Conference: 2020-03-06

112 cases — 0 granted, 112 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1259 Brett Jones v. Mississippi Mississippi Judgment Issued Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole permanent-incorrigibility sentencing-authority Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentenc…
18-9546 Everett Charles Wills, II v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP collateral-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure danforth-v-minnesota federal-law greene-v-fisher mccoy-v-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana post-conviction-proceedings postconviction-review retroactive-application retroactivity retroactivity-of-new-rules teague-rule teague-v-lane watershed-rule Whether States must apply a 'watershed rule' under Teague v. Lane in post-conviction proceedings
19-1002 Automotive Body Parts Association v. Ford Global Technologies, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived article-of-manufacture design-patent design-patents federal-circuit patent-exhaustion patent-law patent-rights repair-doctrine right-to-repair samsung-v-apple How should the article of manufacture be determined when applying the patent exhaustion and repair doctrines in design patent cases?
19-1018 Dana Gallop v. Adult Correctional Institutions, et al. Rhode Island Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-death-statute civil-rights constitutional-law political-disenfranchisement prisoner-rights racial-discrimination supremacy-clause unconstitutional Does Rhode Island's Civil Death Statute violate the Supremacy Clause and 42 U.S.C. 1983 by denying a prisoner the right to file a civil claim, where t…
19-125 Gale Zamore v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Individually and as Trustee for JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007-CH5 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-CH5, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 15-usc-1635 amos-v-glynn-county civil-rights claim-preclusion due-process exxon-mobil-v-saudi-basic federal-jurisdiction federal-vs-state-law-for-res-judicata jesinoski-v-countrywide-home-loans res-judicata semtek-v-lockheed-martin statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tila tila-rescission tila-rescission-as-completed-event Whether the Eleventh Circuit can ignore Exxon Mobil and apply its own discarded standard
19-264 Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Lydell Marcus White Oregon Dismissed Response RequestedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-sentences miller-v-alabama non-mandatory-sentence non-mandatory-sentences Does the Eighth Amendment, under Miller v. Alabama, require invalidation of respondent's sentence?
19-265 Brandon Kelly, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary v. Laycelle Tornee White Oregon Dismissed Response RequestedRelisted (4) 8th-amendment constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing mandatory-sentences miller-v-alabama non-mandatory-sentence non-mandatory-sentences sentencing Does the Eighth Amendment, under Miller v. Alabama, require invalidation of respondent's sentence?
19-320 Harold Wade, et ux. v. Kreisler Law, P.C. Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure claim-processing federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure functional-equivalence jurisdiction jurisdictional-rules mandatory-claim-processing-rules notice-of-appeal petition-for-appeal petition-for-permission-to-appeal whether the 'functional equivalence' doctrine applies to nonjurisdictional mandatory claim processing rules requiring a petition for permission to app…
19-466 Zachery Pittman v. Herman Harris Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established excessive-force fourth-amendment qualified-immunity scott-v-harris section-1983 summary-judgment use-of-force Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in deviating from other circuit holdings and announcing that Scott v. Harris directs the lower courts to examine whet…
19-549 Hannah P. v. Joseph Maguire, Acting Director, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Fourth Circuit Denied ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights conduct conduct-based-termination disability disability-discrimination employment employment-discrimination employment-law reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Whether an employment decision that is based on conduct caused by a qualified individual's disability is insulated from scrutiny under the federal dis…
19-566 Devan Pierson v. United States Seventh Circuit GVR 922(g)-felon-in-possession criminal-procedure direct-appeal firearm-possession first-step-act first-step-act-2018 rehaif rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing status-based-possession statutory-interpretation Whether a sentence is 'imposed' within the meaning of §401(c) of the First Step Act when it is first issued by the district court, or when it becomes …
19-580 Jun Xiao v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. Minnesota Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process Fourteenth Amendment equal-protection qualified-immunity civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing takings Whether the state district court erred in dismissing Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim for failure to state a…
19-5957 Twila Haynes v. Riverside Presbyterian Apartments Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process error-of-law in-forma-pauperis negligence rule-240 standing Under Pa. Rule 240, did the court abuse its discretion and commit an error of law?
