Conference: 2019-04-12

297 cases — 0 granted, 297 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-949 Jamal Knox v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-threat first-amendment free-speech reasonable-person speech-protection subjective-intent terroristic-threats true-threat true-threats Under Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705 (1969) (per curiam), the First Amendment does not protect "true threats." Federal courts of appeals and sta… 22.0
18-755 Illinois Liberty PAC, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) buckley-standard buckley-v-valeo campaign-finance civil-rights contribution-limits due-process equal-protection first-amendment political-contributions political-speech strict-scrutiny 1. Should political contribution limits that favor one type of speaker over another receive strict scrutiny? 2. Should the holding in Buckley v. Vale… 17.0
18-759 Matthew D. Sample v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (3) criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-authority district-court-discretion imprisonment income-earning probation restitution sentencing-discretion victim-compensation Whether a district court may reduce a prison sentence, or impose a probationary term in lieu of imprisonment, to enable a defendant to earn income to … 13.5
18-879 Electric Power Supply Association, et al. v. John B. Rhodes, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (2) energy-regulation federal-power-act ferc ferc-preemption just-and-reasonable-rates market-based-auctions preemption state-subsidies wholesale-electricity wholesale-electricity-markets The question presented is whether the FPA preempts only state subsidies that explicitly require a wholesale generator to sell its output in FERC appro… 12.5
18-609 Joseph David Robertson v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (6) appellate-review clean-water-act criminal-procedure motion-for-acquittal navigable-waters rapanos-v-united-states sackett-v-epa united-states-army-corps-of-engineers-v-hawkes-co void-for-vagueness Petitioner Joseph David Robertson is an elderly Navy veteran who ran a fire fighting support truck business deep in the Montana woods. He dug some wat… 11.5
18-852 Anne L. Precythe v. Ernest Johnson Eighth Circuit GVR administrative-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment execution-method feasible-alternative glossip-v-gross method-of-execution nitrogen-gas pentobarbital pleading-requirements Inmates who wish to challenge a method of execution under the Eighth Amendment must plead and prove an alternative method that is "feasible, readily i… 10.5
18-899 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-proceeding federal-circuit indian-tribe inter-partes-review patent-challenge patent-law patent-office patent-trial-and-appeal-board sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereign-immunity Whether inter partes review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is the type of proceeding in which tribal sovereign immunity may be asserted. 10.5
18M126 Carman L. Deck v. Richard Jennings, Warden Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
18-722 Soundboard Association v. Federal Trade Commission District of Columbia Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking arbitrary-and-capricious chilled-speech chilling-effect federal-trade-commission judicial-review protected-speech rulemaking staff-advisory-opinion Do Petitioners have a right to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act of a Federal Trade Commission staff advisory opinion that effect… 10.0
18-868 Electric Power Supply Association, et al. v. Anthony M. Star, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived auction-rates federal-power-act ferc ferc-jurisdiction just-and-reasonable-rates market-rates preemption preemption-doctrine state-subsidies wholesale-electricity wholesale-electricity-markets The question presented is whether the FPA preempts only state subsidies that explicitly require a wholesale generator to sell its output in FERC appro… 9.5
18-811 JPay, Inc. v. Cynthia Kobel, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitrability arbitrability-delegation arbitration-agreement class-arbitration contract-interpretation contractual-language dispute-resolution oxford-health-plans parties-intentions presumption stolt-nielsen stolt-nielsen-presumption May courts presume parties intended to let an arbitrator decide if class arbitration is available when they "simply agree[d] to submit" disputes over … 9.0
18-1073 Tara King, et al. v. Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights content-based-regulation content-based-restriction due-process extraordinary-circumstances first-amendment free-speech irreparable-harm mandate-recall standing supreme-court-precedent takings 1. Whether the Court of Appeals erred when it refused to recall its mandate after this Court explicitly abrogated its opinion by name. 2. Whether a l… 8.5
18-1114 TS Patents LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 ashcroft-v-iqbal claim-dismissal federal-circuit novel-improvements novel-invention novel-technical-improvements patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-presumption patent-validity presumption-of-validity routine-and-conventional rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 technical-improvements Can a court dismiss a patent infringement complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), for a lack of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101, when the complaint and… 8.5
18-686 Lazina King, et al. v. Caliber Home Loans, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) dodd-frank-act dual-tracking foreclosure-law jury-trial private-right-of-action real-estate-settlement-procedures-act regulation-x respa-regulation seventh-amendment statutory-damages Is the RE SPA Regulation X Section 6(1) which was promulgated by Dodd-Frank Act remedial in nature which provides a private right of action to an inju… 6.0
18-701 Clayton Prince Tanksley v. Lee Daniels, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 7th-amendment access amendment copyright copyright-infringement jury-trial lay-observer-test pleading-stage prima-facie-claim probative-similarity similarity substantial-similarity (1) The question presented is whether the trial court should engage in a substantive analysis and determination regarding substantialsimilarity as a m… 6.0
18-723 Jose Rodriguez v. Bank of America, N.A. Florida Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process equitable-relief foreclosure foreclosure-evidence impartiality judicial-impartiality mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the due process protections enshrined in the 5th and 14th Amendments of the U. S. Constitution prohibit Florida Courts from turning a blind ey… 6.0
18-732 Jean Coulter v. Blaze Tatananni, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-vagueness due-process grand-jury-review impartiality judicial-bias judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal recusal standing vagueness Are Recusal Statutes 28 U.S. Code §455 and §144 Unconstitutionally Vague? Must the decision be overturned as Due Process is denied/impossible in the … 6.0
18-783 John M. Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption foreclosure-fraud national-bank-act national-banks property-rights state-courts 1. Whether the National Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq. restrictions on states, federal preemption and exclusive federal regulation vie for exclusive fe… 6.0
18-800 Linda Shao v. McManis Faulkner, LLP California Denied Relisted (2) appeal appeal-dismissal california-rules-of-court conflict-of-interest court-procedure dismissal due-process fraud insufficient-records judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct notice procedural-deception The questions presented in this case are: 1. Does due process require reversal of the dismissal of appealbased on the fact that the California 6th Di… 6.0
18-1004 James Seaman v. Westfield Medical Center, L.P., et al. Pennsylvania Denied civil-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure notice notice-requirement pro-se pro-se-litigant public-policy rules-of-procedure service-of-pleading I, James Seaman, Pro Se Petitioner/Appellant, request this Petition for Writ of Certiorari to be Granted given the salient issues, the constitutional … 5.5
18-1014 In Re Rex E. Russo Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-right due-process equal-protection equal-rights florida-constitution judicial-administration judicial-records judicial-transparency mandamus public-records public-records-access Florida's Constitution provides every person with the right to inspect or copy any public record made or received by the judicial branch, except recor… 5.5
18-1020 Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Communicar, Inc., et al. New York Denied case-consolidation civil-procedure Conflict-of-interest consolidation Discovery due-process Examination-before-trial judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-review pro-se-litigation standing subpoena Subpoena-Duces-Tecum Three cases bearing individual case index numbers, CV-092419-1IJQU, CV-027168-12/QU, CV-032361-12/QU, court fees paid, different filing dates, grandfa… 5.5
18-1024 Lenard Johnson v. Richard Winfrey, Jr. Fifth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment accrual-of-claim civil-rights false-statements fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure franks-analysis franks-v-delaware law-enforcement-misconduct legal-accrual material-omission probable-cause qualified-immunity warrant-application I. Does Franks v. Delaware1 analysis apply when a court opines information omitted from a warrant application is material to establishing probable c… 5.5
18-1026 William Kinney, et ux. v. Anderson Lumber Company, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied anti-trust antitrust-law-sherman-act concurrent-jurisdiction due-process due-process-clause equal-protection fourteenth-amendment religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act sherman-antitrust-act unlicensed-practice-of-law Whether Tennessee's law for the unlicensed practice of law violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by restraining free market trade and competition withou… 5.5
18-1033 W. A. Griffin v. United Healthcare of Georgia, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied administrative-appeals anti-assignment co-fiduciary-liability document-request erisa erisa-co-fiduciary-liability erisa-document-production-requests ERISA-governed-plan erisa-welfare-plan-administration fiduciary-duty georgia-mandatory-assignment-of-benefits-statute plan-administrator provider-anti-assignment provider-anti-assignment-clauses retroactive-assignment statute-of-limitations-for-erisa-penalties statutory-penalties Whether or not a plan administrator and/or plan fiduciary of an ERISA governed welfare benefit plan waived the rights to assert provider anti-assignme… 5.5
18-1034 Jefferson A. McGee v. City of Sacramento, California Ninth Circuit Denied appeal appellate-review civil-rights conspiracy discrimination discrimination-claims due-process equal-protection federal-financial-assistance racial-discrimination standing Whether the appeal in this action is so insubstantial as not to warrant further review and should not be permitted to proceed? 5.5
18-1035 Keithrick Thomas v. Texas Texas Denied curtilage driveway plain-view-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search curtilage fourth-amendment plain-view-doctrine police-encounter probable-cause search-and-seizure standing vehicle-search warrantless-search 1. Has a Fourth Amendment violation occurred, where an uninvited police officer approaches a vehicle passenger, after the passenger has exited the veh… 5.5
18-1036 Antero Ramos v. Firestone Building Products Company, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied 60(b)(6) attorney-misconduct attorney-negligence circuit-split civil-procedure client-abandonment client-relief equitable-relief federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion legal-malpractice rule-60(b)(6) summary-judgment 1. If a client is blameless, is a lawyer's gross neglect of the client's case a basis for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6)? (7-2 … 5.5
18-1037 Zheng Cai v. Diamond Hong, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied administrative-review cafc cultural-symbols foreign-cultural-symbol foreign-language foreign-language-marks judicial-interpretation language-expertise standing trademark trademark-examination trademark-law ttab Facing disputed marks with words in or originated in foreign language and foreign cultural symbol, judges should first get to know the true meaning of… 5.5
18-1039 Jeremy Levin, et ux. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Second Circuit Denied anti-terrorism-law asset-attachment correspondent-banking electronic-fund-transfer federal-preemption new-york-ucc preemption terrorism-risk-insurance-act Are blocked EFTs, originating with Iran, transferred into the U.S. by agents of Iran, and used to benefit its financial interests, im mune from reco… 5.5
18-1042 Frank Gonzalez v. City of Hialeah, Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied city-charter city-employment civil-rights collective-bargaining constitutional-rights due-process employment for-cause-removal probationary-employee procedural-due-process procedural-rights property-interest public-employment reemployment-list stigma 1. whether there is a federal common law standard to determine the existence of a property interest in city employment, without applying state laws, r… 5.5
