Conference: 2020-01-17

85 cases — 0 granted, 85 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1323 June Medical Services L.L.C., et al. v. Stephen Russo, Interim Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights admitting-privileges constitutional-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent undue-burden whole-woman's-health whole-womans-health womens-health Whether the Fifth Circuit's decision upholding Louisiana's law requiring physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hosp…
18-6331 Vernon Robinson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's claim
18-8989 Dwayne Stoutamire v. Donald Morgan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2244 appeals civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus mandate motion-to-vacate record standing successive-petitions Whether my motion to vacate the mandate & record of successive petition is considered a second successive application that the Court of Appeals should…
18-9107 In Re Garvester Bracken Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction question-not-identified standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant legal principles and application of the facts to the law
18-9615 Shawn Russell Sorensen v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal conflict-among-courts-of-appeals drug-felony drug-felony-offenses drug-offenses eighth-amendment first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-enhancement simple-possession Whether petitioner's prior simple possession drug convictions under Arizona and South Dakota state law qualify as 'prior drug felony offenses' under 2…
19-205 City of Flint, Michigan, et al. v. Shari Guertin, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied 11th-amendment bodily-integrity civil-rights conscience-shocking due-process eleventh-amendment environmental-toxin governmental-policy standing state-immunity substantive-due-process Whether the substantive due process right to bodily integrity should be extended to protect the public at large from exposure to an environmental toxi…
19-307 Stuart A. McKeever v. William P. Barr, Attorney General District of Columbia Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) disclosure district-court-authority grand-jury grand-jury-secrecy historical-significance historically-significant inherent-authority judicial-discretion public-interest rule-6(e) rule-6e Whether district courts have inherent authority to release grand jury materials in extraordinary circumstances
19-330 Harshad Shah v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bribery-trial civil-rights due-process fair-trial impartial-jury plain-error-review racial-animus sixth-amendment structural-error trial-by-jury Is the use of racial animus by the government in a bribery trial a structural error and a denial of the Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury?
19-339 Eugene J. Sonnier, II v. Catholic Foundation of The Diocese of Lafayette, et al. Louisiana Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) armed-forces congressional-intent dis-internment federal-law federal-preemption military-benefits military-remains preemption remains-disposition service-member-rights state-statute Whether Louisiana's dis-internment statute is preempted by federal law and conflicts with congressional intent regarding the rights of members of the …
19-350 Stephen Busch, et al. v. Shari Guertin, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment bodily-integrity civil-rights due-process free-speech qualified-immunity regulatory-action standing Whether the 14th Amendment's constitutional right to 'bodily integrity' extends to a right to be protected from foreseeable harm in public drinking wa…
19-360 Frances K. Konieczko, et al. v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Inc., et al. Florida Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-368 Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al. Montana Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
19-369 Ford Motor Company v. Adam Bandemer Minnesota Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction Whether the 'arise out of or relate to' requirement is met when none of the defendant's forum contacts caused the plaintiff's claims, such that the pl…
19-370 Samuel D. Silva-Ramirez v. Hospital Espanol Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico, Inc., et al. Puerto Rico Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-law due-process federal-government individual-rights puerto-rico religious-freedom state-sovereignty Is Puerto Rico under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Constitution and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?
