Conference: 2020-03-06

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

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
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… 29.0
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 Respondent received a 67-year non-mandatory sentence 25 years ago, when he was 15 years old, for the murder of an elderly couple. Does the Eighth Ame… 17.0
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 Respondent received a 67-year non-mandatory sentence 25 years ago, when he was 15 years old, for the murder of an elderly couple. Does the Eighth Ame… 17.0
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… 16.0
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 The "functional equivalence" doctrine of Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178 (1962), Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co., 487 U.S. 312 (1988), and Smith v. Barry… 11.0
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 The question presented is whether an employment decision that is based on conduct caused by a qualified individual's disability is insulated from scru… 10.5
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 1. Section 401(c) of the First Step Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-394, provides: "This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall apply to… 10.5
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 QUESTION 1: In Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 544 U.S. 280 (2005), this Court held that federal courts have jurisdiction to consider… 9.5
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 1. Whether in Scott U. Harris, 550 U.S. 372 (2007) this Court announced an "exception" to the summary judgment standard in cases commenced under 42 U.… 9.5
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 1. Can a court invalidate a copyright registration – and thus terminate a pending case – on the basis of a good-faith inclusion of inaccurate informat… 9.5
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, and under what circumstances, can defendants charged with crimes involving Schedule I opioids such as heroin be constitutionally treated diff… 8.5
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… 6.0
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 The questions presented in this case are: 1. Does due process require reversal of California Sixth District Court of Appeal ' s Judgment of June 4,… 6.0
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… 6.0
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 This petition poses two questions: first, whether the "professional judgment standard" this court articulated in Youngberg can be reduced to "whethe… 5.5
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 1. Under Barker v. Harvey, 181 U.S. 481 (1901) and United States v. Title Insurance & Trust Co., 265 U.S. 472 (1924), did the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe'… 5.5
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 A. Does the di strict court abuse i ts discreti on when i t fails to di fferenti ate between federal and state l aw when exerci sing its authori ty ov… 5.5
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 1. DNA evidence played a central role in this sexual assault case, in the form of a "match" between DNA from a complaining witness and the major contr… 5.5
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 1) Whether Graham's substantial rights and right to procedural due process and fundamental fairness guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment were violat… 5.5
19M107 National Football League, et al. v. Ninth Inning, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M108 Natalie Anderson v. Adam Robitaille New Hampshire Denied None 5.5
19M109 Austin J. Appleton v. DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. Virgin Islands Denied None 5.5
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 (1) Whether, as the Court has thrice asked but never answered, States must apply a "watershed rule" under Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 (1989) in postc… 4.5
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 What is the appropriate procedure when the Court uses a service of foreclosure order for one property and takes two properties in one foreclosure? 2W… 4.0
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 Design patents are limited to "any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture." 35 U.S.C. § 171(a). Under the patent exhaustion… 3.5
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, G.L. 1956 § 13-6-1, violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, where it is derived from … 3.5
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 The first question presented is: whether the pleading standard should be different for False Claims Act claims against public sector Medicaid provider… 3.5
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 Numerous federal statutes require administrative exhaustion to preserve an issue for review by an Article III court. The Securities Exchange Act ("SEA… 3.5
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 1. Is Collateral Estoppel applicable where the prior Mandamus case dealt only with the issue of whether the Agency was obligated under LEOSA to prov… 3.5
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… 3.5
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 Fraud on the Court: Plaintiff discovered fraudulent and material misrepresentation perpetrated by the opposing party. However, the district court is… 3.5
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… 3.5
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 1. Whether First Amendment protection extends to expressive conduct only when there is a "great likelihood" that an intended particularized message wi… 3.5
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 1. Whether, in a prosecution for writing obscene letters, a trial court should instruct a jury regarding the legal definition of the term "obscene" as… 3.5
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 by the tri… 1.0
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 eithe… 0.5
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 I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… 0.5
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 eithe… 0.5
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 (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit properly considered the "lowest level of conduct" as required under this Court's precedent for the categorical approach… 0.5
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 I. Did Trial Counsel Render Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Request an Adequate Supplemental Credibility Instruction? II. Did Trial Counsel Rend… 0.5
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… -1.0
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 (1) Whether this Court should revisit its broad nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) i… -1.5
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, under Supreme Court precedent established in Johnson and Dimaya, Mr. Ben's conviction for brandishing a firearm in relation to a crime of vio… -1.5
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 ("Fifth Cireuit")-which held Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal… -1.5
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. §S 2G2.1 and 2G2.2, is su… -1.5
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 Where Petitioner Constitutional rights violated? Yes Did the court abuse it discretion? Yes Did the Court Commit an error of law? Y… -4.0
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 1. US visa:.0187, legal short-term stay, US visa:.0012, legal study abroad , life injury, can Petitioner get The Equal Protection Clause Of The Fourte… -4.0
19-6516 Ronald D. Veteto v. Gregory O. Griffin, Judge, Circuit Court of Alabama, Montgomery County, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 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 Question not identified. -4.0
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 Involues: "Caprtal Offence" cases; Class Action HabeasCorpus; lack ofjuvisdiction claim Injudiclously predicated by the lower courts' striking refusal… -4.0
19-6564 In Re Wei Zhou Denied 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… -4.0
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 1. When a death-sentenced inmate obtains punishment-phase relief from the district court during federal habeas proceedings conducted pursuant to 28 U.… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(c)(3) provides that certain pretrial motions are "untimely" if not raised by the deadline set by the district co… -4.5
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 1. Whether an inchoate offense, whose non-inchoate form would constitute a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A), aut… -4.5
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 Given the above-mentioned 19th century U.S. Supreme Court's ruling and opinion in the Dred Scott case, the question presented to Chief Justice John Ro… -4.5
19-7179 Roxanne Ari v. California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings 1. Sue Conna ofned Officers be allowed to contine 0 Shoull Public tuse their Positionto commit Crimes forhim? and Conatitutional Right? Should I conti… -4.5
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 1. Have davied viaht +a moaninaful appeal of his mation to Suppress owidenck, under Dackson v. Denne 378 U8. 208 (1904), that oceuved prior trial ? 2… -4.5
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 READING OF 28 U.S.C. § 2244(A) CREATE AMBIGUITY IN 28 U.S.C. § 2244(D)(A) READ IN PART "A ONE YEAR PERIOD OF LIMITATION SHALL APPLY TO AN APP… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 its Supervisory Power over the lower State Court's sanctining of a departure from the aicepted ard usual course of judicial proceedings in regards to … -4.5
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 1. When you work for someone and they give you something for that work does it not belong to you? 2. Does the Texas Department of Criminal Justice no… -4.5
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 Was given fair hearing for the actions pending by Appellees? Was initial investigations & pictures of accident scene accurate? What street location … -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
19-7212 Ronald Lee Alexander v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence habeas-corpus prison-litigation prisoner-rights standing Question not identified. -4.5
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 I AM ReQUesTinG FoR ReVIeW THAT -ARRESTING OFFICER DId NOT ReAd ME my MIRAnDA RIGHTS. AUd THE JURY GOT THE WRonG eviden ce foR DelibeRATiON. -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 defendants protected constitutional rights by abusing its discretion where in parsing out Appellant's arguement i… -4.5
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 According to Arkansas State Supreme Court Justice, Josephine L. Hart, There is no remedy in the Arkansas criminal court system which permits prisoners… -4.5
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 1). Whether a Prison "Too ontyo\ Poli [te ot O woon Oviso of fi ta 9 ya t\n Ve oi \i 2). What evidence must be adduced showing a prison officials "kn… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -6.0
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 1. Rule 15(a)(3) provide the time a party must respond. Rule 55(a) authorizes the clerk to enter a default " when a party against whom a judgment for … -6.0
19-6542 Chloris C. Hall v. Author Solutions, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -6.0
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 hate and "community condemnation" of sex crimes deprived the petitioner of due process as seen in the following presented issues: WAS THE VIOLATI… -6.0
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 Jurisdictional questions Color of law questions Questions of fraud Questions of racketeering -6.0
