Conference: 2020-06-25

128 cases — 0 granted, 128 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-1469 Department of Homeland Security, et al. v. Casa de Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action agency-discretion deferred-action dhs-policy executive-discretion immigration immigration-enforcement immigration-law judicial-review policy-rescission standing Whether DHS's decision to wind down the DACA policy is judicially reviewable
19-1022 Gerard Patrick Matthews v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) None
19-1026 Ford Motor Company v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (4) customs-classification federal-circuit import-duties international-trade post-importation-modification precedent statutory-interpretation tariff-classification tariff-provisions vehicle-classification waiver worthington-v-robbins Whether the Federal Circuit erred in holding that a product's post-importation modification and use can determine its classification under a tariff he…
19-1035 ShaRon D. Rose v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 11-usc-362 automatic-stay bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-code-362-a bankruptcy-estate bankruptcy-filing bankruptcy-petition bankruptcy-petition-dismissal bankruptcy-statute-2005-revisions bankruptcy-stay debtor-property repeat-bankruptcy-filings statutory-interpretation Whether 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(8)(A) terminates the automatic bankruptcy stay as to property of the bankruptcy estate
19-1059 Angela Hamm, et vir v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Amici (1) 4th-amendment fourth-amendment home-invasion home-search law-enforcement-search privacy privacy-rights probation probation-condition reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether police violate the Fourth Amendment when they conduct a suspicionless search of a probationer's home
19-1082 Stephen Linder v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied civil-rights-tort-claims-act-discretionary-functio constitutional-violation constitutional-violations discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress law-enforcement malicious-prosecution sovereign-immunity Whether the discretionary function exception bars claims for malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress that violate the C…
19-1087 Charles M. Hallinan v. United States Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure criminal-intent fifth-circuit mens-rea rico rico-act-1962-c rico-statute scienter second-circuit second-fifth-eleventh-circuits third-circuit unlawful-debt wire-fraud Whether a person violates 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) by simply knowing an enterprise is collecting a debt that is separately determined to be unlawful
19-1100 Leroy D. Cropper v. Arizona Arizona Denied Amici (2) capital-punishment death-penalty due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions parole-eligibility parole-ineligibility simmons-v-south-carolina sixth-amendment Whether a death sentence may be carried out when defense counsel unreasonably fails to inform the jury of parole ineligibility under Simmons v. South …
19-1115 American Bankers Association v. National Credit Union Administration District of Columbia Denied Amici (4) administrative-law agency-authority agency-discretion chevron-deference delegation-of-authority local-community regulatory-definition separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation When a statute expressly directs an agency to define a statutory term, does the delegation expand the scope of the agency's authority at Chevron step …
19-1121 Guadalupe A. Welsh v. Fort Bend Independent School District Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-code adverse-action adverse-employment-action civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process employment-discrimination fifth-circuit retaliation teacher-discipline texas-education-code title-vii Is the Fifth Circuit's restrictive 'ultimate adverse employment action' doctrine in conflict with Title VII protections?
19-1123 Leo Lech, et al. v. Chief John A. Jackson, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (3) 5th-amendment civil-rights due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment government-taking just-compensation police-power property-rights takings Whether there is a categorical exception to the Just Compensation Clause when the government takes property while acting pursuant to its police power?
