Conference: 2020-12-04

256 cases — 2 granted, 254 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
20-38 Arkansas v. Charles Gresham, et al. District of Columbia Judgment Issued Amici (2)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion experimental-projects health-benefits health-policy medicaid medicaid-expansion secretary-of-health-and-human-services social-welfare statutory-interpretation work-requirements Whether the Secretary's approval of the Arkansas Works Amendment was lawful. 13.0
20-240 Kentucky v. Larry Lamont White Kentucky Denied Amici (1) atkins-v-virginia atkins-waiver capital-defendant capital-punishment constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus intellectual-disability standing supreme-court-precedent Whether a capital defendant can waive a claim of intellectual disability under Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), and its progeny. 11.5
20-37 Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Charles Gresham, et al. District of Columbia Judgment Issued Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-rights demonstration-projects health-care-coverage medicaid medicaid-demonstration-projects statutory-interpretation work-requirements Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the Secretary may not authorize demonstration projects to test requirements that are designed to… 11.0
19-1477 Philip Chi Yan Man v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None 10.5
20-27 Jennifer Paskert v. Kemna-ASA Auto Plaza, Inc., dba Auto Smart of Spirit Lake, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights employment-discrimination hostile-work-environment reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard sexual-harassment title-vii Assuming the other elements of a Title VII claim are present, is sexual harassment (1) unlawful if a reasonable person would conclude, in light of all… 10.5
20-273 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Rovi Guides, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Dismissed administrative-law administrative-patent-judges agency-adjudication appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation inferior-officers judicial-review patent-judges principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states-patent-and-trademark-office 1. Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the United States Patent and Tra… 10.5
20-62 Parents for Privacy, et al. v. William P. Barr, Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied bodily-privacy civil-rights due-process free-exercise parental-rights religious-beliefs religious-freedom school-policy title-ix transgender-accommodation 1. Whether parents surrender their fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children by enrolling them in public school so that a school di… 10.5
20-531 Derek Hutter v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-hearing Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim(s) that his counse… 8.5
20-643 D&G, Inc., dba Gary's Foods, et al. v. C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived antitrust-law bid-rigging customer-allocation horizontal-competitors market-allocation per-se-violation price-fixing sherman-act territorial-allocation The Sherman Act treats certain agreements among competitors as illegal per se, without regard to any claimed pro-competitive benefits of the arrangeme… 8.5
19-1341 Richard A. Van Auken, as Trustee and Beneficiary v. Fletcher R. Catron, et al. New Mexico Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-property fraud fraudulent-taking judicial-denial judicial-determination judicial-review litigation-history property-rights trust trust-contract Whether, after eighteen years of litigation and multiple requests for a final judicial determination of langauge in a six-page express trust contract,… 8.0
20-142 Michael Skidmore, as Trustee for the Randy Craig Wolfe Trust v. Led Zeppelin, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response WaivedRelisted (2) copyright-act copyright-act-of-1909 copyright-protection deposit-requirement musical-works ninth-circuit originality selection-and-arrangement sheet-music tangible-medium Whether or not the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc correctly held that musical copyright protection under the Copyright Act of 1909 is … 8.0
19-1374 Arturo Fernando Shaw Gutierrez v. California California Denied Relisted (3) electronic-communications electronic-privacy exceptions-to-warrantless-searches fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-protection-electronic-communicati law-enforcement-search miller-doctrine privacy-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy stored-communications-act suppression warrant-requirement warrantless-searches Does the Fourth Amendment protect individuals who send or receive stored electronic communications (emails) as provided under federal law through the … 6.5
19-1421 Michael Wilford LaFlamme v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 6th-amendment bias constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admission expert-testimony judicial-discretion jury-selection jury-selection-bias law-enforcement law-enforcement-bias trial-procedure voir-dire 1. ) Was Petitioner prejudiced When Several Prospective furors Withheld Crucial Information Pertaining To Employment As Law Enforcement When Asked D… 6.0
20-5379 Keith Adair Davis v. Washington Washington Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adversarial-process constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel due-process pro-se-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unsettled-law Where a pro se defendant is absent from a criminal trial, whether due to misconduct or voluntary choice, is the trial court constitutionally required … 6.0
20-59 Charles R. Campbell v. Hollie Bennett, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) due-process equal-protection family-court family-rights right-to-counsel rooker-feldman self-incrimination sixth-amendment state-actor state-bar Coincident May 2013 Divorce action and mandated co-Parental Evaluation, Petitioner, a long-time professional with no previous criminal history, was fa… 6.0
20-111 Walter N. Strand, III v. United States Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law board-discretion civilian-oversight due-process judicial-review military-records separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation The question presented is whether the Secretary of the Navy, is "acting through" the Board for Correction of Naval Records as required by statute when… 5.5
20-237 Old Republic Home Protection Company, Inc. v. William B. Sparks, et al. Oklahoma Denied appellate-court-decisions federal-arbitration-act insurance-contracts interstate-commerce mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-arbitration-statute Whether, in a case involving interstate commerce and a written contract with an arbitration provision that expressly requires application of the FAA, … 5.5
20-253 Christopher Castagna, et al. v. Harry Jean, et al. First Circuit Denied community-caretaking fourth-amendment home-sanctity police-intrusion qualified-immunity sanctity-of-home search-and-seizure warrantless-entry The Third and Seventh Circuits have held that the community caretaking exception established by Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433 (1973) does not apply… 5.5
20-320 Jane Doe, et vir, Individually and as the Natural Parents and Next of Kin of Minor Doe v. Jackson Local School District Board of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-duty deliberate-indifference deshaney-exception due-process state-created-danger supreme-court-review 1) Whether DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep't of Soc. Servs. created the exception of the State Created Danger Test? 2) What are the elements and facto… 5.5
20-375 In Re E. Edward Zimmermann Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Are "terms and conditions of employment and working conditions " as defined by The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), subject matter left to Petitio… 5.5
20-377 Gina Ackerman v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Pennsylvania Denied act-91 act-91-notice civil-procedure due-process foreclosure judicial-review legal-procedure notice property-rights sheriff's-sale WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE PETITION TO SET ASIDE SHERIFF'S SALE WHERE THE PLAINTIFF'S ACT 91 NOTICE WAS DEFECTIVE AND PREMATURE? 5.5
20-379 Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London v. Brighton Collectibles, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied abstention civil-damages comity due-process federalism insurance-policy invasion-of-privacy ninth-circuit privacy-rights song-beverly-act song-beverly-credit-card-act This Court's supervisory power is called upon as to: 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit violated federalism, abstention, and comity by creating new law whe… 5.5
20-381 Hamilton County Job and Family Services, et al. v. Joseph Siefert, et ux. Sixth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 child-services circuit-conflict civil-rights due-process medical-care qualified-immunity state-action state-actor A. Did the Sixth Circuit err when it failed to conduct an individualized analysis of Petitioners' actions before blanketly rejecting their asserted de… 5.5
20-389 Peter J. Schaffer, et al. v. Joey Long Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-review bristol-myers-squibb civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction waiver waiver-of-rights Does a full litigation of the merits of a personal jurisdictional challenge sufficiently preserve the issue for full review on appeal? Did the Ninth … 5.5
20-392 Fatmata Kamara v. New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of State Police New Jersey Denied administrative-law civil-rights collective-bargaining conscientious-employee-protection-act due-process employment-discrimination employment-law law-against-discrimination police-misconduct state-police-procedure time-bar A rule was violated because No Statement was Obtained From Me For the Preliminary Hearing and Yet I was Terminated. State Police Counsel used Law Agai… 5.5
20-393 Alex Rahmi v. Pill & Pill, PLLC West Virginia Denied asset-liquidation bankruptcy-fraud class-action due-process federal-rules foreclosure-fraud foreclosure-scheme retaliation whistleblower-protection Statement of Appellate Turisdiction Appellate Jurisdiction is referred to power of Higher Court to revise lower's court decision, based on discovery … 5.5
20-396 Sheri Speer v. Michael Tieger, et al. Second Circuit Denied abstention abstention-doctrine abuse-of-process bankruptcy-code circuit-split civil-procedure involuntary-bankruptcy legal-precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction Involuntary bankruptcies are rare - as they should be. They are a last resort after all state remedies have been exhausted, and are not a tool to be u… 5.5
20-398 Mary Strong v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied chain-of-title mortgage-foreclosure mortgage-holder mortgage-note oregon-trust-deed-act original-note property-rights robo-signed-assignments robo-signing unlawful-lockouts Did the Trial and Appellate Courts Err: 1. Failing to recognize the unlawful lockouts barring Mary Strong's access to and use of the subject property… 5.5