18-1163 Richard Hutchings, et al. v. Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois Illinois Denied Amici (2)Response Waived administrative-hearing administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process eminent-domain fourteenth-amendment notice property-rights public-use quasi-judicial takings utility-siting Where an evidentiary hearing to evaluate specified criteria under a power line siting statute results in orders approving a specific route for a line,… 5.5
18-838 Scott Kaseburg, et al. v. Port of Seattle, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure federal-interest federal-jurisdiction federal-law federal-preemption federal-statute grable-type-jurisdiction property-rights quiet-title railroad-easement state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction trails-act 1. Whether Grable -type subject matter jurisdiction exists where (A) it is undisputed that the Plaintiffs' state law cause of action for quiet title… 5.5
18M125 Victor Gabriel Nunez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M127 Chester S. Vaughn v. James Hoot Gibson, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M128 Christopher Diep v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M129 Yi S. v. Administration for Children's Services of the City of New York New York Denied None 5.5
18M130 Janet Fawemimo v. American Airlines, Inc. Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
18M131 Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M132 Thomas Reynolds v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18M133 Osmin Agruellaz Meraz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
18-799 Deborah J. Davis v. Mehul Bhatt Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law battery-claims civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection expert-witness georgia-state-law legal-procedure medical-malpractice standing takings Question not identified. 4.0
18-888 Michael S. Bent v. Cheryl Strange, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 due-process federal-grants impartiality judicial-impartiality noncustodial-parent parens-patriae social-security-act state-courts strict-scrutiny title-iv-d Lacking federal definition for the Title IV-D noncustodial parent, may a state agency classify an obligator parent as a Title IV-D noncustodial parent… 4.0
18-961 Mitchell R. Swartz v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-145 35-usc-section-145 administrative-law civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-review judicial-procedure patent patent-application patent-law-35-usc-145 patent-office standing takings Has The Court Erred by not being consistent with Decisions of this court Regarding The Requirement of 35 U.S.C. §145 Claims (Count 1) to Address the N… 4.0
18-1040 Licong Li v. Sofia Dang Illinois Denied Response Waived child-custody crimes-against-humanity divorce divorce-proceedings due-process family-law fundamental-rights human-made-tragedies human-rights parental-rights visitation • How long would crimes against humanity in terms of child custody and visitation in divorce cases be allowed to continue in this country? • How long… 3.5
18-1045 Nathaniel Brent, et al. v. Wayne County Department of Human Services, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment administrative-policy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ex-parte-orders judicial-oversight qualified-immunity rooker-feldman-doctrine standing 1. This Court has made clear that the RookerFeldman Doctrine is simply an application of 28 U.S.C. § 1257. Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine bar a 42 U… 3.5
18-1058 Janice Smets v. Heather Wilson, Secretary of the Air Force Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion civil-rights civil-servant due-process employment federal-circuit federal-courts mixed-case mspb non-jurisdiction summary-judgment title-vii 1. When a civil servant changes a claim to a 'mixed case' during the District Court's non-hearing proceedings and she files to remand based on non-jur… 3.5
18-1071 Brandi K. Stokes v. Timothy Martin Sulak Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process geneva-conventions international-law legal-notice prisoner-of-war procedural-waiver standing treaty-interpretation waiver war-crimes Whether rights secured by the Geneva Conventions can be waived by inadequate briefing or late notice. 3.5
18-1072 James J. Macor v. United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 administrative-law analogous-art obviousness obviousness-standard patent patent-examination patent-law prior-art statutory-interpretation In making rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious, what standard should be applied in determining whether prior art is "analogous," and, if the… 3.5
18-1091 Afoluso Adesanya, et vir v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-review civil-rights discovery discovery-violation due-process employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication ex-parte-communications judicial-conduct judicial-sanctions pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation sanctions Whether the 3rd Circuit Appeals Court erred in upholding the decision of Federal District Court to dismiss Petitioner One employment discrimination La… 3.5
18-1099 Janie L. Robinson v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund Montana Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process grand-bargain medical-examination new-york-central-v-white search search-and-seizure state-authority unconstitutional-conditions workers-compensation Montana law authorizes workers compensation insurers to "doctor shop" by compelling repetitive medical examinations without demonstrating good cause. … 3.5
18-1110 Cecil Daughtrey, et ux. v. Luis E. Rivera Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived army-corps-of-engineers bankruptcy-code-conversion bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-trustee-duties chapter-11-conversion debtor-interests department-of-interior department-of-justice due-process environmental-protection environmental-protection-agency government-agencies national-defense property-dispute property-rights trustee-actions us-government water-resource water-rights I. Why are the Bankruptcy Trustee, US Government, Army Core of Engineers, Department of Justice, Department of Interior, US Leaders, Environmental Pro… 3.5
18-1133 Henry J. Langer, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 8th-circuit burden-of-proof civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence penalty-assessment tax-court tax-court-review tax-evasion tax-fraud tax-liability tax-penalties Whether Respondent has proved by clear and convincing evidence that Henry J. Langer is liable for the fraud penalty for the years 2011, 2012, and 2013… 3.5
18-1141 Sandra Brown v. New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medicine New Hampshire Denied Response Waived administrative-agency controlled-drug-act controlled-substances criminal-law enforcement-authority jurisdiction pharmacy-board regulatory-inspection separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Whether the New Hampshire Supreme Court erred in failing to find that the New Hampshire Board of Veterinary Medic… 3.5
18-1155 James Michael Murphy v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights claim-preclusion defamation discovery due-process first-amendment government-liability judicial-estoppel litigation-strategy res-judicata Is a second defamation lawsuit precluded by res judicata after dismissal of the first lawsuit, where key information about additional, later, widespre… 3.5
18-1169 John Stephen Thorne v. Union Pacific Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure declaratory-judgment equitable-defense equitable-defenses equity judicial-remedy laches legal-claims limitations-period prejudice property-rights statute-of-limitations stock-ownership texas-law Thorne initiated a declaratory judgment action seeking inter alia declarations that he owned the stock certificate issued by a predecessor-in-interest… 3.5
18-1194 Shane Crutchfield v. Jeff Dennison, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review martinez-trevino-exception post-conviction-review procedural-default state-court-proceedings trial-counsel trial-record Whether the exception to procedural default established in Martinez v. Ryan, 566 U.S. 1 (2012), and Trevino v. Thaler, 569 U.S. 413 (2013), is categor… 3.5
18-1204 Terry Haynie v. United Airlines, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived discrete incident instead of an ongoing pattern o civil-rights constructive-discharge employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment material-facts national-railroad-passenger-corp-v-morgan retaliation statute-of-limitations summary-judgment 1. Whether the court below erroneously applied Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan when it considered each incident of harassment as a single, discre… 3.5
18-996 Charles Lavel Stringer v. Storesonline, Inc., et al. Mississippi Denied Response Waived chancery-court civil-procedure civil-procedure-28-usc-1654 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pro-se pro-se-representation sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation DID THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT REFUSE TO APPLY THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE IN THE USE OF THE, WORD OF SHALL IN MISSISSIPPI CODE OF ANN § 11-1-17 IN VIOL… 3.5
18-8029 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (6)IFP 28-usc-2244(b) amendment anti-gay-animus appellate-procedure appellate-proceedings civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus impartial-jury juror-bias second-or-successive second-or-successive-petition second-or-successive-petitions standing Could reasonable jurists debate whether a court may permit an amendment to an initial habeas corpus petition, without applying 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)'s l… 1.5
18-6450 Justen Russell v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2244 aedpa aedpa-limitations appeal appellate-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus mental-health-confinement mental-illness right-to-appeal state-created-impediment I. DOES THE COMPLETE FAILURE TO ADVISE OF HIS RIGHT TO APPEAL AND THE FAILURE OF A DEFENDANT "STATE IMPEDIMENT" SUFFICIENT TIME PERIOD IN WHICH TO TOL… -0.5
18-6672 Marciano Millan Vasquez, aka Chano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aiding-and-abetting drug-conspiracy due-process kingpin-statute murder Whether the extraterritorial application of 21 U.S.C. § 848(e)(1)(A) to murders occurring wholly outside the United States violates the presumption ag… -1.0
18-6777 Kenya Ali Hyatt v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-determination juvenile-life-without-parole juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-statute sixth-amendment I. Whether Michigan's Miller v. Alabama sentencing statute requires a jury determination and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, under the Sixth and Four… -1.0
18-6782 Tia Marie-Mitchell Skinner v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-determination juvenile-life-without-parole juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing-statute sixth-amendment I. Whether Michigan's Miller v. Alabama sentencing statute requires a jury determination and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, under the Sixth and Four… -1.0
18-6919 Marcelo Joel Santos-Cordero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP batson batson-challenge circuit-split civil-rights discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike racial-discrimination Following a remand, must a trial court that is retrospectively analyzing whether a peremptory strike violated Batson's prohibition against discriminat… -1.0
18-7033 Michael Casey Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP congress district-court federal-indian-law indian-country judicial-restoration land-relinquishment land-rights native-american-lands native-americans reservation-status separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treaty-rights Whether or Not a District Court Judge Can Restor Lands That By TREATY Were Relinquished By Indians to the United States All Claims and Rights They Pos… -1.0
18-7217 C. G., a Minor v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-trial juvenile-justice state-law Does a state law that completely bans jury trials for juveniles charged with crimes violate the federal constitutional rights to a jury trial, due pro… -1.0
18-8161 Kali Lord v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP above-guidelines-sentence appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error procedural-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-arguments sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? Mu… -1.5
18-8256 Mustafa Ahmad Naushad v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery judicial-discretion legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence violent-physical-force 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… -1.5
18-8266 Tamim Abdul-Samad, aka Tamin Abdul-Samad, aka Brandon Harris v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c) bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach courts-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-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… -1.5
18-8275 Brian Sawyers v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection implicit-bias jury-instruction jury-instructions jury-selection racial-bias racial-discrimination racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether the federal district court should give an implicit bias jury instruction upon request where other courts have recognized that implicit bias is… -1.5
18-8293 Rodolfo Rivero Garcia, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment border-patrol border-search drug-interdiction drug-trafficking fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion terry-stop traffic-stop vehicle-search vehicle-stop Whether the stop of Mr. Garcia's vehicle was supported by reasonable suspicion of illegal activity where the only factors present were: (1) the stop o… -1.5