19-599 Samuel C. Mohorne v. Beal Bank, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection foreclosure free-speech homestead-property property-rights standing state-court statutory-interpretation writ Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
19-6151 Ahmed Ali v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-rights due-process habeas-corpus jury-instruction jury-instructions third-party-culpability trial-court Whether the Court of Appeals erred in denying a Certificate of Appealability on his claim that he was denied his right to present a defense
19-6281 Donald R. Sanders v. Barack Hussein Obama, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure. civil-rights constitution due-process free-speech standing administrative-law agency-discretion border-policy civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech immigration-enforcement standing Whether the lower court erred in its ruling on the constitutional issues raised in the petition
19-6386 Xue Jie He v. Guttenberg NJ Police, et al. New York Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights conflict-with-constitution conspiracy-against-rights deprivation-of-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection legal-procedure state-court-orders Whether the State of New York Court of Appeals Ordered directly conflict with the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourteenth…
19-6387 Trent S. Griffin, Sr. v. American Zurich Insurance Company, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split civil-procedure default default-judgment pleading procedural-rules summary-judgment supervisory-power waiver-of-rights writ writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Whether a party who fails to plead or otherwise defend within the time allowed by Rule, waive their rights on all claims
19-639 Linda Shao v. Tsan-Kuen Wang California Denied Relisted (2) appellate-procedure california conflicts-of-interest court-disclosure due-process fraudulent-referencing incomplete-records judgment judicial-conflict judiciary-corruption oral-argument-waiver procedural-irregularity record-completeness sixth-district-court-of-appeal Does due process require reversal of California Sixth District Court of Appeal's Judgment of June 4, 2019 when the named Justice writing the Judgment …
19-6482 Demetrius Dewayne Smith v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 2254-review 28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability death-penalty federal-habeas habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction When a death-sentenced inmate obtains punishment-phase relief from the district court during federal habeas proceedings conducted pursuant to 28 U.S.C…
19-6500 Horacio Dominguez-Villalobos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-6502 Cory Dale Fields v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-district-court federal-sentencing grand-jury no-bill prior-conduct reliability reliability-of-evidence reliability-standard sentencing sentencing-considerations uncharged-conduct Is alleged prior uncharged conduct that had been no-billed by a Grand Jury sufficiently reliable for a federal district court to consider at sentencin…
19-6516 Ronald D. Veteto v. Gregory O. Griffin, Judge, Circuit Court of Alabama, Montgomery County, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief prisoner-rights retaliation standing state-court-procedure Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's complaint for failure to comply with heightened pleading standards
19-6532 Pedro J. Amaro v. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights class-action constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection grand-jury habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jurisdiction procedural-grounds Whether the lower courts prejudicially abused their discretion in denying both COA and the Rehearing request to review the district court's summary di…
19-6542 Chloris C. Hall v. Author Solutions, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
19-6546 Elmer Misael Garcia Ramirez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority define-and-punish-clause due-process high-seas international-law international-waters jurisdiction maritime-law nexus Whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction because neither the U.S. Constitution nor any theory of international law permits jurisdiction to be asser…
19-6564 In Re Wei Zhou Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure constitution constitutional-interpretation federal-courts judicial-discretion judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-proceedings jurisdiction-decline legal-interpretation mandamus statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Does the Constitution of the United States permit any court of the United States to decline the exercise of jurisdiction given by any law of the Unite…
19-6648 Ralph Loren Barenz II v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP community-condemnation criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony miranda-rights prosecutorial-misconduct protective-order Has the petitioner been deprived of due process?
