| 18-1139 |
BNSF Railway Company v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (2) |
ada ada-discrimination americans-with-disabilities-act circuit-court-split disability discrimination employment employment-discrimination job-applicant job-applicant-rights job-duties medical-examination ninth-circuit reasonable-accommodation regarded-as regarded-as-disability |
Whether requiring an individualized medical examination as a condition of employment to determine whether a job applicant or employee can safely perfo… |
| 18-1400 |
E. V. v. Eugene H. Robinson, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, in His Capacity as Military Judge |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
article-6b due-process inferior-tribunals inferior-tribunals-clause judicial-review military-justice military-sexual-assault military-tribunals psychotherapist-privilege sovereign-immunity ucmj uniform-code-of-military-justice victims-rights |
Whether Congress intended to bar judicial review of a victim's rights under Article 6b |
| 18-9111 |
El-Sayyid Nosair v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
apprendi-v-new-jersey blakely-v-washington civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hurst-v-florida judicial-review muslim-arab-prisoners prisoner-rights pro-se-litigation sentencing terrorism united-states-v-o'brien wrongful-conviction yick-wo-v-hopkins |
Whether the denial of equal justice by lower courts is still within the prohibition of the Constitution |
| 18-9424 |
Lamar Eady, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
18-usc-922 18-usc-924 appellate-review criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statute felon-in-possession knowingly legal-elements mens-rea possession rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment status statutory-interpretation |
Does the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) apply to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? |
| 18-9532 |
Lemuel Clayton Bray v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection feres-doctrine military-compensation retaliation sovereign-immunity veterans-affairs veterans-rights |
Are U.S. War Veterans and active duty military separate and unequal citizens under the Constitution? |
| 18-9683 |
Andrew S. Hango v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
None |
|
| 18-9692 |
Jody Lanardo White v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error preservation-of-error reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness standard-of-review |
Whether challenges to the reasonableness of a sentence must be preserved by specific objection? |
| 18-9730 |
Gerald S. Lepre, Jr. v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
circuit-split custody domestic-order federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus incarceration incarceration-threat personal-liberty suspended-sentence |
Does a suspended sentence coupled with an active domestic order constitute custody for purposes of federal habeas corpus relief? |
| 18-9794 |
Paul Vallejo v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-fairness state-action statute-of-limitations |
Does the ex post facto clause and 'fundamental fairness' prohibit the state from removing a potential statute of limitations defense? |
| 19-131 |
Duanna Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
civil-jurisdiction civil-tort dollar-general-corporation-v-mississippi-band-of-c due-process montana-exceptions montana-v-united-states nonmember-rights nonmembers plains-commerce-bank-v-long-family-land-cattle-co sovereign-powers standing tort-claims tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether Indian tribal courts have jurisdiction to adjudicate civil-tort-claims against nonmembers |
| 19-154 |
Zafer Construction Company v. Army Corps of Engineers |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-procedure bid-mistake bid-mistakes bid-verification cfr-14.407-3 contract-law drawing-errors government-contracts hollerbach-v-united-states judicial-precedent precedent reliance-on-drawings sulzer-bingham-pumps-v-lockheed |
Whether the government can reap the benefit of a contractor's mistaken bid caused by incorrect government drawings |
| 19-164 |
David Samarripa, et al. v. Gregory Kizziah, Warden, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights court-costs due-process federal-courts filing-fees habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion procedural-rules standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether federal courts have the authority to impose partial filing fees on habeas petitioners |
| 19-168 |
Remington Arms Co., LLC, et al. v. Donna L. Soto, Administratrix of the Estate of Victoria L. Soto, et al. |
Connecticut |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights commerce-clause due-process firearms-immunity firearms-industry-regulation free-speech plcaa plcaa-immunity predicate-exception statutory-interpretation unfair-trade-practices |
Whether the PLCAA's predicate exception encompasses alleged violations of broad, generally applicable state statutes |
| 19-178 |
Jagdish C. Laul v. Los Alamos National Laboratories |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
|
burden-shifting civil-procedure employment-discrimination inference-weighing jury-competency jury-trial-right mcdonnell-douglas motive motive-determination seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Does requiring the trial judge to weigh inferences (and in some cases inferences from inferences) and determine motive from competing testimony depriv… |
| 19-191 |
Ashley Wilcox Page v. Todd L. Hicks, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
11th-amendment civil-procedure eleventh-amendment federal-court federal-jurisdiction lapides-v-board-of-regents removal sovereign-immunity state-court state-removal waiver waiver-by-removal |
Does a state waive its sovereign immunity by voluntarily removing a civil claim from state to federal court? |
| 19-259 |
Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. |