18-8302 Dominique Dontae Lasker v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach courts-of-appeals crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-definition specific-intent statutory-interpretation 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… -1.5
18-8311 Ademolla Wahhed Adeyemi, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) or U.S.S.G. § … -1.5
18-8327 Robert Nathan Alm v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law federal-bank-robbery federal-crime intimidation legal-interpretation specific-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 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… -1.5
18-8328 Maritza Burgueno-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-USC-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion federal-sentencing sentencing-considerations sentencing-disparities smuggling smuggling-scheme unwarranted-sentences 1. Whether the district court violated 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)'s rule that a district court must consider unwarranted sentencing disparities when it refus… -1.5
18-8339 Joshua E. Shepherd v. Jeffrey E. Krueger, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca-prior-conviction acca-purposes constitutional-interpretation constitutional-issue criminal-law due-process federal-court federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts prior-conviction sentencing state-case-law state-courts state-statute state-statute-analysis statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution permits a federal court to conclude that a prior conviction is "generic" for ACCA purposes based solely on another federal co… -1.5
18-8361 Arturo Sarli v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights consent-to-search custodial-interrogation detention due-process fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-consent vehicle-search Police officers stopped Arturo Sarli as he drove his truck. The officers had received a tip about Sarli and used their traffic-enforcement authority t… -1.5
18-8388 Brian Wright v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-tracking due-process fourth-amendment overbreadth search-and-seizure sentencing supervised-release tapia-error vagueness warrantless-search 1. Did the Ninth Circuit err by finding that there was no "egregious violation" of Mr. Wright's Fourth Amendment rights when Mr. Wright's cellular pho… -1.5
18-8391 Nam Nhat Ngo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-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… -1.5
18-8394 Asim Shakir Daniels v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process equal-protection federal-crime federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-interpretation sentencing statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-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… -1.5
18-8435 Roy Allen Green v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-vagueness due-process mandatory-sentencing residual-clause retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing-guidelines vagueness In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), this Court held unconstitutionally vague the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act ("A… -1.5
18-8436 David Fehr Harder v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure 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 eit… -1.5
18-6784 In Re Samuel Rivera Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-amendments constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdictional-rules standing WHETHER ... RESPECT JUDGMENT OF THE COURT JUDGE'S - - WHOSE MEMBERS TAKE THE SAME OATH AS THE U.S. CONGRESS THAT UPHOLD THE U.S. CONSTITUTION UNDER 28… -4.0
18-6947 Lisa J. Gillard v. Illinois Illinois Denied Relisted (2)IFP battery battery-conviction constitutional-violation conviction due-process final-judgment illinois-supreme-court judicial-review unconstitutional 1. Whether the Illinois Supreme Court acted unconstitutional by depriving petitioner due process on a final judgment of a conviction of a battery? -4.0
18-7052 Gwendolyn Wilkerson v. Timothy Woods Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP None -4.0
18-7160 Gerald Aranoff v. Susan Aranoff New York Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals divorce-judgment due-process forgery fraud judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-standing pro-se standing Can the NYS Court of Appeals dismiss my case saying that they don't have jurisdiction to entertain it? -4.0
18-7211 Frank M. Monte v. Joe Kessling, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism interstate-dispute judicial-review legal-standing original-jurisdiction standing state-sovereignty 1. Constitutionality of a State, the State of Florida, to bring an Original legal action against a citizen of another State, the State of New Jersey; … -4.0
18-7235 Jason Eugene Bush v. Arizona Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-doctrine due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment investigative-agencies kyles-v-whitley prosecutorial-disclosure Whether Arizona follows the rule of Kyles v. Whitley requiring prosecutors to investigate and disclose exculpatory evidence from all participating inv… -4.0
18-6905 Thomas Thadeus Szczerba v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP affidavit-incorporation criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception incorporation-of-affidavit search-and-seizure warrant-incorporation warrant-particularity warrant-particularization I. Does the Leon "good -faith exception" to the exclusionary rule apply when a warrant fails to particularize the "things to be seized" and fails to c… -4.5
18-6908 Livingston Manners v. Ronald Cannella, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 42-U.S.C.-1983 Excessive-Force fleeing-and-eluding fourth-amendment Fourth-Amendment-Violation probable-cause qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop Is there a violation of the fourth amendment where the arrest of a civilian stems from an illegal traffic stop - a traffic stop without either probabl… -4.5
18-7091 Steven Anthony Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing competence competency-evaluation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation judicial-process judicial-review mental-competence mental-health mitigating-evidence procedural-fairness 1. When, in reviewing the two-part claim that trial counsel was ineffective both for failing to provide known, relevant information to mental health e… -4.5
18-7204 Julio Rolon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP Alleyne alleyne-v-united-states Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states Apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey crimes-of-violence Dimaya due-process hobbs-act Johnson-II johnson-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states section-924c sessions-v-dimaya Whether in its supervisory jurisdiction over the Courts of the United States, and based upon this Court's clear precedent and the facts of record, thi… -4.5
18-7219 Jose Amador and Diana Mekaeil v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule invited-error judicial-procedure legal-burden standard-of-review warrantless-search Whether a finding of invited error requires a finding of deliberateness. -4.5
18-7226 Omar Blanco v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment civil-rights death-penalty due-process retroactivity supremacy-clause 1. Did Hall v. Florida , 134 S. Ct. 1986 (2014), announce a substantive rule of constitutional law? 2. May a state court hold that a substantive rule… -4.5
18-7233 Hosea Latron Swopes v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act assault circuit-split intent physical-force statutory-interpretation threat violent-felony weapon-exhibition Whether a statute prohibiting an angry exhibition of a weapon in the presence of another without requiring that the perpetrator direct or intend to di… -4.5
18-7379 Edward Bruno Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 acca-sentence armed-career-criminal-act burden-of-proof circuit-split johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 In Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015) (Johnson), this Court declared unconstitutional the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal A… -4.5
18-7618 David S. Neal v. ASTA Funding, Inc. Third Circuit Denied IFP alternative-theories arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure condition-precedent contract contract-law dispute-resolution due-process non-parties non-party-enforcement standing Can non-parties to a contract with an arbitration provision be compelled to arbitrate based on alternative theories when the contractual condition pre… -4.5
18-7733 Tyrone Justin Cowan v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeals certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights ninth-circuit right-to-counsel Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appeal- ability and in evaluating petitioner's claims: 1) that his rights under Miranda v. Ar… -4.5
18-7743 Kevin Daniel Driscoll v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa anti-terrorism antiterrorism-act civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process government-petition habeas-corpus petition-clause petition-rights procedural-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the Antirerrorist and3 Effea tive Death Penalty A (AEWA) of 1996) vitiates; m citizens 1) Privilege to t he Wr it o' Hbeas Corpa pursuant to "… -4.5
18-7749 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Grant Maloy Florida Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure certiorari-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-delay mandamus pro-se pro-se-litigant supreme-court-procedure Whether the Supreme Court of Florida unjust delay of ninety seven (97) days from the State of Florida for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Sem… -4.5
18-7752 Mohan A. Harihar v. US Bank NA, et al. First Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 appointment-of-counsel circuit-panel-procedure civil-procedure-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process judicial-recusal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-complexity pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation recusal standing 1. Whether the replacement Circuit Panel repeatedly refused to address/clarify Jurisdiction issues, ultimately dismissing the referenced appeal when t… -4.5
18-7757 William Davenport v. James Falk, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna dna-evidence dna-testing due-process evidence fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel res-gestae witness-identification I. Whether trial court erred in admitting evidence of DNA testing from mixed samples. II. Whether trial courts abuse of discretion violated Applicant… -4.5
18-7767 Joshua Sanchez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-precedents texas-court-of-appeals Whether the interpretation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments by the Texas Court of Appeals is in conflict with preceden… -4.5
18-7771 Tommy Wayne Brotherton v. Jay Cassady, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment brady-violation due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights motion-to-suppress sixth-amendment suppression-hearing videotaped-statements 1. Whether (for any one and or all reasons stated herein) petitioner was denied his rights to due process and a fair trial under the Sixth and Fourtee… -4.5
18-7772 Antonio Franklin v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-punishment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-counsel execution-date habeas-corpus right-to-counsel Is the right to effective representation critical during which time the State moves for an execution date? Does the constitutional right to effective… -4.5
18-7775 Joseph F. Olivares v. Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing statute-of-limitations takings workers-compensation Question not identified. -4.5
18-7782 James E. Mason, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-challenges burden-of-proof confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process impeached-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel insufficient-evidence jury-instructions jury-selection race-neutral-challenges Reasonable jurists would conclude that the State obtained Mr. Masons with insufficient evidence. Jurists of reason would determine that Mr. Mason was… -4.5
18-7798 Steven Floyd Voss v. Second Judicial District Court of Nevada, Washoe County Nevada Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sentencing state-court state-court-jurisdiction 1. Do the imposition of and discharge from the subsequently invalidated Judgment of Conviction violate the constitutional principles of Double Jeopard… -4.5
18-7803 Dennis Hegstrom v. Florida Florida Denied IFP eighth-amendment homicide late-adolescent late-adolescent-offender mandatory-life-sentence miller-v-alabama neuroscience-evidence parole parole-eligibility sentencing Is It Time to Extend the Eighth Amendment Protections Enunciated in Miller v. Alabama to Late Adolescent Homicide Offenders Like Hegstrom (i.e., 18 to… -4.5
18-7813 Bradley Jared Barton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-process judicial-review post-conviction-relief postconviction-remedy standing state-court-proceedings state-post-conviction state-procedure (1.) At what point does a state's post-conviction remedy become so inadequate as to render that process "ineffective" as contemplated by 28 U.S.C. § 2… -4.5
18-7815 Shea Pascal Dease v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP civil-judgment civil-procedure due-process service-of-process standing state-court-judgment state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