19-1124 Chrimar Systems, Inc., dba CMS Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Ale USA Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-agency administrative-law administrative-review article-iii-court article-iii-courts article-iii-jurisdiction damages damages-judgment executive-branch-decision federal-circuit finality finality-standard patent-infringement patent-law-finality patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-validity standard-of-review Whether the Federal Circuit may apply a finality standard for patent cases that conflicts with the standard applied by this Court and all other circui…
19-1145 Ng Lap Seng v. United States Second Circuit Denied bribery bribery-of-foreign-officials criminal-prosecution foreign-corrupt-practices-act international-organizations mcdonnell-v-united-states official-act quasi-sovereign-public-international-entities statutory-interpretation united-nations Whether the generic term 'organization' in §666 should be construed to include quasi-sovereign public international entities like the United Nations
19-1154 Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC, et al. v. Andrew Phillips, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dorothy Phillips, et al. Arkansas Denied contract-formation contract-interpretation contract-law federal-arbitration-act mutuality-of-assent mutuality-of-obligation preemption state-law-rules third-party-beneficiaries Whether the FAA preempts a state-law contract rule that singles out arbitration agreements
19-1158 Airbus Helicopters, Inc. v. Mary Riggs, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 28-usc-1442 administrative-delegation aviation-law civil-procedure delegation faa federal-aviation-administration federal-officer federal-officer-removal jurisdictional-removal removal removal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether a private party is 'acting under' a federal officer and may remove under 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1)
19-1166 Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Bureau of Indian Affairs, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure consent federal-agency federal-jurisdiction non-federal-entity rule-19 standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19 requires dismissal of an Administrative Procedure Act action
19-1195 Adalberto Frickson Palacios-Solis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied case-in-chief criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-of-guilt fifth-amendment miranda miranda-rights pre-miranda-silence self-incrimination Whether the prosecution violates the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination Clause when it uses a criminal defendant's post-arrest, pre-Miranda silence …
19-1214 Marty Friend v. Indiana Indiana Denied Amici (1) criminal-defendants criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence medical-records privilege privileged-records psychotherapist-patient psychotherapist-privilege sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether, and under what circumstances, criminal defendants' Sixth Amendment and Due Process rights entitle them to obtain witnesses' privileged treatm…
19-1244 Anthony J. Johnson v. Storix, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure copyright copyright-fees due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech ninth-circuit petition standing Whether the Ninth Circuit denied Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to due process
19-1249 Phyllis Davis v. Echo Valley Condominium Association, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure fair-housing-act federal-courts federal-rules-of-civil-procedure notice-pleading pleading-standards state-law summary-judgment twombly Whether the liberal notice pleading standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) and Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007) ceases…
19-1250 Victor Allan Clark v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., et al. Florida Denied 45-usc-55 45-usc-56 forum-selection forum-selection-clause jones-act maritime-law negligence personal-injury seaman-employment seaman-employment-contract third-party-beneficiary Does the Jones Act render void a foreign forum selection clause in a Seaman's employment contract?
19-1251 Arthur O. Armstrong v. School District of Philadelphia, et al. Third Circuit Denied 14th-amendment access-to-courts appeal appeals civil-rights constitutional-violation discrimination due-process employment equal-protection equal-protection-clause fourteenth-amendment official-discrimination school-district Whether School District of Philadelphia discharged the petitioner from his teaching position without due process of law
19-1259 Carlos Loumiet v. United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived bivens-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-courts forum-of-defense standing takings Whether the Court of Appeals correctly concluded that a forum of defense and an unrelated fee-shifting statute preclude a Bivens remedy
19-1263 Mark Thompson v. Chicago Board of Education, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment abstention administrative-hearing civil-procedure civil-rights claim-splitting constitutional-rights due-process injunctive-relief judicial-procedure ongoing-state-proceedings standing title-vii Did the lower federal courts err in not permitting petitioner's claims for injunctive relief against a state branch if the ongoing state proceedings v…
19-1268 Jeanetta Springer, et vir v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law due-process judicial-bias judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jury-trial pro-se-litigation recusal standing Can a court force a pro se litigant to a bench trial despite demand for jury trial?
