Conference: 2019-11-01

159 cases — 0 granted, 159 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1343 Princeton Digital Image Corporation v. Adobe Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure consent-final-judgment consent-judgment cross-appeal federal-circuit final-judgment interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-dismissal standing third-circuit Whether the court below erroneously held, in conflict with a decision of the Third Circuit, that it may vacate a district court's consent final judgme…
18-1490 Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Bucks County, et al. v. Jason Piasecki Third Circuit Denied circuit-split custody federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus in-custody probation sex-offender-registration state-court state-court-conviction state-criminal-convictions third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously concluded that the respondent, who was no longer serving his state sentence of probation at the…
18-1500 Jonsha Bell v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing life-expectancy nonhomicide-offense sentencing sentencing-proportionality Does the Eighth Amendment forbid an aggregate sentence that exceeds the life expectancy of a juvenile nonhomicide offender?
18-1501 Charles C. Liu, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (19)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) agency-enforcement disgorgement equitable-relief judicial-review kokesh-v-sec lower-court-precedent penalty sec-enforcement securities-law statutory-interpretation Whether the SEC may seek and obtain disgorgement from a court as equitable relief' for a securities law violation even though this Court has determine…
18-1530 Enplas Display Device Corporation v. Seoul Semiconductor Company, Ltd. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-271(b) extraterritoriality global-tech global-tech-appliances induced-infringement inducement microsoft-v-att patent-infringement presumption-against presumption-against-extraterritoriality rjr-nabisco statutory-interpretation Whether, in view of the presumption against extraterritoriality, a foreign defendant's foreign sales of components to a foreign company qualifies as i…
18-1565 Matt A. Rogers v. SWEPI LP, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitrability arbitration-provision arbitration-validity contract-formation contract-validity delegation-of-arbitrability federal-law federal-preemption first-options-standard prima-paint-doctrine severability severability-doctrine state-law Whether the severability doctrine applies to determine arbitrability in the absence of clear and unmistakable evidence that the parties delegated that…
18-1566 Charles D. Scoville v. Securities and Exchange Commission Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure criminal-prosecution dodd-frank-act due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-reach extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction sec-enforcement securities-exchange-act securities-exchange-act-of-1934 securities-law securities-regulation statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Section 929P(b)'s jurisdictional amendments conferred substantive extraterritorial reach upon Sections 10(b) and 17(a) in SEC enforcement acti…
18-7806 George Berka v. City of Middletown, Connecticut Connecticut Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure appeal-rights appeals civil-procedure due-process judicial-review notice notice-of-rights public-health-law state-law Did the Connecticut Department of Public Health act improperly, and deny the Petitioner his right to due process, by failing to inform him on how to p…
18-8890 Carl Lee Jones v. Willie Smith, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights due-process equal-protection medical-treatment standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent transgender-rights What is the appropriate medical treatment for individuals with gender dysphoria?
18-8901 Daniel H. Jones v. James F. Goodwin, Judge, Criminal Court for Sullivan County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-review sovereign-immunity standing statutory-interpretation Did the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals err in denying the petitioner's absolute right in filing as well as to appeal his civil action in forma pa…
18-8951 Terrance Proctor v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure discretion due-process eighth-amendment graham-v-florida juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole mitigation proportionality sentencing-mitigation Are consecutive, fixed term sentences for juveniles unconstitutional at the outset when they amount to the functional equivalent of life without parol…
18-8972 Wardell Nelson Joiner, Jr. v. John Sutton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process evidentiary-hearing fair-trial false-evidence forensic-evidence habeas-corpus schlup-standard schlup-v-delo time-of-death wrongful-conviction Did the courts below err in applying Schlup v. Delo to hold that Petitioner's compelling new evidence was insufficient to establish reasonable doubt?
18-9024 Michael J. Littles v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction standing Whether the court has a duty to review each case impartially, and whether the court's failure to do so violates the petitioner's constitutional rights
18-9043 Bryan Binkholder v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process plea-bargaining sentencing victim-rights victims-rights writ-of-mandamus Did the Crime Victims Rights Act, 18 USC 3771 (CVRA), and its 72 hour review requirement for a petition of Writ of Mandamus violate the Constitutional…
18-9062 Derek Ray King v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process indictment jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing supervised-release whether-violations-of-supervised-release-require-jury-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt
18-9389 Antonia Shields v. Juda Klein Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-action civil-rights constitutional-review court-fees due-process fees-and-costs fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-access standing unconstitutional Is 28 U.S.C. § 1915 unconstitutional, discriminatory, based on a person's ability to pay fees and costs and/or to give security for fees and costs for…
18-9407 Humberto Verduzco-Magana v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeal appellate-waiver circuit-court conformity judgment-correction oral-pronouncement sentence-modification sentencing written-judgment Whether a written appellate waiver giving up the right to appeal any portion of the sentence waive the right to ask the Circuit to conform the written…
18-9411 Steven Douglas Rockett v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP beyond the objective meaning of those words misconstrued the plain language of the statute an child-pornography constitutional-overbreadth constitutional-vagueness definitional-overbreadth definitional-vagueness dost-factors due-process judicial-construction lascivious-exhibition ninth-circuit-precedent overbreadth statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether the judicial construction of 'lascivious exhibition' of the genitals or pubic area of a minor in 18 U.S.C. § 2256(2)(A)(v) to include consider…
18-9431 William Maurice Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity,sentencing-reform drug-distribution due-process first-step-act griffith-v-kentucky ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review resentencing retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Does Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, (1987) apply to First Step Act of 2018?
