Conference: 2021-01-22

107 cases — 0 granted, 107 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-1039 PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC v. New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (21)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) certificate-of-public-convenience constitutional-law eminent-domain federal-power ferc interstate-pipeline natural-gas-act state-property Whether the NGA delegates to FERC certificate holders the authority to exercise the federal government's eminent domain power to condemn land in which… 55.5
20-257 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., et al. v. Maxcimo Scott, et al. Second Circuit Dismissed Amici (4)Relisted (5) civil-procedure class-certification collective-action district-court employment-law fair-labor-standards-act material-question opt-in-plaintiffs similarly-situated Whether a district court may consider factors other than the presence of a single material question of law or fact common to a group of employees when… 16.5
20-746 South Bay United Pentecostal Church, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived civil-rights constitutional-review first-amendment free-exercise free-speech jacobson-v-massachusetts pandemic-restrictions religious-liberty strict-scrutiny Once again, Petitioners South Bay United Pentecostal Church and Bishop Arthur Hodges III ("South Bay") must seek relief from this Court. California, i… 15.5
20-330 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, et al. Second Circuit GVR Amici (4)Relisted (2) article-iii constitutional-interpretation domestic-emoluments-clause emoluments-clause foreign-emoluments-clause judicial-review presidential-immunity presidential-powers standing Whether plaintiffs who claim to compete with businesses in which the President of the United States has a financial interest can seek redress in an Ar… 15.0
19-1126 Stacey Mooney v. Illinois Education Association, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (9) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights good-faith-defense private-entities qualified-immunity restitution restitutionary-remedies retroactivity section-1983 takings Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), held that the Constitution forbids public-… 14.5
19-1130 Dale Danielson, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (9) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-42-usc-1983 constitutional-rights court-ruling good-faith-defense private-entities qualified-immunity restitution retroactivity takings In Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992), this Court held that qualified immunity is categorically unavailable to private entities who violate 42 U.S.C. … 14.5
20-422 Sarah R. Lee v. Ohio Education Association, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights good-faith-defense private-entities qualified-immunity restitution restitutionary-remedies retroactivity section-1983 Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448 (2018), held that the Constitution forbids public-… 14.5
20-208 Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Ethan Volungis, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) amendment civil-procedure district-court federal-rules-of-civil-procedure leave-to-amend motion-to-dismiss represented-plaintiff rule-15 sua-sponte When Liberty Mutual moved to dismiss Ethan Volungis's complaint alleging bad-faith handling of an insurance claim, Volungis and his counsel chose not … 14.0
20-331 Donald J. Trump, President of the United States v. District of Columbia, et al. Fourth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) abuse-of-discretion district-court domestic-emoluments emoluments-clause foreign-emoluments interlocutory-appeal legal-error mandamus motion-to-dismiss presidential-immunity 1. Whether a writ of mandamus is appropriate because, contrary to the holding of the court of appeals, the district court's denial of the President's … 13.0
20-82 Kane County, Utah, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (5) administrative-representation civil-procedure environmental-interest federal-civil-procedure federal-government intervention intervention-as-of-right quiet-title quiet-title-action special-interest-groups standing tenth-circuit-precedent This petition addresses whether private special interest groups have an interest to intervene as of right in a quiet title action brought by a State a… 12.5
20-96 United States v. Kane County, Utah, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (5) circuit-conflict civil-procedure environmental-advocacy environmental-concerns federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure intervention intervention-of-right quiet-title quiet-title-action standing Whether an advocacy organization's environmental concerns qualify as an "interest" required by Rule 24(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure f… 12.5
20-482 Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General of Tennessee, et al. v. Adams & Boyle, P.C., et al. Sixth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-challenge covid-19 covid-19-order executive-order medical-procedures mootness munsingwear-doctrine standing Whether, pursuant to United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950), this Court should vacate the Sixth Circuit's judgment and remand with ins… 12.0
20-639 Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) covid-19 covid-19-restrictions equal-protection first-amendment free-assembly free-exercise free-exercise-clause free-speech religious-liberty strict-scrutiny 1. Whether the Governor's favoring of secular over religious gatherings violates the Free Exercise Clause. 2. Whether the Governor's favoring of secu… 12.0
