| 19-1326 |
E. Thomas Scarborough, III v. Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Northampton County, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
access-to-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-crimes parental-rights rooker-feldman section-1983 standing |
Whether District Court has jurisdiction over state deprivation of federal rights, under the color of state law |
| 19-1335 |
Timothy James Dummer v. California Contractors State License Board, et al. |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law certified-mail due-process government-taking hearing mail-service notice procedural-rights tax-notice tax-notices |
Where State law requires certified mail to be used for tax notices, is due process satisfied where the State instead only uses regular mail, which res… |
| 19-1362 |
Jason Laut v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
circuit-split constructive-amendment criminal-procedure fifth-amendment grand-jury-clause plain-error prejudice rule-52b substantial-rights |
What test should be used to determine whether a constructive amendment impacted a defendant's substantial rights? |
| 19-1437 |
Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
|
None |
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| 19-7736 |
Silvester Woods v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Rehearing |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights complaint court-of-appeals damages district-court due-process emotional-distress employment intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress jurisdiction representation standing |
Whether the WMATA and ATU Local 689 presented unjustified excuses to reinstate the plaintiff and deny representation, and whether the district court a… |
| 19-8476 |
Robert R. Yerton, Jr. v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appeals appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction oklahoma-court post-conviction-relief |
Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals erred in their original 3-3-2020, and subsequent 3-4-2020 request for rehearing, decision to refuse jur… |
| 19-8480 |
Stanley J. Caterbone v. National Security Agency |
Third Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abuse-of-authority civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process filing-restrictions government-abuse government-misconduct judicial-misconduct national-security pro-se-petition standing |
Is there Judicial Misconduct and Abuse of Authority |
| 19-8607 |
Derrick Thompson v. Patrick Griffin, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
confrontation-clause fair-trial forensic-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements |
Does the Confrontation Clause permit the introduction of testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst? |
| 20-107 |
Cedar Point Nursery, et al. v. Victoria Hassid, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (40)Relisted (2) |
agricultural agricultural-access civil-rights due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment labor-regulation labor-relations property property-rights takings takings-clause |
Whether the uncompensated appropriation of an easement that is limited in time effects a per se physical taking under the Fifth Amendment |
| 20-11 |
Richard Lawrence Alexis v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
|
None |
|
| 20-126 |
Andalusian Global Designated Activity Company, et al. v. Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-law creditor-liens municipal-finance property-rights secured-lending statutory-interpretation |
Whether ERS' entitlement to future pension contributions is 'property' and the subsequent payments 'proceeds' under 11 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1) |
| 20-128 |
Big Port Service DMCC v. China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
all-writs-act anti-arbitration-injunction arbitration arbitration-injunction circuit-split equitable-relief federal-arbitration-act injunctive-relief remedial-power |
Whether the Second Circuit erred in recognizing a cause of action for a party seeking to avoid arbitration and in concluding that courts have remedial… |
| 20-134 |
Abilio Hernandez, et al. v. Jason Boles, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
|
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process fourth-amendment jury-deference jury-instructions standard-of-review traffic-stop warrant-check |
Should a federal appellate court grant deference to a jury's conclusions of law about constitutional issues in a civil rights lawsuit? |
| 20-140 |
Reza Heidari v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Fifth Circuit |
GVR |
|
None |
|
| 20-166 |
Michael Scott Anglesey, et al. v. Allied Professionals Insurance Company, A Risk Retention Group, Inc. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
arbitration-clause arbitration-clauses consumer-protection federal-preemption insurance-contract liability-risk-retention-act mccarran-ferguson-act risk-retention-group state-insurance-regulation state-law |
Whether the federal Liability Risk Retention Act preempts state laws prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses in insurance contracts issued by risk r… |
| 20-300 |
James Alan Clark v. Wendy Kristine Clark |
Washington |
Denied |
Response Waived |
child-support due-process equal-custody equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty-interests residential-credit shared-custody strict-scrutiny |
