Conference: 2021-03-19

211 cases — 1 granted, 210 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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19-1414 United States v. Joshua James Cooley Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction fourth-amendment indian-law indian-tribe-authority law-enforcement-authority non-indian non-indian-rights public-lands public-right-of-way reservation reservation-jurisdiction search-and-seizure state-and-federal-law tribal-law-enforcement Whether the lower courts erred in suppressing evidence
20-1030 Tommie Rae Brown v. Deanna Brown-Thomas, et al. South Carolina Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fundamental-right-to-marry judicial-decree marriage-validity retroactive-application retroactivity void-marriage Whether requiring the class of persons in marriages that are void ab initio to obtain a judicial decree of invalidity before remarrying violates the D…
20-1039 Elizabeth Aviles-Wynkoop v. Department of Defense Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment administrative-law double-jeopardy due-process federal-employment federal-regulations fifth-amendment whistleblower Can the Federal Government violate a Federal Employee's 5th Amendment right by depriving a federal employee of his or her property right (job) without…
20-1042 Pedro Hernandez v. New York New York Denied Response Waived constitutional-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-rules-of-evidence holmes-precedent holmes-v-south-carolina relevance-standard third-party-guilt Whether the Constitution permits courts to subject evidence of third-party guilt to heightened relevance standards
20-1050 Sylvestre Esteeven Point du Jour v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None
20-1053 Ronald Dewayne Pitts v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response Waived affidavit credibility-reliability due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment judicial-scrutiny probable-cause search-warrant undisclosed-sources Whether a Search Warrant Affidavit that failed to set forth probable cause can survive meaningful scrutiny
20-1079 Richard E. Boggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights federal-procedure fifth-amendment fourth-amendment internal-revenue-enforcement irs-authority judicial-review Does 26 U.S.C. §7608 establish the relevant requisite authority of IRS agents?
20-1083 Thomas Rossley, Jr. v. Drake University, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights college disability-discrimination disciplinary-proceedings due-process reasonable-accommodations title-ix university university-disciplinary-proceedings Does the conflict in fact among the Circuits involving Title IX discrimination in college and university disciplinary decisions present important fede…
20-1103 Michael F. Kissell v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights hostile-environment hostile-work-environment jury-award procedural-due-process reinstatement retaliation subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-fraud title-vii Question not identified
20-1121 James Saylor v. Taggart Boyd, Interim Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived actual-innocence aedpa civil-procedure due-process gateway-claim habeas-corpus standing summary-judgment Whether summary judgment may be utilized to dispose of a federal habeas petition
20-1128 Ralph Clay Walsh, Jr. v. Lisa Hodge, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established clearly-established-law cross-examination due-process qualified-immunity title-ix Does the mere presence of a circuit split necessarily foreclose a finding that the law is 'clearly established' for qualified immunity purposes?
20-1131 James C. Dimora v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived bribery conviction criminal-conviction due-process jury-instruction jury-instructions lawful-conduct legal-error official-act statutory-interpretation Whether a McDonnell error can invalidate convictions on additional counts that do not have an 'official act' element but depend on the jury's assessme…
20-1154 Adan Torres-Nieves v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 9th-circuit ambiguity ambiguity-resolution defendant defendant-rights government-breach legal-precedent plea-agreement precedent Did the 9th Circuit depart from precedent in failing to resolve ambiguity in favor of defendant in determining government breach of plea agreement?
20-1177 National Medical Imaging, LLC, et al. v. U.S. Bank, N.A., et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived bad-faith bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-petition compensatory-damages involuntary-bankruptcy jury-trial punitive-damages seventh-amendment Whether punitive damages are to be awarded when an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in bad faith
20-409 Christopher Michael Marino, et ux. v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-procedure attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-code circuit-split discharge-violation judicial-review recurring-issue statutory-interpretation Whether debtors may recover attorney's fees incurred on appeal to remedy a discharge violation
20-443 United States v. Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev First Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Relisted (7) capital-sentences district-court penalty-phase pretrial-media-coverage reversible-error voir-dire Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that respondent's capital sentences must be vacated
20-5233 Michael R. Burns v. United States First Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-fabrication due-process evidence fingerprint-fabrication habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief Whether newly discovered evidence of DNA and fingerprint fabrication establishes a violation of due process and a basis for a new trial
20-529 Richard E. Boggs v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights enforcement-scope fifth-amendment fourth-amendment internal-revenue-enforcement irs-authority judicial-review standing Does 26 U.S.C. §7608 establish the relevant requisite authority of IRS agents?
20-5375 Charles Michael Hall v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
20-5715 Martin Rogelio Longoria v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP at sentencing may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction acceptance-of-responsibility circuit-split criminal-procedure government-discretion motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether the government, at sentencing, may withhold a motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under USSG § 3E1.1(b) on the…
20-587 Hope Angelic White, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Myron Pollard v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied bivens bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights federal-tort-claims-act judgment-bar personal-representative sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether, in the same lawsuit, a partial judgment for or against a claimant in her capacity as personal representative for an estate claiming one set o…
20-5941 Charles Victor Thompson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (5)IFP 28-U.S.C-2254(e)(2) aedpa-deference capital-punishment constitutional-claim federal-habeas habeas-corpus Massiah-claims punishment Sixth-Amendment state-court-review Williams-v-Taylor Did the circuit court err in holding that a federal habeas court may never hold a hearing on a punishment issue without first considering 28-U.S.C-225…
20-6158 Clara Lewis Brockington v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP discrimination due-process education-requirements employment-termination equal-protection master's-degree test-administration workers-compensation workplace-discrimination why-was-plaintiff-terminated-from-employment
20-6159 Nelson L. Bruce v. Pentagon Federal Credit Union Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitrability arbitration-clause contract-interpretation contract-validity delegation-clause dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act jurisdiction-challenge redress-of-grievance Whether the agreement/contract evidences an arbitration clause
20-6168 Christopher J. Rahaim v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fraud free-speech government-misconduct standing Whether clear contradictions between Universal Human Rights and State and Federal constitutional articles and amendments, which provide the non-denial…
20-6178 William Scott Davis, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights criminal-liability design-standard due-process evidence-tampering family-rights government-overreach privacy product-liability regulatory-interpretation statutory-authorization Whether the right to marry, have children, and raise a family free from unwarranted invasion of familial privacy and confidentiality is protected unde…
20-6207 Steven Cooper v. Bay County, Florida, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adverse-possession constitutional-vagueness due-process judicial-review mandamus property-rights statutory-interpretation takings trespass vagueness Whether the Florida Statute for Adverse Possession without Color of Title section 95.18 is unconstitutionally vague
20-621 Hua Cai v. Huntsman Corporation Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) code-of-conduct contract-elements contract-formation contractual-obligations employee-handbook employment-contract employment-contract-terms judicial-interpretation non-retaliation-policy policy-documents Do policy documents constitute legally enforceable contracts?