20-403 Jose Edward Valentin, et al. v. California California Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment municipal-code vagueness zoning zoning-ordinance 1. Whether Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.51.020 (A)(1)(e), which prohibits Group Residential use, is unconstitutional under the Fifth and Four… 5.5
20-404 In Re John Masiz Denied 5th-amendment article-ii article-iii civil-rights consent-decree due-process fifth-amendment securities-law sua-sponte This matter concerns the constitutional limits on the authority of the federal court to exercise, sua sponte, in the absence of a case or controversy … 5.5
20-412 Mark Stanford Katzman v. Michigan Michigan Denied digital-privacy digital-trespass fourth-amendment police-impersonation reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing standing-to-challenge trespass Whether the Fourth Amendment permits the police to undetectably impersonate the owner of a phone via text message, and arrest another person by means … 5.5
20-413 Jozlyn Thomas v. James Scott Blevins California Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment beneficiary-rights civil-procedure constitutional-due-process due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment notice notice-requirements trust trust-administration Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution serves to void the Order of the trial court which approved and settled t… 5.5
20-428 Horacio Sequeira v. Republic of Nicaragua, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied arbitration-clause breach-of-contract choice-of-forum choice-of-law commercial-arbitration commercial-contract contract-validity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act jurisdiction jurisdiction-waiver motion-to-dismiss Section 1605(a)(1) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA ") provides that a foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of U.S. C… 5.5
20-438 Tatiana Reiter, et al. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied affordable-housing constitutional-protections constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment marital-property property-rights takings tenancy-by-entirety As a result of a state court proceeding, the Township of East Hanover was granted a tenancy in common interest with Wyeczeslav Rayter, one of the defe… 5.5
20-439 Mantissa Corporation v. Ondot Systems, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-exception fact-finding patent-eligibility pre-emption section-101 technical-field 1) Has this Court's Alice exception to patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 been improperly expanded to cover computer-implemented inventions that… 5.5
20A79 Gary Victor Dubin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel Hawaii Denied None 5.5
20M43 Debera P. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine Granted None 5.5
20-465 Young County, Texas, et al. v. Nichole Sanchez, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 bell-v-wolfish civil-rights conditions-of-confinement judicial-management monell-v-dept-of-soc-servs municipal-liability pretrial-detainee respondeat-superior section-1983 In Monell v. Dep't of Soc. Servs. and subsequent precedent, the Court articulated stringent requirements for imposing liability on municipalities unde… 4.5
19-1290 Michael T. Bennett v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) admissions-of-guilt character-design civil-procedure copyright-infringement damages defamation discovery intellectual-property plagiarism poor-man's-copyright standing 1. If the Court finds that the Marvel Character "Falcon " in the 2014 Captain America The Winter Soldier movie looks strikingly similar from the neck… 4.0
19-1371 Roger Dean Waldner v. Bradley R. Hartke, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii case-or-controversy civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction judicial-admissions judicial-power jurisdictional-error rule-60(b)(4) standing void-judgment 1. Is a district court's exercise of Article III judicial power over a non-controversy a rare instance of jurisdictional error that renders its judgme… 4.0
19-140 Jason Edward Rheinstein v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Fourth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction attorney-discipline circuit-split civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure judicial-review remand remand-order removal standing statutory-interpretation Whether, once an appeal of a remand order has been explicitly authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d), the appellate court has jurisdiction to review the en… 4.0
19-1408 James Coppedge, et ux. v. Janet Z. Charlton Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-complaint civil-rights-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction pleadings procedural-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the District Court review of the facial sufficiency of 42 USC § 1983 and § 1985 complaint below, Respondent's failure to state a claim with… 4.0
19-1430 Richard Polidi v. Michelle K. Lee, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) absolute-immunity brady-v-maryland civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process ethics-prosecution exculpatory-evidence federal-circuit-jurisdiction fifth-amendment immunity qualified-immunity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a legal or declaratory remedy, consistent with Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agen… 4.0
19-1463 Sandra Jean Oliver v. James C. Oliver, Jr., et al. Mississippi Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion chancery-court civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction recusal rule-60 standing void-judgment I. Whether four orders issued by the chancery court, when the court did not have jurisdiction over the Petitioners, should be held as void and vacated… 4.0
20-17 Wade Robertson v. Richard A. Honn, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-1963 civil-procedure constitutional-challenge federal-judgment-registration federal-preemption fraud-on-court judgment-registration registration-court rendering-court state-proceeding void-judgment younger-abstention Whether a registration court, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963, has the power to amend or annul the judgment of the rendering court so registered, a quest… 4.0
20-184 Jamel Ellerbee v. Annett Holdings, Inc., dba TMC Transportation, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 29-cfr-1987-110-b 49-usc-31105 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act commercial-motor-vehicle due-process employee-retaliation equal-protection judicial-review statutory-construction transportation Whether statutory construction of 49 U.S.C. §31105 conflicts with judicial review, 29 C.F.R. § 1987.110(b), of the Administrative Procedure Act? Whet… 4.0
20-311 Deborah Walton v. First Merchant's Bank Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction Whether the Appellants 14th Amendment rights, were violated when she was not afforded the right to respond to the Appellee's motion for Attorney fees.… 4.0
20-44 In Re David A. Golden Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-process civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process false-claims-act free-speech judicial-discretion rule-of-law standing Whether the 9th Circuit and Western Washington District Ct. have abused their discretion by dismissing Plaintiffs False Claims complaint and appeal, w… 4.0
20-5264 Lakento Brian Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range mandatory-minimum post-sentencing-conduct resentencing sentence-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation The First Step Act changed the penalty for petitioner's crack cocaine crimes from life in prison to 10 years to life and changed petitioner's guidelin… 4.0
20-5619 James Allen Minyard v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency-hearing due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment harmless-error prejudice structural-error trial-rights There was a bona fide doubt as to Petitioner's competence to be tried, due to him becoming stuporous and non-responsive in the second day of his two-d… 4.0
20-296 Christina V. Le v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act breach-of-contract civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-adjudication judicial-review retaliation settlement-agreement title-vii 1. The circuit courts of appeals split on the issue of jurisdiction regarding breach of settlement agreement resolving discrimination charge under Tit… 3.5
20-394 David Alan Schum v. Fortress Value Recovery Fund I, L.L.C., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-precedent officers-of-the-court rule-60 stare-decisis time-bar 1. Whether a claim brought under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(d)(3) as a result of fraud on the court by attorneys who are sworn officers … 3.5
20-419 Stephen Robert Deck v. California California Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment attempt attempt-offense custodial-arrest due-process jury-instructions jury-unanimity right-to-counsel search-warrant temporal-element unanimity 1. Whether the temporal direct step element of an attempt offense may be changed by jury instructions to occur on the charged "on or about" dates, or … 3.5
20-445 Matthew Anderson v. John Bonnewell, et al. Delaware Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment civil-rights correctional-officers due-process eighth-amendment excessive-force intent prison-conditions qualified-immunity summary-judgment 1. Whether a trial court can disregard the five factors set forth in Whitley v. Albers, 475 U.S. 312 (1986), in an Eighth Amendment excessive force ca… 3.5
20-447 Francisco Rodriguez-Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 career-offender criminal-sentencing miscarriage-of-justice petition-for-certiorari post-conviction-relief procedural-error section-2255 sentence-enhancement Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that Rodriguez's erroneous sentence enhancement as a career offender, which increased his sentence from 135… 3.5
20-451 Jane Doe, Individually and as Parent and Guardian of Baby Doe, et al. v. Merck & Co., Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived citizens-action civil-rights due-process fda-licensing fda-regulation primary-jurisdiction standing thimerosal vaccine-act vaccine-injury vaccine-mandate I. Should Courts extend the precedent of Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), for the legal requirement that a vaccine licensed through HHS,… 3.5
20-461 United States, ex rel., Charles W. Houpt v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived accountability false-claims-act fraud fraudulent-conduct government-intervention qui-tam-relator relator sba-guarantee statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that a three year statute of limitations applied when this Court has settled Circuit court conflicts by … 3.5
20-463 Robert A. Heghmann v. Democratic National Committee, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived candidate-rights civil-rights congressional-elections congressional-primaries democratic-party election-law political-parties racial-discrimination standing voter-standing voting-rights Does a voter have standing to challenge racial discrimination by the Democratic Party in Congressional Primary Elections based upon the challenged dis… 3.5