Whether strict scrutiny protections apply to child-support-orders |
| 20-310 |
Robert James Keach, Estate Representative of Post-Effective Date Estate of Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway, Ltd. v. New Brunswick Southern Railway Company, Ltd., et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
|
bankruptcy-code federal-equity-receivership fosdick-v-schall priority-of-payment priority-payment railroad-reorganization six-months-rule unsecured-claims |
Whether the 'six months rule' entitles unsecured claims for necessary operating expenses incurred by a railroad in the six months before bankruptcy to… |
| 20-312 |
Texas Brine Company, LLC, et al. v. Rodd Naquin, Clerk, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure appellate-review due-process geographical-bias judicial-discretion judicial-procedure panel-assignment random-selection state-law |
Whether due process requires judges to be assigned to panels randomly from the pool of all the judges available to hear a particular case |
| 20-316 |
Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, et al. v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
civil-rights comity-doctrine due-process equal-protection real-estate real-estate-assessment tax-assessment tax-injunction-act tax-refund |
Whether the Equal Protection Clause mandates that a real estate taxpayer seeking a refund based on an over assessment of real property be able to chal… |
| 20-324 |
Peter J. Barclay v. Oregon Department of Justice, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
constitutional-sovereignty federal-preemption judicial-accountability judicial-immunity stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-injunction statutory-injunctions supervisory-powers |
Will this Court exercise its supervisory powers against lower court judgments which expressly hold the stare decisis of this Court 'irrelevant' and wh… |
| 20-325 |
Whitserve LLC v. Donuts Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 commercial-success fact-weighing patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-validity presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 statutory-presumption |
Whether a district court is permitted to overlook a patentee's factual assertions regarding patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, including assert… |
| 20-349 |
Fred S. Pardes v. Andrew S. Wienick, et al. |
California |
Denied |
|
best-interest-standard constitutional-rights emotional-fitness family-law grandparent-alienation grandparent-visitation parental-rights pre-existing-relationship troxel-v-granville |
Whether a rebuttable presumption exists that grandparent visitation is in the best interest of minor grandchildren where there was a pre-existing lovi… |
| 20-352 |
The Paine College v. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, Inc. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
accreditation administrative-procedure common-law common-law-due-process conflict-of-interest decision-making-body due-process federal-law higher-education procedural-rights quorum |
Whether a college's right of common law due process is violated in its accreditation removal proceeding when one-half of the members of the decision-m… |
| 20-353 |
J. H., By Conservator, Betty Harris v. Williamson County, Tennessee, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-warning hope-v-pelzer qualified-immunity reasonable-standard state-actor |
Is Hope v. Pelzer dead in the Court's analysis of qualified-immunity? |
| 20-357 |
Fritz Kaegi v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
comity comity-doctrine equal-protection federal-courts federal-jurisdiction property-tax state-courts state-jurisdiction tax-injunction-act |
Does the Seventh Circuit's opinion in A.F. Moore v. Pappas continue the movement to erode the Tax Injunction Act and undermine congressional intent? |
| 20-359 |
Henrieta Pisztora, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response Waived |
14th-amendment due-process municipal-law notice notice-requirement property-rights real-property service-of-process tax-sale |
Whether Pennsylvania's Second Class City Treasurer's Sale and Collection Act violates the 14th Amendment |
| 20-395 |
Timothy C. Rote v. Max Zweizig |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitrability-standard arbitration-enforcement employment-agreement federal-arbitration-act free-speech-retaliation non-signatory non-signatory-arbitration oregon-uniform-arbitration-act post-employment-retaliation prior-adjudication waiver waiver-doctrine |
Whether the district court erred and exceeded its authority under the FAA and OUAA by refusing to compel arbitration (finding waiver and non-signatory… |
| 20-406 |
Monica Marroquin-Perez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
None |
|
| 20-416 |
Jon C. Caldara, et al. v. City of Boulder, Colorado, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process federal-jurisdiction fundamental-rights judicial-abstention pullman-abstention |
Is Pullman abstention appropriate where abstaining has a chilling effect on the exercise of a natural, fundamental, constitutionally protected right? |
| 20-424 |
IYM Technologies LLC v. RPX Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appointments-clause arthrex constitutional-claim federal-circuit forfeiture inter-partes-review patent patent-law standing |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address a constitutional claim in a pending appeal despite an intervening change in law |