20-20 Benito Casanova v. International Association of Machinists, Local 701 Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… 11.5
20-695 Derek Piersing v. Domino’s Pizza Franchising LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1) aaa-rules arbitrability circuit-court delegation-doctrine employment-agreement first-options procedural-rules state-court There must be "clear and unmistakable evidence" of parties' intent to have arbitrability decided by an arbitrator for a court to find that they agreed… 11.5
20-60 Sheldon Silver v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (6) appeals-court bribery criminal-law due-process extortion harmless-error hobbs-act public-official (1) Can a public official be convicted of bribery absent proof of an agreed exchange with the alleged bribe payor, based solely on his unexpressed, un… 11.0
19-1104 Mark Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 31, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (9) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity unconstitutional-law Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… 10.5
20-604 InfoBionic, Inc. v. Cardionet, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-101 abstract-idea federal-circuit innovation longstanding-human-practice patent-eligibility patent-monopoly statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit has properly narrowed the scope of the abstract idea exception under 35 U.S.C. § 101. 10.5
20-865 In Re Todd Britton-Harr Denied 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split false-statement federal-prisoners habeas-corpus section-2244 section-2255 successive-petitions supervised-release Whether 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b)(1) ("[a] claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application under section 2254 that was presented i… 10.5
20-486 Nathaniel Ogle v. Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, AFSCME Local 11, AFL-CIO Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law constitutional-rights damages-liability good-faith-defense legal-immunity Is there a "good faith defense" to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rig… 9.5
20-245 Patricia Nelson v. Esteban Rivera Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights excessive-force eyewitness-testimony qualified-immunity summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Whether the Sixth Circuit erred when it conspicuously disregarded the standard set forth in Tolan v. Cotton, 572 U.S. 650 (2014) by granting qualified… 9.0
20-305 Planned Parenthood Center for Choice, et al. v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) abortion abortion-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process executive-order judicial-review mandamus mootness The Governor of Texas, in reliance on the COVID 19 pandemic, issued an executive order that banned nearly all abortions in Texas for at least a month,… 7.5
20-678 M&T Bank Corporation, et al. v. David Jaroslawicz, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (2) compliance corporate-governance disclosure disclosure-obligations materiality public-company regulatory-compliance risk-factors sec-regulation securities-disclosure securities-regulation (1) Whether Item 105 of Regulation S-K, which obligates public companies to discuss material risk factors in registration statements, periodic SEC fil… 7.5
20-183 Billy D. Stair, III v. Charles Jackson Eighth Circuit Denied excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement plumhoff-v-rickard qualified-immunity reasonableness-standard totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force Did the Eighth Circuit depart from this Court's decisions in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) and Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. 765 (2014) in den… 5.5
20-691 Lih Bin Shih v. Nathan Brooks Parnell California Denied civil-rights clean-hands-doctrine due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech government-petition petition-clause police-reports retaliation 1. Whether the Court may deny Petitioner's First Amendment right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances? In particular when the Govern… 5.5
20-696 Peter Brownstein v. Tina Lindsay, et al. Third Circuit Denied assignment-of-copyright co-authors copyright-act copyright-assignment copyright-law derivative-work exclusive-rights joint-work license-revenue statutory-ownership Once a joint work is fixed, are the rights of the co-authors as the statutory co-owners of the copyrights in that work severable such that a co-author… 5.5
20-700 Addie Smith v. Syhadley, LLC Washington Denied arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act motion-to-compel preemption state-law state-law-conflict supersedeas supreme-clause 1. Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state Supersedeas law? Does this state law conflict with the FAA? 2. Whether the Federal Arbitration … 5.5
20-702 David Stiles, Jr. v. Texas Texas Denied arrest-to-trial-delay barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights doggett-v-united-states due-process government-burden presumption-of-prejudice presumptive-prejudice sixth-amendment speedy-trial This Court held in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972) that a speedy trial analysis is triggered by a delay of eight months. This Court held in Dogge… 5.5