18-7816 Jason Brooks v. Phil Weiser, Attorney General of Colorado, et al. Colorado Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-intent criminal-securities-fraud due-process fair-notice mens-rea scienter securities-fraud statutory-interpretation strict-liability willfulness Whether "scienter" is an element of criminal securities fraud and whether its existence is a question of fact that must be proven beyond a reasonable … -4.5
18-7822 Meryl S. McDonald v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-jurisdiction due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-fact postconviction-counsel pro-se-filing standing voir-dire Whether the voir dire examination oath provision of Rules 3.191 and 3.300(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure is a jurisdictional fact, as s… -4.5
18-7828 Robert Largo v. New York New York Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law-section-440.10 due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penal-law-section-70.02 persistent-violent-felony sentencing void-for-vagueness Did the New York State Supreme Court err in holding that as-applied, the part of Penal Law Section 70.02, subdivision one (2), challenged as being voi… -4.5
18-7832 Jason Lee Harris v. Karen A. Mullins, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-law first-amendment in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit sentencing-guidelines service-of-process standing they roled that the three strickes proursion under 28 U.S.C.S Pauperis regardin Petitoners civil rights complaint alleging he was blatantly deried the… -4.5
18-7834 Brent William Bogseth v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment closing-argument constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deliberation due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-amendment murder premeditation prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination I. If there is no evidence to show that a defendant actvally Committed the offense of Murder Can premedifation and deliberation then exist as the lowe… -4.5
18-7837 Marlon Blacher v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County, et al. California Denied IFP civil-rights constitution due-process jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction standing state-authority statutory-provisions 1. Is it not true that "STATE OF CALIFORNIA" and all of its instruments are bound to the Matters declared via Article V, clause a, Constitution of the… -4.5
18-7851 Vincent Lynden Young v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-provisions due-process expert-testimony false-evidence federal-habeas habeas-corpus opinion repudiated-expert senate-bill senate-bill-1134 statutory-provisions UNDER EXISTING LAWS ' SENATE BILL § 1134 (e) (1) OPINION OF EXPERT THAT HAVE BEEN REPUDIATED BY THE EXPERT WHO ORIGINALLY PROVIDED THE OPINION AT A HE… -4.5
18-7853 John Patrick Fletcher v. Celia Schwartz, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 42-U.S.C-1983 7th-amendment abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process prisoner-complaint pro-se section-1915 section-1983 section-242 seventh-amendment standing takings Whether the Seventh Amendment allows an action to be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915— without a finding of factual error - six months after the issua… -4.5
18-7855 Barry Glenn Thunder v. Douglas Weber, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-accusation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing CCMSaTINNSA/o:GaTOuS, OSSLMPTIOWS, aWC aUCSES? ames broushr ow by rhe duccve? niwors have sexakter frNishiwy wirh drugs awdalcohol? Why are my coNsraN… -4.5
18-7860 Timothy L. Barnes v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding mandatory-minimum retroactivity sixth-amendment substantive-rule watershed-rule Does the new rule of constitutional law announced in Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), that any fact that increases the mandatory minimum … -4.5
18-7864 Prince Charles Cotton, Sr. v. Ghae Harris, Warden Ohio Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus illegal-confinement imprisonment ohio-law parole sentencing sentencing-entry standing supreme-court-ruling Is it Lawful, For The State 01 4 Ohio To Hoid The Herein FetitionerIn Illegal Confinemen United States Supreme Court Has Ruled UnconstitutioiiaI. On T… -4.5
18-7867 Meria James Bradley v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa constitutional-rights due-process evidence-withholding federal-court-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-findings state-court-proceedings state-court-review (1) Whether defense counsel withheld evidence for the jury that shown that the petitioner was actually innocent, but for a reasonable probability that… -4.5
18-7873 Troy Sierra v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification fair-trial false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-counsel rights-advisement sixth-amendment Why did the U.S. government allow Del. Deluca to arrest and detain Petitioner at the Orlando County Jail on December 30. 2007 without counsel? Why was… -4.5
18-7879 Clayton D. Colkley v. Maryland Maryland Denied IFP 5th-amendment appeal appeals appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss trial-court trial-court-jurisdiction 1. DID THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF MARYLAND ERR IN AFFIRMING TRIAL COURT'S DENIAL OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ON THE GROUND OF DOUBLE JEOPARD… -4.5
18-7888 Furn-Lee Salomon v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-safeguards criminal-procedure cumulative-error due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel passport-fraud pre-trial-investigation prejudicial-testimony pretrial-investigation strategic-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel witness-testimony WAS TRIAL COUNSEL INEFFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO CONDUCT ANY PRETRIAL INVESTIGATIONS TO AT LEAST INTERVIEW POTENTIAL WITNESSES THAT COULD HAVE SUPPORTED P… -4.5
18-7892 Sheila J. Halousek v. California Public Employees' Retirement System California Denied IFP autonomy civil-rights due-process employment-retaliation osha osha-protections privacy privacy-rights whistleblower workplace-safety With regard to the violation of Petitioner's civil rights to be "free and independent," "enjoying and defending life and liberty," and "pursuing and o… -4.5
18-7893 Sheila J. Halousek v. Bank of America, N.A. California Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights consistent-application constitutional-law due-process legal-notice legal-relief notice process-service relief service-of-process The federal mandated civil rights to due process are so vital and inherent to the fundamental and effective operation of law as to warrant two Amendme… -4.5
18-7894 Roszetta McNeill v. Wayne County Third Circuit Court, et al Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-exception fraud-exception-rooker-feldman judicial-activism rooker-feldman-doctrine statute-of-limitations superintendent-control Is it appropriate to request "Superintendent Control" from the higher courts (in accordance to Article 3, section 2 of the Constitution) when the lowe… -4.5
18-7901 Darrius DaJuan Cohee v. James Yates, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief right-to-appeal Was Petitioner's Counsel Ineffective For Failing To File Petitioner's Motion To Withdraw Guilty Plea After Petitioner Specifically Requested For Couns… -4.5
18-7902 Mario Akothe v. Carl Bear, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions (1) What authority is available to authorize habeas enforcement of the attached 44 OKLA statute barring the State of Oklahoma from having jurisdiction… -4.5
18-7906 Johnny Flores v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process lesser-included-offense manslaughter prosecutorial-vindictiveness retaliation Question not identified. -4.5
18-7909 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Correct Care, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-1915 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process imminent-injury in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure monell monell-claim standing temporary-injunction Can cases still under litigation be used as a reason to deny a plaintiff under threat of imminent injury or loss of life the right to proceed in forma… -4.5
18-7912 Eriese Alphonso Tisdale v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-vote statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's failure to apply a statutory amendment, Chapter 2016-13, Laws of Florida, which required a vote of no less than… -4.5
18-7917 Najee Sharif Wilkins v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP confrontation-clause cross-examination eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana parole-eligibility witness-testimony Petitioner was sentenced to 45-100 years concurrent to 10-40 years for second-degree murder and perjury committed when he was under the age of 18 whic… -4.5
18-7919 Susan Grund v. Julie Murphy, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-need prisoner-rights summary-judgment Whether The District Courtin granting summary judgment improperly decided disputed factual issues which the appeal court affirmed. Whether the Peti… -4.5
18-7924 Clifton Donell Lyles v. Angela Broach, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-courts fourth-circuit issue-preclusion judicial-procedure jurisdictional-bar rooker-feldman-doctrine standing DID THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY ALLOWING THE ROOKER-FELDMAN DOCTRINE TO BE USED TO GRANT MOTION FOR ISSUE PRECLUSION? -4.5
18-7925 Syed Nazim Ali v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP arbitration arbitration-immunity civil-rights corporate-representation due-process fair-hearing finra-arbitration immunity legal-standing pro-se-representation small-business small-corporation sole-owner Whether FINRA Arbitration process violated the Petitioner's rights of due process of law by failing to be fair and using the arbitration immunity to s… -4.5
18-7926 Hubert Babb v. Clara Smith, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution determinative-motive due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination sentencing WHETHER INOIGENT ANO/OR PRO SE DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS HAVE OR ARE ENTITLED TO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION FROM THE PRESENCE OP SOCIOLECONOM… -4.5
18-7953 Matthew Peterson, et ux. v. New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth & Families, et al. New Hampshire Denied IFP appellate-review child-welfare constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process family-law findings-of-fact neglect parental-rights state-intervention termination-of-parental-rights Is it unconstitutional for the State Appellate Court to uphold a trial court's decision that did not find the facts in dispute nor make any findings a… -4.5
18-7955 Antoine Deshawn Barnes v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentences criminal-sentences-parole due-process early-release non-violent-offenders parole parole-considerations-hearings parole-eligibility parole-hearings sentencing statute violent-offenses CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT "NON-VIOLENT" OFFENDERS, SO STIPULATE EARINGS, AN PAROLE CONSIDERATION FOR WHO RECIEVE A DETERMINATE SENTENCE, DO NOT NEED A … -4.5
18-7957 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Mikel Steinfeld Ninth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion compulsory-process constitutional-question due-process jurisdiction sixth-amendment-compulsory-process standing Whether or the Jue Telb di f Lave to amend Complaint is a reversible exor? Whether or not, Judge Teilborg abused his disCretion in Concluding or, not… -4.5
18-7962 Al-Rashid Muhammad Abdullah v. Plant City Police Department, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty-rights property-rights section-1983 takings Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments require that prior to the final termination of a property right/interest § 1983 … -4.5
18-7982 Obelin Jaimes-Aviles v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search Question not identified. -4.5
18-7990 Demetrius Dwayne Brookins v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collusion due-process false-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct subornation-of-perjury I cannot reliably extract the "Question(s) Presented" section from this document. While the OCR text contains what appear to be numbered questions (ma… -4.5
18-7998 Bobby Charles Byrd v. W. W. Lindsey, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP ada-accommodation appointment-of-counsel civil-rights disability-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigant rehabilitation-act As a Recipient of Federal Funds, Do United States District Courts have an Obligation under the Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") and Rehabilitat… -4.5
18-8001 William Fykes v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied IFP 14th-amendment constitutional-rights credibility criminal-procedure due-process intent jury-instructions post-arrest-silence prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination Whether Petitioner's rights under the due process of law of the US Constitution's XIV Amendment and W.Va. Constitution Art. III, §10, were violated wh… -4.5
18-8004 Henry Lee Craig v. Jody Bradley, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct judicial-oath prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial Did the trial court err - violate the petitioner Henry lee Crag # 26383 United States 14th Constitutional Amendment Equal Protection And Due Process t… -4.5