20-6219 Sascha Lynch v. Allen Y. Chao, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-455 28-usc-455a civil-procedure due-process equitable-estoppel inquiry-notice judicial-bias statute-of-limitations Whether the California Court of Appeal erred by affirming judgment based on the federal district court's inquiry notice in favor of the defendants wit…
20-6296 David Lague v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent prior-acts rule-404(b) rule-404b statistical-comparison statistics unlawful-acts unlawful-intent Whether data about a defendant's other acts are admissible under Rule 404(b) to show unlawful intent based only on comparisons or statistics, without …
20-633 Byron David Smith v. Jeff Titus, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) aedpa antiterrorism-act criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process habeas-corpus public-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee, within the AEDPA, applies to all phases of a criminal trial or only to pretrial suppression hear…
20-6336 Eric Troy Snell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing fourth-circuit gall-standard gall-v-united-states harmless-error harmlessness-standard sentencing-guidelines Does the Fourth Circuit's practice of not addressing erroneous Sentencing Guidelines calculations but affirming a sentence under 'assumed error harmle…
20-6339 George B. Larsen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP bad-faith-defense bank-fraud due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment jury-instructions sixth-amendment Whether the district court's bank-fraud jury instructions that erroneously omitted a factually supported bad-faith defense violated the defendants' Fi…
20-6356 Ryan Dennis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP acca criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus physical-force reckless-injury residual-clause sentencing sentencing-guidelines subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether an offense that can be committed by recklessly causing serious injury has 'the use of physical force against the person of another' as an elem…
20-6367 Kissinger St. Fleur v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review buyer-seller-transaction cocaine-distribution conspiracy criminal-conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-crimes due-process fair-trial judicial-discretion jury-instruction jury-instructions Did the district court and the Eleventh Circuit deny Mr. St. Fleur a fair trial when it failed to give buyer-seller instructions to the jury?
20-649 Level the Playing Field, et al. v. Federal Election Commission District of Columbia Denied Amici (3) candidate-endorsement civil-rights debate-staging debate-staging-organization election-regulations federal-commission federal-election-commission free-speech objective-criteria partisan-criteria political-activities standing Whether the partisan political activities of a debate-staging organization's decisionmakers bear upon whether the organization 'endorse|[s], support[s…
20-6503 George J. Raudenbush, III v. Monroe County, Tennessee, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights collateral-estoppel due-process false-prosecution in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance police-brutality right-to-counsel Whether the Sixth Circuit erred by denying Raudenbush's application to proceed in forma pauperis
20-6515 Anthony Ponticelli v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state jury-unanimity retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause of…
20-6533 Grover B. Reed v. Florida Florida Denied IFP capital-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment florida-supreme-court fourteenth-amendment hurst-v-state retroactive-law retroactivity statutory-construction Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether under the Due Process Cla…
20-6586 Shane Mauritz Vandergroen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment anonymous-tip circuit-split corroboration law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion terry-stop warrant-exception warrant-requirement Must police independently corroborate the reliability of a secondhand anonymous tip before relying on it to stop a person under an exception to the wa…
20-6622 Devon Mitchell v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924 armed-robbery bank-robbery crimes-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation violent-crime Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that bank robbery and armed bank robbery are 'crimes of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)?
20-669 Billy John Bell v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bad-faith due-process evidence-destruction exculpatory-evidence material-evidence material-exculpatory state-destruction trombetta trombetta-test youngblood youngblood-standard When a defendant has proven that the state has destroyed evidence that is material and exculpatory, does he bear the extra burden of proving the actio…
20-6793 Curtis Parks v. Willis Chapman, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus post-conviction procedural-default structural-error Whether a petitioner in post-conviction proceedings asserting a procedurally defaulted structural error can demonstrate prejudice by showing that the …
20-6797 Kevin Sembrat v. Heather Stanton, fka Heather Sembrat New Jersey Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-conduct judicial-impartiality property-rights section-1983 Whether Petitioner was unconstitutionally deprived of property without due process
20-6806 Troy Merck, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP autonomy-defense criminal-defense due-process mccoy-v-louisiana sixth-amendment specific-intent trial-counsel voluntary-intoxication Whether a defendant's autonomy to decide the objective of the defense is violated by the assertion of a voluntary intoxication defense
20-6812 Keith McCoy v. Michael Atherton, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection inter-prison-transfer involuntary-treatment liberty-interest mental-health prison-transfer pro-se-representation state-law stigma Did the Appeals Court err in its decision regarding McCoy's transfer to a mental health facility?