20-704 Cesar Santana v. California California Denied age-appropriate-sentencing civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process habeas-corpus juvenile-sentencing liberty-interest miller-v-alabama sentencing youth-offender 1. Does California Create a Liberty Interest to "Youthful-Offender's" when it Enacted Legislation in Response/Remedy of a United States Supreme Court… 5.5
20-706 Stone Creek, Inc. v. Omnia Italian Design, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-court-precedent circuit-split disgorgement disgorgement-of-profits intellectual-property intentional-misconduct judicial-precedent mishawaka-rubber trademark-infringement unjust-enrichment willfulness Does the Ninth Circuit's refusal to disgorge profits in this case of intentional infringement involving the identical mark on identical products confl… 5.5
20-735 Artem Koshkalda v. Seiko Epson Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure dismissal district-court-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure frcp-rule-25 frcp-rule-41 rule-25 rule-41 standing substitution-of-parties voluntary-dismissal Did The United States District Court Central District of California err in denying Plaintiffs Motion To Set Aside a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal File… 5.5
20M47 Sedfrey M. Linsangan v. Alice M. Taijeron, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
20M48 Shane Jermaine Matthews v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
20M49 Waymon Jenkins v. Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
20-278 Marguerite Smith v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 11th-circuit appellate-procedure circuit-rules civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion jurisdiction mandate-issuance standing Does the 11th Circuit's circuit rules supersede the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedures, particularly when it results in depriving an individual due… 4.0
20-497 Jamal A. Azeez v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-rights ex-post-facto false-arrest jury-selection megan-laws perjury prosecutorial-misconduct racial-discrimination 1. Did the lower court condone systemic injustice against Petitioner ("Azeez "), a colored citizen, knowing that he was falsely arrested and indicted… 4.0
20-580 Barry Damon Mallatere v. Town of Boone, North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 ashcroft-v-iqbal civil-rights fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution monell-v-dept-of-soc-servs municipal-liability policymaker-liability The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded the district court's dismissal over the Petitioner's, Barry Damon Mallatre, causes … 3.5
20-591 Daniel Greer, Rabbi, et al. v. Eliyahu Mirlis Second Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-inference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidentiary-inference fifth-amendment privilege self-incrimination 1. What factors determine whether an adverse inference may be drawn against a party to a civil action following the party's invocation of the Fifth Am… 3.5
20-738 Donald Grochowski, as Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Grochowski, Deceased, et al. v. Clayton County, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived cell-design civil-rights detainee-safety due-process inadequate-staffing jail-conditions legislative-immunity objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity substantial-risk Jail supervisor policymakers and Clayton County, Georgia were sued by detainee Grochowski's representatives for the known conditions and systems they … 3.5
20-742 Steven Bruce v. Alex M. Azar, II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process false-and-misleading fifth-amendment medically-acceptable-indications medicare-part-d ninth-circuit rehabilitation-act rehabilitation-act-section-504 This is Compendia case, a case of first impression under Shalala v. Illinois Council, 529 U.S. 1 (2000). 1. Can the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nin… 3.5
20-744 Michael Wigginton, Jr. v. The University of Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established-right due-process fifth-circuit hope-v-pelzer qualified-immunity state-actors supreme-court-precedent Whether the Fifth Circuit's grant of qualified immunity to the state actors named in the instant matter was violative of Supreme Court precedent estab… 3.5
20-750 Timothy P. Murphy v. Susan Stacy, Circuit Court Judge Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process erie-doctrine federal-courts state-law-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction summary-judgment swift-v-tyson 1. Whether under any circumstances in their appli cation of common law, federal courts are allowed the authority or discretion to disregard this Cou… 3.5
20-784 Jeffry Schmidt v. Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-review arbitrary-and-capricious arbitrary-capricious-standard disability-evaluation disability-ratings judicial-notice medical-evidence military-compensation military-disability new-and-material-evidence veterans-affairs veterans-disability 1. Did Federal Circuits, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Refuse to Recognize that the U.S. Military and the … 3.5
20-793 Samir Rafic Khoury v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review criminal-defendant criminal-procedure indictment-dismissal mandamus mandamus-relief post-indictment-delay post-judgment-review prejudice speedy-trial Whether a Court of Appeals may review, on petition for a writ of mandamus, the denial of a criminal defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment on sp… 3.5
