Conference: 2019-12-13

83 cases — 0 granted, 83 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-247 City of Boise, Idaho v. Robert Martin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (20)Relisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness local-government-powers local-government-regulation public-camping public-health-and-safety Like many cities and towns across the country, the City of Boise, Idaho regulates camping and sleeping in public spaces to ensure that these areas rem… 31.0
19-292 Roxanne Torres v. Janice Madrid, et al. Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) apprehension circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law detention excessive-force fourth-amendment physical-force police-force seizure Is an unsuccessful attempt to detain a suspect by use of physical force a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, as the Eighth, Ninth, … 27.0
18-9526 Jimcy McGirt v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedRelisted (10)IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus indian-country indian-major-crimes-act major-crimes-act state-jurisdiction state-law WHETHER OKLAHOMA COURTS CAN CONTINUE TO UNLAWFULLY EXERCISE, UNDER STATE LAW, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION AS"JUSTICIABLE MATTER" IN INDIAN COUNTRY OVER INDI… 23.0
19-357 City of Chicago, Illinois v. Robbin L. Fulton, et al. Seventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (11) 11-usc-362 affirmative-obligation automatic-stay bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-stay civil-procedure debtor-trustee property-retention property-rights Whether an entity that is passively retaining possession of property in which a bankruptcy estate has an interest has an affirmative obligation under … 21.5
19-635 Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., in His Official Capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response Waived article-2 article-ii article-two constitutional-law criminal-investigation executive-power grand-jury-subpoena immunity president presidential-immunity separation-of-powers subpoena supremacy-clause The District Attorney for the County of New York is conducting a criminal investigation that, by his own admission, targets the President of the Unite… 21.5
19-267 Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes Morrissey-Berru Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) civil-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-religion-clauses free-speech hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-precedent ministerial-exception religious-employer religious-employment religious-freedom religious-functions standing Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious empl… 20.0
19-177 Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6) civil-rights federal-funding first-amendment foreign-policy free-speech funding-conditions hiv-aids overseas-affiliates prostitution speech-restriction standing statutory-interpretation Respondents are United States-based organizations that receive federal funds to fight HIV/AIDS abroad. In Agency for International Development v. Alli… 16.5
19-348 St. James School v. Darryl Biel, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kristen Biel Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (4) civil-courts civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech hosanna-tabor ministerial-exception religion-clauses Whether the Religion Clauses prevent civil courts from adjudicating employment discrimination claims brought by an employee against her religious empl… 14.5
19-281 Capital Associated Industries, Inc. v. Josh Stein, Attorney General of North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights content-based-restriction content-based-speech first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association legal-assistance legal-services non-profit non-profit-organizations professional-licensing strict-scrutiny 1. Do the North Carolina statutes prohibiting the Association's attorneys from providing legal assistance to its members violate the freedom of associ… 12.0
19-496 DISH Network L.L.C. v. Thomas H. Krakauer, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1) article-iii civil-rights class-action concrete-injury due-process judicial-jurisdiction spokeo-v-robins standing statutory-damages statutory-right telephone-consumer-protection-act In Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, this Court held that a plaintiff does not automatically satisfy Article III's "injury-in-fact requirement whenever a statut… 11.5
19-223 Janice Smyth v. Conservation Commission of Falmouth, et al. Massachusetts Denied Amici (4)Relisted (3) character-of-government-action character-of-governmental-action economic-impact investment-backed-expectations investment-expectations land-use-regulation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights property-value regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings-clause-5th-amendment 1. Whether the loss of all developmental use of property and a 91.5% decline in its value is a sufficient "economic impact" to support a regulatory ta… 10.5
19-438 Clemente Avelino Pereida v. Robert M. Wilkinson, Acting Attorney General Eighth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5) ambiguous-record burden-of-proof categorical-approach circuit-split conviction-record federal-offense immigration-law modified-categorical-approach noncitizen-status removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a criminal conviction bars a noncitizen from applying for relief from removal when the record of conviction is merely ambiguous as to whether … 10.5
