| 20-1019 |
Jade Thompson v. Marietta Education Association, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights compelled-association first-amendment free-speech knight-v-minnesota labor-union labor-unions public-sector public-sector-employees representative-advocacy |
Whether it violates the First Amendment to designate a labor union to represent and speak for public-sector employees who object to its advocacy on th… |
| 20-1062 |
Chad Bennett v. Washington |
Washington |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
14th-amendment aggravating-factors constitutional-challenge due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-finding jury-findings sentencing-guidelines vagueness |
Whether defendants may challenge aggravating factors as vague under the Due Process Clause |
| 20-1093 |
Just Energy Marketing Corp., et al. v. Davina Hurt, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
christopher-v-smithkline-beecham circuit-split employment-law fair-labor-standards-act outside-salesman regulatory-approval sales sales-exemption |
Whether Petitioners' door-to-door solicitors are exempt 'outside salesmen' under the FLSA |
| 20-1148 |
Robert M. Sellers v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
civil-rights claim-scope disability-compensation due-process pro-veteran-canon service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
When a veteran has submitted an application for disability benefits, does the veteran's claim encompass all reasonably identifiable conditions within … |
| 20-1195 |
Kansas Natural Resource Coalition v. Department of the Interior, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
administrative-law agency-action civil-rights congressional-review-act endangered-species-act judicial-review procedural-injury separation-of-powers standing |
Whether a party vindicating a procedural injury lacks standing unless it can establish with certainty that procedural compliance would change the outc… |
| 20-1197 |
Eugene Milton Clemons, II v. Jefferson S. Dunn, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (4) |
atkins-v-virginia circuit-split civil-rights court-clerk-error due-process equitable-tolling filing-deadline habeas-corpus intellectual-disability post-conviction-review procedural-default standing |
Whether the availability of equitable tolling requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances |
| 20-1210 |
Seneca County, New York v. Cayuga Indian Nation of New York |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
city-of-sherrill foreclosure immovable-property local-tax-authorities open-market open-market-land property-rights property-taxes tax-collection tribal-sovereign-immunity |
Whether tribal sovereign immunity bars local tax authorities from collecting lawfully imposed property taxes by foreclosing on real property that a tr… |
| 20-1220 |
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause appointments-clause-interpretation constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review officer-status principal-officers separation-of-powers |
Whether administrative patent judges are 'principal' or 'inferior' Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause |
| 20-1305 |
Douglas J. Holdings, Inc., et al. v. Joy Eberline, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
all-circumstances discrete-tasks employee-classification employee-status employment employment-status fair-labor-standards-act intern-status labor-law student-intern-trainee workplace-rights |
Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act requires a court to consider all the circumstances of the parties' relationship, or only those discrete tasks ide… |
| 20-1321 |
John Ching En Lee v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
18-usc-1001 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-of-the-case materiality sixth-amendment |
Whether Petitioner is entitled to a Certificate of Appealability |
| 20-1361 |
Regina B. Heisler, Individually and as the Executrix of the Succession of Frederick P. Heisler v. Girod LoanCo, LLC |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
caperton-standard civil-rights due-process judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct loan-enforcement standing supreme-court-review takings vulture-fund |
Whether the Louisiana Supreme Court erred in failing to enforce Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. and Henson v. Santander Consumer USA |
| 20-1372 |
John Chambers v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
|
burden-of-proof due-process fourteenth-amendment governmental-record statutory-defense tampering-statute texas-tampering-with-governmental-record unforeseeable-judicial-expansion |
Whether the Court of Appeals violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-1373 |
Wanza Cole v. Wake County Board of Education |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
circuit-split civil-rights detrimental-effect employment-discrimination protected-status statutory-interpretation title-vii |
Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all 'terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,' or is its reach limited to only discriminatory empl… |
| 20-1381 |
Matthew Fox, et al. v. Charles A. Summers |
Ohio |
Denied |
Amici (6) |
compelling-state-interest constitutional-protection crime-victim due-process fourteenth-amendment government-dissemination informational-privacy public-officials |
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process right to informational privacy protects information of a personal, sexual nature related to one's victimi… |
| 20-1384 |
Amy Everett v. Cobb County, Georgia, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cease-and-desist civil-rights constitutional-rights custom-and-practice due-process first-amendment free-speech law-enforcement-discretion malicious-prosecution qualified-immunity speech-protection |
Question not identified |
| 20-1386 |
