Conference: 2019-03-29

159 cases — 0 granted, 159 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-556 Kansas v. Charles Glover Kansas Judgment Issued Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 4th-amendment fourth-amendment habitual-violator investigative-stop law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion registered-owner traffic-law traffic-laws vehicle-registration vehicle-stop A Kansas officer ran a registration check on a pickup truck and learned that the registered owner's license had been revoked. Suspecting that the owne… 24.5
18-579 Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Judy Schurke, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration-requirement civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-preemption labor-relations ninth-circuit-ruling preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claim state-law-claims In order to promote stability in labor-management relations and minimize disruptions in vital transportation services, the Railway Labor Act (RLA) req… 16.0
18-696 Center for Medical Progress, et al. v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) anti-SLAPP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment free-speech heightened-pleading investigative-journalism protected-speech 1. Should the Ninth Circuit have reversed itself and exacerbated an unsettled and widening split among the First, Fifth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits by f… 14.0
18-682 Manuel Enrique Santana v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied aggravated-identity-theft appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute federalism identity-theft means-of-identification name statutory-interpretation Whether the use of a name, without more, constitutes the use of a "means of identification of another person" under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. 10.5
18-814 Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (4) bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention 1. Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in j… 9.5
18-992 Juan B. Ortiz v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
18-1012 Patrick Lafferty, et ux. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. California Denied attorney-fees california-consumers-legal-remedies-act consumer-legal-remedies-act consumer-protection consumer-protection-act federal-trade-commission holder-rule implied-cause-of-action preemption private-cause-of-action private-right-of-action unfair-or-deceptive-acts 1. Whether the "Holder Rule" as discerned by the California Third District Court of Appeal implies a new private cause of action? 2. Whether the "Hol… 5.5
18-608 Capital Medical Center v. National Labor Relations Board, et al. District of Columbia Denied acute-care-hospital employee-rights informational-picketing labor-relations national-labor-relations-act nlrb private-property private-property-rights section-7-rights unfair-labor-practices 1. Whether the National Labor Relations Board (Board), as affirmed by the D.C. Circuit, correctly determined that Republic Aviation Corp. v. NLRB, 324… 5.5
18-694 Derek T. Williams v. Merit Systems Protection Board, et al. Federal Circuit Denied appeal-rights civil-rights current-continuous-service due-process federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board preference-eligible united-states-postal-service veterans-rights 1. Whether a preference-eligible veteran maintains "current continuous service in the same or similar positions" under § 7511(a)(1)(B) when the agency… 5.5
18-959 Mandy Rooks v. Drake Rooks Colorado Denied classification constitutional-rights due-process embryo-classification embryo-personhood embryo-status family-law family-rights marital-property personhood property-rights religious-freedom religious-rights reproductive-rights Whether extracorporeal embryos created during marriage are persons or a property. Whether classifying extracorporeal embryos as property and permitti… 5.5
18-975 Mark Stuart v. Jim Lane, et al. Arizona Denied due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech petition petition-rights rule-68 Whether Sanctioning Stuart under Rule 68, Arizona rules of civil procedure, and taxing him with the city of Scottsdale's costs, violated his First Ame… 5.5
18-978 Josephenie Robertson v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process due-process,equal-protection,first-amendment,sixth equal-protection first-amendment political-question-doctrine sixth-amendment standing Whether the Petitioner was deprived of an independent, neutral, and impartial tribunal in violation of the First and Sixth Amendments under the Equal … 5.5
18-982 In Re Beverly L. Hennager, et al. Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection limited-partnership mandamus non-discretionary-action pre-filing-injunction property property-rights sanctions standing writ-of-appeal Whether the enforcement of an appellant mandate affirming the plain, unambiguous language of a previous order compelling specific non-discretionary ac… 5.5
18M121 Theodore Ridgeway v. Robert Gilmore, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M122 Johnnie Kenon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M123 John M. Franklin v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M124 McKenzie Daniels v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18-6747 Gibran Richardo Figueroa-Beltran v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure divisibility-analysis divisibility-inquiry due-process federal-courts federal-divisibility-doctrine federalism mathis-doctrine mathis-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-certification state-courts state-statutes three-part-test When applying the federal divisibility doctrine to state statutes, may federal courts terminate the three-part test set forth in Mathis v. United Stat… 5.0
18-6547 Christopher Brooks v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-offense elements-clause mens-rea physical-force reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense with a reckless mens rea qualifies as a "violent felony" under the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which … 4.0
18-6936 Anthony Bernard Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof collateral-review due-process elements-clause enumerated-crimes-clause johnson-rule residual-clause retroactivity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation In Johnson v. United States, this Court held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. In Welch v. United States,… 4.0
18-1030 United States, ex rel. Thomas A. Berg, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived energy-savings-performance-contract false-claims-act government-knowledge materiality scienter statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements utility-cost-savings Although fraud-in-the-inducement taints all subsequent payments, belated discovery of the truth can leave the Government with no practical choice but … 3.5
