Conference: 2020-06-18

114 cases — 0 granted, 114 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-1031 Erin Capron, et al. v. Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cultural-exchange federal-preemption federal-regulations foreign-policy immigration labor-laws state-regulation Whether federal law preempts the application of state and local labor laws to the terms and conditions of participation in the federal au pair program… 17.0
19-1009 Altera Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (5) administrative-procedure-act arm's-length-standard chevron-deference cost-sharing rulemaking stock-based-compensation tax tax-regulation tax-treaties treasury-department 1. Whether the Treasury Department's regulation is arbitrary and capricious and thus invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et s… 15.5
19-924 Indiana v. Ernesto Ruiz Indiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-circuit court-interpretation custodial-interrogation interview-context miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona police-station security-features station-layout When analyzing whether a station-house interview is a custodial interrogation under Miranda, do the ordinary security features and layout of a police … 14.0
19-980 Ariana M. v. Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-fees beneficiary-rights civil-rights employee-benefits erisa fee-award health-plan judicial-review legal-success legal-victory standard-of-review The question presented is whether a beneficiary achieves "some success on the merits" for purposes of a fee award under ERISA Section 502(g)(1) when s… 14.0
19-1051 Kansas v. Timothy C. Boettger Kansas Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-protection criminal-law criminal-threats due-process first-amendment free-speech reckless-disregard standing state-law threat Does the First Amendment prohibit a State from criminalizing threats to commit violence communicated in reckless disregard of the risk of placing anot… 13.5
19-1173 Comcast Corporation, et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) article-iii-courts comcast domestic-patent-infringement federal-circuit importation international-trade-commission international-trade-commission-itc mootness patent-infringement section-337 section-337-tariff-act statutory-interpretation vacatur 1. Whether the Federal Circuit's judgment should be vacated as moot and remanded with instructions to vacate the Commission's orders, pursuant to Unit… 13.5
19-1177 American Institute for International Steel, Inc., et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) article-1-section-1 article-i-section-1 constitutional-challenge delegation-of-power federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng legislative-authority nondelegation-doctrine presidential-discretion presidential-powers section-232 separation-of-powers tariff-imposition tariffs trade-expansion-act trade-expansion-act-of-1962 Is section 232 facially unconstitutional on the ground that it lacks any boundaries that confine the President's discretion to impose tariffs on impor… 13.5
19-1062 CJ CheilJedang Corp., et al. v. International Trade Commission, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) claim-amendment doctrine-of-equivalents festo-corp-v-shoketsu innovation patent-infringement patent-law prosecution-history-estoppel public-notice public-notice-function tangential-relation Whether, to avoid prosecution history estoppel under Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., "the rationale underlying the amendment" mus… 11.5
19-1134 Lonny E. Baley, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (6) endangered-species-act federal-agency federal-reserved-water-rights fifth-amendment mccarran-amendment reclamation-act state-law state-water-law tribal-rights water-rights Petitioners are a plaintiff class of Oregon and California farmers and ranchers who depend on their water rights in the Klamath River basin to irrigat… 11.5
19-868 Aaron Miner, et al. v. Steven L. Picatti Idaho Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-established-rights constitutional-rights excessive-force factual-disputes qualified-immunity summary-judgment In this excessive force case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the defendant officials (petitioners here) moved for summary judgment arguing that, on the facts … 11.0
19-1008 Jim C. Hodge, et al. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied but-for-causation causation causation-standard false-claims-act foreseeability fraud legal-elements proximate-cause substantial-factor Whether the causation element standard under the False Claims Act is proximate cause, requiring both that the harm was foreseeable and that the false … 10.5
19-1037 Sok Bun v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure detainers due-process interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers legal-interpretation motion motions standing trial trial-court trial-motion Whether a defendant is "unable to stand trial" within the meaning of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, 18 U.S.C. App. 2, § 2, art. VI(a), when he… 10.5