20-6819 Frantz Sterlin v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-sentencing eligibility fair-sentencing-act first-step-act section-404 sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction u.s.-senate-bill-756 Whether Petitioner was eligible for a First Step Act reduction of his sentence
20-6821 Matthew Jamal Jackson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment prejudice pretrial-incarceration public-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether petitioner was denied his Constitutional right to a Speedy Public Trial pursuant to the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
20-6824 Raymond Bright v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process elements-of-offense fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-determinations statutory-maximum unanimous-verdict Whether a defendant's right to due process are violated when jury instructions do not require all determinations required by state statute for sentenc…
20-6825 Andrew Andersen v. Marisela Montes, Commissioner of California Board of Parole Hearings, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process first-amendment greenholtz-v-inmates-of-nebraska parole parole-denial prisoners-rights protected-freedoms swarthout-v-cooke Did this Court's ruling in Swarthout v. Cooke and Greenholtz v. Inmates of Nebraska foreclose First Amendment challenges against statements of reasons…
20-6826 Melissa Dean-Baumann v. Janelle Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez martinez-exception state-habeas-petition Whether the California courts' denials bar Dean-Baumann's federal claims
20-6828 Mwenda Murithi v. Bryan Gleckler, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ANOER-Son-v.-LIBERTY-LOBBY civil-procedure credibility-determinations deposition-testimony district-court due-process federal-rules material-fact summary-judgment venue Whether the district court and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals superseded this Court's ruling in ANOER Son v. LIBERTY LOBBY, INC., 477 U.S. 242, …
20-6830 Donald Jones v. Bank of America, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fee-waiver indigent-litigant judicial-procedure poverty Whether denying the petitioner a panel of three judges because he was too poor to pay the fees was in violation of his Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment …
20-6833 Clorey Eugene France v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-review due-process federal-law free-speech standing state-court supreme-court-review Whether the appellate court has a constitutional duty to state its reasons for denying a petition for a writ of certiorari?
20-6836 Julian P. Gutierrez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Effective-Assistance-of-Counsel
20-6843 Cedryck Davis v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial identity identity-evidence other-crimes-evidence reasonable-doubt witness-testimony Whether Cedryck Davis's convictions for the attempt murder of Naja Harrington and Shawn Harrington should be reversed
20-6846 Tyrone Campbell v. Florida Florida Denied IFP cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment standing supreme-court Whether the arbitrariness of a death sentence under Bucklew v. Precythe, 139 S. Ct. 1112 (2019), entitles the petitioner to relief
20-6848 Dana Sylvester Whitley v. R. Graham, Jr., Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review merger-of-sentences ohio-court-of-appeals post-conviction-relief second-degree-murder sentencing Was the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland correct in dismissing my habeas corpus petition?
20-6849 Casey Rafael Tyler v. Katy Poole, et al. Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP access-to-courts civil-rights covid-19 cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process health-safety inmate-rights institutional-policy prison-conditions Does lawful imprisonment impose a legal duty on the prisoner to try surviving in the general population, so that he can be lawfully ordered to go into…
20-6851 Jeffrey Lee Atwater v. Florida Florida Denied IFP burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Did Mr. Atwater show a violation of the right to determine the objective of his defense and his right to hold the State to its burden of proof of each…
20-6852 Cindy Bauer, fka Cindy Gamrat v. Edward McBroom, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process fair-and-just-treatment fair-treatment legislative-immunity legislative-investigations-and-hearings pleading-standard pleading-standards sixth-circuit Whether Michigan's Article | § 17 affords Michigan citizens the protections of fair-and-just-treatment during legislative-investigations-and-hearings
20-6853 Dora L. Adkins v. Dulles Hotel Corporation Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1332 civil-procedure corporate-citizenship dismissal-with-prejudice diversity-jurisdiction headquarters nerve-center principal-place-of-business standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether a court can disregard a corporation's headquarters for diversity jurisdiction
20-6855 Stacia O'Neil v. Marisa Berquist, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment appellate-review arbitration commercial-disputes due-process uniform-arbitration-act Whether the Supreme Court of the State of Massachusetts denied the Petitioner Due Process of Law under the 14th Amendment
20-6865 William Rouser v. Unknown Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
20-6866 Kevin Sutherby v. Sherman Campbell, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct warrantless-arrest Whether Mr. Sutherby is entitled to a new trial based on newly-discovered-evidence, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel, and illegal-evidence
20-6868 Tim Sundy v. Friendship Pavilion Acquisition Company, LLC, et al. Georgia Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights constructive-custody due-process fraud-upon-court free-speech judicial-procedure legal-remedy standing state-accountability Whether the State of Georgia's use of constructive custody imposes unusual hardship and deprives the litigant of protections guaranteed by the First, …
20-6874 Jacob Earl Murphy v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-law due-process government-fraud standing Whether the law of civil conspiracy to defraud the government under 18 U.S.C. § 371 requires proof of an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy
20-6886 Zachary M. Enslow v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights compensation constitutional-rights due-process false-arrest illegal-incarceration speedy-trial Question not identified
20-6892 Vashaun Williams v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment compelled-testimony constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment jury-instructions self-incrimination sixth-amendment Whether the State violated the Petitioner's rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments by compelling the testimony of a witness who invoked the 5th Amend…
20-6894 Macho Joe Williams v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-interpretation criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the trial court abused its discretion when it denied Appellant's motion to review a 2019 order
20-6898 Lewis Anderson v. California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-petition fourth-amendment habeas-corpus search-and-seizure standing suppress-writ-of-habeas-corpus Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's federal petition for writ of habeas corpus based on a time bar procedure that commands the…
20-6900 John Reints v. Janet Sayler, et al. South Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process economic-benefit fourteenth-amendment goldberg-v-kelly pre-deprivation-hearing pre-deprivation-notice procedural-rights statutory-benefits Are the Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process rights of a recipient of the need-based, statutory economic benefit at issue here violated when he…
20-6901 Antonio Sierra v. Jack Daneri, et al. Pennsylvania Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus rules-of-court standing state-court-error unreasonable-seizure Whether petitioner sufficiently asserted federal rights in the case being heard by state courts who defeated by rules of court, in error, petitioner's…
20-6902 Layw Thomas v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP disproportionate-sentencing eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment hammer-clause juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-discretion Did Kentucky violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments when it allowed a youth who was 17 when his crimes occurred to be sentenced to life in priso…
20-6904 Billy S. Jeffries v. Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, et al. Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto juvenile juvenile-offender sex-offender-registration stare-decisis statutory-scheme Whether a court evaluating an ex post facto challenge to a statute that has previously been found to be nonpunitive and has since been amended should …
20-6907 Dashon Hines v. TopShelf Management, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-employment standing title-vii Whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can pursue a Title VII disparate impact claim against an employer based on the employer's u…