18-1032 Robert Steven Mawhinney v. American Airlines, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived air-carrier-employee air21-complaint air21-discrimination air21-discrimination-complaint arbitration-provision department-of-labor dol-investigation employment-discrimination federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-exemption ninth-circuit-error pre-dispute-arbitration pre-dispute-arbitration-provision settlement-agreement statutory-federal-regulation statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err in determining that the "DOL's independent interest in Mawhinney's AIR21 discrimination and retaliation complaint ... cea… 3.5
18-1046 Virginia Callahan, et al. v. Pacific Cycle, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-split circuit-split civil-procedure de-novo-review evidence evidence-admissibility evidentiary-ruling hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standard-of-review When reviewing a district court's ruling to admit hearsay into evidence, should the Court of Appeals apply an abuse of discretion standard or engage i… 3.5
18-1051 James Dickey v. City of Boston Inspectional Services Department First Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1443 42-usc-3617 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-removal civil-rights-removal-act court-of-appeals federal-jurisdiction remand remand-standard removal statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit erred when it concluded that removal was inappropriate under the Civil Rights Removal Act, 28 U.S.C… 3.5
18-1066 Tracy Chang and Howard Hsu v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-defense criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense good-faith-reliance jury-instructions search-warrant standing tax-fraud 1. Defendants requested instructions on their theory of defense, that they relied in good faith upon the professional advice of their CPAs when prepar… 3.5
18-1080 Anderson Living Trust, fka The James H. Anderson Living Trust, et al. v. WPX Energy Production, LLC, fka WPX Energy San Juan, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure class-action class-certification federal-rules-civil-procedure final-judgment microsoft-v-baker mootness settlement-agreement standing tenth-circuit Does Microsoft v. Baker, 137 S.Ct. 1702, 198 L.Ed. 2d 132 (2017) mandate that only plaintiffs who litigate their individual claims to a final judgment… 3.5
18-1088 Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test For over 70 years, the Court has used a common law patent eligibility test that deviates from the language and plain meaning of the patent eligibility… 3.5
18-1100 Wayne D. Ramsay v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law administrative-procedure deficiency deficiency-interest interest internal-revenue-service jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax tax-court tax-law DOES THE U.S. TAX COURT HAVE JURISDICTION TO DETERMINE DEFICIENCY INTEREST ASSESSED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE? 3.5
18-1101 Classic Cab, Inc. v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights dormant-commerce-clause emergency-rulemaking mootness preexisting-contracts regulatory-taking res-judicata statutory-requirement I. Is the use of illegal emergency rulemakings in the absence of any objectively cognizable emergency resulting in the complete elimination of an indu… 3.5
18-1102 Askia Cuff v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response Waived abandonment coercion counsel-withdrawal criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment voluntariness voluntary voluntary-waiver withdrawal Was Appellant's waiver of his Sixth Amendment right to trial, pursuant to a plea agreement, freely and voluntarily made or the product of coercion – t… 3.5
18-1105 Samuel Pierce v. Yale University, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived affirmative-action civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection higher-education race-based-discrimination stare-decisis university-admissions Whether the Court should overrule its holdings in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger that professional school a… 3.5
18-1107 Charles Chandler v. Vermont, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split constitutional-challenge custody due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance lackawanna ninth-circuit strickland-standard tenth-circuit 1. Is the Exception for Habeas Corpus Custody under Lackawanna valid law as affirmed by the Ninth, Tenth, and Fifth Circuits? 2. Has Petitioner satis… 3.5
18-1123 Southern Trust Metals, Inc., et al. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived bank-of-america-v-city-of-miami commodity-exchange-act commodity-futures-trading-commission dura-pharmaceuticals-v-broudo foreseeability industry-ban judicial-injunction lifetime-industry-ban loss-causation proximate-cause reliance separation-of-powers The Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") limits restitution in enforcement actions to "losses proximately caused" by a violation of the CEA and CFTC regulat… 3.5
18-1124 Stephens Institute, dba Academy of Art University v. United States, ex rel. Scott Rose, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived department-of-education escobar escobar-standard false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca federal-financial-aid financial-aid incentive-compensation-ban incentive-compensation-ban-icb materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar In Universal Health Services v. U.S. ex rel. Escobar, this Court held that a misrepresentation about compliance with a legal requirement must be mater… 3.5
18-1126 Mufasa Wilson Sejour v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution hobbs-act interstate-commerce jurisdictional-reach local-business robbery sentencing In today's world, there is no such thing as a purely local business. All businesses use credit card machines, access the internet, and purchase out-of… 3.5
18-1127 SpeedyPC Software v. Archie Beaton Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived affidavit-sampling affidavits class-certification consumer-fraud credibility due-process implied-warranty individual-issues sampling 1. Is it proper for a court to certify a class by suggesting that individual issues can be resolved by the submission of affidavits from each individu… 3.5
18-1167 Sam Francis Foundation, et al. v. Sotheby's, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright-act copyright-preemption discretionary-standard federal-copyright-act federal-copyright-law federal-jurisdiction legal-standard preemption procedural-interpretation state-statute uniformity Where an action is brought under a state statute preempted by section 301(a) the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq., Pub. L. No. 94-553, … 3.5
18-5135 Mark Francis Honish v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP abuse-of-discretion certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation time-limitation tolling WAS HONISH'S FIRST STATE HABEAS WRIT "APPLICATION" PROPERLY FILED WITHIN THE MEANING OF 28 U.S.C. §2244(d)(2), AND REQUIRED TO BE TOLLED? DID THE FIF… 1.5
