| 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 |
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