20-6908 In Re Michael Ingram El Denied IFP 14th-amendment citizenship-status civil-rights consular-court consular-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction extraterritoriality international-agreement self-executing-treaty treaty treaty-interpretation Whether the Treaty of 1787/1836 is self-executing and grants rights of extraterritoriality and consular court jurisdiction
20-6910 El-Asad Alsaedi v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-authority sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing Petitioner's civil rights claims against Defendant for lack of standing
20-6913 Terry Smith v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review severance speedy-trial standing state-constitution Whether Petitioner has standing to bring his claims of speedy trial and due process rights
20-6939 Thomas Nevius v. Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law brady-violation civil-procedure civil-rights co-defendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-admissibility judicial-discretion standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
20-6963 F. Allan Midyett v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-criminal federal-employment indian-employment statutory-compliance veterans-affairs Whether the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs can refuse to comply with provisions of 25 U.S.C. Ch. 36 to take adverse acts causing harm…
20-6966 Charles Eloys Johnson, aka Adam White v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c appellate-review conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights Whether an acknowledged instructional error requires reversal where a reviewing court cannot determine if the jury based its verdict on the legally er…
20-6967 Justin Loper v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure constitutional-challenge conviction crime-of-violence due-process hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in dismissing the appeal where the conviction and sentence were unconstitutional because Hobbs Act robbery is not a…
20-6982 Misty R. Weed v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-laws constitutional-rights district-court-conflict due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice plea-withdrawal sentencing sentencing-discretion Did the first district court of appeal create a manifest injustice by ruling in conflict with other district courts on the same legal question, violat…
20-6983 Demarcus Cole v. Kevin Myers, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cellular-phone-evidence certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus illegal-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress trial-counsel Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a Certificate of Appealability on trial counsel was ineffective, when counsel failed to file a pre-trial Motio…
20-6984 Ralph Frank Esposito, Jr. v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment brady-violation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violation due-process evidence-suppression structural-error witness-testimony Whether the State of Arizona violated the Defendant's rights to due process under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution and under specif…
20-6987 Nelson N. Rodriguez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
20-7010 Israel Santiago-Lugo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguity amendment-782 criminal-procedure federal-rules forfeiture molina-martinez-v-us peugh-v-us rule-of-lenity sentencing-guidelines Whether the sentence was imposed under U.S.S.G. §201.1(c)
20-7018 Lawrence Westbrook, III v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion enhancement firearm-enhancement firearms sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court erred by applying a six-level enhancement pursuant to USSG § 2K2.1(b)(1)(C)
20-7020 Richie Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bodily-injury criminal-law criminal-statute deadly-weapon intent jury-finding law-enforcement reckless-driving sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether intent to cause bodily injury is required for 18 U.S.C. §111(b) violation
20-7024 Randy Macario Ancheta v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c certificate-of-appealability circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing due-process hobbs-act mandatory-minimum statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7032 Salvador Delrio v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP courier courier-status criminal-procedure due-process mitigating-role sentencing sentencing-guidelines speculative-inference speculative-inferences u.s.s.g.-3b1.2 What weight should a court give to a defendant's essential role as a mere courier when determining a mitigating-role adjustment?
20-7033 Otto Edward Christofferson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing drug-offenses evidence judicial-review mandatory-minimums sentencing-guidelines Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of this Court and other Circuits on an i…
20-7034 Kelli Renee Bullard v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing defendant-rehabilitation district-court-discretion due-process judicial-review rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-reasonableness statutory-maximum Did the district court impose a substantively unreasonable sentence of 60 months imprisonment—the statutory maximum—when it did so with a blind eye to…
20-7037 Elias Junior Rodriguez v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5K1.1-motion appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing downward-variance government-motion judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines U.S.S.G.-5K1.1 Does a court violate Gall v. United States by failing to adequately explain the basis for a below-guidelines sentence?
20-7041 Bruce Kintrell Green v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
20-7043 Kevin Hall v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-decision criminal-law due-process sentencing statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dominguez Did the Ninth Circuit err by finding that Hobbs Act robbery is a 'crime of violence' under United States v. Dominguez, 954 F.3d 1251 (9th Cir. 2020)?
20-7044 Gregory Bartunek v. Hall County, Nebraska, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees religious-freedom Whether failing to provide consistent and reliable opportunities for pretrial detainees to exercise their religious freedoms is a violation of the Fir…
20-7047 Juan Francisco Lopez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
20-7048 Roman Gabriel Gonzales v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargain sentencing supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of this Court on an important matter, an…
20-7049 Edwin Gonzalez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment age-based-sentencing brain-development constitutional-interpretation criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole rehabilitation Whether the Miller ban on mandatory life without parole sentences for juvenile homicide offenders should be extended to youths under the age of 21
20-7052 Joshua Wright v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-discretion mitigating-factors procedural-reasonableness reasonableness sentencing substantive-reasonableness Whether the 151-month sentence is procedurally and substantively reasonable
20-7063 Pablo Damiani-Melendez v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights constitutional-violations due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-challenge self-representation sixth-amendment supreme-court-review Whether the trial court violated Melendez's Sixth Amendment right under the United States and Delaware Constitution when it denied his verbal request …
20-7064 Justin Lee Perry v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-amendment due-process felony felony-charge fourteenth-amendment grand-jury indictment sixth-amendment trial-modification Does the N.C. Supreme Court decision conflict with Plye# v. Doe, Ex-Parte Bain v. U.S., U.S. v. Gaudin and the fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendment …
20-7068 Jerry Davis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy criminal-procedure discretionary-sentencing drug-convictions drug-crimes due-process first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals created a circuit split by declining to find that the defendant's conviction for a mixed crack and powder co…
20-7070 Jeremy S. v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-inquiry jury-polling jury-trial trial-court-procedure verdict-review Does the new syllabus point issued by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia permitting a trial court judge to make further inquiry of a juror …
20-7073 Donovan Muskett v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-consequences due-process fair-warning precedent retroactive-application Can a single decision from another circuit afford fair warning that the federal circuit in which an individual resides may overrule settled precedent …
20-7076 Michael Javier Ottogalli v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process enhanced-sentence factual-contestation government-sentencing-memorandum ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel presentence-report sentencing sentencing-enhancement Is due process violated when a defendant receives an enhanced sentence based on erroneous factual conclusions without adequate advance notice?