18-7326 Mark Anthony Soliz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certiorari-standard due-process federal-habeas-review federal-jurisdiction fifth-circuit-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation plain-statement-rule procedural-default state-court-decision state-court-determination state-court-proceedings Whether this Court should grant certiorari to remand this case to the Fifth Circuit because the Fifth Circuit misapplied this Court's "plain statement… 0.5
18-7691 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP america-invents-act civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-grants due-process judicial-review patent patent-prosecution-history-estoppel patent-reexamination standing takings Whether the District Court and Circuit Court Judges have a duty to abide by the Constitution and rule per the Law of the Case and Law of the Land. I.… 0.5
18-8165 Michael J. Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? -1.5
18-8177 Julia Augusta Constan Macri v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deviation fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure illinois-v-caballes law-enforcement original-purpose reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop Under this Court's Fourth Amendment decisions, an officer is prohibited from prolonging a traffic stop beyond its original purpose without "reasonable… -1.5
18-8181 Feliciano Soto-Lugo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure defendant-leniency district-court-discretion due-process judicial-response preservation-of-error reasonableness reasonableness-objection sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Must challenges to the district court's failure to respond to a defendant's non-frivolous grounds for leniency be preserved by a separate "reasonablen… -1.5
18-5664 Chan Cheeseboro v. Little Richie Bus Service, Inc. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP accident-report civil-procedure deposition discovery district-court due-process evidence false-testimony judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-standing standing witness witness-testimony 1. Why the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York would allow the law firm of Lewis Bris Bois Bisgaard and Smith LLP. allow… -4.0
18-5881 Vamsidhar Vurimindi v. The Hoopskirt Lofts Condominium Association Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights condominium-law constitutional-violations due-process fair-housing-act fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights racial-discrimination Whether the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act enables racially motivated majority members of a condominium association to purge a minority member o… -4.0
18-6261 Ilich Vargas, aka Ilich Ernesto Vargas Romero v. John McMahon Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct standing 1. WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT MAGISTRATE ACTS IN EXCESS OF HER DISCRETION AND OUTSIDE THE BOUNDS OF REASON DURING THE INITIAL SCREENING OF THE PLEADING … -4.0
18-6263 Ilich Vargas v. John McMahon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-complaint constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct pleading pro-se-litigant recusal screening section-1983 standing 1. WHETHER A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AND MAGISTRATE CONDUCTING A 28 U.S.C. § 1915 IFP SCREENING ACTS ON AN EXCESS OF JURISDICTION AND BEYOND THE LIMITS O… -4.0
18-7548 David Abiodun K. G. B. Onafeko v. Great Britain, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellant-rights civil-rights district-court due-process human-rights international-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-venue standing treaty united-nations 1. Whether the Appellant is entitled to rights aforded him under the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights whilst he is residing in the United St… -4.5
18-7549 Bonnie Robles v. Brookwood Terrace Apartments Kansas Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-fairness lower-court-rulings procedural-violations statutory-procedure Why should it be lawful for the lower court to ignore "STATUTORY PROCEDURE" violations by the Respondents during a lower court hearing and then questi… -4.5
18-7568 Richard Earl Shere, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP co-defendant constitutional-review death-penalty equal-protection equal-protection,death-penalty,sentencing,retroact hurst-v-florida mccloud-v-state retroactivity ring-v-arizona sentencing-disparity 1. Whether Mr. Shere's case is no longer one of the most aggravated and least mitigated following Hurst v. Florida and he should have been convicted o… -4.5
18-7569 Paul William Scott v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP codefendant-comparison constitutional-proportionality cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection sentencing-disparity Whether Florida's refusal to consider the disparity between the 15-year prison term of his equal or more culpable codefendant and Scott's death senten… -4.5
18-7583 In Re Bill Herron Denied IFP adjudicatory-procedures administrative-procedure deprivation-of-property due-process judicial-review logan-v-zimmerman-brush-co mandamus missouri-administrative-procedure-act missouri-law property-interest property-rights Question 1: Where the District Court has repeatedly refused to address or adjudicate claims raised by a party, in this and other cases filed by Missou… -4.5
18-7590 Joshua Jacobs v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-and-impartial-jury fair-trial impartial-jury judicial-discretion jury-selection trial-counsel trial-procedure voir-dire I. When trial-judge-imposed limitations on voir dire interfere with trial counsel's ability to identify veniremembers whom may be challengeable for ca… -4.5
18-7595 Gabriel Robles v. Brookwood Terrace Apartments Kansas Denied IFP administrative-error civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy court-procedure due-process fraud housing-rights judicial-misconduct legal-conspiracy property-rights standing Did lower court personnel in this matter give the Petitioner erroneous instructions knowing beforehand that the higher courts of this State would not … -4.5
18-7596 In Re Robert F. Russo Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-overreach legislative-action legislative-overreach procedural-due-process standing statutory-interpretation successive-petition successive-petitions Has the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals arrogated its own form of legislative action concerning a Petitioner's request for "leave" to commence a succ… -4.5
18-7597 Carlos E. Ponce v. D. Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-showing sixth-amendment THE NINTH CIRCUIT CCURT OF APPEALS DENIED THE 1SSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY BASED UPON THEIR DECISION THAT PETITIONER DIDNT HAVE SUBSTANT… -4.5
18-7603 Raymond Zayas v. Jamey Luther, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Laurel Highlands, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights crawford-claim due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-default sixth-amendment When Petitioner's Crawford v. Washington claim was procedurally defaulted by trial counsel and initial post conviction counsel failed to raise an inef… -4.5
