| 18-1052 |
Zenaido Renteria, Jr. v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
|
article-iii circuit-split constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights continuing-offenses criminal-procedure criminal-venue due-process reasonable-foreseeability sixth-amendment |
Whether the Constitution limits venue in criminal trials to those places where the defendant could reasonably foresee that an overt act would occur |
| 18-1053 |
Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, West Virginia State Tax Commissioner |
West Virginia |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
bajakajian-standard civil-monetary-penalty civil-noncompliance civil-penalty cooper-industries-v-leatherman eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause-8th-amendment gross-disproportionality grossly-disproportionate master-settlement-agreement proportionality regulatory-compliance state-tax united-states-v-bajakajian |
Whether a 500% civil penalty imposed on a small business for inadvertent noncompliance is grossly disproportionate under the Eighth Amendment's Excess… |
| 18-1147 |
Deron Brunson v. L. Douglas Hogan, et al. |
Utah |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-disregard due-process equal-protection equitable-maxim fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion object-principle-of-justice precedent precedent-contradiction precedent-interpretation standing |
Whether the United States Supreme Court has set a precedence that contradicts its own precedence's |
| 18-1157 |
Edwin A. Vega v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
|
detention fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-v-united-states search-and-seizure united-states-v-ross usps vehicle-search |
Did the Ohio Supreme Court reverse Rodriguez v. United States and permit unlawful detention and search in violation of the Fourth Amendment? |
| 18-1177 |
Bradford G. Peters, as Executor of the Estate of Andrew J. McKelvey, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-law fair-notice internal-revenue-code judicial-gap-filling phantom-regulation separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-law-exceptionalism tax-regulation treasury-delegation treasury-regulations |
Whether the judiciary may enforce an ambiguous provision of the Internal Revenue Code by filling a statutory gap when Congress delegated gap-filling r… |
| 18-1192 |
The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act constitutional-rights contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate government-mandate government-regulation health-care health-plans healthcare-coverage healthcare-law interim-final-rules national-importance religious-exemption religious-exemptions religious-freedom-restoration-act religious-objection standing |
Whether RFRA requires the government to exempt religious objectors from providing health plans that include contraceptive coverage |
| 18-1197 |
Deanna Brookhart, Acting Warden v. Anthony D. Lee, Sr. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
2254-standard 28-usc-2254 affidavit-evidence evidentiary-hearing federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reasonable-probability state-court-determination state-postconviction-review |
Whether a state court makes an unreasonable determination of fact under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) by assuming the truth of affidavits provided in support… |
| 18-1216 |
R. C. "Rick" Lussy v. Florida Elections Commission, et al. |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
anti-trust civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-dispute elections emolument emolument-manipulation free-speech judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation property-appraisal standing stare-decisis |
Retaliation against pro se respondents, emolument manipulation, falsification of facts, lack of due process, election irregularities, anti-American bi… |
| 18-1279 |
K. Wendell Lewis, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
|
29-usc-1303(f) appropriate-equitable-relief circuit-split disgorgement equitable-relief erisa erisa-title-iv fiduciary-duties fiduciary-duty pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation pension-plan pension-plans statutory-interpretation |
Does § 1344(c) preclude disgorgement of profits from the Corporation as an appropriate equitable remedy under §1303(f) for the Corporation's breaches … |
| 18-1291 |
Linda Thurman, et al. v. Judicial Correction Services, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-district-courts judicial-review jurisdiction municipal-court private-probation probation-order rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment void-ab-initio |
Whether Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies when the underlying state-court judgment is void ab initio |
| 18-1293 |
Evergreen Freedom Foundation, dba Freedom Foundation v. Washington |
Washington |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
ballot-initiative ballot-initiatives campaign-finance constitutional-vagueness due-process fair-campaign-practices-act first-amendment free-speech vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether Washington's campaign finance statutes violate due process by being unconstitutionally vague as applied to legal services for ballot initiativ… |
| 18-1303 |
Sonja Colbert v. Cleveland Mitchell |
California |
Denied |
|
appeals appellate-review bad-faith civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process filing-fees housing-authority judicial-procedure jury-trial landlord-tenant lower-court rent-control section-8-housing standing |
Whether a single court of appeals justice can dismiss an appeal after the appellant has shown that all notices of appeal were timely filed and fees pa… |
| 18-1315 |
Hmong 1, et al. v. Lao People's Democratic Republic, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
