Conference: 2019-05-30

151 cases — 0 granted, 151 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1000 American Freedom Defense Initiative, et al. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-speech public-forum speech-restriction transit-advertising transit-authority viewpoint-discrimination Is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's advertising space a public forum for Petitioner's Support Free Speech' ads such that Responden…
18-1083 Garda CL Northwest, Inc., fka AT Systems, Inc. v. Lawrence Hill, et al. Washington Denied collective-bargaining-agreement labor-management-relations-act-301 mental-state preemption unreasonableness willfulness collective-bargaining contract-interpretation federal-labor-law labor-preemption labor-relations lmra mental-state preemption statutory-construction waiver-interpretation Whether a state labor claim that requires the plaintiff to show that an employer acted with 'willfulness,' 'unreasonableness,' or other mental state, …
18-1094 Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, et al. v. Joe R. Whatley, Jr., WD Trustee Eighth Circuit Denied cargo-damage carmack-amendment circuit-split federal-preemption limitations-period limitations-periods notice-of-claim notice-requirements rail-carrier-liability uniform-bill-of-lading Whether a shipper's notice asserting a rail carrier's liability for damage to specifically identified cargo and demanding a determinable amount of mon…
18-1135 Batu Shakari v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, et al. Illinois Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-application due-process federal-courts illinois-statute standing state-law Did the Illinois courts' application of an Illinois statute deprive Batu Shakari of due process under the 14th Amendment?
18-1165 Retirement Plans Committee of IBM, et al. v. Larry W. Jander, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) amgen-v-harris circuit-split erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty fifth-third-standard fifth-third-v-dudenhoeffer insider-information pleading-standard private-securities-litigation-reform-act prudence prudent-fiduciary securities-fraud securities-litigation Alleged-fraud-disclosure-harm
18-1252 Rev. Barry D. Bilder v. Rev. Beth Mathers, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights dna dna-collection due-process fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-rights reasonableness right-to-counsel search-warrant seizure sixth-amendment Is a Search Warrant (for DNA) reasonable under the Fourth (4th) Amendment?
18-1253 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Switzerland Third Circuit Denied 18-usc-229 asset-seizure chemical-weapon chemical-weapons civil-rights diplomatic-immunity due-process embassy-contact extradition federal-statute international-law international-terrorism standing swiss-assets terrorism uncontested-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should punish Switzerland for an alleged chemical weapon attack on a U.S. citizen by enforcing a lien on Swiss assets, despi…
18-1257 Peter Lee, et al. v. City of Los Angeles, California Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights district-boundaries hunt-v-cromartie legislative-privilege racial-gerrymandering redistricting shaw-claim shaw-v-reno summary-judgment united-states-v-gillock village-of-arlington-heights-v-metropolitan-housin Whether legislators drew boundaries with a predominant racial intent
18-1277 William F. Sorin v. Department of Justice Second Circuit Denied Response Waived ' °° ae federal-sentencing-guidelines foia-exemptions foia-improvement-act-2016 government-transparency presidential-memorandum prosecutorial-discretion Whether the appropriateness of the government's reliance on FOIA exemptions must be determined in light of the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 and the Pr…
18-1284 Jennifer L. Wilson v. SunTrust Bank, et al. North Carolina Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-hearing due-process judge judicial-discretion judicial-procedure jurisdiction north-carolina-constitution north-carolina-general-statutes procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation trial-court venue Did the Trial Court hearing of August 15, 2016, Judge Gregory R. Hayes presiding, violate Article VI Section 11 of the North Carolina Constitution; N.…
18-1289 Allergan, Inc., et al. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived blocking-patent blocking-patent-doctrine commercial-success graham-v-john-deere long-felt-need objective-indicia objective-indicia-of-non-obviousness obviousness patent-law patent-law-doctrine-of-obviousness prior-art Whether the Federal Circuit erred in holding that objective indicia of non-obviousness may be partially or entirely discounted where the development o…
18-1290 Reed Kirk McDonald v. Arapahoe County, Colorado Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-attack colorado-law colorado-rule-120 due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction non-judicial-proceeding non-judicial-proceedings preclusion res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine rule-120 standing Whether a party who was not, and has never been named as an underlying party to any court proceedings for/against petitioner can invoke Rooker-Feldman…
18-1292 Craig Roth v. Nassau County, New York Second Circuit Denied Response Waived ada affirmative-defense americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability due-process employment federal-claims judicial-procedure Are lower courts correctly applying the affirmative defense of collateral estoppel to bar federal claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
18-1326 Justin Shultz, et al. v. Jason Cole Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process first-amendment individual-assessment law-enforcement legal-standard police-conduct qualified-immunity retaliation summary-judgment When multiple police officers seek qualified immunity on a summary judgment motion, their entitlement to qualified immunity should be evaluated indivi…
18-1342 Andrew Ndubisi Ucheomumu v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline brady-v-maryland in-re-ruffalo quasi-criminal willner-v-committee 14th-amendment attorney-disciplinary-proceeding attorney-discipline brady-disclosure confrontation confrontation-rights due-process in-re-ruffalo prosecutorial-misconduct willner-v-committee Whether the State of Maryland violated Petitioner's 14th Amendment due process rights
18-1347 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-law civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment criminal-law discharge-injunction discharge-violation due-process federal-enforcement fraud judicial-misconduct statutory-immunity Whether the removal was due to crimes (e.g. fraud) and judicial accessories-after-the-fact