20-800 Tracy Alan Barnett v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims district-court district-court-jurisdiction federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-order habeas-corpus Are United States District Courts required to address and resolve all constitutional claims or issues raised in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion to satisfy t… 3.5
20-848 D. A. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama Denied Response Waived addiction-treatment due-process federal-law federal-regulations medicaid medicaid-expansion parental-rights remote-participation An indigent parent relocated to a State with expanded Medicaid to get addiction treatment, because his home State, which was adjudicating his parental… 3.5
20-5762 Will Robertson Brown v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-review due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-precedent petition-standard retroactivity section-2255 successive-petitions unconstitutional-law At issue is whether, when a petitioner files a second or successive § 2255 petition, jurisdiction over the § 2255 issue hinges on a showing it is "mor… 0.5
20-5133 Steven Baxter v. United States Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP border-search customs customs-border fourth-amendment suspicion-less-search unincorporated-territory united-states-virgin-islands warrant-requirement warrantless-search This case presents the interplay between two competing propositions of constitutional law. The first proposition is that the United States Virgin Isla… 0.0
20-5917 Eric Malmstrom v. United States First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure competency criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process embassy-communication judicial-discretion mental-competency mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect standing sua-sponte Whether the district court abused its discretion when it failed to sua sponte order a competency evaluation. The facts of Petitioner's crime, standing… -1.0
20-6619 Pedro Carrasco, Jr., aka Pedro Carrasco v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-rights criminal-procedure dispositive-pretrial-motion effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement plea-bargaining pretrial-motion right-to-appeal sixth-amendment Is a criminal defendant deprived effective assistance of counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment when counsel knowingly withholds from the trial … -1.0
20-6554 Jeffrey Fay Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-anonymity jury-selection presumption-of-innocence sixth-amendment (1) whether cloaking jurors in anonymity impermissibly impairs the presumption of innocence and the right of the accused to an impartial jury and (2) … -1.5
20-6559 Jesus Villarreal-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure indictment jury-determination jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… -1.5
20-6566 Anilou Beltran Del Rio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? -1.5
20-6584 Richard Olive v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining prejudice right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington 1. What do Missouri v. Frye, 566 U.S. 134 (2012), and Lafler v. Cooper, 566 U.S. 156 (2012), require of a defendant to demonstrate prejudice resulting… -1.5
20-6588 Kenneth Scott Gordon v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP adversarial-testing appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability criminal-defense effective-assistance-of-counsel fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-adversarial-testing prosecutions-case sixth-amendment Should a certificate of appealability issue because reasonabl e jurists would debate whether a criminal defendant was deprived of the effective assist… -1.5
20-6609 Salvador Moreno Cervantes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
20-6641 Jose Angel Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-law interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether this Court should grant certiorari to determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 924(a) is unconstitutional by exceeding the scope of the commerce claus… -1.5
20-6656 Jose Armando Bazan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states fifth-circuit plain-error role-adjustment sentencing Whether the Fifth Circuit properly applied the plain error standard of review in determining that petitioner failed to establish plain error regarding… -1.5
20-6657 Ezer Rosembel Barrientos-Osorio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutes plain error affecting substantial rig for a defendant likely to be deported criminal-procedure deportation plain-error sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights supervised-release Where a district court commits plain error by failing to follow Section 5D1.1(c) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines by imposing, without expla… -1.5
19-8006 John P. Greiner v. Macomb County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-relations obstruction-of-justice perjury retaliation wrongful-termination I am a wrongfully terminated employee. I was terminated in violation of the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The pretext that was cr… -3.5
20-5027 Christopher Allred v. Jeffrey A. Uttecht, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process preemption privileges-and-immunities supremacy-clause vagueness Is it tre that, "All pusons born or naturalized in the United states, and of the state wherein thay reside? And if so... And, becanse of t Supremacy … -4.0
