| 18-1022 |
Julius Jerome Murphy v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
|
brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus witness-testimony |
Whether the State's failure to disclose threats and promises made to witnesses violated due process |
| 18-1206 |
Lynda Like, et al. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure condemnation eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction immediate-possession judicial-power land-condemnation natural-gas-act preliminary-injunction private-companies private-property-rights takings |
Whether district courts are empowered to grant preliminary injunctions giving private companies immediate possession of land before final judgment in … |
| 18-1225 |
Vladimir Matsiborchuk v. Fougere Holcombe |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
attorney-client attorney-compensation attorney-fees civil-rights discharge-hearing due-process judicial-bias judicial-delay judicial-misconduct legal-fees quantum-meruit retaliation settlement-agreement |
Whether deprivation of legal fees earned by an attorney during 7 years of work for former client violates due-process, whether attorney was deprived o… |
| 18-1231 |
Xiu Jain Sun v. Philip O. Ohene, et al. |
New York |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights divine-intervention due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation judicial-remedy jurisdictional-challenge legal-authority legal-confrontation mandamus mandamus-request mandarin-chinese-interpreter religious-doctrine religious-freedom separation-of-powers spiritual-petition standing statutory-interpretation |
Issue being raised |
| 18-1235 |
Joe Ribakoff v. City of Long Beach, California, et al. |
California |
Denied |
|
1st-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights content-based-regulation content-based-speech expert-testimony first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum speech-restriction |
Is a rule abridging speech by members of the public at an open public meeting of a city government a presumptively unconstitutional content-based spee… |
| 18-1236 |
S. Bruce Hiran, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, et al. |
Texas |
Denied |
|
amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure mandamus standing subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
Whether Petitioners' due process right was violated when the Supreme Court of Texas summarily denied their petition for writ of mandamus without reaso… |
| 18-1238 |
Veeramuthu P. Gounder v. Progressive Credit Union, et al. |
New York |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights consolidation contempt court-compel-discovery court-procedure discovery discovery-rights discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression judicial-bias judicial-misconduct res-judicata share-certificate-dispute standing stock-share-dispute |
Denial of due process in dismissal of case without considering evidence, denial of discovery, improper consolidation of cases, judicial bias and misco… |
| 18-1242 |
Endre' Glenn v. Nordic Services, Inc. |
Washington |
Denied |
|
arbitration arbitration-procedure due-process equal-protection material-evidence material-testimony reasonable-opportunity reasonable-opportunity-to-prepare subpoena subpoena-duces-tecum washington-state-law |
Whether contractor and subcontractor violated homeowner's due process rights by ignoring subpoena and arbitrator's order, depriving homeowner of mater… |
| 18-1261 |
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-indian-law former-reservation gaming gaming-purposes indian-gaming-regulatory-act land-acquisition reservation-exception tribal-jurisdiction trust-lands |
Whether the 'former reservation' exception permitting lands acquired by the United States in trust for an Oklahoma Tribe after the effective date of t… |
| 18-1263 |
Jason Brian Braun v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure-error civil-rights constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-petition standing status-conference transfer venue venue-transfer |
Whether district court erred in dismissing claims and transferring venue in violation of rules and procedures |
| 18-1264 |
Ronald Clark Fleshman, Jr. v. Volkswagen, AG, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-law citizen-suit class-action-settlement clean-air-act defeat-devices emissions-standards epa epa-regulation state-implementation-plans statutory-interpretation vehicle-emissions vehicle-importation |
Can the EPA revise Clean Air Act to allow defeat devices,can EPA revise state plans to allow defeat devices,can a citizen intervene when EPA refuses t… |
| 18-1265 |
September Ends Co., et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
Sixth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse Waived |
circuit-split civil-procedure collective-bargaining erisa erisa-pension erisa-pension-obligations erisa-successor-liability federal-common-law labor-law pension-obligations state-law statutory-interpretation successor-liability takings |
What is the proper standard for successor liability for unpaid ERISA pension obligations? |
| 18-1271 |
Charles E. White, Jr., et al. v. Chevron Corporation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
breach-of-fiduciary-duty circuit-split decision-making-process eighth-circuit employee-retirement-income-security-act-erisa erisa-fiduciary-duties erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-breach ninth-circuit participant-claims pleading-standards secretary-of-labor twombly-iqbal |
Sufficiency of pleading breach of ERISA fiduciary duties |
| 18-1302 |
Robertson B. Cohen, Chapter 7 Trustee v. Andrea Chernushin |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-541 bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-estate-property-rights bankruptcy-jurisprudence bankruptcy-procedure circuit-split federal-preemption federal-rule-1016 federal-rule-of-bankruptcy-procedure-1016 federal-statute property-law property-rights statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
Whether the Tenth Circuit Opinion renders 11 U.S.C. § 541 subordinate to state property law and contravenes Congressional intent in enacting § 541 and… |
| 18-1305 |
Timothy O'Neill v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure erroneous-interpretation hoover-precedent job-description judicial-review long-term-disability plan-administrator sixth-circuit social-security-disability stare-decisis stare-decisis,civil-procedure,due-process,appeals, |
Did the Sixth Circuit wrongfully apply the doctrine of stare decisis in upholding the district court's decision denying long-term disability benefits? |
| 18-1310 |
Charmaine Clement v. Thomas Durban, et al. |
New York |
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-courts burden-on-access civil-procedure constitutional-law court-access discrimination equal-protection fundamental-rights non-resident-discrimination privileges-and-immunities privileges-and-immunities-clause residency-requirements standard-of-review state-courts |
Whether Article 85 is consistent with the Privileges and Immunities Clause despite its discrimination against nonresidents of New York and the materia… |
| 18-1314 |
Kimberly Meador, et al. v. Apple, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-1332 access-to-courts certification-to-state-supreme-court civil-rights collision court-access distracted-driving diversity-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction-28-usc-1332 driver-distraction due-process erie-doctrine negligence product-liability smartphone-manufacturer-liability statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction texas-law |