18-8005 Jason Brooks v. Angel Medina, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review exhaustion-doctrine exhaustion-of-remedies federal-appellate-court federal-appellate-review federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus merits-determination res-judicata rule-60-motion rule-60(b)(6) state-court-appeal state-court-appeals state-remedies Whether a federal appellate court can deny making a merits determination for a petitioner's failure to exhaust state remedies, when the petitioner's a… -4.5
18-8030 Charles Russell Rhines v. Darin Young, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 cullen-v-pinholster federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan pinholster-standard procedural-default state-court-adjudication Where is the boundary between "new claims," whose default federal habeas courts may excuse, and "new facts," which federal habeas courts may not consi… -4.5
18-8475 In Re Kevin Funk Denied IFP allodial-tenure constitutional-rights contract contract-interference due-process federal-land-patent irrevocable-trust land-ownership property-protection takings u.s.-constitution-article-one-section-ten In an action in which the claim to be tried is a claim of 1007 land ownership-title HELD in a irrevocable trust-deed update of a Federal Land Patent, … -4.5
18-8503 In Re Leroy Lamont Wells Denied IFP case-documentation circuit-court conviction correctional-institution criminal-conviction criminal-convictions criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus lane-county-circuit-court legal-status leroy-lamont-wells oregon-correctional-institution prison-records procedural-inquiry standing state-court Does Petitioner have three convictions in Lane County Circuit Court Case No.20 1404943, State of Oregon v. Leroy Lamont Wells, as of 12/12/2018, as pu… -4.5
18-8579 In Re John Weter, Jr. Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Is the Us Govenment ioltg the Peletiones Amenmnt ht o the s Constitton to Poncess of law by indiecthy foreing all agencys of the stale and Fedeal Gove… -4.5
18-8587 In Re Christopher Stegawski Denied IFP 21-cfr-1306.04 21-usc-802 21-usc-841 allocution chronic-pain-treatment cross-examination due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel medical-expert strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-fairness united-states-v-moore witness-testimony Was the trial fair when: - prosecution took 5 days of testimonies and defense none - key defense witnesses were not investigated pretrial - court deni… -4.5
18-5798 C. B. v. Thomas N. Fischgrund Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption adoption-law civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-allegations negligence notary-misconduct notary-public Should the Supreme Court of Florida decline to accept jurisdiction, when the claims brought before the court, strongly expresses as well as clearly an… -6.0
18-6314 Vilaychith Khouanmany v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appointment-of-counsel career-offender civil-rights,due-process,criminal-procedure,senten criminal-procedure due-process excessive-sentences habeas-corpus pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process right-to-bail right-to-counsel sentence-enhancements sentencing speedy-trial Is Dertyincj Appealbity of case no.17-1243 when the issues of career offender, enhancements of my priors and excessives sentences, and was unfairly de… -6.0
18-6793 Derrick Lamont Booth v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony fire-investigation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel nfpa-921 sixth-amendment standard-of-review standard-protocols trial-strategy Whether the state court violated Mr. Booths 6th Amendment Rights, when it clearly showed that due to his counsels unprofessional errors and la:jk of t… -6.0
18-6878 Shomari Salim Daley v. Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Question not identified. -6.0
18-6965 Lei Yin v. Biogen, Inc., fka Biogen-IDEC First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-protections discovery discovery-rules due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-rights standing Whether a Pro Se shall share the same right as those represented by lawyers that are protected by United States Constitution? Whether the Federal Cou… -6.0
18-7070 Corla Jackson v. GMAC Mortgage Corporation Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment alabama civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure motion-to-reinstate statutory-procedure Is non-judicial foreclosure pursuant to Alabama's extensive statutory procedure subject to 14th Amendment Due Process protection? Can a court deny a … -6.0
18-7092 Ileen Cain v. Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics, Inc. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP character-damage civil-liability civil-rights defamation defamation-per-se due-process financial-prospects professional-reputation rehabilitation-act terrorism trade trade-school Whether a trade school student have a trade for purposes of defamation per se Without due process, whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Summar… -6.0
18-7161 Raymond Robert Martin v. Matthew G. Whitaker, Acting Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
18-7237 Dione C. Saunders v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-misconduct social-security standing Why did Nancy A Berryhill acting commissioner ignored and discounted available evidence regarding myself and treating Sources opinion? Why is treatin… -6.0
18-7404 John Laake v. Turning Stone Resort Casino Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-religion indian-land jurisdiction religious-freedom tribal-sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereignty Whether the established clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as it pertains to Free Speech and Freedom of Religion effectiv… -6.0
18-7744 Corey Clark v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto retroactivity 1- DOES THE STATE OF ALABAMAS ACT 2OIY-IGS VIOLATE THE EX POST FACTO CLAUSE OF THE TEVO PURPOSE'S. 2) DOES THE STATE OF ALABAMA'S ACT 2OIY-I6S THAT R… -6.5
18-7753 Joel Marvin Munt v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review rules-of-construction separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Did MN Supreme Court violate Separation of Powers? Did MN Supreme Court's interpretation of Minn.Stat. § 590 and Minn.R.Crim.P. 27.03 unconstitutiona… -6.5
18-7786 Roy Shotwell v. Kevin Genovese, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure critical-stage dna-analysis dna-evidence dna-testing due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing warrantless-seizure Did The lower Courts abuse their discretion in denying Petitioner relief on the grounds that evidence was suppressed from his home and person be frivo… -6.5
18-7789 Ashley Richards v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus retroactivity sentencing-enhancement state-jail-felony statutory-enhancement statutory-interpretation texas-court-of-criminal-appeals When a statutory punishment enhancement is found inapplicable to a class of offenses, thereby decreasing the punishment range from 2-10 years to 180 d… -6.5
18-7820 Kelly Winton Pierce v. Erik Hooks Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process essential-element jury-instructions sex-offender sex-offender-registration BELOME UACDNSTITUTIONAL IN VIDLATIDAL OF DUE PROCESS LHEN THE TRIAL JUDGE LHAISGES AND EXPALDS THE DEFIILITIAN DF A ESSESTIAL ELEMELLT DF THE LRIME CH… -6.5
18-7827 Roger L. Kaufman v. Paul S. Kemper, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation due-process ex-post-facto federal-guidelines parole parole-eligibility sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers state-prisoner Whether a state prisoner is entitled under the Due Process Clause, and the Separation of Powers Doctrine of the United States and Wisconsin Constituti… -6.5
18-7845 Philip Andra Grigsby v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law contact-restrictions court-of-appeals due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment juvenile-justice minor-children parental-rights Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying a parent c… -6.5
18-7889 Ramon Romero v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process excessive-force police-misconduct qualified-immunity 'ç o b'cc cJ \o 6 coJ\Jkc7(oAc UvIl vrx oc_ -6.5
18-7933 Keith Charleston v. Jeffrey Woods, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-miranda due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel miranda-rights premeditated-murder probable-cause self-defense self-incrimination warrantless-arrest I. PETITIONER'S STATEMENT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY OBTAINED AS HIS INTOXICATION AND LACK OF SLEEP PREVENTED A KNOWING AND INTELLIGENT WAIVER OF HIS MIRA… -6.5
18-7935 Kahri Smith v. Bonita J. Hoffner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari criminal-procedure felony jurisdiction michigan-law reasonable-jurists self-defense sixth-circuit IS CERTIORARI APPROPRIATE WHERE THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS DECIDED THE MERITS OF PETITIONER'S SELF DEFENSE CLAIM WITHOUT JURISDICTION AND IS I… -6.5
18-7936 Jaquan Henderson v. Greg Skipper, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure duress legal-justification murder statutory-interpretation WHETHER DURESS IS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PRIOR TO AN OCCURRE NCE OF MURDER? -6.5
18-7939 In Re Daniel Eric Salley Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus patent standing statutory-interpretation supervisory-powers Whether the district court failed to Perform it's ministerial duties pursuant to 28 U.S. C. 3636()()(Band(), and Fed,R. Civ. P 6(a) by not Computing T… -6.5
18-7940 Charles Kelvin Johns v. Alabama Department of Human Resources Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-immunity property-rights Question not identified. racial-discrimination QUESTION ONE: Whether the 11th Circuit has interfered with the black appellant's rights under 42 USC §1981 by denying the injunctive relief required t… -6.5
18-7942 Shannon Lancaster v. James Ruane Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process homeland-security standing takings civil-rights compelled-speech due-process first-amendment free-speech religious-freedom Renwi Ac? \1-5c- vi -6.5
18-7959 Paul David Maze v. Renea Terrell, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(b)(6) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion plra prisoner-rights pro-se-litigant section-1983 standing Does a prisoner's §1983 civil matter require a remand if a District Court wrongly equate the standard for frivolousness of a complaint under §1915(d) … -6.5
18-7963 Fredmun Wayne Reynolds v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights procedural-rules rules-of-civil-procedure state-prisoner statute statute-interpretation timeliness DOES A DISTRICT COURT'S DISMISSAL OF A STATE PRISONER'S HABEAS PETITION UNDER HABEAS RULE 4, FOR LACK OF TIMELINESS, VIOLATE STATUTE, THE RULES OF CIV… -6.5
18-7967 James Dalton Smith v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-defendant criminal-procedure direct-appeal due-process facial-challenge penal-statute standing statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal defendant may raise for the first time on direct appeal the constitutionality of the statute creating and defining the crime for wh… -6.5
18-7976 Gerald Adger v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings WHEN THE PETITIONER GERALD ADGER #05-B-1254 WAIVED HIS RIGHT FOR A JURY TRIAL, WAS THE JUDGE SUPPOSE TO DENY GERALD ADGER WAIVER OF THE JURY TRIAL BEC… -6.5
18-7980 Joseph Michael Ladeairous v. Department of Justice District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process foia-request foreign-intelligence-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act freedom-of-information freedom-of-information-act national-security standing summary-judgment surveillance terrorist-designation The petitioner confronted respondent by way of the United States Freedom Of Information Act and its subsequent civil action, for information relating … -6.5
18-7991 George E. Kersey v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appeal appeal-certification civil-procedure complaint-dismissal court-of-appeals dismissal district-court frivolous immunity in-forma-pauperis standing Whether the Court of Appeals properly affirmed the District Courts December 18, 2017 decisions by which Petitioner's complaint was dismissed Whether … -6.5
18-7992 Kessele Livingston v. Lauri Esslinger, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law child-custody civil-rights due-process evidence government-agencies government-authority standing Does a State or Government Agency official have a duty to verify the origin of age of a child who is in their custody and whose mother and father's wh… -6.5
18-8000 Allister Freeman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts aedpa-limitations aedpa-time-limitations circuit-court-precedent civil-rights diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-test indigent-prisoner law-library law-library-access prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-litigant standing QUESTION ONE: WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS PRECEDENT IN DODDS V. UNITED STATES AND ATKINS V. UNITED STATES, DENYING EQUITABLE TOLLING… -6.5
18-8007 Kenneth R. Beagle v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-ruling Alleyne-v-United-States constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process Montgomery-v-Louisiana retroactivity retroactivity-doctrine supreme-court teague-doctrine Teague-v-Lane DID THE COURT IN MONTGOMERY V LOUISIANA IDENTIFY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A THIRD CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHICH OF ITS RULINGS MAY BE APPLIED RETROACTIVE… -6.5