20-5733 Clinton Lee Rumley v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP almendarez-torres armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fourth-circuit-split mens-rea omission-liability recklessness sentencing-enhancement violent-felony (1) Whether a criminal statute that prohibits the intentional causation of bodily injury to another "by any means," including omissions, is categorica… -4.5
20-5748 Dacarius Holliday v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied IFP constitutional-error criminal-intent criminal-negligence due-process eighth-amendment jury-instructions jury-sentencing specific-intent standard-of-proof trial-court 1. Can convictions for crimes requiring specific intent create constitutional error where the trial court has ruled that the evidence supports crimina… -4.5
20-6094 Sean Alonzo Bush v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency florida-supreme-court legal-precedent precedent standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence WHETHER THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DENIED THE PETITIONER DUE PROCESS WHEN IT ABANDONED A CENTURY OF PRECEDENT AND APPLIED A NEW AND LESS STRICT STANDAR… -4.5
20-6371 Antoine Moseley v. Daniel Clarke Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-clause due-process fact-finding fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment insufficient-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-elements Whether there were post-acquittal fact-finding proceedings going to guilt or innocence of count 3 and count 4 that shared identical statutory elements… -4.5
20-6379 Brenda L. White v. St. Lawrence Catholic Schools Seventh Circuit Denied IFP abuse administrative-liability assault civil-rights due-process educational-abuse parental-reporting retaliation school-misconduct student-rights Should teachers be allowed to hurt students? Should principals be allowed to lie on students? Should a parent have rights to report wrongdoing witne… -4.5
20-6384 Owen McCants v. Steven Silva First Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appeals criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-law-violation ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion judicial-review pretrial-procedure prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review #1 : WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT, APPEALS COURT, AND SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT ABUSED THEIR DISCRETION? #2: WHETHER THE EXCLUSION OF THE DEFENDANT FROM TH… -4.5
20-6391 Timothy Ronald Hare v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-standard critical-stage effective-assistance ineffective-assistance lafler-v-cooper plea-bargaining prejudice prejudice-analysis right-to-counsel sixth-amendment united-states-v-cronic I. Does the requirement to prove prejudice under this Court's previous decision in Latter v Cooper, place a burden on the accused that this Court deem… -4.5
20-6396 Michael John Bever v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP consecutive-sentences criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment eighth-amendment-review jury-finding juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether a judge's decision to sentence a juvenile offender to consecutive terms is exempt from Eighth Amendment review. 2. Whether a judge's decis… -4.5
20-6398 Richard Wesley Allen v. Marcus A. Pollard, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection First-Amendment Fourteenth-Amendment free-speech parole prisoner-rights religious-freedom DOES IT VIOLATE THE FIRST AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, WHEN A STATE THAT OFFERS PAROLE TO PRISONERS, DENIES PAROLE TO A PRISONE… -4.5
20-6410 Fareed Sepehry-Fard v. Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, et al. California Denied IFP civil-rights conspiracy due-process judicial-misconduct legal-conspiracy mental-competency money-laundering national-security power-of-attorney standing 1) whether this court should continue to allow lower courts to be used by international drug cartels, pedophiles, sex and human traffickers and MS 13 … -4.5
20-6411 Miguel A. Ramirez v. California California Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure cumulative-error defendant-rights due-process evidence-admissibility jury-instructions prejudicial-error sexual-abuse 1. whetheR a juRy InstRuction in corractly Stating That Continous Sexual abuse of a child is a general intent cRime was PRejudiciael? 2. Whothek the … -4.5
20-6416 Devon M. Byrd v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity standing takings-clause Does Martinez v. Ryan bar procedurally defaulted substantial ineffective assistance of counsel claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)? Are the precedents i… -4.5
20-6454 Mark David Zimmerman v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree k-9-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop #I: Oid The State of Texas ard the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, the State Court of last resort, err by affrming the lower trial Court and Judge Br… -4.5
19-8806 David Lawrence Dixon v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex West Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP biological-evidence destruction-of-evidence due-process exculpatory-evidence fourteenth-amendment re-testing state-destruction trial Was Appellant denied his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process when the biological evidence used in his trial was destroyed before Appellant could… -6.0