Dale Sawyer Eisele v. The Estate of Joseph Brodie Smith |
New Hampshire |
Denied |
|
adoption adoption-law civil-rights dna-paternity due-process exhumation exhumation-request family-rights legal-interpretation pretermitted-heir probate standing |
Did interpreting this matter by using current adoption laws lead to a comprehension error that was detrimental to this case? |
| 20-1387 |
In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam |
|
Denied |
|
18-usc-241-245-249 42-usc-1983 access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct property-rights |
Whether denial of fundamental rights, denial of property rights, and denial of access to courts warrants remedy |
| 20-1399 |
Andrew J. Capul, et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
coerced-resignation due-process employment-termination loudermill municipal-employment pre-deprivation-process pre-deprivation-rights property-interest property-rights |
Whether a municipal employer's coerced resignation of an employee with a protected property interest in continued employment requires pre-deprivation … |
| 20-1403 |
Benny Hernandez v. Excel Contractors, Inc. |
Louisiana |
Denied |
|
bone-growth-stimulator closed-records federal-court-procedure medical-malpractice spinal-cord-injury workers-compensation |
Whether the Soeket M50-2018 Spinal Cord Injury Bone Growth Stimulator is Compensable under Workers' Compensation |
| 20-1406 |
Arthur O. Armstrong v. North Carolina, et al. |
North Carolina |
Denied |
|
civil-rights conspiracy due-process gross-negligence land-dispute negligence official-discrimination property property-rights will-interpretation |
Whether respondent acted with gross negligence to deprive appellant of property |
| 20-1433 |
Arturo Alfredo Aguilar-Molina v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
None |
|
| 20-1454 |
Vekuii Rukoro, et al. v. Federal Republic of Germany |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act gravamen international-law property-rights second-circuit sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation takings-exception |
Does the Second Circuit's opinion conflict with the D.C. Circuit and this Court's FSIA jurisprudence? |
| 20-1467 |
Michael Varco v. Superior Court of the District of Columbia, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights crime-victims-rights crime-victims-rights-act dc-code district-court due-process federal-law metropolitan-police-department mpd standing statutory-interpretation victims-rights |
Whether a person harmed by a D.C. Code offense may assert rights under the Crime Victims' Rights Act against the MPD Chief |
| 20-1512 |
Gregory C. Dacanay v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
Response Waived |
criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury impartiality jury-selection law-enforcement sixth-amendment structural-error |
Whether law enforcement officers can be fair and impartial jury members in a criminal trial |
| 20-1517 |
Fast 101 Pty. Ltd. v. Citigroup Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
12(b)(6)-dismissal alice-mayo-test claim-construction claim-language inventive-concept patent-eligibility prior-art subject-matter-eligibility |
Whether a court must evaluate the differences between prior art and the alleged inventive concept to fully appreciate the claim language |
| 20-1554 |
Citizens Against Corporate Crime, LLC v. Lennar Corporation |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
bankruptcy bankruptcy-law claim-release false-claims-act government-investigation government-official investigation public-interest qui-tam release |
Whether a false claims act qui tam claim on behalf of the public may be released in a bankruptcy case prior to the appropriate government official obt… |
| 20-1563 |
Amin A. Rashid v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-court due-process fifth-amendment final-judgment notice notice-and-opportunity rule-60(b) rule-60b4 |
Whether the court of appeals denies a petitioner due process |
| 20-1565 |
Michael Ryan Mitchan v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines |
Should defendants in criminal cases be permitted to confront witnesses against them at sentencing when their uncorroborated hearsay statements are sol… |
| 20-1576 |
145 Fisk, LLC v. F. William Nicklas |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation judicial-review preliminary-agreement rational-basis retaliation standing |
Whether false information is a rational basis for terminating a development agreement |
| 20-5817 |
Thomas Lewis v. Jonathan Decker, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
appellate-review civil-procedure due-process exhaustion-of-remedies federal-rules grievance-procedure jurisdictional-challenge procedural-due-process standing summary-judgment |
Whether the appeals court erred in granting summary judgment based on a purported 'waived defense' under FRCP 12(b)(6) and contravening numerous decis… |
| 20-6385 |
Jason D. Devers v. Nebraska |
Nebraska |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-claims conviction-of-sole-participant criminal-procedure due-process felony-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance pinkerton-doctrine post-conviction-relief state-court-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-attorney-affidavit |
Did the State of Nebraska commit error when it convicted the defendant of felony murder using the Pinkerton doctrine when there is no principal and th… |
| 20-6399 |
Duwayne Jones v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense eleventh-circuit fifth-circuit florida-statute-§-893.13 mens-rea second-circuit sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(b) |
Is a post-2002 conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver or sell, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 893.13, a 'controlled substance offen… |
| 20-6404 |