19-6744 Kevin M. Merck v. Minnesota Supreme Court, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bank-account-seizure civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law court-record-manipulation due-process fraud jurisdiction jurisdictional-dispute procedural-irregularity racketeering seizure standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the seizure of the petitioner's bank account by Washington County, MN was lawful and justified based on the cited case of Cathy S. Jones v. Ke…
19-6776 William Dawson v. Bryan K. Wells Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force good-faith habeas-corpus jurisdiction police-misconduct qualified-immunity sentencing voluntary-manslaughter writ Whether the petitioner is entitled to a remand of the case with instructions for the district court to reduce his or her sentence to time served and o…
19-6795 Abraham Conde-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-6796 Valentin Castanon-Renteria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
19-6825 Jorge Guerrero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure good-cause plain-error pretrial-motions rule-12 rule-52 suppression-motion Whether Rule 12's good-cause standard displaces the plain-error standard in Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)
19-6862 Dalton Betsinger v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law eighth-amendment eighth-circuit fifth-circuit lowest-level-of-conduct state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the 'lowest level of conduct' as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach, an…
19-6878 Robert L. Bolden Sr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) 18-usc-924c3a certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-intent elements-clause inchoate-offense mens-rea substantial-step Whether an inchoate offense qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause
19-701 Lloyd N. Johnson v. Karen Rimmer, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process immunity institutional-care medical-care medical-negligence mental-health professional-judgment qualified-immunity standing youngberg Whether the 'professional judgment standard' articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to 'whether the worst doctor in America would say ok'
19-708 Gold Value International Textile, Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 17-usc-411 attorneys-fees copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership copyright-procedure copyright-registration copyright-validity good-faith publication publication-status statutory-interpretation Can a court invalidate a copyright registration and terminate a pending case based on a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate information on a copyright …
19-7142 General P. Haymon v. Michael Johnson California Denied IFP 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights dred-scott due-process equal-protection jury-trial race racial-discrimination seventh-amendment standing Whether a state can deprive a descendant of enslaved people the right to a jury trial
19-7179 Roxanne Ari v. California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7190 Ernesto Benavides Jr. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeal collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pretrial-motion right-to-appeal sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence Has Petitioner been denied the right to a meaningful appeal of his motion to suppress evidence under Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368 (1964), that occur…
19-7192 Keith Edward Walker v. Ronda Pash, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-review finality-of-judgment habeas-corpus standing state-court-decision statute-of-limitations Does the reamme of 28 U.S.C. 2244(d) and (p) create ambiguity in 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(1) regarding the one-year period of litigation
19-7195 Matthew Davonn Weatherspoon v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP cell-phone-tracking civil-rights colorado-statute criminal-law due-process first-amendment fourth-amendment free-speech law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure sex-trafficking standing statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement Whether the Colorado statute on complicity in sex trafficking violates the First Amendment and due process rights of the defendant by criminalizing sp…
19-7196 Mark D. Zimmerman v. Texas Texas Denied IFP access-to-courts asset-forfeiture civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process incarceration judicial-discretion legal-resources pro-se standing state-courts supervisory-power Whether the lower state court erred in sanctioning the petitioner's departure from the accepted judicial proceedings regarding the decision governing …
19-7202 Terence C. Powell v. Lab Corporation, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 7th-amendment chain-conspiracy civil-procedure civil-rights civil-trial due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-right jury-trial privileges-and-immunities seventh-amendment Whether the Court of Appeals correctly affirmed the District Court's granting the defendant's Motions to Dismiss violates the protections of the Seven…
19-7203 Arthur Luther McKinney v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights custody custody-challenge due-process habeas-corpus prison prisoner-rights property-rights reentry supervision Does the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have to provide due process before taking away property given for work?