| 20-431 |
John L. Corrigan, Sr. v. Grant County, Washington, et al. |
Washington |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment motion-to-dismiss standing sua-sponte summary-judgment |
Was Corrigan's U.S. Constitutional Fifth Amendment right to due process violated? |
| 20-469 |
Ivo Lindauer, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
ancillary-jurisdiction civil-procedure comity concurrent-jurisdiction exclusive-jurisdiction federal-court-intervention judicial-comity kokkonen-v-guardian-life settlement-enforcement state-court-jurisdiction younger-abstention |
Whether the state court's jurisdiction is exclusive and ancillary under Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, thereby precluding the exercise… |
| 20-492 |
Charles D. Gonzalez, et al. v. Elna Sefcovic, LLC, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
adequate-representation civil-procedure class-action federal-rules-of-civil-procedure inadequate-representation intra-class-conflict release rule-23 settlement settlement-approval |
Whether the district court and the court of appeals improperly applied obsolete standards for approval of settlement class actions under prior caselaw… |
| 20-500 |
Berlinda A. Madden v. Megan J. Brennan, Postmaster General |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure eeoc-complaint employment-discrimination employment-law evidence material-fact retaliation summary-judgment union-president |
Whether a sworn affidavit of the Union President that company officials acted in retaliation for having filed an EEO complaint is a genuine issue of m… |
| 20-513 |
Jan Rouven Fuechtener v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appeal-as-of-right appeals civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment judicial-procedure merits-panel motions-panel |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment is violated when an appeal as of right is heard and disposed of by a motions panel, rather than … |
| 20-5135 |
James Bowell v. State Bar of California |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy habeas ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel parole-revocation parolee sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum |
Whether a court-appointed attorney's refusal to present an issue on habeas where the court could impose no sentence other than the statutory maximum f… |
| 20-514 |
Edward F. Sadjadi, et ux. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
contingent-obligations contract-interpretation debt-repayment irs irs-agreement offer-in-compromise payment-terms statutory-obligation tax-compliance tax-payments |
Whether the Offer in Compromise (OIC) form contains clear and unambiguous language regarding the obligation to comply with tax payments for the next f… |
| 20-5216 |
Brent Anderson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states fact-review federal-rule-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure gvr judicial-procedure plain-error questions-of-fact standard-of-review |
Are questions of fact cognizable on plain error review under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b)? |
| 20-5296 |
A. I. v. M. A. |
New Jersey |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process expert-reliability judicial-bias judicial-system legal-fees standing trial-reversal |
Should a litigant be fully responsible for legal and expert fees of a reversed trial when experts were unreliable and no bad faith is shown? |
| 20-5303 |
Lawrence A. Dibble v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception judicial-review law-enforcement magistrate oral-testimony probable-cause search-warrant |
Whether a court may consider unrecorded, oral information provided to a magistrate when evaluating the reasonableness of an officer's belief in the ex… |
| 20-5621 |
Gregory Simmons-Bey v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure due-process federal-courts jurisdiction sovereign-immunity standing |
Whether the court has jurisdiction over a sovereign immunity dispute |
| 20-5657 |
Eric Bernard Scott v. United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction legal-review mandamus procedural-error standing |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals abused its discretion |
| 20-5662 |
Hazhar A. Sayed v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections |
Colorado |
Dismissed |
IFP |
administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights colorado-corrections due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion prisoner-civil-rights prisoner-rights sex-offender-treatment standing |
Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals abused its discretion in dismissing Mr. Sayed's 42-U.S.C.-§1983-complaint |
| 20-5663 |
Anthony Thomas Buonaiuto, III v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto jurisdictional-exception post-conviction-relief retroactive-applicability retroactivity sexual-offender-registration state-collateral-review substantive-rules |
Whether federal law renders the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in legal error, where the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania committed legal error by failing… |
| 20-5664 |