Henry T. Liggins v. Bob Vashaw, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated due to the alleged misconduct of the court and prosecution during his criminal trial |
| 20-6614 |
Derek Jarvis v. Isiah Leggett, et al. |
Maryland |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights county-liability due-process government-liability legal-precedent malicious-conduct malicious-prosecution official-immunity qualified-immunity stare-decisis venue-transfer |
Whether the Maryland Court of Appeals erred in holding that Isiah Leggett was not liable for malicious acts by his county officials Michael Subin and … |
| 20-6794 |
Oscar Guevara Salamanca v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-rights due-process federal-sentencing illegal-reentry judicial-discretion prior-conviction revocation-of-probation right-to-be-heard sentencing-enhancement state-sentencing |
May a federal district court enhance a federal sentence based on a prior sentence imposed by way of a clear and complete deprivation of the individual… |
| 20-6839 |
Henry Alexander Townsend v. Jeri Taylor, Superintendent, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
absent-homeowner common-authority fourth-amendment search-and-seizure third-party-consent warrant-requirement |
Whether the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures requires the government to obtain a warrant before conducting a searc… |
| 20-6847 |
Christopher Bryan Torres v. Brad Livingston, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
13th-amendment civil-rights involuntary-servitude legal-rights prison-labor pro-se pro-se-complaint section-1983 thirteenth-amendment |
Do 13th Amendment slaves, or those under involuntary servitude, have legal rights when filing pro se § 1983 complaints for serious injuries received f… |
| 20-6981 |
Phillip Jay Walter, Jr. v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
6th-amendment appellate-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel meaningful-appeal pro-se-litigant sixth-amendment venue |
Is an Appellate Court duty bound to ensure that an Appellant - whether Represented or Pro Se - is afforded a full, fair, and meaningful appeal |
| 20-7101 |
Anthony Jerome Billings, Jr. v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review circuit-split controlled-substance-offense crime-of-violence Eleventh-Circuit florida-statute mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Is a conviction for sale of cocaine a 'controlled-substance-offense' under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) without proof of defendant's knowledge of the illicit n… |
| 20-7117 |
Dervanna H. A. Troy-McKoy v. Mount Sinai Beth Israel |
New York |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process fraud fraudulent-signature judicial-review legal-motion procedural-misconduct punitive-damages standing |
Question not identified |
| 20-7141 |
Curtis Jerome Brown, Sr. v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-ruling federal-review fraud habeas-corpus judicial-procedure standing state-court |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated under the 4th Amendment, 5th Amendment, and 6th Amendment |
| 20-7162 |
Jose Aguilar, et ux. v. Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure insurance-proceeds loan-ownership loan-servicing mortgage-fraud ocwen-loan-servicing phh-mortgage-services predatory-lending private-mortgage-insurance |
Whether the defendants engaged in private mortgage insurance fraud by placing private mortgage insurance on the plaintiff's paid-off loan and collecti… |
| 20-7185 |
John Anthony Esposito v. Benjamin Ford, Warden |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
11th-circuit 28-usc-2254 capital-case habeas strickland-v-washington wilson-v-sellers |
Whether the Eleventh Circuit should be allowed to flout the Supreme Court's clear instruction in Wilson v. Sellers that federal courts must focus on t… |
| 20-7282 |
Earl Malloy v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-922g criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms-offense guilty-plea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Whether this petition should be held pending the decision in United States v. Gary, No. 20-444, given that both this petition and Gary present the sam… |
| 20-7284 |
Tyrell Donte Curry v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2)IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-procedure mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the drug conduct in the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'serious drug offense' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of th… |
| 20-7285 |
Cedric Durand Collins v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offense due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the drug conduct in the 'controlled substance offense' definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline. § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit n… |
| 20-7286 |
Kashus Davis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation |
Whether the drug conduct in the Armed Career Criminal Act's 'serious drug offense' definition in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of th… |
| 20-7287 |
Viguens Cius v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law drug-offense due-process knowledge-requirement mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether the drug conduct in the 'controlled substance offense' definition in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 4B1.2(b) requires knowledge of the illicit na… |
| 20-7304 |
Robert Phillip Ivers v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
attorney-client-privilege chilling-effect common-law communication-scope confidential-communication eighth-circuit evidentiary-privilege federal-common-law legal-advice legal-profession privileged-communication |
Whether a confidential attorney-client phone call made for the primary purpose of obtaining legal advice is protected in its entirety by the attorney-… |
