Conference: 2020-11-13

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

← All conferences

Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
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 California law forces agricultural businesses to allow labor organizers onto their property three times a day for 120 days each year. The regulation p… 51.0
19-1437 Ivan Alexandrovich Vetcher v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None 10.5
20-11 Richard Lawrence Alexis v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None 10.5
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 Federal bankruptcy law generally provides that a creditor's lien does not extend to "property acquired . . . after the commencement of the [bankruptcy… 10.5
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 Petitioner Big Port Service DMCC ("BPS") was permanently enjoined from pursuing an arbitration against Respondent China Shipping Container Lines Co. L… 10.5
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 The question presented is whether due process requires judges to be assigned to panels randomly from the pool of all the judges available to hear a pa… 8.5
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 Contrary to this Court's precedent, the courts below exercised Pullman abstention, delaying adjudication of constitutional questions despite the chall… 8.5
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 1. As to a risk retention group (RRG), does the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 (LRRA), 15 U.S.C. §3901 et seq., preempt authority of the… 7.5
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 1. 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 c… 6.5
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 This Court previously examined Illinois' property tax objection system and declared it a plain, speedy, and efficient process for taxpayers to obtain … 6.5
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 The Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment demands "that a court cannot permit a defendant to be tried on charges that are not made in the indictmen… 5.5
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 L. In a civil rights lawsuit, should a federal appellate court grant deference to a jury's conclusions of law about constitutional issues? I. While w… 5.5
20-140 Reza Heidari v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Fifth Circuit GVR None 5.5
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… 5.5
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… 5.5
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 If a patentee makes factual assertions that its claimed invention is directed to patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, including asser… 5.5
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 1- Whether or not there exists a rebuttable presumption as a general rule, that Grandparent visitation is in the best interest of minor grandchildren,… 5.5
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 under federal law a college's right of common law due process is violated in its accreditation removal proceeding when one-half of the members… 5.5
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 1. Is Hope v. Pelzer dead in the Court's analysis of qualified immunity? If Hope v. Pelzer is dead, the lower courts, the federal court bar, and the l… 5.5
20M37 Samuel R. Cone, II v. Florida Florida Denied None 5.5
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 I. Whether District Court has jurisdiction over state deprivation of federal rights, under the color of state law? a. ) Whether Respondents are amen… 4.0
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 In 1970, this Court ruled in Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254, that due process requires proper notice and a hearing before a professional license may … 4.0
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)? [Petitioner requests GVR in light of Davis v. U… 4.0
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 1.) If the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is one of the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognize… 3.5
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 (53 P.S. §27101, et seq) violates the 14th Amendment of the United States… 3.5
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 3.5
20-406 Monica Marroquin-Perez v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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. 3.5
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 Trial court granted stay of discovery for Motion to Dismiss only - stay not available for Summary Judgment. Motion to Dismiss was granted without conv… 3.5
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 1. Is the state court's jurisdiction exclusive and ancillary under this Court's decision in Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of America, 511 U.S. 37… 3.5
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 A Magistrate of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado approved a class action settlement over the objection of the Petitioners… 3.5
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… 3.5
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 1. 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 th… 3.5
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 Wlier© the IRS argues that the Offer In Compromise (OIC) form the petitioners used was clear and unambiguous, does the OIC form contain clear and unam… 3.5
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 In considering whether a search warrant affidavit is so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely un… -1.0
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… -1.5
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 I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine if it was plain error for a court to impose, without explanation, a condition of supervised… -1.5
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)? -1.5
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… -1.5
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 I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari, vacate the sentence and remand to the Fifth Circuit for reconsideration in light of United States v. Ha… -1.5
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… -1.5
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 1-3-2020 and subsequent 3-B-2020 decision to refuse jurisdiction of his appeal … -4.0
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 prosecution to introduce testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst through t… -4.0
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 1. Should a litigant reversing a trial still be fully responsible for all the legal and expert fees of an entirely reversed trial, when the experts we… -4.0
20-5621 Gregory Simmons-Bey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process federal-courts jurisdiction sovereign-immunity standing Question not identified. -4.5
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 WHETHEN THE UNITED STATES COURT DF APPEALS ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY FAILING TO RULE ON APPELLANH'S APPEAL WHICH WAS REMANIDED LUNOD SIHL 1A 2. WHETHE… -4.5
20-5662 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections Colorado Denied 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 1) Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals abused its discretion when it summarily dismissed Mr. Saved's 42 U.S.C. §1983 Prisoner's Civil Rights Complai… -4.5
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 failin… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 1) IS THE ADMISSION OF IRRELEVANT OR OVERTLY PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE A DUE PROCESS VIOLATION? (AND IS SUCH A VIOLATION SUFFICIENT TO ISSUE A WRIT OF HABE… -4.5
20-5667 Lisa Tenaglia-Evans v. Thomas J. Evans Delaware Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Did dude rulings hidbte my lothammend mont 1, and 4th anmendment rights to Du Prers ty violating hoe of law upon relying on urronenus faots documented… -4.5
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 1. Whether 28, §2244, U.S.C. deprives similar situated litigants of due process of law? 2. Whether the enforcement of 28, §2244, U.S.C., subjects sim… -4.5