19-1222 Nathan Duckworth v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied civil-asset-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-concerns controlled-substances-act due-process property-rights seizure-of-currency standing substantial-connection-test takings tenth-circuit Whether the government is required to show a substantial connection between money it has seized and an intended violation of the Controlled Substances… 10.5
19-937 The Cherokee Nation v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied appropriations-law implied-repeal indian-sovereignty indian-tribe interior-secretary land-trust regulatory-prohibition reservation-boundaries sovereignty statutory-authority treaty-rights 1. Whether the Secretary of the Interior exceeded his statutory authority by taking land located within the reservation boundaries of one Indian Tribe… 10.5
19-939 Stephen Gustus v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied circuit-split criminal-law diminished-capacity due-process intent-standard mens-rea postal-service-employee statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §111 is a specific-intent or general-intent offense. 10.5
19-1256 Jennifer Mae Levin v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived cause-of-death confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process dui-manslaughter expert-testimony medical-records sixth-amendment 1. Whether – in a case involving the charge of DUI manslaughter – the prosecution can meets its burden of proving "cause of death" through the testimo… 8.5
19-1074 Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-review america-invents-act fifth-amendment inter-partes-review lucas-test patent-rights patent-rights-takings patent-trial-and-appeal-board patents penn-central-test property-rights takings takings-clause Whether retroactive application of inter partes review to patents issued before passage of the America Invents Act violates the Takings Clause of the … 7.5
19-601 Collabo Innovations, Inc. v. Sony Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (4) 5th-amendment america-invents-act due-process inter-partes-review leahy-smith-america-invents-act patent retroactive-application retroactivity takings-clause 1. Does the retroactive application of inter partes review to a patent that issued before the passage of the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act, Pub. L. … 7.0
19-1001 Noble Cooper, et al. v. Officer Oliver Flaig, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (7) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force law-enforcement police-accountability qualified-immunity Should the Court eliminate or significantly revise the judicially created doctrine of qualified immunity to protect the people's core constitutional r… 6.5
19-1097 Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) aia burden-of-proof due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-validity retroactive-legislation retroactivity takings vested-rights Does the application of inter partes review to a patent that issued before the enactment of the AIA violate the Due Process Clause because it retroact… 6.0
19-1153 Russell A. Suzuki, et al. v. Christopher Deedy Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-1257 appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure double-jeopardy exxon-mobil-v-saudi-basic federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses standing state-court-judgment state-court-judgments This case presents two straightforward questions: 1) the limits the Constitution and Congress impose on the jurisdiction of lower federal courts; and … 5.5
19-1216 Loredana Elizabeth Botofan-Miller v. Brett Robert Miller Oregon Denied birth-mother child-custody civil-rights custody due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-custody parental-rights state-courts state-intervention Did the State of Oregon courts violate the fourteenth amendment rights of the full legal custodial parent, who was the birth mother, to make decisions… 5.5
19-1224 Jeremiah F. Manning v. Lucy J. Kim California Denied campaign-contribution campaign-contributions disclosure due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-ethics recusal I. The public record shows that Judge Susan Greenberg of the California Superior Court of San Mateo County accepted campaign contributions from Respon… 5.5
19-1229 Edward Lee Mulcahy v. Aspen Skiing Company Colorado Denied 1st-amendment colorado-constitution constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech national-labor-relations-act public-lands retaliation ski-lift unionization 1. Is the banning from ski lift operations on public lands during Plaintiffs distribution of a unionization flyer promoting a living wage a violati… 5.5
19-1232 Todd C. Bank v. Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant & Butik, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights disparagement first-amendment lanham-act matal-v-tam standing trademark trademark-law trademark-registration 1. In Matal v. Tam , 137 S. Ct. 1744 (2017), this Court held that the disparagement clause of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), whi… 5.5