Marcus Hanserd v. Tony Trierweiler, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel relate-back relate-back-doctrine rule-15c sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-court-of-appeals standard-of-review |
Is there a conflict among the circuits as to the proper standard of review for Federal Rules Civil Procedure Rule 15(c), relate-back provision; does p… |
| 20-5665 |
Nathaniel Marcus Gann v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
confrontation-clause constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility habeas-corpus testimonial-statements |
Is the admission of irrelevant or overtly prejudicial evidence a due process violation? |
| 20-5667 |
Lisa Tenaglia-Evans v. Thomas J. Evans |
Delaware |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing |
Did the court's rulings violate the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights? |
| 20-5677 |
In Re Jimmy Wren |
|
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto habeas-corpus motion-to-rehear sentencing sentencing-hearing successive-habeas-corpus |
Whether 28 USC §2244 deprives similar-situated-litigants of due-process |
| 20-5683 |
Carlton Smith v. Hilton Hall, Warden |
Georgia |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-review constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution fundamental-fairness judicial-review legal-standard standing state-court structural-defect |
Does the state's waiver standard of fundamental constitutional rights violate the established standard of the Federal Constitution? |
| 20-5684 |
Frank Joseph Schwindler v. Shay Hatcher, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus jurisdiction standing state-court-procedures state-courts venue |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals lacked jurisdiction to review the district court's orders staying a habeas corpus petition |
| 20-5696 |
Dan Grandberry v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure forfeiture-rule habeas-corpus judicial-notice limitations-period procedural-waiver state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the ordinary forfeiture rule, as codified in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, applies to the limitations period of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) |
| 20-5697 |
Heather P. Hogrobrooks Harris v. Jimmie L. Smith |
Tennessee |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1981 civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct recusal recusal-standard |
Whether a judge who lied about her reasons for not hearing from the Petitioner during a hearing and subsequently lied in her Order denying to recusal … |
| 20-5702 |
In Re Angel Osornio |
|
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-liability standing takings |
Whether the government's actions violate the petitioner's constitutional rights |
| 20-5705 |
In Re Paul Satterfield |
|
Dismissed |
IFP |
aedpa-statute constitutional-procedure district-attorney federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-defects jurisdictional-defects marbury-v-madison moot-issue standing |
Whether the court of appeals judgments were invalid for failure to resolve numerous preexisting fundamental jurisdictional defects? |
| 20-5713 |
Jean Dufort Baptichon v. United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review counsel-rights district-court-ruling evidentiary-rulings frivolousness frivolousness-standard in-forma-pauperis procedural-discretion procedural-rulings reconsideration-amendment |
Question not identified |
| 20-5725 |
Rheashad Lamar Lott v. E. Oseguera, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief standing state-supreme-court statutory-interpretation |
Was PeTL {tower's 42 U.S.C. 31493 COMPLATY ENTITLED To REVEFIT OF EQUITARE Tota |
| 20-5734 |
Alfred Flores, III v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment constitutional-requirements criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-findings jury-trial reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona sentencing |
whether-california's-death-penalty-scheme-violates-the-constitutional-requirement-that-any-fact-that-increases-the-penalty-for-a-crime-must-be-found-b… |
| 20-5760 |
Daniel Carl Frederickson v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case constitutional-rights defense-counsel faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana plea-of-guilty self-representation sixth-amendment |
Does a state statute that requires the consent of defense counsel before a defendant in a capital case can enter a plea of guilty violate the Sixth Am… |
| 20-5763 |
Hugues Denver Akassy v. William P. Barr, Attorney General |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
None |
|
| 20-5782 |
Harold Warren v. Indiana |
Indiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong sixth-amendment standard-of-review stare-decisis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington |
Whether the Indiana Court of Appeals' precedent has set the bar for the Strickland v. Washington prejudice prong too high |
| 20-5797 |
Jeffrey Murray v. Rhode Island |
Rhode Island |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-determination probable-cause probation-violation standing warrantless-arrest |
Whether a summons must issue prior to the issuance of a bench warrant |
| 20-5800 |
Robert L. Rose v. Lynn Guyer, Warden, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion appellate-review certificate-of-appealability discretionary-ruling federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-procedure reasonable-jurists rule-70(a) |