19-395 Christina Alessio v. United Airlines, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) air-quality aircraft-cabin aircraft-safety chemical-exposure chemical-substances civil-rights compliance federal-law federal-law-49-usc-5124 federal-oversight government-oversight oversight product-disclosure public-health transparency transportation-regulations Whether the Rule of Law applies to the Respondent regarding the use of chemical cleaning and air-freshening products in aircraft cabins
19-396 Charles Simon v. Department of Justice, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-practices due-process employment first-amendment judicial-review preliminary-injunction standing unlawful-termination Whether the lower court erred in denying legal sufficiency of the well-pleaded facts of unlawful termination without cause and restricting judicial re…
19-401 Lamont Dejuan Higgs v. Warden Wilson Fifth Circuit Denied 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 appeal appellate-review federal-procedure habeas-corpus saving-clause sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Whether the saving clause of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) allows defendants to seek relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 on the grounds that a subsequent statutory in…
19-425 Veronica W. Ogunsula v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis leave-to-amend notice notice-requirement pleading-standards procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation What is the meaning of 28-U.S.C.-Section-1915-(e)-(2)-(b)-(ii)
19-431 Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-rule affordable-care-act contraceptive-coverage injunction intervene nationwide-injunction religious-freedom-restoration-act standing standing-to-appeal Whether a litigant who is directly protected by an administrative rule and has been allowed to intervene to defend it lacks standing to appeal a decis…
19-454 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (2) administrative-procedure-act affordable-care-act agency-rulemaking conscience-exemption contraceptive-coverage contraceptive-mandate healthcare-mandate nationwide-injunction religious-freedom-restoration-act standing statutory-authority Whether the agencies had statutory authority to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate
19-465 Peter B. Chiafalo, Levi Jennet Guerra, and Esther Virginia John v. Washington Washington Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-discretion constitutional-rights due-process electoral-college first-amendment presidential-election presidential-electors standing state-law voting voting-rights Whether a State can legally enforce how a presidential elector casts his or her ballot and penalize an elector for exercising constitutional discretio…
19-518 Colorado Department of State v. Micheal Baca, et al. Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (12)Relisted (2) article-ii civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process elections electoral-college federalism popular-vote presidential-electors standing standing-presidential-electors-state-officers state-law twelfth-amendment Whether a presidential elector who is prevented by their appointing State from casting an Electoral College ballot that violates state law lacks stand…
19-5457 Matthew G. Munksgard v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bank-fraud banking criminal-intent criminal-procedure document-forgery due-process evidence fdic-insurance financial-regulation presumption reasonable-doubt signature-fraud statutory-interpretation Whether it is proper to presume that a certificate of FDIC insurance issued 23 years earlier, combined with the statement of a bank officer that FDIC …
19-5783 Monica Nicole Townsend v. Erik Allen Vasquez Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment free-speech parties proceeding standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the First Amendment's free speech protections
19-595 Eric O'Day, et al., Individually and on Behalf of the SunEdison, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan v. Ahmad Chatila, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) asset-management context-sensitive-scrutiny erisa erisa-fiduciary-duty fiduciary-duty heightened-pleading-standard inside-information pleading-requirements prudence prudence-standard publicly-traded publicly-traded-assets securities-law Whether Dudenhoeffer's 'context-sensitive scrutiny of a complaint's allegations' can be met where a court presumes an asset must be prudent if it is p…
19-6032 Earnest Lee Langston v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole Missouri Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law administrative-review collateral-estoppel conflict-of-interest constitutional constitutional-law due-process ex-post-facto parole parole-regulation res-judicata state-regulation statute-of-limitations Whether the ex post facto clause is violated when a newly modified state parole regulation is applied
19-6128 Bacari McCarthren v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-battery categorical-approach crime-of-violence deadly-weapon descamps descamps-v-united-states mathis physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation turner Whether the Florida crime of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon categorically requires the use, threatened use, or attempted use of physical forc…
19-616 W.A., Individually and on Behalf of W.E., et al. v. Hendrick Hudson Central School District Second Circuit Denied circuit-split deference-to-administrative-decisions due-process free-appropriate-public-education idea-fape-private-school-deference-administrative- individuals-with-disabilities-education-act private-placement school-district-obligations special-education-law standard-of-review When a school district defaults on its obligations to provide a student with a disability a free appropriate public education (FAPE) as guaranteed by …
19-6202 Manuel Rodriguez-Santana v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP affidavit constitutional-procedure criminal-complaint criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment magistrate magistrate-review probable-cause Whether the District Court Violated the Fourth and Fifth Amendment; Federal Rule Criminal Procedure
19-622 Thomas S. Bell v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived blood-test criminal-procedure driving-under-influence driving-under-the-influence due-process evidence evidence-of-guilt fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether a motorist's assertion of his Fourth Amendment right to refuse consent to a warrantless blood test may be used as evidence of guilt for the of…
19-624 Mark Graf, et al. v. Hyung Seok Koh, et ux. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights coercive-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment interlocutory-appeal johnson-v-jones qualified-immunity seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit's renouncement of jurisdiction over Petitioners' interlocutory appeal misapplied Johnson v. Jones
19-626 Robert Huff, et al. v. Michele Choate Tenth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor pre-seizure-conduct qualified-immunity reckless-creation Whether the Tenth Circuit's 'reckless creation' theory, which imposes liability for the creation of the need to use force, should be barred because it…
19-629 Tracy L. Stewart, et al. v. Wilmington Savings Fund Society Pennsylvania Denied civil-procedure due-process foreclosure judicial-procedure mortgage mortgage-standing property-law real-estate sheriff-sale standing trial-court-error Whether the trial court erred in not setting aside the sheriff's sale because the mortgage company lacked standing?
