Conference: 2019-05-23

161 cases — 0 granted, 161 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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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