| 18-1006 |
Michael Kevin Adams v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking criminal-procedure fourth-amendment impoundment interrogation law-enforcement minor-offense probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search |
Michael-Kevin-Adams |
| 18-1007 |
Assem A. Abulkhair v. Google LLC, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process email-privacy federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-amendment judicial-recusal law-enforcement-overreach privacy-rights recusal religious-discrimination search-and-seizure search-warrant standing |
Whether the District Judge has the authority to dismiss suit while his/her recusal remains pending and his/her disqualification and impartiality comes… |
| 18-1047 |
Crystal Wade v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
disability-discrimination employment-law indefinite-leave medical-leave prima-facie-case qualified-individual reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act workers-compensation |
Whether a court of appeals ruling that denied a request for indefinite medical leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Rehabilitation Act underm… |
| 18-1082 |
Marianne Guzall v. City of Romulus, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court circuit-court-split civil-rights due-process evidence federal-rules-evidence free-speech hearsay motive-intent party-opponent sixth-circuit whistleblower-retaliation |
Does the Sixth Circuit Court's split decision determining a statement by a party opponent to be hearsay directly contradict other Circuit Court decisi… |
| 18-1090 |
Mary Kay Beckman v. Match.com, LLC |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-split civil-liability communications-decency-act immunity internet-immunity negligence publisher-liability section-230 third-party-content tort tort-liability website-immunity |
Petitioner seeks review of whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act immunizes website operators from liability for their own negligent or… |
| 18-1119 |
The Richman Group of Florida, Inc. v. Pinellas County, Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment class-of-one comparative-analysis difference-in-treatment due-process equal-protection florida fourteenth-amendment legislative-decision property-rights rational-basis selective-enforcement similarly-situated |
Unequal treatment of similarly situated persons under Florida's equal protection analysis |
| 18-225 |
Zappos.com, Inc. v. Theresa Stevens, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
article-iii article-iii-standing circuit-split civil-rights concrete-injury cybersecurity data-breach due-process future-injury judicial-standing personal-information privacy standing |
Whether individuals whose personal information is held in a database breached by hackers have Article III standing simply by virtue of the breach even… |
| 18-498 |
Maricopa County, Arizona v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process issue-preclusion law-enforcement monell-doctrine monell-liability policymaker-liability sovereign-immunity title-vi violent-crime-control-act |
Whether Arizona sheriffs are policymakers for counties in law enforcement, whether policymaker liability can be applied to Title VI and § 12601, wheth… |
| 18-533 |
Contrice Travis v. Exel Inc., dba DHL Supply Chain (USA), et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
circuit-split civil-rights discriminatory-conduct eleventh-circuit higher-management kolstad kolstad-v-american-dental managerial-capacity punitive-damages title-vii |
Whether the proper test for imputing a manager's discriminatory conduct is the 'higher management' standard advanced by the Eleventh Circuit in Dudley… |
| 18-6051 |
John Phillip Bender v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-discretion aedpa-limitations appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review prima-facie-innocence rule-60b standing |
Did the lower court clearly err abusing its discretion applying certificate of appealability (COA) law outside Constitutional bounds |
| 18-6218 |
Desrel Ray Linden v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-question habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure supervisory-power |
Whether the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in inverting the statutory order of operation by deciding the merits of the appeal and then deny… |
| 18-640 |
Nicholas Bernard Acklin v. Alabama |
Alabama |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
attorney-client-relationship conflict-of-interest criminal-defense death-penalty fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment third-party-payment |
Whether a criminal defendant is deprived of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to conflict-free counsel |
| 18-6413 |
Joshua Jackson v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances conviction criminal-adjudication criminal-law due-process federal-statute recidivism sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation youthful-offender |
Is an Alabama youthful-offender adjudication a 'conviction' for purposes of sentencing enhancement under 21 U.S.C § 841(b)(1)(A)? |
| 18-6478 |
In Re Inzel Gaitor |
|
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-status judicial-review legislative-repeal public-contracts public-service separation-of-powers standing state-agency state-government statutory-construction statutory-provision |
When legislatures of a state repeal members, employees, and expenses of a state-created agency, can the agency members, employees, and expenses remain… |
| 18-6540 |
Maha Z. Rayan v. Georgia |
Georgia |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
arrest contempt contempt-order criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-appointment municipal-court-jurisdiction municipal-courts probable-cause state-penal-law uniform-traffic-citation |
Whether the use of a municipal traffic citation as an initial accusation for a state penal law non-traffic offense is constitutional |
| 18-657 |
Justin Grimsrud v. Department of Transportation |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights civil-service drug-testing due-process employment employment-law evidence property-interest property-rights |
Was petitioner deprived of a fair and meaningful opportunity to protect his property interest when he was denied the opportunity to access and examine… |
| 18-6607 |
Scott Peters v. John Baldwin |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
2nd-amendment 38-usc-1331 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-violations disability-discrimination due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-tort-claims free-speech habeas-corpus Is the Eleventh Circuit's interpretation of 28-U.S medical-mistreatment retroactivity savings-clause statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs |
Whether the district court erred in denying plaintiff's claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs, its directors, the hospital staff, the stat… |
| 18-6706 |
Jeremiah Davis v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-law criminal-law enhanced-penalties predicate-offense reckless-driving sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Should a crime that can be committed by reckless driving resulting in injury be a predicate offense for the Armed Career Criminal Act and its signific… |
| 18-6710 |
Myra Tyler v. Main Industries, Inc., et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's decision |
| 18-6717 |
Lei Yin v. Thermo Fisher Scientific |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court-rules federal-courts judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-rights standing summons summons-issuance |
Whether a pro se litigant shall share the same rights as those represented by lawyers that are protected by the United States Constitution |
| 18-6728 |
Francisco R. Quintana v. Colorado |
