Conference: 2020-04-03

104 cases — 0 granted, 104 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1455 Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (3)Relisted (5) civil-rights content-discrimination establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech government-speech public-forum religious-freedom viewpoint-discrimination Whether WMATA's policy of refusing to accept advertisements that promote or oppose religion or reflect a religious perspective violates the First Amen…
19-1003 Isaac Gichuru Kinuthia v. Barbara Velarde, Acting Chief, Administrative Appeals Office, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived None
19-1072 Scott Rothstein v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived cooperation cooperation-credit criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing government-withdrawal plea-agreement rule-35 rule-35-motion Whether the Government's right to withdraw a previously earned and filed Rule 35 Motion violates the defendant's due process rights
19-1075 Bryan Adrian Copeland v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process eleventh-circuit fifth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan miller-el-v-cockrell strickland-v-washington Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the District Court and denying Copeland a Certificate of Appealability for § 2255 habeas review
19-1102 Dontae Small v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived abandonment-exception carjacking-statute cell-phone cell-phone-privacy cell-phones digital-contents digital-privacy digital-search fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-warrant-requirement mens-rea riley-v-california search-incident-to-arrest Whether the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless searches of the digital contents of an abandoned cell phone
19-1103 INO Therapeutics LLC, et al. v. Praxair Distribution Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 drug-administration due-process eligibility innovation medical-research medical-treatment method-of-treatment patent patent-eligibility patient-outcomes personalized-medicine section-101 selective-treatment Whether a method of treatment that requires doctors to selectively administer a drug to certain patients and not others to enhance patient outcomes is…
19-446 VF Jeanswear LP v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (6) charge-of-discrimination discrimination-charge eeoc employment-law equal-employment-opportunity-commission investigation investigative-authority private-litigation right-to-sue title-vii Whether Title VII authorizes the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue investigating a charge of discrimination after the Commission iss…
19-573 Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) brecht-standard brecht-v-abrahamson closing-arguments constitutional-error fifth-amendment habeas-corpus harmless-error prosecutorial-misconduct substantial-defense Did the Eleventh Circuit improperly determine that the Prosecution's pattern of deliberate and egregious improper comments in closing arguments did no…
19-6156 Randy Ethan Halprin v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (6)IFP abuse-of-the-writ aedpa anti-semitism capital-punishment constitutional-claim due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-bias racial-discrimination recusal second-or-successive-petition Whether Halprin's second federal petition raising a judicial bias claim is 'second or successive' under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2) if the judge concealed …
19-6410 Donald W. Rager v. Paige Augustine, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP administrative-remedies circuit-split civil-rights due-process equitable-tolling exhaustion-of-administrative-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies plra prison-conditions prison-litigation-reform-act statute-of-limitations tolling Whether the statute of limitations should be tolled for the time spent exhausting administrative remedies under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA…
19-6427 Ray A. Smith v. John Chapdelaine, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP charging-document criminal-procedure due-process evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence As representatives of the Office of Public Defender, did lawyers Willie Rios and Eric Zale fulfill their professional responsibilities and obligations…
19-6501 Alvin Felicianosoto v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-autonomy due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel McCoy-challenge mccoy-v-louisiana remand right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals erred on direct review in failing to remand the case to the district court when a challenge under McCoy v.…
19-659 Miladis Salgado v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2465 abuse-of-discretion civil-forfeiture claimant court-dismissal dismissal dismissal-without-prejudice federal-procedure judicial-discretion legal-prevailing-party prevail prevailing-party statutory-interpretation without-prejudice When does a civil forfeiture claimant 'substantially prevail' under 28 U.S.C. § 2465(b)(1)?