19-202 Solomon McLemore v. City of Shoreline, Washington Washington Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-rights community-caretaking due-process fourth-amendment free-speech obstruction obstruction-of-justice probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-entry warrantless-search In the middle of the night, police officers came to McLemore's home and banged on the door, demanding entry without a warrant to investigate a loud ar… 9.0
18-1472 In Re Christopher Hadsell Denied Relisted (2) access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-jurisdiction judicial-misconduct jurisdiction mandamus standing unauthorized-practice-law unauthorized-practice-of-law vexatious-litigant vexatious-litigant-statutes In contrast to appellate-jurisdiction cases normally presented to this Court, the courts below provided no trial, and permitted no appellate review. T… 6.0
18-1573 Zsolt Petko, et al. v. Carelton Courtyard Texas Denied Relisted (2) burden-of-proof civil-procedure civil-rights due-process justice-of-peace justice-of-the-peace legal-action probable-cause property-rights texas-law texas-rules-of-civil-procedure towing towing-law Question l: Does towing a person 's car constitute a legal action (TOC Sec. 2308.001)? Question 2: Does a person subjected to a legal action (i.e. t… 6.0
19-181 Lance Patterson v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Indiana Denied administrative-interpretation agency-deference federal-law federal-regulation garnished-income garnishment income-calculation income-received medicaid medicaid-liability nursing-home nursing-home-payment state-agency-deference Federal law requires Medicaid recipients to pay from their income received a portion of their monthly nursing home bill, called the resident's "liabil… 5.5
19-235 Richard Jordan, et al. v. Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied burden-of-proof civil-rights corrections-department death-penalty discovery discovery-rights due-process eighth-amendment glossip-standard glossip-v-gross lethal-injection method-of-execution section-1983 standing 1. Whether the burden of proof demanded by Glossip in method-of-execution challenges requires commensurately broad discovery rights to provide plainti… 5.5
19-462 A Top New Casting Incorporated v. Bodum USA, Incorporated Seventh Circuit Denied apple-v-samsung circuit-split cost-advantage design-simplicity functionality manufacturing-cost manufacturing-costs manufacturing-process materials product-design trade-dress This is a trade dress case. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court that Plaintiff-Appellee Bodum USA, Inc. owned a trade dres… 5.5
19-469 John Hsu v. City of Berkeley, California California Denied arbitrary-enforcement california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enfo… 5.5
19-471 Frederick Collins Fermin v. Priest of Saint Mary-Marfa, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied baptism civil-rights constitutional-law due-process evidence exodus fourteenth-amendment jesus-christ religious-freedom standing Were petitioner's civil rights violated upon being baptized illegally pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Exodu… 5.5
19-473 Timothy Dasler v. Jennifer Dasler Vermont Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment best-interest-of-the-child child-custody domestic-violence due-process due-process-14th-amendment equal-protection equal-protection-14th-amendment parental-rights Is it a violation of 14th Amendment right of equal protection when a single self serving accusation by Ms. Dasler is used as the basis to permanently … 5.5
19-477 Arletta J. Kurowski v. Estate of Kenneth H. Kurowski, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied collateral-estoppel court-of-competent-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rights full-and-fair-opportunity-to-litigate judicial-competency native-american-rights tribal-court-exhaustion tribal-court-jurisdiction Upon tribal court exhaustion must District Courts perform a threshold inquiry to protect the Indian Petitioners' federal 25 U.S.C. § 1302 rights? 5.5
19-483 Elsie Marino v. Jeffrey Nadel, dba Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied creditor debt-assignment debt-collection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure foreclosure-action postjudgment-remedy standing statutory-interpretation trustee trustee-status In Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291, 296, the Court observed that an apparent objective of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et … 5.5
19-655 In Re Dimitri J. Patterson Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus legal-documentation procedural-challenge standing state-custody Should a Petitioner raising a 28 U.S.C §2241 Habeas Corpus, remain in State custody without certified legal documentation in violation of his consti… 5.5
19M77 John M. Wasson v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M78 Francisco Guerrero Hernandez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M79 William L. Robinson, Jr. v. Thomas P. Dore Maryland Denied None 5.5