20-467 Arthur Talbot, et al. v. U.S. Bank National Association Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived claim-preclusion covid-19-pandemic foreclosure-fraud homeowner-rights judicial-procedure mortgage-electronic-registration-system mortgage-relief res-judicata standing 1. Whether the Sixth Circuit has negated the relief it otherwise affords in Conlin to homeowners whose homes have been foreclosed through fraudulent m… 3.5
20-494 The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College v. Stephen M. Gruver, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-i-spending-power article-one-powers civil-damages civil-rights-remedies-equalization-act eleventh-amendment federal-funds sovereign-immunity spending-power title-ix 1. Can Congress, in the exercise of Article I Spending Power, unilaterally expand federal judicial power for private civil damages actions asserted ag… 3.5
20-525 Harold E. Rutila, IV v. Department of Transportation Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit hearing-waiver johnson-v-zerbst merit-systems-protection-board statutory-interpretation Whether the Merit Systems Protection Board violated Petitioner's due process rights when an administrative judge failed to provide him a hearing, in v… 3.5
20-526 Jason M. Blackburn v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment child-pornography criminal-procedure digital-evidence fourth-amendment good-faith-exception military-justice probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding the good faith exception applied to the search and seizure of Petitioner's computer? 3.5
20-528 Nicholas S. Baas v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause court-martial daubert-standard due-process scientific-evidence sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict 1. In light of this Court's decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, does it violate a military servicemember's Sixth Amendment and due process rights to allow… 3.5
20-533 Jeffrey Boudreau, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Wendy Boudreau v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc. First Circuit Denied Response Waived business-invitee daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony foreseeability kumho premises-liability rule-702 summary-judgment 1. When a legal duty exists in a premises lability context to protect business invitees from reasonably foreseeable harm, is the question of foreseeab… 3.5
20-537 Jeffrey J. Walker, et al. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Management and Budget Minnesota Denied Response Waived due-process exactions just-compensation land-use-permit special-assessments subdivision takings unconstitutional-conditions Federal Issue I. Do States or their agencies or subdivisions have the power to require the waiver of just compensation for land taken by special asses… 3.5
20-547 Luis Xadiel Cruz Vazquez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived brady-violation certificate-of-appealability conflict-of-interest due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel mickens-v-taylor sixth-amendment united-states-v-decologero wheat-v-united-states 1. In refusing to issue a COA, did the First Circuit apply a novel, harsher standard requiring Petitioner to prove actual intent by conflicted counsel… 3.5
20-548 Jessie Eugene Shelton v. Robert C. Tanner, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process improper-jurisdiction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se-filing prosecutorial-misconduct Whether a pro se filing by petitioner in 2012 to the District Court, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and an invalid plea would deny a secon… 3.5
20-550 Heon Jong Yoo, aka Hank Yoo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-924 atf-form-4473 federal-firearms-licensee firearms-licensee firearms-transfer jurisdictional-fact national-of-the-united-states national-status statutory-offense A. Are the instructions on an ATF Form 4473 evidence of a jurisdictional fact such that the jurisdictional element of the statutory offense found at 1… 3.5
20-552 Jeremiah Paige Rice v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment free-speech healthcare medical-cannabis probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether the detectable odor of burnt cannabis alone, without any other indicators, is sufficient for law enforcement to form probable cause to subject… 3.5
20-555 Kyle Stephen Thompson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-statute mens-rea minor-protection minors purpose-element sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether the "for the purpose of" element of § 2251(a) means the defendant's prevailing or most influential purpose for the sexually explicit conduct w… 3.5
20-563 Harris County, Texas v. PRSI Trading, LLC Texas Denied Response Waived administrative-agency auer-deference customs-and-border-patrol customs-border-patrol foreign-trade-zones issue-preclusion property-tax regulatory-interpretation tax-exemption Whether the Texas Supreme Court erred in failing to follow the findings of CBP in its Headquarters Ruling Letters in holding that the foreign trade su… 3.5
20-566 United States, ex rel. Diana Juan v. Stephen Hauser, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived authority defendant-knowledge failure-to-act medicare medicare-fraud overbilling plausible-claim qui-tam remediation-authority systemic-automated systemic-overbilling Must a Qui Tam Relator in a systemic automated Medicare overbilling case specify more than each Defendant's knowledge that the systemic automated syst… 3.5
20-568 William Geoffroy v. Town of Winchendon, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived 29-usc-626 age-discrimination due-process employee-rights employment-law statutory-interpretation voluntary voluntary-consent waiver waiver-validity Whether a waiver of age discrimination claims can be found to be voluntary when an employer verbally revokes an employee's twenty-one (21) day review,… 3.5
20-570 Daniel Cvijanovich v. United States Secret Service Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights criminal-prosecution foia-exemptions freedom-of-information-act judicial-review law-enforcement-exemption law-enforcement-monitoring secret-service-records standard-of-review 1. Does FOIA exemption (b)(7)(A) apply to the Secret Service's monitoring of an individual, absent the existence of any actual enforcement proceeding … 3.5
20-572 James R. Young v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-review criminal-law criminal-penalties felon-in-possession felony-possession firearm-statute firearms habeas-corpus interstate-commerce retroactivity (1) - Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) provides for Criminal penalties to felons who possess firearms in interstate Commerce, absent proof that they knew… 3.5
20-576 Sharon Darlene Lopez v. California California Denied Response Waived blood-draw civil-rights consent constitutional-rights driving-privilege due-process fourth-amendment implied-consent search warrantless-search 1. Can the State of California condition driving upon its public highways upon a motorist's agreement to surrender Fourth Amendment rights for purpose… 3.5
20-577 Moaze Ibrahim v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing Question not identified. 3.5
20-581 United States, ex rel. Integra Med Analytics, L.L.C. v. Baylor Scott & White Health, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 3rd-circuit 5th-circuit alternative-explanation alternative-explanations false-claims-act federal-procedure pleading-standards relator statistical-analysis Numerous circuits have held that a relator may state a claim under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-32 (the "FCA"), by alleging "particular det… 3.5
20-584 Michael Wood, et ux. v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived conspiracy-charges conspiracy-to-commit-immigration-offenses constructive-amendment criminal-procedure first-amendment immigration-law prejudicial-variance statute-of-limitations yates-v-united-states 1. Whether Defendants' conviction for conspiracy to commit immigration offenses is legally invalid pursuant to Yates v. United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1… 3.5
20-586 James T. Gersky v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment court-precedent criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process estelle-v-smith judicial-guidance mitchell-v-united-states sentencing I. Should this Court provide guidance to district courts regarding the forced testimony of defendants at sentencing, in accordance with this Court's p… 3.5
20-628 Samuel Anstey v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence aedpa arson-investigation due-process fire-science habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief summary-judgment Whether a petitioner whose conviction was based substantially on discredited arson investigation techniques can survive summary judgment under 28 U.S.… 3.5
20-642 Jorge Mendoza v. Uber Technologies Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-jurisdiction civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-law contract-law dispute-resolution due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits legal-procedure procedural-rights Whether Constitutional Due Process can be part of Arbitration Jurisdiction. 3.5
20-771 Debera P. v. Maine Department of Health and Human Services Maine Granted Response Waived None 3.5
19-8635 Kenneth Brown v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington 1. Should a court be allowed to deny the withdrawl of a defendant's guilty plea,- when it is clear that the plea was not entered voluntarily, and wi… 1.0
20-5229 Arthur Lopez v. Costa Mesa Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech Should the absence of Probable Cause and the absence of Reasonable Suspicion even to stop Petitioner, Warrentless in a vehicle seizure of his four min… 1.0
19-8461 Monica Karina Paz-Tejeda v. William P. Barr, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None -1.0
20-5230 Arthur Lopez v. Newport Beach Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Question not identified. -1.0
20-5998 Kevin Ray Prentice v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-analysis civil-rights criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit least-culpable-act mellouli-v-lynch predicate state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit ignored this Court's authority and misapplied the categorical analysis by failing to consider the least-culpable act covered… -1.5
20-6075 Deshawn McCarter v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP california-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-statute generic-extortion generic-robbery property-threat sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the California robbery statute criminalize a broader swath of conduct than generic robbery or generic extortion in light of the fact that Califor… -1.5
20-6088 Miguel Angel Baez-Castillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-rights criminal-procedure indictment prior-conviction prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment I. Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction never alleged in t… -1.5
20-6100 Carlos Meza-Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial sentencing Supreme-Court Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
