Conference: 2020-04-17

185 cases — 0 granted, 185 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
19-783 Nathan Van Buren v. United States Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (22)Relisted (2) circuit-split computer-fraud computer-fraud-and-abuse-act cybercrime data-protection improper-purpose intent standing statutory-interpretation unauthorized-access Whether a person who is authorized to access information on a computer for certain purposes violates Section 1030(a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abus… 33.0
19-514 Nikko A. Jenkins v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Amici (3)Relisted (3) capital-sentencing death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment mental-health mental-illness mitigating-evidence sixth-amendment solitary-confinement (1) Whether the sentencing court violated the requirement of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment that capital sentencers give meaningful consideration… 14.5
19-672 The Rams Football Company, LLC, et al. v. St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, et al. Missouri Denied Relisted (8) arbitrability arbitration-agreement clear-and-unmistakable contract-principles court-enforcement federal-arbitration-act lower-court-split state-contract-law state-law Whether the Federal Arbitration Act permits a court to refuse to enforce the terms of an arbitration agreement assigning questions of arbitrability to… 14.0
19-1136 Chong Yim, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington Washington Denied Amici (3)Response Waived civil-rights due-process first-in-time fourteenth-amendment landlord-tenant legislative-act property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings substantive-due-process takings tenant-selection undue-oppression Based on its interpretation of federal law, the Washington Supreme Court overruled 68 regulatory takings and due process cases —130 years of jurisprud… 11.5
19-512 Anthony Robinson v. Department of Education Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (3) civil-procedure civil-suit consumer-protection fair-credit-reporting-act federal-agency federal-government-liability sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation statutory-liability Whether the Fair Credit Reporting Act authorizes consumers to file civil suits against federal governmental agencies under 15 U.S.C. § 1681n and §1681… 11.5
19-739 Julius Barbour, et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights class-action class-action-settlement-notice class-action-settlement-notice,due-process,hisen-v class-member-compensation compensation due-process hisen-v-carlisle-jacquelin judicial-discretion notice notice-requirement post-settlement-requirements procedural-fairness procedural-order settlement settlement-procedure 1. Whether class members are given constitutionally adequate notice under Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin , which requires direct individual notice when… 11.0
19-967 Craig M. Wood v. Missouri Missouri Denied Relisted (2) capital-punishment capital-sentencing constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment jury-determination jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Constitution requires that a jury, rather than a judge, weigh the aggravating and mitigating circumstances to determine whether a defendan… 11.0
19-587 Jimmie Eugene White, II v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied continuance criminal-procedure district-court-discretion ends-of-justice on-the-record-findings speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation stipulation time-exclusion Whether, notwithstanding the plain language of § 3161(h)(7) of the Speedy Trial Act and this Court's decision in Zedner, a district court may exclude … 10.5
19-732 Richard Natofsky v. City of New York Second Circuit Denied ada adverse-employment-action americans-with-disabilities-act burden-of-proof burden-shifting but-for-causation causation-standard civil-rights disability-discrimination employment-discrimination employment-law mixed-motive mixed-motive-causation Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act permits employees to proceed under a mixed-motive causation standard before the burden shifts to employers… 10.5
19-893 Shimon Waronker v. Hempstead Union Free School District, et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights corruption due-process employment-retaliation first-amendment free-speech government-corruption public-employee public-official speech-protection whistleblower 1. Whether the First Amendment protects the speech by a public official that is required by law and that reports and exposes corruption. 2. Whether s… 10.5
19-984 Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman, LLC v. Common Benefit Fee and Cost Committee Fourth Circuit Denied common-benefit-fund conflict-of-interest court-appointed-committee due-process fee-allocation multidistrict-litigation self-dealing Whether federal courts must implement a process that comports with due process to determine the fee and expense allocation of common-benefit funds in … 10.5
18-1577 Pennsylvania v. Edward Adams Pennsylvania Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-law civil-rights conflict-with-other-jurisdictions fourth-amendment investigative-detention law-enforcement-encounter pennsylvania-supreme-court probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop traffic-stop The question presented is whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court erred in finding that Adams was subjected to an unreasonable seizure in violation of … 9.5
19-611 Rene A. Boucher v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeal below-guideline-sentence criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-appeal waiver waiver-of-rights 1. Did the government waive its right to appeal the defendant's sentence when it expressly agreed that the defendant would be free to argue for a belo… 9.0
19-643 John Hurry, et al. v. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process finra immunity law-enforcement-powers private-corporation regulatory-authority securities-industry securities-regulation state-action state-actor tort-immunity 1. Whether FINRA, an ostensibly private corporation invested with vast powers to regulate the securities industry, is absolutely immune from any claim… 9.0
19-794 Daniel Macias, et al. v. Raymond Nichols, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-dispute civil-procedure civil-rights district-of-columbia-v-wesby fourth-amendment law-enforcement ninth-circuit probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 wesby A magistrate judge granted Riverside police officers qualified immunity on a § 1983 unlawful arrest claim, finding there was probable cause for the ar… 9.0
19-1133 Melvin Hodges, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines vague-laws vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson can assert a timely, valid claim that the residual clause of the mandatory Guidelin… 8.5
19-627 Antonio Islas-Veloz v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) None 7.5
19-488 Steven T. Waltner, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law administrative-regulation certified-mail circuit-split common-law-mailbox-rule due-process-challenge irc-section-7502 mailbox-rule postmark statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-filing 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit incorrectly held, in conflict with precedents in the Third, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, that under 26 CFR §301.750… 6.0
19M118 Julius Jerome Murphy v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 6.0
19-1013 Darru K. Hsu v. UBS Financial Services, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied class-action controlling-question-of-law exculpatory-clause interlocutory-review appellate-jurisdiction arbitration civil-rights class-action due-process federal-arbitration-act investment-contract jurisdictional-challenge sec-regulation securities standing statutory-violation Question-1: Whether the Supreme Court should grant the judgment for the violation of SEC Heitman Capital No Action Letter in UBS MAC wrap-fee investme… 5.5
19-1014 Teresa Berry v. Delaware County Sheriff's Office Sixth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights deliberate-indifference detainee-rights due-process jail-conditions medical-care medical-policy medical-training municipal-liability policy training withdrawal The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment from the United States District Court Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division finding that… 5.5