| 20-7321 |
Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights court-judgment due-process judicial-bias legal-procedure medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing |
Whether the appellant's U.S. constitutional and civil rights were violated |
| 20-7326 |
Tyrone Valentine v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability criminal-statute criminal-statutes drunk-driving extreme-indifference physical-force violent-felony |
Whether criminal statutes encompassing drunk driving constitute a 'violent felony' under 18 U.S.C. |
| 20-7330 |
James Marcus Lloyd, III v. J. Hutchinson, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
922(g) actual-innocence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury ineffective-assistance rehaif right-to-trial structural-error |
whether-petitioner's-constitutional-right-to-due-process-was-denied |
| 20-7341 |
James Coddington v. Jim Farris, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
capital-punishment criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus harmless-error material-evidence mens-rea right-to-defense right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment |
Can the suppression of material evidence helpful to the defense ever be harmless error, not least when the exclusion violated the Sixth Amendment's ri… |
| 20-7348 |
Anthony Ray Ybarra v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split force-clause mens-rea physical-force violent-felony |
Does a criminal offense without mens rea qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act? |
| 20-7359 |
Karen Gagarin v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split consent criminal-law criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft means-of-identification statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Does 'another person' in the aggravated identity theft statute include someone who consented to the felonious use of her identifying information? |
| 20-7389 |
Emem Ufot Udoh v. Becky Dooley, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence cause-and-prejudice certificate-of-appealability covid-19 covid-19-impact due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington |
Whether the district court applied an incorrect standard of review |
| 20-7390 |
Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-restrictions deportation due-process immigration immigration-law |
Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under the 'residual clause' of 18 U.S.C. §16(b) |
| 20-7536 |
Timothy L. Coleman v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-violation capital-habeas capital-punishment confessed-murderer due-process eighth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-phase right-to-appeal right-to-due-process |
Whether a federal appellate court violates a capital habeas petitioner's rights by refusing to consider additional arguments and authorities in suppor… |
| 20-7601 |
Lynn Z. Smith v. New Jersey Bureau of Securities |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
additional-documents bankruptcy bankruptcy-claim claim-objection creditor creditor-documents debtor debtor-rights evidence-discovery judicial-procedure rooker-feldman-doctrine |
When a Bankruptcy Debtor files a formal objection to the amount of a Creditor's claim and requests that the Creditor provide the Additional Documents … |
| 20-7605 |
Cody James Martinez v. Arizona |
Arizona |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-defendant capital-trial cumulative-error due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pecuniary-gain right-to-counsel statutory-aggravator strickland-standard trial-counsel |
Whether trial counsel's complete abdication of responsibilities by meeting with a capital defendant for only 1:08 total in 2-4 years preceding trial c… |
| 20-7613 |
Carl Womack v. Merrimon Oxley |
North Carolina |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process gatekeeper-order judicial-conflict record-falsification standing supreme-court unconstitutional |
Is the gatekeeper order a matter of significance to the united states |
| 20-7627 |
Khaled Shabani v. City of Madison, Wisconsin, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process federal-court free-speech judgment malicious-prosecution police-department qualified-immunity related-cases state-court |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the police and prosecutors |
| 20-7630 |
Scott Paul Madlock v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment interrogation right-to-counsel self-incrimination sixth-amendment |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's decision sanctioned a departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proc… |
| 20-7631 |
Bradford Thompson v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
adversarial-system civil-procedure civil-rights due-process extrinsic-fraud judgement-annulment judgment-annulment judicial-misconduct legal-remedy standing trial-procedure |
Can a party prevail at court through misconduct and extrinsic-fraud preventing his adversary from presenting an issue at trial |
| 20-7638 |
Cesar Gomez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-amendment constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial grand-jury harmless-error indictment-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct |
Whether the district court applied the harmless-error review in an 'objectively unreasonable' manner |
| 20-7642 |
Daniel Fetzer v. Shevaun Harris, Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
14th-amendment civil-commitment civil-rights due-process kansas-v-hendricks liberty liberty-interest mental-abnormality mental-health sexual-violence substantive-due-process |
Can the State of Florida and federal courts in Florida, including the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, deprive Mr. Fetzer of his substantive constitutio… |
| 20-7643 |