Colorado |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-claims criminal-procedure defense-evidence due-process evidence exclusion-of-evidence fourteenth-amendment materiality-requirement right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment |
What showing must a defendant make to establish that the erroneous exclusion of defense evidence at trial violated the defendant's Sixth and Fourteent… |
| 18-6740 |
Lena Lasher v. Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-actions due-process equal-protection fair-notice judicial-review license-revocation perjury pharmacy-board |
Whether the Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy violated the Fair Notice/Warning Rule and the Equal Protection Clause in revoking the plaintiff's pharmacis… |
| 18-6789 |
Delroy McLean v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-115 brady-violation constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process federal-judiciary government-official immigration-judge judicial-officer protected-person statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether an immigration judge is a protected person under 18 U.S.C.S. § 115(a)(1)(B) |
| 18-6822 |
Mark Anthony Brown v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute lesser-included-offense notice-requirement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Does § 851 allow the United States to be excused from the notice requirement when it receives an unexpected and disfavorable result after trial? |
| 18-6834 |
Dexter Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
death-penalty eighth-amendment federal-death-penalty federal-habeas federal-procedure final-judgment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus rule-58 |
What are the requirements under Rule 58 for a final judgment in district court for a federal death penalty habeas petition under the Eighth and Fourte… |
| 18-6945 |
William Nathaniel Washington v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process evidence-fabrication fabricated-evidence false-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-misconduct miranda-waiver |
If there exist authentic uncontradicted testimonial evidence in the record of a criminal proceedings that proves that a member of a law enforcement ag… |
| 18-6996 |
Jonathan R. Curshen v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
Was the petitioner denied his substantial rights to access to the courts, due process, and equal protection, when the United States Court of Appeals f… |
| 18-7027 |
Crystal Nicole Kuri v. Addictive Behavioral Change Health Group, et al. |
Kansas |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy defamation due-process emotional-distress slander standing |
Has Haw Stecruke o Unni ation sepired on AN 13 of my Claims? |
| 18-7066 |
Raymond Jones v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel en-banc-review jurisdiction petition-for-rehearing rehearing rule-60b6 standing subject-matter-jurisdiction wilkins-precedent |
Whether the district court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate Rule 60(b)(6) motion |
| 18-7098 |
Amos Junior Scott v. Heriberto H. Tellez, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 federal-habeas-corpus federal-statute habeas-corpus inadequate-or-ineffective ineffective-assistance ineffective-remedy mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence nonexistent-prior-conviction prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement |
Whether Petitioner is Entitled to Seek Federal Habeas Corpus Relief Under 28 U.S.C. § 2241, From an Erroneous Mandatory Minimum Sentence, That Was Bas… |
| 18-7113 |
Dewey Hylor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act attempted-offense circuit-conflict criminal-conviction elements-clause florida-robbery mens-rea reckless-mens-rea violent-felony |
Whether petitioner's prior conviction for Florida robbery is not a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause |
| 18-7140 |
Tommy Ray Hull, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
chavez-meza-precedent chavez-meza-v-united-states circuit-split district-court district-court-discretion due-process fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-standard mitigation mitigation-arguments sentencing sentencing-review standard-of-review |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its standard of review when a district court fails to address arguments of counsel in mitigation of sentencing |
| 18-7152 |
Yosnel Bonet v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-power federal-prosecution firearm-possession firearms intrastate intrastate-commerce legal-authority possession second-amendment standing supreme-court-review |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause, and is unconstitutional … |
| 18-728 |
Jacobus Rentmeester v. Nike, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
9th-circuit circuit-split copyright copyright-law copyright-protection creative-expression intellectual-property judicial-interpretation original-creative-judgments original-judgments photographic-originality photography selection-and-arrangement |
Is copyright protection for a photograph limited solely to the photographer's 'selection and arrangement' of unprotected elements, as the Ninth Circui… |
| 18-729 |
Maxwell & Morgan, P.C., et al. v. Martha A. McNair |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure consumer consumer-protection debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa foreclosure judicial-foreclosure security-interest statutory-interpretation |
Whether the FDCPA applies to foreclosure activity that does not seek payment of money from a consumer |
| 18-7376 |
Scott Peters v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence standing |
Whether the records used by the Commissioner as substantial evidence were found to be clearly erroneous |
| 18-7455 |
Josue Israel Sanchez v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial government-misconduct presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction |
Whether the wrongful prosecution, conviction, and appeal of an innocent person is legally permissible despite the government's and society's unwilling… |
| 18-7472 |
Cynthia M. Yoder v. Good Will Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure contract-breach elder-abuse fair-debt-collections-act fraud procedural-violations section-1983 unjust-enrichment |
Has FRAUD been committed on the Court leading to numerous clear legal errors for unjust enrichment of Appellee? |
| 18-7474 |
Miguel Gonzalez v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
None |
|
| 18-7475 |
Aldona B. v. Nicholas S. |
West Virginia |
Denied |
IFP |
biological-father child-custody civil-rights custodial-rights custody due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements unwed-parent |
Whether an unwed biological father who meets none of the statutory requirements preserves the same custodial rights as a parent who fulfills parental … |
| 18-7476 |
Scott Ash James Zirus v. Sharon Faye Keller, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 42-usc-section-1983 civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights fee-payment prison-litigation-reform-act prisoner-rights standing writ-of-mandamus |
When a prisoner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 action is construed as a Petition for Writ of Mandamus, is it a 'civil action' within the scope of the Prison Litiga… |
| 18-7477 |
Ja'Juan Williams v. Dean Minor, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief |
Was trial counsel ineffective for not raising issue of actual innocence? |
| 18-7478 |
Lloyd Michael Blair v. Michigan |
Michigan |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect jury-trial post-conviction-relief relief resentencing sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment |
Are the sentencing proceedings that were found to be unconstitutional made to be invalid? |
| 18-7481 |
Olandio Ray Workman v. Robert Perry, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-documentation officer-of-the-court standing |