Whether Texas courts would hold a smartphone manufacturer liable for injuries and deaths caused by a driver distracted by the manufacturer's smartphon… |
| 18-1322 |
The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, et al. v. New York City Police Department, et al. |
New York |
Denied |
Response Waived |
animal-cruelty establishment-clause executive-branch free-exercise judicial-branch legislative-branch mandamus separation-of-powers standing writ-of-mandamus |
Can the New York State Judicial Branch refuse to issue a writ of mandamus when the executive branch defies the legislative branch? |
| 18-1324 |
Moses Watts, Sr., et ux. v. Entergy Arkansas, Inc. |
Arkansas |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process eminent-domain equal-protection ex-parte ex-parte-order judicial-procedure pro-se property-rights severance-damages takings |
Whether petitioners were denied due process of law by an ex parte order enabling an electric utility to seize their property without notice and a prel… |
| 18-1325 |
Dieter Charles Vogt v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court-order due-process habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurist right-to-counsel standard-of-review summary-denial |
Should the order of the court of appeals denying a certificate of appealability be reversed and remanded, because it is manifestly incorrect to sugges… |
| 18-1336 |
Walter P. Reed v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
campaign-finance criminal-forfeiture criminal-forfeiture,statute-of-limitations,mail-fr criminal-prosecution custom-and-practice custom-and-practice,federal-mail-fraud,state-law,s due-process federal-law mail-fraud notice state-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation wire-fraud |
Whether the petitioner was denied due process by lack of notice of the federal prosecutors' interpretation of a state campaign finance statute and an … |
| 18-1370 |
Joanna Burke, et vir v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review assignment clear-error due-process fifth-circuit impartial-tribunal judicial-bias judicial-error law-of-the-case law-of-the-case-doctrine lender-income-fraud manifest-injustice nominee published-opinion |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit correctly applied the well-established exception to the law-of-the-case doctrine for appellate deci… |
| 18-483 |
Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (14)Relisted (15) |
14th-amendment abortion civil-rights disability due-process equal-protection fetal-remains medical-regulation |
Whether States may require fetal remains to be handled the same as other human remains |
| 18-658 |
Joel Doe, et al. v. Boyertown Area School District, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (11)Relisted (11) |
civil-rights constitutional-privacy due-process gender-identity privacy privacy-interest school-policy sex-discrimination title-ix transgender transgender-rights |
Whether a public school has a compelling interest in authorizing students who believe themselves to be members of the opposite sex to use locker rooms… |
| 18-7139 |
James Castleman Gipson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review presentence-report sentencing |
Whether factual findings of a Presentence Report (PSR) that result in a higher sentence must be proven by the government in the face of objection |
| 18-7433 |
Hamid R. Ardaneh v. Massachusetts, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-discrimination discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-review pro-se-petition refugee-rights refugee-status |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to discrimination based on race, religion, and national origin |
| 18-7437 |
Damilola Animashaun v. William Schmidt, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence jurisdiction standing |
Whether the Plaintiff provided sufficient evidence to support his claims? |
| 18-7500 |
Clay O'Brien Mann v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-113 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act assault crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-statute elements-clause firearm-discharge mens-rea recklessness violent-crime |
Whether a felony offense with a recklessness mens rea, such as reckless driving while intoxicated, satisfies the requirements of the elements clauses … |
| 18-7513 |
Nelson Cobas v. Kevin Lindsey, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts free-speech sentencing standing state-courts statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner's conviction under 18 U.S.C. sections 2545 and 2544 violates his constitutional rights |
| 18-7536 |
Jason M. Reeves v. Darrell Vannoy, Warden |
Louisiana |
Denied |
IFP |
batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strikes prima-facie-case racial-discrimination side-by-side-comparison voir-dire |
Whether the Petitioner has established a prima facie case that Batson v. Kentucky had been violated |
| 18-7581 |
Brandon Erwin v. FCI Coleman - Low, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-jurisdiction jurisdictional-restriction retroactive-change section-2241 section-2255 |
Does the Eleventh Circuit too narrowly restrict a district court's § 2241 corpus jurisdiction? |
| 18-7599 |
Jesus E. Moreno Ornelas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
compulsory-process constitutional-right criminal-procedure defense-witness discovery discovery-order due-process exclusion non-disclosure sixth-amendment tactical-advantage willful-nondisclosure |
Whether the Compulsory Process Clause of the Sixth Amendment precludes exclusion of an undisclosed defense witness to enforce a discovery order if the… |
| 18-7652 |
Brian Anderson v. Colorado |
Colorado |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights colorado-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Does Colorado Revised Statutes 18-3-302 Supersede Nelson V. Colorado 137 S.CT. 1249 (2017) |
| 18-7701 |
Christopher D. Schneider v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
conspiracy courthouse-access discrimination due-process falsification first-amendment seventh-amendment structural-error transcript trial |
Is it a denial of fundamental due process, petitioner's First and Seventh Amendment rights, and a 'structural error' for federal Judge John A. Mendez … |
| 18-7766 |
Rishawn Lamar Reeder v. Cecelia Reynolds, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
alibi-witnesses criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-presentation eyewitness-testimony gunshot-residue impeachment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions self-defense surveillance-video trial-counsel witness witness-testimony |
Did the court err in finding trial counsel ineffective |
| 18-7856 |
In Re John Peyton Alexander |
|
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act commutation-and-reduction-of-sentence due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto habeas-corpus jurisdictional-issue parole-revocation sentence-expiration successive-writ suspension-clause time-sensitive |
Whether the omission of successive-writ exceptions for prisoners seeking federal habeas corpus relief for expired sentences or unlawful parole revocat… |
| 18-7865 |
Svitlana Drozdovska v. Seminole County, Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