19-1016 Jeffrey Kirsch v. Redwood Recovery Services, LLC, et al. Nevada Denied business-activities business-contacts civil-procedure deposition-sanction discovery due-process evidence evidence-preclusion nationwide-contacts personal-jurisdiction sanctions 1. Did the District Court violate the Due Process Clause by barring Defendant-Petitioner from presenting any evidence in his defense at trial, a sanct… 5.5
19-1024 Wayne A. Powe, et ux. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 2004-G Fifth Circuit Denied deed-of-trust financial-institutions-reform-recovery-and-enforce FIRREA firrea-receivership foreclosure foreclosure-standing indymac-bank mortgage-pass-through note-assignment receivership residential-asset-securitization standing trust trustee trustee-appointment 1. Whether Respondent Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage Pass- Thr… 5.5
19-1043 Paul G., a Conserved Adult, By and Through His Conservator Steve G. v. Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedures due-process-complaint exhaustion-requirement free-appropriate-public-education futility-exception individuals-with-disabilities-education-act local-educational-agency non-IDEA-claims relief-not-available-under-IDEA settlement-agreement Whether exhaustion of the administrative procedures provided by the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1415(l), is required w… 5.5
19-506 W. M. V. C., et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-857 GPI Distributors, Inc. v. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Ohio Denied court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-litigants judicial-review property-rights property-takings Do the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses prohibit states from imposing substantial financial burdens on indigent parties seeking judicial revie… 5.5
19-878 Guy Gentile v. Securities and Exchange Commission Third Circuit Denied administrative-enforcement administrative-law circuit-split civil-penalties civil-procedure injunctions injunctive-relief penalty-bar securities-law statute-of-limitations Does the five-year statute of limitations in 28 U.S.C. § 2462 apply to "obey the law" injunctions and penny stock industry bars pursuant to 15 U.S.C. … 5.5
19-894 Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc. Second Circuit Denied circuit-split copyright-infringement copyright-ownership feist-publication feist-publications pleading-standard prima-facie-case second-circuit seventh-circuit third-circuit unauthorized-copying Did the Second Circuit err in holding that a complaint for copyright infringement must be dismissed unless it alleges particular facts showing "1) whi… 5.5
19-993 Irma Rosas v. Austin Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-procedure dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion legal-interpretation motion-to-reopen (1) WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DISMISSING PETITIONER'S CLAIMS WHEN IT DENIED HER MOTION TO REOPEN HER APPEAL, CONTRARY TO FEDERAL RULE OF APPELL… 5.5
19M128 Antonio Raheem Matthews v. Colby Braun, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied None 5.5
19M129 Kaneka Corporation v. Xiamen Kingdomway Group Company, et al. Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19-703 Barbara Nina Davis v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) certified-mail civil-procedure consumer-rights due-process fannie-mae first-class-mail foreclosure freddie-mac mortgage-notice notice notice-and-opportunity-to-cure residential-foreclosure uniform-mortgage Whether under the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage, a notice given by certified mail return receipt requested is a means other than first class… 4.0
19-713 Paul E. Nunu v. Nancy Nunu Risk, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abridged Petitioner's First-Amendment-right-to-pe as applied access-to-courts citizens-united-v-fec contempt court-access first-amendment petition-clause prior-restraint pro-se vexatious-litigant 1. Whether the Texas Vexatious Litigant Statutes, as applied, abridged Petitioner's First Amendment unfettered core right to petition and to access Te… 4.0
19-823 Susan Pearsall v. Thomas C. Guernsey, DDS Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review civil-procedure consent constitutional-procedure court-intervention due-process judicial-modification legal-consent separation-of-powers settlement-agreement I. Whether it is unconstitutional for the Court to write, rewrite, modify, or add to a so-called settlement agreement without the consent of the parti… 4.0
19-880 Yisrael M. Kemp v. Georgia State University Admissions Office, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) admission-criteria civil-rights-act civil-rights-act-1964 constitutional-law education-policy equal-protection georgia-constitution title-vi university-admission university-system-georgia Whether the Eleven Circuit Court error not to determine the equal protection clause, and the civil rights act of 1964, Title VI, authorize Georgia con… 4.0
19-1028 Alina Korsunska v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived credibility employment-discrimination evidence-law intent-and-motivation intent-motivation jury-trial material-dispute retaliation summary-judgment title-vii U.S. Supreme Court and every circuit has at one time or another expressed the view that employment discrimination and retaliation cases are poor candi… 3.5
19-1036 Teresa Ann Waters v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment adam-walsh-act civil-liberties due-process equal-protection federal-funding sex-offender-registration substantive-due-process tier-classification tier-iii-sex-offender 1. Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier III sex offender according to 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c). 2. Whether Ms. Waters is a Tier I sex offender according to Adam W… 3.5
19-1086 Robert E. Garcia v. Michael Falk, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights compensable-injury constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process legal-injury nominal-damages procedural-due-process section-1983 standing Whether it is an error of law to dismiss a constitutional claim brought under 42 U.S.C. 1983 on the grounds that the plaintiff has failed to establish… 3.5
19-1089 Lisa Gindi v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process education eeoc-procedures employment employment-discrimination free-speech school-safety special-education standing student-discipline title-vii workplace-retaliation I. Question: Whether a failure to recognize the current IEP which allow the coddling of the very dangerous kids who are a threat to teachers and other… 3.5
19-1090 In Re Bahig F. Bishay Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-action federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Against the backdrop of this Court's most recent guidance set forth in Weyerhaeuser Co., — where the Court held, to wit: "The Administrative Procedure… 3.5
19-1110 Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, et al. v. Boston Scientific Corporation Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process federal-court federal-patent-statute federal-statute patent-infringement patent-venue personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity sovereign-rights state-rights state-sovereign state-sovereignty Whether a state's sovereign right to try its causes within its borders when there is personal jurisdiction over the defendant renders unconstitutional… 3.5
19-1113 Peter R. Rumbin v. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal due-process equitable-estoppel government-seizure plaut-v-spendthrift-farms property-rights standing takings u.s.-government-v.-espinosa 1. Whether the courts should overrule the decision of the District Court of Connecticut (11-cv-904 (CSH)), which granted the Respondents' motion to di… 3.5
19-1118 Jeffrey Todd Palumbo v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure criminal-testimony doyle-v-ohio due-process exculpatory-evidence first-time-account impeachment miranda-rights Miranda-warnings prosecutorial-misconduct self-incrimination trial-procedure uncharged-misconduct When a criminal defendant has been advised prior to trial of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 346 (1966), and then testifies at trial to … 3.5