18-7604 Jacques Paul Villafana v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights confidentiality confidentiality-statute due-process mailroom-search medical-records medical-records-privacy prisoner-rights privacy privacy-rights veterans-affairs veterans-benefits 1. Military veterans' medical records are privileged and confidential under 38 U.S.C.A. § 5701, 5705, and 7332. Petitioner - a military veteran and a … -4.5
18-7610 Michael Colbaugh v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP equitable-exception federal-habeas-corpus federal-writ habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default state-writ texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-court-of-criminal-appeals trevino-exception trevino-v-thaler Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rulin g, denying Petitioner a second Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedur… -4.5
18-7620 Emmanuel Adeyinka v. Harris County Jail, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights competency criminal-conviction cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment eleventh-amendment immunity mental-illness monetary-damages personal-involvement rational-understanding section-1983 standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-7622 Kendrick Bernard Demus v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP accomplice-witness accomplice-witness-rule criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing GROUND ONE When the State had Petitioner's codefendant testify against Petitioner and claim that the codefendant had received no promises of leniency… -4.5
18-7624 Mario Griffin v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion apprendi-v-new-jersey apprendi-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process federal-law illegal-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-integrity manifest-injustice miscarriage-of-justice sentence-enhancement sentencing Does the sentence imposed constitute an illegal sentence under federal law and represent a manifest injustice calling in question the integrity of … -4.5
18-7625 Thomas Florence v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdiction sentencing standing CAN THE STATES OF THE UNDTED STATES OBTAIN UALID CONKOICTDON BASED A ON A ONA REPORT THAT DOES NOT PROVE BEYOMD A RAONAIGUE DOUIBT TO SUPPORT ADJUDIUT… -4.5
18-7630 In Re William W. Frey Denied IFP appeals-review civil-rights court-duty due-process fraud-upon-the-court judicial-fraud perjury procedural-misconduct standing stare-decisis tainted-testimony testimony-integrity 1.) Can a conviction or civil judment stand on Tainted/Perjury Testimony? Does the Court have a duty, too correct tainted testimony? Does tainted te… -4.5
18-7631 Jerry Haley v. Blair Leibach, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-counsel post-conviction-proceedings procedural-default trevino-v-thaler 1. Mr. Haley, acting prose, filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, therefore, appealing the order United States … -4.5
18-7636 Ernest Lee Glover, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 26-usc-2244 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2254 due-process equal-protection federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review statutory-interpretation i. Does court of Appeals violate Due Process and Equal protection of law by applying 28 usc 2244(d)(1) to deny review of C.O.A. Challenging District c… -4.5
18-7637 Fidencio Valdez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP capital-case capital-case-review-habeas-corpus-due-process-equa criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus mccoy-claim mccoy-v-louisiana standing texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-law Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas misapplied this Court's decision in McCoy v. Louisiana, 584 U.S. _ (No. 16-8255; May 14, 2018): by dete… -4.5
18-7640 Donna J. Hockman v. Phyllis Baskerville, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
18-7641 Arturo Huerta v. Ron Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-instructions sentencing Question not identified. -4.5
18-7643 Billy Leon Kearse v. Florida Florida Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactivity ring-v-arizona supremacy-clause Does the Florida Supreme Court's partial retroactivity approach providing for relief pursuant to Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016) and Hurst v. … -4.5
18-7651 Eric Steve Anderson v. California California Denied IFP antagonistic-defenses conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fair-trial jury jury-trial severance severance-motion Did this trial court's denial of petitioner's severance motion as to co-defendant Randy Lee and its subsequent acquittal of Lee on the conspiracy char… -4.5
18-7653 Lonzo Bonner v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP brady-material due-process fair-trial fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel perjured-testimony probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct WHETHER PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITIONAL RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL AND DUE PROCESS OF LAW WHEN THE PROSECUTION DELIBERATELY W… -4.5
18-7655 Michael R. Spengler v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment appellate-standard civil-rights coercion constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process miranda-warnings police-lineup undercover-operations witness-identification Question not identified. -4.5
18-7658 Julius Darius Jones v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP capital-punishment constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment juror-bias post-conviction post-conviction-review racial-prejudice sixth-amendment 1. Whether newly-discovered evidence establishes that racial prejudice influenced the decision of at least one juror to convict Mr. Jones and sentence… -4.5
18-7659 Adolph Lee Hardwick v. California California Denied IFP None -4.5
18-7665 Robert Tommy Garrett v. California California Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-provision double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-interpretation lesser-included-offense multiple-convictions multiple-punishments procedural-issue statutory-provision Appellant submits that the Trial Court's erroneous failure to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of attempted criminal threat deprived h… -4.5
18-7671 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Grant Maloy, Clerk Florida Denied IFP alimony child-custody child-support civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations domestic-violence due-process family-law injunction pro-se standing Question not identified. -4.5