Nafis Antuan Faison v. John E. Wetzel, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2254 arrest-warrant constitutional-standard expectation-of-privacy fourth-amendment habeas habeas-corpus minnesota-v-olson probable-cause standing third-party-residence |
Whether the federal court impermissibly added an element to the expectation-of-privacy standard for a third-party overnight guest, in violation of 28 … |
| 20-7646 |
Kennis Earl Gatson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence district-court due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit habeas-corpus procedural-bar schlup-exception schlup-v-delo standard-of-review |
Did the Fifth Circuit err in deferring to the district court finding that petitioner's Schlup v. Delo exception to overcome the procedural bar was not… |
| 20-7650 |
In Re Bo Zou |
|
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-discretion contempt copyright-infringement judicial-discretion judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct liljeberg-standard magistrate-disqualification perjury procedural-irregularity |
How did the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit disregard and ignore the facts and factual evidence, and prohibition criteria, which … |
| 20-7651 |
Gonzalo Curiel v. California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inevitable-discovery-rule police-misconduct probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement warrantless-search |
Whether the prosecution must prove that the alleged alternative police conduct was an ongoing legitimate investigation simultaneously occurring at the… |
| 20-7653 |
Jeffrey Denton v. John Davids, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
actual-innocence constitutional-error due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-review newly-discovered-evidence procedural-gateway prosecutorial-misconduct trial-confidence |
Whether petitioner can pass through the gateway to argue merits of underlying claims |
| 20-7654 |
Alan Douglas v. State Bar of California |
California |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice res-ipsa-loquitur standing |
Reverse and settle personal injury |
| 20-7658 |
Johnny Rice v. Frank Vanihel, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process franks-v-delaware ineffective-assistance standing |
Was trial counsel ineffective when he failed to suppress the affidavit due to the insufficiency of Count I and Rape, and when counsel failed to seek a… |
| 20-7665 |
Donald David Dillbeck v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-punishment death-penalty due-process evolving-standards habeas-corpus medical-evidence mental-health post-conviction post-conviction-relief scientific-advancements scientific-evidence |
What constitutes diligence in raising newly discovered medical and/or mental health evidence and diagnoses? |
| 20-7666 |
Willie Ponder v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2253 28-usc-2254 actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability |
| 20-7668 |
Mary Jo Weidrick v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
attorney-conference civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal due-process grand-jury legal-complaint republic standing terrorism terrorism-allegation |
Whether the facts alleged in the complaint are true and nonfrivolous |
| 20-7669 |
Moses Jackson v. Alabama |
Alabama |
Denied |
IFP |
alabama-supreme-court due-process fair-trial innocence newly-discovered-evidence sixth-amendment |
Whether the Alabama Supreme Court violated the Sixth Amendment's right to a fair trial and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denyi… |
| 20-7670 |
Faizah Dean v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adverse-employment-action civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process labor-discrimination prima-facie-case procedural-dismissal standing statutory-interpretation workers-compensation |
Question not identified |
| 20-7682 |
Antoine Barnes v. Salinas Superior Court Judge |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
case-statement civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process equal-protection firearms first-amendment jurisdiction legal-provisions standing supreme-court writ |
Whether Senate Bill 16 violates the First Amendment, due process, and equal protection rights of individuals who wish to have production or possession… |
| 20-7685 |
Terrance Heard v. Grady Perry, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
ATC-claim constitutional-claim district-court-review district-courts factual-development ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-standard Martinez-v-Ryan Miller-El-Cockrell-standard procedural-default |
Whether the Tennessee District Courts are correctly considering whether a procedurally defaulted ATC claim is substantial, having merit, presented und… |
| 20-7690 |
Jon Terrance Winzer v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus procedural-review section-2254 standing |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal err in allowing the Western District Court to deny his 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 petition as being improperly filed? |
| 20-7696 |
Hamid Reza Ardaneh v. United States, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights discriminatory-arrest due-process equal-protection false-arrest false-indictment forced-medication human-rights malicious-prosecution selective-prosecution |
Why were the defendant discriminated against and illegally arrested? |
| 20-7718 |
Deidre Antoinette Pierre v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adolescent-brain-science constitutional-rights cruel-punishment eighth-amendment life-without-parole miller-mandate rs-15-574-4-d sentencing-discretion |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive or cruel punishment |
| 20-7720 |
Corey Denard Thomas v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-interpretation procedural-rules sentencing standing state-court-procedure |