18-1349 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 11-usc-524 attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-crimes bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-procedure civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment criminal-law discharge-injunction discharge-violation discharged-debtor due-process fraud judicial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Whether the motion to re-open was justified due to crimes (e.g. fraud) and judicial accessories-after-the-fact
18-1351 Charles G. Kinney v. Michele Renee Clark Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-fraud bankruptcy-law civil-rights creditor-misconduct criminal-concealment discharge-injunction due-process enforcement-duty first-amendment fraud judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct statutory-violation Kinney v. Clark
18-1358 Douglas Echols v. Spencer Lawton Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation libel-per-se presumption-of-innocence qualified-immunity retaliation substantive-due-process Whether a prosecutor's use of libel per se to retaliate against a wrongfully convicted person seeking compensation through legislative means violates …
18-1363 David G. Morton v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court misprision standing standing-issue summary-judgment tila tila-violation truth-in-lending-act Whether the lower court erred in granting summary judgment to the respondents despite their documented violation of the Truth in Lending Act, their de…
18-1364 Jim Miller v. Eric Olsen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court district-court employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa erisa-plan jurisdiction ninth-circuit primary-purpose-test retirement-plan surrounding-circumstances-test Whether the Oregon District Court and Ninth Circuit erred in applying the 'primary purpose' test rather than the 'surrounding circumstances' test to d…
18-1365 Mogul Media, Inc., et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived commercial-speech content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-speech municipal-government public-forum public-property zoning-resolution Does the First Amendment prohibit the City of New York from preferring the commercial speech of its tenants over private landowners' commercial and no…
18-1383 James M. Hale v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived 10-usc-802 court-martial court-martial-jurisdiction general-verdict judicial-deference jurisdictional-defects jurisdictional-limits legal-sufficiency military-discipline military-discipline-jurisdiction military-law overt-acts plain-error rostker-v-goldberg sufficiency-of-evidence weiss-v-united-states Whether the court-martial had jurisdiction over the charged conduct
18-1385 Ruben Delhorno v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived coram-nobis criminal-procedure deportation-consequences habeas-corpus immigration immigration-consequences immigration-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel padilla-v-kentucky padilla-waiver sixth-amendment writ-of-error-coram-nobis Whether a Padilla constitutional waiver may be inferred without an evidentiary hearing by mere passage of time where defendant sought neither a direct…
18-6826 Carlos David Caro v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP §-2255-claim bop-data brady-violation criminal-procedure-brady death-penalty due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-prison government-misconduct procedural-bar sentencing sentencing-procedure suppression-of-evidence Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in ruling Caro was procedurally barred from raising a § 2255 claim that the Government's suppression of available exc…
18-6949 Eric A. Klein v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP critical-stages federal-felony johnson-v-zerbst limited-appearance plea-negotiations pro-se right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-counsel waiver-of-counsel Whether the district court should address the facts showing a violation of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel post-arraignment and for critical stag…
18-7115 Richard Clark v. D. J. Harmon, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appointments-clause article-iii constitutional-delegation due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-2255-2241 ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conference separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the fact that the § 2255 remedy failed to test and determine one of two Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel issues satisfies the phrase 'i…
18-7136 Mark Hanna v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process incarceration incarceration-rights insurance-requirement motor-vehicle-law retaliation standing vehicle-registration Whether La. RS32:863 of the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law is unconstitutional for due process of law
18-7187 Willis Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP circuit-split curtilage exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment key-insertion privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search warrantless-search Whether a law enforcement officer's warrantless insertion of keys into a locked apartment door, within a secured multi-unit dwelling, to gain informat…
18-7208 Nicholas Maslonka v. Noah Nagy, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constructive-denial critical-stage cronic-standard cronic-v-united-states habeas-corpus right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-action Is there a requirement that state action contribute to counsel's absence from a critical stage of the proceedings in order for there to be a construct…
18-7347 Arthur J. Freer v. Nancy A. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
18-7383 Jennifer Feldman v. Adoption Star Agency, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment adoption adoption-fraud adoption-law adoption-proceedings child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-bonds family-separation jurisdictional-challenge standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in denying jurisdiction over the District Court's decision, in light of this Court's precedents recognizing t…
18-7408 Stephen Daniel Leonard v. George Washington University Hospital, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process effective-remedy equal-protection standing takings Did the United States Court of Appeals err in denying Petitioner's appointment of counsel
18-7505 Demian Pina v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause daubert due-process ecpa ecpa-violation electronic-surveillance evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment kyllo search-and-seizure speedy-trial Does the use of computer/internet surveillance technology violate the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights?