Is it lawful for an officer of the law and a lawyer, an officer of the court, to knowingly and willfully with corrupt intent deliberately file false d… |
| 18-7487 |
Kevin Hokenstrom v. New Hampshire Department of Corrections, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
| 18-7491 |
Scott Anthony Crow v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habitual-offender ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing |
Did the federal judges in the 8th Cir. Fail to review newly discovered claims |
| 18-7493 |
Hayward Jackson v. Equifax Workforce Solutions, dba Labor Ready Southwest, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-conflict civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-sufficiency conley-v-gibson due-process federal-causes-of-action judicial-review leatherman-v-tarrant pleading pleading-standards second-amended-complaint supreme-court-precedent |
Was the Ninth Circuit in conflict with this Court's Decisions in Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit, 507 U. S. … |
| 18-7494 |
Richard Dernard Bozell, Jr. v. Greg Skipper, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
blackledge-v-allison blackledge-v-perry class-v-united-states constitutional-review due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel federal-court-jurisdiction guilty-plea-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining procedural-cognizability supreme-court-precedent |
Whether guilty plea cases are cognizable for federal review |
| 18-7497 |
Carl Burnie Wellborn v. Shane Jackson, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
fair-cross-section fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-default sixth-amendment structural-error |
Can reasonable jurists debate whether habeas petitioners asserting procedurally defaulted fair cross-section claims must show actual prejudice or that… |
| 18-7499 |
Ilirjan Bida v. Sharon Johnson |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-decision court-error due-process email-address jurisdiction notice service-of-process standing |
Why did the District Court of Newark email the decision to the wrong email address instead of bidas|@aol.com? |
| 18-7502 |
Edjuan Payne v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process mental-fitness mental-health right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel sentencing trial-errors |
Whether the defendant's due process rights were violated by the trial court's failure to conduct a competency hearing despite evidence of the defendan… |
| 18-7503 |
Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
contemporary-standards-of-decency cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment geographic-arbitrariness racial-arbitrariness |
Does the death penalty violate the Eighth Amendment? |
| 18-7504 |
Raphael R. Hamilton v. Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court-discretion coercion competency criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue right-to-withdraw standard-of-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred by not reversing the trial court's order denying petitioner his right to withdrawal of the guilty ple… |
| 18-7509 |
Antonio Lee Mixon v. Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights copyright due-process free-speech mail-censorship standing takings |
Whether prisoners have a First Amendment right to receive copyrighted materials in prison |
| 18-7510 |
Mark A. Perez v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
IFP |
42-pa-csa-721-726 collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law direct-review due-process extraordinary-relief original-jurisdiction pennsylvania sentencing-statute statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction |
Does the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's original jurisdiction process constitute a process to seek 'other collateral review'? |
| 18-7514 |
Toni R. Palmer v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Technology Risk Office |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
case-merits civil-procedure complaint-analysis court-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards judicial-review legal-interpretation pleadings standing summary-judgment |
Whether the district court and appeals court erred when they granted the defendant's motion to dismiss despite evidence submitted by the plaintiff tha… |
| 18-7516 |
Joseph Adam Mora v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments criminal-sentencing death-penalty jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt statutory-maximum |
Does the California death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that any fact, other than a prior co… |
| 18-7520 |
Benjamin Patrick Lee v. Officer Pirko, in His Individual and Official Capacity, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-court-order standing |
Whether state actors can completely violate the 4th, 5th, and 14th Amendments without liability |
| 18-7524 |
Roger L. Harrison, Jr., et al. v. Charlotte H. Huggins, et al. |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-procedure due-process government-seizure indigent-rights necessary-parties petition-clause petition-for-redress petition-rights recusal seizure-of-property standing takings trust-property |
Whether due process allows the denial of the right to petition the government for redress of grievances due to lack of funds to pay court costs and fe… |
| 18-7529 |
Andre Almond Dennison v. Arizona |
Arizona |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights dangerous-crimes dangerous-crimes-against-children due-process enhancement fourteenth-amendment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing |
Does Arizona's Sentencing Scheme Violate Due Process Clause, & Amendment, And Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348 (2000) When Petitio… |
| 18-7531 |
John Paul Galbraith v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3006a 28-usc-2254-rule-8 appeal appointment-of-counsel circuit-justice criminal-justice-act criminal-justice-act-of-1964 due-process evidentiary-hearing indigent-prisoner right-to-counsel |
Whether a circuit justice has discretion to deny appointment of counsel for an indigent prisoner granted appeal |
| 18-7532 |
Dale B. Green v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process partial-denial presumption-of-unfair-trial pretrial-proceedings right-to-counsel |
Whether the presumption of an unfair trial applies to the petitioner on the ground that the petitioner suffered a partial denial of his right to couns… |
| 18-7533 |
Shawn Canada v. Eddie Miles, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing |
Did Canada receive effective assistance of counsel? |
| 18-7534 |
Tylon Hudson v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment parolee probable-cause reasonable-belief search-and-seizure warrant |
Does a Police officer who without reasonable belief that a parolee is inside his residence and repeatedly enters the parolee's unoccupied residence, i… |
| 18-7547 |
Michael Joseph Mulder v. Nevada |
Nevada |
Denied |
IFP |
competency cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty dementia eighth-amendment intellectual-disability memory-loss |
Whether the Eighth Amendment categorically excludes from the death penalty an individual who, because of a stroke that caused dementia, is functionall… |
| 18-7551 |
Joel Gomez v. Mary Berghuis, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law contract-validity due-process equal-protection legal-standards standing state-law statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standard for determining the existence of a valid contract under state law |
| 18-7552 |
Leroy Hayes v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity standing state-courts |
Whether a state court must hear a case as a matter of federal right when the state court has discretion to decline jurisdiction over the case |
| 18-7553 |
Elmos D. Hopkins v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury jury-instructions right-to-counsel witness |