20-6101 Rachel Mae Skidmore v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sixth-amendment statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g)(1) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? -1.5
20-6133 Theodore David Newcomb v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach conspiracy conspiracy-elements controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense eighth-circuit inchoate-offense sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation (1) Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of "controlled … -1.5
20-6135 Justin Mertis Barber v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process eleventh-circuit federal-statute habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN DENYING BARBER'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY FINDING T… -1.5
20-6141 David William Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof confrontation-clause evidence-rule-701 expert-testimony hearsay-evidence law-enforcement-testimony lay-opinion professional-experience rule-701 rule-702 testimonial-hearsay This Petition will permit the Court to resolve two profound splits among the federal courts of appeals. The first circuit split concerns when, if at … -1.5
20-6213 J. Santos Mondragon-Benitez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-authority imprisonment-revocation plain-error reasonableness reasonableness-standard revocation sentencing-review standard-of-review supervised-release Whether sentences of imprisonment following the revocation of supervised release should be reviewed for reasonableness or plain unreasonableness? -1.5
20-6215 Abrahan Garcia-Morales, aka Abraham Garcia-Morales v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process evidence-law fifth-amendment right-to-silence self-incrimination When a defendant declines to answer some—but not all—of the questions posed to him during a custodial interrogation, does the prosecutor's use of this… -1.5
20-6216 Michael E. Torres v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act arrest criminal-procedure drug-conviction fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-seizure investigative-detention probable-cause reasonable-suspicion 1. The Fourth Amendment requires that police have probable cause before subjecting an individual to an arrest. Police surrounded Appellant, ordered hi… -1.5
20-6237 Jamar Parker v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history district-court mitigating-factors mitigation-arguments procedural-reasonableness sentencing substantive-reasonableness Where the district court failed to consider or address Petitioner's mitigating arguments and focused exclusively on his criminal history, whether the … -1.5
20-6246 Adam Joseph Bogema v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 advisory-guidelines appellate-review criminal-sentencing mental-illness sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness unwarranted-disparity Whether this Court should provide some guidance to the appellate courts on the proper evaluation of a within guidelines sentence vis-a-vis 18 U.S.C. §… -1.5
19-8317 Mitchell Taebel v. Douglas A. Ducey, Governor of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP arbitrary-authority civil-rights due-process free-speech retaliation standing Who is responsible for stopping a lawful arrest detainment after an unlawful arrest? Does the presumed to be innocent still have the absolute right t… -4.0
19-8435 Jerome Lemeal Williams v. Wendy Duffy, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel equal-protection judicial-bias procedural-due-process speedy-trial unlawful-touching I have a birth certificate .identification .social security card and was born in in the United States. I've went to prison for a crime I didn't commit… -4.0
19-8457 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Alice Neece Mine, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process gun-control legislative-authority public-safety Question not identified. -4.0
19-8501 Jimmy L. Livingston v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-attack due-process jurisdiction standing void-or-voidable 1. Did the Nebraska Supreme Court, in Case Nos. S-19-0322, or A-19-0322, on or about the 29th day of January, 2020, "cause: a. Abuse Of Discretion-wh… -4.0
19-8538 Jeffrey W. Smiles v. Berks County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-taking civil-rights constitutional-authority due-process eminent-domain property-rights standing stare-decisis takings 1. Can a political subdivision of a state, through its employees, administratively take private property from the people they work for and give/sell t… -4.0
19-8634 Tehib Mahiem El Bey, fka Tevan Jamall Brown v. Doughtery County State Court Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights de-jure-citizenship due-process federal-questions free-speech legal-jurisdiction natural-rights organic-constitution standing statutory-ordinance 1) Can the De Jure American citizen be punished by fine or imprisonment for exercising a Constitutional right? 2) Can The United States of America an… -4.0
19-8739 Carl Womack v. Johanna Finkelstein, Assistant Clerk, Superior Court of North Carolina, Buncombe County Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct medicaid medicaid-recovery standing unauthorized-judgment Did a Martin Reidinger, district court judge rule against a US SUPREME COURT decision known as the Olmstead Act, and does his ruling contradict anothe… -4.0
19-8749 Paul Anthony Crayton v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law cell-phone-data civil-rights constitutional-law fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence judicial-review legal-procedure privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure statutory-interpretation was the pirosented Statement made in the Newspaper hommbul evoug to wannt a mistial? 2 D (cRaytaw) Anmendent. Presene his 6tll N3) boovove Dio the De… -4.0
19-8796 Gary Daniel Rodgers v. R. McIntyre, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-filing due-process evidence legal-equivalence motion motion-to-release notice-of-appeal procedural-requirements Whether Petitioner's timely filed "Motion and Order to Release Evidence " satisfies the requirements as a functional equivalent of a Notice of Appeal. -4.0
19-8798 Rafeeq Salahuddin v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections Arizona Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal-rights batson-rule civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jury-selection legal-procedure retroactivity whether a state count of last resort has power to destroy a dependant's constitutional vight to trial by jury whosemember's are selected by non-discri… -4.0
19-8852 Madhu Sameer v. Sameer Khera California Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights document-access due-process judicial-misconduct section-1983 standing transcript transcript-denial Whether dismissal of appeal for refusal of the lower courts to provide designated records and transcripts for appeal is unconstitutional, and constitu… -4.0
19-8862 Derrick Michael Allen, Sr. v. Total Visa, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts standing 3b0Ht.--rtioR CoKuptc6 n-T- ) 3/01- offpobCi c9in aRE 1 n din -4.0
20-5045 In Re Daniel H. Jones Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-jurisdiction judicial-review mandamus standing state-law writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition I. WOULD THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS BE JUSTIFIED WHERE THE ' PETITIONER 'S CIRCUMSTANCES COULD AID THIS COURT IN SUPERVI… -4.0
20-5046 In Re Daniel H. Jones Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure extraordinary-writs judicial-review mandamus prohibition sovereign-immunity state-law supervisory-power writ-of-prohibition I. WOULD THE ISSUANCE OF A, WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS BE JUSTIFIED WHERE THE PETITIONER' S CIRCUMSTANCES COULD AID THIS COURT IN SUPERVIS… -4.0
20-5047 In Re Daniel H. Jones Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction mandamus prohibition sovereign-immunity standing state-law writ-of-prohibition I. WOULD THE ISSUANCE OF A WRIT OF PROHIBITION AND/OR MANDAMUS BE JUSTIFIED WHERE THE PETITIONER 'S CIRCUMSTANCES COULD AID THIS COURT IN SUPERVISI… -4.0
20-5069 Pablo Enrique Rosado-Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process evidence-disregard fair-credit-reporting-act judicial-misconduct pro-se-representation public-interest standing supreme-court-rules 1. By re-affirming the final opinion of the magistrate judge from the District Court, "The Court does not weigh the evidence", 3 Appellate Judges sai… -4.0
20-5449 Carolyn R. Dawson v. Kevin Pakenham Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure forcible-detainer no-evidence-motion property-rights summary-judgment texas-law There appears to be a split and/or confusion within the courts regarding "Motions" for No-Evidence Summary Judgments Appeals and a Forcible Detainer "… -4.0
20-5609 In Re Gary Wayne Barnes Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence civil-rights dna-evidence due-process federal-statute fifth-circuit habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief state-court-conviction can the claim of Actual innocence be reviwed under a petition for HABEAS CORPUS ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDANATY WRIT pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 ans 22… -4.0
20-5911 Josh Albritton v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Question not identified. -4.0
20-5132 Antwan R. Cray v. Warden, FCI Coleman - Medium Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP criminal-innocence criminal-law due-process factual-innocence federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus legal-innocence rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether Petitioner Is actually, Factually, Legally, and Lawfully Innocent of his Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) recently decided by T… -4.5
20-5172 Darrell Henry Williams v. Joe Coakley, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP career-offender criminal-statutes due-process federal-procedure mandatory-minimums physical-force reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Do criminal statutes satisfied by reckless conduct resulting in injury require as an element "the use ... of physical force against the person of a… -4.5
20-5360 Reinaldo Dennes v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP brady-evidence brady-violation cause-and-prejudice circuit-split cullen-v-pinholster due-diligence due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus napue-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Given the extreme facts of this case, should this Court finally turn to footnote 10 and Justice Sotomayor's dissenting opinion in Cullen v. Pinholster… -4.5
20-5562 Jeffrey Hessler v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances constitutional-amendments death-penalty eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-florida judicial-panel jury-determination post-conviction-relief ring-v-arizona sixth-amendment Are the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as Ring and Hurst, violated when eligibility for the death penalty is asserted to be decided … -4.5