18-7558 Brandon Lamar Hawkins v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-competency criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-procedure mental-competency mental-health resentencing sentencing trial-court trial-court-discretion Whether petitioner is entitled to discharge, new trial, and/or resentencing based on the trial court failing to conduct a competency hearing
18-7562 Donald Jodiah Isaiah v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection life-liberty-property standing takings Whether the Shalev Woelks doctrine violates the Dunrerve Cru ver tule
18-7635 Harold Hall v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic Whether Mr. Hol was denied effective assistance of counsel required by the Federal constitution's Sixth Amendment
18-7639 Caster Delaney Whetstone v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-waiver armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split illegal-sentence plea-agreement sentencing statutory-maximum Whether a defendant's challenge to his status as an armed career criminal, where the sentence is in excess of the otherwise applicable statutory maxim…
18-7725 Ralph Francis DeLeo v. Francisco J. Quintana, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review due-process judicial-proceeding luis-v-united-states new-watershed-rule powell-v-alabama retroactivity right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supreme-court-rule-10 watershed-rule Should this Court exercise its supervisory power under Supreme Court Rule 10 and grant review of petitioner's case?
18-7747 Jae Yung Kim v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas-proceedings habeas-corpus ninth-circuit substantial-showing Did the Ninth Circuit misapply the standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA)"
18-7791 Joyce Ann Smith v. City of Princeton, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-dismissal civil-mediation civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal district-court due-process magistrate-judge mediation procedural-review reconsideration settlement settlement-dispute standing towing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
18-7807 Christopher Young v. Michael M. Kraus, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals-court civil-rights due-process hrcp-rule-4 indigent-rights insurance-fraud judicial-misconduct no-fault-claim public-interest public-safety standing standing-issue state-court-jurisdiction summons-order Whether the lower Court had Standings to hear and Dismiss a No-Fault claim issue, under abuse of HRCP Rule 4
18-7825 Trevonte Jenkins v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial flawed-process identification in-court-identification state-witness witness-testimony Is a petitioner denied due process of law and a fair trial when identification was at issue at trial and there was a flawed process related to a first…
18-7885 Christopher VanGuilder v. Daniel Martuscello, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process entrapment-defense grand-jury ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-testimony right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supplemental-instructions supplemental-jury-instructions Whether United States District Second Circuit Court Of Appeals and or said Lower Court's Erred in Failing to grant Petitioner's Ineffective Assistance…
18-7891 Leslie Ann Haymond v. Helmand Investment, LLC Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction parrish-v-federal-nat-mortg-association pro-se-litigation standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-detainer Did the Court error when disregarding the maxim of stare decisis et non quieta movere
18-8002 Brad Hunter Smith v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied IFP aggravating-circumstance aggravating-circumstances arbitrary-imposition capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mitigating-circumstance mitigating-circumstances Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court's holding that a capital-sentencing jury permissibly declined to weigh an existent statutory mitigating circumstanc…
18-8023 A. R. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP None
18-8060 Glenn S. Solberg v. First National Bank and Trust Co. of Williston, et al. North Dakota Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 7th-amendment amendment-violation civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discrimination jury-trial standing Whether I should have been granted a jury trial after petitioning the ND Supreme Court three times abiding by the law in the 7th amendment
18-8184 Daryl Sharp v. Timothy Dolan District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence free-speech jurisdiction jury-instructions standard-of-review standing Whether the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support the conviction
18-8194 Jerome Henderson v. Terry Collins, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process equal-protection post-conviction-remedies statutory-law suspension-clause due-process equal-protection federal-statutory-law habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ohio-public-defender-commission post-conviction-relief post-conviction-remedies procedural-default Whether appointed counsel violated federal statutory law or constituted an equal protection clause violation
18-8273 Cecilio Cuero Payan v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP conflict-free-attorney conflict-of-interest criminal-defendant criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver Whether, under the sixth amendment, a criminal defendant may waive his right to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel as part of a plea-a…
18-8292 Julius Greer v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure forfeiture judicial-review motion-to-dismiss plain-error-review speedy-trial-act standard-of-review waiver Speedy-Trial-Act-violation
18-8583 Gilbert Postelle v. Mike Carpenter, Interim Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment eighth-amendment flynn-effect fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intellectual-disability mitigating-evidence sixth-amendment Whether the failure to investigate and present mitigating evidence of intellectual disability based on the Flynn Effect violates the Sixth, Eighth, an…
18-8591 Jose J. Salazar-Hernandez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment child-sexual-assault confrontation-clause constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process federal-habeas habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct statute-of-limitations victim-testimony Whether the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard was reasonably and rationally applied when the alleged victim of child sexual assault testified they …
18-8593 Dontae Callen v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP affidavit appellate-review criminal-procedure death-penalty fourth-amendment jury-unanimity probable-cause search-warrant separate-affidavit Where an affidavit does not support a finding of probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant, can a reviewing court consider information from …
18-8597 Barbara E. Brown v. Scott Burton, Deputy Sheriff, in His Individual Capacity, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice search-warrant standing state-court-liability trespassing unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether District Court Judge Cormac Carey obstructed justice under the definition of 18 U.S.C. 1503 when he refused Petitioner Counsel?