ada ada-compliance civil-rights county-responsibility due-process federal-funding florida-law florida-state-law legal-remedy local-government-liability sidewalk-maintenance work-order |
Whether the district court erred in finding that Seminole County was not responsible for maintaining the sidewalk under the ADA and Florida law |
| 18-7868 |
Charles L. Burgett v. The General Store No. Two, Inc., dba Marsh's Sunfresh Market, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure discovery-order dismissal due-process judicial-discretion lesser-sanctions prejudice procedural-fairness sanctions |
Whether the district court is required to provide the sanctioned party with adequate due process before dismissing the lawsuit? |
| 18-7961 |
David Martinko v. New Hampshire |
New Hampshire |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
absurdity-doctrine battery battery-continuous-course-of-conduct continuous-course-of-conduct criminal-offense criminal-offenses criminal-offenses-absurdity-doctrine-legislative-s criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine legislative-supremacy statutory-interpretation |
Should the 'Absurdity Doctrine' be limited or abandoned in criminal offenses altogether to protect legislative supremacy? |
| 18-7970 |
Ricardo J. Calderon-Lopez v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
None |
|
| 18-803 |
Wendy B. Dolin v. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC, fka SmithKline Beecham Corporation |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
clinical-trials drug-labeling drug-manufacturer fda-regulations impossibility-preemption labeling-changes preemption truthful-risks unilateral-labeling-changes unilateral-warning wyeth-v-levine |
Does federal law prevent a drug manufacturer from enhancing its label to reflect truthful risks revealed in its clinical trials when the relevant FDA … |
| 18-8061 |
Philip Andra Grigsby v. Juan Baltazar, Jr., Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process fact-finding habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-due-process standard-of-review tenth-circuit |
Has the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit failed to consider all relevant facts prior to denying a Certificate of Appealability? |
| 18-8202 |
Walter Ronaldo Martinez Escobar v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split eighth-circuit exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-standard search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent warrant-execution warrant-requirement warrantless-search |
Does the Eighth Circuit caselaw the Panel applied in Escobar's case holding that the United States v. Leon good-faith exception applies even when the … |
| 18-8389 |
Marion Wilson, Jr. v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 brain-damage capital-case capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether trial counsel's ineffective assistance in failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence of the defendant's difficult childhood and fr… |
| 18-8453 |
Dusty Ray Spencer v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
binding-precedent capital-sentencing constitutional-rights death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process federal-constitutional-rights jury-instructions jury-responsibility jury-verdict sentencing-process structural-error unanimous-verdict |
Whether structural error occurs when the jury fails to return a verdict as to multiple critical elements necessary to impose the death penalty |
| 18-8487 |
Kevin Neysmith v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment birchfield-precedent birchfield-v-north-dakota blood-alcohol blood-alcohol-content criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment fruits-of-the-poisonous-tree o-connell-warnings o'connell-warnings search-warrant warrantless-search |
Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits State judicial systems from admitting evidence of blood alcohol content obtained without a search warrant |
| 18-8488 |
Ronald E. Mitchell v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process eighth-amendment false-arrest liberty-interest missouri-corrections missouri-statute qualified-immunity wrongful-imprisonment |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claim for wrongful imprisonment despite evidence that the conduct violation was later … |
| 18-8505 |
William L. Burrell, Jr. v. Patrick Loungo, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violations convict-leasing human-trafficking judicial-immunity judicial-immunity-doctrine qualified-immunity section-1983 slavery |
Should judges be liable under section 1983 for intentional conduct characterized as judicial acts but prohibited by statute, caselaw, or criminal stat… |
| 18-8511 |
Victoria Carlson, et vir v. Emily Johnson Piper, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services, et al. |
Minnesota |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abstention administrative-appeal breast-cancer breast-cancer-treatment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection federal-rights medicaid medicaid-benefits |
Whether the Minnesota Supreme Court erred |
| 18-8513 |
Mark Halper v. Gladys Passes |
Colorado |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure-standing civil-rights colorado-supreme-court-precedent court-of-appeals debt-repayment due-process gift gift-vs-loan judicial-misconduct legal-standing loan property-rights standing supreme-court-ruling |
Whether the Colorado courts denied the petitioner an equitable and honorable consideration of the legal arguments presented |
| 18-8515 |
E. Drake v. Murphy, Austin, Adams, Schoenfeld, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
choice-of-law civil-procedure civil-procedure-personal-jurisdiction civil-rights contract contract-law due-process fraud fraud-claims internet internet-commerce internet-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction websites zippo-standard |
Whether the district court and Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing the case for lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants, Niello and the Murphy… |
| 18-8517 |
Roderick Jermaine Hall v. Sprint Corporation |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
antitrust civil-rights consumer-protection contract-disclosure contract-law disability-rights disclosure-requirements due-process false-advertising federal-regulations network-management service-limitations telecommunications telecommunications-law |
Whether Sprint failed to disclose information about network management practices for its Unlimited Freedom Plan and Apple iPhone 7 Plus |
| 18-8529 |
Michael Craig Smith v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance post-conviction sixth-amendment |
Whether counsel on appeal from dismissal of post-conviction petition provided ineffective assistance in violation of Petitioner's Sixth amendment righ… |
| 18-8530 |
Steven Dennis Young v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 18-8546 |
Gerald Delane Murray v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence batson-v-kentucky batson-violation brady-violation civil-rights conflict-counsel constitutional-violations cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jailhouse-informant post-conviction post-conviction-relief |
Whether the state court denied due process by failing to appoint conflict counsel when post-conviction counsel undermined petitioner's claims, and whe… |
| 18-8547 |
Zachary Joseph Biggs v. Washington |