alien-tort-statute cia genocide head-of-state-immunity heads-of-state heads-of-state-immunity secret-war state-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction torture war-crimes |
Whether petitioners/survivors of the atrocities committed by the Laos communist government met their pleading burden under the Alien Tort Claims Act |
| 18-1316 |
Beverley R. Nettles v. Cynthia C. Bullington, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-right constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment probable-cause protected-class retaliation retaliatory-claim |
Whether the existence of probable cause should be a factor to preclude a retaliatory-claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for a person's prior exercise of the… |
| 18-1319 |
Elijah Thomas v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bodily-impairment civil-procedure court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims disability disability-compensation due-process equitable-tolling judicial-review procedural-barriers procedural-exhaustion statutory-deadline statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits veterans-claims |
Whether the 120-day deadline for filing a claim in the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims should be equitably tolled for a 100% disabled veteran una… |
| 18-1333 |
Ronald Jones, et al. v. Michael Keitz, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
42-usc-1983 ashcroft-v-iqbal civil-rights county-liability heightened-pleading iqbal-standard malicious-prosecution monell-claim municipal-liability pleading-standard section-1983 sheriff-liability |
What facts must a plaintiff allege to state a claim for malicious prosecution against a California county and its sheriff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, espe… |
| 18-1339 |
Mark Anthony Fornesa, et al. v. Fifth Third Mortgage Company |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
' 'appeals' ' 'bankruptcy-law" ' 'civil-rights" ' 'constitutional-law" ' 'foreclosure" ' 'fraud" automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-stay constitutional-rights constitutional-validity constitutional-violation damages debtor-rights eviction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud fraud-allegation mortgage-dispute mortgage-law property-seizure |
Unlawful seizure of debtor's property during bankruptcy without relief from stay, fraud against the United States, violation of 4th and 7th Amendment … |
| 18-1356 |
Dayo Adetu, et al. v. Sidwell Friends School |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
academic-deference civil-rights damages discrimination human-rights-act material-adverse-action material-adversity non-pecuniary-damages retaliation retaliation-claims settlement-agreement summary-judgment |
Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's grant of summary judgment on the grounds that non-pecuniary damages were not pe… |
| 18-1359 |
William Shannon Gresham v. Tennessee |
Tennessee |
Denied |
Response Waived |
acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether a trial court may use acquitted conduct by a jury that rejected the State's proof on a particular issue in order to enhance a defendant's sent… |
| 18-1381 |
Supply Pro Sorbents, LLC v. RingCentral, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
advertising-space circuit-split commercial-availability fax-advertisement fcc-commentary incidental-advertisement ninth-circuit regulatory-interpretation seventh-circuit standing statutory-interpretation telephone-consumer-protection-act |
Whether an 'incidental fax advertisement' is exempt from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's definition of a 'fax advertisement' |
| 18-1390 |
Rochell Talley v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process foreclosure notice-requirements pro-se pro-se-litigant standing time-limits |
Whether the appeal was wrongfully dismissed after the pro se litigant took measurable acts to protect the merits of his appeal after it was erroneousl… |
| 18-1392 |
John M. Barone v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights constitutional-property-rights constitutional-rights due-process fannie-mae federal-jurisdiction foreclosure foreclosure-fraud nemo-dat-quod-non-habet pro-se-litigation securities securities-law standing state-actor takings takings-clause |
Whether the U.S. government's unconstitutional involvement in millions of foreclosures through FHFA and de facto state-actor Fannie Mae subjects it to… |
| 18-1423 |
Paul E. Cooper v. United States |
Armed Forces |
Denied |
Response Waived |
10-usc-867c article-i-authority court-of-appeals-for-the-armed-forces johnson-v-united-states judicial-review matter-of-fact matters-of-fact matters-of-law military-appeals-court-authority military-appellate-review military-law navy-marine-corps-court-of-criminal-appeals statutory-authority statutory-interpretation |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces exceeded its statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 867(c) when it took action with res… |
| 18-1425 |
Naren Chaganti v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
binding court-order hearsay hearsay-exception internal-revenue-code internal-revenue-code-162(f) litigation-sanctions parties standing stipulations tax-court-rule tax-court-rule-91-a-e tax-court-stipulations tax-cuts-and-jobs-act tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-2017 |
Whether stipulations filed under Tax Court Rule 91(a) & (e) are binding on the parties and the Tax Court |
| 18-1433 |
Milton Balkany v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default reasonable-doubt trevino-v-thaler |
Whether a lower court can apply a default rule or ignore precedent on actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel claims |
| 18-1436 |