18-8607 Johnnie Sterling v. Chuck Dwyer Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance manifest-injustice mixed-questions-of-law-and-fact procedural-due-process Should the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals have granted the Certificate of Appealability?
18-8608 William Ramirez, et ux. v. Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment precedent pro-se state-court statutes Should a pro se petitioner reasonably expect that a state court at the county level follow precedent as a part of due process under the Fourteenth Ame…
18-8609 Robert L. Clark v. Carroll County Sheriff's Department, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appeal appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process in-forma-pauperis standing Is the appeal lacking merits?
18-8610 Antonio Sierra v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2241 article-iii civil-procedure constitutional-review district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-impairment standing Whether the District Judge of the Custodial United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania is precluded from exercising Article…
18-8611 Elicia Bailey v. Jeremy Gasaway Texas Denied IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-act criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process family-court family-law harsh-penalties subject-matter-jurisdiction Do family courts hold subject-matter jurisdiction to find guilt of a criminal act and subsequently impose harsh penalties without due process in a cri…
18-8612 Jason Johnson v. Paul M. Gonyea, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus jury-selection racial-discrimination Did trial court unreasonably apply Supreme Court's precedent when it bypassed step 3 of the Batson v. Kentucky requirement's in its consideration of p…
18-8613 Quincy Magee v. The Walt Disney Company, et al. District of Columbia Denied IFP antitrust business-disputes civil-procedure civil-rights copyright copyright-infringement copyright-protection corporate-infringement due-process employment-rights fraud intellectual-property licensing patent patent-infringement patent-ownership standing trade-secret Whether the lower courts erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging copyright infringement, patent infringement, and fraud
18-8618 Umadean Hatch v. Dr. Wilson, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
18-8622 In Re Mark Garrett Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-remedy mandamus-petition opinions-below patent reason-for-granting-the-petition rules-involved standing takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles
18-8628 Deon Tremell Lee v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment citizenship citizenship-rights civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction nationality naturalization property-rights Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the denial of his claim of nationality and citizenship under the 14th Amendment, resul…
18-8637 James Paul Arlotta v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process establishment-clause fair-hearing reverse-discrimination standing title-vi transportation-discrimination transportation-services Whether the constitutionality of an Act of Congress was properly drawn into question
18-8639 Anthony Franklin v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP due-process equal-protection faretta-hearing faretta-v-california habeas-corpus pro-se-representation self-representation sixth-amendment third-circuit third-circuit-law Whether the district court erred in denying a Writ of Habeas Corpus to Petitioner
18-8640 Safron Huot v. Montana State Department of Child and Family Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights custody custody-dispute due-process family-law judicial-review ninth-circuit-court parental-rights reunification standing How long must one take to be Given the Chance to be an Active Parent in the lives of Their Children?
18-8641 Willie Houston, III v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel objective-record plea-bargaining postconviction-proceedings probation probation-eligibility record-of-trial trial-record unintelligent-waiver waiver-of-rights Whether the court must give greater weight to the objective record of trial over counsel's affidavit in an ineffective assistance of counsel claim
18-8643 Joseph Lee Flores v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP bias criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias jury-selection sixth-amendment trial-counsel voir-dire WHETHER VENIREMAN WHO STATED DURING VOIR DIRE THAT HIS ABILITY TO BE FAIR WOULD BE AFFECTED BY PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH CRIME EXPRESS BIAS; RENDERING COU…
18-8645 David Dean Harris v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal-procedure constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent victim-identification witness-testimony Was the state's use of the complaining witness's name specifically as the victim a violation of presumption of innocence, Supreme Court precedent, Uni…
18-8648 Undraneckio Brassfield v. Ron King, Superintendent, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis indigent-defendants standing Whether indigent petitioners have a constitutional right to access the courts by way of being granted in forma pauperis status as a matter of law?