20-5588 Joshua Wallace v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split criminal-intent duenas-alvarez facial-overbreadth generic-burglary generic-definition intent statutory-interpretation Where a state statute explicitly defines "burglary" in a way that does not require proof of an intent to commit a crime, and thus lacks an element nec… -4.5
20-5768 RaySean D. Barber v. Todd Wasmer, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel factual-basis information motor-vehicle-operation plea-colloquy proximate-cause Was Appellant denied Due Process of Law and Effective Assistance of Counsel where the charging document (information) did not include within the state… -4.5
20-5786 William Earl Sweet v. Florida Florida Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violations eighth-amendment giglio-claim habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-proceedings suspension-clause 1. Whether it amounts to a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus for the state courts to fail to consider claims from an individual with compelling … -4.5
20-5810 Ruth Torres v. Marie Diaz, et al. Texas Denied IFP abuse-of-process anti-SLAPP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation Issue V Is a state anti-Slapp restriction seeking dismissal within 60 days of the filing of claims (ignoring later legal actions) unconstitutional whe… -4.5
20-5821 Calvin Simpson v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sexual-assault due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-assault Question not identified. -4.5
20-5823 Michael R. Spengler v. Los Angeles County District Attorney Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights contempt-trial double-jeopardy due-process government-action habeas-corpus judicial-procedure pretrial-proceedings 1 pUrSUANT to 28 USC 2241, A pretrial petitioner MAY ChAlleNGe his custodt THAT S IN VIOIAHION OF the consttumon its laws and trenties. COgNIzAble ClA… -4.5
20-5826 Chris Anthony George v. Raymond Madden, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel party-presentation plea-bargaining pro-se pro-se-petition sua-sponte 1. In United States v. Sineneng-Smith, 140 S. Ct. 1575, 1578 (2020), this Court held that the Ninth Circuit "departed so drastically from the principl… -4.5
20-5827 Michael R. Spengler v. Alex Villanueva Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody-claims due-process extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus legal-abuse petition-review standing Federal Habeas book oN the lexIs Nexis touckcreen Here At the JAil (by MAtthew BeNdeR) 28usC 2241-autharizes "other specIAl ciranstances CrEAHING A su… -4.5
20-5838 Daryl Dude Nelson v. Mike Brown, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court-review district-court due-process ex-parte-proceeding fact-finding fraud-on-the-court judicial-oversight legal-authority prosecutor prosecutorial-fraud relief-from-judgment Did the Circuit Court commit a reversible error and grossly violate petitioner's Due Process when it (1) overlooked the district court's fact-finding … -4.5
20-5845 Deverick Scott v. Danny Burl, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 1st-amendment administrative-grievance civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process false-disciplinary first-amendment prisoner-rights property-rights retaliation 1. If the A.D.C. authorizes a prisoner to have his personal property in Isolation Confinement by giving to him on his 48hr relief after he served 30 d… -4.5
20-5849 Uzoma Igbonwa v. Facebook, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process facebook free-speech immunity-provision ninth-circuit section-230 terms-of-service Whether Facebook was should be protected by the immunity provision of Section 230 of the Communication and Decency Act when they clearly violated it… -4.5
20-5856 Alimamy Barrie v. Matthew M. Robinson Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief procedural-rules strickland-v-washington Whether an Omission by habeas Counsel for Failing to Include a Supporting fact that Appellate Counsel was Ineffective, after Petitioner Specifically r… -4.5
20-5858 Elvert S. Briscoe, Jr. v. Annette Chambers-Smith, Director, Ohio Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection first-amendment liberty-interest sandin-v-connor Liberty Interest Can an action by a prison disciplinary hearing that is a violation of the First Amendment, Eighth Amendment, or Equal Protection Clau… -4.5
20-5859 Kevin Blanke v. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole Utah Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure due-process judicial-review right-to-counsel standing In the interest of Justice, can a state Supceme court or a state court of Appeals, make disisions on issues in a civil ease the state district cour… -4.5
20-5863 Andrew Newson v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied IFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection mailing-error parental-rights petition-for-review statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights timeliness Question not identified. -4.5
20-5867 Jerome Ceasar Alverto v. Bryan Dwain Cline Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process jury-trial standing state-court takings A. WHETHER PETITIONER'S COMPLZNT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DKMKSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. P SPAELATE COURT ERRORED IN APLXING THE STATUTE OF WMUTATION UUDER WASHI… -4.5
20-5883 Kyle Patrick Comrie v. California California Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder jury-findings jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sandstrom sufficiency-of-evidence Petitioner's first degree murder conviction was invalid under People v, Chiu as there was no basis to find that the iurv did not rely on aiding and a… -4.5
20-5887 Charles Kunta Lewis, Jr. v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP age-consideration brain-development constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment individualized-sentencing juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing mandatory-minimum sentencing I. The Constitution prohibits punishments that are cruel and unusual. In addition to the crime committed, the juvenile offender's age must also be tak… -4.5
20-5888 Burton Lee Smith v. Steven Johnson, Administrator, New Jersey State Prison, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 404(b)-jury-instructions bruton-v-united-states certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause constitutional-rights effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions mug-shot-identification severance-of-defendants sleeping-juror trial-procedure 1.) Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals Erred in Denying Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability on His Claim that was not Denied His State… -4.5
20-5892 Russell A. Stoddard v. Florida Florida Denied IFP appellate-review cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment enhanced-sentence fourteenth-amendment sentencing state-law 1. DOES THE EIGHT AMENDMENT PROTECTION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT PROHIBIT A STATE FROM IMPOSING A PRISON SENTENCE THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM … -4.5
20-5893 Jonnie Ravon v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole manifest-injustice sentencing violent-offenses Whether the courts below decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions of this Honorable Court when they d… -4.5
20-5897 Demetrice Williams v. Sandy McCain, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability COA criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution denial effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection federal-district-court fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment A. WHETHER THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT SHOULD NOT HAVE DENIED COA BASED ON THE SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT GUARANTEES OF T… -4.5
20-5898 Roy Eugene Ussery v. Texas Texas Denied IFP barker-test barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights defense-theory extraneous-offense-evidence grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prejudice speedy-trial witness-prejudice 1) When giving weight to the prejudice factor in a 'Barker' test & the complained of prejudice is the death of a DEFENSIVE witness, but the Court erro… -4.5
20-5901 Laura Marie Scott v. City of Hamtramck, Michigan, Treasurer, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP choice-of-law comity equity federal-contracts property-rights quasi-in-rem quasi-in-rem-action tax-foreclosure title Does a violation of "choice of law" [retrocession, in 2013] create a quasi in rem action; which ultimately reverses itself [retrocession, in 2019] to … -4.5
20-5906 Demetrius Barber v. James Burke, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing direct-appeal due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-procedure procedural-error standing Under 28 U.S.C.A. F.R.A.P. Rule 4 CC) and Rule 4 (d)..S. circuit court of 5th Apperl's circuit clerk, cause error by wot fownrding Petitioner first Di… -4.5
20-5916 Veronica Delph v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law due-process issue-preservation legal-basis procedural-fairness trial-court Does a court of appeals deny a party due process Under the 14th Amendment when it decides the case on A basis never litigated or passed on as a matter… -4.5
20-5919 Astarte Davis v. Joseph Wilson, Judge, Superior Court of California, Marin County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-upon-court judicial-conduct standing void-judgment 1. Is non-judicial conduct/actions by judges in their official capacity as judge, and in their individual capacity for non-judicial actions subject to… -4.5
20-5920 Richard Cortez v. Iowa Iowa Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure disclosure due-process sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether a defendant's due process rights are violated when the State's eyewitness primary to the offense testifies under a false name a disclosure to … -4.5
20-5921 Joseph J. Craig v. Kansas Kansas Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instruction kansas-supreme-court voluntary-intoxication Did the Kansas Supreme Court deny the defendants rights to a fair trial under the Due Process Clause when it should have ruled the defendant was entit… -4.5
20-5935 Frank Allen Levi Holland v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP burden-of-proof compulsory-violations confrontational-violations constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct Is leaving allowance for a defendant's Sixth and Federal Constitutional right to due process of law to be violated by denying erroneous instructions a… -4.5
20-5938 Robert B. Wister v. Donald R. White, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process elder-abuse equal-protection federal-statute petition-of-grievances Abject refusal of a series of courts to read and give credibility to Appellant's brief citing violations of statutes by those holding office. County A… -4.5
20-6267 In Re Graham Schiff Denied IFP bad-faith civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process federal-intervention post-conviction-relief state-criminal-proceedings state-officials Question not identified. -4.5