19-1120 Monette E. Saccameno v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 7th-amendment appellate-review circuit-court civil-rights due-process judicial-review new-trial punitive-damages reexamination-clause remittitur seventh-amendment I. Does the Reexamination Clause of the Seventh Amendment allow the Circuit Court to fix the amount of punitive damages without offering a remittitur … 3.5
19-1125 Steven Menzies v. Seyfarth Shaw LLP, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights continuity continuity-analysis due-process flexible-approach mail-fraud pleading-requirements racketeering racketeering-activity rico-pattern rico-pattern-of-racketeering tax-shelter wire-fraud 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit failed to apply this Court's mandated flexible approach to RICO's pattern of rac… 3.5
19-1142 Kendall R. Carter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment administrative-subpoena carpenter-v-united-states civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment internet-privacy internet-subscriber-information ip-address privacy privacy-interest subpoena third-party-doctrine warrant-requirement Whether the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement guarantee protects a right to privacy in an internet protocol ("IP") address and internet subscriber … 3.5
19-1146 Centaur, L.L.C. v. River Ventures, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split conceptual-approach contract-classification federal-maritime-law judicial-interpretation maritime-commerce maritime-law precedent spatial-approach In Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Kirby, 543 U.S. 14 (2004), this Court mandated that a conceptual approach –not a spatial approach –be utilized to d… 3.5
19-1159 Michael Bouchard v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment brady-giglio-jencks brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ex-post-facto false-statements false-statements-statute ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mortgage-lending retroactivity sixth-amendment I. Under the "false statements statute", 18 U.S.C. §1014, it is a crime to knowingly make "any false statement or report ... for the purpose of influe… 3.5
19-1162 Addison Thompson v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-claim administrative-settlement civil-rights copyright-act copyright-law due-process exhaustion-of-claims federal-agency federal-government federal-statute sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation vara visual-artists-rights-act In 2014, a photographic mural project was destroyed during the relocation of the Peter Stuyvesant United States Postal Service (USPS), New York. The U… 3.5
19-1163 Bernard Rottschaefer v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals collateral-estoppel court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy drug-distribution due-process judicial-deference judicial-review jurisdiction medical-professional precedent standard-of-review substantial-question On March 3rd, 2006, the Court of Appeals for the 3rd District ruled that sex-for-drugs played no part in Dr. Rottschaefer's convictions and that Dr. R… 3.5
19-6647 Michael J. Baxter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP acquitted-conduct batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination reasonable-doubt sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-watts 1. Whether the striking of two out of three black veniremembers demonstrates a "pattern of discrimination" as necessary to satisfy the first step of t… 0.5
19-7182 Cirilo Mancilla Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process legal-objection preservation-of-error sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-unreasonableness 1. Whether claims of substantive unreasonableness must be preserved by specific objection? SUB SIDIARY QUESTI ON: Whether the Court should hold the c… 0.5
19-7220 Francisco Guerrero-Saucedo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction reasonable-doubt 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
19-7333 Eduardo Luis Martinez-Paz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment 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
19-6696 Barbara Myers-McNeil v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection indigent-defense language-access right-to-counsel transcript Question not identified. -0.5
19-5133 Andrew Anthony Brown v. William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -1.0
19-6055 Edwin Ricardo Flores v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-felony chevron-deference circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure ex-post-facto immigration immigration-law separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation theft-offense I. Does a "theft offense (including receipt of stolen property)" under § 1101(a)(43)(G) require a taking of property without consent? II. May courts … -1.0
19-6413 Ricky Langley v. Howard Prince, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP acquittal ashe-v-swenson collateral-estoppel constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus jury-verdict Whether it is clearly established that a jury's failure to return a verdict, which is tantamount to an acquittal for double jeopardy purposes, will ha… -1.0
19-6609 Chad Michael Stoner v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-875c 18-usc-876c criminal-law due-process federal-crime first-amendment-speech free-speech internet interstate-threat interstate-transmission private-correspondence statutory-interpretation threat video-reposting The question presented is whether, as the court of appeals in this case held, a person may be convicted of the federal crime of interstate transmissio… -1.0
19-7879 Luis D. Rivera-Carrasquillo, et al. v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1959 18-usc-924 categorical-approach crime-of-violence first-degree-murder penal-code plain-error puerto-rico-penal-code racketeering sentencing-enhancement violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering 1. Is first degree murder, as broadly and idiosyncratically defined under the 2004 Puerto Rico Penal Code: (a) included in the category of "murder" as… -1.5
19-7931 Nancy Arlene Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit government-misconduct methamphetamine-conspiracy miranda-rights sentencing-guidelines substantial-assistance supreme-court unconstitutional-motive Petitioner, NANCY ARLENE LOPEZ, appealed her ten-year statutory minimum sentence imposed after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import 500 or more … -1.5
19-7933 Larry Donnell Bogard v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness due-process johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … -1.5
19-7947 Bobby Joe Floyd v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure-28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines mandatory-sentencing-guidelines residual-clause section-2255 timeliness 1. Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the pre-Booker … -1.5
19-7987 Ashley R. Hambright v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure driving-while-intoxicated due-process dui evidence evidence-sufficiency federal-appeals intoxication magistrate-review military-jurisdiction stare-decisis sufficiency-of-evidence Petitioner, ASHLEYR. HAMBRIGHT, appealed her twelve months of supervised probation for driving while intoxicated ("DWI") on the grounds of a military … -1.5
19-7998 Paul Anthony Montanez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-discretion reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines I. Did the district court impose a plainly unreasonable sentence upon Mr. Montanez? -1.5
19-8030 Robbie Shane Bateman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary burglary criminal-statute entry entry-definition generic-burglary sentencing-enhancement sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation tennessee-law The Armed Career Criminal Act's mandatory penalty can be triggered by prior convictions for "burglary." 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) , (e)(2(B)(ii). The term "b… -1.5
19-8053 Daniel Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence economic-harm federal-criminal-law hobbs-act property-rights sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (b) is categorically a "crime of violence" as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c)(3)(A) , if the plain … -1.5
19-8055 Corey Jones v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review sentencing supervisory-power Petitioner was sentenced to 15 years in prison for biting a finger. The Court of Appeals found that "highly unjust, and little short of absurd," and t… -1.5