18-8069 Eric Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-241 18-usc-242 agreement civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law due-process enhanced-penalties federal-statute proximate-cause spontaneous-event statutory-interpretation Whether conspiracy liability under 18 U.S.C. § 241 may be premised on unsubstantiated inferences of an agreement or mere participation in a spontaneou… -6.5
18-8074 Javonte T. Morgan v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP challenge-for-cause civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial judicial-proceedings jury-selection peremptory-challenges standard-of-review standing sufficiency-of-evidence Did Louisiana Courts err in denying Javonte Morgan's right to a fair trial and subsequent review when rejecting claims involving Conflicting Decisions… -6.5
18-8077 Donald Glenn Estes v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment involuntary-confinement mental-competency mental-health-confinement prosecutorial-evidence right-to-remain-silent wainwright-v-greenfield 1. Whether this Court's Decisions in Wainwright v. Greenfield, 474 U.S. 284 (1996), and Buchanan v. Kentucky, 483 U.S. 402 (1987), Allow a Prosecutor … -6.5
18-8078 Elbert Walker v. Antoine Caldwell, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure habeas-corpus motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation time-requirements trial-court-error void-judgment WHETHER THE BENNETT AND PURSUANT TO GEORGIA LAW/ STATUTE O.C.G.A.817-9-4 50 SEe RI/EY V.GARRETT, 219 GA.345,133 S.E.2d 367 (1463 AND GUTIERMEZ V.STATE… -6.5
18-8085 Steven Clayton Thomason v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-trust antitrust beacon-theatres beacon-theatres-inc.-v.-westover civil-procedure constitutional-procedure due-process jury-trial restraint-of-trade rooker-feldman standing Whether the Right to a Jury Trial Wherein Anti-Trust Issues are before the court in a Restraint of Trade Conflict with U.S. Supreme Court Holding in B… -6.5
18-8088 Steve Lee Menius v. Michael Stephan, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts administrative-law administrative-response civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights corrections-system due-process free-speech grievance-procedure grievance-process inmate-rights prison-litigation-reform-act retaliation standing Question not identified. -6.5
18-8093 John Ferreira v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP assault-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection legislative-amendment legislative-deference statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Did The State of Georgia err, and law violate the Fourteenth Amendment and Eighth Amendment by upholding Libel and Slander and Concludes that 'the Sta… -6.5
18-8119 Walter Douglas Jenkins v. Israel Hamilton, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel standing waiver Question not identified. -6.5
18-8120 Jerry Lynn Lofton v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial defendant-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-instruction jury-instructions prosecutorial-comment prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-silence self-incrimination testimonial-privilege Whether a prosecutor who this Court has held may not comment to a jury concerning a defendant's failure to testify in a criminal trial may submit his … -6.5
18-8123 In Re Ronnie Lee Fagan Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel double-jeopardy mistrial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment QUESTION ONE Whether the trial court's exclusion of defense counsel when the grounds for mistrial were being considered: (a) denied the defendant an … -6.5
18-8126 Ronnie W. Wilson v. Michael Stephan, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-warrant civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process probable-cause search-and-seizure standing vawa Should the Trial Judge Burch have dismissed the charges of Kidnapping and Charges after Petitioner showed him Defendants Proof that warrants was not s… -6.5
18-8134 Ramon Vasquez v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process false-conviction fundamental-rights liberty-interest substantive-rights Whether 42 Pa.C.S.A. s 9543 (a)(1)(i), applied by the court violated Vasquez Substantive Rights of Due Process by impinging collateral civil and crimi… -6.5
18-8136 Ong Vue v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
18-8146 Jamie Geer v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment interstate-police-action jurisdiction jurisdictional-violation minor-consent out-of-state-jurisdiction police-conduct wire-communication wiretap-act WHETHER THE MINORS CONSENT FOR THE INTERCEPTION OF WIRE COMMUNICATION IS LEGALLY AND CONSTITUTIONALLY VALID, WHEN SECURED BY POLICE ACTING OUTSIDE OF … -6.5
18-8147 Jerry Allen Horn v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights county-of-riverside-v-mclaughlin due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment gerstein-hearing investigative-delay res-judicata sixth-amendment state-habeas-corpus supremacy-clause warrantless-arrest Under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as codified by County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44 (1991), may law enforcemen… -6.5
18-8150 Ilya Liviz, Sr. v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-court access-to-courts care-and-protection child-custody constitutional-rights due-process federally-protected-rights jury-trial parental-rights question-of-law state-court Is Dad being denied his federally protected due process right to petition for redress and access to a meaningful hearing resulting from state's refusa… -6.5
18-8155 Benjamin E. Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-right constitutional-rights courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-scholars standing state-prisoner Does a state and/or federal prisoner have a constitutional right to raise a freestanding claim of actual innocence, in a federal habeas corpus proceed… -6.5
18-8164 Geoffrey W. Freeman v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-application civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation vagueness Question not identified. -6.5
18-8182 Monty M. Shelton v. Gene Beasley, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence due-process fair-hearing habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice non-capital obstruction procedural-hurdles savings-clause sixth-amendment Should meritorious actual innocence claims in non-capital Habeas Corpus filings overcome all procedural hurdles and be afforded at least one full and … -6.5
18-8201 Robert Edward Butler v. Howard W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-appeal due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction legal-review procedural-default retroactivity state-post-conviction-proceedings statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari 1. Whether Supreme Court's decisions in Buck v. Davis 137 S.Ct. 759 (2017), Trevino v. Thaler, and Martinez v. Ryan apply retroactively to Robert Butl… -6.5
18-8215 Blake Sandlain v. C. Johnson, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech maritime standing state-statutes takings DOES USiNg 2aSS(h)(2) SEcONd OR SUCCESSive ON HOw the couRt of appeals Retuin JuRisdiction to heaR Second OR Successive Petition's depRive PetitioNeR'… -6.5
18-8225 Barry Druilhet, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-enhancement witness-testimony obstruction of justice where the defendant was seeking out witnesses to testify on his behalf? -6.5
18-8230 Montgomery Carl Akers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights counsel-of-choice court-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction legal-obstruction record standing DOES HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT UNDER THE FIFTH AMENDMENT DUE PROCESS CLAUSE TO HAVE HIS CASE HEARD BY THE DISTRICT COURT AND APPELLATE COURT BASED U… -6.5
18-8231 Alvin Stanley Briggs, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-review counsel-claim court-of-appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment WIETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DENIAL OF PETITIONER'S INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL C LAIM. WHETHER THE DIS… -6.5
18-8233 Calvin J. Reid v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP §2255-motion 18-usc-4241 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance mental-competency mental-illness right-to-counsel standards-of-review WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION OF ANOTHER UNITED STATES COURT O… -6.5
18-8234 Jeremy Snider v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 advisory-guidelines advisory-sentencing-guidelines circuit-court-decision circuit-split cognizable-claims criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 federal-law federal-statute non-constitutional-claims post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether non-constitutional claims for sentencing relief grounded on the advisory Sentencing Guidelines can ever be cognizable under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. -6.5
18-8237 Harry Eugene Briscoe v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict civil-procedure-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se-petition stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment Whether this U.S.S. Ct. will certify the conflict of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, not only with itself concerning its ruling that subject-matter … -6.5
18-8245 Gary Casdell Fite v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-bank-robbery general-intent general-intent-crime section-2255 sentencing-enhancement Can federal bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), where the off… -6.5
18-8261 Cordell Berry v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-enhancement certificate-of-appealability collateral-review federal-rules-civil-procedure legal-error mathis-retroactivity mathis-v-united-states procedural-reasonableness rule-59-motion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-4b1.1 sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sentencing-guidelines-miscalculation Whether the court of appeals committed clear legal error when it denied a certificate of appealability (COA), on my challenge to the application of a … -6.5
18-8262 Christian Dior Womack v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct court-appointed-attorney court-appointment criminal-justice-act due-process ethical-standards fee-violation indigent-client judicial-discretion professional-conduct professional-misconduct referral The question(s) presented is whether the District Court abused its discretion when it declined to refer the court-appointed attorney's misconduct to t… -6.5
18-8264 Guadalupe Avendano-Vasquez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure deportation due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Whether an appeal waiver precludes review of the sentence of supervised release when the defendant has been deported. Whether an appeal waiver is enf… -6.5
18-8265 Bradford D Vol Allen v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-843b administrative-law auer-deference categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense notice-and-comment sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, without Congressional approval or a notice-and-comment period, may add a crime to the Sentencing Guideline definiti… -6.5
18-8267 Vincent Green v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ACCA acca-offender armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-procedure enumerated-offense o.c.g.a.-16-7-1 sentencing sentencing-enhancement stare-decisis statutory-interpretation PETITIONER'S SENTENCE AS AN ACCA OFFENDER MUST BE SET ASIDE, WHEREAS O.C.G.A. § 16-7-1 IS NOT A VIABLE ENUMERATED OFFENSE PREDICATE, BASED UPON THIS C… -6.5
18-8268 Alandis D. Patterson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-history criminal-procedure drug-possession due-process presentence-investigation sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance sexual-abuse 1. Did the trial court err in overruling the Petitioner's objection to the Application of a two-level increase pursuant to U.S.S.G. Section 2G1.1(c)(1… -6.5
18-8269 Alejandro Casillas Prieto v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-782 chapter-5-part-a criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process guideline-range guidelines life-imprisonment notice offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the sentencing judge's oral pronouncement of the offense level 43 control? Is the sentencing judge require to give notice, to Chapter 5, Part A,… -6.5
18-8274 Avniel Awan Anthony v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue obstruction-of-justice probation-department reckless-endangerment sentencing sentencing-enhancement Sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines unproven-conduct Upward-variance The Probation Department assessed the Movant with two separate enhancements under USSG 3C1.1 and 3C1.2 for obstruction of justice and Reckless Endange… -6.5
18-8277 Trevor Ransfer v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 binding-precedent circuit-precedent crime-of-violence federal-appeals-court habeas-petition hobbs-act-robbery statutory-interpretation successive-petition Should a three—judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals of the Eleventh Circuit's Order Denying A Second Or Successive habeas petition for re… -6.5
18-8281 Michael Torres v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-split crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-intent criminal-law intimidation-statute leocal-v-ashcroft reasonable-doubt statutory-interpretation Did, as the First, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits seemed to believe, this Court in Carter v. United States, 530 U.S. 255 (2000), add an addit… -6.5