California |
Denied |
|
berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation |
How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination? |
| 19-299 |
G. D. P. v. N. G. P. |
Maine |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-due-process domestic-violence due-process federal-jurisdiction government-surveillance international-law protection-from-abuse standing takings torture torture-allegations torture. |
Whether the Petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to alleged torture, surveillance, and lack of government protection |
| 19-300 |
Beth Lewis Maze, Circuit Judge v. Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission |
Kentucky |
Denied |
|
administrative-hearing civil-proceeding civil-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-conduct self-incrimination stay |
Did the denial of the stay in the civil proceedings deprive Petitioner of her fundamental Fifth Amendment right to remain silent in the state criminal… |
| 19-302 |
Michael Bornemann v. Tamae M. Kekona, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benjamin Paul Kekona, Deceased |
Hawaii |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment double-penalty due-process due-process,punitive-damages,14th-amendment,excess fourteenth-amendment hrs-657-5 judicial-review legal-appeals punitive-damages statutory-interest |
Whether the Hawaii Court gravely erred when it upheld a grossly excessive punitive damages award |
| 19-303 |
Arthur Rodriguez Bautista v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
|
appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus impartial-judge ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the trial judge's repeated improper comments throughout the trial demonstrated his bias in favor of the prosecution and denied Petitioner due … |
| 19-314 |
Robert T. Chiu v. Jui-Chien Lin |
California |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law due-process federal-preemption legal-enforceability public-policy state-law statutory-interpretation |
Is an Agreement whose main purpose is to allow someone to circumvent and violate Federal law legal and enforceable under State law? |
| 19-315 |
Endre Glenn v. Brennan H. Moss, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights docketing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
Whether U.S. District Court violated client's right to jury trial under U.S. Const. Amend VII, and XIV due process, equal protection of the laws |
| 19-317 |
Susan R. Gokool v. Oklahoma City University |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
|
due-process federal-appellate-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-procedure legal-notice notice opportunity-to-be-heard sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment |
Whether the circuit court's failure to notify Petitioner to be heard and object to its sanction under Fed. R. Appl. P. 38 for costs under Fed. Appl. P… |
| 19-319 |
Bonnie Cruickshank-Wallace, et vir v. CNA Financial Corporation, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
|
alter-ego-doctrine civil-procedure claim-preclusion due-process holding-company issue-preclusion jurisdiction malpractice precedent standing subsidiary-liability technicality |
Should this Court affirm the standard that 'claim preclusion' requires the new claim to arise from the same set of facts as a claim adjudicated on the… |
| 19-355 |
Kohlberg Ventures, LLC v. Peter Wojciechowski |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure claim-splitting court-authorization dismissal-with-prejudice judicial-authorization litigation-scope non-parties res-judicata settlement-agreement single-employer single-enterprise |
Under federal rules of res judicata, when a lawsuit is dismissed with prejudice by agreement, should a term of the agreement that purports to allow th… |
| 19-365 |
John Barth v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction seizure sovereign-immunity takings takings-clause |
Violation of Constitutional Rights |
| 19-371 |
Stephen S. Wise Temple v. Julie Su |
California |
Dismissed |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived |
employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-free-exercise free-exercise functional-approach hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc judicial-interpretation ministerial-exception religious-education religious-institutions transmitting-faith |
Whether courts should apply a functional approach to the ministerial exception that does not punish religious institutions for employing non-adherents… |
| 19-378 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure costs frcp-59(b) public-interest unclean-hands |
Whether the federal court abused its discretion granting costs to Respondents-Defendants despite their unclean hands and without any consideration of … |
| 19-379 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-importance federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-misconduct ninth-circuit perjury public-employee rule-60 standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision imposes an erroneous and unjustifiable standard for 'Fraud Upon The Court' |
| 19-380 |
Alfred Lam, et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure-60b civil-rights discrimination disparate-treatment federal-court federal-rule-civil-procedure harassment hostile-work-environment judgment legal-error motion-for-relief ongoing-discrimination pro-se-plaintiffs retaliation |
Whether a federal court may grant relief from judgment under Rule 60(b) for legal error |
| 19-429 |
Charles R. Hunter v. United States, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2410a asset-depletion circuit-split federal-statute federal-tax-lien governmental-abuse quiet-title sovereign-immunity tax-lien taxpayer-interest third-party-agreement |
Whether a quiet title action requires taxpayer legal interest in property |
| 19-437 |