19-8066 Silvestre Lara-Cervantes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-remand criminal-procedure harmless-error holguin-hernandez judicial-review precedent reasonable-probability reconsideration remand sentencing standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Whether there is a reasonable probability of a different result in the event that the court below is instructed to reconsider the decision in light of… -1.5
19-8080 Julio Solorzano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence-exception civil-rights collateral-attack criminal-procedure davis-ruling due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus sentencing sentencing-challenge waiver-doctrine May a person who is actually innocent of a firearms offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) after United States v. Davis, 1389 S. Ct. 2319 (2019), seek habea… -1.5
19-8097 Jay Eugene Reed v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-rule-52(b) criminal-rule-52b evidence-rule-103 expert-testimony forfeiture plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-procedure Under Evidence Rule 103 and Criminal Rule 52(b), once a party informs the court of the substance of the evidence at issue, and the court rules, counse… -1.5
19-8100 Jorge Rodriguez-Luca v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing johnson-rule johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine void-for-vagueness I. Whether, for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(f)(3), the new rule announced in Johnson applies to the identical residual clause in the mandatory guidel… -1.5
19-7647 William P. Castillo v. Nevada Nevada Denied Amici (1)IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review apprendi apprendi-line capital-punishment capital-sentencing clemons-v-mississippi death-penalty jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances mitigating-evidence mitigation-evidence reweighing Nevada courts instruct juries that they may consider imposing a death sentence only after finding at least one statutory aggravating factor beyond a r… -3.5
19-5596 Eric T. Latham v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment arizona-v-gant civil-rights criminal-procedure evidence fourth-amendment minor-traffic-offense probable-cause search-incident-to-arrest traffic-offense vehicle-search Is whether this Court's ruling in Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009), permitted police officers to conduct a "search incident to arrest" for only "p… -4.0
19-6695 Ilana Rigwan v. Jordan Lee Neus Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP court-procedure court-records docket-alteration evidence-tampering judicial-accountability judicial-discipline judicial-ethics judicial-integrity judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight judicial-transparency legal-accountability public-trust Q: Should Judges be allowed to alter dockets and go unpunished? (Many) Judges don't base their judgements on the merits of the case, include all of th… -4.0
19-6794 Lakesha Smith v. St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law judicial-interpretation statute-of-limitations statutory-definition statutory-interpretation time-bar wrongful-termination 1. If the actions of the respondent that led to my termination were "willful ", did the United States Court of Appeals Err in affirming the United Sta… -4.0
19-7077 Immanuel F. Sanchez v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fundamental-rights in-forma-pauperis oral-argument standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.0
19-7166 Ann Karnofel v. Superior Waterproofing, Inc. Ohio Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts age-discrimination civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-trial pro-se standing Were Petitioner's due Process Rights denied, because she is a 97-year-old, female PRO se litigant? Did A PRO Se litiGANt Receive A faiR DAY IN the Lo… -4.0
19-6220 Nerses Nick Bronsozian v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR IFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process firearms firearms-regulation national-firearms-act registration statutory-construction taxation taxation-power When the National Firearms Act ("NFA") was passed in 1934, the sole constitutional authority for the law was Congress's power to tax under U.S. Const.… -4.5
19-6927 Tony Egbuna Ford v. Texas Texas Denied IFP arbitrary-state-action criminal-procedure death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus merits-consideration state-action state-created-right state-created-rights statutory-criteria subsequent-application subsequent-habeas-application Whether the Tex as Court of Criminal Appeals' unex plained dismissal of claims raised in a subsequent application for writ of habeas corpus, where the… -4.5
19-7001 Haji Bagcho, aka Haji Bagh Chagul, aka Haji Bagchagul v. United States District of Columbia Denied IFP acquittal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-selection jury-selection-and-service-act racial-bias racial-discrimination sixth-amendment I. Whether pursuant to the Jury Selection and Service Act a criminal defendant who observes a racially skewed venire can be denied time to inspect jur… -4.5
19-7003 Quintin Wright v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP alternative-means arkansas-law armed-career-criminal-act criminal-statute domestic-battering force-clause property-damage serious-physical-injury terroristic-threatening violent-felony I. Whether a conviction under Arkansas's terroristic threatening in the first degree statute qualifies as a violent felony under the Armed Career Crim… -4.5
19-7215 Jerry Jabbari Rhodes v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-sentencing jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment watts-decision Is it reasonable and constitutional to sentence a defendant on facts for which a jury found the same defendant not guilty? -4.5
19-7236 John Joseph DeBlase v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP capital-case codefendant confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process jury-unanimity sixth-amendment waiver 1. Do the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause permit, in a capital case, the admission of statements of a nontestifying codefendant, acknowledg… -4.5
19-7314 Johnny L. Dawson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP acca acca-predicate-offense actual-innocence armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense eleventh-circuit elonis-v-united-states florida-statute mens-rea serious-drug-offense shular strict-liability supreme-court-review united-states-v-smith 1. Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit erroneously concluded in finding Petitioner's Fla. Stat. § 893.13 drug offenses… -4.5
19-7565 Tyree Wright v. S. Alvarez, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference diagnostic-imaging due-process eighth-amendment inmate-rights medical-care medical-records prison-healthcare qualified-immunity 1. While you are incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), how are you supposed to notify Medical of your prior medical history/he… -4.5
19-7577 Jason L. Brown v. Lisa M. Brown Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-provisions systemic-discrimination 1gb08m 1Slavery Cocerion, Desaceing of The United States Coorts, &Unisie Justice systemand citaziens. -4.5
19-7579 Philip G. Barry v. Thomas Perkins, et ux. Second Circuit Denied IFP automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-courts bankruptcy-jurisdiction bankruptcy-law federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments void-ab-initio Whether the so-called "Rooker-Feldman Doctrine" strips bankruptcy and other lower federal courts of jurisdiction to avoid or otherwise declare a sta… -4.5
19-7596 Julia L. McDuffy-Johnson v. Daniel A. Lane, III Fifth Circuit Denied IFP amendment-violations Amendments-I-IV-VIII-XIII-XIV appeals civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question fifth-circuit judicial-procedure sexual-assault standing Supervisory-power-of-SCOTUS I Julia Louise McDuffy Johnson, Appellant believe The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit has entered a decision which is in conflict the fe… -4.5
19-7601 Craig K. Garrett v. Joseph Madder, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure digital-privacy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct public-defender right-to-counsel search-and-seizure state-attorney Question not identified. -4.5