19-1270 Steven D. Fodge, et al. v. Trustmark National Bank, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived active-duty confession-of-judgment due-process foreclosure military-personnel military-protection mortgage-foreclosure servicemembers-civil-relief-act supremacy-clause Does Louisiana's law allowing banks to use 'confession of judgment' clauses to seize and sell the homes of military personnel on active duty without a…
19-1274 Edward Ronny Arnold v. Herbert Slatery, III, Attorney General of Tennessee Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process electronic-filing equal-access-to-courts fair-labor-standards-act federal-holiday federal-holidays legal-opinion state-government subject-matter-jurisdiction wage-compensation Whether the State of Tennessee Attorney General's legal opinion denying earned wages for a substituted federal holiday violates federal labor laws
19-1275 Angel Luis Thomas, Sr. v. Tyree C. Blocker, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law due-process federal-mandate federal-state-relations fourteenth-amendment sex-offender-registration state-jurisdiction Does the Commerce Clause empower Congress to impose 'Registry requirements for sex offenders,' 34 U.S.C. § 20918, directly upon an individual convicte…
19-1308 Bernard Morello, et al. v. Seaway Crude Pipeline Company, LLC Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-limitations contract contract-circumvention contract-clause due-process eminent-domain highest-and-best-use judicial-authority judicial-review just-compensation legislative-limitations property-rights takings Whether eminent domain can be used as mere pretext to rewrite the parties' own prior bargains, or otherwise circumvent existing obligations in a previ…
19-1333 Monster Energy Company, fka Hansen Beverage Company v. City Beverages LLC, dba Olympic Eagle Distributing Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitration-awards bias circuit-split commonwealth-coatings disclosure disclosure-requirements disclosure-rule evident-partiality federal-arbitration-act judicial-standard standard standard-of-review What is the standard for determining 'evident partiality' under the Federal Arbitration Act?
19-1345 Jon Butcher v. Cady Vishniac Massachusetts Denied Response Waived defamation defamation-law due-process-clause first-amendment gertz-precedent gertz-v-robert-welch private-concern private-figure republication republication-doctrine Does the First Amendment or Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. impose limitations on defamation claims by private, non-public figures involved in private mat…
19-1348 Alfred Bourgeois, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-rule capital-case death-penalty execution-protocol federal-death-penalty-act federal-law notice-and-comment procedural-rule statutory-interpretation Whether the phrase 'prescribed by the law of the State' in 18 U.S.C. § 3596(a) includes those procedures that state law requires state officials to es…
19-185 Kalev Mutond, et al. v. Darryl Lewis District of Columbia Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-procedure common-law-immunity conduct-based-immunity diplomatic-immunity executive-branch executive-branch-position executive-branch-views foreign-official-immunity foreign-officials personal-capacity personal-capacity-suit personal-capacity-suits samantar-v-yousuf torture-victim-protection-act Whether conduct-based immunity applies when foreign officials are sued in their personal capacities
19-638 N. B. D. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Kentucky Denied CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) best-interests deportation federal-law homeland-security immigration immigration-law juvenile-protection predicate-findings special-immigrant-juvenile special-immigrant-juvenile-status state-court-jurisdiction state-courts Whether federal law requires state courts of competent jurisdiction to make predicate findings for special-immigrant-juvenile-status determinations up…
19-6483 Carl Robinson v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Retreat Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure clearly-erroneous-standard clearly-erroneous'-rule-52(a),exhaustion-of-remedi conviction court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies judicial-independence judicial-procedure legal-remedy procedural-due-process standard-of-review statute supplemental-response timeliness unfairness Was the Petitioner denied due process of law,in vi When there is no authority for the preparation of an opinion by the attorney for either side, should the Court of Appeals have applied the 'clearly-er…
19-673 Melida Teresa Luna-Garcia v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) None
19-6963 Roland A. Prenatt v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment attorney-accountability civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment mental-health probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-amendment-speedy-trial,due-process,right-to- speedy-trial Whether the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the accused the right to a speedy trial, and why the judge and attorney can waive this…
19-7337 Kinney Lee Palmer v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault assault crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation texas-law threat Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat is a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
19-7487 Jonathan Blades v. United States District of Columbia Denied Amici (3)IFP courtroom-access courtroom-proceedings due-process fair-trial public-trial right-to-public-trial sixth-amendment standing trial-transparency voir-dire white-noise Does barring members of the public from hearing trial proceedings, without any special justification or findings, violate the right to a public trial …
19-7556 Erika Jacobs v. Maricopa Integrated Health Care System Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure arizona-judiciary citizens-rights civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process judicial-power judicial-process judicial-review judicial-system regulatory-standards standing state-government state-government-bias Whether the Arizona judicial system is biased against the state government
19-7603 Mark D. Jensen v. William Pollard Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause confrontation-right constitutional-error constitutional-violation criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus judicial-remedy retrial trial-rights Whether the State may refuse to retry a successful habeas petitioner who has established a constitutional trial error by simply initiating proceedings…
19-7625 Robert L. Swinton, Jr. v. Florida Florida Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-appeal due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sentencing sentencing-errors sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment structural-error Whether sentencing errors were corrected by appeals court on direct appeal without defense counsel, and whether there was a constitutional denial of c…
19-7644 George Jones v. Cindy Griffith, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion alford-plea appeal credibility direct-appeal expert-witness expert-witness-credibility ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-remedies prejudice sentencing-discrepancy trial-court-discretion Has prejudice been shown-where defense counsel fails to investigate the credibility of the Defense's expert witness
19-7673 Tzedkiyah El Bey, fka James Richard Warren v. Willie Weaver, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights common-law-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-status legislative-interference right-to-travel standing state-power travel Does the de jure Al Maurikan/American National/Citizen have the right to travel on public highways?