18-9485 Dante Taylor v. New York New York Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cell-site-location cell-site-location-information exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment privacy-interest reasonable-expectation-of-privacy secure-communications-act statutory-violation suppression-remedy warrantless-search Whether the warrantless acquisition of cell site location information from a cell phone provider violates the Fourth Amendment
18-9567 Daniel De Leon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process indictment jury-trial reasonable-doubt supervised-release Whether violations of supervised release require proof to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt
18-9571 Willie Carl Jones v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence false-testimony fourteenth-amendment juror-influence search-and-seizure Whether the denial of petitioner's motion to suppress bullets conflicts with relevant decisions of this Court in violation of petitioner's Fourteenth …
18-963 Terrence Hill v. City of Jackson, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) demolition demolition-notice due-process government-action government-policy municipal-liability notice opportunity-for-hearing parratt-v-taylor procedural-fairness property-rights Does due process require the City of Jackson and Jackson County to provide notice and opportunity for hearing appropriate to the nature of the case?
18-9648 Jamelle Edward Armstrong v. California California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP african-american batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process equal-protection federal-question jury-selection peremptory-challenges race-neutrality supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Did the California Supreme Court improperly decide the issue of the race-neutrality of respondent's exercise of its trial peremptory challenges to exc…
18-9664 Lilron Ravon Jones v. California California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-procedure Descamps due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication Mathis prior-conviction-exception sentence-enhancement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether it is constitutionally permissible to use a prior juvenile adjudication to enhance a sentence regardless of whether the juvenile had a right t…
18-9791 Luis David Moreno-Pena v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion leniency preservation-of-error sentencing-argument sentencing-reasonableness sentencing-review Whether challenges to the reasonableness of a sentence rooted in a court's failure to address arguments for leniency must be preserved by specific obj…
18-9801 RaShawn Long v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech political-speech retaliation standing takings Whether the petitioner's First Amendment free speech rights were violated by the respondents' suppression of his political speech and expression
18-9832 Patrick H. Murphy v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP civil-rights death-penalty death-row due-process establishment-clause free-exercise free-exercise-clause pastoral-accompaniment religious-liberty rluipa When a death-sentenced inmate informs prison authorities a month in advance of his scheduled execution date of his desire to be accompanied during the…
19-119 Staples, Inc., et al. v. Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland Maryland Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apportionment commerce-clause constitutional-taxation due-process franchise-fees income-apportionment income-tax interstate-commerce royalty royalty-fees royalty-income state-courts state-taxation When an out-of-State business receives royalty fees, franchise fees, or similar payments from in-State businesses, may a State imposing income taxes c…
19-138 First State Community Action Agency v. Tamra N. Robinson Third Circuit Denied appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure invited-error jury-instructions plain-error trial-court waiver Whether a party that first raises an issue on appeal has per se waived plain error review
19-139 Delmar Hardy v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied cheek-v-united-states criminal-tax good-faith good-faith-reliance jury-instruction jury-instructions professional-reliance reliance-on-accountant specific-intent tax-fraud tax-law tax-professional willfulness Whether a subjective standard must be applied in determining whether there was evidence of full disclosure to support a reliance on a tax professional…
19-211 Time Warner Cable, Inc., et al. v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) 35-usc-112 35-usc-112a 35-usc-284 apportionment federal-circuit garretson-v-clark patent-claims patent-damages patent-infringement patent-validity reasonable-royalty written-description Whether the Federal Circuit erred by affirming a damages award based on unapportioned end-user service revenues
19-222 Paul Anthony Valderas v. City of Lubbock, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct police-use-of-force qualified-immunity reasonable-force reasonable-inference use-of-force Whether an officer on the scene constrained by what he observes to use any force creates a reasonable inference that deadly force is excessive?
19-230 Douglas Prade v. Ohio Ohio Denied burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence state-courts state-criminal-procedure trial-rights Does Ohio's uniquely elevated burden of proof for new trials based on newly discovered evidence violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause?