19-7205 Robert W. Johnson v. Progressive Corporation Insurance Company Second Circuit Denied IFP accident accident-scene civil-procedure civil-rights due-process insurance investigation standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-7206 Robert W. Johnson v. Law Offices of Jennifer S. Adams, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-fine-improvement-act criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process insurance-fraud second-circuit sentencing standing statutory-interpretation white-collar-crime Whether the lower court erred in its ruling on the petitioner's claims
19-7210 Calvin Ray Cash v. John Rupert, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech patent standing takings Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
19-7211 Joseph A. Brown v. Dr. Sage, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis prisoner-litigation standing Whether the disposition in Brown v. Kemmerer, U.S.D.C. Del. Civ. No. 13-cv-0138, qualifies as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)
19-7212 Ronald Lee Alexander v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Whether a Thomas prisoner has a right to an evidentiary hearing on a chain of custody claim
19-7213 Rodney Banks v. California California Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment arrest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment law-enforcement miranda-rights probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the arresting officer failed to read the petitioner their Miranda rights and used the wrong evidence for deliberation
19-7214 Gregory Brown v. Ellen Mace-Liebson, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment bivens bivens-action civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment intra-circuit-conflict medical-care medical-treatment pro-se summary-judgment Whether the sitting panel for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's entry of summary judgment on petitioner's pro…
19-7219 Jonathan Canales v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Whether the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal erred in affirming the lower court's denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his conviction and sen…
19-7232 Francisco Argenis Parra v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP accomplice-statements-corroboration alibi-instruction bruton-v-united-states co-defendant-statements confrontation-clause due-process ineffective-assistance jury-instructions lesser-included-offenses self-defense sixth-amendment supplemental-credibility-instruction Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance
19-7240 Damon S. Allen-Bey v. Michigan State Treasurer Michigan Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion administrative-rules constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion miscarriage-of-justice prisoner-funds restitution standard-of-review Whether the trial court violated the defendant's constitutional rights by abusing its discretion in rendering a decision contrary to law, resulting in…
19-7244 David Anson Alandt v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied IFP actual-innocence actual-innocence-claims constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-withholding executive-clemency habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-appeal Whether Arkansas' criminal court system provides a remedy for claims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence
19-725 JonMichael Guy v. Robert O. Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al. Wyoming Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights clearly-established due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-interpretation qualified-immunity religion-clauses religious-discrimination sincere-belief standing When a government official discriminates against a belief that is sincere and religious to the victim, and is therefore protected by the Religion Clau…
19-7252 Clarence Joseph Jason v. Robert Tanner, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force inmate-safety prison-conditions qualified-immunity Whether a prison's 'control policy' that allows inmates to attack other inmates violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punis…
19-7267 Piper Lakay Ellis Snowton v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-diligence due-process equitable-doctrine fraud fraudulent-concealment judicial-bias procedural-technicalities standing veterans-affairs whether-the-facts-and-circumstances-surrounding-case-no-3:18-cv-2900-s-bn-and-case-no-19-10547-indicate-bias-and-favoritism
19-7273 Pablo Rodriguez-Palomino v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault due-process essential-elements fourteenth-amendment jackson-v-virginia rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-evidence sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the standard to be applied by state courts when a defendant claims that the evidence is insufficient to convict is whether any rational trier …
19-7287 Joey Banks v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-procedure Whether Banks was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel
19-7316 Shawn R. Bough v. Kenneth D. Hutchison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence corroborating-evidence due-process gateway-evidence precedent reasonable-juror self-preservation sixth-amendment timeliness Does the Sixth Circuit's failure to analyze the claim in consideration of the overwhelming corroborating innocence proof in Mr. Bough's case, in conju…
19-7343 Anthony Tawon Williams v. Hilton Hall, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process felony-murder homicide homicide-rule sentencing underlying-felony voluntary-manslaughter Can voluntary manslaughter or any other homicide be used as an underlying felony to support felony murder?
19-7384 Jon Jason King v. Benton County Sheriff's Office, et al. Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights county-court cover-up due-process fraud fraud-allegations government-actors judicial-misconduct legal-procedure standing Why would Beaton County Superior Court Clerk offectacsccdfeleily Goort document and Gace an Wd Se ged Y more Geib gain axe ne Camrh?
19-7432 Edwin David Calligan v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights fourth-amendment michigan-v-long officer-safety protective-sweep reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-search Whether officers can reasonably fear a suspect will retrieve a weapon after being told he is free to go
19-7447 Konstantin Rudenko v. Raymond Shanley, Superintendent, Coxsackie Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts fourteenth-amendment legal-procedure standing state-courts Did the New York state courts deny the petitioner his fundamental Fourteenth Amendment right to due process of law?