19-7674 Kyle K. Clark v. Kevin Lindsay, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency-hearing criminal-procedure criminal-responsibility cronic-standard right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-action united-states-v-cronic Did the Sixth Circuit depart from this Court's prior decisions and create a conflict with its own precedent and a split with other circuits requiring …
19-7678 Tzedkiyah El Bey, fka James Richard Warren v. Doughtery County State Court, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights de-jure-citizen due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-questions judicial-officer organic-constitution standing state-legislature statutory-ordinance takings Can the De Jure American citizen be punished by fine or imprisonment for exercising a Constitutional right?
19-7679 Jonathan Brownlee v. Keith Hearns, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process probation-officer restitution sentencing supervised-release Should the United States Probationary Officer Robert Cowan be held criminally liable for his actions which caused the Petitioner to take supervised re…
19-7693 Joseph P. Mills v. Andrew M. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
19-7697 Rebecca Leigh Lovell v. Children's Corner Daycare Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure coercion constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process duress evidentiary-hearing settlement-dispute settlements trial-court Did the Court of Appeals err in finding the trial court did not abuse its discretion by enforcing settlements that were disputed by a party without ho…
19-7701 Larry Douglas Kerns v. Mathew J. Wenner Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-service civil-procedure civil-rights default-judgment due-process erisa erisa-preemption fraud fraud-on-court judgment-by-default mail-fraud rico rico-act standing Will this court overturn the 9th circuit's denial of proven fraud on the district court and denial of Mr. Kerns' request for judgment by default?
19-7702 Douglas Cornell Jackson v. Leah Berean, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion access-to-courts civil-rights civil-rights-retaliation court-access due-process equal-protection indigent-rights judicial-discretion pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation retaliation retaliation-claims standing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court decisions conflict with the formulation describing retaliation claims within the U.S. Circui…
19-7727 In Re Chakakhan R. Davis Denied Relisted (2)IFP all-writs-act appellate-jurisdiction equitable-intervention fraud-upon-court hazel-atlas-doctrine hazel-atlas-glass-co-v-hartford-empire-co hazel-atlas-glass-v-hartford inherent-duty judicial-integrity mandamus-writ usurpation-of-judicial-power Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violated its inherent duty to uphold the integrity of its jurisdiction by failing to vacate orders obtained…
19-7753 Juan Ramon Pineda-Fernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether the immigration court lacked authority to remove Mr. Pineda because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time
19-7780 Frank Harper v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-USC-924(c) 18-usc-924c carjacking-by-intimidation collateral-review consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure dean-v-united-states ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Predicate-Offense retroactivity sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Harper was denied effective assistance of counsel
19-7821 Juan Alberto Cantu-Siguero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process illegal-reentry immigration immigration-court immigration-court-jurisdiction pereira-precedent pereira-v-sessions removal-order removal-orders separation-of-powers Whether the immigration court lacked jurisdiction to issue orders of removal, violating separation of powers and due process
19-7905 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Exxon Mobil Corporation Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-emergency constitutional-interpretation contract-clause due-process government-grants judicial-misconduct judicial-precedent martial-law patent patent-law patent-rights separation-of-powers treason Whether the concerted wanton breach of solemn Oaths collectively failing to enforce the Laws of the Land and Stare Decisis Laws of the Case constitute…
19-7910 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Intuit, Inc. Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law contract contract-rights due-process government-contract government-contracts government-grants judicial-misconduct jurisdiction patent patent-contract patent-rights standing takings Whether the Supreme Court should enforce the mandated prohibition against repudiating government-issued patent contract grants as delineated in govern…
19-7968 Akube Wuromoni Ndoromo v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment jury-trial seventh-amendment standing takings Does the Fourth Amendment protect the right of the people to be secure therein?