Washington |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review criminal-intent criminal-procedure diminished-capacity first-degree-rape ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mens-rea ninth-circuit prejudice |
Did the Washington State Appellate Court err in finding that Mr. Biggs was not prejudiced by his trial counsel's failure to raise the defense of dimin… |
| 18-8550 |
Ernest M. Flowers v. Laura Uriarte, et al. |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing trial-procedure |
Whether the petitioner was lawfully retained in the Florida Department of Corrections |
| 18-8551 |
Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Arizona |
Arizona |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure-appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard motion-for-relief self-representation standing timeliness |
Whether or not the Court of Appeals, State of Arizona, correctly viewed Appellant's Motion To Dismiss this Appeal, submitted pursuant to Arizona Rules… |
| 18-8552 |
Herman Gaines v. Brad Busnardo, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-interpretation medical-treatment procedural-rights standing statutory-provisions |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals violated the petitioner's constitutional right to due-process by declining to consider the petitioner's claim that t… |
| 18-8554 |
Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
child-support civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction legal-standing parental-rights standing vexatious-litigant |
Can Petitioner be brought into a state superior court to be ordered to pay child support for a minor she had no legal rights to and no visitation righ… |
| 18-8555 |
Randal Floyd v. Michael Johnson, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-fees deliberate-indifference due-process fraud indigent indigent-appeal prisoner-rights standing standing-civil-procedure-due-process-access-to-cou |
Whether a prisoner as plaintiff still has standing on a deliberate indifference claim when the defendant by fraud defaults their obligation to forward… |
| 18-8557 |
Ignacio Ruiz v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing |
Whether the court of appeals erred in denying petitioner's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on counsel's failure to object to the conf… |
| 18-8562 |
Joseph Charles Tice v. Rupert Markley Dennis, Jr. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights conditional-freedom criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus parole standing |
Did Ruger' Mockdey Dennis Se Aepgerd Leow Woe accepted ana) Usual Course of Pre. \\udicral groceedinags ? |
| 18-8563 |
Melvin Grayer v. James Filliyaw, Warden, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-101. civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection… |
| 18-8565 |
Evender Gene Jackson v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-error direct-appeal harmless-error ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions standard-of-review strickland-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington |
Whether a trial attorney's failure to object to the omission of a required jury instruction raises the burden of proof on direct appeal, where the out… |
| 18-8569 |
Melvin Bonnell v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review capital-punishment dna-evidence dna-testing due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether a trial court may deny a DNA application in a capital case based solely on the untested hearsay of the prosecuting attorney and in contraventi… |
| 18-8572 |
Christopher Jones v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
community-control-violations community-controller constitutional-interpretation continuance counsel-of-choice due-process judicial-review legal-procedure right-to-counsel speedy-trial statutory-analysis unconstitutional-conditions unrepresented-defendant violation-proceedings |
Whether there is a minimum set of guidelines to be considered by a Court, in violation proceedings, before denying an unrepresented Community controll… |
| 18-8573 |
Early A. Atterberry v. John Varga, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure-rule-52b due-process equal-protection fair-trial harmless-error jury-prejudice new-trial other-crimes-evidence rule-52b standing |
Whether the Court erred in properly applying Rule 52(b) to the issue of Harmless Error raised by the petitioner during the numerous appeals pursued |
| 18-8578 |
DeMarius L. Williams v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated when he was convicted of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance beyond a … |
| 18-8588 |
Francis O. Rossy v. Sgt. Lupkin, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
asylum-state civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process extradition extradition-liability habeas-corpus prison-litigation-reform-act procedural-challenge standing |
When a petitioner challenges his extradition, are the defendant-responsible-for-the-extradition-totally-exempt-from-liability, although they knew of t… |
| 18-8595 |
Charles Kenneth Wallace, Sr. v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections |
Louisiana |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights court-rules due-process filing-deadline free-speech legal-procedure mailbox-rule petition-timing standing takings |
Did the 5th Circuit deny certiorari as untimely, when under mailbox rule is timely filed? |
| 18-8598 |
Saundra Magana v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Benefit of Certificate Holders of Asset Backed Pass Through Certificate Series 2004-MCW, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights class-action discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-protection indigent-rights legal-accountability standing |
Should courts be required to uphold laws that protect underprivileged, federally protected classes? |
| 18-8605 |
Gregory Swecker, et ux. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights discrimination discrimination-case due-process equal-protection judicial-bias motion-to-dismiss race-gender-discrimination recusal renewable-energy |
Whether the court of appeal's decision below contradicts existing legal principles when evaluating a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim up… |
| 18-8663 |
Donald E. Mallory v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cestui-que-trust civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-immunity incarceration judicial-review standing takings vested-property vested-property-rights |
Is a pre-1933 private U.S. citizen and cestui que trust who is not an enemy, ally of an enemy, or foreign national precluded from suing the U.S. gover… |
| 18-8667 |
Donald James Anson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights digital-privacy dismissal due-process fourth-amendment opportunity-to-be-heard probable-cause search-and-seizure standing surveillance |
Does an appellate court err in dismissing an appeal because 'it lacks an arguable basis in law or fact' without first providing the petitioner an oppo… |
| 18-867 |
Matthew E. Jackson, Jr., et al. v. Frances Edith Jackson |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-sanctions criminal-sanctions due-process eleventh-circuit equal-protection evidentiary-standards jurisdictional-limitations precedent procedural-protections sanctions supreme-court |
Whether the failure of a court to comply with the jurisdictional limitations, procedural and due process protections, evidentiary standards, the prece… |
| 18-8701 |