19-636 Estate of Earnest Lee Boyland, et al. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived agency-action civil-rights claims-framework discrimination due-process equal-protection racial-classification racial-discrimination standing strict-scrutiny Is it a denial of Equal Protection for the USDA and Epiq to afford women and Hispanic claimants access to a remedial claims framework, but bar Black m…
19-640 Andrew Clarke, et al. v. Ray D. Goodson, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation legal-theory standing substantive-due-process Does substantive due process really mean anything, or is it mere mythology? Does equal protection of the law apply to everyone, or not?
19-642 Shawntele Cortez Jackson v. Kathy Litteral Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived brecht-standard chapman-standard esparza-standard habeas-corpus habeas-review harmless-error self-defense sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying the Esparza harmless error standard, instead of the Brecht harmless error standard on federal habeas revie…
19-649 N. E. L., et al. v. Monica Gildner, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment child-custody civil-rights decisional-law due-process fourth-amendment jurisdiction post-removal-hearing post-seizure-hearing qualified-immunity uccjea Were Colorado's UCCJEA requirements detailed enough to defeat qualified immunity in a Fourth Amendment claim arising from the denial of a post-seizure…
19-650 Melissa L. Barnette v. PROF-2013-M4 Legal Title, by U.S. Bank National Association, as Legal Title Trustee District of Columbia Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-procedure property-rights standing Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals erred in affirming the Superior Court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate the order granting s…
19-6508 Terry G. Watson v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
19-6585 Gelu Topa v. Almonte Kerbs, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP arrest arrest-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement-conduct miranda-rights police-misconduct probable-cause public-defender subpoena video-evidence Why was there no video of the arrest/incident?
19-6625 Samuel R. Jones v. Erica Huss Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity question-not-identified search-and-seizure standing takings Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's dismissal of petitioner's claims under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
19-6642 Michael Allen Channel v. Benjamin Marquez, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech privacy search-and-seizure standing technology Whether the warrantless search and seizure of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and …
19-6646 Paul John Denham v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process evidence-fabrication false-testimony material-evidence materiality napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct pyle-v-kansas Whether Paul John Denham's Constitutional right to due process was violated
19-6652 Douglas Akira Hirano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP booker-decision circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure johnson-doctrine johnson-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness Whether the void-for-vagueness doctrine and Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), apply to the mandatory, pre-United States v. Booker, 543 …
19-666 Jenn-Ching Luo v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process judicial-discretion opportunity-to-cure rule-compliance Whether Pennsylvania Superior Court can dismiss Petitioner's appeal based on disagreement over the number of argument points, non-compliance with inap…
19-6691 Robert H. Smith v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment exclusionary-rule fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-review sixth-amendment state-court-conflict strickland-standard Whether the Indiana Supreme Court/Court of Appeals has entered a decision in conflict with other decisions previously made in the United States Suprem…
19-6697 Michael Lawrence Pack v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
19-6699 Andrew McWhorter v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal amended-charges charging-information criminal-procedure deadly-weapon double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment barred the State of Indiana from 'retrying' Petitioner
19-6736 Ralph Colombo v. Kinkle, Rodiger & Spriggs, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-enforcement california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure due-process legal-enforcement statutory-interpretation vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute utilizes the categorical approach and should be declared void for vagueness
19-6751 DeAngelo Pantalion Williams v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-court arbitrary-denial constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment retroactive-application state-appellate-court state-law Whether a state appellate court's arbitrary denial of a defendant's request for the retroactive application of a new state law constitutes a violation…
19-6781 Donato Luna-Quintero v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance effective-assistance-of-counsel foreign-defendant jury-trial language-barrier language-barriers limited-english-proficiency right-to-counsel waiver Whether the defendant's constitutional right to a jury trial was properly waived, and whether counsel provided effective assistance, when the defendan…
19-6792 Victor Sanchez v. Patrick Nogan, Administrator East Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-intervention plea-bargaining procedural-due-process right-to-appeal sentencing sentencing-review Where trial counsel admits to ineffective advice that lead to this petitioner being sentenced to (5) five years more time than he would have received …
19-6801 Marcos Palomar v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment miranda-rights police-advisement police-interrogation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether a Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966) rights advisal is invalid if police indicate the right to appointed counsel prior to questioning is d…
19-6808 Phillip E. Smith v. Collins, First Name Unknown, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability cumulative-error due-process fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit severance sixth-amendment slack-v-mcdaniel trial-severance video-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit err in denying a certificate of appealability?