19M80 Mohammed Keita v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-524 Roque De La Fuente, aka Rocky v. Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived anderson-burdick anderson-burdick-framework ballot-access ballot-clutter constitutional-review election-law independent-candidates presidential-election presidential-elections signature-requirements voter-confusion When evidence is adduced that signature collection requirements to secure ballot access for independent presidential candidates exceed what is necessa… 4.5
18-1461 Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c… 4.0
18-1583 Lewis F. Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-amendment article-i-powers civil-procedure constitutional-taxing-power direct-tax due-process judicial-estoppel standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax tax-enforcement tax-power A. Can the district court violate the doctrine of judicial estoppel by improperly changing in the Final Order of the Court the claimed subject-matter … 4.0
19-236 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd v. Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine dred-scott due-process equal-protection foreign-sovereign-immunity functional-immunity habeas-corpus standing state-action-immunity yick-wo 1) Whether orders denying state-action immunity; functional immunity; foreign sovereign immunity; are immediately appealable under the collateral-orde… 4.0
19-476 Usha Jain, et vir v. David Barker, et al. Florida Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud housing-dispute judicial-discrimination judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigant retaliation sanctions standing state-officer-misconduct Can State officers in the trial court and appellate court act directly in conflict with well-established precedent set by the Supreme Court which reco… 3.5
19-504 Kara Bowes v. Christina Melito, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees central-r-&-banking-co-v-pettus class-action common-fund incentive-awards litigation-expenses precedent precedential-force representative-plaintiffs trustees-v-greenough This Court's longstanding precedent holds that representative plaintiffs whose litigation creates a "common fund" benefiting a larger class may recove… 3.5
19-519 Psara Energy Ltd. v. ST Shipping & Transport Pte. Ltd., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived admiralty-law admiralty-maritime admiralty-maritime-law civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-jurisdiction interpleader jurisdiction maritime-garnishment mootness supplemental-rules Whether the jurisdiction a court of appeals has over a district court's vacatur of a maritime garnishment under Rule B(1) of the Supplemental Rules fo… 3.5
19-540 Andre Jenkins v. City of Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process forfeiture forfeiture-procedure in-rem-jurisdiction property-rights seizure standing warrantless-seizure I. The questions presented here centralize issues related to whether the warrantless seizure here of money for forfeiture (by local police) can be jus… 3.5
19-614 Cesar Vizcarra, et al. v. Monica Ortiz, Individually and as Co-Successor in Interest to Decedent Christian Pena, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived anderson-v-liberty-lobby armed-suspect civil-rights excessive-force interlocutory-appeal johnson-v-jones law-enforcement mitchell-v-forsyth qualified-immunity summary-judgment taser use-of-force 1. Does Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995) foreclose interlocutory appeal of an order denying summary judgment on qualified immunity, where the und… 3.5
19-617 Nekebwe Superville v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived aggravated-felony attorney-misadvice deportation Padilla-v-Kentucky plea-agreement will equivocal-warnings 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure deportation-consequences immigration ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-warning plea-agreement plea-bargaining strickland-standard strickland-v-washington When conducting an analysis under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f) and Strickland v. Washington, will equivocal warnings given by a judge pursuant to Fed. R. Crim.… 3.5
19-621 Thomas F. Sweeney v. Merit Systems Protection Board Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure adverse-personnel-action agency-decision-making air-traffic-control civil-rights due-process employment-law federal-employment merit-systems-protection-board mspb personnel-action termination The FAA is generally exempted from the Title 5 Personnel Management System, yet FAA employees MSPB Appeal rights are retained. FAA's employment policy… 3.5
19-644 Melba L. Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived anomalies civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights doj due-process irs judicial-review legal-assistance right-to-counsel standing Does a defendant in an IRS/DoJ civil forfeiture proceeding have a constitutionally protected, due process right to counsel? Even if there is no const… 3.5
19-5574 Anthony Ray Welch v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-importation drug-offenses fifth-circuit listed-chemicals mens-rea methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense scienter scienter-requirement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines provides that "[i]f (A) the offense involved the importation of ... methamphetamine or … -1.0