Arthur O'Derrell Franklin v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa constitutional-claim eighth-amendment graham-v-florida habeas habeas-corpus juvenile-offender parole parole-process rehabilitation |
Whether a state court may resolve a federal constitutional claim by treating an AEDPA habeas decision of the Supreme Court as a ruling on the merits w… |
| 18-8732 |
Leonoris Miller v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-victim criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus jury jury-deliberations video-evidence video-interview |
Whether permitting the jury to review child victim's video interview during deliberations denied Petitioner his right to a fair trial and due process |
| 18-8749 |
Marvin Earl Blanks, Jr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-reasoning sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the district court fulfilled its obligation under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c) to announce the reasons for its sentencing decision |
| 18-8750 |
Alex A. Campbell v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-144-455 conflict-of-interest constitutional-violation due-process ex-parte-communication fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se recusal |
Must a judge recuse himself after improper ex parte communication? |
| 18-8758 |
Lamonte Diondre Gaston v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment caretaking civil-procedure community-caretaking fourth-amendment impoundment inventory-search law-enforcement outstanding-fine warrant-requirement |
Whether the inventory-search exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement applies to a search of a vehicle that was impounded for the purpo… |
| 18-8760 |
James Bernard Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca career-offender career-offender-enhancement constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process florida-battery-on-law-enforcement habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states non-violent-felony sentencing-enhancement sessions-v-dimaya unconstitutional violent-felony |
Whether a sentence as a career offender (ACCA) is valid when a prior violent offense conviction (Florida battery on law enforcement), deemed unconstit… |
| 18-8769 |
Hilton Rios-Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-questions constitutional-review due-process first-impression plain-error plain-error-standard standard-of-review |
Whether the Supreme Court should review and reverse the First Circuit's holding that an appellant is without recourse under the plain error standard o… |
| 18-8791 |
Danny D. Bissonette v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-law prosecutorial-jurisdiction state-sovereignty treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Did the state court err in failing to set aside the conviction of a federally recognized tribal member living in Indian country? |
| 18-8793 |
Larry Burstein v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-proportionality constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing drug-crimes drug-dealing drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment elderly-defendant elderly-offenders non-violent-crime non-violent-offense sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent |
Whether a forty-eight (48) month prison sentence for a first time non-violent, drug dealing, sixty-nine (69) year old grandfather is unreasonable, vio… |
| 18-8794 |
Ricky Raymond Ball v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process judicial-explanation manifest-injustice plea-agreement plea-bargaining supervised-release |
Whether Mr. Ball can be held to his waiver under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(b)(1)(N) |
| 18-8795 |
Luis Alberto Armendariz-Chavez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confrontation-clause due-process fifth-circuit immigration immigration-law removal testimonial testimonial-evidence warrant warrant-of-removal |
Whether an immigration officer's warrant of removal is testimonial for purposes of the Confrontation Clause? |
| 18-8796 |
Larry Junior Copeland, aka La-La v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act habeas-corpus procedural-default retroactivity sentencing-discretion |
Should the Court of Appeals have granted a certificate of appealability on whether district court abused its discretion? |
| 18-8797 |
Juan Lopez-Zuniga v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 8th-circuit eighth-circuit gps-monitoring gps-tracking gps-warrant probable-cause search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent vehicle-search vehicle-tracking warrant-standard |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's creation of a new standard in evaluating GPS warrants is contrary to existing United States Supreme Court precedent |
| 18-8799 |
Robert Gordon Lockwood v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bank-robbery bank-robbery-statute categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law descamps-ruling due-process firearms johnson-ruling mathis-ruling ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent violent-crime |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals violate the Johnson, Mathis, Descamps, and Dimaya Supreme Court rulings because Prince confirmed that the Bank … |
| 18-8807 |
Francisco Quintero-Corral v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey aprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum |
Whether all facts- including the facts of a prior conviction- that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eith… |
| 18-8811 |
Antonio Darset King, Sr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel search-and-seizure search-warrant sixth-amendment standing voir-dire |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in failing to grant petitioner King relief as to the denial of his motion to suppress the search warr… |
| 18-8817 |
Michael Clark v. United States District Court for the Northern District of New York |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bradley-v-fisher civil-rights color-of-law common-law-rights due-process federal-procedure federalism first-amendment first-amendment-rights free-speech judicial-immunity nixon-v-warner standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Did the Northern District and Second Circuit Courts violate the Clark Family First Amendment and Common Law Rights related to the two fraudulent court… |
| 18-8819 |
Jorge Rogelio Reveles-Santana v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process 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… |
| 18-8827 |
David McShan v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
berger-standard berger-v-united-states criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-fabrication jury-bias nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing trial-fairness |
Where the government's case against a defendant is extremely weak, does the prosecutor's persistent misconduct during trial by making improper insinua… |
| 18-8828 |
Dante Overby v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overreach plea-bargaining speedy-trial |
Does the guilty plea induced by an 'illusory promise' violate the 6th Amendment? |
| 18-8832 |
Annamalai Annamalai v. Darrin Harmon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights custody district-court due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief illegal-custody jurisdiction legal-procedure standing warden-authority |