19-7611 D'Marlo Levonne Faulk Johnson v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP 6th-amendment appeal-process appellate-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal post-conviction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does the Sixth Amendment Right To Counsel extend to the Appellate process? Whether the effective assistance of Counsel when Petitioner are to they re… -4.5
19-7612 Sha'Ron A. Sims v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process equal-protection mortgage-foreclosure mortgage-securitization property-rights securitization standing standing-doctrine "Procedural due process imposes constraints on governmental decisions which deprive individuals of "liberty" or "property" interests within the meanin… -4.5
19-7615 William E. Vukich v. Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-interpretation mistrial probation sentencing Question not identified. -4.5
19-7619 Therian Cornelia Wimbush v. R. L. Conway, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process government-liability law-enforcement qualified-immunity Question not identified. -4.5
19-7632 Joshua Allen Bolen v. Erik A. Hooks, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 2nd-amendment 5th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-interpretation sentencing standing statute-of-limitations takings can a person really sign away the U.S. constitution's guaranteed rights, and amendment 14 the U.S. cnstition, that in ladder part is a right, as well … -4.5
19-7641 Yusong Gong v. University of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights civil-rights-act false-claims-act federal-funding first-amendment fraud-waste-abuse government-corruption old-case public-university public-university-employees research-misconduct retaliation settlement-agreement state-immunity title-vii whether-court-of-appeals-made-mistakes-in-determin whether-district-court-court-of-appeals-has-respon whether-us-supreme-court-should-exclude-state-immu whistleblower-protection 1. Whether U. S. Supreme Court should enforce The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA) and The False Claim Act (FCA), and extend pr… -4.5
19-7649 Socorro Susan Caro v. California California Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-beyond-reasonable-doubt jury-finding jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment Does California's death penalty scheme, which permits the trier of fact to impose a sentence of death without finding beyond a reasonable doubt (1) th… -4.5
19-7655 Joseph Llewellyn Worrell v. Emigrant Mortgage Company, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 11-usc-349 automatic-stay bankruptcy-dismissal bankruptcy-dismissal-statute-11-usc-349-b-3 bankruptcy-estate-revesting chapter-13-petition due-process mortgage-lien postpetition-sale prepetition-status-quo-ante servicemembers-civil-relief-act servicemembers-civil-relief-act-scra-2003 status-quo-ante Whether the "prepetition status quo ante " requirement of the bankruptcy dismissal statute, 11 U.S.C. § 349(b)(3), extinguishes unapproved postpetitio… -4.5
19-7658 In Re Robert Strange Denied IFP civil-rights due-process mandamus prohibition standing supreme-court Question not identified. -4.5
19-7668 Darlene Kay Herran v. Indiana Indiana Denied IFP 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-rights appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process home-detention indigent-client indigent-rights pro-bono-counsel sixth-amendment standing transcript-costs 1) Did the Indiana Court of Appeals err by ruling that when a trial court states that pro-bono counsel may be charged for costs of a transcript for an… -4.5
19-7680 Samuel Howard v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP appellate-review capital-punishment constitutional-law criminal-procedure death-penalty death-penalty-sentencing due-process hurst-v-florida judicial-precedent retroactivity sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment 1. Whether appellate reweighing is constitutional after Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016). 2. Whether Hurst is retroactive. -4.5
19-7683 Marlon Blacher v. California California Denied IFP access-to-courts appeal arbitrarily-denied civil-rights due-process federal-remedy habeas-corpus judicial-discretion resentencing standing state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation carse /evidantiary haaring af a fetition fon a writ of habaas corpus wherein the prasanted faets include : Marlon Blacher, hereinafter "Patitioner ", … -4.5
19-7687 Miguel Palacios Plata v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-procedure discovery dna-evidence due-process evidence habeas-corpus innocence newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief statutory-interpretation Whether Favorcdle Eurdence KnocnAt The Time Of Trral But Excluded And Jury Rrevented FromSeeingOr Hearing, Can This Evidence Now Be Conesrderede As Ne… -4.5
19-7700 Evanglin McCain v. A.F. Evans Company, Inc., et al. California Denied IFP None -4.5
19-7703 Terry Antonio Lee v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied IFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-counsel jury-instructions sentencing Does the 5th Amendment Release from illegal detention Convicted Against Double Jeopardy 5TH Amendment Petitioner WAS Counse/ Ineffective in Violation … -4.5
19-7704 Kevin Massengale v. Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process god-given-rights human-rights inalienable-rights inherited-rights title-iv-d The U.S. supreme court and every court in the U.S., duties is to uphold the U.S. constitution, title IV-D agency violated my civil rights, inalienable… -4.5
19-7710 George R. Young v. Wanza Jackson-Mitchell, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-proceeding due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance newly-discovered-evidence self-incrimination state-court-proceedings On the record in this case, the District Court erred in denying a writ of habeas corpus without a plenary hearing. When an application by a state pri… -4.5
19-7712 Luis Ray Jaramillo, Jr. v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeal appellate-counsel competence due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain probation probation-revocation prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-counsel 1. Where Petitioner's state-trial court counsel did not pursue Petitioner's wishes, commands, and orders to file a second-perfected-appeal after Petit… -4.5
19-7717 Tarvis M. Wilson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP bail certiorari-petition civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process excessive-bail federal-statute fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge lower-court-conflict pretrial-detention standing supreme-court supreme-court-review Question not identified. -4.5
19-7724 Byron R. Barker v. Texas Texas Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-rule-403 extraneous-offenses fair-trial texas-code-of-criminal-procedure texas-criminal-procedure texas-rules-of-evidence Does the introduction of extranseous offenses, pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 38.37 violate the right to a fair trial and shift … -4.5
19-7728 Wayne English v. Energy Future Holdings Corp., et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP chose-in-action civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights claims-transfer common-law contract corporate-securities damages mitigation mitigation-doctrine party-standing securities standing Are creditors and debtors, plaintiffs and defendants, and parties in interest allowed, required, or exempt from instituting the mitigation doctrine? … -4.5
19-8102 In Re Marquise White Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights clerk-error court-access court-clerk-error district-court-power due-process judicial-discretion procedural-rules state-statutory-rules statutory-rules Does a district court have the power to deny a Petitioner access to the court based on any such state statutory rules of evidence or even procedural r… -4.5
19-6590 Antwon Whitten v. Atif Atyia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-courts jurisdiction standing takings Whether the district court's grant of summary judgment on the basis of defendants' on Whitter's material disputed claims of State and Federal constitu… -6.0
19-6630 Dannez W. Hunter v. Keith Rupert Murdoch, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 1866-civil-rights-act 42-usc-1981 civil-rights commerce commerce-interference copyright-infringement debt-collection interstate-commerce judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute title-42-usc-1981 ucc-lien Whether to establish 1866 Civil Rights Act, Title 42 U.S.C. § 1981(a) against officials and officers of the court for dismantling RICO laws to the det… -6.0
19-6836 Therian Wimbush v. Willie Sue Mickens, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights court-appeal-procedure criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge speedy-trial standing Question not identified. -6.0
19-6980 John Lyndon Williamson v. City of Wichita, Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP citizenship-clause commerce-clause compelled-commerce constitutional-interpretation criminal-sanction dormant-commerce-clause due-process police-powers presumption-of-innocence supreme-court-precedent tenth-amendment welfare-powers Whether this courts holding against the individual mandate sanction in NFIB v. Sebelious 567 U S 519, 132, S. Ct. 2566, 183, L Ed 2d 450 (2012) on the… -6.0
19-7073 Anthony Thomas v. Kenmark Ventures, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure bankruptcy-law civil-procedure due-process fraud fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-fraud mandate mandate-recall supreme-court-precedent void-judgment Did the Ninth Circuit commit error by failing to recall the mandate based upon this Court's intervening decision in Lamar, Archer & Cofrin. LLP v. App… -6.0
19-7119 Larry Bell v. Kevin Ransom, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Dallas, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure due-process federal-rule-60b federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdiction legal-standard slack-v-mcdaniel standing third-circuit WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULD DEBATE THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ADOPTION THAT THE DISTRICT COURT'S RULING THAT APPELLANT WAS NOT ENTITLED TO… -6.0
19-7189 Kevin D. Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bias civil-rights criminal-indictment due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-bias judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct recusal standing 1) Did the United States District Court (USDC) judge Reed Charles O'Connor abuse his discretion when he refused to recuse himself/ in violation of the… -6.0
19-7200 Barry Wayne Adams v. Calhoun County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights common-law de-facto-government due-process judicial-review martial-rule peonage pro-se procedural-fairness service-of-process standing 1. Did either the District Court and the Court of Appeals directly address in good faith the common law claims that were presented by Petitioner in th… -6.0
19-7268 Acharayya Rupak v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP continuance criminal-procedure due-process plain-error-review plea-bargaining retained-counsel right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment standard-of-review 1. This Court has held that the right to the retained counsel of one's choice is the "root meaning" of the Sixth Amendment guarantee. Here, the distri… -6.0
19-7275 Cecil Boyett v. New Mexico New Mexico Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-rights discovery-rules due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment state-court state-prosecution xnHbthet l PeTiTfotjGk Bol^btt S CoHsjimTONAL PH&hts \siezjg v/W)7£-o /3y THE tHiHteeht H Judicial b<37&CT Cjduat orN&n./Dexivd und&l the Dub Proces… -6.0
19-7686 Maurice Buford v. Laborers' International Union Local 269, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discrimination duty-of-fair-representation employment-law fair-representation harassment labor-law labor-union statute-of-limitations title-vii weingarten-rights whistleblower-protection I. Whether Discrimination/Duty of Fair Representation violated by the Labor International Union 269 under Title VI I42 U.S.C. 2000(e) {Goodman v. Luke… -6.5
19-7691 In Re Wilbert Norwood Starks Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-standing civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection free-speech patent standing statutory-interpretation takings 1. WHETHER the County Court abused its Discretion and violated Due Process Under the Fourteenth Amendment and Rule 13, Tex. Rule of Civil Procedure; … -6.5
19-7725 William Desmond Conrad v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa alleyne assistance-of-counsel attorney-negligence constitutional-rights constitutional-violation descamps habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance precedent pro-se pro-se-rights sixth-amendment 1. Is the neglect or negligence committed by an Attorney a violation of the Constitution's Sixth Amendment's requirement of assistance of counsel ? . … -6.5
19-7746 William A. Runnels v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP child-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-rights-of-parents cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parental-discipline parental-rights reasonable-discipline strict-scrutiny substitutable-discipline Whether the trial court could infringe on, and take away, a parent's constitutional right to reasonable discipline of their child absent strict scruti… -6.5
19-7748 Kevin Souffrant v. Kevin Kauffman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari circuit-split civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction federal-question habeas-corpus judicial-conflict legal-standard standing supreme-court-review i. Whether petitioner should be Granted Certiorari, where his claim not only affect him, but also hundreds of others? ii. Whether the United States C… -6.5
19-7758 Lin Ouyang v. Achem Industry America, Inc. California Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appeal civil-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourth-amendment indigent-defendant indigent-rights misdemeanor-conviction right-to-counsel Whether the state court's dismissal of the appeal from misdemeanor conviction, despite the lack of assistance of counsel on appeal, violates the Equal… -6.5
19-7763 Jean Bernier v. J. C. Holland, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3585 18-usc-3621 18-usc-3621b administrative-discretion barden-determination bureau-of-prisons custody-credit federal-custody federal-sentencing sentence-commencement state-custody statutory-authority statutory-interpretation DOES THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS EXCEED THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON THE AGENCY BY CONGRESS IN 18 U.S.C. § 3585(a), WHEN IT COMMENCES A … -6.5
19-7766 Guillermo Garcia v. B. A. Lacey, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP california-law categorical-approach civil-procedure civil-rights due-process legal-enforcement standing statutory-interpretation vagueness vexatious-litigant void-for-vagueness Whether California's vexatious litigant statute, in key provisions, utilizes the categorical approach, requiring guesswork and inviting arbitrary enfo… -6.5
19-7767 Octavio Torres Ortega v. Florida Attorney General, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing factual-record ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review new-trial reversible-errors standing trial-counsel trial-errors QUESTION ONE SHOULD ANY OF THE REVIEWING COURT 'S HAVE REVERSED FOR AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING TO DEVELOP AN ACCURATE FACTUAL RECORD QUESTION TWO WAS C… -6.5
19-7783 Billy J. Martin v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection question-not-identified standing statutory-interpretation takings If a Florida U.S. Citizen is convicted of a crime by and through the perpetration of fraud on the trial Judge, and the jury by the assistant state att… -6.5
19-7787 Vernon Wayne McNeal v. A. Ervin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7795 Robert Alan Foster v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights discovery-violation due-process equal-protection fair-trial first-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance jury-instruction prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination school-desegregation sixth-amendment standing voting-rights Question not identified. -6.5
19-7801 James Benjamin Barstad v. Washington Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-and-capricious civil-rights constitutional-violation contract contract-breach due-process equal-protection inmate-rights punishment sandin-v-conner state-sanctions 1) When STATE OF WASHINGTON repeatedly imposes sanctions back-to-back, i.e. , when 'temporary" restrictions become perpetual through various schemes,… -6.5
19-7809 Chris A. Walters v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
