Conference: 2020-05-28

77 cases — 0 granted, 77 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-277 HSBC Holdings PLC, et al. v. Irving H. Picard, et al. Second Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (6)Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-section-550 extraterritoriality foreign-transaction foreign-transactions initial-transferee initial-transferees international-comity subsequent-transferee subsequent-transferees trustee-recovery 11 U.ௗS.ௗC. §ௗ550(a) authorizes a bankruptcy trustee to recover the proceeds of voided prepetition debtor transactions from two distinct classes of tr… 37.0
19-767 National Association for Gun Rights, Inc. v. Jeff Mangan, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of Political Practices for the State of Montana, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) campaign-finance circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights express-advocacy first-amendment free-speech political-committee political-committee-regulations Whether the First Amendment permits imposing burdensome political-committee regulations upon groups that do not engage in any express advocacy for or … 17.0
19-831 Adam Jarchow, et al. v. State Bar of Wisconsin, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) associational-rights compelled-association compelled-speech first-amendment integrated-bar janus-precedent political-speech state-bar In Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), the Court held that State laws compelling public employees to subsidize the speech of labor unions violate… 11.5
19-1000 Heon-Cheol Chi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied bribery corrupt-intent criminal-intent foreign-bribery intent-to-influence mcdonnell-v-united-states money-laundering official-act public-official statutory-interpretation 1. Whether "an offense against a foreign nation involving . . . bribery of a public official" under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(B) requires generic bribery… 10.5
19-1052 Andre G. Dewberry v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure guilty-plea self-representation sixth-amendment waiver Whether a guilty plea waives a challenge on appeal to the denial of a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to represent himself. 10.5
19-1066 Comcast Corporation, et al. v. Charles E. Tillage, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied bilateral-arbitration bilateralism consumer-disputes contract-revocation federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunctive-relief saving-clause 1. Whether the McGill rule falls outside the FAA's saving clause because it is not a ground that "exist[s] at law or in equity" for the "revocation" o… 10.5
19-1078 AT&T Mobility LLC, et al. v. Steven McArdle Ninth Circuit Denied arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements california-law civil-procedure class-wide-injunction consumer-protection federal-arbitration-act preemption public-injunction public-injunctive-relief California law authorizes plaintiffs asserting a claim under the State's consumer-protection laws to seek "public injunctive relief'—which it defines … 10.5
19-690 Tina Neville v. Janet Dhillon, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 32-U.S.C.-§-709 civil-rights conflict-of-interest dual-status-technician due-process eeoc EEOC-access feres-doctrine incident-to-service military-civilian-employment military-function national-guard title-vii workplace workplace-discrimination 1. Contrary to Congress' clear intent, does the Feres Doctrine invalidate all remedies under Title VII for workplace discrimination experienced by a d… 6.0
19-1044 Romilson Batista Ferreira v. William P. Barr, Attorney General First Circuit Denied None 5.5
19-1165 Chuck Willis v. Tower Loan of Mississippi, LLC Fifth Circuit Denied arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitrator-selection baseline-intent-to-arbitrate circuit-split contract-formation contract-interpretation definite-agreement gorsuch-dissent intent-to-arbitrate meeting-of-minds meeting-of-the-minds standard-of-review In Ragab v. Howard, 841 F.3d 1134 (10th Cir. 2016), the Tenth Circuit determined that two parties did not have a meeting of the minds with respect to … 5.5
19-1185 Carol Wilding, et al. v. DNC Services Corporation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied amendment civil-procedure civil-rights democratic-party due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fiduciary-duty fraud impartiality rule-12 rule-15 standing 1. Does the Democratic National Committee ("DNC"), a not-for-profit corporation charged with general responsibility for th e affairs of the Democratic… 5.5
19-782 Vahan Kelerchian v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied carpenter criminal-prosecution mail-fraud mcnally property regulatory-authority right-to-control statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Does the "right to control" constitute "property" for purposes of wire and mail fraud in light of this Court's holding in McNally, Carpenter, Cleve… 5.5
19-906 Philip N. Antico v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied allen-charge circuit-court-conflict constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-due-process fundamental-rights jury-instruction jury-instructions retrial-cost retrial-costs Is a criminal defendant's fundamental constitutional rights violated by an Allen charge that instructs a deadlocked jury to consider the expense of a … 5.5
19M139 Willie Roberson v. Illinois Illinois Denied None 5.5
19-774 Marcus Terrelle Marsh v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-sentencing drug-distribution drug-statute federal-sentencing predicate-offense state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a state drug statute that lists a variety of means by which it can be violated, including purchasing, which does not meet the definition of a … 4.5