20-7080 Jimmy Lloyd Alexander v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-seizure fair-trial judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to prosecutorial misconduct, judicial bias, and improper admission of evidence
20-7082 Edward Bishop v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment 924(c)-prosecution constitutional-violation constructive-amendment deficient-performance drug-trafficking-crime due-process habeas-corpus indictment-defect ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice vagueness-challenge Whether Trial Counsel's performance was deficient and whether any errors were prejudicial?
20-7085 Thomas Hoey, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process harsher-punishment plain-text precedents sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Should lower courts interpret sentencing commission provisions to impose harsher punishment?
20-7086 Michael Fetherolf v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-interpretation cumulative-error due-process habeas-corpus hearsay jackson-v-virginia sixth-circuit-review suspension-clause Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in applying a death penalty sentencing review in a non-death penalty case
20-7088 Mohamad Jamal Khweis v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fbi-procedure fifth-amendment fifth-amendment-violations interrogation interrogation-process miranda-rights missouri-v-seibert self-incrimination Did the intentional utilization by the F.B.I. of a two step interrogation process, without taking remedial measures as required by Missouri v. Seibert…
20-7090 Michael David Omondi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP authorized-entry civil-rights common-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute jurisdictional-boundary military-installation section-1382 trespass Does Section 1382 codify the common law of trespass, such that Petitioner could be convicted for unlawfully entering a military installation when he c…
20-7091 Ray Anthony Chaney v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states jurisdictional-challenge residual-clause section-2255 sentencing sentencing-review violent-felony Whether Mr. Chaney should be resentenced without applying the armed career criminal provisions of the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-7094 Kenneth Ray Sheffey v. Iowa Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus illiterate indigent-status legal-representation prisoner-assistance prisoner-rights pro-se Did the lower court violate the protections under the Iowa and United States Constitutions by denying Petitioner, an illiterate prisoner, both legal a…
20-7095 Gary S. Colldock v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP dark-web drug-trafficking fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant staleness Whether the information in the application for the warrant to place the GPS device on Colldock's vehicle was 'stale'
20-7096 Brian Edward Reynolds v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit exclusionary-rule federal-court mandate search-and-seizure standing Whether the district court erred in denying the petitioner's motion to suppress evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment
20-7100 Ryan Detrell Robinson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure district-court-judgment due-process equal-protection sentencing sentencing-variance Whether the Circuit Court Erred Failing To Reverse District Court's Imposition of an 'Alternate Variance Sentence' Which Was Designed To Insulate The …
20-7102 Toheed Ahmed v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment circuit-split dog-sniff high-crime-area motion-to-suppress racial-profiling tenth-circuit totality-of-circumstances traffic-stop Was the Tenth Circuit correct in affirming the denial of Mr. Ahmed's motion to suppress evidence
20-7107 Jimmy Richard Husband v. J. Ray Ormond, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-defect retroactive-effect retroactivity sentencing statutory-interpretation substantive-rule Whether NELSON V. COLORADO, 137 S. Ct. 1249 (2018), announced a new substantive rule, narrowing the language and scope of 18 USC Sect. 3661, that has …
20-7108 Jan Gawlik v. Scott Semple, et al. Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association freedom-of-expression freedom-of-speech religious-rights Where the Connecticut Department of Correction violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, denying used books from publishers without inspection, de…
20-7109 Raul Flores-Villalvaso v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process illegal-reentry mens-rea sentencing sentencing-guidelines specific-intent Whether the 8 U.S.C. § 1326 Attempted Illegal Reentry mens rea element of 'specific intent' can be restated as simply 'a conscious desire' with no ref…
20-7110 David Falcon v. Neil McDowell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa alibi-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance miranda-hearing miranda-rights police-misconduct police-testimony right-to-counsel strickland-standard Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in denying habeas relief on petitioner's claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel
20-7112 Hector Miguel Martinez-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7113 Troy X. Kelley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure contract-rights contractual-obligation criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process imprisonment-for-debt property-rights stolen-property Whether a contractual right to payment constitutes ownership of money
20-7114 Aesha Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP co-defendant confrontation-clause constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence invited-error plea-agreement Does the admission of a non-testifying co-defendant's plea agreement implicating the defendant violate the Confrontation Clause?
20-7118 Terry Allen Miles v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment Did the trial court violate the 5th and 6th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States in overruling Petitioner's objection to the inclusion …
20-7119 Javier Alejandro Moline-Borroto v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment checkpoint-seizure civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment investigatory-encounter prolonged-detention reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio Whether the lower courts erred by finding that the officer had reasonable suspicion to transform a suspicionless checkpoint seizure into a prolonged i…
20-7121 Georges Michel v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey drug-quantity due-process jury-trial sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment statutory-maximum Whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's drug-quantity determination that exceeded the statutory-maximum based solely on t…
20-7122 Adam Lloyd Cooper v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms intent mens-rea rosemond-v-united-states Whether Sec. 924(c) contains a specific mens rea requirement
20-7124 George Skylar Cloud v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court-discretion evidence evidence-admission federal-charges federal-criminal-law firearm-discharge guilty-plea sentencing separation-of-powers Did the district court error when it allowed the government to introduce into evidence the Petitioner's guilty plea, in a separate pending matter, to …
20-7128 Teodoro Reynosa-Denova v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-procedure sentencing stare-decisis supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-7132 Roy Lee Dykes v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure bail bond bond-motion criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard motion-denial Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to find that the District Court erred in denying Mr. Dykes' Motion for Release on Bond pending appeal?