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 (1) Does the states's waiver standard of fundamental Standard of the Federal constitution? (2) Does a state collateral review court's failure to revi… -4.5
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 1. Whether or not the August 28, 2019, opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, finding that it lacked jurisdiction to review the Ma… -4.5
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 (a) Would the ordinary Forfeiture rule, as codified in the Civil Rules, apply to the limitations period of the 28 U.S.C. § 2254? (b) Would a § 2244(d… -4.5
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 … -4.5
20-5702 In Re Angel Osornio Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process government-liability standing takings ① why B.D an√ in Californica Socal Swnty the 2!tf9 medical offies prourded Arizong not folo protods Cn}$ When into my Sodal Sewrty (o4u Ha Someone hac… -4.5
20-5705 In Re Paul Satterfield Denied IFP aedpa-statute constitutional-procedure district-attorney federal-courts habeas-corpus jurisdiction-defects jurisdictional-defects marbury-v-madison moot-issue standing 1. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS JUDGMENTS WERE INVALID FOR FAILURE TO RESOLVE NUMEROUS PREEXISTING FUNDAMENTAL JURISDICTIONAL DEFECTS? 2. WHETHER THE… -4.5
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 PETITIONER'S 42 U.S.L. $ 1983 LOMPLAINT ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OFEQUITABLE TOLLING? IN SOME EXTLA DRDINARY WAY FRDM ASSERTING HIS RIGHTS BEFDRE THE S… -4.5
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… -4.5
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… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 Under the Maryland law, whether the defendants acted in bad faith in terminating the Plaintiff; and whether the conducts of its WMATA's employees were… -6.0
19-8480 Stanley J. Caterbone v. National Security Agency Third Circuit Denied 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 and are the courts attempting to hide the fact that there are abuses by the military and intellige… -6.0
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 1. Would it be considered a 6th Amendment deprivation violation ineffective assistance of counsel for a court appointed attorney refusing to present f… -6.0
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 1. What, in this case, are the appropriate inquiry for determining when an in forma pauperis litigant's factual allegations justify a § 1915(d) dismis… -6.5
20-5763 Hugues Denver Akassy v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
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 published in Warren v. State, 2020 Ind. App. LEXIS 143 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020) addressing Warren's Ineffe… -6.5
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, to effect the arrest of a suspected technical probation violator? Whether a su… -6.5
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) In order to appeal a final order in a habeas corpus proceeding, a state prisoner must obtain a certificate of appealability. See, 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(… -6.5
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 I. CAN A STATE CREATE AND ENFORCE CONTRARY LAW, THAT DEPRIVES ITS CITIZENS OF THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION? … -6.5
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 Because of centuries of inequitable treatment at the hands of the police, must a court take into account a Black person's race when determining whethe… -6.5
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 1. Whether the district court ignored due process by its repeated failure to rule on petitioner's Brady claims. Whether a district court judge's impa… -6.5
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 Washington State Constitution's Article I, Section 24, which permits prosecution by information without a grand jury indictment, violates … -6.5
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 If a criminal trial in the State of Oregon did not guarantee a unanimous verdict, leading defendant to choose a bench trial, was this unconstitutional… -6.5
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 I. WAS PETITIONER DENIED DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO BRADY v. MARYLAND 373 U.S. 83 VIOLATING HER V, VI AND XIV CONST. AMENDS.? II. WAS IMPROPER EXPERT OPI… -6.5
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 DURING THE CHARGE IS RECLASSIFIED FROM ONE VARYING DEGREE OFFENSE TO ANOTHER, DOES THIS FINDING RENEW THE BURTON V. STEWART, FERREIRA V. SEC'Y DEP'T O… -6.5
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 1) peTiTIoNer Obsects To The hower courrs deTenmiratio> ThAT peTiTIONER STIpUlUTEd ait Triul That The scheme wuolved c1 WIne COMMUNiCUTIONS aFFECTINg … -6.5
20-5952 Patrick Muraca v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure jury-instructions jury-request operative-term trial-court 1. Whether a trial court must provide a definition for a term of operative significance when it is requested by a deliberating jury? 2. Whether the C… -6.5
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 BECAUSE THE DISTRICTCOURT INCORRECTLY SCORED THESENTENCING GUIDELINES, ERRONEOUSLYCALCULATING THE PR… -6.5
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 1. Can Indiana State Trooper do alleged traffic enforcement in an unmarked car? 2. Can Indiana post Alleged Speed limit sign of 55mph; not posted in … -6.5
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 by Officer Windham by extending his detention of Reyes for over 20 minutes to allow for a canine to … -6.5
20-5992 Alan Lane Hicks v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Does subjecting petitioner's pro se Rule 35(a) argument styled, "Correction of an Illegal Sentence," to the 35(b) timeline, violate petitioner's Feder… -6.5
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 This case presents a clear circuit split over whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when, after an Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) pr… -6.5
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 Court of Appeals erred in ruling the District Court did not err in imposing an upward departure sentence. Whether the Court of Appeals er… -6.5
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 … -6.5
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 When faced with a plea agreement that contained unconstitutional provisions, does the doctrine of "equitable estoppel" or "material mutual mistake" ap… -6.5
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 1. Should certiorari be granted where venue was laid in the Southern District of New York, even though no elements of the crime occurred there, includ… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 when upon reading Appellate Counsel's single-issue Brief, that, in context, was a matter of law a… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 As of right now, immigration cases use the Esquivel-Quintana standard exposure to statutory penalty for "any 1' prior felony of "sexual abuse of a min… -6.5
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 1) Is a standard condition of supervised release which requires a person to "permit a probation officer to visit [her] at any time athome or elsewhere… -6.5
20-6062 Montgomery Carl Akers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure criminal-process district-court due-process legal-counsel post-conviction-proceedings right-to-counsel standing subject-matter-jurisdiction THE APPELLATE COURT MUST FIRST CONSIDER WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT HAS SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION; and, SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION MAY BE RAISED AT… -6.5
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 District Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that her attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to … -6.5
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 1. In failing to require the government to meet its heavy burden to show that defendant's post–invocation waiver of his Miranda rights, including his … -6.5
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 1. Whether the District Court erred in rejecting petitioner's claim that her attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object … -6.5