19-1233 Robert Doyle v. Douglas Palmer, Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Second Circuit Denied bar-admission civil-rights delegation-of-power due-process federal-court federal-courts first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-association freedom-of-conscience judicial-branch judicial-delegation legislative-power standing 1. Whether Congress may delegate, to the Judicial Branch, the power to enact federal-court bar admission requirements that Congress lacks the power to… 5.5
19-1235 Brian Hampton Clark v. Virginia Virginia Denied constitutional-rights contempt-of-court due-process federal-courts fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-recusal recusal state-courts writ-of-prohibition The petitioner, Brian Hampton Clark ("Brian Clark") seeks reversal of a conviction of contempt of court entered by the Honorable David V. Williams, ch… 5.5
19-1237 LeRoy K. Wheeler v. North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-access court-access due-process judicial-bias judicial-review legal-prejudice meritorious-claims prisoner-rights pro-se pro-se-prisoner Do poor pro-se prisoners have a constitutional right to access the courts and to justice that will compel courts to rule on the merits of valid consti… 5.5
19-1243 Arthur O. Armstrong v. Wilson County, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection federal-procedure fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment frivolous-complaint official-discrimination standing 1. Did trial court deprive the petitioner of his constitutional rights when he denied petitioner total access to the court when he denied the petition… 5.5
19M143 Alberto Rojas, Jr. v. Ann Gail Meinster, et al. Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M144 Julius Sesztak, et ux. v. Great Northern Insurance Co., Inc., et al. New Jersey Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M145 In Re Linda Ann Wright Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M146 In Re Linda Ann Wright Presumed Complete None 5.5
19M147 Josh Albritton v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
19-955 Shirley Hirshauer v. AQ Holdings, LLC, et al. Maryland Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bias bias-in-judiciary civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraudulent-conveyance judicial-immunity plain-error-rule standing 1. Was Shirley Hirshauer's, and her sons, Constitutional Right to Due Process violated? Is a judge immune from being sued when he acts in the absence… 4.0
19-1020 Florence Bikundi v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof continuance district-court-discretion due-process ends-of-justice ends-of-justice-continuance forfeiture fraud fraud-conduct restitution sentencing sentencing-guidelines speedy-trial-act 1. Whether a district court granting an ends-ofjustice continuance under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(7)(A), violates the require… 3.5
19-1230 Bobby Knight v. Chenega Security, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights contract-law dismissal due-process evidence motion-to-dismiss pro-se-litigation qui-tam qui-tam-action standard-of-review standing whistleblower-protection I. DID THE COURT BELOW FAIL TO USE AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF REVIEW WHEN GRANTING ALL THE DISMISSAL MOTIONS WITHOUT RECOGNIZING THE PETITIONER 'S… 3.5
19-1262 Steven Eric Greer v. Dennis Mehiel, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights final-policymaking-authority first-amendment government-entity government-liability monell monell-claim monell-v-department-of-social-services petition press probable-cause retaliation retaliation-claim rule-60-motion The Lozman question Did the lower courts misapprehend, then ignore completely on appeal, Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla., 13 8 S. Ct. 1945 (201… 3.5
19-1266 H. B., a Minor, Individually and as Successor in Interest to Michelle Lee Shirley, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Ronnie Shirley v. City of Torrance, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness police-conduct qualified-immunity scott-v-harris summary-judgment use-of-force In a 42 USC § 1983 action where videos capturing the claimed use of excessive force are open to multiple interpretations as to whether the use of leth… 3.5
19-1313 Donovan Dave Dixon v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-liability drug-trafficking gonzalez-v-oregon medical-malpractice medical-practice mens-rea standard-of-care Whether juries must be instructed that the government must prove that a physician acted with the mens rea of intent as to issuing a prescription outsi… 3.5
19-8000 James Robert Peterson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP courts-of-appeals-split criminal-procedure detainer-act federal-state-courts interstate-agreement interstate-agreement-on-detainers-act motion-tolling speedy-trial-act time-to-trial tolling Does a pending motion automatically toll the IADA's time-to-trial clock, to the same extent as under the STA? 0.5