18-8651 Robert Butrim v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct strickland-standard strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence sufficiency-of-the-evidence Whether the District Court's failure to address all the issues presented in the Habeas Corpus Petition deprived the Movant of a full review by the Cir…
18-8652 Ammar Asimfaruq Harris v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP 5th-amendment capital-case constitutional-error due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment harmless-error jury sixth-amendment Whether Mr. Harris' rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth amendments to a fair trial by jury were violated
18-8653 Tavares J. Wright v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment adaptive-functioning atkins-v-virginia civil-rights constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability moore-v-texas Does the Florida Supreme Court's adaptive functioning analysis of intellectually disabled individuals violate the Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendm…
18-8657 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Maricopa Commissioners Arizona Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure dismissal evidentiary-ruling judgment judgment-of-dismissal jurisdiction reversible-error rule-38.1(n) special-commissioner Whether the Special Commissioner committed reversible error in the judgment of dismissal
18-8658 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Paul Penzone, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights complaint discretionary-rulings dismissal due-process failure-to-state-a-claim pro-se standing Whether the court below committed a reversible error by dismissing the pro se litigant's complaint
18-8659 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Amy M. Wood Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fees standing statutory-certification Whether or not the lower Court committed reversible error in dismissing the Pro Se litigant's Complaint, for failure to state a claim
18-8661 Eddie Lee Jackson v. Sandy McCain, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights counsel-medical-condition counsel-misconduct due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation misconduct procedural-error right-to-counsel suspension Whether the Petitioner was denied the right to assistance of counsel
18-8668 Joseph Edwards Teague, III v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP affidavit appeal appellate-review detective-affidavit federal-law good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant state-law state-vs-federal state-vs-federal-law Was COA17-1134 dispositive of appeal brought to NC Court of Appeals?
18-8671 Glynndeavin Von Fox v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP constitutional-interpretation federal-consent federal-preemption federal-questions international-law judicial-access judicial-review medical-access senate-ratification separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity sovereign-immunity-doctrine state-court-jurisdiction treaty-power us-constitution Can a State Court answer federal questions of an International Country in Japan, regarding judicial access to documents, or medical access to document…
18-8674 Dewayne Montgomery v. Garry Lewis Properties Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process landlord-tenant precedent slum-landlords standing summary-judgment tenant-rights tenants Whether the court of appeal's decision below, which effectively shifted the burden of proof onto Petitioner, a non-moving party at the summary judgmen…
18-8679 John James Bell v. South Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-procedure legal-representation Did the petitioner receive equal protection of the law under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
18-8680 George Rahsaan Brooks v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township Third Circuit Dismissed IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-standard certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel retroactive-precedent retroactivity rule-60(b) rule-60b subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the decision of McQuiggin v. Perkins applies retroactively
18-8681 Jamal James Carmouche v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency fifth-circuit-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review malicious-prosecution standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-counsel trial-record Whether there was sufficient evidence to convict Mr. Carmouche of a crime?
18-8685 Ervin Thomas v. Cathy A. Jess, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-district-court habeas-corpus pleading-standards pro-se pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation standing time-bar Whether a federal district court should deny petitioners petitions for a writ of habeas corpus as untimely and failed to issue a certificate of appeal…
18-8686 Juan Francisco Vega v. Florida Florida Dismissed IFP civil-commitment civil-procedure constitutional-provisions criminal-convictions criminal-judgments due-process involuntary-commitment involuntary-proceedings standing statute-of-limitations Whether the criminal judgments and convictions that are being utilized for involuntary civil commitment are barred by the Florida civil action statute…
18-8710 Veronica Moody Johnson v. Social Security Administration Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment due-process lien lien-enforcement social-security social-security-administration spousal-support Whether the United States District Court had jurisdiction to make a 14th Amendment due process declaration of rights
18-8720 Rodney Reep v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP agency-records agency-referrals civil-procedure exemption-7(c) exemption-interpretation foia foia-request government-disclosure government-misconduct grand-jury improper-conduct judicial-procedure statute-of-limitations Does 28 U.S.C. §2401(a) apply to FOIA?