19-737 James Nathaniel Douse v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) camp-lejeune civil-rights disability disability-statute due-process eleventh-circuit federal-courts federal-district-court north-carolina standing state-legislator takings toxic-exposure toxic-water QUESTIONS A through K. Pursuant to Rule 10 and Rule 11. Answering these short questions will resolve our issues and concerns with The Eleventh Circuit… 4.0
19-994 Jeffrey Lance Hill, Sr. v. Leandra G. Johnson, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-agency-action state-agency-actions state-court-judgments Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit violated the Due Process Clause when applying the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine to bar t… 4.0
19-7007 Bryshun Genard Furlow v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach collateral-challenge controlled-substance-offense due-process fourth-circuit prior-conviction sentencing-guidelines serious-drug-offense state-conviction u.s.s.g.-4b1.1 I. Whether the Fourth Circuit should be required to use the categorical approach, applying the parameters set by this Court, to its determination that… -1.0
19-7043 John A. Toth v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment abuse-of-discretion attenuation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining police-conduct post-conviction-relief Question not identified. -1.0
19-8382 Christopher Ewing, aka Alex Christopher Ewing v. Nevada Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-hearing fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act's guarantee that defendants have the right to "demand and procure counsel" requires state courts to appoi… -1.5
19-8390 Do Kyun Kim v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily encompasses some degree of reweighing the sentencing factors? -1.5
19-7354 Lawrence Martin v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-court capital-murder constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process hearing jurisdiction perjury prosecutor-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct standing (1). WHETHER FINAL JUDGMENT DENYING PETITIONER'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF ERROR CORAM NOBIS WAS APPEALABLE (2). WHETHER ORDER DENYING APPOINTMENT OF COUN… -4.0
19-7496 Garry Dean Stroner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discrimination due-process effective-counsel fair-cross-section fair-trial impartial-jury intentional-exclusion jury-composition jury-selection presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct systematic-exclusion 1. Petitioner's trial counsel obtained the jury list two days prior to the day of jury selection. On the day of trial entire panel of sixty-five (65) … -4.0
19-7756 In Re Frank Deville Denied Relisted (2)IFP amendment civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-law constitutional-violation due-process federal-law hazardous-waste judicial-procedure liberal-amendment standing Is the Petitioner a victim in this case? Exide and the individual defendants willfully violated federal, state and local laws concerning hazardous was… -4.0
19-8117 Vincent D. White, Jr. v. Donnie Morgan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-issue due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-constitutional-issue federal-habeas procedural-default state-courts state-prisoner statutory-interpretation In federal habeas cases, whether federal courts should exclusively apply 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b) when evaluating State assertions that a State prisoner ha… -4.0
19-7361 Edward Shevtsov v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-decisionmaker circuit-split civil-procedure decisionmaker-test federal-fraud federal-prosecution fraud fraud-statute materiality materiality-standard private-victim reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard The federal mail, wire, and bank fraud statutes proscribe material misrepresentations. The circuits are divided over the standard for proving material… -4.5
19-7368 Nadia Kuzmenko v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split escobar gaudin lindsey mail-fraud materiality objective-standard subjective-standard united-states-ex-rel-escobar-v-universal-health-se united-states-v-gaudin united-states-v-lindsey wire-fraud Materiality is one of the essential elements of mail and wire fraud. Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 25 (1999). A false statement is "material" if… -4.5
19-7481 Patrick Henry Murphy v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 capital-murder capital-punishment constitutional-law death-penalty due-process enmund-v-florida federal-habeas jury-determination jury-trial sentencing tison-v-arizona Does Ring dictate that a jury determine whether a capital murder defendant is eligible for a sentence of death under Enmund and Tison, and, if so, is … -4.5
19-7729 Aaron New v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split false-claims-act judicial-interpretation legal-standard materiality materiality-standard objective-standard subjective-standard supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-gaudin universal-health-services-v-escobar 1. Did the Ninth Circuit 's opinion contradict this Court 's holding in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar 136 S. Ct. 19… -4.5
19-7751 Christopher Michael Thrasher v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama montgomery-precedent montgomery-v-louisiana procedural-hearing Following Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), juvenile homicide offenders have been divided into two classes: (1) those who may not be sentenced t… -4.5