20-5842 Yang Mei v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore Maryland Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-violation body-attachment city-council civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights contractor-dismissal due-process employment legal-procedure standing takings Violations of Amendments of the Constitution In this case there are two kinds of violations to the Constitution. One is that the violations action di… -6.0
20-6091 Cherrie A. Hollie v. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection equitable-claims federal-circuit oral-argument standing veterans-claims A. Did the Federal Circuit err in dismissing Petitioner's appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Affairs for lack of jurisdiction? B Did … -6.0
20-6479 Genaro Garcia v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction post-conviction-petition prosecutorial-misconduct I. Is State Appellate Court's unexplained to allow a petitioner to file a successive petition for Post-Conviction reliet under Rule I(zz) and Post-Con… -6.5
20-6504 Carolyn Barnes v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-authority delegated-authority due-process ex-post-facto fundamental-rights judicial-review motion-to-recuse recusal retaliation standard-of-review Whether it violates due process to ignore a Motion to Recuse and apply the wrong standard of review. Whether the extended preemptive "review" or "scr… -6.5
20-6520 Paul Viriyapanthu v. State Bar of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment ada americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration-immunity noerr-pennington sovereign-immunity spending-clause title-ii u.s.-v.-georgia 1. Where Congress conditioned the Americans with Disabilities Act to the states ' receipt of funding under Title IV of the Social Security Act pursuan… -6.5
20-6553 John F. McGinnis, Jr. v. Social Security Administration Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-6562 Reynaldo Salinas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP air-force air-force-office-of-special-investigations civil-rights civilian-employee constitutional-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act law-enforcement military-law posse-comitatus-act special-investigations standing ft) Wqs#ns ^ ~XnVg.s4i^^4iQK\ ?_ 3,) ~X-f Milrtarij , wha-f Ar4iclg UflrtK - LLC. M.^T. uiere.'lfatij ___ fjjtiiinj- 3,) ZC-P Civilian, rtujhw ift… -6.5
20-6575 Ronald Jermaine Jackson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech government-accountability indigenous-rights jurisdiction land-management standing tribal-sovereignty . \ w kV/vle-^ c>E i \\ Af foies, \T S fw^'t'rtd-t+w ^ Tr\€, So pee V_a^ 0p La»^L ?| J5 4-V^ CbwsVA-Vi VUOA *2~' Is S\A\>W^ AcVolisW^ f>. H . (_^a A… -6.5
20-6576 Jessie Anthony Parker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
20-6577 Victor Mondragon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court downward-adjustment federal-jurisdiction panel-review standard-of-review I. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY DENYING MR. MONDRAGON A THREE-LEVEL DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY? II. DID THE PANEL ERR BY E… -6.5
20-6580 Joseph W. Peeples, III v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure detention due-process evidence-admissibility fourth-amendment search-and-seizure travel warrantless-search Does the long standing commitment on U.S. Constitution Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment to right with Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure 3, 5, 5.1, 7,… -6.5
20-6589 John Xavier Portillo, aka John Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure critical-stage initial-appearance magistrate magistrate-hearing right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether the initial appearance before a Magistrate after the right to counsel has attached is a critical stage of the proceeding under the Sixth Amend… -6.5
20-6590 Jimmy Pike v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy methamphetamine mitigating-role sentencing-guidelines A district court's guidelines calculatio ns are reviewed for clear error. Did the court of appeals err in holding that the district court's guidelines… -6.5
20-6591 Jose Delores Vanegas v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights conviction due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct remand I WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE . PETITIONER'S CLAIMS WITHOUT CONDUCTING THE PROPER SPECIFIC FACT-FINDINGS … -6.5
20-6594 Juan Fredy Hernandez-Zozaya v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-intent criminal-law federal-law human-trafficking interstate-commerce interstate-transportation prostitution prostitution-statute statutory-interpretation transportation-across-state-lines WHETHER IT IS A VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 2421(a), WHICH MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT A PERSON ACROSS STATE LINES WITH THE INTENT FOR THAT PERSON TO E… -6.5
20-6596 Kevin S. Abney v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal due-process legislative-history rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the legislative history dealing with 18 USC § 924(e)(1) supports all the lower courts' rulings concerning offenses committed on different occa… -6.5