Whether a defendant can be convicted by a jury when two key witnesses (owners of the home) were not allowed to testify |
| 18-7554 |
Jack Ferm v. Office of the Attorney General of Nevada |
Nevada |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-general-misconduct contract-breach contract-damages fair-dealing false-statement gainful-employment good-faith good-faith-and-fair-dealing implied-covenant implied-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing plea-agreement restitution |
Whether the court below erroneously held that a false statement by the Attorney General did not breach the plea agreement or the 'Spirit the contract'… |
| 18-7574 |
Libby Haines-Marchel v. Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board |
Washington |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights community-property community-property-law criminal-liability-transfer due-process equal-protection fundamental-right-of-marriage fundamental-right-to-earn-a-living fundamental-rights marriage-rights right-to-earn-living spousal-liability state-licensing |
Can the transfer of the criminality of one spouse be legally shifted to another innocent spouse, to deny the innocent spouse a state license, despite … |
| 18-7582 |
Ralph Nicholas Canete v. Chuck Keeton, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment material-evidence sixth-amendment |
Whether the destruction of material evidence by the government violates the right to due process |
| 18-7589 |
William Lee Judy v. Kathy Williams, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment government-liability qualified-immunity administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-officials government-liability medical-regulations ministerial-duties qualified-immunity |
Whether the government, its agencies, and employees are entitled to the exception under 28 U.S.C. § 2680(a) and qualified immunity when they fail to a… |
| 18-7661 |
Philip Walter Jones v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-courts circuit-split diligence diligence-standard judicial-procedure new-evidence pace-v-diguglielmo postconviction-motion proper-filing properly-filed relief-standard time-bar untimely |
Is diligence in discovering new evidence a condition to filing a postconviction motion or a condition to obtaining relief on that motion? |
| 18-7709 |
John B. Laschkewitsch, as Administrator for the Estate of Ben Laschkewitsch v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., dba Lincoln Financial Group |
Fourth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appeals attorneys-fees breach-of-contract civil-rights contract costs diagnostic-disclosure due-process equal-protection insurance insurance-policy policy-contestability producer-agreement standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese… |
| 18-7728 |
Alphonso Haynesworth v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure-rules due-process equal-protection standing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 18-7732 |
James B. Curry v. Supreme Court of the United States, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process obstruction prejudice standing |
Was Weck's Constitutional Rights Violated |
| 18-774 |
Anderson News, L.L.C., et al. v. American Media, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
antitrust antitrust-law boycott horizontal-agreement horizontal-boycott market-power per-se-rule price-increase sherman-act |
Whether a horizontal agreement to boycott a supplier can escape per se condemnation under Section 1 of the Sherman Act |
| 18-7770 |
Michael Paul Bradley v. Georgia |
Georgia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's conviction should be overturned due to procedural errors in the trial court |
| 18-7780 |
Joseph Lemoine v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof burden-of-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt constitutional-rights daubert-standard due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel essential-elements-of-offense expert-witness fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether reasonable jurists could argue that the State failed to meet its burden of proof beyond reasonable doubt |
| 18-7787 |
Alan William Golder v. Carol Chapdelaine, Warden, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the habeas petition on procedural grounds without reaching the petitioner's constitutional claims |
| 18-7805 |
Michael Bohannan v. Wesley Griffin |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure civil-rights court-discretion deputy-clerk discretion-abuse due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure indigent-representation legal-access motion-classification reconsideration rule-26(b) standing time-extension |
Does a court of appeals deputy clerk abuse discretion by refusing to consider appellate procedure rules in a time extension motion decision |
| 18-7808 |
Michael Duane Wilson v. Robert LeGrand, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review claim-splitting due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard ninth-circuit post-conviction state-courts sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Erred in Sanctioning the Ability of Courts to Refashion a Habeas Claims into Various … |
| 18-7829 |
Joe Homer Mark v. Amy Rabeau |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review civil-procedure counsel-performance custodial-interrogation district-court fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-error miranda-warning procedural-default self-incrimination standing |
Whether Petitioner Joe Mark's Fifth Amendment Rights were violated |
| 18-7847 |
Ronell Howlett v. Reed Richardson, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-review federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-28-usc-2254 procedural-bar rape-shield-law right-to-present-defense state-court state-court-review |
Is a federal court permitted/required to review a state court's reliance on a procedural bar, when a petitioner claims the application of the facts do… |
| 18-7869 |
Samuel Deorio v. Vic Flournoy, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 acca-predicate-offenses constitutional-law court-of-appeals habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2241-2255 new-rule-of-constitutional-law retroactivity savings-clause second-or-successive-petition sentencing-enhancement successive-petitions unconstitutional-sentence |
Whether 28 U.S.C. §2255(e) may serve as a failsafe mechanism |
| 18-7875 |
Lionel Cannon, aka Cannon v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
carpenter-precedent carpenter-v-united-states criminal-procedure fourth-amendment franks-hearing law-enforcement search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrant-requirement warrantless-search wiretaps |
Was Cannon denied his Fourth Amendment rights? |
| 18-7877 |
Lester Roger Decker v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-performance constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Was defendant's attorney's role to fulfill his advisory position to his client ineffective, thus violating client's right to Due Process? |
| 18-7881 |
Zonta Tavarus Ellison v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alford-plea compulsory-process due-process fair-notice fifth-amendment motion-to-reopen-time rehearing-en-banc right-to-counsel rule-4(a)(6) sixth-amendment writ-of-certiorari |
Did the appeals court infringe upon petitioner's Fifth Amendment due-process rights |
| 18-7887 |
Rodney Lyle Roberts v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
16th-amendment apportionment brushaber-case constitutional-basis constitutional-interpretation direct-income-tax direct-tax fifth-circuit-precedent income-tax parker-v-commissioner precedent sixteenth-amendment tax tax-law |
Whether the Fifth Circuit precedent in Parker v. Commissioner becomes unassailable in holding that the Sixteenth Amendment provided the needed constit… |
| 18-7896 |