20-7135 Lamont R. Reed v. Scott Frakes, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery discovery-hearing equitable-tolling habeas-corpus postconviction-petition postconviction-relief state-court-procedure statute-of-limitations statutory-tolling Is the AEDPA one-year statute of limitations for filing a Federal Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus statutorily or equitably tolled when a State Co…
20-7138 Patrick Begay v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 aggravated-assault criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion native-american native-american-defendants sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether a district court may consider reports generated by the United States Sentencing Commission's advisory groups that concluded the Guidelines for…
20-7140 Cesar Raul Aceves v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure immigration immigration-law mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rehaif unlawful-reentry Whether the government must prove that a defendant charged with illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) knew he fell within the relevant status categ…
20-7142 Lewis R. Fox v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process felonious-assault habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence merits-review sixth-circuit Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit impose an improper burden and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standa…
20-7146 Frank Ray Gallardo v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-conflict circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-criminal-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea specific-intent statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant charged with an offense under 18 USC § 2244 is entitled to a specific intent instruction and there is a conflict among Circuits
20-7150 Creadell Hubbard v. Charles Ratledge, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Wuiked Ghebes Count of ygoeels Kine be the Rate erpuedtes (xn Avocend' » New Sexses, 53O US. Nhat, 440 (208X),+that mf Fedensl Seubemer ce…
20-7154 Robert Earl Ramseur v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-seizure government-surveillance judicial-misconduct mental-health privacy racial-discrimination sentencing veterans-rights Whether the systematic circulation of a private loan statement among multiple agencies with a personal photo (a practice of prejudice) violates the 4t…
20-7156 Faizal Sabar, aka Brian Pimentel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretionary-review evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea supervisory-powers united-states-court-of-appeals Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit conflicts with the decisions of this Court on an important matter, an…
20-7157 David Smith-Garcia v. Paula Burke Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment bivens civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment medical-care medical-need prison-healthcare probation Does an Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need against a U.S. Probation officer present a valid Bivens claim in …
20-7163 Gabriel Z. Kershaw v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach charging-document controlled-substance-offense generic-judgment-records shepard-documents u.s.s.g.-§4b1.1 Whether the Fourth Circuit should be required to use the categorical approach, applying the parameters set by this Court, to its determination that a …
20-7164 Marcelino Hernandez-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals criminal-procedure drug-offenses due-process sentencing supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming the significant increase of the base offense level by the D…
20-7166 Charles J. Jordan v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection grand-jury grand-jury-selection judicial-review jurisdiction Whether the D.C. Court of Appeals is interpreting D.C. Code § 11-947 correctly when it is allowing the D.C. Superior Court to modify Federal Rule and …
20-7167 Elin Robinson Mejia Romero v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law drug-distribution due-process mens-rea sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant can be convicted and subjected to enhanced punishment under 21 U.S.C. § 841 without proof that he knew the drug type and quantity
20-7168 Loren Joel McReynolds v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review base-offense-level criminal-procedure firearms-offense reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review ussg-2k2.1 Whether the court's calculation of McReynolds' base offense level was erroneous?
20-7171 Luis Javier Correa-Figueroa, aka Barney, aka Gordo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-procedure district-court-ruling evidence evidence-exclusion federal-property intent motion-for-acquittal procedural-error self-defense use-of-force Whether the district court committed a procedural error in excluding evidence
20-7174 Antonio Lopez v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP coerced-confession confession-voluntariness criminal-procedure due-process family-coercion family-member interrogation police-interrogation probable-cause truthful-statements Whether a threat to arrest, or a promise not to arrest, a member of a suspect's family, depending only on his willingness to confess to a crime, rende…
20-7177 Sandra Doyle v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure due-process post-arrest-interview prosecutorial-discretion relevant-conduct safety-valve sentencing witness-testimony Is it a denial of due process to sentence petitioner based on a finding that she lied or minimized in her safety-valve interview?
20-7180 William Hugh Wilson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review motion-denial sixth-circuit wilson-case Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying Wilson's Motion for Certificate of Appealability and Granting Relief
20-7181 Quincy O'Neill Taylor v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) criminal-procedure drug-trafficking firearm firearm-possession government-burden-of-proof ineffective-assistance-of-counsel statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dye united-states-v-frady Whether the phrase 'in furtherance of' in 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A) requires the government to show a 'nexus' between the firearm and the drug traffickin…
20-7182 Anton Tuomi v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest faretta-rights faretta-v-california guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel waiver-of-rights Whether the petitioner was denied his right to counsel
20-7186 Brian Dale Lee v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5k2.1-motion appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court fourth-circuit judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fourth Circuit court erred in finding that the district court's consideration of conduct raised in a 5k2.1 motion was appropriate?
20-7187 Haseeb Malik v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement marijuana-legalization probable-cause search-and-seizure state-law-enforcement vehicle-search Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit local state law enforcement from searching a vehicle to look for a personal use amount of marijuana in states where…
20-7197 Roberto Elias Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process maximum-term plain-error plea-bargaining plea-colloquy sentencing statutory-maximum Whether plain error resulted from the district court erroneously advising the client during plea colloquy
20-7199 Maurice Duncan Burks v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure motion-for-new-trial new-trial standard-of-review trial-court-discretion witness-credibility Whether Using a Different, More Stringent, Standard of Review When a Trial Court Grants a Motion for New Trial than Utilized When a Trial Court Denies…
20-7202 Deon Anthony Romell Bailey v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel ninth-circuit plea-bargaining post-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Eighth Circuit decision improperly denied petitioner's claim of violation by failing to remand to give him the opportunity to plead anew?