19-7996 Milton Mayorga v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP collateral-attack due-process illegal-reentry immigration-court-authority immigration-law immigration-removal jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Mr. Mayorga because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time?
19-8011 James Anderson Dellinger v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Relisted (2)IFP atkins-v-virginia constitutional-mandate death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment intellectual-disability judicial-abdication legislative-inaction procedural-vehicle May Tennessee evade the constitutional mandate of Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) via legislative inaction and judicial abdication?
19-8029 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Lyft, Inc. Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP conflict-of-interest constitutional-emergency contract-clause corporate-infringement due-process government-contracts judicial-misconduct mutiny national-security patent patent-rights sedition separation-of-powers supreme-court supreme-court-precedent takings Whether Chief Justice Roberts engaged in conflict of interest against inventors as a member of the Knights of Malta with fealty to the Queen of Englan…
19-8043 Christopher Lamont Steward v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 924(c)-conviction categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), is categorically a 'crime of violence' that may serve as a predicate offense under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
19-8045 Raymond Mata, Jr. v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP constitutional-challenge death-penalty due-process fourteenth-amendment legislative-veto nebraska nebraska-legislature referendum referendum-power standing veto Whether the citizens of Nebraska through improper use of their referendum power, or the trial court or Nebraska Supreme Court through erroneous approv…
19-8059 Lakshmi Arunachalam v. Uber Technologies, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-breach contract-clause due-process judicial-misconduct patent patent-contract separation-of-powers supremacy-clause takings-clause Whether collateral attack on the Contract between the inventor and the United States Patent and Trademark Office in bad faith by the entire Judiciary,…
19-8067 Abdul Mohammed v. DuPage Legal Assistance Foundation, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights counsel-appointment disability-rights due-process judicial-procedure medical-records mental-health reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act standing whether a Plaintiff with physical and mental disabilities in an Americans with Disabilities Act action need to reveal all his/her medical and mental h…
19-8090 Joseph Weldon Smith v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP aggravating-factors capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances sixth-amendment Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Mr. Smith's constitutional rights by making the outweighing requirement an afterthought for the jury, used only t…
19-8107 Raul Guzman-Ibarez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law aggravated-felony circuit-split due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings judicial-review retroactivity statutory-interpretation Does the provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that expanded the definition of 'aggravated felony' app…
19-814 Tony Deshawn McCoy v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1) armed-and-dangerous fourth-amendment law-enforcement-discretion marijuana-possession probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio Whether officers can presume that a person is 'armed and presently dangerous' simply because the person possesses any amount of marijuana, however sma…
19-8175 Kitrich A. Powell v. Nevada Nevada Denied IFP aggravating-factors burden-of-proof capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty jury-instructions mitigating-circumstances sixth-amendment Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Mr. Powell's constitutional rights by making the outweighing requirement an afterthought for the jury, used only …
19-8192 John Bejarano v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Nevada Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-reweighing apprendi clemons-v-mississippi constitutional-rights death-penalty jury-trial reweighing sixth-amendment Whether the Nevada Supreme Court's reweighing of aggravating and mitigating factors to uphold a death sentence violates the Sixth Amendment right to a…
19-8239 Robert Ybarra, Jr. v. William Gittere, Warden, et al. Nevada Denied IFP aggravating-factors constitutional-rights death-penalty due-process jury-determination jury-trial mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-procedure Did the Nevada Supreme Court violate Ybarra's constitutional rights by holding that the outweighing determination—a finding that exposed Ybarra to a g…
19-8330 Valentin Spataru v. Florida Department of Transportation, et al. Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process government-conspiracy legal-procedure organized-crime pro-se-plaintiff standing traffic-regulation traffic-safety Whether employees of Florida government may conspire with more government employees, including judges, to avoid compensating their victims
19-8335 Mitchell Willoughby v. Deedra Hart, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP caldwell-precedent capital-sentencing closing-argument death-penalty jury jury-instructions prosecutor prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-circuit state-law voir-dire Did the Sixth Circuit panel misunderstand or frustrate the purpose behind this court's holding in Caldwell v. Mississippi
19-8346 Naeem Jones v. Mark Capozza, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts federal-habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance state-prisoner strickland-standard Does a freestanding claim of actual innocence stand a basis of relief for a state prisoner in the context of a federal habeas proceeding?