Whether the district court illegally suspended Habeas Relief(s) for Annamalai Annamalai |
| 18-8846 |
Silvio Lopez Cuellar v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-appeal sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights |
Does a defendant's plea agreement waiver of the statutory right of a sentencing appeal preclude appellate review of the sentence even where the distri… |
| 18-8847 |
Javier Bocanegra, Jr. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
chain-of-custody cocaine-conspiracy conspiracy controlled-substances cooperating-witnesses credibility criminal-conspiracy criminal-law deferred-adjudication drug-offense-enhancement evidence full-faith-and-credit reasonable-doubt |
Is there insufficient evidence for a conspiracy to transport cocaine conviction based upon the testimony of cooperating witnesses who are not credible… |
| 18-8854 |
Steve Zinnel v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-schedules constructive-amendment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-fact-finding sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment stirone-v-united-states wamu-personal-checking-account |
Whether there was an unconstitutional constructive amendment or prejudicial variance |
| 18-8855 |
Eric A. Hicks v. United States |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-error criminal-procedure guidelines molina-martinez molina-martinez-standard molina-martinez-v-united-states prejudice prejudice-standard procedural-default sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the court of appeals' decision conflicts with this Court's decision in Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338 (2016), in concluding… |
| 18-8860 |
David Clum, Jr. v. Gene Beasley, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process due-process,fifth-amendment,habeas-corpus,pro-se,a equal-protection habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-litigation sixth-amendment supervisory-powers |
Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the Fifth Amendment-Due Process Rights of the Petitioner |
| 18-8866 |
Winston Grey Brakeall v. Robert Dooley, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-rights fourteenth-amendment fourteenth-amendment-rights parole parole-conditions polygraph polygraph-examination polygraph-examinations self-incrimination sex-offenders |
Whether compelled self-incrimination through the use of polygraph examinations as a requirement of parole violates parolees' Fifth and Fourteenth Amen… |
| 18-8869 |
Jesse Davenport, aka Draco John Flama v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography confrontation-clause conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial plain-error shackling sufficiency-of-evidence |
Is shackling a defendant during his or her jury trial for no asserted or actual reason proper, and thus not even an 'error' under the plain error test… |
| 18-8870 |
Douglas Taylor v. Terrizina Jones |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing |
Whether Douglas Taylor's constitutional rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by the deliberate act of Respondent, officer T… |
| 18-8873 |
Tracy Devon Thomas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-evidence evidence judicial-standard law-enforcement perpetrator probable-cause search-warrant shooting standing vehicle-rental |
Can the common-sense standard of probable cause be so reduced as to allow a search warrant to be issued on the basis that a person rented a vehicle th… |
| 18-8879 |
Olusola Arojojoye v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction jurisdiction restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Does 18 USC §§3664(o) and USC §§3742 give the district court jurisdiction to review a sentence which the restitution was calculated in violation of th… |
| 18-8882 |
Kevin L. Donaldson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 access-to-courts certificate-of-appealability civil-rights clerk-of-court clerk-of-court-error district-court-procedure due-process first-amendment government-liability standing |
Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it denied the Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability? |
| 18-8889 |
Lavont Flanders, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-error counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process initial-appearance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic |
Whether an initial appearance can be a critical stage |
| 18-8895 |
Kevin Watkins v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-counsel civil-rights conflicted-jurors conflicts-of-interest criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection open-trial |
Is a defendant's right to an open trial violated when an attorney observing the trial and was asked to assist with defendant's appeal, was barred from… |
| 18-8896 |
Richard J. Volis v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights disability-discrimination disability-rights disparate-impact equal-protection fair-housing housing-discrimination protected-class public-housing reasonable-accommodation |
Whether the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' (HACLA) Administrative Plan required to accommodate all disabled voucher holders is unreason… |
| 18-8909 |
David Lee Gentles v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1385 constitutional-violation evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule illegal-search law-enforcement-limits posse-comitatus-act search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation suppression-of-evidence |
Should a clear violation of the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 1385) serve as a foundation for suppression of fruits of the resulting illegal sear… |
| 18-891 |
Sally Jim v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-interpretation due-process federal-indian-law income-taxation indian-tribes self-governance taxation treaty-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
Whether treaties with Indian tribes must be construed consistent with that tribe's present-sense understanding of the treaty |
| 18-8910 |
Norris Lynn Fisher v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federalism fifth-circuit judicial-accountability judicial-review rule-60b6 standing supreme-court-precedent |
Why do the Fifth Circuit courts continue to ignore the United States Supreme Court's authoritative precedent? |
| 18-8912 |
Cirilo Flores v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-plea-bargaining due-process guilty-plea hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement prejudice strickland-v-washington voluntary-and-intelligent-choice voluntary-plea |
Whether the guilty plea entered was legal when the petitioner did not fully understand, know or intelligently accept the voluntary guilty plea agreeme… |
| 18-8913 |
Esteban Aguilera-Alvarez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 18-8915 |
Jonathan Zepeda v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3006a appellate-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process fifth-amendment independent-counsel judicial-manipulation sentencing sixth-amendment standing waiver |
Whether an individual's challenge to the constitutionality of his sentence and case proceedings in a criminal prosecution on bases outside the limited… |
| 18-8917 |