Whether a certificate of appealability is required to appeal an order denying a motion for enforcement made pursuant to Rule 70(a) of the Federal Rule… |
| 20-5802 |
Timothy W. Saunders v. Terry Raybon, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
due-process exhausted-claim exhaustion federal-habeas federal-habeas-review martinez-v-ryan merits-adjudication post-conviction post-conviction-relief procedural-default state-court-deference state-court-proceedings |
What deference, if any, is due to a state court decision on an exhausted post-conviction claim when the decision arises from a system that does not gi… |
| 20-5815 |
In Re Seth John Wilcox |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process federalism fundamental-rights grand-jury hurtado-v-california supremacy-clause |
Can a state create and enforce contrary law that deprives its citizens of their fundamental rights, guaranteed by the United States Constitution? |
| 20-5822 |
Eric Terrell Spears v. South Carolina |
South Carolina |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement-bias police-brutality police-interaction race racial-profiling seizure seizure-doctrine |
Whether a court must take into account a Black person's race when determining whether they are seized under the Fourth Amendment |
| 20-5830 |
Taryn Christian v. Todd Thomas, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady brady-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court habeas habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal prosecutorial-misconduct recusal sixth-amendment |
Whether the district court ignored due process by its repeated failure to rule on petitioner's Brady claims |
| 20-5847 |
John James Hartz v. Washington Department of Corrections |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship civil-rights due-process immigration naturalization standing |
Whether the constitutional and statutory laws governing naturalization and citizenship apply to the petitioner |
| 20-5848 |
Richard Bridgeman Gustafson v. Oregon |
Oregon |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment state-trial-procedure |
Whether a criminal trial in the State of Oregon that did not guarantee a unanimous verdict, leading the defendant to choose a bench trial, was unconst… |
| 20-5866 |
Shawn Kristi Dicken v. Shawn Brewer, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-material brady-v-maryland constitutional-amendments criminal-procedure discovery due-process evidence exculpatory-evidence expert-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct |
Was petitioner denied discovery pursuant to Brady v. Maryland 373 U.S. 83 violating her V, VI and XIV Const. Amends.? |
| 20-5869 |
Michael Robert Everett v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-law federal-preemption judgment-rendition reclassification sentencing state-law |
Whether reclassification of a criminal offense from one degree to another violates the Double Jeopardy Clause |
| 20-5914 |
Clifton Robinson v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech interstate-commerce regulatory-authority sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the lower courts erred in determining that the scheme involved in this case did not affect 'interstate commerce' as required by the Hobbs Act |
| 20-5951 |
Joshua Scott Richards v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness u.s.-sentencing-commission u.s.s.g.-§-2g2.2 |
Whether a sentence imposed pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines covering the crimes of accessing or possessing child pornography, U.S.S… |
| 20-5952 |
Patrick Muraca v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure jury-instructions jury-request operative-term trial-court |
Whether a trial court must provide a definition for a term of operative significance when it is requested by a deliberating jury? |
| 20-5958 |
Jimmy Kit Fields v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
alcohol-abuse criminal-sentencing due-process liberty-deprivation plain-error statutory-reasonableness supervised-release |
Whether a court can impose a condition of supervised release to abstain from alcohol without explanation |
| 20-5976 |
Dean Reynolds v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing obstruction-of-justice procedural-unreasonableness profit-calculation remand resentencing sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-procedure |
Is defendant's sentence procedurally unreasonable due to errors in sentencing guidelines calculation and enhancement? |
| 20-5977 |
Rebekah A. Atkins v. Sherry Brown, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights driver-license-suspension due-process judicial-misconduct speed-limit standing state-court-procedure traffic-enforcement traffic-violation |
Question not identified |
| 20-5991 |
Mayra Yurivia Reyes v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment canine-sniff detention-extension drug-enforcement fourth-amendment law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop |
Whether Reyes' 4th Amendment Rights were violated |
| 20-5992 |
Alan Lane Hicks v. West Virginia |
West Virginia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws |
| 20-6004 |
Jconcepcion Alonso-Tobar v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
case-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari |
Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? |