John Paterno v. City of New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment causation causative-nexus civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-entitlements pleadings procedural-claim standing stigma-plus temporal-proximity |
Whether the Second Circuit erred in applying a temporal proximity test to dismiss a procedural Due Process claim |
| 19-449 |
In Re Arthur Edward Ezor |
|
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment writ-of-mandate |
Was it a denial of procedural and substantive due process for the lower Court to not order dismissal of the subject criminal case with prejudice again… |
| 19-456 |
John Buncich v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review chapman-error credibility credibility-assessment criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standard harmless-error judicial-discretion rule-404(b) |
Where there is a finding of Chapman error, does the appellate court err by relying on its own assessment of the credibility of the defendant's testimo… |
| 19-46 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. v. Booking.com B.V. |
Fourth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (15)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure generic-term generic-terms intellectual-property lanham-act online-business top-level-domain trademark trademark-law trademark-protection trademark-registration uspto |
Whether the addition by an online business of a generic top-level domain (.com) to an otherwise generic term can create a protectable trademark" |
| 19-480 |
John Hankins, et al. v. Barry Seifman, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights contract contract-law court-decisions due-process federalism judicial-overreach jurisdiction legal-jurisdiction michigan-law public-policy res-judicata sixth-circuit state-law |
Can the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals violate settled Michigan law, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme court decisions and/or make Michigan law? |
| 19-5125 |
Francisco Gallegos-Lopez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
18-usc-3553a 3553(a)-factors abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure judicial-discretion preservation-of-error procedural-error sentencing sentencing-recommendation statutory-factors |
Does urging a sentencing recommendation lower than that ultimately imposed, and grounded in the statutory factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), suffice to p… |
| 19-5460 |
Jose Ortega v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924c categorical-approach court-of-appeals criminal-law criminal-procedure grant-vacate-remand residual-clause section-924c sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis |
Whether the Court should grant, vacate, and remand Mr. Ortega's case in light of United States v. Davis |
| 19-5489 |
Azibo Aquart v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-intent criminal-law enterprise enterprise-protection intent position racketeering racketeering-statute second-circuit-interpretation statutory-construction vicar-statute violent-crimes violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering |
Whether a defendant acts for the purpose of maintaining or increasing his position in an enterprise under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering st… |
| 19-5491 |
Shed T. Woods v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-conviction divisibility drug-offense indiana-code-35-48-4-1 indiana-statute serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether a conviction for dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug under Indiana Code § 35-48-4-1 is improperly considered a 'serious drug offense' under th… |
| 19-5493 |
David Ray Taylor v. Oregon |
Oregon |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment execution-moratorium extrajudicial-information juror-misconduct jury-instructions moratorium standing state-action voir-dire |
Whether a trial court may impose a death sentence during a statewide moratorium on executions |
| 19-5501 |
Mandrail Jamar Woodberry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
GVR |
IFP |
appellate-procedure counsel-withdrawal criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit jurisdiction rehaif rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review withdrawal-of-counsel |
Whether the court should vacate the opinion of the 4th Circuit and remand for further proceedings in light of Rehaif v. United States |
| 19-5737 |
Jerome Burnam v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights court-reasoning due-process judicial-procedure mandamus meaningful-opportunity-to-seek-redress re-sentencing reasons reasons-on-the-record record redress sentence-imposition writ-of-mandamus |
Whether Writ of Mandamus jurisdiction was abridged or if this Petitioner's Due Process Rights were Denied to Meaningful opportunity to seek Redress, f… |
| 19-5839 |
Randall Wayne Mays v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
competency cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty delusions due-process eighth-amendment ford-hearing junk-science lay-stereotypes mental-competency mental-illness panetti-v-quarterman |
Whether a state court may rely on junk science and lay stereotypes of the severely mentally ill to adjudicate a Ford claim |
| 19-5843 |
Gonzalo R. Rubang, Jr. v. Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-dismissal court-trial due-process insurance-claims judicial-procedure medical-treatment pro-se-petition procedural-fairness standing unfair unfair-dismissal workers-compensation |
Why the US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT adopted the decision from the US DISTRICT COURT |
| 19-5845 |
Shawn M. Thomas v. Karen Slusher, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavit affidavit-evidence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-claim district-court-dismissal due-process first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation free-speech retaliation sixth-circuit-appeal standing summary-judgment |
Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals make the right decision in dismissing Plaintiff Thomas' appeal and affirming the dismissal of the District Cour… |
| 19-5849 |
Sara Elyas v. Edward Andrew Johnston, et al. |
Michigan |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance jurisdiction standing supreme-court |
Whether the state court erred in dismissing the case against the defendant Auto-Owners Insurance Company |
| 19-5862 |
Jorge Alberto Ramirez v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-court deference-to-state-courts federal-habeas-corpus federal-habeas-relief federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus habeas-proceedings ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standard-of-review state-court-deference strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Was the Fifth Circuit's 'unreasonable application' inquiry proper? |
| 19-5863 |
Crystal Biton v. United Airlines, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
air-travel civil-procedure civil-rights common-carrier constitutional-provisions disability-discrimination due-process jurisdiction passenger-rights standing takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the respondent United Airlines denied the petitioner boarding on a flight due to the… |
| 19-5864 |
Brandon Jones v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment free-speech incorporation standing takings |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause |
| 19-5867 |
Angela Krasny v. Jacob Krasny |
New Jersey |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights commencing-during-pendency due-process full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction parental-rights protective-order standing takings |
Whether New Jersey can deny or limit civil procedural due process protected under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution especially when the court … |
| 19-5873 |
In Re Richard Arjun Kaul |
|
Denied |
IFP |
all-writs-act appellate-jurisdiction district-court fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption mandamus summary-judgment writ-of-mandamus |
Whether the district court's arbitrary refusal to adjudicate the petitioner's 22 motions for summary judgment was a consequence of judicial corruption… |
| 19-5881 |
Arthur O. Armstrong v. Virginia, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty property rule-60 |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief, pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any relief |
| 19-5886 |
Arthur O. Armstrong v. North Carolina, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty probable-cause property rule-60 |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief, pursuant to Rule 60 (b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| 19-5887 |
Arthur O. Armstrong v. John Doe |
Fourth Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 conspiracy constitutional-rights disclosure-of-corporate-affiliation due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty probable-cause property rule-60 standing |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief, pursuant to Rule 60 (b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure |
| 19-5892 |
Charles Titus, et ux. v. Mohammed Alaeddin, et al. |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias pro-se pro-se-parties procedural-due-process standing trial-proceedings |
Whether the trial court's actions amounted to a violation of the Due Process Clause |
| 19-5893 |
Melissa Pfeiffer v. Massachusetts |
Massachusetts |
Denied |
IFP |
conscious-disregard-for-risk criminal-law felony-murder inherent-dangerousness inherently-dangerous inherently-dangerous-felony judicial-determination judicial-fact-finding jury-instructions malice-aforethought massachusetts-law presumption-of-malice sentencing |
Whether the judge or the jury decides the issue of intent in a second-degree felony murder case where the underlying felony is inherently dangerous as… |
| 19-5894 |
Damon Bentley v. Connie Horton, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure clerical-error constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fourteenth-amendment fraud habeas-corpus state-prisoner statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause is violated when a State prisoner is not given a complete and fair hearing in the district court w… |
| 19-5901 |
In Re Charles K. Hamilton |
|
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure-standing-jurisdiction-due-process- civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's petition for writ of mandamus |
| 19-5902 |
Sharvelt Mister v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Arkansas |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-hearing judicial-process jurisdiction procedural-fairness standing supremacy-clause |
Whether the actions taken by law enforcement, including arrest and detention without a judicial determination of probable cause, violate the petitione… |
| 19-5903 |
Martin Ogden v. Digital Intelligence Systems |
Arizona |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure due-process federal-claims federal-law judicial-authority judicial-review nullity state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause |
Whether a state court's refusal to adjudicate a federal claim under federal law, while entertaining similar state law claims, violates the Supremacy C… |
| 19-5915 |
Steven J. Varnauskas v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment license-plate probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-violation vehicle-impoundment vehicle-search warrantless-search |
Whether a bicycle rack attached to the rear of a vehicle was stowed accordingly and correctly to the manufacturer's instructions and does not obscure … |
| 19-5916 |
Juan Matias Torres v. Ralph M. Diaz, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process free-speech habeas-corpus intellectual-disability patent standing takings |
Whether the 8th and 14th Amendments prohibit the execution of a prisoner who was intellectually disabled at the time of the offense |
