7654 Steven Fausnaught v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process in-camera-review judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct medical-records mental-capacity recusal separation-of-powers standing Whether the district court is required, in an effort to preserve the integrity of the judicial system generally, and Petitioner's Due Process Rights, … -6.5
18-7656 Armando Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa certificate-of-appealability coa coa-standard due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60b I. Whether a District court deprives a habeas corpus petitioner of his Constitutional rights to Due Process when the Court: Overlooks and fails to add… -6.5
18-7662 Nolan Lewis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion competency competency-evaluation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-discretion mental-competency ninth-circuit restitution restitution-hearing A. Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals applied the proper legal standard for determining whether the district court abused its discretion in fa… -6.5
18-7664 John Felix Greer v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure appellate-review case-or-controversy civil-procedure court-of-appeals judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdiction-of-court jurisdictional-review legal-jurisdiction mandate mandate-recall procedural-error standing (1.) Whether notwithstanding the substance or character of the motion to recall the mandate the tnited tion without first deter -mininq whether a case… -6.5
18-7666 Rowy De Jesus Vasquez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-sentencing departure district-court-discretion due-process notice notice-requirement sentencing-departures sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-1b1.1 ussg-5k2.0 Whether the district court must have provided defendant notice for the grounds for a sentence above the range recommended by the advisory guidelines r… -6.5