19-7468 Donald R. Phillips v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process false-answer implied-bias jury-selection material-error material-question prosecutorial-misconduct standing statutory-provisions voir-dire Whether a juror's responsibility to answer questions truthfully on voir dire continues through trial
19-7470 Agustin Martinez-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a appellate-review appellate-standard circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing criminal-sentencing,appellate-review,18-usc-3553(a federal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness Can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
19-7480 David Paul Lynch v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-error eleventh-circuit harmless-error hearsay hearsay-statements jury-trial precedent sixth-amendment weight-of-evidence Did the Eleventh Circuit violate this Court's precedent on harmless error
19-7482 Victor Nunez v. Sean Bowerman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
19-7485 Michael J. Aguon v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause confrontation-clause-crawford-v-washington crawford-v-washington due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel gang-expert ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miranda-v-arizona miranda-warnings police-investigation police-officer-gang-expert prosecutorial-misconduct testimonial-hearsay Whether the prosecution's gang expert's hearsay testimony violated Crawford v. Washington
19-7497 Richard Silvestri v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-law extraterritorial-conduct federal-punishment kentucky-resolutions state-power thomas-jefferson united-states-constitution void-and-no-force Should the United States Constitution be construed to prohibit Congress from enacting Laws that punish people for extcaterritorial conduct under the C…
19-7521 Elisha Paul Harley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-admission free-speech judicial-discretion law-of-case law-of-the-case legal-review magistrate-judge magistrate-procedure racist-comments review standing Whether the magistrate judge erred in admitting evidence of racist comments attributed to the petitioner, in violation of the law of the case doctrine
19-7525 Gregory Joel Sitzmann v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws conflict-with-other-courts-of-appeals conflict-with-supreme-court court-of-appeals criminal-procedure drug-smuggling evidence federal-sentencing foreign-drug-smuggling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction jurisdiction-over-evidence pro-se-petition prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the district court lacked jurisdiction over evidence of foreign drug smuggling and whether the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
19-7533 Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure state-court state-court-decision unreasonable-application Whether Law Enforcement Authorities engaged in tactics and procedures designed to circumvent Petitioner's Constitutional protected rights guaranteed b…
19-7535 Norman Eugene Reed v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 34-U.S.C.-20913(d) 34-usc-20913(d) constitutional-law executive-branch Gundy legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation unconstitutional-delegation Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an unconstituti…
19-7539 Shamir Kane v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-indictment criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-joinder federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence hobbs-act joinder severance witness-tampering Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder of counts related to one Hobbs Act robbery and witness tampering with unrelated…
19-7552 Joseph Michael Guarascio v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compensation constitutional-violation digital-data digital-evidence due-process evidence-retention government-seizure law-enforcement property-rights Can the government retain indefinitely petitioner's seized business and personal electronic files, digital data and other physical property?