19-7842 Manetirony Clervrain v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-ambiguity administrative-law alien-definition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process immigration immigration-law plra standing statutory-interpretation trade-secret I. When considering whether agency expertise could be brought to bear on the questions presented in the "Bennett " decision, the United States Court o… -6.5
19-7846 Cemaludin Veseli, II v. Carla Hacker-Agnew, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7847 Lee D. Watts v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP confession confession-suppression criminal-interrogation criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance police-interrogation police-questioning right-to-counsel sixth-amendment suppression voluntariness Question #1: Whether petitioner's Original trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of U.S. Const. Amn. 6 when counsel fa… -6.5
19-7852 Edwin F. Parson v. United States Air Force, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure-abuse-of-discretion-standing-fede civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-statutes judicial-process legal-review remedy scotus-petition standing supreme-court WHY AFTER A REVEEW OF RELATED TIHERE IS AN ABSENCE OF A REMEDY DOCumeNTs THERE IS A CIVIL RIGHT THAT SUFFERED NOWLODGE 2 A WRONG? A STRATAGEM. OR SUBT… -6.5
19-7858 Todd Darrell Ballard v. Michael Clark, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Albion, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief post-sentencing procedural-rights sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation substantive-rights waiver waiver-doctrine Whether the Act of the General Assembly [42 Pa.C.S. § 9543 and 9544] is in violation of Appellant's substantive and procedural rights; and whether sai… -6.5
19-7868 Steven B. Turner v. Mike Kemna Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-negotiations post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment trial-fairness In Missouri, it is an ensuing plea of guilty that implicates the constitution. A criminal defendant cannot succeed on a post-conviction claim of ineff… -6.5
19-7878 Joseph Ramon Santillan v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conviction-classification criminal-law criminal-sentencing drug-offense drug-offenses due-process equal-protection federal-sentencing felony-conviction mandatory-minimum misdemeanor-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-federal-interaction state-federal-law statutory-interpretation Did defendant's State of California marijuana conviction constitute a "prior conviction for a felony drug offense," increasing defendant's mandatory m… -6.5
19-7902 In Re Darnell W. Moon Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-immunity standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
19-7908 Larry Rashone Prunty v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ERR WHEN APPLYING THE TWO PRONG SLACK V. MCDANIEL, TEST (PROCEDURE AND MERITS) IN DETE… -6.5
19-7918 Patrick Harris v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a child-pornography criminal-sentencing district-court enhancement-factors excessive-sentence sentencing-discretion sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines statutory-considerations I. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR WHEN IT FOUND ENHANCEMENT FACTORS LISTED IN U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2(b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(6) AND (b)(7)(D) APPROPRIATE IN … -6.5
19-7922 Scott L. Rendelman v. William True, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals docketing-fee due-process legal-fees non-frivolous-appeal prison prison-discipline prisoner-rights standard-of-review standing 1. In 1985 this Court established that the "some evidence"standard is to be applied to reviews of prison disciplinary cases. In cases where an offense… -6.5
19-7927 Jay Allen Newcomb v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-rights double-jeopardy due-process oral-pronouncement sentencing sentencing-conflict written-judgment 1. Is the 11th Circuit's conclusion that "any error the sentencing court made in orally pronouncing [Petitioner's] sentence was corrected by the writt… -6.5
19-7928 Al Prince v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus judicial-review miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief WHETHER A STATE CREATED DELAY OF UNINFORMED NOTIFICATION THAT A SECOND AMENDED (CORRECTED SENTENCING)JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION HAD BECOME FINAL AND RIPE … -6.5
19-7930 Roderick Pearson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-justice-reform criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process finality first-step-act judicial-review retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether certiorari should be granted in order to vacate the decision below and remand to the Eleventh Circuit to consider whether § 403 of the First S… -6.5
19-7945 Zacharias Abab Aguedo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit insufficient-evidence judgment-of-acquittal sentencing sentencing-errors sufficiency-of-evidence I. CERTIORARI REVIEW SHOULD BE GRANTED WHERE THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMED AGUEDO'S CONVICTIONS WHERE THE EVIDENCE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AGUEDO'… -6.5
19-7946 Dirk Greineder v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause dna-evidence dna-testing expert-testimony laboratory-analysis scientific-evidence sixth-amendment substitute-analyst substitute-analysts targeted-accusation Does the Confrontation Clause prohibit an expert prosecution witness from testifying at a jury trial to the results of DNA tests comparing the petitio… -6.5
19-7951 Rashad Taylor v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence miller-v-alabama 1. Does imposition of a mandatory sentence of forty years on a juvenile convicted of a homicide -a sentence imposed pursuant to a statutory scheme tha… -6.5
19-7952 Michael Deon Thompson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 criminal-law criminal-statute drug-distribution drug-trafficking proximate-cause sentencing serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation strict-liability 1. Whether the language "death or serious bodily injury results from" in 21 U.S.C. § 841 creates a strict liability crime, without a foreseeability or… -6.5
19-7956 Molly Tsai v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion circuit-court civil-rights comparator-evidence employment-discrimination evidence-exclusion evidentiary-standards judicial-discretion minority-rights probationary-period standard-of-review 1. Did the First Circuit Judge erred and abuse her discretion in excluding evidence concerning a minority employee terminated during her probationary … -6.5
19-7960 Reginald Edward Green v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment prejudicial-evidence prison-garb shackles Is displaying a picture of a defendant shackled, handcuffed, in prison garb and being held by prison staff, over objection, still more prejudicial tha… -6.5
19-7985 Charles Ray Hooper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland brady-v-united-states brady-violation certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts government-misconduct guilty-plea plea-bargaining procedural-bar prosecutorial-misconduct 1. Must a defendant who has been granted a Certificate of Appealability by the Court of Appeals continue to challenge a procedural bar ruling by the d… -6.5
19-7986 Wesley Scott Hamm v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury conspiracy cooperation criminal-law-bodily-injury criminal-law-conspiracy criminal-law-cooperation criminal-law-sentencing criminal-law-withdrawal criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-acquittal drug-distribution due-process evidence judgment-of-acquittal law-enforcement-cooperation sentencing withdrawal Question I . Shouldn't a judgment of acquittal have been granted where the government failed to prove that Hamm, arrested on August 25, 2016, in jail… -6.5
19-7993 Thomas Victor Sway v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review certificate-of-appealability conclusory-order conflict-of-interest discretionary-review due-process equitable-tolling precedent procedural-due-process standard-of-review strickland-standard When denial of COA was made in conlusory order without any precendent to rely on and there exists no sufficient basis for appellant court to review,… -6.5