19-7799 Desmond Baker v. Florida Florida Denied IFP criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment juvenile-offender juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-without-parole mandatory-sentencing parole sentencing-review Do the Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States juvenile homicide offender, who has certain nonhomicide felony convictions, to s… -4.5
19-8101 Angelo Mamone v. Angela Plows Burch Maryland Denied IFP child-rearing civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process freedom parental-rights public-benefits state-precedent unlawful-incarceration Does the Constitution of the United States permit the State of Maryland to create legal precedents to deprive the petitioner and similarly-situated fa… -4.5
19-8112 Mustafa Ali v. Derek Oberlander, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Forest, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability coerced-confession coerced-statement criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction-challenge pretextual-arrest right-to-counsel unwanted-counsel 1. Whether the Court of Appeals denying Application for Certificate of Appealability and Petition for Rehearing/Rehearing en Banc is contrary to this … -4.5
19-8114 Brenda White v. Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital, et al. Michigan Denied IFP affidavit-of-merit civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion medical-malpractice race race-discrimination rico rico-claim standing 1. Must a court overlook a plaintiffs race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend herself against attempted murder by doctors… -4.5
19-8128 Bobby Joe Buckner v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing fifth-circuit implied-bias standard-of-review 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in it's application of the implied bias doctrine by stating that this case is outside the "extreme genre of cases" to w… -4.5
19-8132 Antoine T. Chest v. Michael P. Bald, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Stephenson County Illinois Denied IFP bodily-harm consecutive-sentences criminal-law criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process judicial-discretion legal-ambiguity sentence-enhancement sentencing-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation THE HONORABLE JUDGE MICHAEL BALD IMPROPERLY IMPOSED CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES WHEN CONCURRENT SENTENCES ARE MANDATED BY THE STATUTE, PETITIONER WAS FOUND … -4.5
19-8140 Benjamin Dennerlein v. Mark Garman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP attorney-misconduct client-assault due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief pre-trial-conduct prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Ground I. Does Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984) prejudice threshold condone the actions of Counsel, Thomas Kurt Fuchel, Sr., Esq. when Co… -4.5
19-8141 Eric Jeffrey Cowan v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights Constitutional-Challenge constitutional-law due-process equal-protection Fourteenth-Amendment Judicial-Review jurisdiction Legal-Interpretation Petitioner-Rights standing Should Petitioner receive relief under United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection. -4.5
19-8142 Robert Sarhan, et ux. v. H & H Investors, Inc. Florida Denied IFP appellate-review denial-of-hearing due-process final-judgment indispensable-party judicial-procedure mortgage-foreclosure sanctions service-of-process void-judgment Whether Anabella Soury, as 50% interest Mortgage Holder in this Mortgage Foreclosure Case, where the judgment is based on a Residential Home Loan, whe… -4.5
19-8150 Marcia L. Jackson v. Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Unified School District No. 500 Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process property-rights standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
19-8156 John Stancu v. Hyatt Corporation Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 7th-amendment age-discrimination civil-rights discovery-rights due-process employment-law jury-trial seventh-amendment standing 1. Did the district court and the 5th Circuit usurped the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution by wrongly denying Stancu's right to a j… -4.5
19-6939 Anthony Scott Hunt v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP base-offense-level categorical-approach controlled-substance-offense divisibility drug-statute modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-§-4b1.2(b) u.s.s.g.-§-2k2.1(a)(4)(a) u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(b) WHETHER A STATE DRUG STATUTE, THAT IS EITHER COMPLETELY INDIVISIBLE OR AT MOST ONLY DIVISIBLE INTO NO MORE THAN THREE GENERALLY SEPARATE OFFENSES, ALL… -6.0
19-7706 Tommy Adams, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense controlled-substances criminal-law fourth-circuit modified-categorical-approach sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation taylor-descamps-mathis-precedent taylor-v-united-states DID THE FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS INCORRECTLY APPLY THE LINE OF AUTHORITY FROM THIS COURT BEGINNING WITH TAYLOR V. UNITED STATES, 495 U.S. 575 (… -6.0
19-7708 Ahmad Jamaleddin Aljindi v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-employment-opportunity hate-crimes retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-reprisal Why the Federal Agencies and the Intelligence Community (IC) ("Respondents ") are allowed to abuse and torture the aggrieved ("Petitioner ") to death … -6.0
19-7738 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-habeas-corpus standing state-court-proceedings QUESTION ONE Is a case involving a state habeas proceeding by a parent, on behalf of their child, who attacks the validity of the custody of his or he… -6.0