19-233 Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C., dba Nottingham Regional Rehab Center Fifth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights comparator comparator-standard due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas pregnancy-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case title-vii Whether the analysis applied by the Fifth Circuit as articulated in the Pre-Young decision of Brady vs. Office of the Sergeant at Arms 820 F.2d 490 (D…
19-237 James R. LaFrieda, et ux. v. Nancy A. Gilbert Nevada Denied civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-50-b judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict professional-negligence proximate-cause punitive-damages standard-of-care statutory-interpretation trial-court-fact-finding Whether the Nevada Supreme Court erred in disregarding past Supreme Court decisions and declaring a state procedural rule ambiguous
19-238 In Re Hotze Health Wellness Center International One, LLC, et al. Denied appellate-review article-iii-standing civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction en-banc-review proposition-65 remand-order removal standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the remand order constitutes an appealable abuse of discretion for failing to reach or resolve the jurisdictional issues raised below
19-240 Noah Thomas Ballard v. Vicky Lynn Ballard Tennessee Denied Response Waived attorney-malpractice attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights damages divorce-decree due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-malpractice punitive-damages standing supreme-court-review Can the No. 2016DV97 decree be overruled and $77K awarded to the petitioner?
19-254 Jorel Shophar v. Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied constitutional-rights discrimination domestic-abuse false-allegations fathers-rights judicial-fairness legal-discrimination parental-rights procedural-justice strategic-legal-defense Are parental rights of fathers being treated as inferior to mothers?
19-269 Harold A. Flores v. Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Second Circuit Denied adverse-employment-action burden-of-proof civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law evidence prima-facie-case quantum-of-evidence retaliation summary-judgment title-vii What quantum of evidence is sufficient to survive summary judgment on a Title VII retaliation claim?
19-280 Judy Long v. Alameda Unified School District Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial motion-dismissal standard-of-review standing summary-judgment What is the appropriate standard of review when a trial court improperly grants a motion for summary judgment dismissing the right to a jury trial?
19-290 Jay Nolan Renobato v. Bureau of the Fiscal Service Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived antitrust antitrust-law authority-under-section-636-rule-72 bill-of-rights-excessive-government-power civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitution-application-judicial-proceedings-prop constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction government-power judicial-procedure judicial-transgressions-conflicts-miscarriages rule-12b1-subject-matter-jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction treasury-regulations Whether Acts of Congress and the Constitution require their corrected application to judicial proceedings, property ownership, and interstate commerce…
19-297 H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP v. Malibu Textiles, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied access access-requirement copyright-infringement copyright-ownership copyright-registration copyright-validity plausibility-standard pleading-standard striking-similarity Whether conclusory statements of 'striking similarity' are sufficient to plead copyright infringement under the 'plausibility' standard
19-298 Fernando Juarez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment de-facto-life-without-parole eighth-amendment ex-post-facto ex-post-facto-clause fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama sentencing-hearing sentencing-law Does an automatic life-without-parole sentence for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment?
19-3 Ryan Begay v. New Mexico New Mexico Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) blockburger-test blockburger-v-united-states constitutional-protection double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment reckless-abuse reckless-child-abuse self-defense Whether the 'same elements' test adequately protects against multiple punishments for 'the same offence'
19-306 Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Yury Rinsky First Circuit Denied civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine federal-courts legal-standards punitive-damages standard-of-proof state-courts state-law state-law-certification subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether federal courts sitting in diversity should exercise their discretion to certify questions to state high courts when a state's courts are silen…
19-318 Francis A. Bottini, Jr., et al. v. City of San Diego, California, et al. California Denied Amici (2)Response Waived due-process first-english first-english-precedent investment-backed-expectations penn-central penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings single-family-housing takings takings-clause temporary-takings Should the investment-backed-expectations test of Penn Central be construed to totally bar recovery whenever the purchaser of a single-family lot is u…
19-324 Technology Properties Limited LLC, et al. v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process standing supreme-court-precedent the-patent-act federal-circuit patent patent-act patent-law prosecution-history-disclaimer separation-of-powers supreme-court-precedent Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's development and application of the doctrine of 'prosecution history disclaimer' i…
19-346 Andrzej Madura, et ux. v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1635 due-process foreclosure mortgage-rescission non-purchase-money-mortgage rescission subject-matter-jurisdiction tila-disclosure truth-in-lending-act Whether the lender may decline to follow the prescribed procedure under the Truth in Lending Act after receiving notice of rescission
19-381 Rainbow Ridge Resort, LLC, et al. v. Branch Banking and Trust Company Tennessee Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process examination-limitations first-amendment petition petition-rights pleading standing statutory-interpretation takings Is Tennessee Code Annotated Sec. 35-5-118 unconstitutional as applied?
19-393 Estelle Stein v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure district-court due-process due-process-clause evidence evidence-submission federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure summary-judgment Does a party have a right under the Due Process Clause to file evidence in opposition to a motion for summary judgment?