| 19-5939 |
Frank R. Montero v. Tulsa Airport Improvements Trust |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
attorney-fees civil-rights due-process federal-due-process federal-question-jurisdiction standing summary-judgment tenth-circuit-court title-28-usc-1443 writ-of-mandamus |
When the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma states in a 'Writ of Mandamus' that a State District Judge violated 'Federal Due Process' did it raise… |
| 19-5960 |
Ben W. Bane v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affidavits breach-of-duty civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prisoner federal-tort-claims-act judicial-enforcement medical-negligence prisoner-rights procedural-requirements standing state-law state-law-preemption |
Whether a Federal District Court and the Appellant Court can enforce a Local State Law requiring affidavits for a federal prisoner's Federal Tort Clai… |
| 19-5977 |
Kerry Lyn Dalton v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-maximum |
Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact other than a prior con… |
| 19-5984 |
Daniel H. Jones v. Claudia C. Bonnyman, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis sovereign-immunity standing |
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… |
| 19-6005 |
Robert L. Malone v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-history drug-quantity due-process jury-instructions mandatory-minimum methamphetamine-distribution prosecutorial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervisory-power |
Did the lower courts err when they imposed and affirmed Mr. Malone's sentence based on overreliance on his Criminal-History? |
| 19-6017 |
Randy Matthew Cordero v. Nick A. Guzman, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jury-instruction jury-trial personal-injury standing trial-fairness |
issue being raised |
| 19-6034 |
Tomas Liriano Castillo v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appointments-clause attorney-general-succession-act civil-procedure federal-government federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-vacancies-reform-act notice plain-error procedural-forfeiture rule-52b social-media social-media-notice |
Can announcements made via the President's personal social media be sufficient to put litigants against the Federal Government on notice so that litig… |
| 19-6036 |
Arturo Eduardo Dominguez-Calderon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review courts-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process holguin-hernandez-v-united-states judicial-discretion remand sentencing-factors sentencing-review substantive-reasonableness |
Whether substantive reasonableness review requires or permits the courts of appeals to 'reweigh the sentencing factors' |
| 19-6038 |
Clayton Paul Bateman v. Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights color-of-law colorable-authority congressional-authority due-process forum-challenge forum-procedures jurisdiction jurisdictional-standing procedural-due-process standing state-authority state-sovereignty |
Whether a person has standing before a non-sovereign state forum with no act of the U.S. Congress delineating jurisdictional authority over such perso… |
| 19-6089 |
Joseph Signore v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure declaration department-of-justice due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-of-perjury sentencing service-of-process solicitor-general |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 |
| 19-6107 |
Robert B. Ledbetter v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conspiracy conspiracy-charges criminal-law criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment insufficient-evidence murder murder-conviction sufficiency-of-evidence |
Where the evidence is insufficient to convict on conspiracy and murder charges, can the defendant be convicted on those charges? |
| 19-6115 |
Jose Manuel Aguirre-Ganceda v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence collateral-attack criminal-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing drug-conviction due-process federal-law federal-state-comity mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-court-reduction state-law |
Whether a defendant is actually innocent of a mandatory life sentence once a prior state drug conviction relied upon by the District Court is set asid… |
| 19-6116 |
Ronald E. Evans v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act burglary categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation generic-burglary north-carolina north-carolina-burglary north-carolina-statute second-degree-burglary sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation trailers |
Whether North Carolina second degree burglary (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-51), which encompasses unlawful entries into trailers used to store property, is c… |
| 19-6119 |
Masnik Sainmelus v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court firearm-possession firearms guideline-enhancement guideline-range sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-2k2.1 |
Whether the district court erred in increasing the appellant's guideline range by finding the offense involved 8-24 firearms under U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(1… |
| 19-6123 |
Castor Quintaires Gonzales v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process fifth-amendment mandate-recall presumption-of-innocence structural-error |
Does the Fifth Amendment compel a court of appeals to remedy its inadvertent affirmance of unrecognized structural error that was apparent from the re… |
| 19-6124 |
Jerry Scott Hill v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act assault breaking-and-entering certificate-of-appealability deadly-weapon fourth-circuit fourth-circuit-court-of-appeals johnson-v-united-states north-carolina-assault supreme-court violent-felony |
Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that North Carolina assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious i… |
| 19-6131 |
Derrick Estell v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 bodily-harm crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-offense due-process federal-criminal-law negligence sentencing statutory-interpretation threat-of-bodily-harm unintentional |
Can a criminal offense that involves as an element an unintentionally or negligently communicated threat of bodily harm qualify as a 'crime of violenc… |
| 19-6132 |
Christian Joseph Chavez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing |
Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' two-step inquiry for determining the validity of an appeal waiver in a plea agreement should be expanded t… |
| 19-6135 |
Kelvin Townsend v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency grand-jury indictment judicial-oversight sealed-records standing |
Is the government required to obtain a court order from the court to unseal a sealed criminal indictment? |
| 19-6138 |
William A. White v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure district-court due-process evidentiary-development evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-procedure judicial-proceedings post-conviction-relief section-2255 supervisory-power |
May a District Court strike all evidence in a 28 USC §2255 proceeding and deny relief for failure to present evidence? |
| 19-6141 |
Donnie Ray Jose v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure discovery-violation discovery-violations due-process judicial-discretion plea-negotiations prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sanctions trial-strategy |
When a federal prosecutor concedes a serious discovery violation shortly before trial, should the district court's response take into account, among o… |
| 19-6142 |
Santo Leone v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion amendment categorical-approach civil-procedure district-court-discretion divisibility drug-convictions due-process first-step-act marijuana-convictions motion-to-amend prior-convictions section-851 standing timeliness |
Whether district court abused its discretion by concluding motion to amend should be denied as untimely? |
| 19-6143 |
Christopher Scott v. Gene Beasley, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitution-framing constitutional-law due-process exoneration judicial-review original-intent separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation |
Did the framers of the Constitution believe that the document's power would 'exonerate' a man? |
| 19-6144 |
Tom Smith, III v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting alternative-elements career-offender conspiracy controlled-substance-offense criminal-attempt divisible-statute sentencing-commission sentencing-commission-mandate sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-mandate |
Whether the Sentencing Commission exceeded its statutory mandate |
| 19-6146 |
Hector Rosario-Rivera v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights due-process due-process,sixth-amendment,fifth-amendment,ineffe fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-error sixth-amendment |
Whether the Petitioner's Fifth and Six Amendment Rigths were violated by plain error made in calculating petitioner's sentence, and the numerous ways … |
| 19-6149 |
Desmond Williams v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aiding-and-abetting civil-procedure civil-rights commentary conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction legal-analysis legal-citation legal-issues legal-research legal-terminology legal-writing sentencing-commission standing |
Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims |
| 19-6155 |
Deounte Ussury v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process jury-instructions racketeering statutory-interpretation unanimity verdict-form violent-crimes |
Whether conviction under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute requires a special verdict form where the statute requires unanimity as to … |
| 19-6159 |
Rodney Jerome Womack v. J. Windsor, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the law prohibiting the sale of certain firearms is unconstitutional |
| 19-6162 |
Sean V. Terry v. Swift Transportation |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bodily-autonomy civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment medical-ethics medical-examination privacy privacy-violation regulations workplace-conduct |
Question not identified |
| 19-6164 |
Marchello Dsaun McCain v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey due-process false-statement guideline-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-maxima statutory-maximum terrorism-enhancement |
Does Apprendi v. New Jersey prohibit the calculation of a guideline range longer than the statutory maximum for the offense of conviction and achieved… |
| 19-6169 |
In Re Anthony Brawner |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdiction mandamus maryland-jurisdiction sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-rights venue |
Does the District of Columbia superior court have subject matter jurisdiction over crimes that happen in the State of Maryland? |
| 19-6176 |
Christopher Harris v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-law due-process evidence murder pecuniary-gain rico rico-enterprise sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation vcar vcar-offense |
Should a Writ of Certiorari Issue Because the Sixth Circuit Ignored the Uncontroverted Evidence and its own Analysis of the VCAR Motives to Conclude t… |
| 19-6177 |
Valerie Flores v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-court government-admission government-waiver plain-error plain-error-review sentencing seventh-circuit supervised-release vagueness waiver waiver-doctrine |
Whether the Seventh Circuit errantly disregarded the government's failure to brief a waiver argument and disallowed relief for a supervised release co… |
| 19-6178 |