18-7673 In Re Roda Hiramanek Denied IFP access-to-courts ada-accommodations civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection federal-court-procedure judicial-interference judicial-misconduct standing The issue here goes beyond a miscarriage of justice. It's lower courts' blatant and outright refusal to administer justice, when law warrants otherwis… -4.5
18-7676 Louis Hill v. Cynthia Link, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Graterford, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus legal-error reasonable-jurists standard-of-review standing substantial-showing third-circuit Does the Third Circuit Court of Appeals denial of a Certificate of Appealability in the instant matter constitute legal error given it is debatable am… -4.5
18-7683 Deandre Anderson v. Daniel Lesatz, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment miranda-rights new-evidence post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief probable-cause standing statute-of-limitations trial-errors wrongful-conviction Does the cases stated apply to this case? Does the statute of limitation yield to the imperative of correcting a fundamentally unjust incarceration? … -4.5
18-7686 In Re Alphonza Leonard Phillip Thomas Bey Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-laws constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge mandamus-prohibition national-importance separation-of-powers standing 1. Are the issues Presented important and beyond the fucticular Facts and Parties involved ? a. Does there exist a Conflict between Courts of appeals… -4.5
18-7688 Vincent Johnson v. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appeal-proceedings appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure coa-process due-process federal-appeals integrity-of-proceedings integrity-of-process judicial-review procedural-motion rule-60(b) rule-60b standing Whether a R. 60 (b) motion can be first presented at the Federal Appeals level to attack a defect in the integrity of the COA process of the appeal pr… -4.5
18-7703 Nathan Smith III v. Sherry Pennywell, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 2254(d)(2) cumulative-error de-novo-review deference due-process fact-finding fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-review ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standard-of-review unreasonable-determination 1) DID THE CCA SO STRETCH THE FACTS IN THIS CASE SO UNREASONABLY THAT NO DEFERENCE COULD BE POSSIBLE TO ITS INTERPETATION OF WHAT OCCURRED IN THE TACO… -4.5
18-7708 Philip Eberhard Koebel v. Stevan Chandler, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 11-usc-109e attorney-discipline automatic-stay bad-faith bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debtor-attorney-discipline debtor-eligibility dismissal homestead-exemption Whether a bankruptcy court contravenes the Bankruptcy Code by finding that a Chapter 13 case is filed in "bad faith" and immediately orders its dismis… -4.5
18-7710 Jose Garcia Mejia v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-processing aedpa constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining procedural-error Were Petitioner's constitutional Rights violated during trial? When Petitioner had no realistic chance of prevailing and the record was silent as to w… -4.5
18-7718 Joseph Gant v. Gloria Peterson Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
18-7719 Cesar Gomez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment-rights standing texas-penal-code Whether Texas Penal Code ' 21.02, is Constitutional under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution? Whether a Sta… -4.5
18-7729 Earnest S. Harris v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP attorney-discipline civil-rights court-rules disbarment due-process election-law equal-protection habeas-corpus incarceration professional-conduct suspension voting voting-rights Question not identified. -4.5
18-8322 In Re Richard Madkins Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment federal-jurisdiction fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction sentence-modification sentencing-modification state-jurisdiction unlawful-detention WHETHER IT WOULD RESULT IN A FUNDAMENTAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IF FAILURE TO ENTERTAIN PETITIONER CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS; 1.That the State of Tenness… -4.5
18-8356 In Re Steven Eason Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-limitations procedural-bars prosecutorial-misconduct state-law successive-habeas successive-petitions Cra the petitioner's Chan, that LAE conuretang aon JO have jucitdrctira ty prosedute him on count ¢ Of his indichaven? becauce the state dalaot charge… -4.5
18-7972 Victor D. Vickers, Jr. v. Missouri Missouri Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP alibi alibi-evidence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-discovery-sanctions discovery discovery-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment taylor-v-illinois willful-violation Whether the exclusion of alibi evidence that could prove a defendant's innocence, as a sanction for an uncalculated discovery violation, is permitted … -5.5
18-6823 James Douglas Williams, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act disparate-treatment due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment title-vii Was the Plaintiff, under The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the Constitution, and The Fair Employment and Housing Act and The Civil Rights Ac… -6.0
18-6926 James Valentine v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-review circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing-enhancement drug-conviction due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-convictions sentence-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation DID THE HONORABLE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA COMMIT "PLAIN AND OBVIOUS ERROR" BY ALLOWING THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,… -6.0
18-7013 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP commerce-clause congress constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-authority federal-government interstate-commerce intrastate-commerce legislative-interpretation regulatory-scope state-governments state-powers Does Article One of The Constitution of The United States (The Constitution) say, "We the people grant to ... The Congress of the United States the co… -6.0
18-7241 Mary-Ann Bernadette Kerrigan v. QBE Insurance Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bad-faith-investigation breach-of-contract civil-rights consumer-protection criminal-activity criminal-damages criminal-law due-process insurance insurance-coverage insurance-investigation insurance-regulations procedural-error property-damage property-rights statute-of-limitations Can this court determine it is "extremely unusual and extraordinary circumstances" for QBE insurance and their adjusters to deny coverage by attributi… -6.0
18-7360 Peter Mathis, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process final-judgment grand-jury insufficient-evidence sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Did Congress' enactment of 18 USC § 3742 (a), allow for the review of an otherwise final sentence, if a defendant could showaviOlatiôn ofi1aw? Did th… -6.0