19-394 Sergio Mejia-Duarte v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process extradition-treaty fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence fre-403 fre-404(b) hearsay-evidence international-extradition international-law treaty unrelated-murder Whether a crucial mandate of the international extradition treaty was violated
19-398 LMP Services, Inc. v. City of Chicago, Illinois Illinois Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment competition due-process food-truck-regulation fourth-amendment gps-tracking licensure municipal-ordinance privacy-rights restaurants search unreasonable-search Whether Chicago's requirement that licensed food trucks install GPS devices that create comprehensive records of their movements in order to protect r…
19-407 Alexander Christian Miles v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-the-writ abuse-of-writ aedpa contract-law criminal-charges criminal-procedure plea-bargaining post-conviction-relief Whether the abuse of the writ doctrine or the AEDPA precludes a successive petition for post-conviction relief
19-412 Peggy A. Cianchette, et al. v. Tucker J. Cianchette, et al. Maine Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto fair-notice judicial-review judicial-rules legal-precedent punitive-damages remand-standard stare-decisis tort-law Whether the Constitution requires remand when an appellate court overturns its own precedent
19-427 Durant Brockett, et al. v. Matthew E. Orso, as Receiver for REX Venture Group, LLC, dba ZeekRewards.com Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived absent-defendants adequate-representation circuit-court civil-procedure class-action defendant-class due-process error-correction fifth-amendment hansberry-v-lee Is the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment violated by the entry of a final judgment against a class of absent defendants, if the absent defenda…
19-441 In Re Dimitri Patterson Denied 28-usc-2254 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-documentation standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Habeas Corpus remain in State custody without constitutional rights?
19-450 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., et al. v. Perrigo Company, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review budinich-v-becton-dickinson compensatory-damages enhanced-damages exceptional-case jury-verdict merits-ruling patent-infringement punitive-enhancement reeves-v-sanderson-plumbing Whether the punitive enhancement under 35 U.S.C. § 284 is collateral to, and therefore not a merits ruling necessary for final judgment
19-5010 Andrew Nelson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c) appellate-review continuance criminal-procedure due-process fed-r-crim-p-52a federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-error prejudice right-to-counsel sentencing substantial-rights trial-continuance vagueness-doctrine Where the district court erroneously premises its denial of a meritorious, unopposed motion for continuance of the trial on a mistaken belief that the…
19-5098 Ronald F. White, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-intent criminal-law evidence-requirement firearm-registration mens-rea national-firearms-act staples-v-united-states Whether the government must prove that a defendant knew the specific characteristic of a firearm that subjected it to registration under the National …
19-5114 Jovanny Rodriguez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi due-process evidence fifth-amendment indictment indictment-variance interstate-commerce jury-finding jury-instructions sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent trial variance Petitioner was convicted and sentenced without having an opportunity to establish an alibi due to a variance between the indictment and evidence at tr…
19-5172 Jesus Hilario-Bello v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence due-process economic-loss fair-trial hobbs-act intangible-asset judicial-intervention physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. §924(c) because it can be committed without using physical force, by causing the …
19-5308 Oscar Minaya v. United States Second Circuit GVR IFP 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c civil-rights conviction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute residual-clause sentence sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-davis void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause at 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) is void for vagueness
19-5312 Kenneth H. Burke, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-procedure firearms-offense hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review violent-crime Whether Mr. Burke's § 924(c) conviction is invalid in light of United States v. Davis
19-5333 Charles York Walker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR IFP abuse-of-discretion case-specific-factors criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rule-11 discretion district-court district-court-discretion felon-in-possession grand-jury incorrect-assumptions opioid-crisis plea-agreement plea-bargaining policy-disagreement rehaif-standard rule-11 Whether a district court abuses its discretion in rejecting plea agreements based on policy disagreements
19-5343 Amoire Dupree v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree incident-to-arrest law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Can the warrantless search of a person be justified as incident to arrest where, at the time of the search, no arrest has been made and none would hav…
19-5392 Kurt J. Myrie v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-371 18-usc-924c crime-of-violence criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-retroactivity due-process federal-conspiracy retroactivity violent-crime Does the ruling in United States v. Davis apply retroactively to defendants raising motions to vacate their § 924(c) convictions?
19-5405 Steven Talbert Williams v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-rights dismissal-order due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review mandamus pro-se-litigation sanctions sovereign-immunity standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims against the United States government and its officials, in violation of the pet…
19-5430 Christopher Devon Jackson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-case certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review mental-health mental-health-mitigation mitigation wiggins-v-smith Whether the Fifth Circuit applied an overly restrictive standard for granting a certificate of appealability (COA) where the district court found that…
19-5436 Martin Araiza-Jacobo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-error deliberate-ignorance harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-sufficiency standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the standard for assessing the harmlessness of an erroneously submitted deliberate-ignorance instruction turns only on the legal sufficiency o…
19-5665 Douglas Harold Doyle v. David Baughman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus parole retroactivity sentencing standing Whether the petitioner's conviction for a misdemeanor violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) should be vacated due to the unconstitutionality of the statute …
19-5707 Sidney Jack Narciso v. Sandra V. Narciso Alabama Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process indigent-rights judicial-conflict judicial-review legal-services legal-services-act mandamus-petition parental-rights standing How the Unified Judicial System including the Judicial Inquiry Commission can deny a citizen any and ALL review, appeal, and Extraordinary Petitions f…
19-5712 Ivan Lee Vasquez v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-rights content-based-messaging fair-trial fourteenth-amendment inherently-prejudicial sixth-amendment trial-spectator-conduct May trial spectator conduct, in the form of content-based messaging, be 'so inherently prejudicial as to pose an unacceptable threat' to the fair-tria…
19-5713 Larael Owens v. Tamesha Saddlers, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP bias civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law court-hearing due-process due-process' 'If a judge has a financial interest false-information financial-affidavit financial-interest fraud hearing judicial-bias judicial-ethics' 'Has the petitioner due process r lower-court lower-court' 'If a financial affidavit has false i procedural-due-process procedural-fairness recusal standing substantive-due-process void-judgment Is a judgment that was issued from a lower court void if the lower court did not offer a hearing for that matter?