19-6602 Carey Ackies, aka Boyd v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cell-phone cell-phone-tracking criminal-procedure direct-review drug-offense first-step-act law-enforcement-surveillance location-tracking search-and-seizure sentencing-thresholds surveillance I. Whether a cell phone, when used by law enforcement to obtain "precise location information," is a "tracking device" under 18 U.S.C. § 3117(b). II.… -1.5
19-6623 Mario Denane Fultz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP intentional physical force or by intimidation' to include the use of violent criminal-law criminal-statutes federal-crimes federal-criminal-statutes federal-robbery-statutes force force-clause force-definition intentional-force legislative-intent physical-force statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violence violent-crime Whether Congress intended the phrase "by force and violence, or by intimidation," that appears in multiple federal criminal statutes to include the us… -1.5
19-6626 Allen Dodson v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-usc-20913(d) administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process executive-branch gundy-v-united-states legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon… -1.5
19-6641 Michael Anthony Clayton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment miranda-rights miranda-warning right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment Must an Officer Tell a Criminal Suspect in Custody That He Has the Right to Have an Attorney Present During the Interview, in Order to Use the Suspect… -1.5
18-9134 Joe Clopton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP amending-indictment brady-violation burden-of-proof child-support cps-records criminal-procedure defense-strategy double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence false-allegations grand-jury ineffective-assistance lesser-included-offense medical-records nolo-contendere plain-error sixth-amendment social-worker-testimony I. WHY WAS THE MEDICAL RECORDS NEVER INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE? 2. WHY WAS PETITIONER DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSIST. OF COUNSEL? A VIOLATION OF SIXTH AMENDM… -4.0
18-9147 Donald G. Flint v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment boykin-admonishments constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea judicial-precedent sixth-amendment supreme-court-precedent 1) WAS THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT'S FINDING AND THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT'S FINDING CONTRARY TO THE PRECEDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS A VIOLATI… -4.0
18-9540 Clifton D. Harvin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-exception aedpa district-court due-process federal-review fifth-circuit habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins miscarriage-of-justice slack-v-mcdaniel statute-of-limitations When a Petitioner relies upon the McQuiggin V Perkins 133 S.Ct. 1924 miscarriage of justice actual innoccence exception to overcome the AEDPA one year… -4.0
19-5007 Jonathan Paul Sikes v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia juvenile-offender reasonable-doubt sexual-offenses standard-of-proof sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-credibility Question #1: The Northern District Court reasoned that because K.S. told ' other people (speculating what K.S. told other witnesses ), "there was ab… -4.0
19-5302 Bryant Keith Williams v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment damages due-process free-speech habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct standing IGNORE A MANIFEST FLORIDA OF CAN THE STATE COURT DENIAL Conshitution Amendment 6, U.S.C. CON STITUTION ERROR, under plain errot Jopy Compounded Right … -4.0
19-5409 Brady Daniel v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-constitution warrantless-search (1) Did THE Actions of Miss County sheriffs Department violate the Constitutional and statutes RIGHTS of Lindsey the Fourth / Fifth/Sixth and Fourteen… -4.0
19-5459 Edward Lee Carter v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct sixth-amendment 1S 0 (§LiMiNal defendant Constftutfonaly entitle to a Fate Trial From ow Partial Sudae WHO TS NOT CORRUET to Preside and Cule aver his Trial Court Pro… -4.0
19-6237 Terry G. Watson v. Chantay Godert, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Respondent Daniel Redington, Warden, Northeast Correctional Center through counsel of record have been untruthful, in all the courts > denying Petitio… -4.5
19-6239 Randell Glen Laws v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent jurisdictional-challenge merits-review procedural-due-process supervisory-power Because requisite exceptions are shown and have been met in the State and Federal proceedings/ regardless of styling said pleading-presented claims a… -4.5
19-6245 Keenan G. Wilkins, aka Nerrah Brown v. Stanislaus County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-review habeas-corpus immunity ninth-circuit parental-rights pro-se procedural-default standing state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation IS a Family Law Divorce Proceeding in which Parental, Custody Property and Financial rights are at issue a Bona Fide Civil Access to Courts Action war… -4.5
19-6250 Father v. Maternal Grandparents Ohio Denied IFP adoption adoption-consent civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-law Under Ohio law, incarcerated parents who have actively sought to maintain a connection with their children cannot lose their children to adoption with… -4.5
19-6259 Keino S. Chrichlow v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP abandonment-of-counsel appellate-procedure appellate-process civil-rights constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel direct-appeal due-process habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel standing 1. whether or not an indigent defendant is entitled to equitable tolling, where he was in fact denied the right to challenge his sentence and convicti… -4.5
18-9489 Aaron J. Bressi v. John Gembic, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-process legal-claims procedural-rules remand standing supervisory-power writ-of-certiorari (1.) why The Honordble! Untrea States District Court Ordeced the Clerk to Close the Case. without aivin | me a 30 olay order +o amend. Com plain. 4 9 … -6.0
18-9593 Faye Beatrice Hayes v. Terri Gorman, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment employment-discrimination internal-complaint retaliation title-vii Whether excluding internal complaints for the plaintiff's retaliation claim on the ground that the claim was administratively barred because it was no… -6.0
18-9783 Nasser Ghelichkhani v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-validity coram-nobis criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-error fundamental-rights guilty-plea immigration immigration-consequences plea-bargaining 1-Whether a conviction, with tremendous adverse consequences, is constitutionally valid, when it is obtained through a plea (that does not waive appea… -6.0
19-5253 Jonathan Thomas Wright v. Adam Holley, Acting Commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles West Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-process appellate-procedure due-process due-process-rights fifth-amendment mootness state-agency state-statute stay-order I. Whether it is a violation of a substantial due process rights for a State agency to proceed with punishments in violation of state statute and a St… -6.0
19-5278 Duryane Lewis Chaney v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acca categorical-approach criminal-law davis drug-offense sentencing serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony WHETHER THE DETERMINATION OF A SERIOUS DRUG OFFENSE UNDER THE ACCA REQUIRES THE SAME CATEGORICAL APPROACH USED IN THE DETERMINATION OF A VIOLENT FELON… -6.0
19-5282 James Odell Baxter, II v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split civil-rights criminal-restitution due-process federal-tort-claims-act incarceration-damages medical-negligence mental-distress settlement-funds Did the D.C. Circuit err in affirming the order requiring payment of Federal Tort Claim settlement funds towards a criminal restitution order, when th… -6.0
19-5722 Moses Shepard v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 30-70-day-clock circuit-split constructive-amendment due-process grand-jury-clause indictment-clause plain-error speedy-trial-act subsequent-indictment superseding-indictment Whether (as the Eleventh Circuit holds), under § 3161(d)(1), a "subsequent replacement indictment " "restarts the clock regardless of how the prior in… -6.0
19-5808 Sean M. Donahue v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-anti-injunction-act retaliation retaliatory-prosecution second-amendment selective-prosecution standing takings ARE THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THE EMAIL IN QUESTION ARE 1. PROTECTED BY THE US SECOND AMENDMENT? SUGGESTED ANSWER: YES 2. IS THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE … -6.0
19-6228 Anson Chi v. Andrew Stover, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-misconduct civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process government-misconduct habeas-corpus judicial-review medical-records post-conviction-review procedural-default torture 1. Was the US. Court of Appeals unfair for intentionally delaying the mailing of its December 19, 2013, opinion/memorandum, then mailing it 20 days be… -6.5
19-6411 Tyler Joseph Barefield v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-perpetrator alternative-perpetrator-evidence constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence right-to-defense right-to-present-defense state-evidentiary-requirements state-evidentiary-rules To what extent— consistent with the right to present a defense — may a State restrict the ability of a defendant to present evidence tending to establ… -6.5
19-6441 In Re Sherman Alexander Lynch Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts actual-innocence brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default First Question: Whether the District Court erred when it held Lynch was not entitled to the "fundamental miscarriage of justice" exception under the C… -6.5
19-6581 Javier Leon v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance material-variance methamphetamine-charge search-and-seizure WHETHER COUNSEL'S FAILURE TO SUBJECT THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE TO STRICT ADVERSARIAL TESTING, BY REASON OF A FICKLE, BARE-BONES 'MERE PRESENCE' THEORY OF … -6.5
19-6600 Barry Lernard Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion 60b-motion abuse-of-discretion coa-brief court-of-appeals due-process evidentiary-hearing manifest-injustice procedural-due-process psr psr-challenge section-2255 sentencing-claim sentencing-evidence sentencing-issue sentencing-review 1. Where petitioner attacked evidence; Statens Certified Motion to Dismiss allegation in his PSR, of R.D., to his 2255 Motion, and argued his evidence… -6.5
19-6601 Kevin Battle v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-prosecution categorical-approach categorical-match circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing prior-conviction realistic-probability sentencing state-conviction state-court state-crime Whether a defendant who seeks to demonstrate that a prior conviction is not a categorical match for federal sentencing purposes must point to an actua… -6.5
19-6606 Ryan T. Root v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure cumulative-errors double-prosecution due-process ineffective-counsel law-and-fact merger-doctrine miscarriage-of-justice money-laundering plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review I. WHETHER CUMULATIVE ERRORS OF LAW AND FACT LED TO A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE AND A CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION? II. WHETHER A DEFENDANT MAY BE CONVICTED… -6.5
19-6610 Mario Alberto Rubi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-of-appeals criminal-procedure door-doctrine evidence expert-testimony fingerprint-evidence fingerprints open-door-doctrine open-the-door precedent standard-of-review unknowing-courier Whether the court of appeals erred in finding Mr. Rubi opened the door to expert testimony regarding unknowing couriers based on a few isolated questi… -6.5
19-6615 Jayvonne Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-rights appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing due-process involuntary-waiver judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements statutory-entitlement statutory-rights Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement? -6.5
19-6616 Alberino Magi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-procedure criminal-fines criminal-penalty criminal-restitution due-process jury-finding jury-findings jury-trial sentencing southern-union southern-union-v-united-states In Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490 (2000), the Court held that "[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the pen… -6.5
19-6619 Genesis Lee Whitted v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP base-offense-level criminal-procedure drug-quantity drug-weight fourth-circuit indictment relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines-1b1.3 time-interval WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT IMPROPERLY EXPANDED GUIDELINE § 1B1.3 BY INCLUDING DRUG AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCT OCCURRING SIGNIFICANTLY OUTSIDE THE… -6.5
19-6620 John Kevin Waldrip v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute fifth-circuit judicial-review sentencing sentencing-guidelines special-assessments statutory-interpretation supervised-release I. In a consolidated Appeal JOHN KEVIN WALDRIP argued that the district court erroneously applied 18 U.S.C. § 3014 when it imposed a total of $15,000 … -6.5
19-6621 Jaquan Walters v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-circuit criminal-law deadly-force due-process federal-common-law imperfect-self-defense manslaughter murder murder-mitigation self-defense unreasonable-belief voluntary-manslaughter Does "imperfect self-defense," which mitigates murder to voluntary manslaughter where the defendant "intend[ed] to use deadly force in the unreasonabl… -6.5
19-6627 Andre Williamson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-standard boykin-v-alabama due-process equal-protection judicial-fairness mental-health mental-health-defendant mental-health-defendants plea-agreement plea-agreements plea-bargaining sentencing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Will the Supreme Court just step aside or now step in for the current and future generation of mental health defendants that desperately need this cou… -6.5
19-6635 Matthew Paul Borowski v. Kimberly Bechelli, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process due-process-clause fifth-amendment judicial-remedial-structure judicial-remedies section-1983 section-2 standing ziglar-v-abbasi Is the judicial remedial structure created in Ziglar v. Abbasi constitutional under Article III, Section 2? Is the judicial remedial structure create… -6.5
19-6640 Ramelus D. Bradley v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-court circuit-court-review civil-rights federal-law federal-law-violation fourth-amendment gps-tracking jones-v-united-states search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent vehicle-search Whether the circuit court erred when it failed to find that the state court had; (1) violated federal law; and (2) in doing so, violated petitioner Br… -6.5
19-6643 John Forrest v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure descamps-v-united-states mathis-v-united-states retroactive-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-correction sentencing-review successive-motion supreme-court A successive motion to correct a sentence under 28 U.S.C. §2255(h)(2) must contain a "new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on col… -6.5
19-6665 Wesley Harlan Kingsbury v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-coercion section-2255 voluntariness The petitioner entered a guilty plea to health care fraud after his jury trial on the charges had commenced. He later filed a motion seeking to vacate… -6.5