19-8347 Joseph A. Daniels v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP due-process exigent-circumstances extrinsic-fraud Fourth-Amendment jurisdiction motion-to-vacate probable-cause property-rights standing void-judgment warrantless-search Did the Supreme Court of Virginia have jurisdiction to adjudicate the claims of Daniels' Motion to Vacate, based upon extrinsic fraud, and could it be…
19-8349 Patrick J. Charest v. J. Clark Stankoski, Judge, Circuit Court of Alabama, Baldwin County Alabama Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Whether the Siateba lay Mos fou ke Sly 'AS. 257 (17%) — thes ues? frre a Costbbeoud / Lighr
19-8350 Christopher R. Desmond v. Delaware Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-clause appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-law delaware-judges judicial-qualifications judicial-selection separation-of-powers standing state-judicial-appointments state-judiciary whether-delaware-judges-appointed-unconstitutionally
19-8352 K. S., III v. Dana Price, et al. Pennsylvania Denied IFP best-interests-of-child civil-rights due-process family-law involuntary-termination parental-rights standing state-court-deference substantial-contact termination-of-parental-rights Whether the Supreme Court erred in deferring to the state court's conclusion that terminating the natural father's parental rights was in the minor ch…
19-8354 Nelson Romero v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process fundamental-liberty liberty-interest procedural-flaws procedural-violation summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's case with prejudice and failing to certify any issue for appellate review, depriving petit…
19-8355 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP due-process equal-protection federal-grants federal-statute parole parole-eligibility prisoners-rights private-prisons sentencing-rules state-corrections truth-in-sentencing Whether 34 U.S.C.A. § 12104's (Formerly cited as 42 U.S.C.A. § 13704) 85% requirement disturb States' settled parole statutes regarding eligibility fo…
19-8356 Henry Logan, et ux. v. Peggy Logan Texas Denied IFP best-interest-standard child-custody disability-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights third-party-custody Are grandparents counted as a third party?
19-8358 Anthony L. Meads v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated
19-8359 Darin D. Phillips v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment labor-law minimum-wage Whether petitioner is entitled to the protections of Assembly Bill 2940
19-8367 Brandon Blake Coleman v. Texas Texas Denied IFP adjudication constitutional-rights due-process federal-claims fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment merits-review standing Whether the State of Texas has violated Petitioner's right to Due Process protections under the Fifth & Fourteenth amendments, U.S. Constitution
19-8368 Jamaal Gittens v. Transforce, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
19-8370 Cynthia Fisher v. Walgreen Co. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
19-8372 Abdul Hakiym Ismaiyl v. Donald C. Nugent Sixth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review circuit-court-review clearly-erroneous clearly-erroneous-standard factual-findings frivolous-claims in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion record-review standard-of-review Whether a Circuit court abdicates its duty by accepting clearly erroneous factual findings without reviewing the record
19-8373 Frank Silva Roque v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP appeals appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-rules federal-law habeas-corpus standing Did the Arizona court err in upholding the state court's ruling contrary to federal law on a reasonable appeal of federal claims?