Ricardo Montanez-Quinones v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography distribution evidence knowingly-distributed knowledge plea-agreement prosecutorial-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines |
What constitutes sufficient evidence of knowledge to support two-level enhancement for 'knowingly engaging in distribution' of child-pornography under… |
| 18-7904 |
Spassky Alcequiecz v. Kelly A. Ryan, Warden |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manslaughter manslaughter-instruction sixth-amendment |
Whether the petitioner was denied his constitutional right to a fair trial, due to ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 18-7923 |
Derrick Jones v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-interpretation judicial-procedure retroactive retroactive-application sentencing-provision substantive-rule-change |
Could jurists of reason debate whether Louisiana may, consistent with the Due Process Clause's fair notice requirement, judicially invent a new proced… |
| 18-7928 |
Gilbert Carrasco v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abney-rule appeal bail bail-denial criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction notice-of-appeal |
Was U.S. District Court, (S.D. Cal.) divested of jurisdiction because of Abney-rule |
| 18-7931 |
Michael Keith Henley v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure compelled-speech content-neutrality due-process fraudulent-plea-agreement free-speech government-regulation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice private-property public-forum standing |
Whether the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring private entities to host speech they disagree with |
| 18-7938 |
Alex Quintana-Torres v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-history criminal-sentencing drug-addiction drug-offense presumption-of-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether Rifa's presumption of reasonableness is, in practice, effectively binding and not rebuttable, and whether the 15-year, within-Guidelines sente… |
| 18-7941 |
Trevor Little v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause restitution sentencing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation |
Did the lower courts' Fourth Circuit violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution Article I, Section 9, Clause 3, when it still … |
| 18-7943 |
Robert David Watson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability collateral-review luis-v-united-states new-rule retroactivity section-2255 supreme-court-rule teague-analysis teague-v-lane |
Whether Luis v. United States is retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review |
| 18-7946 |
Robert Hawkins v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech separation-of-church-and-state standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
| 18-7948 |
Cesar Carapia Hernandez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum |
Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … |
| 18-7950 |
Marquette Walker v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-law premises-liability search-and-seizure |
Does nonexclusive possession of a premises serve to establish constructive possession of items found within the premises? |
| 18-7951 |
Cornell Winfrei McClure v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion bench-trial due-process impartiality ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-recusal sua-sponte waiver-of-jury-trial |
Should a judge recuse themselves from reviewing a motion challenging their rulings made during a bench trial? |
| 18-7952 |
Stanley D. Partman, aka Goat v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-vagueness due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements standard-of-review unconstitutionally-vague |
Is the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal's Standard of Determination for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability in Essence Decides an Appeal Without … |
| 18-7958 |
John Lohmeier v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining statute-of-limitations strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Was Petitioner's plea of guilty knowingly and voluntarily entered? |
| 18-7964 |
Rafael Santos v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking federal-officer firearms motion-for-reduction-of-sentence sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the district court erred when it denied petitioner's section 3582(c)(2) motion? |
| 18-7965 |
Daniel Stewart v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights counsel-of-choice due-process fourth-amendment Fourth-Amendment-Claim Miranda-Rights probable-cause Right-to-Counsel rodriguez-v-united-states search-and-seizure standing Suspicionless-Surveillance warrantless-search Warrantless-Searches |
Whether the warrantless searches of petitioner's person and his motor vehicle were in clear violation of his Fourth Amendment rights |
| 18-7971 |
Kilunnun Adyden Chivoski v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
admissibility admissibility-threshold child-sexual-abuse daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony expert-witness gate-keeping-hearing kumho-tire peer-review psychological-testimony |
Should a district court be required to conduct a hearing under Daubert to consider the admissibility of expert testimony when the proffered expert adm… |
| 18-7973 |
Jaime Villa v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery burden-of-proof crime-of-violence criminal-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-rules-of-evidence jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether there was insufficient evidence to prove Villa guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 18-7974 |
Carlos Cruz-Rivera, aka Chiqui, aka Cano, aka Cano Llorens v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal federal-statute first-step-act pending-cases retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(C), as amended and clarified by the First Step Act of 2018, should apply to this case on direct review |
| 18-7975 |
William Krisstofer Wolf v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel perjury perjury-subornation prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision now conflicts with this court's long standing rulings on the known and willing use of perjury of material fact, t… |
| 18-7977 |
James Mowery v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-circuit first-amendment free-speech internet-access internet-restrictions packingham-precedent packingham-v-north-carolina social-media-access standing supervised-release |
Whether the Fifth Circuit has failed to apply the Supreme Court's ruling in Packingham v. North Carolina to supervised release Internet restrictions, … |
| 18-7978 |
Raymond Amerson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
all-writs-act audita-querela clarification criminal-procedure jurisdictional-review relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-morgan |
Whether an All Writs Act petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651 (Audita Querela) fills the gap where a defendant has no other appropriate vehicle to pu… |
| 18-7979 |
Eric K. Watkins v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation vagueness |
Whether the subsection-specific definition of 'crime of violence' in 18 U.S:C. 924(c)(3) (B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-7981 |
Santos Peter Murillo, aka Peter Santos Murillo v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson batson-hearing civil-rights discrimination first-amendment fourth-amendment jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment standing triviality-exception warrantless-search |
Is there a 'triviality' exception to the First Amendment's and Sixth Amendment's public trial requirement, and, if so, was a hearing regarding Governm… |
| 18-7984 |