Gilbert Demetrius Aguilar v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2107 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability counsel-ineffectiveness due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-petition habeas-petition ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Aguilar's certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. Sections 2107, 2253(c)(2) despite cou… |
| 18-8924 |
William Weaver v. Michael Bowersox, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa aedpa-standard batson-claim certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims eighth-amendment eighth-circuit eighth-circuit-review habeas-corpus rule-60(b) rule-60b |
Whether a habeas petitioner can obtain Rule 60(b) relief despite a prior adjudication on the merits |
| 18-8928 |
Alberto Julio Guillen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-suppression exigent-circumstances search-and-seizure standing |
Whether a warrantless entry and search, where the totality of the circumstances indicates that exigent circumstances had occurred, or was recovering e… |
| 18-8929 |
In Re Lavont Flanders, Jr. |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process habeas-corpus indictment-amendment mailbox-rule postal-service-error pro-se-filing pro-se-prisoner procedural-due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when the indictment was amended during a critical stage of the proceedings with… |
| 18-8931 |
Tajie Coleman v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law due-process elements-clause new-york-state-law physical-force robbery statutory-interpretation |
Whether the New York State offense of robbery satisfies the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act |
| 18-8932 |
Vickie L. Sanders v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights drug-offense due-process due-process-clause equal-protection federalism recidivist-provisions recidivist-sentencing retroactive-reclassification sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation |
Whether a state's retroactive reclassification of a felony drug conviction to a misdemeanor precludes its use as a predicate offense under federal rec… |
| 18-8935 |
Scott B. Miserendino, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law bribery-conviction buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction mcdonnell-v-united-states official-act question-not-identified section-2255-petition standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted |
| 18-8940 |
Anson Chi v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-conditions retaliation standing |
Should pro se defendants be granted in forma pauperis status in criminal cases, given that the second copy of the record on appeal was intentionally l… |
| 18-8943 |
David Raphael Concepcion v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment arrest arrest-incident constitutional-provision criminal-procedure home home-search law-enforcement maryland-v-buie police-powers protective-sweep search-and-seizure |
Whether the holding of Maryland v. Buie applies to protective sweeps incident to arrests made just outside a home |
| 18-8948 |
Angel Morales De-Jesus v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment conspiracy due-process leadership-enhancement mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether the court erroneously applied a four-level leadership enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 3B1.1(a) in violation of Morales-De Jesus' Fifth and Sixth … |
| 18-8949 |
Hakim Muhammad v. Cedric Taylor, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-rights COA-standard color-of-authority constitutional-review counsel-performance due-process federal-appellate habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings post-conviction-relief state-court supervisory-power |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals erred in a decision that conflicts with decisions of other Courts of Appeals on the same important matte… |
| 18-895 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
general-welfare-benefits gross-income income-tax-exclusion indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-general-welfare-benefits statutory-interpretation tax tax-interpretation tribal-general-welfare-exclusion-act tribal-welfare |
Whether Indian general welfare benefits derived from gaming revenue are excluded from gross income under the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act |
| 18-8952 |
Boris Murphy v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion 6th-amendment conflict-of-interest deficient-performance direct-appeal due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sixth-amendment |
Did the Fourth Circuit review the District Court's error in denying petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2255 claim de novo that was based on conflict of interest a… |
| 18-8956 |
Jordan M. Jucutan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fraud global-war-on-terror prosecution-tolling repose statute-of-limitations time-barred-offenses wartime-suspension wartime-suspension-of-limitations wartime-suspension-of-limitations-act |
Does the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act permit a prosecution, otherwise time-barred, for offenses not involving fraud against the United States… |
| 18-8957 |
Scott Matthew Goss v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process federal-courts sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines weapon-possession |
May a court accept a mere allegation of possession of a weapon as satisfaction of the Government's initial burden of proof requirement supporting the … |
| 18-8961 |
Dion Thomas v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion blackledge-v-allison civil-rights district-court due-process evidentiary-hearing evidentiary-hearing-discretion habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ins-v-phinpathya plea-bargaining plea-negotiations rose-v-lundy sixth-amendment standing unsworn-statements |
Whether the District Court abused its discretion by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing |
| 18-8964 |
Artemio Miranda-Manuel v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8-usc-1326 almendarez-torres apprendi criminal-procedure due-process immigration indictment prior-conviction sentencing |
Whether a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment before a defendant is subjected to enhanced punishment under 8 U.S.C. §1326(b) |
| 18-8965 |
Olusola Olla v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-knowledge criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-indifference federal-courts investigative-standard jury-instructions mens-rea prosecutorial-evidence statutory-interpretation willful-blindness |
Whether, in a criminal case where a statute requires proof of knowledge, the government may establish the requisite knowledge with evidence of a failu… |
| 18-8968 |
Emmanuel Mathis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability due-process extraneous-communication habeas-corpus judicial-proceeding judicial-review juror-bias jury-misconduct remmer-hearing supervisory-power |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, as… |
| 18-8978 |
Rico Montell Reid v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-11 defendant-rights district-court due-process judicial-coercion judicial-discretion plea-agreement plea-bargaining presentence-report sentencing sentencing-guidelines withdrawal-of-plea |
Whether Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11 prohibits a district court from discussing sentencing options with a defendant at the sentencing hearing |
| 18-8980 |
Raheem D. Louis v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence identification witness-testimony |