19-6762 Fred Martin Wimberley v. Rachel M. Sacramento Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court due-process patent standing takings No questions presented
19-678 United States, ex rel. Laurence Schneider v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, et al. District of Columbia Denied administrative-law appeal circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca-qui-tam-government-deference- government-dismissal habeas-corpus Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-deference qui-tam sentencing standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Government is entitled to absolute deference regarding its decision to dismiss an FCA action under section 3730(c)(2)(A), or whether the q…
19-680 Kenneth Sealey, et al. v. J. Duane Gilliam, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process summary-judgment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process fourth-circuit legal-analysis qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment Did the Fourth Circuit err in holding that District Courts are not required to properly apply the qualified immunity analysis as to each officer and e…
19-6800 Rodney Dewayne Mitchell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP almendarez-torres almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act jury-determination maximum-punishment prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement standing texas-criminal-law violent-felony whether-the-texas-offense-of-aggravated-robbery-is-a-violent-felony-under-the-armed-career-criminal-act
19-6846 James W. Riley v. Dana Metzger, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-as-of-right constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-precedent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing state-court statutory-analysis third-circuit-court Whether the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel applies to a defendant's first appeal as of right
19-6856 James W. Riley v. Delaware Delaware Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP capital-punishment conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-considerations fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct judicial-review right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial sentencing sentencing-discretion Should Abns courct extend Ts Hucsh wv. Florida cubug
19-6863 In Re Melvin Bonnell Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law due-process federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus retroactive-application retroactivity sixth-circuit state-court-decisions teague-doctrine teague-standard Whether a state court's merits decision applying a new rule of constitutional law opens up federal review
19-6931 Robert W. Johnson v. Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, L.L.P. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure-fraud-due-process-white-collar-cr civil-rights due-process rico-act standing takings white-collar-crimes Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the lower court's ruling
19-6967 Michael E. Boyd, et al. v. California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-authority circuit-split commerce-clause conflicting-circuit-authority declaratory-and-injunctive-relief federal-power-act prevailing-party-attorney-fees public-utility-regulatory-policies-act purpa remedies statutory-interpretation Whether PURPA provides comprehensive remedies that foreclose 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims
19-7081 Adeoye Oriade Adebowale v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
19-7086 Walter Daniel Prezioso v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether reliance on acquitted conduct in imposing sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
19-7088 Marcos Cortez-Rogel 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 …
19-7095 David Lee Smith v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-relief criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-standards pro-se sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Is pro-se petitioner entitled to court's liberal construction of his complaint?
19-710 Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits, LLC, dba Total Wine & More v. Michelle H. Seagull, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) antitrust antitrust-law commerce-clause market-competition preemption price-fixing sherman-act state-action-doctrine state-regulation wholesale-pricing Whether Section 1 of the Sherman Act preempts state laws facilitating such unsupervised private price-fixing
19-7102 Ruben Mendez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP case-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-precedent legal-procedure precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
19-7104 Julio Cesar Pacheco-Astrudillo 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 …
19-7112 Gabriel Galindo-Serrano v. United States First Circuit Denied IFP confession confession-suppression court-of-appeals criminal-procedure delay magistrate-judge motion-to-suppress plain-error standard-of-review waiver Whether the standard of review on appeal of an untimely motion to suppress a confession, based upon the failure to bring the defendant before a magist…
19-7131 Eric Hanna v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 aiding-and-abetting certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act-robbery second-or-successive-motion statutory-interpretation Question not identified