19-7557 Lance Yarbough v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-activity double-jeopardy drug-conspiracy jointly-undertaken-criminal-activity relevant-conduct sentencing statutory-minimum substantive-offenses successive-prosecution Where a prosecution for drug conspiracy under 21 U.S.C. §846 is successive to separate sentences for substantive offenses that are included in the con…
19-7561 Ramiro D. Ramirez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note-3(c) application-note-3c court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-sentencing criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing-guidelines mitigating-role mitigating-role-adjustment paid-tasks proprietary-interest sentencing-guidelines supervisory-authority united-states-sentencing-guidelines ussg-3b1.2 Whether the Court of Appeals inappropriately affirmed the district court's denial of a mitigating role adjustment
19-7566 Javed Asefi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce predicate-acts racketeering rico rico-prosecution substantial-effect Whether federal jurisdiction exists in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) where neither the activities of the alleged enterprise nor the individu…
19-7567 Richard Ben v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2111 18-usc-924 2nd-amendment crime-of-violence criminal-law dimaya-decision dimaya-vs-sessions due-process firearm-brandishing johnson-ruling johnson-v-united-states johnson-vs-united-states sessions-v-dimaya statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Mr. Ben's conviction for brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of violence should be vacated
19-7568 Theodore Michael Brewster v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-interpretation discretionary-review federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-circuit legal-procedure rule-11 supervisory-powers supreme-court-precedent united-states-court-of-appeals Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of this Court on an important matter
19-7575 Rashaun Scott Carter v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-waiver controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining presentence-investigation sentencing Does an appellate waiver bar an appeal based upon a flawed, prejudicial presentence investigation report performed between the trial court's acceptanc…
19-7581 James Ryan Taylor and Steven Vincent Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment geographic-scope good-faith-exception misrepresentation search-warrant Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to evidence seized under an invalid warrant if agents knowingly misrepresented the fact t…
19-7587 Lannon Lavar Burdunice v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal batson bias character-evidence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process evidence incomplete-jury-verdict insufficient-evidence intent-to-kill judicial-error judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-verdict prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-be-present right-to-present-defense second-degree-murder weight-of-evidence Must my conviction for second degree intentional murder be vacated and a judgement of acquittal entered
19-7590 David K. Howell v. Shawn Hatton, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability closing-argument criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel intoxication methamphetamine methamphetamine-intoxication sixth-amendment Is the Ninth Circuit's denial of a COA on Howell's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim contrary to this Court's jurisprudence?
19-7598 Ramon Valencia-Cruz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 appellate-review circuit-split closer-review judicial-review kimbrough-discretion kimbrough-v-united-states policy-disagreement policy-statement sentencing-guidelines When conducting 'closer review' of a sentencing decision that was based on the district court's decision to vary from the United States Sentencing Gui…
19-7610 Luciano Camberos-Villapuda v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP automobile-exception collins-v-virginia curtilage Due-Process exigent-circumstances Expectation-of-Privacy fourth-amendment payton-v-new-york probable-cause Warrantless-Entry warrantless-search Whether exigent circumstances justified warrantless entry onto the curtilage and search of a vehicle under the automobile exception
19-7622 Samuel Elliott v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment appellate-review child-pornography criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines covering child pornography offenses, U.S.S.G. §§ 2G2.1 and 2G2.2, is su…
19-7633 Anthony Allen v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment intent-element jury-instruction jury-instructions presumption-of-intent reasonable-doubt Whether the jury instruction that 'the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts' violates the Fourteenth Ame…
19-7636 Gerald W. Eiland v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment auto-shop-business certificate-of-appealability effective-assistance-counsel expert-testimony franks-challenge ineffective-assistance-of-counsel informant pen-register section-2255 sixth-amendment wiretap-challenge wiretaps Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Eiland's motion Pursuant to 28 USC Section 2255 without a hearing?
19-7653 Roosevelt Bigbee, Jr. v. Jonathan Lebo, Warden Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constructive-amendment conviction criminal-attempt criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder indictment plea-agreement robbery statute testimony Whether the admission of the Plea agreement testimony evidence, of felony murder in the perpetuation of a robbery violated Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-12-101…
19-7659 Ashley Rios, et vir v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-neglect abuse-or-neglect child-custody due-process expert-witness foster-placement indian-child-welfare-act knowing-waiver parental-rights qualified-expert-witness statutory-interpretation waiver May a court deny a petition to invalidate a foster placement proceeding under the Indian Child Welfare Act when no qualified expert witness testified,…
19-7671 Daquan Ossie Bradley v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-law court-trial due-process judicial-review standard-of-review structural-error sullivan-v-louisiana trial-procedure Whether a court-trial verdict that is based on a constitutionally-deficient burden of proof is structural error under Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. …
19-820 John McMahon, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of San Bernardino County, et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied aboriginal-title appropriation-doctrine barker-v-harvey enabling-act enabling-acts indian-country land-claim secretarial-order united-states-v-title-insurance-trust-co Whether the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe's failure to file a land claim under the 1851 Act extinguished its rights to Section 36 conveyed to California for…
19-837 Jerome Kunkel, et al. v. Northern Kentucky Independent Health District, et al. Kentucky Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech religious-freedom retaliation substantive-due-process Does a Health Department and its employees violate the United States Constitution when they disparately treat and target private Catholic Elementary a…
19-842 Mark J. Schwartz v. Clark County, Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction judicial-bias qualified-immunity section-1983 seniority-manipulation state-law supplemental-jurisdiction Does the district court abuse its discretion when it fails to differentiate between federal and state law claims under 28 U.S.C. §1367?