18-7629 Calvin E. Barnett v. Joe M. Allbaugh, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure due-process property-rights standing takings civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-7633 Michael Lynn Heard v. Scott Solomon, et al. Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing supremacy-clause title-42-usc-1983 (u ct So C \ r&c VO\O€.S * C\s 0~—AkNf, USSCbcS&r\ Qo *c: \cxc -o1l4\*t UC\4 4\t. CCt CAXLfr cQ \Jaes. kcrnsaS O4 H ArYansas Wes Ca\ Qcteckise cj -6.5
18-7657 Devi Smith v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel defense-witnesses direct-review effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial WAS THE PETITIONER DEPRIVED OF HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT TRIAL WHERE DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILED TO CALL CRITICAL… -6.5
18-7685 Michael E. Bargo, Jr. v. Porter County, Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-compliance county-treasurer due-process indiana-statute property-tax standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether Petitioner Michael E. Bargo Jr.'s property tax payments submitted to the Porter County, Indiana Treasurer in 2011 and 2012 were properly and l… -6.5
18-7704 In Re Adem Albra Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-7730 Clark Derrick Frazier v. Randy Lee, Warden Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
18-7761 William James Harris v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-7793 Amos Chasson, aka Roee Alias, aka Roee Hanson v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-7810 James Traxler v. Sherry Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel merits-analysis merits-review sixth-circuit strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether The Sixth Circuit s Inquiry In Denying Petitioner's Motion For Certificate Of Appealability Was Coextensive With A Merits Analysis, When Concl… -6.5
18-7811 Ronald Bishop Thompson v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-testimony cell-site-location cell-site-location-information criminal-procedure fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure stored-communications-act warrant-requirement Did trial counsel perform ineffectively at Petitioner's second trial, when Petitioner's first trial, in which there was no mention of cell phone testi… -6.5
18-7819 Sazar Dent, aka Cesar Augusto Jimenez-Mendez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-7826 Curtis R. Leachman v. Thomas Winn, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-determination jury-instruction jury-instructions michigan-self-defense-act psychological-expert self-defense self-defense-statute WAS PETITIONER DENIED THE RIGHT TO COMPULSORY PROCESS WHEN THE TRIAL COURT FAILED TO GRANT FUNDS FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERT TO AIDE THE JURY IN DETERM… -6.5
18-7831 Curt Lockett v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appeals civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus mandamus sentencing standing Should a circult Court be legally bound to hear a petitioner's motion to Correct illegal sentence after the petitioner has been prose barred from that… -6.5
18-7854 Josiaha R. Wills v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts accessibility civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process language language-rights standing nCkpopJ I t 1 e o 1'e --L d 4o td Al 4v - 14(j +etc+ rvj 59/1 ( tr Mj /J4i . orS c/\ •'J- oc 11) 3U ' -6.5
18-7866 King Grant-Davis v. South Carolina Office of the Governor, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-procedure americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process federal-statute procedural-rights property-interest rehabilitation-act vocational-rehabilitation Whether an individual with a disability (as that term is defined in 29. U.S.C. Section 705(20)) who has entered into an Individualized Plan for Employ… -6.5
18-7870 Jeremiah W. Balik v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment armed-forces-status civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-bias judicial-review removal removal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment 1.)The Court of Appeal is a Court of Law. The Court reviews the trial courts and lower appellate tribunal's legal rulings for error. Did Harmful legal… -6.5
18-7872 Steven Torres v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights guidelines habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit upward-departure I. DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT ERRONEOUSLY … -6.5
18-7929 Robert L. Burns, Jr. v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-error sixth-circuit standing united-states-supreme-court Are the sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in conflict with the United States Supreme Court, and other Circuit Courts by derming a Certificate of Appealab… -6.5
18-7937 Jaques J. Sullivan v. Scott Lewis, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure dementia due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice sixth-amendment standing Thfl the Lower courts erred in judgment by dismissing Petitioner 'Actual Conflict in dual-representation" when trial counsel's dementia was cause for … -6.5
18-7944 Jerkeno Wallace v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process evidence judicial-discretion non-testifying-defendant remorse remorse-consideration right-to-silence sentencing sentencing-error WHEN COURT CONSIDERED OBSERVATIONS OF THE NON-TESTIFYING DEFENDANT AS BASIS OF PROVING NO REMORSE -6.5
18-8089 Lattrell Anthony Morris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-due-process court-of-appeals due-process federal-courts gvr habeas-corpus procedural-review rule-60b standing summary-denial summary-disposition After being dismissed four times on incorrect procedural basis, without allowing for briefing or a chance to be heard, Morris sought review of his 60(… -6.5
18-8095 Enrique Gamino-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation WHETHER A CLARIFYING AMENDMENT UNDER UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES SHOULD APPLY RETROACTIVELY UNDER 18 USCS 3582(C) -6.5
18-8107 Dheadry Loyd Powell v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-error drug-quantity due-process grouping grouping-of-counts judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines ussg-1b1 ussg-calculation Did the District Court err with its finding of a new inaccurate drug quantity? Did the District Court err by not performing separate calculations und… -6.5
18-8117 Brandon Pete v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constitutional-proportionality juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana offense-level-43 sentencing-guidelines title-18 I. May the sentence of a juvenile convicted as an adult of a non-premeditated homicide constitutionally start from a guideline of life-without-parole… -6.5