19-726 Mallory Jones, et al. v. Ramone Lamkin, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Marshal of the Civil and Magistrate Court of Richmond County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) branti-finkel branti-v-finkel civil-rights confidential-employee due-process elrod-burns elrod-v-burns employment employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-policy policy-maker policymaker public-employee public-employees public-sector Whether the exception to First Amendment protections for public employees applies based on the actual work performed or the written job description
19-7493 Charles T. Kirvin v. L. Grant, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process excusable-neglect good-cause jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge ninth-circuit notice-of-appeal standing timeliness Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arbitrarily and erroneously denied appeal notice for lack of jurisdiction
19-7513 Omar Smith v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel preliminary-hearing severance suppression-of-evidence trial-procedure trial-severance virginia-supreme-court witness-testimony Whether the Virginia Supreme Court erred in its rulings on ineffective assistance of counsel claims
19-7529 Veronica A. Williams v. Litton Loan Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights dodd-frank-act due-process financial-fraud fraud glass-steagall-act institutional-deception mortgage-servicing pro-se-assistance pro-se-litigation Whether lower courts failed to facilitate due process for the Petitioner
19-7532 Travis Welsh v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 3.850-motion 8th-amendment capital-sexual-battery civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus law-of-the-case motion-filing petition standing void-for-vagueness Did the court's refusal to accept the timely 3.850 motion filing because it did not identify the circuit court in the certification of service violate…
19-7537 Donald Alexander Spice v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP appeal court-access due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-defendants transcript transcript-access transcripts Whether MOR 5.433(c)(3) is unconstitutional as it violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and the mandates of…
19-7541 Richard Hurles v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment capital-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics recusal right-to-fair-trial Are the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments violated where a judge who has personally litigated against a defendant in the same case presides over his tr…
19-7545 Willie Palmer v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment abandonment effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance jury-instruction jury-instructions postconviction-relief rule-3.850 sixth-amendment unreasonable-determination-of-facts Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court
19-7546 Juan Jorge v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court civil-rights coa constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus precedent standing supreme-court Whether petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
19-7554 Roger Hillygus v. Frances Doherty, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983,false-arrest,due-process, due-process false-arrest guardianship-fraud judicial-procedure qualified-immunity standing Did the trial court err when it dismissed with prejudice all of Plaintiffs' claims under 42 USC § 1983 when Plaintiff Roger Hillygus has suffered fals…
19-7559 Elijah Jackson, Jr. v. Department of Housing and Urban Development, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech school-discipline standing statutory-interpretation student-rights DOES the First Amendment protect the right of a public school to discipline a student for off-campus speech that does not cause a substantial disrupti…
19-7563 Terry Glynn Speed v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus new-trial perjury racial-bias trial-procedure Whether the reviewing court is required to hold an evidentiary hearing to allow the petitioner to prove claims of racial prejudice and bias that would…
19-7573 Sean M. Donahue v. Eugene Scalia, Secretary of Labor, et al. Third Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-courts jobs-for-veterans-act standing statutory-enforcement statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-employment-rights veterans-preference-act void-for-vagueness What is the appropriate enforcement mechanism for 38 U.S.C. §4215?
19-7582 Raul Arellano v. Daniel Paramo, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure mailbox-rule ninth-circuit petition-reconsideration prisoner-rights standing Question not identified
19-7583 Tiffany R. Byrd v. Frederick Boutte, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-preservation exculpatory-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-search juror-bias jury-misconduct law-enforcement procedural-violations search-and-seizure Whether Tiffany R. Byrd #61935 was entitled to relief on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on trial counsel's failure to investigate an…
19-7591 Leo Lionel Payne v. Jessica Mangum Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-deprivation due-process failure-to-defend fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction right-to-travel standing state-action travel When Ms. Mangum acting under color of state law deprived petitioner of constitutional right to travel by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States…
19-7595 Rickey Todd Major v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-constitution retroactivity state-courts substantive-function supreme-court-precedent welch-v-united-states Does the federal Constitution require state courts to apply retroactively decisions that narrow the scope of criminal laws?