| 20-6005 |
Victor Brancaccio v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-claims federal-habeas-review federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-precedent supremacy-clause virginia-v-leblanc |
Whether Florida courts are refusing to consider Eighth Amendment claims in violation of the Supremacy Clause by treating Virginia v. LeBlanc, 137 S. C… |
| 20-6022 |
Anthony Marvin Bruten v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split collateral-review due-process fair-notice sentencing-enhancement |
Whether, on collateral review, the government may maintain a sentencing enhancement under the ACCA by substituting a different ACCA predicate prior co… |
| 20-6029 |
Pedro Tiempo-Garcia v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant federal statutes and constitutional provisions |
| 20-6030 |
Byron A. Wyatt v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure evidentiary-sufficiency interest-of-justice interests-of-justice material-evidence newly-discovered-evidence rule-33 standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-standard |
Whether F.R.Crim.P. Rule 33's standard for granting a new trial based on newly discovered evidence 'if the interest of justice so requires' cannot be … |
| 20-6034 |
Christopher Thieme v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
aedpa-limitations aedpa-statute-of-limitations constitutional-challenge equal-access-to-courts equal-protection equitable-estoppel first-time-filer habeas-corpus material-mutual-mistake suspension-clause |
Whether the doctrine of equitable estoppel or material mutual mistake applies to reset the AEDPA statute of limitations clock |
| 20-6042 |
Barry Lynn Bailey v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo… |
| 20-6044 |
Luidgi Benjamin v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
character-evidence character-testimony criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process enticement evidentiary-admission judicial-discretion jury-instructions venue venue-challenge |
Should venue be proper where no elements of the crime occurred? |
| 20-6047 |
Ramada Tajedeen Shabazz v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circu certiorari criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit haymond-precedent remand sentence-vacatur sentencing supreme-court-review united-states-v-haymond |
Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Haymo… |
| 20-6051 |
Jonathan Ortiz-Torres v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-agreement sentencing sixth-amendment voluntariness |
Should a writ of certiorari should be granted to determine if trial counsel renders ineffective assistance when he fails to advise his client that the… |
| 20-6052 |
Donald R. Conway v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law-conflict circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection procedural-default |
Did the Court of Appeals err or abuse its discretion |
| 20-6055 |
Terrill Bernard Weatherspoon v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment companion-rule fourth-amendment law-enforcement officer-safety pat-down-search reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio |
Must an officer have a reasonable suspicion that a companion of an arrestee is armed and dangerous, independently of a reasonable suspicion that the a… |
| 20-6057 |
David Lee Emmert, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography criminal-defendants criminal-enhancement due-process equal-protection immigration liberty-interest sentencing-disparity sexual-abuse-minor statutory-interpretation |
Whether equal protection of the liberty interest is offended when two classes of criminal defendants (Immigration and Child Pornography) are given dis… |
| 20-6058 |
Lacey Renee Baxter Moore, aka Lacey Kittrell v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process liberty-deprivation probation probation-condition sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation statutory-purposes supervised-release |
Whether a standard condition of supervised release requiring a person to permit a probation officer to visit at any time at home or elsewhere is too b… |
| 20-6062 |
Montgomery Carl Akers v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure criminal-process district-court due-process legal-counsel post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel standing subject-matter-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court has subject-matter jurisdiction |
| 20-6067 |
Angeledith Saramaylene Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-disparity |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's methodology for denying a COA is out of step with Supreme Court directive |
| 20-6070 |
James Dee Gilmore, Jr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admissibility interrogation-techniques miranda-rights sixth-amendment voluntary waiver |
whether-the-ninth-circuit-court-of-appeals-established-a-troubling-precedent-inconsistent-with-edwards-v-arizona-and-lego-v-twomey |
| 20-6087 |
Tana Chris Lawrence v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-disparity standard-of-review |
Whether the Ninth Circuit's methodology for denying a COA is out of step with Supreme Court directive |
| 20M37 |
Samuel R. Cone, II v. Florida |
Florida |
Presumed Complete |
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None |
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