19-8420 Charles Wilson v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion trial-court-discretion witness-testimony 1. Whether it is Unconstitutinal for defense Counsel to admit an accueds Suilt to the jury over the accused's objection? And also adMit and accused's … -6.0
19-8425 Chayce Aaron Anderson v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights cross-examination due-process fair-trial jailhouse-informant jury-trial prejudicial-evidence I. whether the district court erred when it improperly limited the scope of cross-examination of the jail house informant, thereby denying Mr. Anderso… -6.0
19-8585 Van Jackson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-procedure due-process federal-prisoner post-conviction-relief procedural-law rule-60b section-2255 statutory-interpretation (1) Whether a federal Prisoner has a Right to Present a argument based on a Change in Procedural law on his first motion under Title 28 U.S.C.S 2255 ?… -6.0
19-8609 Madhu Sameer v. Sameer Khera, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights damages declarative-relief district-court due-process injunctive-relief legal-malpractice standing unconstitutional-judgment void-judgments 1. Whether District Court 's Characterisation of a suit seeking injunctive, declarative relief and damages against making of Unconstitutional and Void… -6.0
19-8930 Reginald L. Dunahue v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review prison-conditions qualified-immunity standing Th C Ab Petitioner Appointment Of Caunsel? n il Co y iA gi Wendy kelley Mashall Red Jy Andw icials he CAy Cancurring withhe . istrict Court' misl? … -6.0
20-5232 Iris Lamarr Anderson v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus standing state-courts 1. WAS PETITIDNER DENIED "FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS" BY STATE AND FEDBRAL LOURTS RESOLUTION OF HIS CLAIMS DN AN ERRONEOUS INDEPENDANT AND ADEQUATE STATE LA… -6.0
20-5314 Jared Stubblefield v. Dorothy Brown, Clerk, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing Question not identified. -6.0
20-5324 In Re Jeremiah Ybarra Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial false-evidence false-statements false-testimony law-enforcement warrant-validity IS PETITIONER'S INNOCENCE OF THE MILLED OFFENSE? WAS THE CRIMINAL PROCESS ABUSED, WHEN FALSE STATEMENTS WERE HELD TO APPLY FOR MURDER WARRANT? Was f… -6.0
20-5520 Michael Williamson v. Harold May, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial hearsay hearsay-statements right-to-witnesses sixth-amendment witness-exclusion 1) Was Michael Williamson afforded a fair trial and right to confront his accusers or right to witnesses in his favor when the trial court excluded … -6.0
20-5523 Brian Jury v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus standing statutory-procedure 1) Would reasonable jurors find the district court's assessment of this petitioner's constitutional claims to be debatable or wrong, or whether his ha… -6.0
20-5581 Tatyana E. Drevaleva v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP case-dismissal civil-rights court-of-federal-claims due-process filing-fee indigent indigent-plaintiff procedural-due-process standing title-vii 1) Can the U.S. Court of Federal Claims compel an indigent Title VII Plaintiff to pay a filing fee at the time when the Plaintiff doesn 't have money … -6.0
20-5811 Ruth Torres v. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection equal-protections governmental-immunity judicial-bias pro-se-litigation whistleblower-rights Issue V When Pro Se Indigent parties lack meaningful access, procedurally and meritoriously, does this constitute lack of due process and equal protec… -6.5
20-5831 Rafael Cezar Danam v. Arizona Board of Education Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing bill-of-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment freedom-of-speech redress-of-grievances stare-decisis From the founding of the United States of America, the "inalienable " right of "Freedom of Speech " and the right of "Redress of Grievances " has been… -6.5
20-5899 Bodhisattva Skandha v. William Bates Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion case-dismissal civil-procedure court-jurisdiction dismissal due-process judicial-procedure pure-land-buddhism religious-rights standing trial-court trial-court-discretion Whether The Trial Court Abused Its Discretion #1 : By Dismissing The Case? Whether The Defendant Denied The Plaintiff The #2: Right to Practice Pure … -6.5
20-5907 Joseph Peterson v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights computer-seizure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech search-and-seizure trial-court written-materials Did the trial court violate Mr. Peterson's Due Process of Law when denying written materials seized from his computer when those materials were protec… -6.5
20-5922 Julia Hook v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-access due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-abuse judicial-bias judicial-taking sanctions The question presented for review is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual … -6.5
20-5924 Patricia Wynn v. Mark Butler, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Labor, et al. Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-intervention due-process extraordinary-writ judicial-proceedings legal-review procedural-standards supervisory-power Whether the Court below "so far departed from the accepted and usual of judicial proceedings, or sanctioned such a departure by a lower course court, … -6.5
20-5934 Thomas Holden v. Sherry L. Burt, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-with-supreme-court constitutional-review due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance premeditated-intent right-to-counsel sixth-amendment sixth-circuit strickland-standard trial-court-error WHETHER A UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS HAS DECIDED AN IMPORTANT QUESTION OF FEDERAL LAW THAT CONFLICTS WITH RELEVANT DECISIONS OF THIS COURT, WHERE … -6.5
20-5945 Shelby Clarmont v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process people-v-lockridge people-v-milbourn proportionality resentencing sentencing-guidelines Is The Imposing Of A Sentence Which Was Based On Incorrectly Scored Sentencing Guidelines And Was A Departure From Applicable Advisory Guidelines Wher… -6.5
20-5950 Clinton Riley v. Indiana Department of Correction, et al. Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-5964 Marlow Shelton McDonald v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court federal-courts habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… -6.5
20-5965 Vito A. Pelino v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-reopening civil-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-courts judicial-discretion rule-60(b) rule-60b state-courts substantive-claim Whether jurists of reason can debate that repeated decisions to ignore (not dismiss or deny) a substantive claim constitutes sufficiently "extraordina… -6.5
20-5968 Rochelle Driessen v. Miami-Dade County, Florida, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure court-access due-process florida-constitution judicial-procedure jurisdiction WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA DENIED PETITIONER ACCESS TO THE COURT PURSUANT ARTICLE 1, SECTION 21 OF THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION WHEN IT DECLINED… -6.5
20-5981 Javier Garza v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP case-characteristics constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence eighth-amendment judicial-review juvenile-sentencing legal-interpretation miller-v-louisiana statutory-provisions youth-characteristics 1: MkN^ATo^ M facto ixFe seo/reMcas tfmuxtt T>eF&VWTS-AS Jn VFTXT io/oe/I'sCAST AfcbxSflbMTtortfiw 4a® MXbLAre Tm Sxahth /IMmm &jt, vuiess thf TfixaL… -6.5
20-5986 Romeo Wilson v. Debra Sue Gabites, et al. Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process ineffective-counsel legal-representation standing witness-testimony DO I HAVE ANY RIGHTS/THE LIGHT WAS BLINKING! DO I HAVE ANY RIGHT/I HAD TWO LAWYER, MR.JESSIE A.NASH (7946 5) ANfe^iJARED 1,3HOUEY ( 75877) WAS MIR TO… -6.5
20-5994 Mongkhon Leekomon v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure georgia-court-of-appeals indictment legal-procedure statute-of-limitation statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation tolling tolling-exception Whether the Georgia Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the indictment alleged a statutory tolling exception to extend the seven-year statute of… -6.5
20-5997 Zaira Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies compassionate-release criminal-justice exhaustion federal-procedure judicial-review sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the district court erred by ruling that exhaustion of administrative remedies is required before a court can consider a motion for compassiona… -6.5
20-6001 Antranette Canady v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 3583(d)(2) civil-rights criminal-procedure 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
20-6002 Curtis Lee Dale v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts adverse-decision appeals case-seizure criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-law-enforcement pro-se procedural-due-process warrant-search Does petitioner, a pro-se, a procedural due process right to "fair trial, Court and Code, at trial tactics" in the appeals court rejected by the distr… -6.5
20-6012 Allen Young v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-defect discovery-violations due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment indictment-defects insufficient-evidence perjury prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure (1) Where the conviction is built on perjury, the prosecution knew of Head Agent Dana McNeai and alleged victim's falsb testimony oath, and prosecutio… -6.5
20-6024 Keinald V. Parnell v. Scott R. Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Defendant contend? that he i? being held on what what contend? to be a void judgement redured during a jury trial where the main witne?? who wa? al?o … -6.5
20-6032 Timothy Nolan v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment human-trafficking jurisdictional-error notice notice-requirement standing statutory-interpretation The requirement to provide notice of what conduct is considered to be human trafficking I. will forever be changed by the answer to the question: Is i… -6.5
20-6048 David J. Godine, III v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eyewitness-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misidentification ninth-circuit pro-se-petition strickland-claim Petitioner David Godine sought leave in district court to amend his untimely pro se federal habeas petition with new claims. To excuse the untimelines… -6.5
20-6061 Whittier Buchanan v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP assistant-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-appeal right-to-counsel self-representation standby-counsel trial-transcripts witness-testimony I wish foR thE couat to decide clearly Whether My Soblic Defordon is lloived to assist the D.A. aftor the judge Relioved hen from her doties of sPRese… -6.5
20-6068 Willie Gross, Jr. v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure 1. a a federal habeas court finds a constitutional error and that error had a substantial and injurious effect or influence in determining the jury's … -6.5