19-7600 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC Georgia Denied IFP effectively depriving pro se litigants of the sub equal-protection full-access-to-court judicial-estoppel private-property-without-just-compensation right-to-be-secured-in-papers with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau constitutional-rights document-tampering due-process equal-protection full-access-to-the-court judicial-and-or-equitable-estoppel judicial-misconduct private-property-without-just-compensation pro-se-litigation right-to-be-secured-in-one's-papers Does this oppressive conduct and reckless defiance of elementary standards of justice and fair play, with the specific and purposeful intent to defrau…
19-7609 Juan Mauricio Castillo v. Isidro Baca, Warden Nevada Denied IFP criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process montgomery-louisiana montgomery-v-louisiana retroactivity state-courts statutory-interpretation substantive-rule welch-united-states welch-v-united-states Whether due process requires the states to retroactively apply a decision narrowing the interpretation of a substantive criminal statute
19-7628 Glen Gary Guyn v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cause-and-prejudice comity due-process finality fourth-amendment fundamental-injustice incarceration search-and-seizure unreasonable-search unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether Mr. Guyn's Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures was violated
19-7660 Ronald Blue West v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion breach-of-duty causation civil-rights constitutional-rights damages duty-of-care federal-tort-claims-act prisoner-protection subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's civil rights and FTCA claims for failure to allege a physical injury
19-7666 Donniel Woods v. Aaron Joyner, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 506 U.S. 390 113 S.Ct. 853 122 L.Ed.2d 203 holdin federal-habeas-relief herrera-v-collins independent-constitutional-violation newly-discovered-evidence state-criminal-proceeding actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process habeas-corpus herrera-v-collins ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct state-criminal-proceeding Has the Supreme Court of the United States overruled Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 113 S.Ct. 853 122 L.Ed.2d 203
19-7676 Robert Jackson v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP eighth-amendment graham-v-florida graham-vs-florida juvenile-sentencing life-imprisonment mandatory-sentencing miller-graham-rule miller-v-alabama miller-vs-alabama national-consensus parole scientific-evidence Whether Eighth Amendment's protection established in Graham and Miller should be expanded beyond age cutoff at eighteen to prohibit mandatory life imp…
19-7723 James William Brammer v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari circuit-split criminal-procedure critical-stage motion-for-new-trial new-trial right-to-counsel sixth-amendment writ-of-certiorari Does the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel include appointment of counsel for prosecution of motion for a new trial?
19-7734 Andre Dennis v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation miranda-rights sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence Did counsel render ineffective assistance by failing to seek suppression of Mr. Dennis' statements to police because he was not re-Mirandized followin…
19-7740 Yolanda Bell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review case-dismissal civil-rights collateral-order disability disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion judicial-process motion-denial reasonable-accommodation Did the Court of Appeals commit legal error and abuse their discretion when denying Petitioner's appeal of the district courts denial of her motions r…
19-7759 Lyarron T. Emers v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment aggravating-factor constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment pre-sentence-investigation right-to-remain-silent right-to-silence sentencing sentencing-discretion Question not identified
19-7762 Galen LeMar Amerson, et al. v. Atlas Law Firm, P.C., et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-contempt civil-liberties constitutional-rights due-process hearing hearing-requirements judicial-procedure judicial-sanctions kidnapping liberty property warrantless-search If the right to a hearing is assured under due process, according to the 6th and 14th amendments, before a person can be deprived of life, liberty or …
19-7791 Jermaine Michael Jackson v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP alibi-defense civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presumption-of-prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Was trial counsel's abandonment of a readily available alibi defense a violation of petitioner's Sixth Amendment right?
19-7813 Michael C. Jamerson v. Jason Lewis, Warden Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation due-process evidentiary-hearing exculpatory-evidence giglio-vs-united-states habeas-corpus napue-standard napue-vs-illinois perjured-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony Did the Missouri courts err in failing to find that the State's failure to disclose exculpatory evidence violated its obligation under Brady v. Maryla…
19-7830 Pablo Antonio Pantaleon-Aviles v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure deportation deportation-warrant evidence illegal-reentry immigration immigration-law sixth-amendment Whether a warrant of deportation admitted to prove an essential element of the offense of illegal reentry is subject to confrontation under the Sixth …
19-7835 Miguel Rodriguez v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-authorization constitutional-law constitutional-suspension due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision in McCarthan v. Dir. Goodwill Indus. Suncoast-Inc, 851 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2017), is in violation of the Unit…
19-7836 Tajuddin Salahuddin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute property property-rights property-seizure restitution restitution-lien seizure third-party third-party-rights When the United States of America seizes innocent third-party property and cash; applies 21 U.S.C 853 to forfeit the property but applies a separate r…
19-7838 Anthony Shockey v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP addiction-treatment criminal-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-addiction drug-test due-process parole probation sentencing-guidelines supervised-release violation-classification When an addict on supervised release fails a drug test, should the failure be treated as a crime or a manifestation of a disease?