20-7206 Pedro Gonzalez-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2015-amendment criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion extraneous-factors mitigating-role sentencing-adjustment sentencing-guidelines u-s-sentencing-commission unrelated-cases Did the district court err by denying Mr. Gonzalez-Mendoza a mitigating-role-adjustment
20-7208 Bruce Harold Hendler v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split detention exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming the denial of a motion to suppress a detention and seizure …
20-7209 In Re Rodolfo A. Lopez, Jr. Denied IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-competency speedy-trial Whether the petitioner's constitutional and statutory rights were violated
20-7215 Sunni Askari Newell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process eighth-amendment eighth-circuit federal-sentencing firearms firearms-possession sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Eighth Circuit has misconstrued U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B), contrary to every other circuit, resulting in defendants convicted of firearms …
20-7216 Antwan Seawood v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing dismissed-charges fifth-amendment sentencing sentencing-discretion sixth-amendment Did the District Court abuse its discretion and violate Appellant's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights by sentencing him to a term of 240 months based u…
20-7217 Felix Cisneros, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-intent criminal-law due-process mens-rea sentencing statutory-elements statutory-interpretation waiver-doctrine Can a person be convicted of conspiracy to violate a statute containing an element increasing the offense's severity, where that element is not actual…
20-7218 Crystal Zuniga v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-856 congressional-intent double-counting drug-involved-premise drug-sentencing fair-sentencing-act precedent sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Congress intended The Fair Sentencing Act to more severely punish persons sentenced under 21 U.S.C. §856 in what is a departure from over 20 y…
20-7220 Antonio Diaz-Agurcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-7224 Leon Niles Daye v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
20-7226 John R. Scannell v. Washington State Bar Association, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP disciplinary-proceedings first-amendment fourteenth-amendment investigation judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction obstruction res-judicata rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court unlawful-practice Did the Washington State Supreme Court have jurisdiction to conduct original disciplinary proceedings against Scannell?
20-7230 Stanley Joseph Thompson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions counsel-concession criminal-defense criminal-defense-counsel due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-v-louisiana prejudice sixth-amendment trial-strategy Whether the Sixth Amendment permits criminal-defense-counsel to unilaterally-concede-guilt,
20-7232 Raul Almanza-Portillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
20-7237 Clyde E. Bradley v. Teri Kennedy, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus petition pro-se rebuttal statutory-interpretation Whether the U.S. District Court erred in dismissing the pro se petition for habeas corpus relief without permitting the petitioner a fair opportunity …
20-7240 Joseph A. Hollahan v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights courtroom-privacy due-process evidence-examination fair-trial jury-deliberations jury-room non-juror-presence public-trial sixth-amendment trial-procedure Does the right to private and secret jury deliberations apply only in the jury room?
20-7242 Xavier Lister v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach generic-offense shepard-v-united-states state-law-interpretation taylor-definition taylor-v-united-states Whether the categorical approach requires federal courts to defer to a state supreme court's interpretation of state law, including its determination …
20-7244 Melvin Landry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951 18-usc-924 appellate-review crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery as defined by Title 18 U.S.C. §1951(b)(1) is a 'crime of violence' within the meaning of Title 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(a)
20-7246 Renaldo Demarquis Metcalf v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender criminal-history judicial-doctrine legal-departure sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-process Does the use of the 'de facto career offender' doctrine distort the sentencing process and lead to unwarranted sentencing disparity?
20-7255 Samuel Zubia-Olivas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial precedent sentencing Supreme-Court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
20-727 Facebook, Inc. v. Perrin Aikens Davis, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure consent content-provider electronic-communication internet-content-provider internet-privacy user-consent web-browser wiretap-act Whether an internet content provider violates the Wiretap Act where a computer user's web browser instructs the provider to display content on the web…
20-739 Isaac Levin v. Kenneth J. Frank, Individually and as Corporation Counsel for the City of Binghamton, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) abandonment conflict-of-law grandfathered-rights municipal-ordinances property-rights zoning Whether the application of abandonment to a grandfathered property and the applicability of municipal zoning ordinances to such property are properly …
20-757 Timothy L. Ashford v. Office for Counsel for Discipline, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-discipline bad-faith-exception civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity race racial-discrimination standing younger-abstention Whether the federal court should abstain in an attorney disciplinary action
20-763 Ericka Richardson, et al. v. Coverall North America, Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2) adhesive-agreement arbitration clear-and-unmistakable delegation-of-arbitrability state-vs-federal-law unsophisticated-party Whether incorporation by reference of a separate set of arbitration rules constitutes clear and unmistakable evidence of intent to delegate the thresh…
20-765 M. S. Willman v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment constitutional-rights declaratory-relief eighth-amendment federal-registry full-faith-and-credit res-judicata sex-offender-registration sorna sorna-compliance Whether state sex offenders are only required to register with their jurisdiction or if SORNA imposes an independent federal registration obligation
20-779 Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-proceeding article-iii-standing article-three-standing fda-approval inter-partes-review joint-venture leahy-smith-america-invents-act patent-challenge patent-validity pharmaceutical-industry pharmaceutical-patent Did the Federal Circuit categorically and erroneously preclude redress for injured members of joint ventures in the pharmaceutical industry by only re…
20-794 Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Granted Amici (13)Relisted (2) circuit-split district-court-discretion evidence-gathering foreign-tribunal international-arbitration international-tribunal judicial-assistance private-arbitration statutory-interpretation tribunal-definition Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) encompasses private commercial arbitral tribunals
20-808 Johnny Duane Miles v. California California Denied Amici (1) batson-challenge batson-claim comparative-juror-analysis death-penalty jury-selection peremptory-challenges pretext prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether a court reviewing a Batson claim may consider reasons distinguishing stricken jurors from those accepted by the prosecutor when the prosecutor…
20-839 Kenneth Greenway v. Southern Health Partners, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied credibility-of-statements deliberate-indifference fourteenth-amendment inmate-rights jail-officials medical-needs serious-medical-needs summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton Should the Eleventh Circuit's reinvention of the Fourteenth Amendment standard for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs be permitted?