James Scott Ervin v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit north-carolina statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Petitioner's rights to due-process by not following this Court's prior holdings, when it determine… |
| 18-7986 |
Maurin Chacon v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
794 amendment-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law judicial-review plain-error plain-error-standard rosales-mireles rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-olan |
Does a amendment violation of 794 warrant a plain error review under Rosales-Mireles |
| 18-7989 |
Manuel Guerrero v. N. C. English, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent circuit-split erroneous-precedent federal-criminal-defendants federal-prisoner habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation |
May a federal prisoner file a petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by erroneous circuit precedent |
| 18-7994 |
Daniel H. King v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-prisons civil-commitment civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure custody-transfer district-of-columbia due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether someone serving a sentence imposed by the District of Columbia whose physical custody was transferred to the Bureau of Prisons is 'in the cust… |
| 18-7995 |
Rodney Martin v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion procedural-error reasonableness-of-sentence section-3553a sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines |
Did the trial court improperly sentence Mr. Martin and did the appellate court improperly affirm the trial court? |
| 18-7997 |
Samuel Gregg Allen v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit plea-agreement unconstitutional waiver waiver-of-appeal |
Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by enforcing the unconstitutional Waiver of Appeal provision in Petitioner Allen's Plea Agreement |
| 18-8010 |
Alimamy Barrie v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amendment-retroactivity criminal-sentencing direct-appeal resentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner is eligible for resentencing under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(2) when amendments relevant to the case were enacted by the Sentencing Co… |
| 18-8011 |
Kevin Kerr v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1988 6th-amendment civil-rights competency criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech pardon pro-se-appearance psychological-evidence self-representation sixth-amendment standing |
Does 42 U.S.C. § 1988(a) confer jurisdiction on the respondent, the United States District Court, and the United States Court of Appeals conveying to … |
| 18-8012 |
Tasha Michelle Blackburn v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
counsel-communication criminal-procedure due-process duty-to-advise ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-acceptance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations professional-responsibility sixth-amendment |
What constitutes communicating a plea, and does counsel have an obligation to recommend accepting a plea, or rejecting a plea and proceeding to trial? |
| 18-8015 |
In Re Michael Ojegba Agbonifo |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal constitutional-rights criminal-detention criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings detention due-process indefinite-detention judicial-misconduct legal-representation not-guilty right-to-counsel right-to-trial trial |
Is it Constitutional for a District Court Judge to Hold an accused in an alleged criminal proceedings indefinitely in detention without TRIAL when the… |
| 18-8019 |
Bryan Austin v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split coa congress constitutional-claims due-process habeas-corpus sixth-amendment |
Whether the determination by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to Petitioner's COA application improperly deviated from the mandates of… |
| 18-8025 |
Michael St. Hubert v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) constitutional-vagueness crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act johnson-v-united-states residual-clause sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague vagueness |
Is the definition of 'crime of violence' in the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) unconstitutionally vague? |
| 18-8026 |
Sergio Ramirez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8028 |
Ronald Reel v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions reasonable-doubt self-representation speedy-trial |
Whether petitioner was deprived of his 5th Amendment right to the Reasonable Doubts Clause |
| 18-8031 |
William Bolden v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury prior-conviction reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum |
Was petitioner sentenced under a statute that violate due process of law under the United States Constitution by permitting a trial court to impose an… |
| 18-8034 |
Jesse Brewer v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process eminent-domain property-rights standing takings 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures |
| 18-8036 |
Edmund Boyle v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 brady-violation certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review perjury prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether a court of appeals should remand a habeas action where the lower court fails to fully adjudicate the underlying habeas claims on the merits an… |
| 18-8040 |
Quinton Bannister v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence dimaya-standard due-process elements-clause johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states ovalles-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in denying a certificate of appealability by relying on Ovalles v. United States |
| 18-8041 |
Mark Johnson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adolescent-culpability age-as-factor age-of-culpability brain-development criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana roper-v-simmons |
Whether the Court's rulings regarding when age is a factor in determining culpability apply to those under the age of 25, or is the age lower, but not… |
| 18-8042 |
Aaron Maurice Blaylock, aka Stephan Blaylock v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-U.S.C-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924(c)(3)(B) 18-usc-924c 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states motion-to-vacate residual-clause unconstitutional |
Should a certificate of appealability have issued after the district court denied as untimely a 28-U.S.C-2255-motion |
| 18-8043 |
Victor Alanis v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924c3a armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-criminal-law general-intent intent-standard intimidation statutory-interpretation |
Can reasonable jurists conclude that federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 92… |
| 18-8044 |
Lois Brooks v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure government-rights judicial-integrity judicial-proceedings mandatory-minimum plain-error sentencing sentencing-error substantial-rights |
Does the government have 'substantial rights' such that actions taken in derogation of them may constitute 'plain error' under Fed. R. Crim. Pro. 52(b… |
| 18-8047 |
Randy L. Pope v. Steve Franke |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-nullification convictions criminal-procedure disposition due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion nullification re-sentencing relief-standard sentencing state-law |
Whether the district court must grant relief by adhering to the relief dictated by state law when the state concedes in habeas corpus proceedings and … |
| 18-8048 |
Darnell D. Owens v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-history due-process federal-law historical-practice judicial-discretion propensity-evidence sixth-amendment sixth-circuit supervised-release |