19-7839 Christopher Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure deterrence due-process imprisonment plain-error-review policy-statement policy-statement-range sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines Is a single-sentence explanation of 'I believe this addresses the issues of adequate deterrence and protection of the public' procedurally reasonable …
19-7851 Lenin Martinez-Alvarado v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court downward-departure eleventh-circuit jurisdiction substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g-§4a1.3 Whether certiorari review should be granted where the Eleventh Circuit held that it did not have jurisdiction to review the district court's denial to…
19-7869 Raymond David Wilson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender common-scheme criminal-scheme criminal-sentencing felony-disposition judicial-discretion misdemeanor-conviction misrepresentation-of-felony prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Why Did The District Court Erroneously Classify Mr. Wilson As A Career Offender
19-7873 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure due-process firearms judicial-review jurisdiction legal-error mens-rea standing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the government must prove the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited status in order to convict under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)
19-7875 Byron Gay v. Scott Daffenbach, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure dna-testing evidence evidentiary-rules judicial-admission judicial-admissions legal-standards scientific-evidence standards Question not identified.
19-7876 Aaron Richardson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Did an unconstitutional 'objective risk of bias' or 'probability of actual bias on the part of the judge' manifest itself during the sentencing hearin…
19-7881 Tavares L. Farrington v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-behavior criminal-procedure first-hand-witness fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure second-hand-information terry-stop Under the Fourth Amendment, a Terry stop and frisk must be supported by reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or will soon be committed. Here, po…
19-7884 In Re James Ernest Frye Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-relief appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances jurisdiction standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
19-7886 Dennis Mahon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constitutional-review custodial-interrogation district-court effective-assistance-of-counsel functional-equivalent-of-interrogation judicial-disagreement legal-standard magistrate-judge miranda-v-arizona right-to-silence substantial-showing Whether the lower courts erred in failing to find that a defendant made a substantial showing that jurists of reason could disagree on a constitutiona…
19-7887 Juvenile Female v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adult-status congress-intent delinquency-prevention district-court-discretion due-process juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-and-delinquency-prevention-act juvenile-offenders juvenile-transfer sentencing supreme-court-precedent transfer-to-adult-status Whether a district court errs when it gives too much weight to the seriousness of charged offenses in deciding whether to transfer a juvenile to adult…
19-7894 In Re Charles S. Renchenski Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-adequacy statutory-interpretation statutory-notice writ-of-certiorari Did the federal court(s) unlawfully suspend the writ of habeas corpus?
19-7896 Nicholas Hughes v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit shall be permitted to remain an outlying jurisdiction insofar as it interprets the phrase 'for the purpose of' to require…
19-7898 Richard C. Murphy v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appeals appellate-review attorney-client attorney-client-relationship civil-procedure civil-rights counsel-ethics due-process judicial-discretion legal-ethics legal-representation procedural-integrity representation standing Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals abuse their discretion by allowing counsel to continue representation after counsel documented his unwillingnes…
19-7909 Sidney P. Kilmartin v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP assisted-suicide causation civil-rights due-process first-circuit free-speech legal-reasoning mail-fraud mailing-an-injurious-article mailing-injurious-article statutory-interpretation Whether the First Circuit's reasoning on causation issues attendant to assisted suicide is at odds with this Court's case-law and the states' view of …
19-7911 Thomas William Cornelius, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion 28-usc-2255 appeal criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus physical-presence right-to-be-present sentencing Whether a defendant has a right to be physically present at a re-sentencing hearing under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
19-7916 Mark Gelazela v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3282 continuing-offense criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-prosecution lulling statute-of-limitations time-barred wire-fraud Whether after-the-fact 'lulling' allegations extend the statute of limitations for wire fraud beyond the five-year period authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 32…
19-7917 Isaac Feldman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antisemitic-reference antisemitism appellate-review conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause jury-verdict prosecution prosecutorial-misconduct Where a jury returns a final verdict on a charge of conspiracy, finding a defendant guilty of only one of multiple charged offense objects, is the gov…