19-7794 Jeremy Shane Fogleman v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment 1) Does the SUPREME COURT of the STATE of MISSISSIPPI'S DECISION REVERSING the COURT Of APPEALS of the STATE Of MISSISSIPPI'S, 9-0 UNANIMOUS DECISION … 0.0
19-7834 Travis Soto v. Ohio Ohio Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure federal-courts fifth-amendment finality plea-bargaining constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-courts fifth-amendment finality jury-trial plea-agreement plea-bargaining This Court has yet to resolve the question lying at the core of this appeal, which has produced a split amongst this country's federal and state judic… 0.0
19-7382 Tyrone Jemane Johnson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause mens-rea sentencing-guidelines uniformity I. Whether a generic aggravated assault as defined in United States Sentencing Guidelines § 4B1.2 requires a mens rea greater than mere recklessness, … -1.0
19-8365 Arthur Lopez v. California California Dismissed Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review standing Question not identified. -1.5
19-8510 Juan Carlos Garcia Torres v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction noncitizen notice-to-appear removal-proceedings Whether an immigration court has jurisdiction to commence removal proceedings against a noncitizen if the "notice to appear" at the removal hearing fa… -1.5
19-8513 Edward Javier Catano Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-trafficking due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-drug-law maritime-law pinkerton-doctrine subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. For purposes of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"), does due process require a nexus between the defendant and the United States where… -1.5
19-7544 Robert M. Waggy v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)IFP constitutional-law content-based content-based-restrictions criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech public-concern speech-regulation telephone-harassment Whether a statute that prohibits telephone harassment may, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit speech on matters of public concern or impose… -2.5
18-9554 In Re Billie J. Allen Denied Relisted (2)IFP alabama-v-shelton arizona-v-fulminante capital-case capital-punishment due-process gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus mccoy-v-louisiana non-capital-case right-to-counsel structural-error 1. Whether McCoy V Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018) is a new "watershed rule", akin to Gideon v Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), which falls within t… -4.0
19-7310 Michael Charles Smith v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process involuntary-confession medication-effects medication-impairment mental-capacity narcotic-medication physical-condition psychological-coercion voluntariness At the time the critical statements were made the mind of the accused was insuffientlr clear and hampered by the combination of his Phrsical condition… -4.0
19-7405 Francienna B. Grant v. Marshall L. Williams New Jersey Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights damages-denial due-process evidence ex-parte-evidence judicial-fairness legal-malpractice pro-se pro-se-litigation standing Whether a Pro Se litigant can prevail in a Legal malpractice case on liability after having suffered damages and be denied damages incurred. Whether … -4.0
19-7461 Derrick Lamar Cheeks v. Alford Joyner Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process habeas habeas-review jurisdictional-conflict procedural-default state-court supreme-court supreme-court-precedent 1) Has the Supreme Court of the United States overturned its own precedent in Harris v. Reed, 489 U.S. 255 109 S.Ct. 1038 103 L.Ed. 2d (1989); Caldwel… -4.0
19-7260 Darin Kaufmann v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-2252 categorical-approach child-pornography federal-criminal-law first-amendment predicate-offense prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement state-law statutory-interpretation 1. Did the Seventh Circuit err in holding that the categorical approach does not apply when determining whether a state conviction triggers a sentenci… -4.5
19-7699 Anthony Carr v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied IFP adaptive-functioning atkins atkins-standard criminal-sentencing diagnostic-criteria due-process intellectual-disability medical-expert-criteria medical-experts supreme-court supreme-court-interpretation Did the Mississippi Supreme Court establish an erroneous legal standard when medical experts"? -4.5
19-7743 Robert Paul Langley, Jr. v. Oregon Oregon Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel attorney criminal-procedure marion-county-circuit-court oregon-supreme-court state-court-procedure breakdown-in-communication criminal-procedure effective-assistance-of-counsel indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Question not identified. -4.5