Whether the Due Process Clause permits a judge or factfinder to rely on a person's criminal history to conclude that he or she likely committed anothe… |
| 18-8049 |
Ramon Montero v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit harmless-error harmlessness-standard molina-martinez molina-martinez-precedent molina-martinez-v-united-states preserved-error preserved-errors rule-52a sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review |
Is the Fifth Circuit correctly conducting its harmlessness inquiry when reviewing preserved Guidelines-calculation errors arising under Rule 52(a) of … |
| 18-8051 |
Yeison Valencia Torres v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split conflict-of-laws criminal-procedure drug-enforcement drug-offense due-process equal-protection maritime-drug-law maritime-law safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether the exclusion of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (46 U.S.C. § 70503) from eligibility for safety valve violates equal protection |
| 18-8053 |
Malcolm Roland Allen v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3006a 6th-amendment career-offender due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-proceedings notice-of-appeal prejudice sentencing-guideline sentencing-guidelines |
Whether ineffective counsel failed to file a notice of appeal and object to career offender sentencing guideline |
| 18-8054 |
Michael Kenneth Young v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment crack-cocaine-seizure criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder fair-trial firearm-seizure fourth-amendment joinder motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure severance traffic-stop |
Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in upholding the denial of Petitioner Michael Young's motion to sever his unrelated charges arising out of… |
| 18-8056 |
Ronald Glick v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief professional-conduct remand sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations |
Whether petitioner's request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations period meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certific… |
| 18-8058 |
Joel Elias Sanchez v. Jeffrey A. Beard, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
9th-circuit aedpa constitutional-rights crane-v-kentucky criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-exclusion ninth-circuit-review right-to-present-defense self-defense |
Did excluding this evidence violate Sanchez's clearly established right under Crane? |
| 18-8059 |
Christopher David Simmons 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 federal-power federal-statute felon-in-possession gun-control national-federation-of-independent-business-v-sebe police-power second-amendment |
Does the federal Unlawful Felon in Possession of a Firearm statute (18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)) exceed Congress's authority to regulate under the Commerce … |
| 18-8065 |
James Steven Maxwell v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act assault-and-battery categorical-analysis categorical-approach elements-clause force-standard mathis-standard mathis-v-united-states oklahoma-law taylor-precedent |
Does Taylor's holding that Oklahoma's offense of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon meets the force standard in the elements clause incorrect… |
| 18-8066 |
Roger E. Magana v. Ron Credio, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus impartial-jury ninth-circuit sixth-amendment supreme-court-review |
Does the Ninth Circuit's memorandum decision contravene this Court's rulings affirming the guarantees of effective counsel and an impartial jury for a… |
| 18-8067 |
Arthur Nop Lew v. California |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions jury-trial self-defense sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence trial-by-jury |
Whether upholding a criminal conviction based on a jury instruction and legal standard that are more favorable to the prosecution than what was actual… |
| 18-8068 |
Frankie Hill, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction sufficiency-of-the-evidence |
Can the courts of appeals define the crime of federal bank robbery differently for purposes of a sufficiency-of-the-evidence challenge than for a cate… |
| 18-8075 |
Godwin Oriakhi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lafler-v-cooper plain-error plain-error-review plea-bargaining pro-se-filing strickland-v-washington |
Whether Lafler v. Cooper is violated when trial counsel advises a defendant to enter a guilty plea to an indictment that, on its face, violates the Fi… |
| 18-8079 |
Christopher Loran Bentley v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-sentencing judicial-discretion notice-requirement relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum substantive-reasonableness upward-departure |
Whether the district court erred in sentencing Mr. Bentley |
| 18-8083 |
Reshawn D'Arby Magnificent-El, aka Reshawn D'Arby Phillips v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion compliance criminal-procedure discretion district-court drug-testing due-process knowingly-used-drugs sentencing-conditions supervised-release supervised-release-conditions |
Whether a district court abuses its discretion in imposing a drug-testing condition on a defendant who never knowingly used drugs, and has otherwise b… |
| 18-8091 |
Alvin Jakelyn Williams v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof conclusively-apparent-from-the-record direct-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure standard-of-proof standard-of-review summary-rejection |
Whether the court of appeals summary rejection of an ineffective assistance of counsel claim on direct appeal by placing the burden on the defendant a… |
| 18-8094 |
Eric Gros v. Jason Kent, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights comity comity-principle due-process exhaustion-of-remedies exhaustion-of-state-remedies fifth-circuit finality habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition judicial-review magistrate-judge report-and-recommendation state-remedies |
Whether the Magistrate Judge for the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana erred when he issued a Report and Recommendation recommending that the p… |
| 18-8096 |
Antonio R. Hall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure district-court houston-v-lack mailbox-rule notice-of-appeal pro-se timeliness timely-filing |
Does the presumption of timeliness under Houston v. Lack apply when the petitioner proves timely mailing but the district court did not receive the no… |
| 18-8099 |
In Re Henry Lee Bryant |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-1654 appellate-procedure collateral-proceeding collateral-review criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation self-representation-right statutory-interpretation |
Did the Court of Appeals violate 28 U.S.C. § 1654 by refusing to allow Mr. Bryant to represent himself in the appeal of the collateral proceeding? |
| 18-8101 |
Lawrence Montgomery Foltz v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction military-law military-records property-rights standing takings veterans-affairs |
Do the chattels and loans of an American soldier come under the jurisdiction of this court's record and receive the full protection of record? |
| 18-8104 |
Robert William Frazier v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-screening due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merits-analysis procedural-standard standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the circuit justice supplanted the COA screening procedure with a merits analysis |
| 18-8106 |
Benjamin Crump v. Delaware |
Delaware |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification false-testimony fourteenth-amendment wrongful-conviction |