20-840 Kenneth Knowles v. Officer Jason Michael Hart Eleventh Circuit Denied 2nd-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment police-entry second-amendment self-defense standing use-of-force Does the Fourth Amendment authorize the use of deadly force against a citizen exercising her Second Amendment right to wear a holstered, licensed hand…
20-894 Barbara Andersen v. Village of Glenview, Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-procedure due-process motion-to-dismiss motion-to-strike standing summary-judgment trial-court Whether the trial court properly disregarded Andersen's Motion to Strike relative to the Motions to Dismiss filed by the Respondents
20-910 Anthony M. Lee v. Heath Parshall Seventh Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion jury jury-selection racial-bias section-1983 standing voir-dire Whether the district court's refusal to probe potential jurors for bias or prejudice was an abuse of discretion under Rule 47(a)
20-919 Richard Spinnenweber, et al. v. Dan Williams Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest civil-rights criminal-arrest criminal-procedure district-court due-process fourth-amendment judicial-determination law-enforcement legal-standard probable-cause Whether the district court erred in holding that there was probable cause to believe the plaintiffs had committed the crime for which they were arrest…
20-933 In Re Jack R. Finnegan Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process equal-protection equitable-relief fraud-prevention injunction judicial-jurisdiction standing Was the petitioner denied equal protection under the 14th Amendment?
20-936 Judy Knight v. Ward & Glass, et al. Oklahoma Denied civil-procedure due-process page-limit rehearing standing time-extension Whether the Court erred in denying Petitioner's Motion for Enlargement of Time and Application to Exceed Page Limit
20-943 Jean Barton, et vir v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-1738 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-proceedings land-rights standing takings when-the-lower-federal-courts-abandon-28-usc-section-1738
20-944 Pamela D. Stark v. Joe Edward Stark Tennessee Denied appellate-review constitutional-safeguards contempt contempt-of-court legislative-safeguards mootness mootness-doctrine prior-restraint right-to-petition Whether a state trial court can create a hybrid form of contempt which avoids traditional constitutional and legislative safeguards and prevents appel…
20-945 Samuel T. Russell v. Texas Fifth Circuit Denied 11th-amendment bill-of-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process eleventh-amendment federal-jurisdiction jury-trial right-to-petition search-and-seizure sovereign-immunity When the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said they reviewed 'an Eleventh Amendment immunity determination de novo,' did they fail…
20-949 Angelica Christina Limcaco v. Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 28-usc-455 court-impartiality court-payments extrajudicial-source judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics liljeberg-v-health-services liteky-v-us procedural-standards statutory-interpretation Whether the language 'might reasonably be questioned' under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) can be judicially restricted to require that a petitioner establish an …
20-950 H. Renee James v. City of Montgomery, Alabama Eleventh Circuit Denied but-for-causation employment-discrimination first-amendment free-speech mcdonnell-douglas retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Whether the court deprives a plaintiff of her First Amendment right to free-speech, whether the court misapplies the but-for causation test in a Title…
20-954 Ohio, ex rel. Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. v. Maureen O’Connor, et al. Ohio Denied civil-procedure conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-recusal panel-composition procedural-fairness recusal standing Whether a judicial panel's refusal to recuse themselves when they are named parties in the case constitutes a due-process-violation
20-968 R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources Alabama Denied child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights Does a state's child custody proceedings violate a grandparent's federal statutory right of notice?
20-97 Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association, et al. v. Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (4)Relisted (7) antiquities-act ecosystem-protection federal-land marine-conservation national-marine-sanctuaries-act national-monuments presidential-power regulatory-authority separation-of-powers Whether the Antiquities Act applies to ocean areas beyond U.S. sovereignty where the federal government has limited regulatory authority
20-973 Ricky Haywood-Watson v. Texas Texas Denied apprendi-v-new-jersey constitutional-guarantee continuous-sexual-abuse criminal-procedure jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana richardson-v-united-states schad-v-arizona sexual-abuse texas-penal-code Does Section 21.02(d) of the Texas Penal Code violate the constitutional guarantee of jury unanimity?
20-974 Emil Svrcina, et al. v. Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, et al. Hawaii Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process election-contest election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment hawaii-supreme-court state-legislature vote-by-mail Did the Hawaii Supreme Court violate due process by dismissing a complaint with prejudice?
20-983 Celestino G. Almeda v. Department of Education, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived agency-records deliberative-process-privilege disclosure exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act good-faith-presumption reasonable-person-standard segregable-portions Whether publicly-known, purely factual content selected, organized, and recited in an agency's records can be fully withheld from disclosure under the…
20-985 Kathryn A. Flynn v. Department of the Army Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedies circuit-split exhaustion-doctrine federal-employee federal-employee-rights ninth-circuit protected-activities res-judicata retaliation whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protection-act Where a federal employee failed to exhaust administrative remedies for all protected activities
20-991 Stevie L. England v. DeEdra Hart, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states fifth-amendment interrogation interrogation-standard miranda-rights miranda-v-arizona objective-inquiry right-to-counsel subjective-factors Whether the 'objective inquiry' required by Davis may be based on subjective factors
20-992 John Vigna v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived appellate-review character-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error Whether the denial of an accused request to introduce credible and relevant evidence that directly rebuts and contradicts the prior bad acts evidence …
20-993 Jeremy Mickens v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure dog-sniff due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether a police officer may extend a traffic stop to conduct a dog sniff
20-996 Raymond Marling v. Frank Vanihel, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment circuit-split closed-container fourth-amendment incriminating-evidence inventory-search officer-discretion standardized-criteria warrantless-search Does a police department's policy sufficiently limit officer discretion during an inventory search if it enables an officer to choose to open a closed…
20M62 Arthur Lopez v. Superior Court of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
20M63 Samuel Woody v. New Jersey New Jersey Presumed Complete None
20M64 Josue Portillo v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete None