Conference: 2019-11-15

134 cases — 1 granted, 133 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
18-956 Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (77)Relisted (4) 17-usc-102 17-usc-107 computer-code computer-program copyright-law copyright-protection fair-use federal-circuit intellectual-property software-development software-interface 1. Whether copyright protection extends to a software interface. 2. Whether, as the jury found, petitioner's use of a software interface in the conte… 109.0
19-373 James Walker v. United States Sixth Circuit Granted Amici (7)Relisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split courts-of-appeals criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act… 18.0
18-1424 Michael N. Thomas v. Raymond Anderson, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split government-inconvenience habeas-corpus importance-of-testimony inconvenience-to-government inmate-testimony judicial-discretion nonparty-inmate nonparty-witness seventh-circuit trial-procedure trial-testimony witness-testimony writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the Seventh Circuit correctly held, in an acknowledged conflict with the Third Circuit, that a district court may deny a request for the issua… 14.0
19-253 Straight Path IP Group, LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit fifth-amendment patent patent-infringement patent-law procedural-due-process summary-judgment Whether Rule 36(e) of the Federal Circuit's Rules of Procedure violates the Fifth Amendment by authorizing panels of the Federal Circuit to affirm, wi… 14.0
19-16 Allen E. Peithman, Jr., et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (5) 18-usc-981 circuit-split co-conspirator-liability criminal-forfeiture honeycutt-v-united-states joint-and-several-liability statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) authorize forfeiture imposed jointly and severally among co-conspirators, as the Sixth and Eighth Circuits have held, or… 13.5
19-184 United States v. Richard D. Collins Armed Forces Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) armed-forces court-of-appeals-for-armed-forces criminal-procedure due-process military-justice precedent rape rape-prosecution statute-of-limitations uniform-code-of-military-justice Whether the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces erred in concluding —contrary to its own longstanding precedent —that the Uniform Code of Military J… 12.0
19-108 United States v. Michael J. D. Briggs Armed Forces Judgment Issued Relisted (3) armed-forces constitutional-rights court-of-appeals-armed-forces due-process military-justice rape rape-prosecution statute-of-limitations time-barred-offense ucmj uniform-code-military-justice uniform-code-of-military-justice Whether the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces erred in concluding—contrary to its own longstanding precedent—that the Uniform Code of Military Jus… 11.5
19-239 Larry Benzon, Warden v. Troy Michael Kell Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1) appeal appeals appellate-review capital-case capital-punishment collateral-order-doctrine district-court federalism habeas-corpus rhines-v-weber stay Whether a district court's order staying and abeying a capital prisoner's habeas corpus petition under Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), is immedi… 11.5
19-197 Lavern Behm v. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. North Dakota Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) due-process eminent-domain kelo-v-new-london private-corporation property-rights public-use taking-clause 1. Is it a violation of due process and the taking clause for the state – as a matter of law – to allow a private corporation to take private property… 10.0
19-289 County of San Diego, California, et al. v. James Soler Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights due-process extradition-warrant fourteenth-amendment jail-staff mistaken-identity procedural-due-process qualified-immunity When a prisoner is held under authority of a facially valid warrant, do individual jail staff members have a duty under the Fourteenth Amendment to in… 9.0
19-443 Charles G. Kinney v. Philip S. Gutierrez, Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived access-to-courts bivens bivens-claim cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines obstruction-of-justice vexatious-litigant A Bivens case allows a private individual to seek damages from an individual federal officer for unconstitutional conduct (e.g. 8th Amendment). Ziglar… 8.5
19-279 Shirley Johnson v. New Destiny Christian Center Church, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied advice-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-alteration evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause After a two-day Bench Trial in a malicious prosecu­tion action, the District Court altered video evidence, and ignored other "smoking gun" evidence. A… 5.5
19-335 Jaideep S. Chawla v. Appeals Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied appellate-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-panel notice panel-composition property-rights recusal Whether a state appeals court violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by changing the composition of an appellate panel during the … 5.5
19-342 Mark F. McCaffrey v. Michael L. Chapman, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech free-speech-balancing law-enforcement law-enforcement-discretion partisan-politics patronage-termination pickering-connick political-retaliation public-employee public-employee-speech public-employment In Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 (1976) and Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507 (1980), the Court recognized a patronage exemption from First Amendment prot… 5.5
19-356 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado Denied best-interests-standard child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights Where divorce involves children, where shared parenting has been declared to be in the best interests of all, and where criteria for exception have no… 5.5
19-362 Patrick Kent Lindsey Jones v. Allen Jones Louisiana Denied 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure contested-funds due-process equal-protection finality-of-judgment fourteenth-amendment interlocutory-judgment right-to-appeal standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction Under the 14th Amendment, Section 1, how can a state court deny the right to appeal, by deeming a judgment which distributes contested funds to be a n… 5.5