19-8377 Bobby Ray Knight v. Monterey County, California Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-act circuit-court civil-procedure due-process extensions federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus health-issues incarceration statutory-interpretation time-limitations Whether the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 6(a) and 6(b) are too restrictive or inflexible when resolving impediments to timely litigation, and whet…
19-8395 Peter Gakuba v. Charles O'Brien, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process equitable-relief federal-jurisdiction free-speech judicial-review standing statutory-protection Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for equitable relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act and the Administrative Proc…
19-8397 Domenico Alexander Lockhart v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cole-v-arkansas constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-narcotic-offenses due-process judicial-review overt-act procedural-and-substantive-rights statutory-interpretation Whether North Carolina's criminal conspiracy law and federal constitutional law of due process require proof of an overt act, as held in Cole v. Arkan…
19-8402 John Pacchiana v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech jury-selection peremptory-strike racial-discrimination standing Whether this Court should grant a Writ of Certiorari to review the decision of the Florida Supreme Court finding that counsel failed to preserve an ob…
19-8406 Jihad Shahaddah v. Deputy Gotcher, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment administrative-law assault civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force judicial-review notice statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant had notice of the plaintiffs' assault, and whether the lack of such notice is sufficient to show that the plaintiffs' Eighth Ame…
19-8408 Stanley West McPherson v. Tompkins Trust Company, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error motion-to-dismiss pretrial-procedures procedural-rules scheduling-conference standing summary-judgment Whether the United States Magistrate Judge David E. Peebles erred and violated in failure and refuse to give petitioner a scheduled conference
19-8417 Dante C. Stone v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-syndication direct-appeal due-process government-corruption ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-ethics prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified
19-8426 Shawn M. Twitty v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP amelioration-doctrine criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing doctrine-of-amelioration due-process fundamental-fairness res-judicata sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a sentence is manifestly erroneous because the Doctrine of Amelioration allows for that sentence to be controlled by a newly amended version o…
19-8497 Christopher Lyman v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-defendant due-process expert-testimony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment medical-expert religious-discrimination sixth-amendment Whether a court can deny a criminal defendant his medical expert, who's expert testimony is critical to a material fact in dispute, and base this deni…
19-8520 Justin Mohn v. Progressive Insurance Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-act discovery employment-discrimination pretext-plus pretext-plus-rule prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii Whether a prima facie case and pretext-plus proof of discriminatory animus is sufficient for discovery, summary judgment, or finding employment discri…
19-8523 Christian James v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split due-process fifth-circuit government-promise obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-justice united-states-sentencing-guidelines writ-of-certiorari Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion rejecting James's claim that the Government made an implied promise that any obstruction of justice…
19-8524 Gregory Preston Coker, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process standing statutory-interpretation Whether the 4th Circuit misapplied the standard in Madisyn vs. Whed to determine if the SIC Code 474-53-375 is applicable to a Qualified Affordable De…
19-8525 Julio Gabriel Diaz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances conversion criminal-defendant drug-conversion due-process fifth-amendment lsd self-incrimination sentencing-guidelines Whether a criminal defendant's Fifth Amendment rights are implicated by the conversion required by U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1
19-8542 Brian Lamar Brown v. Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP closing-arguments criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial harmless-error jury-instructions legal-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct during closing arguments?
19-8555 James Troiano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appellate-procedure habeas-corpus harmless-error rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Whether Rehaif error is structural and requires automatic reversal, or is subject to harmless error review
19-8557 Kallen E. Dorsett, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing strickland-standard Does a prosecutor's threat to prosecute a defendant if he withdraws from his guilty plea invalidate the knowing, voluntary and intelligent clause unde…
19-8559 Christopher Scott Jepsen v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review child-pornography criminal-law due-process federal-conviction prior-judgment sentencing sentencing-enhancement void-judgment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit erred by concluding that Mr. Jepsen was subject to an enhanced sentence for his fede…
19-8562 Alexander Rosenblatt v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court paroline-analysis plain-error restitution total-loss victim-loss Whether a district court's failure to determine the total loss to the victims and its failure to conduct a Paroline analysis before entering an order …
19-8563 Michael Lee v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-review due-process first-time-offender life-sentence sentencing sentencing-review sex-crimes Whether a circuit court is presented with a substantial question warranting full appellate review rather than summary disposition when a petitioner wi…
19-8564 David Ojeda v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split johnson-vagueness new-york-state-law second-circuit serious-drug-offense stokeling-precedent stokeling-v-united-states violent-felony Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit misapplied Stokeling v. United States
19-8566 John Charles Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggregate-imprisonment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process imprisonment plain-error revocation sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release Was it plain error for the Western District of North Carolina to not aggregate Mr. Thompson's multiple revocation active imprisonment sentences then r…
19-8567 Thintinus Noseth Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-922 2nd-amendment burden-of-proof constructive-possession criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process firearm-prohibition second-amendment standard-of-proof Whether the Ninth Circuit's low burden of proof for possession of a firearm in cohabitation cases extends the scope of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) beyond its p…
19-8568 James Stephen Thorpe v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-prosecution due-process hobbs-act home-invasion interstate-commerce private-residence robbery targeting-rule Whether the United States Court of Appeals properly held that there exists an interstate commerce connection for a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 an…
19-8569 Brandon S. Wilson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process procedural-error sentencing sentencing-reasonableness supervised-release Is Mr. Wilson's sentence procedurally and substantively infirm because the district court failed to consider the factors under 18 USC §3553(a) or offe…
19-8570 Yamil M. Vega v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 28-usc-2244 crime-of-violence due-process eleventh-circuit hobbs-act-robbery legal-precedent panel-decision procedural-constraints statutory-mandate Whether the Eleventh Circuit exceeds its statutory mandate
19-8572 Roland Chambers, aka Troy Chambers v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-rights appellate-waiver collateral-relief criminal-sentencing judicial-integrity judicial-process plea-agreement plea-agreements sentencing-rights statutory-entitlement Are broad waivers of appellate rights lawful and, if so, what are the limits on their validity and enforcement?