Whether a conviction obtained through the use of false witness testimony that is unreliable to identify the defendant at trial must be vacated under t… |
| 18-8111 |
Rossahn Black v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bullcoming confrontation confrontation-clause evidence-admissibility expert-witness forensic-evidence forensic-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent ninth-circuit-interpretation sixth-amendment testimony |
Whether this Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts and Bullcoming v. New Mexico created a bright line rule excluding the testimony of an … |
| 18-8113 |
Troy Arnaud v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-client client-autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation sixth-amendment trial-counsel |
Whether Arnand was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel |
| 18-8114 |
Anthony Boyd v. Joe D. Driver, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence government-transparency legal-standing material-fact standing summary-judgment transparency video-evidence |
Whether Lack Of Transparency Of Video Evidence By The Government, Standing Alone, Creates A Genuine Issue Of Material Fact In A Civil Action? |
| 18-8115 |
Kenny Daniel Barrios v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment type-c-plea |
Whether the failure of counsel to object to inaccurately calculated Sentencing Guidelines is ineffective assistance of counsel |
| 18-8116 |
Budry Michel v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment due-process eighth-amendment eighth-amendment,federal-habeas,state-court,merits federal-courts federal-habeas federal-review habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing merits parole-eligibility plain-language standing state-court state-court-interpretation state-courts |
Whether a state court can treat a federal habeas decision of this Court as a ruling on the merits contrary to the plain language of the decision? |
| 18-8130 |
Eduardo Segoviano-Briseno v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consideration contract-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-courts judicial-interpretation legal-consideration plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing |
Whether principles of contract law require consideration (benefit to the defendant) to support a valid plea agreement |
| 18-8243 |
In Re Andre David Leffebre |
|
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection standing appeals civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing |
Whether civil procedure rules should be applied to habeas corpus proceedings |
| 18-8254 |
Eddie Earl Phillips v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment jury-instructions sentencing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions |
Whether Phillips' Conviction and Sentence stems from a defective indictment, in violation of his due process rights? |
| 18-831 |
Michael Presley, et al. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process financial-privacy financial-records fourth-amendment internal-revenue-code irs-investigation preemption right-to-financial-privacy-act right-to-privacy tax-summons third-party-summons |
Whether the court below erroneously held that the issuance of summonses under 26 U.S.C. § 7609 preempts the privacy rights of non-party clients |
| 18-933 |
Shraddha Patel v. Kirit Patel, aka Kiritkumar Ambalal Patel, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
|
appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure deadline federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure grace-period notice notice-of-judgment rule-4(a)(5) rule-4(a)(6) time-to-appeal |
Whether a would-be appellant who missed Rule 4(a)(1)(A)'s deadline to appeal due to a lack of notice of the entry of judgment may seek relief under Ru… |
| 18-943 |
Fairfield County, Ohio, et al. v. Neil A. Morgan, II, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-procedure fourth-amendment knock-and-talk law-enforcement officer-safety perimeter-security search-and-seizure |
Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits law enforcement officers from securing the perimeter of a residence, for officer safety, when conducting a lawf… |
| 18-946 |
Abigail Arroyo v. Angel M. Torres-Sanchez, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
|
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment judicial-discretion property property-rights public-interest standing takings |
Whether the Petitioner's rights to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, property and due process were violated by the Respondents' alleged deceit, abu… |
| 18-948 |
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Relisted (4) |
18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1604 contempt-sanctions criminal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia jurisdictional-exceptions sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Does the FSIA grant foreign states sovereign immunity from American criminal jurisdiction? |
| 18-958 |
Peter P. Mitrano v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeals civil-procedure court-of-appeals custody custody-order due-process family-court family-law federal-courts jurisdiction legal-dismissal new-hampshire ninth-circuit standing |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of this action? |
| 18-971 |
Faye R. Hobson v. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ada administrative-exhaustion chevron-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling fmla pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation rehabilitation-act standing title-vii |
Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be expanded to include a pro se party's mistaken belief about filing deadlines |
| 18-973 |
In Re Lee Chatfield, et al. |
|
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion civil-rights district-court due-process emergency-motion equal-protection gerrymandering judicial-discretion judicial-economy jurisdictional-issues mandamus standing stay-of-trial |
Did the three-judge panel abuse its discretion in denying a stay of trial pending resolution of related cases |
| 18-980 |
Bismark Kwaku Torkornoo v. Maryland, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection estoppel fourteenth-amendment fraud res-judicata rooker-feldman |
Whether the District Court's decisions based upon estoppel to dismiss petitioner's civil lawsuit against the State of Maryland violate the Constitutio… |
| 18-990 |
R. S. Raghavendra v. Jane E. Booth, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
anti-injunction-act arbitration-act chevron-doctrine civil-rights employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act first-amendment fraud judicial-recusal title-vii |
Whether the dismissal of petitioner's EEOC retaliation claims without allowing for agreed arbitration violates the Federal Arbitration Act or civil ri… |
| 18-998 |
Sandra Waite, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Waite, Jr. v. Union Carbide Corporation, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
asbestos asbestos-liability asbestos-litigation civil-procedure corporate-registration due-process forum-selection in-state-causation mesothelioma personal-jurisdiction product-liability products-liability specific-jurisdiction three-prong-test |
Whether the circuit court erred when it ignored the three-prong analysis the Court has repeatedly set forth for analyzing specific jurisdiction and, i… |
| 18A738 |
Joachim Dressler v. Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Racine County |
Wisconsin |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M117 |
Vincent E. Reed v. Florissant County, Missouri, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M118 |
Shawn David Lockhart, Jr. v. Georgia |
Georgia |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M119 |
Jessica Wang v. California |
California |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M120 |
Jorge Eliecer Bueno-Sierra v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|