19-68 Unity HealthCare v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services Eighth Circuit Denied administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference civil-procedure judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie medicare medicare-regulations statutory-interpretation volume-decrease-adjustment This case presents the following question: whether federal courts must defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of its own regulations (commonly… 5.5
19M63 Willie Moore v. Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General of Georgia Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M64 Thomas William Wojnarowski v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M65 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
18-1536 Kimberly Cox v. Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) None 4.0
19-104 Flavio Tamez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal-waiver appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability collateral-attack constitutional-effectiveness criminal-defendant-waiver due-process immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jae-lee-v-united-states sentencing-consequences waiver-of-rights 1. The courts of appeals are divided over whether a criminal defendant's generic waiver of his right to appeal or bring a collateral attack can knowin… 4.0
19-143 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 5-usc-7701 administrative-appeal civil-rights due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board mspb-jurisdiction office-of-personnel-management preference-eligible-veteran service-connected-disability suitability-determination Given that the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has exclusive statutory authority to make a 5 C.F.R. § 731 et seq. suitability deter… 4.0
19-340 Carey D. Ebert v. John Paul DeJoria, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived aiding-and-abetting article-iii article-iii-standing bankruptcy bankruptcy-trustee breach-of-fiduciary-duty corporate-debt debtor-corporation fiduciary-duty judicial-proceedings standing trustee unpaid-debt Whether a bankruptcy trustee who proved at trial, without objection, that defendants' tortious conduct (breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetti… 3.5
19-354 Colleen A. Easterday v. Estate of Michael J. Easterday Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived beneficiary-designation breach-of-contract common-law-waiver contract-claim erisa erisa-preemption joint-survivor-annuity kennedy-v-plan-administrator plan-documents preemption 1. Can an Estate bring an action in State or Federal Court, and prevail, against a Joint Survivor Annuity beneficiary specifically named in ERISA plan… 3.5
19-363 Jim R. Nash v. Norma Nash, et al. Arkansas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-court state-courts substitution 1) If several states following close versions of Rule 25 (FRCP) have held that judgments without jurisdiction of the decedent are a nullity, and tho… 3.5
19-375 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert W. York, as Personal Representative, et al. Indiana Denied Response Waived administrative-expense administrative-expenses administrative-law appeal appeal-on-merits civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process estate-administration fourteenth-amendment standing trial-court Whether the refusal of the trial court to hear Newman's administrative expense motions violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and othe… 3.5
19-384 Harmon L. Taylor v. City of Sherman, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights compelled-commerce compelled-consent consent-doctrine due-process fourth-amendment illegal-seizure probable-cause seizure transfer-of-venue transportation-code vehicle-definition Compelled consent - "transportation " 1. Is the Tex. TRANSP. Cope "unconstitutional, " as applied? Compelled commerce - Illegal seizure 2. Did Respon… 3.5
19-390 William James, et al. v. Barbara Hunt, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rico collateral-estoppel constitutional-amendments due-process federal-procedure final-judgment-act first-amendment fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court interlocutory-appeal jury-trial obstruction-of-justice 1. Whether district court orders dedicate any section of the opinion(s) to deny petitioner's Civil RICO 18 U.S.C. 1961-1964, in the verified complaint… 3.5
19-397 Susan Levy v. BASF Metals Limited, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived american-pipe-tolling civil-procedure class-action commodity-exchange-act discovery-accrual-rule discovery-rule due-process equitable-tolling opt-out rico statute-of-limitations The issues-presented are important because they concern individual rights, a principal that our founders used to establish our Democracy that allowe… 3.5
19-408 Garey R. Nehrke v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Florida Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights federal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction-banking foreclosure-fraud gse-state-actors gses mortgage-securitization national-bank-act national-banks securities-law state-actors state-preemption takings-clause whistleblower-retaliation 1. Whether Wells Fargo and others under National Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. 1 et seq. exclusive federal regulation and pre-emption, along with restrictions o… 3.5
19-424 Joel Howard James v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response Waived class-of-one criminal-investigation due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-tolling nonresident-tolling-provision privileges-and-immunities Privileges-and-Immunities-Clause Rational-Basis statute-of-limitations 1. Based on a "class of one" analysis, does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution bar application … 3.5
19-444 Robert Hoch v. MBI Energy Services Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived beneficiary beneficiary-rights cigna-corp-v-amara erisa erisa-beneficiary erisa-plan erisa-plan-administrator-reimbursement erisa-plan-document plan-administrator plan-document reimbursement reimbursement-provisions summary-plan-description Whether an ERISA Plan Administrator may enforce reimbursement provisions against an ERISA beneficiary that are contained only in a Summary Plan Descri… 3.5
19-489 Lawrence G. Hutchins, III v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived acquittal collateral-estoppel conspiracy criminal-charge criminal-charges criminal-procedure double-jeopardy issue-preclusion military-justice retrial Whether the right under the Double Jeopardy Clause to the issue preclusive effect of an acquittal applies where precluded and un-precluded facts are a… 3.5
19-491 Nilesh Bharatkumar Kumar v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure hill-v-lockhart immigration-law ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-resident plea-agreement plea-bargaining prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington To establish prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), a defendant who has pleaded guilty based on deficient advice from his atto… 3.5
19-495 Martin Shkreli v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived bank-fraud forfeiture-calculation good-faith good-faith-defense jury-instruction jury-instructions loss-causation mail-fraud materiality mens-rea no-ultimate-harm prosecutorial-standard securities-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud In prosecutions for mail, wire and bank fraud, which require a finding of a loss or an intended loss by the victim, a "no ultimate harm" instruction h… 3.5
19-498 Raymond L. Rogers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution fifth-amendment habeas-corpus immediate-release sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether or not the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals [erred], when denying (1). your Petitioner, a certificate of appealability (COA) pursuant to 28 U.S.… 3.5
19-499 Henry Posada v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals-court-error appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure district-court-error evidence government-evidence government-surveillance healthcare-billing loss-amount loss-calculation medical-fraud patient-records sentencing standard-of-review Whether the court of appeals erred in determining that the district court did not clearly err in accepting the government's assertion that Mr. Posada … 3.5
19-535 Patricia A. Flowers v. Connecticut Light and Power Company Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 42-usc-2000e civil-rights eeoc employment-discrimination employment-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racial-discrimination racial-discrimination-retaliation-claims retaliation-claim standard-of-review summary-judgment title-vii Whether Flowers proffered sufficient evidence in support of her prima facie case of racial discrimination and retaliation claims for a reasonable fact… 3.5
18-9665 Alejandro Hernandez-Delgado v. California California Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-code evidentiary-hearing fourteenth-amendment juror-bias juror-misconduct jury-deliberations racial-bias racial-stereotypes sixth-amendment What fact-finding procedures are required by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments when a defendant makes a threshold showing that a juror relied on rac… 1.0
19-5182 Geovanny Antonio Loyola-Villegas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review empirical-basis federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure plain-error presumption-of-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant's se… 0.5
18-9744 Landon Quinn v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Louisiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel non-unanimous-verdict nonunanimous-verdict prejudice prejudice-prong sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the fact that a criminal conviction was returned by a nonunanimous verdict is relevant to a court's consideration of the prejudice prong of St… -1.0
19-5171 Victor Hugo Saldano v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)IFP biased-jury buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim death-penalty due-process future-dangerousness mental-competency racial-bias vagueness vagueness-doctrine At M r. Sal daño's first death penalty trial, in 1996, a n expert for th e State of Texas testified that Mr. Sa ldaño wa s more likely to present a fu… -1.5
19-6109 James Abraham Mata v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 district-court-judgment federal-prisoner federal-statutory-provisions habeas-corpus record-silence retroactive-decision second-or-successive-motion statutory-provision successive-motion unconstitutional unconstitutional-provision unconstitutional-statute When seeking relief under a retroactive decision invalidating a federal statutory provision as unconstitutional, what must a federal prisoner show in … -1.5
19-6269 Eduardo Romero Martinez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-conduct double-jeopardy federal-court federal-government punishment sentencing supervised-release Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibits a federal court from revoking supervised release and sentencing someone based on criminal conduct for whi… -1.5
19-6278 Kenneth Lyle Spangle v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 arbitrary-and-capricious bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence due-process federal-bank-robbery fifth-amendment meaningful-review Whether the Circuit's decision to deny a certificate of appealability without any analysis or explanation for its decision at all was so arbitrary and… -1.5
19-6331 Joseren Deshune Delancy v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-framework Batson-v-Kentucky civil-rights constitutional-challenge equal-protection mccleskey-v-kemp prima-facie-case racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-bias supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should overrule McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), and adopt the Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), framework that a defe… -1.5
19-6334 Ignacio Arellano-Banuelos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction illegal-entry immigration-law jurisdiction removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether an alien may be "found" within the meaning of 8 U.S.C. §1326 before immigration authorities achieve actual knowledge of his or her actual pres… -1.5
19-6364 Eduardo Duffy, aka Eduardo Duffy-Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship-definition citizenship-laws constitutional-challenge conviction-review due-process equal-protection illegal-reentry judicial-precedent morales-santana severability statutory-interpretation Whether the decision below conflicts with the Court's instruction in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 137 S. Ct. 1678, 1699 n.24 (2017), that a defendant … -1.5
18-9401 Daniel H. Jones v. Kentucky, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-findings injunctive-relief judicial-discretion jurisdictional-review legal-standards procedural-error sovereign-immunity wrong-legal-standards DID THE U.S. SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR IN ALLOWING THE [U.S.] DISTRICT COURT TO ABUSE ITS DISCRETION WHEN RELYING ON CLEARLY ERRONEOUS FINDIN… -4.0
18-9561 In Re Benny Stewart Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-procedure due-process due-process,recusal,probable-cause,felony-prosecut felony-prosecution information judge-recusal judicial-bias judicial-recusal probable-cause prosecutorial-discretion recusal state-law The unconstitutional potential for bias and judge recusal when a felony is prosecuted by an information under state law when the same judge makes the … -4.0
19-5085 Darren L. Lee v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure divisible-offense federal-sentencing full-faith-and-credit modified-categorical-approach physical-force plea-bargain sentencing shepard-documents united-states-v-horse-looking violent-felony Where a divisible offense may be committed two ways, one of which satisfies the "violent felony" element of physical force, and one of which does not,… -4.0
19-5199 Billy John Roberson v. Rowlett Police Department, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment 2nd-amendment-rights absence-from-crime-scene aggravated-assault-elements assault-elements burden-of-proof conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process insufficient-evidence penal-code second-amendment sentencing-issues standing texas texas-penal-code 1. How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Roberson, di… -4.0
19-5292 Franky Joseph v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-review due-process eighth-amendment federal-constitutional-claim judicial-integrity leblanc leblanc-v-virginia merits-adjudication state-v-michel state-vs-michel supreme-court-interpretation Does the Florida Supreme Court's contrary and broad reading of LeBlanc infringe upon Petitioner's Constitutional right to have a meaningful review of … -4.0
19-5295 In Re Larry Charles Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process exceptional-circumstances fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandamus right-to-appeal sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent writ-of-mandamus Do exceptional circumstances exist in the Petitioner's case that justify granting his Petition seeking a Writ of Mandamus when he has demonstrated a c… -4.0
19-5416 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Apex Reporting Group, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-U.S.C.-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process false-imprisonment fraud habeas-corpus judicial-fraud judicial-misconduct standing whistle-blower whistle-blower-protections 1) Can fraud be allowed to be committed as the underlying reason for dismissal of a complaint? 2) Can evidence of fraud used to dismiss the complain… -4.0
18-9687 Candelario Lucio-Garza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP attempted-crime attempted-reentry circuit-conflict criminal-law federal-jurisdiction immigration mens-rea specific-intent united-states-v-resendiz-ponce Does the crime of attempted illegal reentry incorporate the common-law mens rea of a specific intent to commit the completed offense? -4.5
19-5089 Clifford B. Gandy, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence divisible-offense divisible-statute modified-categorical-approach nolo-contendere physical-force plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines shepard-documents I Where a divisible offense may be committed two ways, one of which satisfies the "crime of violence" element of physical force, and one of which does… -4.5
19-5553 Angela Roy v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP admissibility character-evidence circuit-split evidence-rule federal-rules federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-exception limits standards Whether the widely criticized "inextricably intertwined" or "intrinsic evidence" family of exceptions to Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) lack meaningf… -4.5
19-5570 Walter Barton v. William Stange, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split dissent double-jeopardy due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus issue-being-raised judicial-review Question One As to the violation of Mr. Barton's right to be free from double jeopardy whether the Eighth Circuit has imposed upon Mr. Barton an impr… -4.5
19-5927 Cuitlahuac Tahua Rivera v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fact-finding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment Does California's death penalty scheme violate the requirement under the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments that every fact that serves to… -4.5
19-5937 Raymond Johnson v. Credit One Bank, et al. Maryland Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility free-speech judicial-discretion patent standing takings trial-procedure Did the trial court wrongfully deny Johnson's Fourth Amendment rights when the trial court failed to allow Johnson to present his motions to enforce S… -4.5
19-5942 Wade Lay v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-due-process brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-principles due-process federal-intervention federalism judicial-review standing state-governance substantive-due-process takings I. HAS SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS, AS A JUDICIAL DOCTRINE, WITH AMELIORATING STATUTES OVER TIME, SO ALTERED THE VITAL PRINCIPLES OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM,… -4.5
19-5945 Timothy Eugene Sampson v. Cathy M. Garrett, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-appeals habeas-corpus judicial-review pleading-standards procedural-dismissal sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standing I. THe Astinat CouT Enraned in Drsaissing the Complannt TO Heck bAe And 4 CAW lelanT A wriT of CenTiORtRi ? II. Did the DistTa covl enreR in necanfrE… -4.5
19-5947 Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement perception-of-guilt substantial-guilt trial-defense witness-tampering If defense counsel omits the necessary trial defense and thereby sustains a perception of substantial guilt so that the substantial guilt mas dependen… -4.5
19-5965 Robert Jessie Hill v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sentencing (A). When a defendant pleads guilty to a charge, in addition to the "direct" and "collateral" consequences of the party does the Fourteenth Amendment … -4.5
19-5978 Terence S. Chancellor v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 7th-circuit-court-of-appeals appeal-denial bias civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias perjury standing 1. Whether Petitioner Terence S Chancellor 's Constitutional right to due process protected by the 14 Amendment, violated during court proceedings by … -4.5
19-5980 In Re Sang Hing Wong, Jr. Denied IFP attorney-misconduct body-worn-camera case-file civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery due-process evidence-destruction fair-hearing fair-trial prejudice Question not identified. -4.5
19-5985 Leeroy Cesar Carballo v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit-review fundamental-rights ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-testify sentencing sentencing-phase During Petitioner's sentencing hearing, Petitioner took the stand, maintaining his innocence, and expressed his desire to tell the jury his side of th… -4.5
19-5991 Howard Lee White v. Romeo Aranas, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judgment lower-court-decisions qualified-immunity standard-of-review standing summary-judgment (1) Did the lower Courts err in granting Summary judgment to the Defendants -4.5
19-5994 Benjamin Justin Brownlee v. California California Denied IFP civil-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-code-section-352 jury-instructions prior-acts-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-fair-trial robbery-charges sixth-amendment standing True the felony had to be independest of the illing,was Prejudicial and sequses Reversal of The Special. C'rcunstance Finding Code Section 1los stad … -4.5
19-5997 Robert Williams, Jr. v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied IFP actual-innocence capital-murder cause-of-death constitutional-rights death-certificate due-process forensic-evidence judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence skull-injury stab-wound x-ray Whether, in order to prove actual innocence, the cause of death, in a capitol murder case, had an affect on the judgment of the jury, and where Defend… -4.5
19-6000 Kevin Kelley v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules propensity-evidence sixth-amendment trial-court-error witness-testimony Whether the state trial court erred in admitting the testimony of two witnesses for the purpose of showing the defendant's propensity to commit the ch… -4.5
19-6001 Gregory Leroy Packer v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-duty counsel-representation court-docket court-procedure diligence diligence-appeal due-process legal-diligence pennsylvania-statute prejudicial-delay related-case-law standing statutory-interpretation unprecedent-case 1. WERE THE APPELLATE COURTS RULINGS UNPRECEDENT FOR THIS CASE? 2. DID THE COURTS DISREGARD PETITIONER'S COURT DOCKET IN THEIR RULING? 3. DID THE CO… -4.5
19-6004 Lynn Taylor v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Fifth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion affidavit civil-procedure court-procedure discovery discovery-violation due-process ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct rule-60-motion standing 1. Did the Northern District. Amarillo Division, abuse it's descretion in not forwardinn the total "discovery' of "unanswered admission, affidavit" to… -4.5
19-6275 Dennis Jones v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP act-of-production compelled-decryption due-process exception fifth-amendment foregone-conclusion self-incrimination testimonial-evidence Does the Fifth Amendment's act of production doctrine apply to compelled decryption? If so, what does the foregone conclusion exception to the act of … -5.5
18-9045 Kevin Robinson v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial impartial-jury ineffective-assistance jury-impartiality self-incrimination sixth-amendment Are trial attorneys obligated to protect every fundamental right entitled to defendants under the United States Constitutional Amendments? If so, did … -6.0
18-9201 Galen Lemar Amerson, et al. v. United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-rule civil-procedure conceivable-effect de-novo-review due-process jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction testate-estate wills-and-trusts withdrawal-of-reference This is the second time the court has seen this case. The issue to be considered is subject matter jurisdiction, and did it ever exist in this long ru… -6.0
18-9246 Anthony G. Bryant v. Department of Education, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure asset-seizure civil-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection excessive-fines first-amendment fourteenth-amendment tenth-amendment Petitioner cites Errors by US Court of Appeals for the Fourth District clear of Eighth Amendment regarding excessive fines Tyson Timbs v State of Indi… -6.0
18-9255 Santosh Ram v. United States Eighth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea mental-competency mental-disease-defect plea-agreement plea-bargaining search-and-seizure sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether there was violation of due process of law by the failure of the trial court to order the mental competency evaluation and/or conduct mental co… -6.0
18-9337 Ronnie Barnes v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law anatomical-definition anatomy back-injury civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights disability-rating due-process neck-injury permanent-disability-rating statutory-interpretation workers-compensation workers-compensation-act Does the term Back as used in the Award of June 0 1, 1982 include petitioners neck_ (a). Was the ruling of the WCAB (Board 's) On, Nov. 2,20 17, deny… -6.0
18-9490 Daniel George Brown v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment criminal-prosecution deportation illegal-reentry immigration-law right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether an alien's Sixth Amendment right to counsel is violated in a criminal prosecution for illegal reentry following deportation, where the United … -6.0
18-9538 Mark Anthony Head v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60(b) constitutional-claim constitutional-claims due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legislative-process merits procedural-error procedural-errors rule-60b standing WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN FAILING TO CONSTRUE THEAPPELLAN T'S MOTION UNDER RULE 60 (b) AS AN . OBLIGATION BY THE DISTRICT COURT TO ASSERT … -6.0