Ulric Jones v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure disbarment due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings judicial-review retained-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment supervisory-power |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated the petitioner's Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by disbar… |
| 18-543 |
State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. v. Jerry Reeves |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-evidence new-evidence-requirement post-conviction-relief procedural-default sixth-amendment trial-review untimely-petition untimely-petitions |
Whether evidence that was available but not presented at trial satisfies the new evidence requirement of the actual innocence exception which permits … |
| 18-547 |
Melissa Elaine Klein, et vir v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries |
Oregon |
GVR |
Amici (10)Relisted (13) |
commercial-art compelled-speech employment-division-v-smith expressive-conduct first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hybrid-rights public-accommodations religious-liberty |
Whether Oregon violated the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment by compelling the Kleins to design and create a custom weddin… |
| 18-7036 |
Frank Richardson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-16b 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery modified-categorical-approach statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness |
Whether the residual clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-750 |
JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
article-iii article-iii-standing estoppel injury-in-fact inter-partes-review patent patent-office-appeal patent-standing standing standing-article-iii-injury-in-fact-patent-office- statutory-interpretation statutory-rights |
Can the Federal Circuit refuse to hear an appeal by a petitioner from an adverse final decision in a Patent Office inter partes review on the basis of… |
| 18-781 |
Baltimore County, Maryland v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
adea-enforcement age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act circuit-court-interpretation circuit-court-precedent circuit-court-split discretionary-authority judicial-discretion pension-plan pension-plans retroactive-relief statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erroneously held that a retroactive award of monetary relief is mandatory under the ADEA in this pension case |
| 18-7966 |
Desmond Smith v. J. A. Terris, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act constitutional-rights drug-offense generic-federal-offense generic-offense sentence-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-law-definition state-statute |
Whether the ACCA's definition of a 'serious drug offense' imposes a sentence enhancement or make an exception when a state's definition of 'delivery a… |
| 18-8006 |
In Re Curtis Evans |
|
Dismissed |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information jurisdiction private-company public-records standing statutory-provisions |
Why does the public have a right to access the records of a private company? |
| 18-8016 |
James Goff v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment death-penalty hurst-v-florida judicial-fact-finding jury-trial mitigation-evidence resentencing sentencing sixth-amendment |
Is a trial judge's independent weighing of new mitigation evidence and imposition of the death penalty at a resentencing hearing unconstitutional unde… |
| 18-8022 |
Leonicio Arias Coreas v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process fourteenth-amendment fraud ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment |
Did counsel fail to conduct a proper pre-trial investigation |
| 18-8050 |
Alvaun Thompson v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
age-requirement aggravated-offense criminal-statute federal-criminal-law mens-rea minors sentencing sex-trafficking strict-liability under-14 |
Whether the mens rea requirement as to the person's being under 18 applies to the person's being under 14 or whether the aggravated under-14 offense i… |
| 18-8125 |
Darrell D. Walker v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-2255 circuit-court-split criminal-defendant district-court-judgment federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutory-provision original-judgment record-silent retroactive-constitutional-decision second-successive-motion statutory-provision |
Whether a criminal defendant is entitled to relief under a retroactive constitutional decision invalidating a federal statutory provision, where the r… |
| 18-8175 |
Wessley J. Gunchick v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-procedure arbitrary-and-capricious civil-procedure contract-law due-process employment-contract employment-dispute erisa erisa-standards legal-precedent standing |
Question not identified |
| 18-8244 |
Justin Keith Cornell v. Virginia |
Virginia |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actus-reus appellate-review cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence criminal-agency criminal-conviction due-process jury-standard mens-rea reasonable-doubt second-degree-murder sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in applying the criteria of excluding all reasonable hypotheses of appellant's innocence, rather than the … |
| 18-8386 |
Michael Apelt v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mental-impairment prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
When determining if a capital defendant was prejudiced by counsel's deficient performance during state sentencing, whether the federal court may bypas… |
| 18-8393 |
Irma Ovalles v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
categorical-approach constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness-doctrine |
Whether the residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague |
| 18-8415 |