19-7865 Clifford Laverne Mecham, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 2nd-circuit 8th-circuit child-pornography circuit-split constitutional-law eighth-circuit first-amendment free-speech morphed-images second-circuit sexually-explicit-conduct Whether the First Amendment protects morphed child pornography created without any child's involvement in sexually explicit conduct, as the Eighth Cir… -4.5
19-7991 Oscar Garcia v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP article-iii-judge constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-magistrates-act guilty-plea magistrate-judge rule-11 Whether or not a magistrate judge can fully and finally accept a felony guilty plea with the defendant's consent such that it cannot be withdrawn for … -4.5
19-8229 Donnie L. Harris, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP capital-punishment due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment newly-discovered-evidence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Does Oklahoma's strict application of its statutory requirement that all newly discovered evidence in capital cases must be presented within one year … -4.5
19-8272 Nicholas Cody Tate v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Georgia Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-review capital-sentencing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence schriro-v-landrigan strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Georgia Supreme Court's opinion reversing the state habeas corpus court's reasoned grant of relief based on capital sentencing counsel's p… -4.5
19-8276 In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rule-60 court-of-appeals district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction notice-of-appeal petit-rule 1. Whether the district Court should have filed the Petition filed pursuant to Civil Rule 60 petition as a notice of appeal in the Court of appeals? … -4.5
19-8278 In Re Levar Lee Anthony Spence Denied IFP brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment sixth-amendment spoliation spoliation-of-evidence writ-of-mandamus Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit properly refused review and hearing of a "Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendm… -4.5
19-8281 Luqman Abdullah v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP 4th-amendment delayed-notification federalism fourth-amendment new-jersey patriot-act separation-of-powers sneak-and-peek surveillance-procedure tenth-amendment Whether the enhanced surveillance procedure, under Section 213 of the U.S. Patriot Act, 18 U.S.C , §3301 (Commonly known as "Sneak and Peek " or the "… -4.5
19-8283 James L. Toney v. Heath Dickson, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-8289 Jose Yeyille v. Cecilia M. Altonaga, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure dismissal district-court-review due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment in-forma-pauperis jury-trial seventh-amendment standing 1. Whether the district court appropriately resolved genuine issues of disputed facts; correctly applied legal conclusions; and provided any statement… -4.5
19-8292 Russell Tinsley v. Sherry Yates, Administrator, Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-commitment constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process fauntleroy-doctrine full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction WHEATHER THE NEW JERSEY CIVIL COMMITMENT OF MR. TINSLEY WAS A VIOLATION OF THE FAUNTLEROY DOCTRINE; AND/OR JURISDICTION OF THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT C… -4.5
19-8298 David M. Kissi v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fbi fbi-warrant fourth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence miranda-rights search-and-seizure Whether the trial court overlooked evidence that the FBI had Petitioner arrested and searched his home with writs that were inadmissible because they … -4.5
19-8299 Matthan James Simons Pattioay v. Hawaii Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing Question not identified. -4.5
19-8303 Wadress Metoyer, Jr. v. Delynn Fudge, in Her Individual and Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process liberty-interest parole parole-eligibility sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range truth-in-sentencing Did the 1997 Oklahoma Legislature mandate in its statutory language, phrases provisions, design, purpose and intent in House Bill 1213 effective date … -4.5
19-8306 Marcel Nwagu v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure collateral-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default rule-60-motion standard-of-review 1. Whether, in this case, under the authorities of Martinez, Trevino and Ayestas, Petitioner is entitled to Rule 60 (b) (6) relief due to the alleged … -4.5
19-8307 Jose Lopez v. Rollin Cook, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence evidence-tampering habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct 1) The State Superior court At Rockville sent me A letter stating that thay have misplaced the or some of the valuable evidece that I have provided at… -4.5