20-6069 Jeff Howell v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-rule civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process indiana-statute information-access juror-access juror-deliberation public-access trial-procedure trial-proceedings 1. Whether the lower courts erred by denying Howell's right to access of information on jurors who deliberated at his trial 2. Whether the lower cour… -6.5
20-6073 Desmond Littlejohn v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certiorari-review civil-rights crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law fourth-amendment ninth-circuit sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery is a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). -6.5
20-6076 Harold Pena v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP coram-nobis due-process indictment-defect jurisdiction-errors jurisdictional-error marpol-violation material-evidence material-evidence-suppression summary-affirmance 1.- What is the appropriate standard of review, when the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal improperly and controversy, Grants the Government's Motion f… -6.5
20-6083 John Oliver Wooten v. Patrick Warren, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP deference factual-error federal-courts federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review sixth-amendment sixth-circuit standard-of-review state-court state-courts Is a state court decision entitled to deference on federal habeas review if it is undisputed that the state court applied the wrong standard of review… -6.5
20-6084 Laron J. Wainwright v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres-v-united-states armed-career-criminal-act judicial-records jury-trial modified-categorical-approach prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Most circuits agree that when increasing a defendant's sentence beyond the normal statutory maximum pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), … -6.5
20-6085 Celso Yanez v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment first-time-offender mandatory-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sexual-abuse Whether a mandatory sentence of 45 years to life, imposed on a 56-year-old first-time offender in a sexual abuse case involving no violence, no force,… -6.5
20-6086 Brittan Kettles v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data digital-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure I. THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED WHEN IT DENIED MR. KETTLES' MOTION TO ADMIT EVIDENCE PURSUANT TO F.R.E. 608 AND 412 AND THE CIRCUIT T RECOGNIZED THIS ERRO… -6.5
20-6089 Jermaine D. Hill v. Catherine S. Bauman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-hearing retroactivity statute-of-limitations In 2012 this Count ruled in Miller v. Alabama 567 U.S. that it is Unconstitutional to sentence a juvenile to life without the possibility of parole. I… -6.5
20-6092 Nathan L. Hill v. Warden of Lee County, U. S. P. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP albeyne-v-united-states civil-rights collateral-review constitutional-law due-process statutory-interpretation Whether this Court's holding in Alleyne v United States set forth a Rule of statutory interpretation that could be used on Collateral Review. -6.5
20-6095 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-justice district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions home-confinement motion sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Chaney's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). -6.5
20-6102 Dontayous Tonard Cameron v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment due-process fifth-amendment parole revocation-sentence sentencing-scheme sixth-amendment statutory-maximum supervised-release Is 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) unconstitutional as applied to Mr. Cameron because his combined initial and revocation sentences exceed the statutory maximum p… -6.5
20-6103 Curtis Lee Dale v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery document-discovery due-process pro-se-defendant search-warrant search-warrants sentencing standing - Is a prose litigant due a merits determination or adjudication on every claim he presents in his 28usc.f22ssMotion? -Is a defendant to be provided … -6.5
20-6105 Gabriel Oliver v. Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings voting-rights Question not identified. -6.5
20-6106 Rafael Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights coerced-confession criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance mental-disability plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment voluntariness When the District Court denied to issue a Certificate of Appealability, then a jury picked Court abused its discretion when the Defendant was forced t… -6.5
20-6108 Antoine Washington v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 burrage-precedent burrage-v-united-states but-for but-for-causation causation causation-standard criminal-law drug-sentencing forensic-pathology statutory-interpretation I. Whether the "special rule" exception to but-for causation mentioned in dicta in Burrage v. United States, 571 U.S. 204 (2014) is inapplicable to an… -6.5
20-6110 Samuel Hogans v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-defendant pro-se-representation right-to-counsel self-representation sixth-amendment trial-procedure trial-proceedings Under the Sixth Amendment, is it constitutional for a competent criminal defendant to be denied the fundamental right to self-representation when the … -6.5
20-6116 Terry Joseph Wernicke, Jr. v. Court of Appeal of California, Third Appellate District, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment felony-murder juvenile-offender life-sentence parole Question not identified. -6.5
20-6121 Jesus Adam Lizarraga v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel massaro-precedent massaro-v-united-states procedural-default Whether the Eight Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court summarily denied Mr. Lizarraga's motion to vacate, base… -6.5
20-6122 Jerome Capelton v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-liability first-circuit joint-venture mens-rea realistic-probability sentencing 1. Whether the First Circuit's application of the "realistic probability" standard in Mr. Capelton's case, where the elements of Massachusetts "joint … -6.5
20-6124 Jose Maria Loaiza-Gaspar v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process guideline-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-withdraw reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines My Sentence of LIFE imprisonment was imposed without the trial court addressing my non-frivolous argument for a lower sentence. On appeal, the Court o… -6.5
20-6134 Adam Alfredo Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment criminal-history cruel-and-unusual-punishment disproportionate-sentence eighth-amendment felon-in-possession sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Was a maximum ten year sentence above the guidelines of 70 to 87 months' imprisonment for Felon in Possession of a Firearm substantively unreasonable,… -6.5
20-6137 Arvester Lamonica Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act drug-offense force knowledge-requirement physical-force robbery robbery-offense snatching statutory-interpretation violent-felony I. Does a state robbery offense that may be committed through mere snatching "have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical… -6.5
20-6140 Roger Jose Almanzar v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability counsel-performance due-process first-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-offer sixth-amendment Did the First Circuit err in not granting a certificate of appealability on the merits of the claims of ineffective assistance of counsel when it addr… -6.5
20-6143 Saul Mangual-Corchado v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carjacking-statute civil-rights crime-of-violence criminal-law due-process force-clause johnson-standard residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine THE COURT SHOULD ISSUE A W.O.C. AND ADDRESS WHETHER THE FEDERAL CARJACKING OFFENSE DOES CONSTITUTE A "CRIME OF VIOLENCE" WITHIN THE MEANING OF 18 U.S.… -6.5
20-6146 Douglas Harrie Stewart v. Cathleen Stoddard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-death-penalty-act-of-1996 clearly-established-law due-process estelle-v-mcguire evidence-prejudice fourteenth-amendment lisenba-v-people-of-state-of-california payne-v-tennessee trial-fairness Whether the rule of law espoused by Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), Lisenba v. People of State of California, 314 U.S. 219 (1941), and Estell… -6.5
20-6147 Shane Anthony Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-review court-of-appeals criminal-procedure plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing statutory-interpretation statutory-right waiver Whether the Court of Appeals improperly denied Mr. Roberts of the statutory right to appeal his 70-month sentence by summarily granting a government m… -6.5
20-6148 Smith Merinord v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c 924(c)-statute brandishing criminal-justice-reform direct-appeal firearms-offense first-step-act hobbs-act sentencing statutory-interpretation I. WHETHER THE FIRST STEP ACT APPLIES TO CASES PENDING ON DIRECT APPEAL AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, WHERE THE PETITIONER WAS CONVICTED OF THREE HOBB… -6.5
20-6149 Jose Sanchez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop unreasonable-search When an improperly performed drug-dog sniff of a vehicle fails to provide probable cause to search for contraband, but law enforcement officers search… -6.5
20-6150 Andres Keyon Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment collective-knowledge due-process fourth-amendment narcotics reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure substantive-due-process vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to substantive due process under the Fourth Amendment in this narcotics case b… -6.5
20-6151 Thomas Mario Costanzo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-by-case-inquiry commerce-clause constitutional-limits constitutional-reach facilities-used-for-interstate-transactions interstate-commerce jurisdictional-element lopez-precedent transaction-analysis In United States v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995), this Court held that a federal statute's interstate commerce "jurisdictional element" can prevent the … -6.5
20-6153 Jurmaine A. Jeffries v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute drug-trafficking proximate-causation proximate-cause rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the "death enhancement" of 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) requires proximate causation when the statute's language is ambiguous - triggering the rul… -6.5
20-6154 Roderick Perez-Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process plea-bargaining prosecution united-states-constitution Whether Subsequent Prosecution of Conspiracies Violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution when Both Conspiracies Operate Und… -6.5