19-6855 Jose Luis Morales v. G. D. Lewis, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-discretion res-judicata supreme-court supreme-court-directives Is it an abuse of discretion when the federal courts do not follow directives from the United States Supreme Court on how to apply res-judicata?
19-6873 Anthony Dale Carter v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights due-process federal-rights individual-rights judicial-review standing state-court supreme-court-precedent Is it a departure from the essential elements of law to deny a notion based in part or whole on the Court's failure to rule within a reasonable time?
19-6876 Mauricio Aguirre, aka Mauricio Aguirre-Orcutt, aka Peter Holston-Aguirre, aka Peter Holston, aka Miller Aguirre v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment indictment jury-trial sentencing sentencing-modification sixth-amendment supervised-release Whether a federal defendant may suffer additional imprisonment on the basis of facts that have never been placed in an indictment, nor proven to a jur…
19-6882 Zackary Ikaika Bryton Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deference due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors?
19-6890 Kevin Lamont Pearson v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP district-court due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure final-revocation-hearing magistrate-judge probable-cause procedural-review revocation-hearing rule-32.1 standing Does the plain text of Rule 32.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure bar a district court from considering an alleged violation at a final revo…
19-6891 Ahmad Khan Rahimi v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2332a attempted-use attempted-use-of-weapon-of-mass-destruction criminal-law criminal-statute-interpretation detonation explosive-device explosives federal-criminal-code possession-of-weapon public-safety statutory-construction statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-law weapon-of-mass-destruction weapons Whether a defendant's attempted 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction includes conduct besides detonation
19-6904 Afries Sandonicaes Maham v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act breaking-and-entering burglary categorical-approach criminal-law criminal-statute federalism sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina Breaking and Entering, which criminalizes the breaking or entering into 'any other structure designed to house or secure within…
19-6913 Neal Benjamin v. Jennifer Saad, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review booker-error constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error judicial-review lower-court-error sentencing sixth-amendment standard-of-review Does the Petitioner have a Sixth Amendment Booker error?
19-6915 Andrew Lee Thompson, II v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing Whether the United States breached its Plea Agreement and failed to abide by the defendant's sentence and suffering process
19-6920 Courtney Omar Boyd v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-step-act judicial-discretion motion-denial sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court abused its discretion and violated Mr. Boyd's constitutional due process rights when it denied Boyd's First Step Act motion?
19-6923 Adrian Alaniz v. Scott Frauenheim, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-violation due-process harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence justifiable-homicide manslaughter prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct second-amendment self-defense standard-of-review Whether the conceded admission of gang hearsay evidence in violation of the Confrontation Clause was prejudicial
19-6925 Sulaiman Taalibdin v. Lawrence Mahally, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure district-court due-process final-decision habeas-corpus motion-timeliness rule-60(b) rule-60b standing third-circuit Did the Circuit Court possess appellate jurisdiction when the district court ruled petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion untimely under Rule 60(b)(6) which w…
19-6930 Richard Knider Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights disability due-process government-action rehabilitation-act standing transcript Whether the government's denial of a disability accommodation violates the Rehabilitation Act and the Due Process Clause
19-6933 Elmuiz Abdu v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general-opinion criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection good-time-credit habeas-corpus jail-credit legislative-intent sentencing statutory-interpretation time-calculation time-served Whether the petitioner's jail good time credit and ESC Level have been calculated incorrectly
19-6949 James R. Royal v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process mccoy-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment watershed-rule Is McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S.Ct.1500(2018) a watershed rule of criminal procedure which must be applied retroactively on collateral review?