19-8309 Cynthia Fisher v. Frontline National Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Why did the NC Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit state that I was late filing, after the appeals' court accepted my extension request? That is why … -4.5
19-8313 Thomas M. Tully v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice procedural-default statutory-provisions successive-writ supreme-court-precedent writ-of-certiorari In McQuiggin v. Perkins, 569 U.S. 383, 393 (2013), the United States Supreme Court ruled: "a prisoner otherwise subject to defenses of abuse or succes… -4.5
19-8314 Reginald Ward v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence circumstantial-evidence constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-evidence jurisdiction self-defense statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
19-8320 Quintez Talley v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines federal-claims pleading-standards prisoner-rights pro-se-plaintiff state-law-claims supplemental-jurisdiction 1. Is a Parties right to raise an absolute a/identiam. PYimleae tontaent UP0Y1 Whether bY evidence ? 2. bots -the. doctrine thaba district Court must… -4.5
19-8321 Charlie Ray Carney v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-rights court-records due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sentencing state-courts WHETHER A STATE PRISONER'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS, SECURED BY THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AND MADE OBLIGATORY TO THE STATES T… -4.5
19-8323 William George Coodey v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP consent criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process factual-innocence jackson-v-virginia rape sixth-amendment 1. Whether DNA testing that would undermine an alleged rape victim's testimony denying consent to sexual intercourse would create sufficient uncertain… -4.5
19-8324 James William Hornsby v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP adversarial-process brain-injury constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington (1) Whether the district courts denial of relief and determination of whether a breakdown in the adversarial process was created by the trial courts … -4.5
19-8327 Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed IFP case-processing certificate-of-appealability civil-rights court-of-appeals discretionary-power due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Whether a Certificate of Appealability should issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) when the United States Court of Appeals, in a decision dated Septembe… -4.5
19-8331 Jose A. Rodriguez v. Thomas Griffin, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-error constructive-amendment criminal-procedure due-process felony-offense grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance penal-law right-to-counsel 1. Whether the State Court constructively amended the indictment which charged petitioner on September 1, 2009 through September 1, 2010, before the N… -4.5
19-8343 Kenan Allen v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus state-court-notification statutory-limitation Whether a "Certificate of Appealability" should have been issued regarding the matter of conduct during Mr. Allen's filing of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 pet… -4.5
19-8575 In Re Andrew Robinson Denied IFP 14th-amendment access-to-courts civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection equitable-tolling habeas-corpus jurisdiction-claims 1) . Does State and Federal law allow jurisdiction claims to be made at anytime? 2) . Does Sate and Federal law say jurisdiction claims go under habe… -4.5
19-8578 In Re Khayree Smith Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction denationalization due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction nationality racial-classification slave-nomenclature status status-correction A) WHat branch 6f law authorized States to assume jurisdiction over any person prior to adjudication? B) What branch of law authorized states to viol… -4.5
19-6961 Hernan Navarro v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process equitable-relief evidence evidentiary-proceedings intellectual-predicate judicial-review precedent precedent-analysis standing statutory-interpretation fordamenton error of equitable sharispr tence by evaluating the Detitoners WS Under an erroneous Stendo revi Me tn && B0id Claimg being unFarnly rejec… -6.0
19-7349 Angel Osornio v. Supreme Court of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial impartial-tribunal judicial-review standing Dwhy am I a lake Staks Chan ic het bee protecte under the constifthn? 2 the Wrino Staks? Worl ere my e th a the dunt fake the menty of anπ casl h Se… -6.0
19-7576 James Anthony Davis v. Angleton Independent School District, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process government-interference necessary-parties property-rights res-judicata taking-clause takings tax-assessment 1. Whether the Petitioner could be liable for the 2012 taxes as he was not the property owner on January 01,2012. 2. Whether the government's interfe… -6.0