John L. Lotter v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment capital-sentencing death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment |
Does Nebraska's capital sentencing scheme requiring a three-judge panel, rather than a jury, to impose a sentence of death violate the Eighth Amendmen… |
| 18-8417 |
Robert Jackson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-287 circuit-split criminal-law false-claim false-claims false-claims-act good-faith-defense knowledge mens-rea statutory-interpretation willfulness |
Whether the mens rea element for a false claim prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 287 requires willfulness or mere knowledge |
| 18-8426 |
Charles C. Lynch v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
None |
|
| 18-8434 |
Leif Halvorsen v. DeEdra Hart, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment-of-habeas-petition clearly-established-law darden-v-wainwright due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct white-v-woodall |
Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling that a lack of Supreme Court case law dealing with a specific type of improper prosecution closing argument means n… |
| 18-8507 |
Randall Jennette v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
28-usc-1738 admiralty-law admiralty-maritime full-faith-and-credit maritime-contract relief-sought statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-court |
Whether Tax Court had subject matter jurisdiction under its Admiralty/Maritime Jurisdictions to grant Appellee relief sought in the absence of maritim… |
| 18-8664 |
Rodney Tyrone Lowe v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
caldwell-v-mississippi death-penalty eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-violation harmless-error hurst-v-florida jury-instructions |
Does the Florida Supreme Court's exclusive reliance on a unanimous recommendation of death to find harmless error for violations of Hurst v. Florida, … |
| 18-8731 |
Carlos Noguera v. Greg Smith, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection excessive-force medical-care prison-conditions standing takings |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was subjected to excessive force and denie… |
| 18-8768 |
Darryl A. Robinson v. Unknown Mawer, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction public-forum standing takings |
Was my right to protest on U.S. government property infringed? |
| 18-8787 |
Oliver Douce Al-Dey v. City of New York, New York |
New York |
Denied |
IFP |
article-iii-court article-iv-court civil-procedure constitution constitutional-limits courts due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdiction-boundaries standing |
Whether a court of general jurisdiction is authorized to extend its jurisdiction, beyond the boundaries fixed therefor by the Constitution, into geogr… |
| 18-8789 |
Roy Easterwood v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus prison-conditions res-judicata |
Will this Court require Oklahoma courts to treat similarly situated persons inmates alike? |
| 18-8790 |
In Re Steven Michael Backstrom |
|
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts appellate-procedure circuit-court clerk clerk-discretion court-access judicial-power mandamus mandate recall-mandate |
Is mandamus the appropriate remedy to compel a circuit court clerk to accept, file, and submit a motion to recall the court's prior mandate? |
| 18-8800 |
Stephen R. Winn v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-expert-testimony due-process evidence expert-witness fair-trial judicial-discretion testimony |
Whether the court erred in allowing the expert witness to testify without her notes and denying the defendant the right to review the notes as part of… |
| 18-8805 |
In Re Andre Rene Scott |
|
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus mandamus-petition procedural-rules standing void-judgment |
Whether the ruling in Marbury v. Madison still stands |
| 18-8812 |
James Barr v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidentiary-hearing preliminary-injunction race racial-discrimination standing |
Did the federal court err when it denied the petitioner's request for a preliminary injunction? |
| 18-8815 |
Scott Randall Reich v. Mike Slagle, Correctional Administrator, Mountain View Correctional Institution |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence evidence-suppression prosecutorial-misconduct speedy-trial standing witness-testimony |
Has rules of evidence precluded by Speedy Trial Act from being used to impeach witness testimony? |
| 18-8820 |
Carman L. Deck v. Richard Jennings, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability death-penalty district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-standard reasonable-jurists standard-of-review |
Did Mr. Deck present grounds for relief as to which reasonable jurists could differ concerning the correctness of the district court's conclusion, thu… |
| 18-8848 |
Antyane Robinson v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
IFP |
certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-standard due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality rippo-v-baker standard-of-review standing state-court state-court-review vacatur |
Where a state court denied a judicial bias claim based on another state court's finding that the judge in question had not demonstrated actual bias, d… |
| 18-8849 |
Keith Andre Robinson v. H. White, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search |
Did the District Court err in finding that no exigent circumstances were present to justify the warrantless search and seizure of Petitioner's home an… |
| 18-8850 |
Oscar L. Shaw v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
alteration-of-trial-records civil-rights due-process federal-court fraud lack-of-filing-original-indictment lack-of-jurisdiction-after-dismissal misconduct-by-court-appointed-attorney misconduct-by-state-judge misconduct-by-state-prosecutors rule-60b standing |