18-9829 Herve Wilmore, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-review constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury-clause judicial-review Consistent with recalling the mandate to prevent injustice 1) Did the Court of Appeals affirm a Constructive Amendment, which requires reversal per s… -6.0
19-5119 Johana Cabantac Arucan v. Cambridge East Healthcare Center, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP age-discrimination civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection fourth-amendment police-misconduct summary-judgment title-vii 1. In a case brought under the Title VII Discrimination in Employment Act, Age Discrimination as illegal termination & harassment with police miscon… -6.0
19-5213 Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-60-b-6 constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty property rule-60b6 Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief, pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or any relief. Whether Petitioner was dep… -6.0
19-5285 Daniel Luke Meier v. Amanda M. Berger, et al. Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 5th-amendment circuit-court civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights default-judgment due-process property property-rights state-law Did the Circuit Court err in failing to complete the default process against Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company under color of state law… -6.0
19-5512 Gregory Green v. Donald Beckwith, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim court-of-appeals due-process jurisdiction standing Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by denying Certficate of Appealability to Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. 2053 petition, where there was no adjudication on th… -6.0
19-5519 Rubin R. Weeks v. Jason Lewis, Warden Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process fundamental-rights habeas-corpus jurisdictional-defect liberty-interest parole-revocation state-court-review state-jurisdiction void-judgment (1).Does Petitioner have the Fundamental Rights to be free from the Missouri State Court's void judgment that has him restrained of liberty ? (2). Do… -6.0
19-5661 David M. Robinson v. Warden, Fort Dix FCI, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus habeas-corpus-writ jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect pro-se section-2255 standing 1. WHETHER THERE EXIST A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT IN THIS CASE AND THE UNANIMOUS DE… -6.0
19-6267 Michael E. Goynes, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone cell-phone-privacy crime-investigation criminal-investigation fourth-amendment nexus probable-cause search search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the search of the content of a suspect's cell phone when the affidavit in support of the search provides no nex… -6.0
19-6310 Marilis Yaneth Velasquez Perez v. Jose Candido Diaz Palencia Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abbott-v-abbott appellate-review child-abduction civil-code custody eleventh-circuit guatemalan-civil-code guatemalan-law hague-convention hague-convention-child-abduction international-child-abduction international-custody ne-exeat-rights I. Did the lower courts err in determining that retention of the child was wrongful under Articles 3 and 5 of the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 … -6.0
19-5940 Scott Peters v. Young Sun Kim Seventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure damages due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ninth-circuit post-conviction standing state-court Petitioner Questions whether Discrimination of Equal Opportunity Because of Social Economic To Defend Petitioner Right to Appeal. Petitioner Question… -6.5
19-5950 Roberto Medina-Martinez v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation motion-to-change-counsel right-to-counsel self-representation standing I'm Innocent on my Case- I doit understand why the Chonge of Coursel Shey denied me thru out my entire Case- Ther took me 2,5 Years to Triol with a la… -6.5
19-5952 Keith A. Gordon v. Cenedra D. Lee, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals err in finding that Petitioner has not shown a "clear and indisputable right" to issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel… -6.5
19-5987 Ronald Richard Brown v. Washington Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-vindictiveness north-carolina-v-pearce presumption-of-vindictiveness reversed-convictions sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act state-courts supreme-court washington-state 1. Can the Washington State Courts refuse to adhere to this Courts holding in North Carolina v. Pearce? 2. Since Washington State's Sentencing Reform… -6.5
19-6007 Natasha DeLima v. Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fiduciary-duty judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Why did so many partake in Obstruction of Justice on the Petitioner? Why was the court protecting those in breach of fiduciary duty? All parties engag… -6.5
19-6013 Otis A. Daniel v. T&M Protection Resources, LLC Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP at-will-employment civil-rights discrimination due-process employment employment-discrimination federal-antidiscrimination-laws national-origin-discrimination protected-characteristics racial-discrimination retaliation sex-discrimination sexual-orientation-discrimination workplace-harassment wrongful-termination (I). Is it lawful for an employer to intentionally terminate the employment of an "AT WILL" employee because he/she has filed or attempted to file a … -6.5
19-6026 Roland Michael Simon v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-jurisdiction federal-law-enforcement standing united-nations The Question(s) H like would Innocent by the way 8410 Direct Evidence, & 11l5 Evidence by clear and Convincing Proof, or by Proof Beyond a reasonable … -6.5
19-6028 Adam Lane v. Adam Nading, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation fourth-amendment knock-and-announce parole-search parole-searches qualified-immunity 1. With a Fourth Amendment knock-and-announce violation in Petitioner's parole search, and where no case in nearly 50 years ever held that knock-and-a… -6.5