19-7999 Christopher Parker v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery constitutional-challenge crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) categorically a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) w… -6.5
19-8002 Humberto Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense. -6.5
19-8005 Harrison Garcia v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing direct-appeal edwards-v-arizona first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018, enacted while Petitioner's case was pending on direct appellate review, apply where his sentence is… -6.5
19-8008 Jeremy Fontanez v. J. Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process federal-prisoner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-materials prison-policy prisoner-rights Does B.O.P. Policy 1315.007 "Legal Activities, Inmates," violate a Federal prisoner's First Amendment Right to reasonable access to the state court, w… -6.5
19-8014 Michael Artis v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest criminal-activity criminal-conspiracy evidence-suppression fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution requires that evidence be suppressed where agents lacked probable cause to arrest two p… -6.5
19-8015 Gabriel Cruz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton-rule co-defendant-statement codefendant-statement confrontation-clause criminal-appeal criminal-procedure eleventh-circuit non-testimonial non-testimonial-statement severance Whether the United States Court of Appeal Eleventh Circuit erred in finding that the Bruton rule, does not mandate a severance when a non-testifying c… -6.5
19-8016 Jaime Vega, aka Jimmy Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeals criminal-procedure district-court due-process revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release To what extent does 18 U.S.C. § 3553 require a district court to specifically state the reasons for imposing a revocation sentence above the guideline… -6.5
19-8019 Efrain Sifuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP resulting in an unreasonable sentence appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines unreasonable-sentence 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit improperly condone the District Court's error in applying the United States Sentencing… -6.5
19-8020 Walter Freeman Jordan, III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-procedure evidence-admission federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence fifth-circuit harmless-error hearsay hearsay-evidence standard-of-review I. On Appeal WALTER JORDAN argued that the erroneous admission of hearsay evidence that he was the brother of one of the co-defendants caught leaving … -6.5
19-8027 Javier Gomez-Carrasquillo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) circuit-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing individualized-assessment plea-agreement procedural-reasonableness puerto-rico-crime sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness Question not identified. -6.5
19-8031 James Allen Gregg v. United States District Court for the District of South Dakota Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure credibility credibility-determination district-court due-process evidentiary-standard judicial-review magistrate-judge procedural-fairness witness Is a defendant's due process rights adequetLy protected when a district judge rejects a magistrate judge's proposed findings on credibility when those… -6.5
19-8034 Whitney Atkinson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crack-cocaine drug-offense fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum retroactive-application sentence-enhancement statutory-interpretation Did Mr. Atkinson receive a sentence for a covered drug offense, such that he should be eligible for retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act… -6.5
19-8038 Jermaine James v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt circuit-split commentary conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a "controlled substance offense" under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2 (b) to include the inchoa… -6.5
19-8041 Stanley Edward Jamison, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines residual-clause retroactivity section-2255 sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-right timely-motion Whether Mr. Jamison's § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), claiming that Johnson invalidates the p… -6.5
19-8048 Collyer Goodman v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof circuit-court circuit-court-split conspiracy criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process narcotics narcotics-conspiracy sentencing shared-objective supreme-court Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit erred by affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence pronounced by the United … -6.5
19-8049 Kenneth Marquise Ruff v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1962d 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment rico rico-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of procedural due process is violated where the Petitioner receives a sentencing enhancement in a Racketeer In… -6.5
19-8054 Nathan Richard Vineyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-code eleventh-circuit federal-criminal-law federal-registration-requirements notification-requirements sex-offender-registration sex-offender-registration-and-notification-act sexual-contact statutory-interpretation united-states-v-vineyard The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 34 U.S.C. § 20901 et seq., requires anyone convicted of a sex offense under state law to… -6.5
19-8056 Brian Alan Matalka v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-statutes fifth-circuit-review indigency indigent-status plain-error plain-error-review special-assessment standard-of-review Did the Fifth Circuit's cursory review of the district court record reached the wrong conclusion that Matalka was not indigent under the standard pros… -6.5
19-8065 Reinaldo Vasquez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review district-court-discretion guidelines-range procedural-reasonableness sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Question not identified. -6.5
19-8071 Curtis Dion Earley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stolen-firearm Does the commentary at U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, Application Note 8, which does not require a mens rea to impose the stolen firearm enhancement at U.S.S.G. § … -6.5
19-8072 Saul Cervantes v. M. D. Biter, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus meaningful-review schlup-standard 1. Whether it was at least debatable among jurists of reasons that petitioner established actual innocence, or at least warranted an evidentiary heari… -6.5
19-8079 Mark Steven Elk Shoulder v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-jurisdiction major-crimes-act nondelegation-doctrine retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration special-relationship statutory-interpretation Whether SORNA can be applied, retroactively, through the Wetterling Act, to a defendant whose underlying sex offense conviction was prosecuted under t… -6.5
19-8082 Altius Willix v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-procedure double-jeopardy duplicitous-indictment fifth-amendment multiplicious-charges sixth-amendment structural-error Is an indictment considered duplicitous or multiplicious when it charges 2 counts occurring out of the same sequence or events that led to one episode… -6.5
19-8083 Antwune Washington v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity standing takings I. Justification of necessity is not excluded as a defense to the offense of possession of a firearm by a felon, nor has it been excluded as a defense… -6.5
19-8094 Caleb S. Motupalli v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 35-usc-112 america-invents-act enablement interdisciplinary-invention interdisciplinary-team patent-enablement patent-examination patent-specification pre-aia pro-se single-skilled-person waiver 35 U.S.C. §112 requires that the specification of a patent application describe the invention in such terms that those skilled in the art are enabled … -6.5
19-8098 Juan Carlos Rodriguez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentences due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance motion-to-vacate plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-consequences This case concerns petitioner's claim that he was misled concerning the sentencing consequences of his guilty plea to a conspiracy charge. The questi… -6.5