18-8762 Jason Curtis Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment indictment remand standing superceding-indictment superseding-indictment Whether Brown's Fifth Amendment right to double jeopardy, due process and the expressed terms of the 6th Cir. Court of Appeals limited remand order we…
18-8764 Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing calfresh-benefits civil-procedure civil-rights compelled-speech county-notice establishment-clause first-amendment food-stamps free-speech hearing-rights notice public-assistance state-hearing utility-allowance wedding-services welfare-assistance Whether the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from requiring a private business to create custom wedding invitation…
18-877 Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, Governor of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (20)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 14th-amendment article-i-power congress congressional-power constitutional-law copyright copyright-infringement copyright-remedy-clarification-act federal-power federal-remedies federal-statute intellectual-property sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether Congress validly abrogated state sovereign immunity via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act
18-8771 Timothy Barr v. Rebecca Pearson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit-review burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process due-process-rights judicial-authority jury-trial prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation standing supreme-court-precedent Does the 8th circuit federal court of appeals have the authority to supersede the standards and precedent set by the United States Supreme Court in pr…
18-8772 Ellery Bennett v. Connie Horton, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prison-law-library pro-se pro-se-petitioner statute-of-limitations Whether the pro se petitioner's lack of knowledge about the habeas corpus statute of limitations due to the prison law library clerk's misleading stat…
18-8778 Fred Huffman v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-justice ex-post-facto-law judicial-vindictiveness redress-of-grievance retroactive-sentencing time-bar Retroactive amendment of U.S. Constitution's ex-post facto law
18-8803 Raymond Ramirez v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-violation conviction due-process fourteenth-amendment judgment-of-conviction jurisdiction jurisdictional-rule sentence sentencing state-court Whether the State of Florida / State Court violated the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution by enlarging a jurisdictional rule without au…
18-8861 Allen Louis Dorsey, Sr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-documents charging-information confidential-informant confidential-informants controlled-substances criminal-procedure discovery double-jeopardy due-process prosecutorial-discretion substance-sale Can a citizen be convicted of an uncharged crime?
18-8880 M. A. Edwards, aka Michael Anthony Edwards v. Scott Semple, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fabricated-testimony fraud government-misconduct impeachment standing testimonial-evidence testimonial-statement Can the government tell the triers of fact that defendant confessed to murder
18-8888 Nexis Rene Gomez v. Ken Clark, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-diligence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) sixth-amendment Did the Ninth Circuit erred in finding that petitioner did not showed that jurist of reason would find it debatable whether the district court abused …
18-8944 Timmy W. Doucet v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence jury-deliberation jury-deliberations louisiana-criminal-code reasonable-doubt reversible-error sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Whether reasonable jurists determine that it was reversible error for the district court to permit the jury, over defense counsel's objections, to vie…
18-8946 Willie Peterson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process duncan-v-louisiana illinois-v-allen lewis-v-united-states right-to-be-present third-circuit-court Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability on His Claim that the State Court Violated the U…
18-8963 Jose Cobian v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 730-ilcs-5-5-9-1-1 apprendi constitutional-challenge criminal-fines due-process guilty-plea sentencing southern-union-co-v-united-states standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Southern Union Co. v. United States has clarified that criminal fines are subject to the rule announced in…
18-8971 William T. Liepe v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment blood-alcohol blood-alcohol-test case-review constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-interpretation legal-standard search-and-seizure statutory-provisions suppression warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of defendant's blood for the purpose of determining his blood alcohol level violate the established constitutional principl…
18-8986 David E. Kelly v. Joseph M. Arpaio, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment business-identity-theft civil-rights constitutional-rights copyright-infringement due-process equal-treatment identity-theft law-enforcement property-rights Are law enforcement officers allowed to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens?
18-9002 David Curtis Smith v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa de-novo-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions prejudice prejudice-prong sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Petitioner was prejudiced under the Sixth Amendment due to trial counsel's failure to object to a concededly erroneous jury instruction an…
18-9008 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP bias due-process evidentiary-facts in-re-murchison judicial-bias post-conviction-relief recusal rippo-v-baker williams-v-pennsylvania Whether there is an impermissible risk of actual bias, likelihood of bias, appearance of bias, or unconstitutional potential for bias on the issue of …
18-9015 Diego Rodrigo Perea v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause constructive-denial criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was the State Court's rejection of the Petitioner's claim that he was constructively denied the assistance of counsel
18-9016 Henry Earl Miller v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 4th-circuit-court-of-appeals 5th-amendment 5th-amendment-equal-protection constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-law fourth-circuit habeas habeas-corpus procedural-due-process procedural-law wood-v-milyard Does The Fourth Circuit's Widespread Practice Of Issuing Virtually Indistinguishable Production-Line Manufactured Rubber Stamped Opinions Violate Mill…
18-9032 Michael Slager v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights credibility-of-witness criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony legal-standard officer-involved-shooting police-misconduct police-use-of-force second-degree-murder use-of-force voluntary-manslaughter Did the district court deny Petitioner's right to due process when it found that the underlying conduct at issue here—Officer Michael Slager's shootin…
18-9037 Rolander Brown v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-and-seizure stored-communications-act Whether the 'good faith exception' to the exclusionary rule should apply to court orders obtained pursuant to the Federal Stored Communications Act