Question not identified |
| 18-8983 |
Patrick Edwards v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment double-jeopardy due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the imposition of a sentence for a specific offense that is greater than the maxim… |
| 18-8985 |
Michael Johnson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split eighth-circuit extraordinary-circumstances extraordinary-variance gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion major-departure minor-departure sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-review sentencing-variances standard-of-review |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's test that 'extraordinary variances do not require extraordinary circumstances' conflicts with this Court's mandate 'that … |
| 18-8995 |
Maurice Anderson v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
breach-of-contract due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure first-amendment judicial-discretion legitimate-government-purpose plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing type-c-agreement |
When a judge can deem himself unbound to a Type-C plea agreement and impose a greater sentence |
| 18-8996 |
Zack Zafer Dyab v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
amount-of-loss appellate-review court-discretion criminal-sentencing illegal-sentence judicial-discretion legal-error loss-calculation plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-limitation statutory-limitations |
Does the miscalculation of the amount of loss as applied to the sentencing guidelines represent an illegal sentence, and plain error that the Court sh… |
| 18-8997 |
Troy Williams v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation constitutional-error constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-procedure legal-standard post-conviction-relief |
Whether the Post Conviction Court erred when it failed to conduct an evidentiary hearing on Petitioner's Motion for Post Conviction Relief based upon … |
| 18-8998 |
Juan Garcia v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deportation due-process governmental-bad-faith governmental-misconduct harmless-error material-witness sixth-amendment witness-deportation |
Whether a defendant must prove governmental bad faith to establish a compulsory process clause violation? |
| 18-8999 |
Mark Richard Hillstrom v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law criminal-threat due-process elonis-standard elonis-v-united-states grand-jury harmless-error indictment intent mens-rea mental-state statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government must prove a defendant knowingly intends his communications to be a threat |
| 18-9001 |
Steven P. Reed v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
campaign-finance due-process fair-notice federal-power federal-prosecution mcdonnell-v-united-states money-laundering state-campaign-finance-law state-regulation wire-fraud |
Can the federal government convict a politician for complying with a state's ambiguous campaign finance law? |
| 18-9003 |
Ariel Brown v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
and whether false allegations in a Presentence In burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process government-burden presentence-report sentencing sentencing-enhancement weapons-enhancement weapons-possession |
When a defendant submits a sworn Declaration denying key elements of a weapons enhancement, can the defendant be enhanced without the Government meeti… |
| 18-9006 |
Donald Ray Boles v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-fact-finding judicial-precedent prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment |
Whether the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States should be reconsidered |
| 18-9010 |
Joel Augutuk Mayokok v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-error re-sentencing sentence-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness unsupported-enhancement |
Did the District Court's decision at re-sentencing to re-impose the same 240-month sentence it initially imposed, where the Court had erred in its ini… |
| 18-9020 |
Michael Marshall v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit guilty-plea jurisdictional-grounds plea-bargaining sentencing |
Whether the writ should issue so that this Court may decide whether Petitioner's guilty plea was valid |
| 18-9026 |
Arrez Meliton-Salto v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court guidelines-range molina-martinez-v-united-states plain-error prejudice record-silence sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to show prejudice under plain error review when the record is silent as to what the… |
| 18-9027 |
Marc Nielsen v. Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief professional-conduct sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations |
Whether petitioner's request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certificate of … |
| 18-9028 |
Lochild Reed v. James Flood, Jr., Acting Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel post-conviction-proceedings post-conviction-relief structural-error structural-errors |
Did the District Court err by not granting an evidentiary hearing to address Constitutional Violations |
| 18-9056 |
Calvin D. Fox v. The Florida Bar |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitrary-and-capricious attorney-privilege constitutional-rights disciplinary-counsel-misconduct due-process equal-protection florida-bar florida-bar-trust-accounting-rules legal-privilege trust-accounting |
Whether Rule 5-1.2(f) of the Florida Trust Accounting Rules violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by… |
| 18-9057 |
In Re Miles Kaufman |
|
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation |
Question not identified |
| 18-923 |
Carol Coghlan Carter, Next Friend of A. D., C. C., L. G., and C. R., et al. v. Tara Katuk Mac Lean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary of Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights civil-rights-act damages declaratory-relief due-process mootness prospective-relief retrospective-relief standing title-vi |
Whether claims for declaratory and damages relief to redress past injuries under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are moot when no prospective… |
| 18-937 |
Abelino Manriquez v. Ralph Diaz, Acting Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
California |
Denied |
|
actual-bias capital-case capital-punishment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus implied-bias juror-bias jury-impartiality life-experiences sixth-amendment |
What test determines whether a juror's life experiences are so similar to facts in the case that the juror must be disqualified for bias under the Six… |
| 18-965 |
Donald Sullivan v. Robert Wayne Pugh, et ux. |
North Carolina |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct jury-trial north-carolina oath-of-office summary-judgment |
Whether the lower court judges violated their oaths by denying the petitioner's demanded constitutional trial by jury |
| 18A296 |
Carolyn Barnes v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline of the State Bar of Texas |
Texas |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M162 |
Samuel Randolph, IV v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M163 |
Erik Benham v. David R. Hagen |
Ninth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
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