19-7597 Robert William Wazney v. Kenneth Nelson, Warden Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP asset-forfeiture asset-freezing constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-process pre-trial-restraint state-corrective-process IS PETITIONER, ROBERT WILLIAM WAZNEY, IMPRISONED IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES? -6.0
19-7749 Andrey L. Bridges v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment 8th-amendment actual-innocence constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection factual-innocence habeas-corpus habeas-review res-judicata strickland-v-washington I: Does the State affirmative defense of Res Judicata defeats Amendment Fifth; Sixth; Eighth, and Fourteenth of the United States Constitution? II: I… -6.0
19-8037 Shlomit Ruttkamp v. Bank of New York Mellon, fka The Bank of New York Connecticut Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-litigation fourteenth-amendment fraud fraud-allegations jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction The Second Circuit Court Justice should reminisce whether in the 21st Century the rules of law and the books of law should be compromised and violated… -6.0
19-8148 Brent Douglas Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct separation-of-powers sovereignty standing territorial-jurisdiction venue A "Case" is "a suit instituted according to the regular course of judicial procedure." Muskrat, 219 US at 356-7. It must be instituted lawfully to ari… -6.0
19-8288 Mac Truong, et al. v. R. Kenneth Barnard, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 341(a)-meeting asset-collection bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 chapter-7-trustee creditor-meeting debtor-rights discharge discharge-denial trustee 1. May a Chapter 7 Trustee proceed to collect a Chapter 7 Debtor 's assets before the Debtor would have successfully attended at least one 11 USC 341… -6.5
19-8360 Juan C. Parra-Interian v. Mike Obenland Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence harmless-error joinder-of-charges probable-cause standing witness witness-testimony Is it lawful to have a witness testify in a case where they have NO Direct knowledge of the facts? Can a State Court Joinder of Dissimilar charges, w… -6.5
19-8369 LaLangie Hoskins v. GE Aviation Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada-title-i americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-discrimination due-process employment-discrimination employment-law protected-class standing trial-procedure wrongful-termination Whether the district court abused its discretion by relying on the erroneous legal premise that the Plaintiff is not part of the protected class of ci… -6.5
19-8394 Paul Anthony Hatton v. Douglas L. Combs, Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-enforcement standing state-court-rules state-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction WHETHER THE FEDERAL COURTS HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE DUTY TO EXERCISE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO HEAR A 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ACTION SEEKING TO HAVE A … -6.5
19-8404 Jamaal Gittens v. Elizabeth Kelly, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Erie County, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Pursuant to Pa CSA 4342(e) 42 U.S 666 Common Pleas judge Kelly, Domestic Relations has authority to obtain personal jurisdiction over non residence of… -6.5
19-8445 Freddie Lee Curry, aka King of da Hood, aka Rat v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 alleyne alleyne-ruling criminal-procedure drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act mandatory-minimum sentence-reduction sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court abused its discretion when it failed to to apply Alleyne to Appellant's sentence reduction under Section 404(b) of the First St… -6.5
19-8459 Todd Erling Becker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages fair-use intellectual-property substantial-similarity Whether there was probable cause to arrest Mr. Becker for the Florida burglary and robbery crime. 2. Did the FBI agent impliedly threaten Mr. Becker … -6.5
19-8474 Brittany Dawn Thomas v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(e) 18-USC-3553e criminal-procedure district-court judicial-authority mandatory-minimum sentencing sentencing-discretion separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation i. DOES A DISTRICT COURTS INABILITY TO DEPART BELOW A MANDATORY MINIMUM UNDER 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), FOR ANY FACTOR OTHER THAN DEFENDANT'S SUBSTANTIAL A… -6.5
19-8477 Timothy Martin Kendrick v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech judicial-interpretation sixth-amendment standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-8503 Darieus Malik Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court fact-intensive-inquiry federal-criminal-cases fifth-circuit prostitution-enhancement review-standard sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review On Appeal DARIEUS MALIK WILLIAMS challenged the district court's finding that he unduly influenced a minor to engage in prohibited sexual conduct such… -6.5