19-5716 Karl Heinz Dupuy v. Unknown Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-opinion fair-trial innocence medical-records mental-state post-conviction-discovery self-defense standing Whether the life of my pregnant companion & fetus was not being protected from imminent danger from real threat by two young men with burglary tools i…
19-5720 Melinda Scott v. Joshua Moon, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 47-usc-230 civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity internet-law invasion-of-privacy legal-standing privacy section-230 standing tort-liability Has Plaintiff Scott stated sufficient facts to support an Invasion of Privacy claim against Defendants Moon and Zaiger?
19-5723 Melvin Bernard Thompson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP Almendarez-Torres Apprendi-v-New-Jersey criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment stare-decisis Can a Florida Law permit a judicial discretion-upward-departure sentence beyond sentencing-guidelines without violating Sixth-Amendment Fourteenth-Ame…
19-5726 Wingrove Robinson v. Raintree Tower Apartments, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights compensation due-process libel standing Question not identified
19-5733 Latasha Boyd v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection freedom-of-expression freedom-of-religion jurisdiction life-liberty-property standing What constitutional rights were violated?
19-5734 Yolanda M. Williams v. Lisa A. Millard, former Judge, District Court of Texas, Harris County Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process immunity judicial-misconduct standing takings Whether the defendant forfeited her immunity: failed to comply with elementary principles of procedural process and rendered an unjust judgment enforc…
19-5735 Yolanda M. Williams v. Shawna L. Reagin Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution demand-letter deprivation-claim due-process immunity judgment judgment-enforcement procedural-process sovereign-immunity standing Whether the defendant forfeited her immunity: failed to comply with elementary principles of procedural process and rendered an in just judgment enfor…
19-5736 Khalida Jalaly Ahadzadah v. Superior Court of California, Contra Costa County California Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech police-conduct police-misconduct standing unlawful-arrest Whether the Concord Police Dept. violated the petitioner's constitutional rights by not providing proof of the alleged violations
19-5740 Jeffrey L. Miller v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process false-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense wrongful-conviction Whether it is permissible to knowingly prosecute innocent non-criminal Americans
19-5745 Mary Ryan v. Robert J. Connelly, III, et al. Rhode Island Denied IFP attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jurisdiction parties self-represented-litigant standing Whether the Court has jurisdiction to proceed with a case without having the proper parties to a case
19-5752 Jimmie Kyle Anderson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 8th-amendment apprendi-rule cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentences eighth-amendment public-safety sentencing sex-offender-law sex-offenders Does the public safety interest in incapacitating and deterring certain types of sex offenders with extremely long sentences run afoul of the 8th Amen…
19-5760 Aly Toure v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure mental-health standing supreme-court-precedent waiver-of-rights Did the appellate division violate clearly established federal supreme court ratified law?
19-5762 Stevrick Tavah Jackson v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment habeas-corpus life-sentence parole sentencing twenty-one Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court when they d…
19-5764 Ola D. Dickens v. Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 7th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech judicial-procedure jurisdiction seventh-amendment standing surveillance Whether circuit court made a mistake on order filed 12/04/2017, finding no basis in documents or records filed 11/07/2017, to conclude that any of Pla…
19-5765 Barbara E. Brown v. California Department of Motor Vehicles, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct legal-proceeding recusal redress standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred
19-5769 Daniel J. Whitt v. Michele Buckner, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof due-process expert-testimony eyewitness-identification ineffective-assistance-of-counsel line-up-procedure lineup-procedures police-procedure trial-strategy Whether the trial attorney's pre-trial failure to secure an expert witness on eyewitness identification, which was the key piece of evidence that ulti…
19-5773 John Franklin Kenney v. P. D. Brazelton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-proceedings agency-discretion appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasoned-decision statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation statutory-provisions Whether a federal court can deny a habeas corpus petition without providing a reasoned decision, in violation of the Due Process Clause
19-5775 Richard James Soldan v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP anders-brief anders-procedure appellate-counsel appellate-review court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process first-tier-review indigent-defendant michigan-court-of-appeals michigan-procedure plea-bargaining right-to-counsel Whether the trial court may refuse to appoint substitute appellate counsel to an indigent defendant convicted on his plea who seeks access to first-ti…
19-5776 Benjamin R. Schwarz v. Erwin Meinberg, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit assets bivens-claim civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment federal-inmate financial-disclosure free-speech in-forma-pauperis liabilities prison-conditions standing takings ziglar-precedent Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
19-5779 Eduardo Rodriguez-Lopez v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-colloquy right-to-defense sixth-amendment strickland strickland-standard Whether the State may rely on a plea colloquy to adequately resolve a claim that counsel failed to advise the defendant of a particular defense, consi…
19-5786 Joshua George Nowland v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction barker-v-wingo civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction prejudice pretrial-detention speedy-trial Is oppressive pretrial incarceration still an important aspect of the Barker balancing test?