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 IF XKWESTX&AT OF^ XMTEMTXQMRLLV X MV ES TX & ft TBS, LO^AUUhl T/\1HERE. FLElEiM& VX&TXAA XLQLLAPAt/SSS ft klh &ZB£ AS dRSMBL SEEM EL - XAlST EA b QF… -6.0
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… -6.5
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 1. WhEtThER the dipoesth of Brow V Rofitt, EAL.C.DCA. CiV.No. 13-CV-02338, QUAlifEs AS A foR StRiKE 28USC.81915 2. Should this Court decide oN the "W… -6.5
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, PER-. CURIAM OPINION, AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S ENTRY OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT. ON P… -6.5
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 1. whether With the facts and circumstances surrounding case No. 3:18-cv-2900-S-BN from the united states district court, northern district of texas, … -6.5
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 evidence that is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant is guilty of crimes, and inadequate when judged under the st… -6.5
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. Whether Banks's trial was adversely affected in violation o… -6.5
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 I. Does the Sixth Circuit's failure to analyze the claim in consideration of the overwhelming corroborating innocence proof in Mr. Bough's case, in co… -6.5
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? IS THE HIGHEST STATE COURT OBLIGATED TO HO… -6.5
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 Bentn County Superr Court Cers ffeofosiy Court dents ndorendigent p itgnt, to pymey 2. Why would the def's authorize thair attrney, DpARyan… -6.5
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 1. Whether this Court should reconsider the reasonableness of its premise in Michigan v. Long; 463 U.S. 1032 (1983), that officers could reasonably fe… -6.5
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 PETITIONER HIS FUNDAMENTAL FOURTEEN AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW IN VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTIT… -6.5
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 1. Do you apply implied bias as a ground for disqualification under the circumstances suggested by Supreme Court's decision in her concurring opinion?… -6.5
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 L When conducting their substantive-reasonableness review of sentences, can appellate courts reweigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as… -6.5
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 1. Did the Eleventh Circuit violate this Court's precedent on harmless error when it focused its harmless error analysis solely on the weight of the u… -6.5
19-7482 Victor Nunez v. Sean Bowerman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection patent standing takings I. QUESTION NUMBER ONE Is it acceptable for a federal district court judge to deny a pro se prisoner's motion for a reasonable extension of time to f… -6.5
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 IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE PROSECUTION'S GANG EXPERT IS AND WAS AT ALL TIMES A POLICE OFFICER ENGAGED IN INVESTIGATING CRIMES WHEN INTERVIEWING ALL… -6.5
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 In the second resolution in the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson and the State of Kentucky construed the United States Constitution insi… -6.5
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 a trial court may depart from the law of the case on an evidentiary ruling after a mistrial when the initial legal ruling was not clearly erro… -6.5
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 1) WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT LACKED "JURISDICTION" OVER EVIDENCE OF FOREIGN DRUG SMUGGLING: AND WHETHER THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DI… -6.5
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 1) The crux of this Writ of Certiorari is whether Law Enforcement Authorities' engaged in tactics and procedures designed *to* Petitioner 's circumve… -6.5
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 1. Did the Court of Appeals err in upholding the District Court's joinder, under Fed. R. Crim. P. 8, of counts in an indictment related to one Hobbs A… -6.5
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 WHEN SAID … -6.5
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 1. 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 … -6.5
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 which contravened the factors and th… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 1. MUST MV CONVICTION FOR SECOND DEGREE INTENTIONAL MURDER BE VACATED AND A JUDGEMENT OF ACQUITTAL ENTERED INSTEAD WHERE THE JURY'S GUILTY VERDICT GOE… -6.5
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 This Court has repeatedly held that to receive a certificate of appealability ("COA"), a habeas petitioner need only show that "'jurists of reason cou… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 Does "exigent circumstances" needs justification when officers conducted a warrantless entry onto the curtilage unlawfully? And whether a warrantless … -6.5
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 I. In an action in which the sole claim is whether,in a case in which intent is an element of the crime convicted of,the jury instruction, "the law … -6.5
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 1. Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Eiland's motion Pursuant to 28 USC Section 2255 without a hearing? 2. Was Eiland denied eff… -6.5
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 test mony evidence, of felony murder in the Perpetration of a robbery Included Tenn 3a-12-101 Criminal att… -6.5
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 In a case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act ("ICWA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 1901 – 1923 (1978), may a court deny a petition to invalidate the proceeding w… -6.5
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. … -6.5