18-8282 Jason Andrew Wright v. Oregon Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability on the petitioner's claim which was brought pursuant to Strickland v. Washingto… -6.5
18-8289 Kwame Asafo-Adjei v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-procedure mandatory-disclosure maryland-rule-4-342(d) maryland-rules plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing void-sentence Is the failure of the Maryland Court of Appeals to enforce the Maryland Rule 4-342(d) a denial of a citizen's equal protection right under the Fourtee… -6.5
18-8294 Demetrius Fitzgerald v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law deadly-weapon federal-sentencing-guidelines florida-law florida-statute sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-crime violent-felony I. Whether the Florida offense of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon in violation of Fla. Stat. § 784.045, is a violent felony as defined by the … -6.5
18-8299 Walter Raynard Lingard v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP allocution-rights appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-departure due-process judicial-discretion probation-revocation right-to-allocution sentencing-review DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN ITS DETERMINATION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT DID NOT ERR IN DECLINING TO VARY DOWNWARD BASED UPON LINGARD'S STATE PROBATI… -6.5
18-8306 Billy Gene Howard v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca acca-clause armed-career-criminal-act concurrent-sentencing criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus johnson-relief johnson-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-felony (1) Whether, where the record is unclear, a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitioner should be required to "affirmatively prove" that the sentencing court relied o… -6.5
18-8307 Dockery Cleveland v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure 6th-amendment-jury-trial appellate-review cell-phone cell-phone-search equal-protection fourth-amendment jury-selection ongoing-intrusion peremptory-challenge race-neutral-basis search-and-seizure suppression suppression-of-evidence time-limitation warrant warrant-limitation whether-defendant-must-renew-objection-to-perempto I. Because of the unique nature of a cell phone, the intrusion into the owner of the device will be ong oing as long as the device has the ability to … -6.5
18-8308 Leonard Burton Jones v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights congressional-privileges constitutional-boundaries constitutional-law due-process in-personam judicial-immunity judicial-mechanics judicial-review privileges-and-restrictions prosecutorial-immunity separation-of-powers ultra-vires What is the Jurisprudence of the intra vires constitutional bounderies within the applied mechanics of exercising the judicial law of prosecutorial ab… -6.5
18-8310 Azhar Lal v. B. G. Flores, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages deliberate-indifference due-process medical-treatment prisoner-rights standing IF PETITiONER WAS AN INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETIC AND THE PRISON DOCTOR HAD ORDERED PETITIONERS EVENING DIABETES TREATMENT AS: THAT HE MONITOR HIS BLOOD… -6.5
18-8313 John Allen Newton v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) carjacking crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Is federal carjacking by intimidation not a crime of violence offense fails to require any intentional use, attempted use, or threatened use of violen… -6.5
18-8316 Ricardo Guerrero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-materials criminal-justice-act evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearings expert-services habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-rights rule-5(b) section-3500(b) trial-counsel THE PROVISIONS OF THE HABEAS CORPUS STATUTE AT RULE 5(b), MANDATES ANSWER TO ALLEGATIONS PRESENTED THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE ALLOW… -6.5
18-8317 Robert Gering v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-commitment civil-procedure constitutional-right due-process florida-constitution florida-procedure fourteenth-amendment jury-trial liberty-interest trial-by-jury THE CONTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN A CIVIL COMMITMENT CASE CANNOT BE CIRCUMVENTED BY A FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE NULLIFYING THE INVIO… -6.5
18-8318 Helen Thomasina Gardner v. Verizon Communications Inc. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP breach civil-procedure defined-contribution-plan erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-section-502 fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty health-insurance life-insurance participant plan-participant relief standing statutory-interpretation Do sections 502 (a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974(ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(2), and 502(a)(3), 29 U.S.C. 1132(a)(3) authorize a p… -6.5
18-8320 Darius Andre Holmes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP buford-v-united-states career-offender categorical-approach circuit-court-review criminal-history de-novo-review eleventh-circuit federal-enhancement predicate-offense serious-drug-offense taylor-v-united-states This Court should grant the writ because the circuit court departed from the established rule of Taylor v. United States, 495 US 575(1990), requiring … -6.5
18-8321 Noah Richard Lovell, III v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-deference certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process free-standing-innocence-claim habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review signing-statement standing supreme-court teague-v-lane L SHOULD THE SIXTH CIRCUIT HAVE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER A FREE STANDING CLAIM OF INNOCENCE IS A CONSTITUTION… -6.5
18-8324 Johnny Madison Williams, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process residual-clause retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation violent-crime 1. Did Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), retroactively void as unconstitutional the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)? 2. C… -6.5
18-8325 Amaury Villa v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-calculation sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-procedure u-s-sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether appellant received the effective assistance of counsel? 2. Whether appellant's sentence was properly calculated? -6.5
18-8329 Aristides Duartez, Jr., aka Aristedes Duartez, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the elements cause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(A). -6.5
18-8330 Martin Fitzgerald Connors v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 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 under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a "crime of violence" under the force c… -6.5
18-8331 Jeffrey Bowers v. Frank Lawrence, Acting Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-separation plain-error Whether a conflict exists between the holding of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Appellate Court in case at bar where jury separation after d… -6.5
18-8333 Jorge Sosa v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 criminal-law due-process racketeering racketeering-enterprise statutory-interpretation vagueness violent-crime violent-crime-in-aid-of-racketeering I. Whether a VICAR conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a) can be sustained when a gang member commits a violent act that is unrelated to the racketeerin… -6.5
18-8336 London Ettione Dunbar v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-interpretation due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review miller-el-precedent miller-el-v-cockrell standard-of-review stare-decisis SHOULD THIS COURT GRANT THIS PETITION TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LOWER COURT'S REFUSAL TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY IS AT CONFLICT WITH THIS … -6.5
18-8337 David Michael Decker v. Garrett Laney, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence deficient-performance habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief strickland-analysis strickland-v-washington Whether an initial post-conviction attorney's failure to raise a substantial claim of ineffective assistance of counsel could be considered reasonable… -6.5
18-8344 James Edward Whitney v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-procedure appeal-process-issues civil-procedure clerk-error clerk-of-court clerk-of-court-duties court-filing due-process institutional-filing notice-of-appeal record record-filing record-lodging standing timeliness The Clerk of the court has improperly declined to lodge the record on my appeal from the order of the Circuit Court for Washington County Arkansas, ca… -6.5
18-8345 Gary Lakey v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus indictment judicial-procedure jurisdiction Question #1 - Did the Eleventh Circuit decide an appeal without jurisdiction when it denied a Certificate of Appealability (COA) on all issues on the … -6.5
18-8346 Danilo Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure diminished-capacity due-process evidence expert-testimony fundamental-rights life-sentence ninth-circuit sentencing Did the Ninth Circuit fail to protect petitioner's fundamental due process right to present his complete defense when it approved the district court's… -6.5
18-8347 Jason Allen Tiszai v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-courts-conflict federal-jurisdiction fex-v-michigan florida-law interstate-agreement-on-detainers-act interstate-detainers judicial-review jurisdiction speedy-trial state-court-determination WHETHER THE STATE OF FLORIDA VIOLATED PETITIONER'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL INVOKED BY PETITIONER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3(a) OF THE INTERS… -6.5
18-8349 Daverne Michael Foy v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-proceedings plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights waiver 1. In Rosales-Mireles, this Court struck down the court of appeals' heightened "shock the conscience" standard for a Rule 52(b) plain error review, an… -6.5
18-8352 Lino Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a 18-usc-3582(c)(2) 3553(a)-factors 3582(c)(2)-motion amendment-782 amendment-782-788 criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion procedural-reasonableness sentence-disparity sentence-reduction sentencing-disparities sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court Committed substantive error when failed to impose a sentence that was sufficient but not greater than necessary to comply w… -6.5
18-8353 David A. Hicks v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule criminal-procedure due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence government-misconduct habeas-corpus spoliation-of-evidence witness-credibility WHETHER the Government can destroy evidence a defendant has sufficient reason to believe is necessary to prove innocence in an anticipated § 2241 Moti… -6.5
18-8355 Mario Chester Tabron v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burglary burglary-element criminal-enhancement criminal-law criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment fourth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Fourth Circuit and the Middle district Of North Carolina (Greensboro) err in affirming the USSG 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) 4-Level enhancement without … -6.5
18-8357 Richard A. Wilford v. Bradley M. Trate, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-privilege criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner governmental-custodian habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se pro-se-petition standing unlawful-detention In this case, the Government is holding an individual in federal prison based upon receiving a judgment of a district court that falsely recites an in… -6.5
18-8358 Joel S. Elliott v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure brief-denial certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion jurisdiction merits standing Did the Circuit Court err when it denied in part the appellants Combined Opening Brief and Application for Certificate of Appealability on the merits?… -6.5
18-8359 Jarrett Terrell Edwards v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fourth-circuit guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g-4b1.1 u.s.s.g.-4b1.1(a) Whether the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals committed error by sentencing the Petitioner as a career offender pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4B1… -6.5
18-8360 Fernando Castillo-Quintanilla v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne alleyne-v-united-states criminal-law drug-statute due-process flores-figueroa flores-figueroa-v-united-states mens-rea rehaif sentencing strict-liability I. In light of Flores-Figueroa v. United States, 556 U.S. 646 (2009), does the "knowingly or intentionally" mens rea contained in 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) … -6.5
18-8362 Pedro Rodriguez-Cortez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 9th-circuit appellate-review criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines immigration-offense sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Whether a combined 70-month sentence on an immigration offense and the underlying supervised release violation was substantively unreasonable? -6.5