19-7739 H. K. V. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-interpretation standing Question not identified. -6.0
19-8095 Deville McCants v. Cheryl Hansen, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-rules civil-procedure discovery district-court due-process judicial-interpretation medical-bills standing summary-judgment WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL TO FILE A MOTION TO STAY DISCOVERY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FILE A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGM… -6.5
19-8116 Brenda Ford White v. O. L. Matthews, et al. Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-discretion due-process judicial-interpretation medical-malpractice race racial-discrimination rico rico-claims standing vulnerable-citizens 1. Must a court overlook a plaintiff's race in making a decision about her capacity and her right to defend her mother's cortisone death/ murder case … -6.5
19-8118 Wisconsin, ex rel. Joshua M. Wren v. Reed Richardson, Warden Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel laches laches-doctrine postconviction-relief procedural-default right-to-appeal When trial counsel acts ineffectiveness in failing to initiate a requested appeal leaves a defendant without appellate counsel, can delays and misstep… -6.5
19-8123 Wendell Brown aka Menes Ankh El v. Superior Court of Indiana, Marion County, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process first-amendment legal-mail-rights name-change procedural-due-process religious-freedom signature-rights title-42-usc-2000bb-1 title-42-usc-2000cc-1 I. Does Ankh-El's common-law name change, which was executed 2 years prior to his arrest and almost 3 years prior to his imprisonment, have to be reco… -6.5
19-8136 In Re Lawrence Crawford Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1651 appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-writ federal-courts jurisdictional-claims mandamus parties standing supreme-court-jurisdiction writ-of-mandamus BY WHAT IS ARGUED WITHIN THIS SUBMISSION. DID THE PETITIONER SUFFICIENTLY ESTABLISH THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE WRIT OF MANDAMUS GRANTED? -6.5
19-8143 Oliver Vaughn Douce Al Dey v. Brevard County Tax Collector, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP ad-valorem-tax civil-rights constitutional-challenge discovery discovery-rights due-process procedural-requirements property-rights quiet-title standing tax tax-authority whether appellees has authority without a statute law by Congress, may impose tax for private household good personal effect non-commercial? whether … -6.5
19-8152 Menes Ankh-El, aka Wendell Brown v. Robert Carter, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP atypical-and-significant-hardship civil-rights due-process hardship-standard law-library-access prison-transfer prisoner-rights procedural-due-process retaliation I. Does Ankh-El's permanent transfer to higher level prison to use the law library impose atypical and significant hardship, deny procedural due proce… -6.5
19-8167 Charles Talbert v. Blanche Carney, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-circuit fifth-amendment just-compensation patent takings-clause (1) Did the Appeals Court abuse its discretion when denying Petitioner's... (2) Did the Appeals Court, when applying the "three strikes" provision of… -6.5
19-8168 Charles E. Justise, Sr. v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation court-procedure due-process fabricated-facts first-amendment first-amendment-right-to-petition judicial-misconduct libel-and-defamation newly-discovered-evidence redress-of-grievances right-to-petition slander 1. (Issue of First Impression) Whether Justise has a right, pursuant to the Right to Petition the Government for Redress of Grievances Clause of the 1… -6.5
19-8177 Christopher Kyle Keys v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment cellular-phone-data character-evidence collateral-crimes criminal-procedure due-process evidence sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion warrantless-search The State Trial Court denied a timely motion for severance of the charges from separate incidents. And the Trial Court allowed the State Attorney to p… -6.5
19-8180 M. H. v. Indiana Department of Child Services Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights compulsion constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-rights parental-rights self-incrimination waiver I. What are the present-day parameters to any assertion of privilege pursuant to the 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution (re: compulsion a… -6.5
19-8258 Denver Maxwell Goree, Jr. v. Michigan Parole Board Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commutation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection ex-post-facto parole parole-board punishment Whether Petitioner's parole process was unconstitutional where (1) the Michigan Parole Board failed to proceed with a recommendation for commutation i… -6.5
19-8287 Muhammad Toure v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-question judicial-review jurisdiction precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation (1) AGAINST FED.R.CIV.P 12(b)(6) AND 12(e)(6), WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF A COURT'S DISCRETION IN UPHOLDING A PLEADING THAT STATES A CLAIM FOR RELIEF IN LIG… -6.5
19-8304 Timothy J. McVay v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder mens-rea presumption-of-innocence Whether a bench trial conviction of first degree murder by H.U.M Matrix(Homicide by Unspecified Means) can be upheld without benefit of: an eyewitness… -6.5