20-6155 Jordan Sandoval v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split congress-intent judicial-discretion proportional-sentencing reasonableness-standard reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act substantive-reasonableness (1) Currently, the circuits are split in defining the role of appellate courts in conducting a meaningful substantive reasonableness review of a Defen… -6.5
20-6156 Arlene Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP black-v-romano burden-of-proof controlled-substances drug-identification due-process fundamental-fairness probation-revocation state-narcotics texas-narcotics Whether the Government's failure to prove a suspected substance is actually a dangerous drug or controlled substance in a probation revocation case pr… -6.5
20-6157 Pedro Hernandez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court due-process motion-to-dismiss prejudicial-error sixth-amendment Did the district court prejudicially err denying petitioner's motion to dismiss based on Sixth Amendment violations? -6.5
20-6163 Angelique Bankston v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence grand-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement material-omissions professional-misconduct sixth-amendment If the jury was presented with severe witness and evidence and witness presented where (Xanks-twls) Was no+ clowned -he in violcch'on - l-f "dhie (ooV… -6.5
20-6167 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1653 arbitration-award civil-procedure compensatory-damages declaratory-relief federal-circuit federal-circuit-court henry-schein motion-to-dismiss standing summary-affirmance Question not identified. -6.5
20-6169 Tykei Garner v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial drug-conviction due-process evidence interstate-commerce interstate-transportation prejudice third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the District Court's Decision in allowing the Government to use a decade old New York Ci… -6.5
20-6170 Justin David Brown v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review sentencing sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation substantial-assistance Did the defendants Sixth Distnet Court violate the Amendment right Special Agent Nicole allowing ba Bailey Hecring the defendants Sentancing 4s2 24 at… -6.5
20-6172 Yulian Manuel Villavicencio, aka Cristian Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment due-process fourth-amendment interdiction probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search traffic-stop vehicle-search Whether payment of $630 for a SUV rental in the defendant's home state of Florida to go to North Carolina for a visit, the inability to recall the spe… -6.5
20-6179 Hai Duong v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation doyle-v-ohio due-process equal-protection harmless-error miranda-rights post-conviction-relief prosecutorial-misconduct Under the particularized need doctrine, indigent defendants are allowed to file applications for post-conviction relief without supporting documentati… -6.5
20-6180 Naquan Reyes v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 court-of-appeals criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court federal-sentencing procedural-reasonableness procedural-unreasonableness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supreme-court I. Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting Reyes's contention that the sentence was procedurally unreasonable based on the district court's fa… -6.5
20-6182 Kyle Rainey v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Under Brady vs. Maryland, a PCRA petitioner may establish a true Brady violation if the following can be proven; if the evidence at issue is favorable… -6.5
20-6185 Bryan Lamar Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bruton bruton-rule co-defendant-statement confrontation-clause constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence harmless-error A suspect in a burglary and homicide called a detective to cooperate. The detective asked him which vehicle he and the others had taken to commit the … -6.5
20-6186 Piyarath S. Kayarath v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure court-of-appeals due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-review rule-60b section-2253 section-2255 successive-petitions 1. Whether Court of Appeals fulsome review of potential: 28 U.S.C. s 2253 (c) (1)? 2. Whether Court of Appeals was correct in its procedural ruling t… -6.5
20-6188 Joshua Chiazor Ezeka v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment miranda-v-arizona miranda-warning plain-error right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. The Fifth Amendment, in coordination with Miranda v. Arizona, requires police officers to notify suspects of their right to remain silent and their… -6.5
20-6189 Francisco Javier Nunez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment base-offense-level constructive-possession due-process fifth-amendment firearm firearm-enhancement scienter sentencing-enhancement substantive-due-process Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment in this constructive poss… -6.5
20-6191 Daniel Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure due-process evidence-standard harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit sexual-abuse victim-age 1. The Ninth Circuit held that for a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2241(c) (aggravated sexual abuse), the government must prove, and the jury must be i… -6.5
20-6193 Martin L. Harrell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure diligence-standard due-process habeas-corpus material-fact mcquiggin mcquiggin-standard new-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct summary-denial Whether Evidence Not Presented as the Result of Prosecutorial Misconduct Should Be Considered New Evidence under McQuiggin? Whether a District Court … -6.5
20-6195 Erlin Josue Torres Zuniga v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-adjudication administrative-agency-adjudication civil-procedure collateral-estoppel criminal-defendant due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirement notice-to-appear removal-proceedings I. Whether and under what circumstances the government may invoke collateral estoppel against a criminal defendant based on a prior administrative age… -6.5
20-6196 Mark Xavier Wallace v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-evidence criminal-procedure district-court-procedure due-process evidence fourth-circuit-review hearsay hearsay-testimony standard-of-review 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming that the District Court did not err by admitting inadmissible and highly prejudicial hearsay testimon… -6.5
20-6198 Agustin Chavez v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process identity identity-verification post-conviction-information postconviction-information prior-record-exception sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether courts, including those in Florida, have been incorrectly applying a "prior record" exception to the rule from Apprendi v. New Jersey 530 U… -6.5
20-6201 Anthony Thomas v. Victor Calloway, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-constitutional-law habeas habeas-corpus perjury procedural-default state-law 1. Should a certificate of appealability have issued where the District Court incorrectly opined that claims raised by Mr. Thomas were matters of st… -6.5
20-6204 Kenneth Curry v. Kess Roberson Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation 1. WHETHER THE PETITIONER PLAUSIBLY HAS SUFFICIENTLY PLEADED A SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A SECURED RIGHT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. SECTION 2253… -6.5
20-6214 John J. Powers v. Warden, Allenwood USP Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 1-usc-109 18-usc-3624b criminal-procedure first-step-act general-savings-statute good-time-credits sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Does the General Savings Statute, 1 U.S.C. §109, apply to the First Step Act's amendment to 18 U.S.C. §3624(b) so that penalties of the loss of good t… -6.5
20-6220 Tony Edwin McClurg v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary attempted-entry generic-burglary sixth-circuit tennessee-aggravated-burglary Does Tennessee's aggravated burglary statute, which defines "entry" so broadly as to encompass mere attempted burglary, qualify as a "generic burglary… -6.5
20-6221 Miguel Nunez v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-challenge federal-law johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing-guidelines Whether a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenging the constitutionality of the residual clause of the mandatory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is timely… -6.5
20-6230 Ulis Howard Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP corpus-delicti criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process federal-procedure fifth-circuit legal-error punishment-phase sentencing Did the Fi fth Ci rcuit err i n hol ding that the concept of corpus del icti shoul d not apply in the puni shment phase? -6.5
20-6231 Mark Zavala v. Kim Holland, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment gang-enhancement sentence-enhancement street-terrorism-act unitary-proceeding Does the trial of a sentence enhancement allegation under California's Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act in a unitary proceeding with th… -6.5
20-6236 Fuad Ndibalema v. Mark A. Levine Vermont Denied Response WaivedIFP adequate-remedy civil-procedure constitutional-law declaratory-relief due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment legal-remedy property-rights 1) Whether the Existence of another Adequate Remedy does preclude a Judgment for Declaratory Relief given the Facts and Law on the Record, whether t… -6.5
20-6238 Demon O'Neil Parker v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion cell-site-location-information constitutional-review criminal-sentencing first-step-act fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation reasonable-expectation-of-privacy rehabilitation search-and-seizure sentence-reduction standing Question not identified. -6.5
20-6243 Okeiba Sadio v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covered-offense criminal-procedure drug-distribution due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction sixth-amendment statutory-penalties (1) Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Wrongly dismiss Mr Sadio's Appeal with out no Briefs being filed or hearing any arguments, violating m… -6.5
20-6244 Thomas M. Ha v. Christine Popoff, Superintendent, Oregon State Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation cross-examination due-process morrissey-precedent morrissey-v-brewer parole parolee-rights revocation-hearing witness-confrontation Whether the holding in Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471 (1972), that a parolee's due process right to confront and cross-examine an adverse witness m… -6.5
20-6248 Shawn Thomas Brooks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
20-6249 Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop… -6.5
20-6255 John Dubor v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-review loss-calculation medicare-fraud restitution restitution-award sentencing-guidelines Did the Fifth Circuit's cursory review of the district court's record lead to an illegal, unreasonable sentence. Because the application of the senten… -6.5