Jose Bryan Gonzalez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-firearms-law firearm-possession interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element mens-rea statutory-interpretation |
Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(n) authorizes conviction upon proof that a firearm once crossed state lines at an unspecified prior occasion, when there is no … |
| 19-6179 |
Jesus Felix-Heras v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
computer-forensics confrontation-clause criminal-procedure database-search evidence-admissibility expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis forensic-evidence search-algorithm sixth-amendment |
Whether admission of the results of a search of computer fingerprint database, which the record shows to be identical to fingerprint analysis done by … |
| 19-6182 |
Stan J. Caterbone v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings |
Whether the legal court system has a responsibility to protect the American people and their lives by sending a message to the next mass shooter befor… |
| 19-6185 |
Aaron Lee Smiley v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-rights coercion constitutional-rights due-process forfeiture home-forfeiture ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement standing |
Does a plea agreement need to pass constitutional muster before it waives a person's right to challenge on appeal the forfeiture of his or her home? |
| 19-6187 |
Jon Kaiser v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
affiant-misconduct affidavit child-pornography civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-review lascivious-exhibition magistrate-judge probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant |
Whether an intentional or reckless omission of purported child pornography images from a search warrant application undermines a finding of probable c… |
| 19-6188 |
John Gregory Alexander Herrin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury-indictment grand-jury-indictment-clause interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction statute-of-limitations |
Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to assume interlocutory appellate jurisdiction over petitioner's Fifth Amendment grand-jur… |
| 19-6196 |
Frank D. Monsegue, Sr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appeals appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-appeal right-to-be-informed standing |
Whether the defendant's constitutional rights were violated by the court's failure to appoint counsel and provide adequate assistance of counsel |
| 19-6197 |
Donald Steven Reynolds v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
§2255-motions circuit-court-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-procedural-rules federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction local-rule-interpretation local-rules motion-to-strike page-limits statutory-interpretation |
Is the Sixth Circuit's holding in-Martinez v. United States, that the 25 page limit under Local Rule 7.1 applies to §2255 Motions, inconsistant with R… |
| 19-6201 |
Ronn Darnell Sterling v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal bank-robbery constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission evidentiary-issues false-evidence improper-cross-examination ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-conviction-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the district court erred in rejecting the petitioner's claim within his § 2255 motion that pre-trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective … |
| 19-6205 |
Ruben Navarrete-Felix v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-policy recidivism sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors |
Is it an abuse of discretion to sentence a recidivist pursuant to a blanket policy of always imposing a longer sentence than the defendant previously … |
| 19-6208 |
Darrell Alan Lussier v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
2255-motion appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability court-of-appeals district-court due-process established-precedent habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-appeal judicial-precedent precedent right-to-appeal section-2255 |
When a District Court's denial of a §2255 motion is contrary to established precedent, is the Court of Appeals required to grant a certificate of appe… |
| 19-6209 |
John Hudson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal armed-career-criminal-act certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-appellate-procedure johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions resentencing section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred by denying Mr. Hudson a Certificate of Appealability in this § 2255 case |
| 19-6217 |
Joanne Hall v. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-care negligence post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-dismissal veterans-affairs |
Whether the Disabled Veteran Petitioner received adequate healthcare at the Veterans Medical Center, including whether treatment, monitoring, and diag… |
| 19-6221 |
George E. Brown, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard procedural-requirements standing |
When a defendant meets the requirements for issuance of a certificate of appealability (COA), is he then entitled to issuance of the certificate? |
| 19-6224 |
Philong Huynh v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law appellate-review attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights congressional-statutes court-procedure discretionary-function discretionary-function-exception discretionary-standard due-process government-oversight investigation-power judicial-review legal-interpretation |
Whether the government oversight function, including the power of investigation, is subject to the discretionary function exception under congressiona… |
| 19-6225 |
Marc Pierre Hall v. Warden Andrews |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2255 district-court fundamental-errors habeas-corpus judicial-review precedent-analysis retroactive-statutory-interpretation savings-clause-28-usc-2241 statutory-interpretation statutory-interpretation-28-usc-2255 subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court had proper subject matter jurisdiction in light of United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S. 625 (2002), Bailey v. United States, 5… |
| 19-6227 |
In Re Steven Talbert Williams |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights contempt-of-court dismissal due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis sanctions standing |
Whether the dismissal of a case as 'frivolous' under 28 USC 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 18 U.S.C. §402 violates the 6th and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Const… |
| 19-6232 |
Jason James Neiheisel v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-conviction criminal-procedure demeanor due-process jury-verdict prosecutorial-questioning reversible-error substantive-evidence sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit, on review for sufficiency of evidence, can affirm a conviction citing the verdict itself; on the supposition the jury co… |
| 19-6234 |
Kelvin Melton v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment 6th-amendment appeal civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process self-representation |
Whether an appellant has the right to self-representation under the Sixth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment |
| 19-6238 |
Brannon D. Taylor v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-924 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) 18-USC-924c categorical-approach contemporary-interpretation crime-of-violence elements-clause predicate-crime statutory-interpretation |
Whether courts must analyze the least of the acts historically criminalized under the predicate crime or a contemporary interpretation suffices to sat… |
| 19-6240 |
John Lee Norris v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
10th-amendment 5th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction judicial-standing plea-agreement standing subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause |
Whether the United States Court's for the Eighth circuit has failed to adhere to the accepted and usual course of Judicial proceedings |
| 19-6241 |
Elfred William Petruk v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
confidential-informant confidential-informants drug-evidence eighth-circuit fourth-amendment gps-tracking gps-tracking-warrants illinois-v-gates probable-cause search-warrant stale-information |
Did the Eighth Circuit erroneously rule, in conflict with this Court's decision in Illinois v. Gates, that the search warrant for a Chrysler vehicle a… |
| 19-6242 |
Imanol Pineda Penaloza v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights employment-discrimination question-not-identified racial-discrimination reasonable-person title-vii |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the 'reasonable person' standard in evaluating the plaintiff's claim of racial discrimination unde… |
| 19-6253 |
Adam Strege v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-discretion law-enforcement-discretion mental-competence mental-disease mental-health reasonable-cause sentencing standing vagueness vagueness-doctrine |
Whether 18 USCS 4246, 4248, 4241(d) are unconstitutionally vague for failing to define 'mental disease' and 'reasonable cause' |
| 19-6255 |
Kunta Kenta Redd v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
crack-cocaine crack-cocaine-sentencing criminal-justice-reform due-process first-step-act retroactivity section-404 sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner is entitled to relief from denial of a 404 motion at the district court level in light of the First Step Act |
| 19-6256 |
Jason Simon v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
acquitted-conduct due-process false-accusation habeas-corpus-relief judicial-discretion prejudice presentence-report sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-proof statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct |
Did the lower courts err by relying on a false accusation listed in the PSR, that was verified as false, as the sole basis for not only imposing a sta… |
| 19-6258 |
In Re Tiran R. Casteel |
|
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal appellate-review competency district-court due-process eighth-circuit false-premise legal-competency mental-health restoration retroactive-determination trial trial-procedure |
Was the Petitioner restored prior to the November 2009 trial? |
| 19-6266 |
Willie Jones, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
conflict-among-courts constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure dilatory-conduct dilatory-purpose dilatory-purposes faretta-right faretta-v-california federal-courts self-representation sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-right-to-self-representation state-courts |
Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's Faretta claim conflict with Faretta v. California? |
| 19-6317 |
In Re D'Angelo Hildan Shipman |
|
Denied |
IFP |
5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-court federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment habeas-corpus illegal-sentence legal-sentence mandate |
Why am I still in prison? I filed a federal habeas corpus petition in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Divis… |
| 19-99 |
Northern Kentucky Area Development District v. Danielle Snyder |
Kentucky |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitration-agreement contract-defense employer-employee employment-contract equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act kentucky-revised-statutes preemption state-law |
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts Ky. Rev. Stat. § 336.700(2), which invalidates arbitration agreements between an employer and an em… |