18-8131 Adelfo Pamatmat v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights drug-quantity evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment sixth-circuit strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel I. WHETHER PETITIONER RECEIVED THE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF TRIAL COUNSEL WHEN COUNSEL FAILED TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE THE CASE AND THE SIXTH CIRCUI… -6.5
18-8133 Daryl Mingo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining drug-trafficking due-process firearm-offense firearms plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-construction When Congress enacted and amended 18 U.S.C. Section 924(C)(1)(A) periodically, did Congress give federal criminal courts discretion to make their own … -6.5
18-8139 Louis A. Hardison v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-procedure-forfeiture due-process federal-adoption federal-jurisdiction forfeiture in-rem-jurisdiction ineffective-counsel missouri-forfeiture-laws missouri-statute state-federal-jurisdiction state-law turnover-order 1. UNDER MISSOURI STATUTE RSMO 513.647 WHICH REQUIRES A TURNOVER ORDER OF SEIZED PROPERTY TO FEDERAL CONTROL EVEN BY STATE ACTOR'S WHO ARE DEPUTIZE AS… -6.5
18-8143 Stephen Talbert v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process fraud fraudulent-misrepresentation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-trial voluntariness Can a defendant voluntarily and intelligently enter a plea where counsel fraudulently misrepresents a key fact discoverable during pretrial investigat… -6.5
18-8145 Desmond Farmer v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 assault criminal-classification criminal-history drug-abuse drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection family-member judicial-discretion non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction violent-offender The District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division denied the petitioner a reduction in his sentence under 3582 and Amend… -6.5
18-8156 In Re Dennis Bowden Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado retroactive-application retroactivity sentence-enhancement sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado, has been or should be made retroactively applicable to c… -6.5
18-8159 Phillip Camillo-Amisano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-crisis constitutional-violation due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miscarriage-of-justice strickland-standard supreme-court Did the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit improperly deny a Certificate of Appealability (COA), violating due process in a manner that conflicts … -6.5
18-8160 Paul Wagner v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-conflict circuit-court-split circuit-split criminal-procedure cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-precedent mickens-v-taylor ninth-circuit sixth-amendment supreme-court-interpretation united-states-v-hanoum This case presents an issue on which the Ninth Circuit's has both (1) entered a decision in conflict with the decisions of two other United States Cou… -6.5
18-8162 Eric V. Bartoli v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel judicial-recusal mandate-recall sentencing stare-decisis 1) Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals go against Supreme Court precedent (Peugh v. U.S., 569 US 530; Class v. U.S., 2018 LEXIS 1378; Calderon v. Tho… -6.5
18-8166 Bruce Dwayne Winston v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment carpenter-v-united-states cell-site-data evidence-admissibility pretextual-stop reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure terry-stop unlawful-search-and-seizure Did the District Court error in allowing evidence attained in an illegal Terry/Pretextural stop to be admitted into evidence in violation of the Petit… -6.5
18-8167 Frederick H. Banks v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights competency due-process error-correction indian-law standing tribal-sovereignty Did the Appals Court err in faulng to find tat "Sound Reasons Exist" for filimg tre Error Coran Nobis pedton? Did the Appeas Courter in failing to ap… -6.5
18-8168 Billy Long v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus hearing-requirement ineffective-assistance-of-counsel material-fact plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction-relief procedural-error withdrawal-of-plea WHETHER THIS COURT SHOULD VACATE AND REMAND FOR A HEARING WHERE THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING MR. LONG'S AMENDED PCRA PETITION WITHOUT A HEARING… -6.5
18-8169 In Re Alfredo Aguirre Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct collateral-review due-process habeas-corpus nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence retroactivity sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether the Court should issue a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that Nelson v. Colorado, has been or should be made retroactively applicable to c… -6.5
18-8171 Omar Alarcon Fuentes, aka Omar Fuentes Alarcon, aka Omar Ramales Quintero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel false-testimony grand-jury grand-jury-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mistrial right-to-counsel uncorroborated-admission uncorroborated-extrajudicial-admission WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WAS VIOLATED BY HIS TRIAL ATTORNEY'S FAILURE TO MOVE THE DISTRICT COURT T… -6.5
18-8172 Corinthian Bostic v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal conflict-of-interest due-process fifth-amendment indigent indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance motion-to-withdraw pre-trial-hearing pre-trial-motion right-to-appeal Did the pre-trial judge abuse its discretion by denying Bostic's appointed attorney's motion to withdraw where Bostic and his trial counsel had a conf… -6.5
18-8183 Gregory Frank Sperow v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-fairness government-breach government-misconduct plea-agreement property-rights rule-11 waiver waiver-provision Whether the government can breach a Rule .11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement concerning the return of seized properties and then rely on the agreement's waive… -6.5
18-8185 Anthony Alexander Ferrari v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-overbreadth fourth-amendment liberty-deprivation overbreadth overbroad plain-error probation-officer statutory-reasonableness supervised-release vague vagueness I. This Court should grant certiorari to resolve a split in circuit authority regarding whether it is plain error to require as a condition of supervi… -6.5
18-8186 Kirby Gant v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment automobile-exception civil-rights criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit inevitable-discovery inventory-search plain-view-doctrine probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred by finding that the automobile exception applied when the district court made no findings that the vehicle was read… -6.5