19-5787 Jorge Antonio Millan-Rodriguez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
19-5792 Randall Turner v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP bias-adjudicator capital-adversary-procedures conflict-of-interest due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment statute-of-limitations structural-defect term-1 term-2 term-3 term-4 term-5 term-6 Whether the appellate court appeal process was fundamentally unfair and a denial of due process of law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment
19-5797 Richard Joseph Martin v. Texas Texas Denied IFP association civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-association free-expression free-speech standing Whether the First Amendment's free speech, free expression, and free association rights were violated when the petitioners were denied the opportunity…
19-5799 Jesse Lee Coddington v. John Davids, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-rule due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance privileges-and-immunities privileges-or-immunities procedural-default state-courts Can Michigan's Court Rule 6.508 (BD) (2) be used to procedurally default a Petitioner's claims from federal habeas adjudication?
19-5800 Darren Denson v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment was violated when the petitioner was denied access to legal materials and s…
19-5803 Robert H. Johnson v. Drew Stanley, Superintendent, Warren Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'effective compromise' doctrine
19-5809 Lloyde Dubry v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-history descamps-v-united-states discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application retroactivity sentencing sixth-amendment state-v-wetrich Whether the petitioner was denied his remedy by due course of law due to disparate conclusions by Kansas courts on the retroactive application of Stat…
19-5815 Antonio Demetrius Parker v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence false-imprisonment jurisdiction probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrant-requirement Did the Supreme court of Virginia err when it determined that the circuit court didn't have the jurisdiction to give the petitioner the relief sought …
19-5821 Robert Earl Robinson v. Arizona, et al. Arizona Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure cross-examination discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state failed to disclose exculpatory evidence prior to trial
19-5823 Jason Alston v. Arianna W. Eastman Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process eleventh-circuit in-forma-pauperis interested-parties judicial-discretion legal-procedure motion-for-leave recusal standing Whether United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit abuse its discretion in denying petitioner Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauper…
19-5824 William Alan Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-circuit appellate-review certificate-of-appealability deadly-weapon due-process habeas-corpus habeas-relief habeas-relief-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default Did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in its denial of a certificate of appealability to review the U.S. District Court's denial of …
19-5826 Jerry Perez, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction patent standing takings Whether the 5 Great Lobsters of Spect on é a flab ed, (flee OitteS- ad Ggee table a og | tp iotees daw , a het si ance Ge She Syihan - wating Cnn YS c…
19-5827 James Michael Peluso v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-proceedings constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-claim procedural-bar right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing Whether a Prisoner in Texas has a right to effective counsel in collateral proceedings which provide the first occasion to raise a Claim of ineffectiv…
19-5828 Dennis Andrew Ball v. City of Marion, Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-5830 William H. Danielson v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct regulatory-authority standing waiver-of-appeal Should judicial misconduct survive a waiver of appeal and guilty plea?
19-5832 Daniel G. Durain v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law criminal-procedure due-process endangered-species-act environmental-regulation evidence federal-agency-discretion habitat-conservation judicial-interpretation jury-instructions mens-rea premeditation reasonable-doubt Can motive be used to establish premeditation?
19-5834 Thomas David McWaters v. Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-review standing Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel in his Arizona post-conviction proceedings, which prevented him from timely presenti…
19-5836 Dennis Johnson v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-ruling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-error plea-bargaining prejudice reasonable-performance reasonable-probability sixth-amendment standard-of-review strickland-v-washington trial-fairness trial-strategy Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his trial counsel failed to properly investigate a…
19-5841 Shahram Shakouri v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause masterpiece-cakeshop religious-discrimination religious-hostility religious-neutrality scriptural-interpretation thirteenth-amendment Whether district court's lack of religious neutrality violated Petitioner's right to the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment or Free Exercise Cla…
19-5846 Joshua Eric Townley v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-principles criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion new-trial sua-sponte supremacy-clause trial-court trial-procedure whether a trial judge violates the Supremacy and Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States Constitution
19-5851 Felix O. Brown Jr. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 2254-habeas cause-and-prejudice cause-prejudice constitutional-claim federal-court federal-procedure federal-procedure-rule habeas-corpus pro-se pro-se-petition procedural-default Is there a federal procedural rule that permits a court to refuse to acknowledge and determine a presentation of cause & prejudice in a habeas petitio…
19-5855 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence evidence-suppression government-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officials standing state-officials Whether Michigan public officials failed to perform their duties and deprived petitioner of due process of law?
19-5858 Lamarr T. Crittenden v. Keith Butts, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel retroactive-application sexual-violent-predator sexually-violent-predator Did the Seventh Circuit fail to address an ex post facto violation and failure to issue a Certificate of Appealability?
19-5859 Edward Wesby v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment miller-standard miller-v-alabama parole parole-eligibility Whether Florida's current parole system provides a meaningful opportunity for release to juvenile offenders sentenced to life imprisonment with eligib…
19-5868 William Charles Burgess v. Chuck Bowers, Jr., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment circuit-court circuit-court-review criminal-procedure district-court district-court-finding district-court-findings expectation-of-privacy legal-precedent precedent prior-decisions search-and-seizure sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit Court improperly reversed the District Court's finding that Petitioner had an expectation of privacy in and around his busin…
19-5882 Rome Richard Chacon v. Nevada Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule teague-exception welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether the federal constitution requires a state court to retroactively apply a narrowing interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-5900 David Earl Ison v. Richard Brown, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-v-alabama civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment plea-bargaining self-incrimination sentencing Whether the introduction of a defendant's involuntary plea or statements in violation of the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination is…
19-5904 Travis Dennis v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review batson-challenge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-due-process due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-verdict sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether Mr. Dennis' conviction was obtained with insufficient evidence
19-5910 Benjamin Carpenter v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights complicity constitutional-issue criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process error-analysis indictment jury-instructions standing supreme-court-review unchorged-crime Whether a theory of criminal liability based on complicity in an uncharged crime is constitutional
19-5920 Michael Don Pogue v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel was violated where trial counsel failed to investigate and present exculpatory ev…
19-5930 Harold Blake v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review jurists-of-reason legal-standard standing Whether the petitioner has demonstrated that jurists of reason could disagree with the federal courts' resolution of his constitutional claims or that…
19-5933 Julian Alejandro Mendez v. California California Denied IFP aggravating-factors constitutional-amendments criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment trier-of-fact Whether the California death penalty scheme violates the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by permitting the trier of fact to impose a sentence o…
19-5954 Ricardo Irive v. Jo Gentry, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-negligence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining sixth-amendment Does it constitute ineffective assistance of counsel to allow a plea agreement the defendant wished to take lapse due to mistake or negligence?
19-5966 Delbert Heard v. Andrew Tilden, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process electronic-evidence medical-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence negligence ostrich-defense prison-conditions prisoner-rights qualified-immunity surgical-delay Whether prison doctor can evade culpability for 8th Amendment violation for delay of prisoner's hernia surgery
19-5986 Brian Whitaker v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment aedpa aedpa-standard arbitrary-governmental-action constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection postconviction-relief procedural-bar Do the guarantees of equal protection and due process of law extend to individuals seeking postconviction relief?
19-5992 Demond Chatman v. Douglas Demoura First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability competency competency-to-stand-trial due-process first-circuit first-circuit-court-of-appeals genuine-issue right-to-trial standing Did the First Circuit Court of Appeals err in refusing to grant certificate of appealability where, contrary to their stated denial, petitioner presen…
19-5993 Mabon Demetric James v. Marcus Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence robbery standing takings Was Mabon James convicted of the robbery of Marta Parfeta in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights despite constitutionally insuffi…
19-6029 Frank Jeffs v. Michael Overmyer, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus jurisdiction premeditated-murder prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sentencing sentencing-order Whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was required to vacate and set aside the judgment and discharge the prisoner when the Commonwealth refused to f…
19-6031 In Re Keith E. Doyle Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-intent due-process habeas-corpus judicial-recusal montana-constitution preliminary-hearing recusal stare-decisis state-constitution unlawful-conviction Whether the Montana Supreme Court violated the petitioner's due process rights by denying the right to habeas corpus to challenge an unlawful convicti…
19-6041 Ronald Thompson, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has erred in its decision to conflict with its previous rulings and precedent decisions
19-6048 Franklin Pillier v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process government-intrusion motion-to-withdraw-plea plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal probation probation-condition probation-conditions strict-scrutiny withdrawal-of-plea whether-defendant's-constitutional-rights-violated-by-repeated-guilty-plea-questioning
19-6049 Lawrence T. Tyler v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-consequences coram-nobis criminal-sentencing deportation fact-finding fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-fact-finding jury-trial loss-amount reasonable-doubt search-and-seizure sixth-amendment Whether a Certificate-Of-Appealability should be granted
19-6050 Jose Vizcarrondo-Casanova v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(3)(a) categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure davis-precedent plain-error puerto-rico-law sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether murder under Puerto Rico law categorical approach fails to qualify as a 'crime of violence' under remaining force clause of 924(C)(3)(A), unde…
19-6053 Diosme Fernandez Hano v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit evidentiary-rulings indictment judicial-precedent jury-instructions statute-of-limitations united-states-code witness-testimony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in holding that the indictment was returned within the limitation period under 18 U.S.C. § 3297
19-6057 Shane Austin Peters v. Eric Arnold, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights costs court-access due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status juvenile-justice legal-proceeding parole poverty poverty-affidavit redress security sentencing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits the imposition of life sentences on juvenile offenders convicted …
19-6059 Serrah Arnold, aka Kristen v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-search liberty-deprivation liberty-interest overbreadth probation probation-supervision reasonableness reasonableness-standard supervised-release vagueness Whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to visit her at any time at home or elsewhere is unreasonabl…
19-6060 Vincent Scott Mathews v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourth-amendment gps-monitoring parole parole-conditions reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrant warrant-requirement warrantless-search Does U.S. v. Knights and Griffin v. Wisconsin still precedent to be relied on?