19-8576 Franklin Mackensie Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-record court-of-appeals criminal-case criminal-procedure federal-grand-jury federal-jurisdiction grand-jury jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge statutory-compliance title-40-usc-s-255 Is the Petitioner entitled to review the Administrative Record?
19-8579 Jonathan Frank Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea plea-bargaining voluntary-plea Does an appeal waiver clause bar a criminal defendant from later appealing their conviction on the ground that the guilty plea was not knowing and vol…
19-8582 Brandon Lee Edwards v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c3a attempted-offense crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery james-v-united-states specific-intent substantial-step Is the attempted commission of an offense, like Hobbs Act robbery, automatically and categorically a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)'…
19-8584 Christopher Raynard Kidd v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense due-process evidence-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-representation legal-standards prejudice sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington trial-counsel Whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to review all the evidence with Mr. Kidd prior to trial?
19-8586 Roy Ramirez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempt circuit-split conspiracy controlled-substance criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines Whether the United States Sentencing Commission has properly defined a 'controlled-substance-offense'
19-8589 Ramon Enrique Acosta v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-bargaining sixth-amendment trial-counsel Whether reasonable jurists could debate the district court's determination that trial counsel was not constitutionally ineffective with respect to the…
19-8603 Melvin P. White, Jr. v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-docket-entry civil-procedure constitutional-challenge district-court-procedure federal-court-jurisdiction magistrate-judge magistrate-judge-review notice-and-certification procedural-standards record-keeping standard-of-review Did the U.S. District Court fail to enter a petition for review by the Supreme Court, causing the exclusion of a prior order for money owed in the civ…
19-8626 In Re Thomas Reid DeCarlo Dismissed IFP checks-and-balances civil-rights congressional-accountability congressional-authority constitutional-violations due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-jurisdiction separation-of-powers supreme-court-authority Whether Congress and the Executive Branch have exceeded their constitutional authority and violated the system of checks and balances
19-874 William Alan Pesnell, et al. v. Jill Sessions, et al. Louisiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-access criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights public-access public-records sixth-amendment trial-recording Whether La. R.S. 44:4(47) and the local rule of the 26 Judicial District Court in and for Bossier Parish can bar public access to the digital recordin…
19-933 Monex Deposit Company, et al. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cftc-authority commodity-exchange-act commodity-futures-trading-commission due-process fraud market-manipulation retail-transactions retroactive-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has authority to punish conduct that does not manipulate any commodities market
19-975 Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law border-wall constitutional-challenge homeland-security immigration-law immigration-reform non-delegation-doctrine Presentment-Clause separation-of-powers Whether ITRIRA § 102(c) violates the separation-of-powers, the non-delegation-doctrine, and the Presentment-Clause
19A1045 Konstantin Bugarenko, aka Kostyantyn Bugarenko v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
19M148 Charles Grover Brant v. Florida Florida Presumed Complete None
19M149 Allan Douglas Schubert v. United States Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete None