Conference: 2019-11-08

126 cases — 0 granted, 126 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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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…