19-6065 Emilio Fusco v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct article-iii article-three constitutional-rights due-process judicial-power sentencing standing Whether petitioner raised substantial showing of denial of constitutional right on the issue of whether acquitted conduct sentencing undermines due pr…
19-6067 Francisco Suarez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict codefendant-comparison criminal-procedure-error eighth-circuit intra-circuit-conflict legal-standard public-safety sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-darden united-states-v-smith Whether the circuit and district court committed constitutional procedural error by failing to weigh the mandated public safety concern, violating the…
19-6071 Demetrius Desean Morgan v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eyewitness-identification first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association impartial-jury ineffective-assistance insufficient-evidence physical-characteristics reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment surveillance-video video-surveillance Was the evidence of Petitioner's identity as the shooter sufficient to sustain the first-degree murder conviction?
19-6079 Guillermo Vega-Botello v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-procedure limited-remand plain-error remand sentencing statutory-maximum substantial-rights Whether a court of appeals that finds a plain error in the district court's selection of a statutory maximum should ordinarily order a limited remand …
19-6081 Robert Wayne Gillman v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights collateral-proceedings due-diligence due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance initial-review standing statute-of-limitations Does a prisoner have a right to effective counsel in initial-review collateral proceedings?
19-6082 Chase Matheny v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-search liberty liberty-interest overbreadth overbroad probation probation-supervision reasonableness reasonableness-standard supervised-release supervision vagueness Whether a condition of supervision requiring the Petitioner to permit a probation officer to visit him at any time at home or elsewhere is unreasonabl…
19-6084 Jair Mendoza Montoya v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction-territorial-principle-extrat district-court drug-enforcement extraterritorial-effect international-waters maritime-jurisdiction nicaragua-international-waters statutory-interpretation territorial-principle Was the criminal jurisdiction of the United States based upon territorial principle, and unlawfully conferred to the U.S.A. by implication given to ex…
19-6088 Julian Madero-Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-classification citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry immigration morales-santana morales-santana-precedent severability standing statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant …
19-6137 William Trampas Widmyer v. David Ballard, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-rights police-interview right-to-counsel self-incrimination Were the Petitioner's Constitutional Amendment Rights violated when Petitioner's Police interview was used in trial although Petitioner requested Coun…
19-6152 Marian Papacsi Owens v. Sue Mickens, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-defense criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion mental-illness right-to-counsel right-to-testify trial-counsel trial-judge trial-procedure Whether the trial court's refusal to allow the defendant to testify by narrative violated her right to effective assistance of counsel
19-6154 Joanthony Deaundre Johnson v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone criminal-procedure digital-evidence fifth-amendment fourth-amendment particularity-requirement search-and-seizure self-incrimination warrant-particularity Whether a warrant authorizing the search of a cell phone and describing the things to be seized as 'all data/software' pertaining to the crimes is off…
19-6170 Lyndal D. Ritterbush v. Larry Benzon Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Do the Sime Uloe the Ex Most facw Cisse AC Mabroodint, PETRUMels Ofer HAE) Dole?
19-6173 In Re Karl David Kretser, Jr. Denied IFP civil-commitment competent-tribunal constitutional-rights due-process judicial-incompetence mental-illness tanner-v-united-states trial-judge wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome Can a conviction stand when the trial judge was civilly committed and later determined to be suffering from Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?
19-6247 In Re Donald Lee McDonald Denied IFP criminal-sexual-assault due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act habitual-criminal-statute pro-se sentencing seventh-circuit vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether Petitioner is being held unlawfully in state custody in violation of the Constitution
19M60 Edna Mary Larson v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Champion Mortgage Company of Texas, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M61 Tamra L. Lamprell v. Rex E. Stuckey New Mexico Presumed Complete None
19M62 Dorothy M. May v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None