19-7934 Kathleen Betts v. United Airlines, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitration-procedure arbitration-procedures civil-procedure collective-bargaining court-review due-process eeoc-charge employment judicial-proceedings lower-court pro-se-litigation retaliation seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit so far departed from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower cour…
19-7940 Luis Fernandez Morales v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 28-usc-1915 appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure federal-courts in-forma-pauperis merits-determination sentence-modification sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether defendant in a federal criminal case is entitled to appeal the district court's judgment denying motion to modify sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
19-7942 Daniel Dale Parsons v. R. Blades, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adverse-witness co-defendant-guilty-plea co-defendant-statement compulsory-process compulsory-process-clause confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination harmless-error plain-error waiver Has the accused's right of confrontation been converted from the prosecutor's duty under Confrontation Clause into the accused's privilege under the C…
19-7949 Kenneth Richard Devore v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-public-trust criminal-law criminal-law,evidence,sentencing,fraud,public-trus evidence jurisdiction sentencing sophisticated-means Does sufficient evidence exist to support Mr. Devore's convictions for mail-fraud, theft-of-public-money, wire-fraud
19-7950 Daejerron L. Valentine v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment ambiguity automobile-exception conjunctive consistency criminal-procedure Did the removal of 'or' create ambiguity? disjunctive fourth-amendment Is a defendant entitled to consistent jury instruc jury-instructions jury-trial legislative-history possession probable-cause reasonableness reasonableness-standard scope-of-search search search-and-seizure search-scope statutory-interpretation warrant-requirement warrantless-search Did the warrantless search of an automobile exceed the scope of the automobile exception?
19-7967 Kenneth Durant v. Frank Lawrence, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights filing-deadlines habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-remedy procedural-due-process right-to-counsel tolling Whether the petitioner was denied effective assistance of trial counsel and appellate counsel, and whether the petitioner was denied access to the cou…
19-7970 Shawnte L. Shade v. Rusty Washburn, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-unconstitutionality statute-of-limitations Whether the Petitioner's statute of limitation was equitably tolled under Holland v. Florida
19-8026 In Re Jonathan A. Hampton Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-speedy-trial-habeas-corpus-d criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-discretion jury-instructions personal-recognizance speedy-trial Does the petitioner in a habeas proceeding have an inherent constitutional right to be enlarged upon his personal recognizance in the interest of his …
19-956 Donald E. Craig, et al. v. Janet Turner O'Kelley, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Harley Turner, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process government-officers harlow-standard harlow-v-fitzgerald moore-v-pederson panel-decision qualified-immunity timing-circumstance Whether timing constitutes an extraordinary circumstance for qualified immunity
19-986 Mary Lou Vosburgh, et al. v. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District, et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process government-action liberty-interest mandamus name-clearing procedural-rights reputation reputation-harm When a government actor deprives an individual of his liberty interest in his reputation, is a state court proceeding in the nature of mandamus to com…
19-990 Southern Illinois Storm Shelters v. 4SEMO.COM, Incorporated Seventh Circuit Denied business-impact circuit-conflict circuit-split common-law-trademark equitable-multi-factor-test equitable-test prior-precedent senior-user-rights trademark-ownership trademark-territory Did the Seventh Circuit panel's rejection of the equitable multi-factor test proposed by Professor McCarthy to determine common law trademark ownershi…
19-996 Lindsay Waters v. Georgia Georgia Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights coercion due-process dui dui-testing fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to coerce submission to a warrantless blood test
19-998 Vickie Cook, Individually and as Natural Mother to Deanna Cook, et al. v. Tonyita Hopkins, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment state-created-danger summary-judgment Whether the Fifth Circuit improperly applied a 'deemed credible' approach to viewing a movant's credibility and arbitrarily excluded admissions of dis…
19M119 William Francis Walsh, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M120 Glenn W. Rebenstorf v. Jeffrey Grant Second Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M121 Phillip Earl Crenshaw, Jr. v. Julie L. Jones, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M122 Morris J. Warren v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M123 Michael Logan Lowery v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M124 Archie G. Armstrong v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M125 Archie G. Armstrong v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M126 Archie G. Armstrong v. Amtrak Police Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M127 Archie G. Armstrong v. GEICO Insurance Third Circuit Presumed Complete None