20-6597 John Aguilar v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP change-of-venue constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial guilt ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-bad-acts prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony I. Is a Defendant denied the constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel and ultimately a fundamentally fair trial as guaranteed by the Un… -6.5
20-6606 Paul W. Miller v. B. Von Blankensee Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review procedural-due-process remedies standing statutory-interpretation I. Can Congress Statutorily limit the Subject-matter Jurisdiction of Courts Created by Act of Congress? II. Is there a limitation of time based on pr… -6.5
20-6618 Marcel Malachowski v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review brady-v-united-states civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process extra-judicial-circumstances habeas-corpus impartiality ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington Does An Appeal Brought Under 28 U.S.C. § 1455 Associated To Other Avenue Of Relief Grits When An Appellate Court Fails To Adequately Resolve Impartial… -6.5
20-6628 Rodane Lamb v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy-charges criminal-procedure dea-testimony due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions jury-selection trial-errors 1) Was Counsel Ineffective For Not Challenging Petitioner's Stated Cumulative Errors in Argument One? 2) Was Counsel Ineffective For Not Challenging… -6.5
20-6630 Alejandro S. Estrada v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law agency-decision certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review jurisdictional-challenge procedural-default procedural-error sentencing Wktikar or got e latk) o courts *UM 17¢ 5ftvid ;101WA -crow iikip5114 avvi pro-i-gtkivi 4'1Q unctibiitu hand i wtpositiovi aid. ethei aloso (de. staii… -6.5
20-6632 Claudio Valdez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction standing WHETHER THIS CASE PRESENTS THE COURT WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS WHAT POINT IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES A DEFENDANT CAN I… -6.5
20-6637 David Earl Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act attempted-burglary generic-burglary james-v-united-states 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
20-6638 Raheem Jefferson Brennerman, aka Jefferson R. Brennerman, aka Ayodeji Soetan v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-review liberty second-circuit trial-court Whether the abuse of discretion standard imposed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is Constitutionally impermissible - wher… -6.5
20-6647 Douglas Charles Knicely v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court fourth-circuit motion-to-suppress pretrial-motion search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it affirmed the district court's denial of Appellants' pretrial motion to… -6.5
20-6648 Gezo Goeong Edwards, aka Gezo Edwards, aka Zo v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus privacy search-and-seizure standing state-court-conviction Whether the lower court and relevant state bar association of a state should be conducted for the issuance of a COP in that state, lower court shall a… -6.5
20-6655 Alonso Sanchez Ochoa v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentence criminal-sentencing defense-counsel district-court pre-sentence-report probation-officer relevant-conduct sentencing 1. Is it reasonable for a District court to order a consecutive sentence despite an agreement among Probation Officer, Pre-Sentence Report Addendum, a… -6.5
20-6660 Shusta Traverse Gumbs v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure deadly-weapon intent jury-instruction jury-instructions lesser-included-offense united-states-v-feola I. Whether the district court erred in giving only the first sentence of Mr. Gumbs' request to charge on use of a deadly weapon in light of the Circui… -6.5
20-6666 Sebastian L. Eccleston v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons concurrent-sentences consecutive-sentences criminal-justice due-process federal-prisoner federal-sentencing sentencing-statutes state-judiciary In Setser v. United States, this Court construed the third sentence of 18 USC §3584(a) to be inapplicable in cases where a federal sentence is imposed… -6.5
20-6671 Sarah Melisa Cox, aka Sarah Cox, aka Sarah Cunningham v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP print or publish the distribution of child pornog child-pornography circuit-split communication communication-standard criminal-law federal-criminal-law notice notice-requirement statutory-interpretation Whether a communication between just two individuals is sufficient contact to satisfy the requirement of giving notice to make, print or publish the d… -6.5
20-6674 Tony Chevallier v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-acts criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process judicial-discretion jury-conviction sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-range uncharged-conduct I. When are trial judges prohibited from considering as sentencing factors criminal acts that a defendant was neither charged nor convicted of? And in… -6.5
20-6683 Reynaldo Diaz-Guzman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression judicial-discretion jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether The court of Appeals erred and abused its discretion For Forfeiting The challenge The indictment and argue For dismissal For lack of subject m… -6.5