Conference: 2020-11-13

97 cases — 0 granted, 97 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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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
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 None