19-6950 Christopher Brian Rogers v. Tammatha Soss, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure darden-v-wainwright due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecutor's statements shifting the burden of proof to the defendant during closing arguments constituted prejudicial misconduct under Da…
19-6952 Sir Giorgio Sanford Clardy v. Judy Gilmore, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules procedural-compliance service-of-process standing summons time-limitation time-limits timely-answer waiver Whether defendants must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1)(F) and timely answer after waiving service of summons
19-699 Albert D. Moustakis v. Wisconsin Department of Justice Wisconsin Denied Response Waived administrative-law case-law common-law discretion discretionary-power judicial-review mandamus open-records open-records-law public-official public-records strict-scrutiny Whether the common law writ of mandamus may be issued when a public official exercises discretion outside the constraints placed upon the discretionar…
19-6994 Christopher William Manikowski v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right constitutional-rights debatable due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)
19-7005 Johnnie Lewis Wood v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment-due-process 6th-amendment-rights conviction fair-trial false-testimony fourteenth-amendment indictment jury-verdict material-misrepresentation sixth-amendment Was Petitioner's Sixth-Amendment-rights,Fourteenth-Amendment-rights,false-testimony,fair-trial,jury-verdict,conviction violated
19-7055 In Re Charlene Rosa Denied IFP brady-v-maryland civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-and-seizure strickland-v-washington Whether the state court violated the defendant's constitutional rights by denying his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, denial of due proce…
19-706 Facebook, Inc. v. Nimesh Patel, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response Waived article-iii-standing circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification concrete-injury concrete-interest future-risk personal-information predominance real-world-injury risk-of-harm standing-article-iii statutory-violation Whether a court can find Article III standing based on its conclusion that a statute protects a concrete interest, without determining that the plaint…
19-717 Michael J. Sands v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination equal-protection medical-diagnosis medical-fraud mental-health postal-service termination Did the United States Postal Service violate my Constitutional Rights when the Postal Service chose my mental diagnosis (difference of Medical Opinion…
19-738 Tom Domingo, Sr. v. Department of the Army, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts jurisdiction kloeckner-v-solis mixed-cases obstruction-of-justice reduction-in-force standing supreme-court-ruling veterans-preference Did the US. Court of Appeals obstruct justice by ignoring or usurping the U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Kloeckner v. Solis Secretary of Labor federal c…
19-746 Oliver Ray Carbutt v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea plea-bargaining presentence-investigation self-incrimination sentencing sex-offense sex-offenses When a court is required to advise a defendant of the privilege against self-incrimination during a presentence investigation for a sex offense?
19-748 John B. Lepore v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-judge-findings administrative-law annuity-calculation basic-pay civil-procedure civil-procedure-rule-52-a-6 creditable-service due-process fact-finding federal-employment government-benefits government-employee-retirement government-employment judicial-review retirement-benefits statutory-interpretation Whether the court below had the right to ignore the finding that the petitioner's retirement date was April 16, 1983
19-751 Elio Gutierrez v. California California Denied Response Waived blood-alcohol-content blood-draw consent driving-under-the-influence dui-arrest fourth-amendment Fourth-Amendment-search-incident-to-arrest law-enforcement search-exception search-incident-to-arrest Is consent voluntary under the Fourth Amendment where a driving under the influence arrestee submits to a blood draw after the arresting officer tells…
19-780 Willie Newton v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure custis-v-united-states drug-offense due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states post-conviction-relief prior-conviction proposition-47 sentence-enhancement sentencing state-law state-sentencing Under what circumstances is successful post-conviction litigation a 'successful attack' on a prior state sentence?
19A648 Sherri Jefferson v. Supreme Court of Georgia Georgia Presumed Complete None
19M90 James A. Harnage v. S. Barrone, Deputy Warden, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M91 Gerald W. Dahlem v. Louisiana Louisiana Presumed Complete None