18-8363 Joshua G. Stegemann v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1915 appellate-procedure circuit-court criminal-appeal dismissal federal-rules greenlaw-v-united-states gvr in-forma-pauperis neitzke-v-williams party-presentation-rule sua-sponte sua-sponte-dismissal May the Second Circuit dismiss a criminal appeal sua sponte under Neitzke v. Williams and 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (e) without briefing by any party and witho… -6.5
18-8364 James D. Sullivan v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure evidence-rule-414 evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-evidence grand-jury plea-agreement plea-withdrawal prosecutorial-discretion rule-104 rule-414 In a prosecution of a child pornography case under Title 18 U.S.C., Chapter 110, the government may seek to admit evidence of prior similar acts under… -6.5
18-8366 Anthony Eudean Woollis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography constitutional-limits criminal-sanctions due-process federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce plain-error-review statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence sullivan-v-louisiana I. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifi… -6.5
18-8370 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-procedure discretion due-process federal-procedure ninth-circuit self-representation What procedural safeguards are afforded to federal criminal defendants when an Appellate Court panel exercises its discretion in deciding whether or n… -6.5
18-8373 Jose J. Galiany-Cruz v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-officer-fraud criminal-conviction fraud fraud-by-officer-of-court hazel-atlas hazel-atlas-motion officer-of-the-court puerto-rico-territory second-or-successive-2255-petition second-or-successive-petition statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction COULD A HAZEL-ATLAS MOTION BE USE TO ATTACK A CRIMINAL CONVICTION? MOTION UNDER HAZEL-ATLAS IS IT OR IS IT NOT A SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE §2255 PETITION? … -6.5
18-8378 Garron T. Briggs v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceeding plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-prong reasonable-probability right-to-trial strickland-v-washington Whether the district court's ruling, which implies that when a petitioner successfully proves that his counsel was ineffective, that petitioner must t… -6.5
18-8382 Guy Ennis Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law coram-nobis criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment fourth-circuit free-speech military military-medals ninth-circuit speech-restrictions standing stolen-valor-act supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court's decision in United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2357 (2012), which found the false speech and writing subsection of the Stolen V… -6.5
18-8387 Delmart E. J. M. Vreeland, II v. David Zupan, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflicting-rulings defendant-rights due-process forfeiture implied-waiver intelligent judicial-discretion knowing right-to-counsel trial-court-procedure voluntary waiver waiver-of-counsel Whether a trial court violates this Court's requirement that any waiver of counsel be knowing, voluntary and intelligent when it forces a defendant to… -6.5
18-8390 Jose Salvador Lantigua v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-U.S.C.-455(a) 28-usc-455 court-victim criminal-procedure due-process judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal sentencing sentencing-guidelines victim-of-crime Whether, consistent with due process and 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), a sentencing judge should recuse himself when he expressly views his own court as a "vict… -6.5
18-8392 Obinna Obiora v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence 1. When the evidence that links a defendant to a charged drug conspiracy is based on his participation in an isolated series of alleged transactions w… -6.5
18-8395 Janet Sonja Schonewolf v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-sentencing prison-sentence prison-term rehabilitation sentencing-discretion sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-v-united-states The Sentencing Reform Act requires courts to "recogniz[e] that imprisonment is not an appropriate means of promoting correction and rehabilitation." 1… -6.5
18-8400 Travis Demond Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure sentencing-reasonableness statutory-purposes-of-sentencing upward-departure 1. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DEPARTING UPWARD UNDER THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING GUIDELINES §4A1.3 RESULTING IN AN UPWARD DEPARTURE DURING T… -6.5
18-8401 Justin D. Burgess v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, dba Christiana Trust, as Trustee for Premium Mortgage Acquisition Trust Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-stay civil-procedure court-rules due-process equal-protection judgment judgment 18-83" lawsuit Question not identified. rules standing Is it an error and an impermissible denial of due process of law and equal protection of law for a court to ignore its own rules which would impose an… -6.5
18-8402 Jesse Allen Dauenhauer, aka Jesse A. Dauenhauer v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-amendment,search-and-seizure,exclusionary-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence washington-state-law Should the District Court have suppressed the evidence of firearms in the Defendant's car because the search and seizure was inadmissible under Washin… -6.5
18-8403 Sergio Caballero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-exclusion fifth-amendment habeas-corpus third-party-culpability Whether the district court violated Petitioner's Fifth Amendment rights by failing to allow evidence of third-party culpability. -6.5
18-8404 Adrian Laroy Seymore v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process evidence evidentiary-standard government-evidence presentence-investigation-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review Whether a District Court erred in applying a guideline enhancement based solely on allegations contained in the Presentence Investigation Report after… -6.5
18-8405 Mohammed Suleiman Roble v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-defense criminal-defense-attorney-ineffectiveness due-process exculpatory-evidence government-evidence ineffective-assistance pre-trial-proceedings reasonableness sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington DOES STRICKLAND v. WASHINGTON, 466 US 668, 80 L Ed Qd 674, 104 S Ct 2052 REQUIRE THE GOVERNMENT'S EVIDENCE TO BE WEAK TO FIND A CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTOR… -6.5
18-8406 Demone Rule v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempt-offense attempted-offense categorical-approach elements-clause illinois-law physical-force sentencing-enhancement substantial-step violent-felony Illinois attempt offense contain only two elements: the intent to commit an offense and a substantial step towards commission of the offense. The subs… -6.5
18-8410 Marshall Ray Miller v. Joseph L. McFadden, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement-statements personal-jurisdiction plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in not issuing a Certificate of Appealability where Petitioner demonstrated a substantial showing of a con… -6.5
18-8411 Lecephrus Pierce v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent traffic-stop vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether in affirming the petitioner's conviction the fourth circuit court of appeals abandoned established Supreme Court precedent when they found no … -6.5
18-8423 Willie White v. Justin Hammers, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2248 administrative-law application-granted civil-procedure court-order court-orders default-judgment due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default respondent-failure statutory-interpretation (1) Once Respondent failed to reply to the courtt orders on October 26,2017, should the application have been granted via 28: U.S.C. § 2248. -6.5
18-8424 Keith Jenkins v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process excessive-punishment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel multiple-offender sentencing sentencing-guidelines Is The Trial Court In Error By Denying The Motion To Quash Based On Errors In The Multiple Offender Charng, Pleading And Proof? Did The Multiple Bill … -6.5
18-8427 Malcolm Roy Evans v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights criminal-trial due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion judicial-inquiry right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-representation WHETHER A TRIAL COURT MAY SUMMARILY PROHIBIT AN ACCUSED FROM TESTIFYING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE IN A CRIMINAL TRIAL MERELY FOR STATING TO THE JURY HIS BELI… -6.5
18-8430 Juan Bosco Alvarez v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa constitutional-claim due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus state-court state-court-rules supreme-court-precedent In Brumfield v. Cain, 135 S. Ct. 2269, 2276, 2282 (2015), this Court made clear that 28 U.S.C § 2254(d)(2) is satisfied when a state court denies an e… -6.5
18-8433 Emond Durea Logan v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-proceedings effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-negotiations sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington totality-of-circumstances Whether a defendant may be entitled, at least under some circumstances, to relief as a result of an attorney's ineffective assistance, even if another… -6.5
18-8439 Richard Larry Lacey v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP courtroom-removal defendant-misconduct forfeiture misconduct right-to-representation self-representation sixth-amendment trial-rights waiver waiver-forfeiture Does a self-represented defendant waive or forfeit his Sixth Amendment right to representation, when the defendant intentionally engages in misconduct… -6.5
18-8442 Marc Dutch v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment apprendi criminal-procedure indictment jury prior-convictions sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Given that the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi prohibit a sentencing judge from finding facts about a prior conviction, does 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1)'s requ… -6.5
18-8445 Tommy McAdoo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-bank-robbery federal-statute intimidation physical-force sentencing violent-physical-force The Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits broadly interpret "intimidation" as used in the federal bank robbery statute for sufficiency purposes,… -6.5
18-8448 Edward Bishop v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure digital-evidence digital-files dna-evidence evidence fourth-amendment particularity-requirement probable-cause search-warrant 1.Does a search warrant which described the place to be searched and the things to be seized as "any evidence (including, all photos, videos, and/or o… -6.5
18-8451 Luciano Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court due-process gall-v-united-states judicial-review rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-variance tenth-circuit variance Is the Tenth Circuit precedent allowing a district court to say nothing when a reasonable request for a variance is made at sentencing consistent with… -6.5
18-8455 Marc Shiroma v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-robbery constitutional crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-bank-robbery ussg-4b1.2 void-for-vagueness 1. Is a threatened use of physical force against the person of another an element of federal bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. §2113(a), so as to make it a crim… -6.5
18-8469 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2422(b) age-of-consent coercion consensual-sexual-activity criminal-attempt criminal-law criminal-law-procedure due-process enticement entrapment federal-criminal-law mens-rea minor sexual-activity statutory-interpretation The plain language of the crime of attempted enticement or coercion, pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 2422(b), requires that a person under the age of 18 must b… -6.5
18-8470 Tommy Lee Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission fair-trial judicial-conduct sentencing Tommy Lee Jones was convicted of advertising, distribution, and receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2251(d) and 2252A(a)(2), and h… -6.5
18-8471 Arthur Abraham v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confinement due-process insanity-acquittee mental-health personality-disorder personality-traits release state-confinement The first question presented is whether the Due Process Clause permits the State to continue to confine an insanity acquittee after he has recovered h… -6.5
18-8473 Eric Laquinne Brown, aka Eric L. Brown, aka Eric Brown v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights competency competency-hearing constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea mental-competency mental-evaluation mental-health mississippi-uniform-rule-9.06 plea-bargaining procedural-bars procedural-due-process standing 1. Did Brown have a Constitutional right to have a competency hearing before he plead guilty, where Brown was granted two (2) court orders for a menta… -6.5
18-8490 Bernard Mitchell v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-street-gangs discretion due-process evidence gang-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-exposure jury-instructions jury-prejudice prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-discretion standard-of-review 1. Did the court abuse its discretion in permitting the jury to be exposed to the nicknames "Crip" and "'Scrap,"' which have been taken as a suggestio… -6.5