18-9041 Peter Gakuba v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule free-speech search-and-seizure standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights were violated when the state court denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained throug…
18-9042 Kingy Ossarius Holden v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-counsel criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence search-and-seizure Whether the district court erred in denying the appellant's claims related to an unconstitutional search and seizure, ineffective assistance of trial …
18-9044 Troy Latrial Ramsey v. Jeff Premo, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-standard miller-el-v-cockrell per-se-rule reasonable-jurist sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit's ruling denying a certificate of appealability conflicts with this Court's ruling in Miller-El v. Cockrell
18-9046 Richard Shusterman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-jurists standard-of-review Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying issuance of a Certificate of Appealability of a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 ruling when the District Court…
18-9049 Jackie Madore v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-waivers contract-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-disparity Whether the Supreme Court should review appellate waivers in criminal cases under principles of contract law
18-9050 Roland Kailihiwa v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment canine-alert contamination drug-detection drug-detection-canine expert-testimony probable-cause residual-odor search-and-seizure search-warrant training Whether Mervin's positive alert on a parcel shipped to Hawaii, given his unsophisticated training and the possibility of contamination, suffices to es…
18-9053 Paul William Hilton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief standing title-28-usc-2255 Whether the Petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255
18-9055 Ronald Ray Horner v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process extra-territorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-jurisdiction fifth-amendment international-law sovereign-territory supreme-court-precedent Does the fact that the Appellant was arrested and questioned in Canada immunize the United States Attorney from following the Constitution of the Unit…
18-9058 Juan L. Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-data civil-rights consent fourth-amendment home-search lawful-arrest probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure unreasonable-search warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the search of a person's home and belongings when the pers…
18-9060 Bruce Wayne Harrison v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-599 criminal-law due-process ex-post-facto higher-sentence judicial-discretion pre-2011-sentence retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g-1b1.10 Ex Post Facto Clause-application
18-9063 Tyrone Leonard James v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3584 18-usc-924c 18-usc-924c3b certificate-of-appealability concurrent-sentences concurrent-sentences,federal-sentencing,state-sent Does the Supreme Court's grant of writ of certiora federal-criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-consideration sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors state-sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-rule-10 third-circuit unrelated-crimes vagueness Whether a district court's finding that a state crime and federal crime were unrelated is sufficient, in itself, to satisfy its obligation under 18 U.…
18-9069 Hector Rengifo v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-split civil-procedure controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment standing supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-winstead Whether two United States Court of Appeals has entered a decision in conflict with relevant decision of this Court
18-9079 Steven Dedual, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alternate-sentences appellate-review district-court guideline-range harmless-error judicial-discretion sentencing-discretion sentencing-enhancement sentencing-procedure unsupported-alternate-sentences unsupported-claims Can a district court that has erroneously applied a sentencing enhancement shield itself from appellate review by claiming, without providing specific…
18-9081 Scott Books v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brooks-v-tennessee coerced-confession confession-suppression criminal-procedure due-process impeachment right-to-counsel self-incrimination self-incrimination-5th-amendment Under Brooks v. Tennessee, did the district court's ruling permitting impeachment with the coerced confession and its physical fruit impermissibly int…
18-9082 Arion D. Andrews v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-investigation evidence-sufficiency fourth-amendment independent-evidence judicial-review police-investigation probable-cause residence search-warrant Can a search warrant properly issue under the Fourth Amendment when the police-officer-affiant states that the address to be searched is the residence…
18-9084 Edward JoRodge Gladney v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure diminished-capacity due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-testimony ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-capacity plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness sentencing sentencing-mitigation Whether the district court erred or abused its discretion by failing to hold an evidentiary hearing after grant of COA on contested factual allegation…
18-9085 Juan Antonio Hunter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility base-offense-level criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion federal-sentencing-guidelines first-step-act sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum u.s.s.g.-5g1.1(a) Whether the district court abused its discretion by deducting the three points awarded the petitioner for his acceptance of responsibility when those …
18-9086 Roel Daniel Galvan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carachuri-rosendo-v-holder criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process felon-in-possession felony firearm-possession hypothetical-facts misdemeanor misdemeanor-predicate predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-enhancement sixth-amendment united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether the four-level enhancement for possessing a firearm in connection with another felony offense pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(6)(B) applies whe…
18-9091 Antwayne Tremayne Lowry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-conviction due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate sentencing standard-of-review Whether the trial and appellate court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Certificate of Appealability
18-9092 Juan Lopez-Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony categorical-approach civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-state-statute immigration permanent-resident removal-order state-court-decisions statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts applying the categorical approach must rely on state court decisions that establish the elements of state court statute of conv…