19-843 Daniel K. Holtzclaw v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied defense-counsel-exclusion dna-evidence due-process ex-parte-hearing exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fair-trial forensic-expert in-camera-hearing materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct What is the standard of materiality applicable in assessing the prejudicial impact of potential exculpatory evidence relating to the State's chief for…
19-844 Sabrina Graham v. Thomas S. Wininger Indiana Denied appellate-review bias due-process findings-and-conclusions fourteenth-amendment procedural-due-process quantum-meruit quantum-meruit-unjust-enrichment rule-52 substantial-rights unbiased-tribunal whether-graham's-rights-were-violated
19-892 United States, ex rel. Andrew Gelbman v. City of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived false-claims-act fraud inference-drawing medicaid medicaid-fraud pleading-standard private-sector public-sector public-sector-providers rule-9b-dismissal Whether the pleading standard should be different for False Claims Act claims against public sector Medicaid providers than it is for such claims agai…
19-909 Dennis J. Malouf v. Securities and Exchange Commission Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion appointments-clause claim-processing-rule equitable-exceptions investment-advisers-act jurisdictional-condition securities-exchange-act securities-law What constitutes 'reasonable grounds' to excuse failure to raise Appointments Clause objection before SEC?
19-916 Vernon Wendell Risby v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived collateral-estoppel due-process leosa mandamus retaliation title-vii Is Collateral Estoppel applicable where the prior Mandamus case dealt only with the issue of whether the Agency was obligated under LEOSA to provide a…
19-923 Timothy Barnes v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process federal-circuit-court federal-statutes ownership-interest principal-dwelling property-rights rescission-rights state-law state-law-interpretation truth-in-lending-act Does a consumer have the right to exercise federal TILA rescission protection where applicable state law has defined his ownership interest in a way t…
19-958 Bahar Mikhak v. University of Phoenix, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived clear-and-convincing-evidence counsel-negligence dismissal-with-prejudice fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court frcp-60(b)(3) frcp-60b new-trial pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process Was the Ninth Circuit's holding wrong for departing from its own precedent and creating a conflict with other circuits over the application of the 'cl…
19-962 Travis Ray Norwood v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-justice criminal-punishment drug-policy due-process equal-protection opioid-crisis opioid-sentencing recidivist-statute sentencing Whether defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids can be constitutionally treated differently for punitive purposes from defendants …
19-971 Angela James, et al. v. JW Gaming Development, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights congress federal-courts individual-liability legal-standing official-capacity sovereign-immunity state-courts tribal-governance tribal-sovereignty Whether an Indian tribe's governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capaci…
19-976 Jovanna Edge, et al. v. City of Everett, Washington Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived body-confidence civil-rights commercial-speech dress-code expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech message-communication particularized-message workplace-attire Whether First Amendment protection extends to expressive-conduct
19-999 Lewis Alan Dugan v. Wyoming Wyoming Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instruction obscenity overbreadth speech-conduct stalking-statute Whether a trial court should instruct a jury on the legal definition of 'obscene' in a prosecution for writing obscene letters
19M107 National Football League, et al. v. Ninth Inning, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M108 Natalie Anderson v. Adam Robitaille New Hampshire Presumed Complete None
19M109 Austin J. Appleton v. DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Virgin Islands Presumed Complete None