19-6040 Ruthen James Weems III v. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expert-report medical-liability medical-privacy privacy standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-6051 Hezekiah Whitfield v. Deanna Brookhart, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP corroborative-evidence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-restriction fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether Peririoner Made A Substantial Showing Of The Denial Of His Sixth And Fourteenth Amendmenr Due Process Rights Where Pericioner Was Restricted F… -6.5
19-6080 Marcus H. v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent indigent-defense right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion Was the indigent petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to have appointed counsel represent him at his criminal jury trial violated when the trial court f… -6.5
19-6085 Frank Amodeo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii civil-procedure civil-procedure-standing constitutional-standing criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-court-procedure federal-courts jurisdiction jurisdictional-hierarchy non-merits-questions standing standing-requirement 1. This Court's jurisdictional-sequencing decisions establish that a federal court may resolve a case on any non-merits question. This Court holds tha… -6.5
19-6102 Roosevelt Brian Moore v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge court-review due-process graham-v-florida habeas-corpus juvenile-offenders legal-standards prisoner-rights resentencing sentencing sentencing-procedure standing state-court-decision GRANTED PETITSONER A CERTI FICATE of APPEAlAbIty PORSUANT TO MILlER -EL V.COCKER, 537 U.S.3a2 ON. QUESTIONS OF HIS THE U.S. CONSTITUIONAl RIGHTS? PERT… -6.5
19-6117 Jaime Ignacio Estrada v. Martin Biter, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-offer preponderance-of-evidence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review trial-counsel voluntary-manslaughter 1. Whether petitioner established by a preponderance of evidence trial counsel's violation of the Sixth Amendment: failure to communicate a favorable … -6.5
19-6133 Jeremy S. Cochran v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights conviction convictions criminal-procedure due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing PiV court oC Apymic 0f ^acyia»j- er \ Sfyycsfy ; on Appeal, P< J phe coupt- cf (Auph aC Appeals C6y)V\ c)~\or)*1 n special Appeal ah(4 error | „ p… -6.5
19-6167 Thaddeus Saunders v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP art-iv-section-1 article-iv constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process full-faith-and-credit judicial-precedent miller-v-alabama people-v-house public-acts Whether the full faith and credit clause of the United States Constitution should apply to the rulings in Miller v. Alabama, 567 US 460 (2012), People… -6.5
19-6211 Barry L. Clark v. Mark Gwyn, et al. Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP academic-studies civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-precedent landmark-decisions legislative-intent recidivism sex-offender sex-offenders standing state-sponsored-surveys Is it proper and timely for this Supreme Court to give redress to pronouncements incorporated within earlier landmark decisions stating that recidivis… -6.5
19-6243 Jackie Ray Patrick v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-defects due-process indictment indictment-validity jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue mississippi-law standing state-law void-for-failure-to-state-offense void-for-vagueness WHETHER PATRICK'S CONVICTION AND SENTENCE DERIVED FROM A DEFECTIVE INDICTMENT WHEREAS THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE INDICTMENT OR CHARGE(S) WHICH PATR… -6.5
19-6244 Eugene Williams v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law discovery due-process evidence free-speech judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation .WhEthER fectiv ASisA of COUE ws h WhE cOU AppoNd cOUe ft CRMN RACICE to peSUE rNSURAUCE lAW the MIdle of y MEl. whCh cAUSE y AEAl to bE disMissEd "du… -6.5
19-6254 Christopher T. Shanahan v. Idaho Idaho Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment equal-protection juvenile-sentencing life-sentence mitigating-factors parole parole-eligibility 1. Does a juvenile life sentence, with parole eligibility after a lengthy term for years, in a state with no guarantee that the mitigating qualities o… -6.5
19-6262 Liddon Young v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-intent federal-firearms-law felon-possession firearm-disposal firearms-transfer knowledge-requirement mens-rea prohibited-persons prosecution-burden prosecution-strategy statutory-interpretation 1. Since the Supreme Court has now held, in Rehaif v. United States , that in a prosecution under §922(g) and §924(a)(2), the Government must prove b… -6.5
19-6268 Isabel Yero Grimon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-three-courts burden-of-proof federal-jurisdiction indictment indictment-validity judicial-precedent limited-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Did the Eleventh Circuit err in holding that federal jurisdiction is conclusively established whenever an indictment alleges a federal crime? -6.5
19-6270 Darren Paul Odell v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process expert-witness ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interests-of-justice mental-illness newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief professional-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct standing time-bar-exception (1)Article from Summer 2016 issue in Cure-Sort News Vol. 25, Issue 3 under heading, Letters From Across the Nation, which are damaging. Info found at … -6.5
19-6272 Mauricio Lara-Bonilla v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights discriminatory-intent due-process equal-protection juror-bias jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike trial-court-discretion For claims that a party had a discriminatory intent in using a peremptory strike against a prospective juror under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (19… -6.5
19-6276 Robert Wayne Wilson, Jr. v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sexual-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-allegations jury-trial presumption-of-innocence trial-by-jury In a prosecution for child sexual abuse, does testimony that only four percent of child sexual abuse allegations are false violate the defendant's rig… -6.5
19-6280 Jose Soto v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-criminal-procedure harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct Should the government bear the burden of establishing the harmlessness of a properly preserved claim of prosecutorial misconduct in a federal criminal… -6.5
19-6283 Daryl Scott v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process fair-trial government-misconduct judicial-integrity mesarosh-v-united-states military-justice post-conviction-relief post-trial-discovery witness-credibility Is the widespread fabrication and destruction of false DNA evidence by a government chemist for use at trial against U.S. servicemembers, and the fail… -6.5
19-6292 Malcolm Muhammad v. Y. Taylor, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights disciplinary-conviction district-court due-process evidence fourth-circuit good-time-credit hearing-rights jury-verdict liberty-interest parole retaliation standing 1. Did the Fourth Circuit erred in deferring to the District Court's finding that the petitioner was not given the opportunity to have a hearing on hi… -6.5
19-6293 Dwight Knowles v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-jurisprudence congressional-intent conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-statute due-process extraterritorial-conspiracy extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-offenses extraterritoriality federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-application Whether federal conspiracy statutes apply extraterritorially when the object of the conspiracy is an extraterritorial offense but there is no clear in… -6.5
19-6295 Antonio Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appearance-of-partiality circuit-split constitutional-due-process constitutional-review district-court due-process judicial-bias judicial-impartiality miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement sentencing-procedure Does a broad appeal waiver included in a plea agreement between a defendant and the United States preclude appellate review of the district court's fi… -6.5
19-6301 Jerry W. Jenkins v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment due-process presumed-innocent sentencing testimony trial 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process evidence-admission ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment 2# WhetheR MR.JenKiNS RighTs to ThE uNited StAZE CONSTituTION WEeE ViOlAted When The GoveRMent INFRiNged uPon His Rights to BE PRiOR CrimiNAL HiStORy … -6.5
19-6305 Ilma Alexandra Soriano Nunez v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail-bond bail-release civil-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process immigration immigration-detention immigration-orders non-citizen release statutory-period unsecured-bail Whether a non-citizen defendant, granted unsecured bail, whom immigration officials have failed to take into custody during the statutory 10-day perio… -6.5
19-6307 Andrew Oreckinto v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-659 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction statutory-construction statutory-interpretation statutory-reach Whether the Second Circuit erred in adopting a reading of 18 U.S.C. § 659 unsupported by any relevant canon of statutory construction or relevant prec… -6.5
19-6309 Charles Benton Bagwell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intentional-force intentional-use-of-force statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) … -6.5
19-6311 Adam Douglas Boylen v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights claim-exhaustion constitutional-law due-process foreclosure habeas-corpus ninth-circuit petition-preclusion procedural-default record standing state-court-record takings Whether, in light of Jones v. United States, 529 U.S. 848 (2000), and the interpretive rule that constitutionally doubtful constructions should be avo… -6.5
19-6312 Bryan Timothyleenard Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus standard-of-review appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure legal-standard procedural-error standing WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED BY DENYING PETITIONER'S APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY. -6.5
19-6313 Mario Ronrico Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ACCA-enhanced-sentence armed-career-criminal-act concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-sentencing de-novo-resentencing multi-count-conviction post-conviction-review sentencing-package-doctrine unconstitutional-sentence Whether the sentencing package doctrine, rather than the concurrent sentence doctrine, must be applied on post-conviction review of a meritorious chal… -6.5
19-6315 John David Stahlman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fifth-amendment sentencing statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-2422(b) 1.) DID THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, VIOLATE T… -6.5
19-6335 James Morris Balagia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction collateral-order-doctrine counsel-of-choice disability-accommodation interlocutory-appeal legal-review reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act rehabilitation-act-of-1978 right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez, 548 U.S. 140, 126 S.Ct. 2557, 165 L.Ed.2d 409 (2006) abrogate Flanagan v. United States, 465 U.S. 259 (1984) and… -6.5
19-6341 Charles Raymond Stagner v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process evidence-admissibility fifth-amendment intent methamphetamine-possession sentencing sentencing-reduction sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the Fifth Amendment Guarantees the Petitioner the Right to a Judgment of Acquittal If the Government Fails to Prove the Petitioner Intended to… -6.5
19-6353 Bekir Buluc, aka Celebi Buluc, aka Bekir Celibi v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-penalties deportation due-process immigration immigration-law residual-clause rule-of-lenity statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the general, residual phrase "takes any other action" in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in th… -6.5
19-6384 Dieugrand Jacques v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process fabricated-evidence false-evidence hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review post-conviction-relief right-to-appeal sex-offender-registration wrongful-conviction 1. Why thousands of men and women like myself ;in this great country should continue to be kept illegally in prison only because a lawyer presented a… -6.5