18-9104 Kurt Zamor v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure common-carrier criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-16 evidence evidence-sufficiency expert-testimony firearms firearms-regulation mens-rea sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit failed to properly apply Title 18 U.S.C. Section 922(e)
18-9105 Samuel Eugene Geddie v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-crimes alleyne-precedent alleyne-v-united-states court-of-appeals criminal-classification criminal-law due-process north-carolina north-carolina-law sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred by holding there are 'no aggravated crimes' in North Carolina, when the Supreme Court has held in Al…
18-9106 Daqone Lentell Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender career-offender-predicate felony-complaints modified-categorical-analysis modified-categorical-approach prior-conviction sentencing-court sentencing-court-consideration sentencing-guidelines shepard-analysis shepard-v-united-states sixth-amendment unadopted-assertions Whether a sentencing court may consider felony complaints, with unadopted assertions, under Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13 (2005), when that co…
18-9109 Jose Christian Nunez-Belemontes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-order constitutional-violation criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding dea drug-enforcement-administration due-process notice opportunity-to-be-heard title-21 title-21-usc-841 title-21-usc-841a Is an administrative order conclusive and in violation of constitutional due process without the administrator providing notice and opportunity to be …
18-9116 Jesus Cotto v. Jacqueline Lashbrook, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari-petition compliance-exception due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-court-discretion federal-court-review federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review post-conviction procedural-default procedural-rules state-court-determination state-court-rules state-courts Whether Federal Courts May Excuse A Petitioner's Failure To Comply With The State Court's Procedural Rules, Notwithstanding The State Court's Determin…
18-9120 Russell Frey v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault cumulative-error due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-issues fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-trial prejudice right-to-counsel Whether the defendant's constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel was violated due to counsel's overall health and performance
18-9121 Jerry L. Gater v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california jury-trial-guarantee nelson-v-colorado presumption-of-innocence pro-se right-to-counsel sentencing-factors voir-dire Does a defendant have a right to participate in voir dire when proceeding pro se?
18-9124 Garland D. Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis criminal-procedure federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure illegal-sentence judicial-jurisdiction restitution rule-35 sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation title-18 Does jurisdiction exist to correct an illegal sentence at any time?
18-9131 Ryan Canfield v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment impoundment inventory law-enforcement probable-cause public-safety reasonableness standardized-procedures vehicle-impoundment Must impoundment be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment, or conducted pursuant to standardized procedures, or both?
18-9132 Earlie Dickerson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard federal-rule-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure government-witness government-witnesses motion-for-new-trial newly-discovered-evidence perjury trial-motion witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether new evidence that Government witnesses provided untruthful statements during a trial can ever satisfy the requirements for a motion for new ba…
18-9133 Abdul Karim Bangura v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit-review guilty-plea guilty-plea-withdrawal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel obstruction-of-justice right-to-counsel sentencing-enhancement withdrawal Whether the district court erred in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea
18-9148 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. James T. Blomo Arizona Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure court-rules due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pro-se standing statutory-interpretation summary-judgment Whether the Honorable Margaret Mahoney should have issued a court order for the pro se litigant to reply to the defendant's motion to dismiss, as a mi…
18-9149 John David Brookins v. Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Phoenix, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP equal-protection evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-selection peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights of due process and equal protection were violated in the lower court proceedings
18-9150 Peter Victor Ayika v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-speedy-trial effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act statutory-rights statutory-speedy-trial whether a certificate of Appealability (COA) should issue to pursue the Sixth Amendment claim on appeal
18-9151 Blake Joseph Sandlain v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment appellate-counsel capital-punishment criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice successive-petition Does the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel require a showing of prejudice to establish a claim that appellate counsel was ineff…
18-929 Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Inc., et al. v. Rae Weiler California Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) affordable-forum arbitration-agreement arbitration-costs arbitrator-role contract-law cost-sharing cost-sharing-provision federal-arbitration-act federal-arbitration-act-preemption preemption state-contract-law state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state rule that denies enforcement of a cost-sharing provision in an arbitration agreement without a fi…
18-972 Mathew Martoma v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (2) corporate-disclosure dirks-v-sec fiduciary-duty insider-trading personal-benefit securities-law securities-regulation tippee tippee-liability tipper Whether the government must demonstrate that the tipper received a personal benefit in exchange for providing insider information, as required by Dirk…
18-976 Association of American Railroads v. Department of Transportation, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (1) arbitration arbitration-provision due-process government-corporation industry-regulation regulatory-authority rulemaking rulemaking-power self-interested-actor separation-of-powers Whether PRIIA § 207 violates due process and the separation of powers by permitting regulatory authority to be exercised by a for-profit government co…
18A1126 Presbyterian Church U.S.A. v. Brian Edwards, Judge, Jefferson Circuit Court, et al. Kentucky Presumed Complete None
18M164 Lloyd George White v. Kee Nguyen Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None