19-8504 Jose Antonio Garcia v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP admission-of-guilt constitutional-law criminal-procedure disposition-agreement due-process judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing supervised-release Whether Mr. Garcia's admission to a violation of supervised release in this matter violated due process where the district court failed to clearly inf… -6.5
19-8506 David James Ward v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. -6.5
19-8508 Javier Villar v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule managerial-role motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure sentencing-enhancement standing u-s-sentencing-guidelines (1) Whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals erred in denying the Defendant's motion to suppress evidence located in the Appellant's reside… -6.5
19-8509 Joaquin Gonzales v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP alpr automated-license-plate-reader evidence-standard fourth-amendment license-plate physical-movements reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure warrantless-search Did a detective's warrantless search of an ALPR database for images and locations of Petitioner's license plate violate petitioner's Fourth Amendment … -6.5
19-8512 Alexander P. Mhlanga v. Jennifer Hicks Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights damages due-process qualified-immunity I -DID DEFENDANT VIOLATE PLAINTIFF'S RIANTS UNDEL THE FOURTH TIOKETS UNDER COCOR OF LAW AND COST PEAINTIFF TWO SEPARATE ARRESTS 2-DD ERENDANT DEPRIVE… -6.5
19-8515 Michael Munday v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP disparate-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fairness fifth-amendment judicial-review reasonableness sentencing sentencing-disparity sixth-amendment In affirming the 12-year upward departure sentence, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has so far departed from the accepted and usual course of ju… -6.5
19-8530 Sacorey L. Clark v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process government-duty government-liability judicial-remand legal-claims rehaif rehaif-precedent remand sentencing sentencing-review Whether CLARK's Affirmed Sentence & Judgment Must be Vacated in light of REHAIF, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), Then Remanded, Where it is Warranted that CLAR… -6.5
19-8535 Courtney Rashon Johnson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-review grand-jury habeas-corpus plea-bargaining standing 1.) THE 11+CnCUIT conCEDES thAT JOhUSON SObSTANtiAl RinTS WERE NOT 3tAtOS ElEMENT ANd dENiEd JOHnSON RELEf. BUt ON thE othER hANd thE 4+ CIRCUt COnCED… -6.5
19-8537 Susan Xiao-Ping Su v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-remedy procedural-error sentencing A. whether the Ninth Ciruit should sue sponte vacate or grant Conviction/sentence becanse ind: ctment alleged certificuateont of statnte scope aleordi… -6.5
19-8540 Antwoyn Spencer and Derrick Jerome Spencer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment first-step-act resentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioners are being deprived of their right to due process of law against law (without due process of law) in violation of the Fifth Amendme… -6.5
19-8543 Carl L. Burdick v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plea-agreement rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-range united-states-v-booker Whether the District Court, contrary to precedents of this Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, accorded the advisory … -6.5
19-8544 Hubert Carter v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure judicial-determination jury-trial sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Does the judicial determination of crimes "committed on occasions different from one another" at sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.… -6.5
19-8546 Annamalai Annamalai and Parvathi Sivanadiyan v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-jurisdiction judicial-error new-trial procedural-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct A. whether the Eleventh circui+ court of Appeals has so Far departed from the accepted and usual course of Judicial pvoceedings and/ox sanctioned Such… -6.5
19-8548 Shawndell Lee Harrison v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split collateral-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus johnson-v-united-states retroactive-rule retroactivity sentencing A second or successive motion to vacate, set aside, or correct a federal sentence may be filed if it "contain[s] . . . a new rule of constitutional la… -6.5
19-8558 David Hardman v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion Anders-review appeal-waiver breach-of-plea-agreement criminal-procedure jurisdiction DID THE CIRCUIT COURT ERR IN REFUSING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THE VALIDITY OF THE APPEAL WAIVER DURING A REVIEW OF THE RECORD, PURSUANT TO ANDERS v… -6.5