18-8187 Kelley Toney v. David Stock, Warden Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights corrections-department due-process sentence-enhancement sentencing sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation supervised-release 1) Shoud A CONVcd PERN b FL ANishEd A SENENING? 2) Is A SENtence Not AuthoRizEd by StAtUte Void? 3) IS AN IPRPER SENtENCE in ViOLATiON OF UNiTESAtES… -6.5
18-8190 Edgar Alonso Pineda-Pineda v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process indictment prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of… -6.5
18-8195 Malcolm Bolden v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-8198 Brandon Lisi v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure curcio-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-challenge Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit committed reversible error by denying Petitioner's timely filed Petition for Reheari… -6.5
18-8205 Elamin Bashir v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process individualized-jury-finding jury-finding jury-instructions mandatory-minimum sentencing I. WHETHER THE MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE WAS IMPROPERLY IMPOSED FOR DRUG-TRAFFICKING CONSPIRACY, BECAUSE INDIVIDUALIZED JURY FINDING AS TO QUANTITY O… -6.5
18-8210 Mahogany Taquilla Alexander v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-discretion 1. DID TRIAL COURT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION BY CONSIDERING A NOLLE PROSSED CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN SENTENCING PETITIONER TO THE 20-YEAR PLEA CAP,… -6.5
18-8213 Hector Santillan v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment fourth-amendment minority-communities police-interrogation police-investigation prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion reid-v-georgia rodriguez-standard rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop Whether, per the Fourth Amendment and this Court's holdings in Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 1609, 1616 (2015) and Reid v. Georgia, 448 U.S. 4… -6.5
18-8216 Zavia L. Johnson v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clearly-erroneous clearly-erroneous-standard law-enforcement-officer law-enforcement-testimony scott-v-harris standard-of-review testimony video-evidence videotape videotape-evidence Does a federal courts of appeals misapply the clearly erroneous standard of review when it upholds a district court's crediting of a law enforcement o… -6.5
18-8217 Marvin Johnson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process enterprise enterprise-membership fair-trial jury-instructions racketeering racketeering-act violent-crime 1. Whether in order to be legally sufficient, evidence supporting a conviction of violent crime in aid of racketeering must demonstrate that the defen… -6.5
18-8218 Nathaniel Hoskins v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation confidential-informant criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression materiality prosecutorial-misconduct rico-conspiracy suppression Whether the prosecution's pretrial evidentiary suppression of various law enforcement reports, interviews and statements favorable to the Petitioner v… -6.5
18-8220 In Re Damon Graham Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-relief appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals discretionary-powers due-process exceptional-circumstances (1) Whether this Court should compel the First Circuit Court of Appeals to rule on Mr. Graham's long-pending fourteen months certificate of appealabil… -6.5
18-8226 James Craig Bird v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole plea-bargaining prejudice-prong strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the State improperly determined the prejudice prong underlying the test set-forth in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) as to erron… -6.5
18-8238 Rafael Gomez Uranga v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-v-wingo circuit-split constitutional-rights due-process government-delay government-negligence governmental-negligence gross-negligence prejudice sixth-amendment speedy-trial united-states-v-doggett The question presented here is whether a speedy trial delay caused exclusively by the gross negligence of the Government weighs heavily against the Go… -6.5
18-8239 Negus Thomas v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure crosby-remand district-court intervening-change-in-law jacobson-remand law-of-the-case law-of-the-case-doctrine manifest-injustice new-evidence reasonableness reasonableness-review resentencing sentencing On a Crosby remand, the district court decided not to resentence the defendants. On a Jacobson remand, the district court again decided not to resente… -6.5
18-8247 Patrick Joseph Kofalt v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights counsel-waiver due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waivers Are all ineffective assistance of counsel waivers per se invalid because they violate the Sixth Amendment's right to conflict-free representation? Di… -6.5
18-8252 Freddie Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights conviction due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions mistrial structural-error Whether The United States District Court And The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Denied The Petitioner Relief Pursuant To The Issues Raised In A Petiti… -6.5
18-8259 Nickie Thomas Gray, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-rights debatable-standard due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurist-of-reason law-enforcement sixth-amendment sixth-circuit Gty Was Initially represented by counsel when he filed his § 2255, and application for a certificate of appealability The Court below along with the t… -6.5
18-8260 Kenton Deon Harrell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing statutory-interpretation takings This Court's holding and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(b) require a § 2255 court to conduct an evidentiary hearing unless the record and filings conclusively prove… -6.5
18-8280 Darrell J. Williams v. Cecilia Reynolds, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP blakely-v-washington circumstantial-evidence due-process fifth-circuit jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified. -6.5
18-8291 Juanita Garcia v. Deborah Johnson, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure evidence habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice prejudice-prong sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington In order to obtain federal habeas relief for a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel, Strickland v. Washington… -6.5
18-8298 Jermaine Brazill v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-offender cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process due-process-rights eighth-amendment independent-inquiry juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mental-health rehabilitation rehabilitative-potential young-age Was it a violation of due process for the trial judge to rely purely on an opinion conducting any independent inquiry into the Petitioner's fitness. … -6.5