19-8326 Charles Brandon Martin v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation burden-of-proof confrontation-clause evidence-sufficiency materiality materiality-standard sufficiency-of-evidence voir-dire witness-availability When a Brady violation (Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963)) occurs, must the Court take into account the effects of the Brady violation, or simply … -6.5
19-8344 Brett Combs v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression false-evidence habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel perjured-testimony perjury This Court in Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003) determined that the state-court fact-finding process is undermined where the state court has … -6.5
19-8353 Curtis Stokes v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-equal-protection criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard sufficiency-of-evidence I. Stokes and his codefendants were charged with multifarious felonies. On appeal, Stokes ' codefendant had the most serious charge dismissed for insu… -6.5
19-8366 Andres Fernando Cabezas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction forfeiture property-recovery property-rights rule-41g subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. The Eleventh Circuit holds that a notice of appeal is a per se divestiture of a district court's jurisdiction over a motion for return of property … -6.5
19-8381 Joseph Benjamin O'Donnell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-law executive-branch legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine separation-of-powers sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should revisit its nondelegation doctrine precedent and, in doing so, overrule Gundy and hold that 34 U.S.C. § 20913(d) is an uncon… -6.5
19-8385 Enrique Lopez Quintero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure hughes-v-united-states plea-agreement sentence-reduction sentencing-guidelines type-c-agreement l.Is a sentence imposed pursuant to a Type-C agreement, Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), is based on the defendant's United States Sentencing Guidelines … -6.5
19-8387 Robert C. Caldwell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy enhanced-penalty evidentiary-finding firearm public-choice-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation two-strike-statute The Government seehs to have defendants sentenced under both the CarJacking statute and the firearm statute. The issue befire the Court is whether sen… -6.5
19-8391 Joseph M. Coffman v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-confession miranda-rights motion-to-suppress I. Whether the trial court erred in denying your petitioner's Motion to Suppress Statements? II. Whether the trial court erred in denying your petiti… -6.5
19-8393 Joshua Tucker v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause probation probation-rights search-and-seizure warrantless-searches Whether a probationer has a right to be free from warrantless searches and seizures conducted by law enforcement officials without reason or purpose p… -6.5
19-8399 Reshon Tolliver v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute drug-payment drug-trafficking evidence federal-law money-laundering statutory-interpretation To resolve a circuit split, whether mere payment for drugs constitutes sufficient evidence for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1956? -6.5
19-8400 Roy Allen Nichols v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process factfinding fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement 1. Whether a Court of Appeals violates a criminal defendant's right to Due Process, guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitutio… -6.5
19-8401 Roderick Delon Lewis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collins-v-virginia curtilage fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-suspicion terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrant 1- Whether an officer's intrusion into the front and back yards of the Petitioner's residence so obviously implicated the Fourth Amendment curtilage p… -6.5
19-8411 Charles Burton v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment harmless-error sixth-amendment structural-error 1. Whether mailing a verdict to a criminal defendant through his counsel in violation of the Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment and Federal Criminal Rul… -6.5
19-8412 Lenroy McLean v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court criminal-procedure discretion discretionary-review forfeiture plain-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights QUESTION I Should the Second Circuit Court of Appeals exercise it's discretion to correct the forfeited error of Petitioner's miscalculated guideline… -6.5
19-8415 Arthur Stanley v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence-relevance federal-rules-of-evidence gang-related-crime relevant-evidence rico-statute rule-401 standing statutory-interpretation 1. Where the Government introduced a cache of weapons found four years before the alleged crime, simply because gang graffiti was found nearby, should… -6.5
19-8416 Hadori Karmen Chantel Williams v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law boumediene-v-bush civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation Whether, in light of Bousley v. United States, 523 U.S. 614 (1998), Mr. Williams' 28 U.S.C. section 2255 Motion to Vacate was timely if 18 U.S.C. sect… -6.5
19-8423 Christopher Gies v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-doctrine probable-cause probation-search reasonable-suspicion statutory-compliance warrantless-search warrants-clause Does a warrantless probation search conducted outside the scope of an authorizing state regulation and not authorized by a condition of probation, and… -6.5