Whether the trial court has jurisdiction after the dismissal, to conduct a jury trial and enter judgment of conviction? |
| 18-8851 |
Lester James Smith v. Georgia |
Georgia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attempt-to-elude criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-punishment due-process equal-protection evidence-collection federalism investigative-techniques law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing single-incident single-jurisdiction |
Whether the State of Georgia erred in sentencing Mr. Smith to multiple punishments for a single criminal act of attempt to elude police |
| 18-8853 |
Cameron Brown v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights court-proceedings double-jeopardy due-process jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-included-offenses mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-transcript |
Is the defendant convicted due to double jeopardy violation? |
| 18-8858 |
Aspen Warren v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency jury-unanimity manner-and-means murder murder-conviction state-criminal-law state-statutes statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether there must be sufficient evidence to convict under each manner or means alleged in a murder case where under state statutes a jury need not be… |
| 18-8859 |
LaShunda Borden v. Cheaha Regional Mental Health Center, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-perjury criminal-procedure due-process employment-law first-amendment fraud free-speech freedom-of-speech legal-ethics perjury standing |
Is it legal for a company to commit perjury to win a lawsuit? |
| 18-8863 |
Neville Turnbull v. Glen Johnson, Warden |
Georgia |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-standard miscarriage-of-justice prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-process |
Whether a State's highest court errs, and abuses discretion by refusing to remedy a prisoner's miscarriage of justice claim, critical to all parties i… |
| 18-8867 |
James A. Brown v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing |
Whether the district court and court of appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of jurisdiction and standing |
| 18-8875 |
George E. Brown v. Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-time civil-rights civil-rights-law due-process equitable-tolling federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pipeline-analysis postconviction-relief retroactivity standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the 'pipeline' analysis should be expanded to new law that applies to postconviction claims where the resolution of the postconviction claim w… |
| 18-8876 |
Nickie R. Logan v. District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-a-fair-trial right-to-counsel |
Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel requires a court to appoint new counsel when a defendant expresses dissatisfactio… |
| 18-8878 |
Abdullahi Hamu Jara v. Standard Parking, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure claim-preclusion collateral-estoppel due-process federal-question issue-preclusion labor-management-relations-act merits merits-judgment res-judicata title-vii |
What degree of conduct following the first judgement is necessary to give rise to a new claim? |
| 18-8883 |
James E. Jessup v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment prisoner-rights racial-discrimination school-desegregation standing |
Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims alleging violations of his First Amendment rights and due process righ… |
| 18-8884 |
Jimmy Wayne Brown v. California |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction property-rights standing takings |
Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's right to use leased property |
| 18-8908 |
Preston G. Demouchet, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction patent standing takings |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim |
| 18-8919 |
In Re Tatyana Evgenievna Drevaleva |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure court-order due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion judicial-review legal-review mandamus procedural-due-process standing |
Does any Court have a legal right to issue a dispositive Order without a detailed explanation about why this decision was reached? |
| 18-8942 |
Jeffrey Akard v. Robert E. Carter Jr., Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
412-Rape-Shield-law-conflict Brady-materials brady-violation due-process evidence-suppression evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence Fifth-Amendment-Due-Process habeas-corpus habeas-relief impeaching-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rape-shield-law sentencing-claims strickland-standards |
Was Petitioner's 94 year sentence for rape related charges based only on accuser's testimony, in violation of Fifth-Amendment-Due-Process, warrant hab… |
| 18-8958 |
Sheila Davalloo v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adjudication AEDPA equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstance extraordinary-circumstances federal-claims state-created-impediment statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations |
Does the uncommon circumstances of this case rise to the level of an extraordinary circumstance warranting equitable tolling of the AEDPA statute of l… |
| 18-8990 |
Raszell Reeder v. E. Wheldon, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights compensatory-damages constitutional-claims cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect medical-records medical-treatment mental-health prisoner-healthcare |
Whether the courts erred in denying the petitioner's claims for compensatory damages for physical and mental trauma caused by the defendants' failure … |
| 18-8991 |
Dany A. Rojas-Vega v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
| 18-8992 |
Charles Lorraine v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment death-penalty death-sentence eighth-amendment judge-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial jury-verdict sixth-amendment spaziano-v-florida |
Is Ohio's death penalty scheme unconstitutional under Hurst v. Florida? |
| 18-8994 |
Abie Wolf, aka Abraham C. Wolf v. Randolph Osherow, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-procedure bankruptcy-rules bankruptcy-trustee court-jurisdiction creditors-meeting discharge discharge-appeal due-process legal-interpretation procedural-error transcript trustee trustee-objection |
Whether or not the Lower Court is talking about Petitioners Discharge and that's not what Petitioner appealed |
| 18-9074 |
Aaron Francois v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-constitution sufficiency-of-evidence trial-error |
Whether the evidence was sufficient to establish that the murder and underlying felony of armed robbery formed a continuous transaction without a sign… |
| 18-9101 |
Pierre Montanez v. Ursula Walowski |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-regulation judicial-review peremptory-challenges separation-of-powers standing supremacy-clause supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the subject of peremptory challenges are valid under the Separation of Powers, Due Process, and the Supremacy Clause |
| 18-9123 |
Jovan McClenton v. California |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
discretion due-process eighth-amendment miller-v-alabama sentencing de-novo-resentencing discretionary-sentencing eighth-amendment hallmark-features-of-youth juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama proportionality |
Is de novo resentencing required where lengthy, fully determinate sentences, primarily based on the discretion of the trial court, were imposed on juv… |
| 18-9154 |
Jeffrey William Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure-criminal constitutional-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jury-instructions life-imprisonment life-sentence mitigating-factors sentencing sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation |
Whether the circuit court erred in failing to correct a defective jury instruction |
| 18-9163 |
Phillip L. Horrell v. Michael D. Downey, Sheriff, Kankakee County, Illinois |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence brady-violation civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing voluntary-plea |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims and denying an evidentiary hearing |
| 18-918 |
John Copeland, et al. v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process facial-challenge free-speech johnson-v-united-states salerno-rule sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether a plaintiff need show that a law is vague in all of its applications to succeed in a facial vagueness challenge |
| 18-9192 |
Michael Balice v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
16th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-summary-judgment constitutional-limitations due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment tax tax-lien trial-by-jury |
Whether the grant of summary judgment was erroneous and improper due to factual disputes between the litigants |
| 18-9212 |
Vincent McCrudden v. United States, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights credibility-determination de-minimis-force due-process federal-tort-claims-act jury-trial standing summary-judgment |
Can Courts systemically deny access to a jury trial in meritorious FTCA and Bivens Claims by making credibility determinations at the summary judgment… |
| 18-9213 |
James Paine v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conviction-analysis criminal-history criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation perceived-seriousness point-calculation sentencing-guidelines seriousness similar-offenses u.s.s.g.-§4a1.2(c) united-states-sentencing-guidelines |
Should the court analyze whether a conviction is similar to the offenses listed in U.S.S.G. §4A1.2(c) as a group or solely for perceived seriousness w… |
| 18-9219 |
Yaqob Tafan Thomas v. Joseph P. Meko, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aggravating-factor alternative-means burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge constitutional-scrutiny due-process jury-instructions presumption richardson-v-us-schad-v-arizona |
Does it violate the due process clause when a state intentionally refuses to define every elemental fact in 'alternative means' statute thereby creati… |
| 18-9224 |
Francisco Illarramendi v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2462 civil-actions civil-procedure collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights habeas-corpus sec securities-enforcement statute-of-limitations summary-judgment supreme-court-doctrine |
Do lower courts have an inherent duty to properly apply doctrine of this Supreme Court that confirms the applicability of the Statute of Limitations -… |
| 18-9231 |
Matthew Leachman v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation continuing-jeopardy criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-conviction indictment indictment-strategy retrial retrial-rights |
Whether a State may break the original indictment into discrete pieces to obtain multiple trials in a retrial comprising 'continuing jeopardy' where t… |
| 18-9233 |
Michael Perales v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-appeals criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process plain-error procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-explanation sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure |
Is a district court's gross failure to explain an above-range sentence or to respond to arguments for a lesser sentence reversible on plain error? |
| 18-9236 |
Amy Gonzalez and David Thomas Matusiewicz v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-2261a,overbreadth,free-speech,first-amendme 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-unanimity,criminal-procedure,jury-in 6th-amendment,5th-amendment,sentencing,jury-trial, actus-reus criminal-procedure criminal-procedure,evidence,character-evidence,pre criminal-procedure,evidence,polygraph,crane-v-kent criminal-procedure,jury-instructions,causation,act criminal-verdict due-process jury-instruction jury-trial jury-unanimity sixth-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2261A is unconstitutionally ov Whether a person can be convicted for stalking res Whether Crane v. Kentucky 476 U.S. 683 690 (1986 Whether sentencing courts may continue to violate Whether the admissibility of a civil judicial opin |
Whether juries must unanimously agree on the actus reus element of offenses |
| 18-9240 |
Carlos Cordoba v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-misconduct criminal-procedure discovery-of-new-facts due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel limitations-period rule-35 section-2255 statute-of-limitations |
Should the district court have conducted an evidentiary hearing in order that Mr. Cordoba could have presented proof of his reliance on his attorney's… |
| 18-9241 |
Sealed Appellant v. Sealed Appellee |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
attorney-client-privilege attorney-representation civil-rights conflict-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure cuyler-v-sullivan due-process prosecutorial-ethics right-to-counsel strickland-v-washington structural-error |
When a lawyer is named as a suspect in the same criminal investigation as his client, should lower courts review the conflict under Cuyler v. Sullivan… |
| 18-9242 |
Joel Hayden v. Maine |
Maine |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
batson-challenge constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ethnicity fourteenth-amendment jury-selection jury-selection-process language-barrier race-discrimination racial-bias racial-discrimination voir-dire |
When a party moves to strike a prospective juror for cause due to a 'language barrier', what record must the court make to ensure the strike is not ba… |
| 18-9243 |
Chima Edozie Aligwekwe v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquittal double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jury-trial restitution sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether the right to a jury trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment is violated when a district court increases the defendant's prison sentence and… |
| 18-9245 |
Martin Paul De-La-Rosa v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation judicial-review methamphetamine section-2d1.1 section-4a1.1 section-4a1.2 sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Does a sentencing court have to get its math correct when calculating the applicable federal sentencing guidelines? |
| 18-9248 |
Preston Phillips v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act armed-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-offense indirect-force omission physical-force statutory-interpretation violent-felony |
Whether an offense committed by indirect force, or by 'any means' like an omission, qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Careener Criminal … |
| 18-9256 |
Zeeshan Khalid Syed v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-affidavit court-discretion due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se reasonableness-of-counsel standing waiver waiver-doctrine writ-of-certiorari |
When a pro-se files for a COA and discusses his claim extensively in his argument, can the Court construe the issue as being waived? |
| 18-9259 |
Akunna Baiyina Ejiofor v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-faith-exception plain-language plain-meaning search-warrant search-warrant-affidavit standard-of-review suppression-motion tenth-circuit |
May a reviewing court uphold a search by reading a statement in a search-warrant affidavit contrary to its plain meaning? |
| 18-9264 |
Robert Marshall v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure buck-precedent buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisprudence |
DID THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT WRONGLY APPLY THIS COURT'S JURISPRUDENCE IN BUCK BY FAILING TO GRANT A COA IN THIS MATTER |
| 18-9275 |
James Troiano v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acca-residual-clause advisory-guidelines advisory-sentencing-guidelines armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability due-process johnson-claim johnson-v-united-states townsend-misinformation townsend-v-burke vagueness void-for-vagueness |
Should a COA issue because reasonable jurists could conclude that Johnson's interpretation of the ACCA's residual clause triggers a Townsend claim aga… |
| 18-9276 |
In Re Jesus Avila |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-procedure miscarriage-of-justice motion-recharacterization rule-60 rule-60(b)(6) standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the re-characterization of Jesus Avila's properly filed Rule 60(b)(6) motion constitutes an impermissible miscarriage of justice |
| 18-9284 |
Angela Rogers v. Compass Airlines, Inc., et al. |
Minnesota |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment certified-mail civil-procedure civil-rights due-process privileges-and-immunities state-court-operations state-supreme-court timely-filing us-postal-service |
Whether the internal operations of the State Supreme Court of Minnesota violate the Privileges and Immunities clause of the 14° Amendment and the Due … |
| 18-9291 |
Adrian Green v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment career-offender criminal-history due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plain-error plea-agreement prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-error |
Was defense counsel ineffective or deficient in their representation of the defendant? |
| 18-9292 |
Timothy B. Fredrickson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bail bail-appeal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion mandamus pre-trial-detention pre-trial-release speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation |
What recourse is available to a defendant, when an appeal and mandamus enforcement of the ministerial and self-executing release on bail provision of … |
| 18-9293 |
Eugene Cooper v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights newly-discovered-evidence postconviction-relief right-to-counsel trial-court-discretion |
Whether the trial court erred and abused its discretion in denying Mr. Cooper's 3.850 (b) (1) Motion for Postconviction relief based on Newly Discover… |
| 18-9300 |
Devon Waters, aka Devon Jones v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver appellate-review career-offender crime-of-violence criminal-defendant-appeal-waiver criminal-procedure drug-distribution drug-distribution-offense sentencing sentencing-guidelines |
Does a criminal defendant's waiver of his right to appeal a within guidelines sentence bar appellate review where the district court improperly senten… |
| 18-9301 |
Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use |
Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that the confidential informant purch… |
| 18-9303 |
Larry Ray Lincks v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver booker booker-remedy constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process guidelines-interpretation plea-agreement plea-bargaining public-policy sentence-appeal-waiver sentencing sentencing-guidelines sufficiency-of-evidence |
Does a sentence-appeal waiver that purportedly precludes a challenge to the sufficiency of enhancement evidence and the district court's interpretatio… |
| 18-9304 |
Abel De Leon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure guilty-plea pre-acceptance right-to-withdraw rule-11 withdrawal |
Whether a formal motion to withdraw a guilty plea is required to invoke the protections of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(d)(1) |
| 18-9305 |
Joshua Chapman-Sexton v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure inevitable-discovery probable-cause search-warrant warrantless-search |
Whether the inevitable discovery exception to the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule applies |
| 18-9306 |
Shawn Sayer v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process maximum-sentence probation-report procedural-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness upward-variance |
Whether the district court erred by imposing a sentence without adequate explanation pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c), and the length of which sentence… |
| 18-9312 |
Travis Jermaine Wright v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 18-9313 |
Warren D. Watson v. Matthew Killough, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process exhaustion-of-remedies grievance-procedures handbook-interpretation prisoner-rights procedural-confusion |
What is considered proper exhaustion and was there enough confusion in the policy handbook and other procedures to warrant non-exhaustion? |
| 18-9315 |
Casey Peebles v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
1st-circuit 8th-circuit circuit-conflict circuit-split codefendant-testimony criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence newly-discovered-evidence rule-33 |
Should a district court automatically exclude exculpatory testimony from a non-testifying codefendant as not newly discovered evidence or should that … |
| 18-9378 |
In Re Tae Hon Chon |
|
Dismissed |
IFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-statute district-court due-process ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-doctrine fair-warning substantive-law |
Does a District Court's ex post facto construction of a substantive criminal statute deprive a petitioner of the fair warning to which the Constitutio… |
| 18-940 |
Jamal Martinez Hancock v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
actual-innocence antiterrorism-act antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act constitutional-error habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice new-evidence schlup-v-delo state-prisoner triggering-events |
Whether evidence that was available but not presented at trial constitutes 'new' evidence for purposes of the 'actual-innocence' gateway that permits … |
| 18-9403 |
In Re Christopher Johnson |
|
Denied |
IFP |
2255-motion 28-usc-2241 922g-offense binding-precedent circuit-precedent commerce-clause criminal-procedure erroneous-precedent federal-prisoner foreclosed-arguments habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal prisoner may file a habeas-corpus petition under 28-usc-2241 to raise arguments foreclosed by binding-but-erroneous circuit-preceden… |
| 18-9437 |
In Re Steven Weste |
|
Denied |
IFP |
carpenter-v-united-states cell-site-location-information criminal-procedure exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-privacy government-subpoena privacy-rights subpoena warrant-requirement |
Does the government's use of a pretrial subpoena to obtain a defendant's historical cell-site location information (CSLI) from a wireless carrier viol… |
| 18M168 |
Sylvester Ekwunife v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M169 |
Eric D. Streeter v. Walden University, LLC, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M170 |
Quincy Deshan Butler v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M171 |
James Joseph Bagwell v. Bank of America, N.A. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 18M172 |
Victor Anthony Charles v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|