Are Ferecal Couels Allowed fo Tatecfees with pendine Stete Couet PROCEEDINGS |
| 20-7724 |
John K. Wilson v. Rosemary Ndoh, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-standard de-novo-review due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment guilty-plea no-contest-plea plea-bargaining standard-of-review state-court-proceedings |
Whether a defendant is entitled to de novo review of a claim that his guilty plea was involuntary under the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-7740 |
Jason Robert Vickers v. Kenneth Diggs, Warden |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-fabrication exculpatory-evidence guilty-plea ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct wrongful-conviction |
Whether a criminal defendant can challenge an indictment and/or conviction after a coerced guilty plea |
| 20-7741 |
Wen Dong Zhao v. Department of State |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure civil-rights department-of-state due-process embassy-communication federal-investigation freedom-of-information government-misconduct intellectual-property judicial-review letter-disposition standing |
Denial-of-access-to-letters |
| 20-7747 |
Anthony A. Patel v. Charles Robinson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
article-iii civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction ninth-circuit political-discrimination standing |
Does Article III of the U.S. Constitution belong to the legal profession or to the American people? |
| 20-7756 |
Brandon Lamar Tademy v. Colorado |
Colorado |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights discovery due-process evidence sanctions spoliation |
Whether the district court erroneously denied the petitioner's motion to dismiss or impose other appropriate sanctions for destruction of evidence, in… |
| 20-7759 |
Roderick Williams v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
brady-violation civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-relief |
Whether the failure to disclose exculpatory evidence results in a Brady violation warranting the grant of habeas relief? |
| 20-7760 |
John Worthington v. Office of National Drug Control Policy, et al. |
District of Columbia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure-act agency-action civil-procedure docket-management final-agency-action level-playing-field local-rule-7b official-capacity summons-and-complaint tort-claim tort-claims trial-court-arguments |
Whether the trial court erred by failing to apply local rule 7(b) |
| 20-7762 |
Biner Ma v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights damages due-process federal-rules jurisdiction misrepresentation reliance standing |
Whether a plaintiff has standing to sue while she did not act in reliance on the defendant's misrepresentation but another party acted in reliance on … |
| 20-7766 |
Lyndon Davis v. Dennis Reagle, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability circuit-court-analysis civil-rights constitutional-law due-process exhaustion-requirement federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-due-process standing state-court-proceedings |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit exceed its scope of the COA (Certificate of Appealability) analysis when the court deni… |
| 20-7771 |
Anthony J. Bator v. David Nilsson, et al. |
California |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process legal-jurisdiction property-rights property-seizure siskiyou-county supreme-court-rulings takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights, including property rights, were violated by the wrongful taking of his property without due process of… |
| 20-7781 |
Abdu-Salim Gould v. Leslie Bess, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
42-usc-1983 administrative-proceeding civil-rights constitutional-violation final-judgment jurisdiction |
Whether a 1963 civil rights action can be treated as an administrative proceeding, whether a court has jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter presented… |
| 20-7787 |
Lee Charles Millsap v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Arkansas |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-error fair-opportunity federal-habeas federal-review full-and-fair-litigation habeas-corpus post-conviction-process post-conviction-review procedural-fairness state-court-jurisdiction state-court-ruling |
state-court-jurisdiction,federal-habeas,constitutional-error,post-conviction-process,full-and-fair-litigation,fair-opportunity |
| 20-7809 |
Julian J. Miller v. Dylon Radtke, Warden |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
access-of-court access-to-court actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus heck-bar ineffective-assistance statute-of-limitations |
Does §2244(d)(1)(A) apply to a habeas petitioner's access-of-court claim that is barred by Heck & can't accrue until the state habeas corpus remedy is… |
| 20-7849 |
Ismael Lopez v. United States, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment accomplice-liability constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process factor-based-analysis mandatory-sentencing mens-rea nexus proportionality-test sentencing |
Whether mandatory sentences are constitutional |
| 20-7854 |
David Olson v. Stephanie Olson |
New York |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-division child-support civil-contempt conflicting-rulings downward-modification due-process incarceration legal-procedure |
Did the New York Appellate Division, First Department err in upholding the Trial Court for adjudging Petitioner in civil contempt and ordering incarce… |
| 20-7869 |
Wilfredo Torres v. The Blackstone Group |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bias case-dismissal civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct legal-mail standing |
whether-a-federal-judge-violated-due-process |
| 20-7873 |
Kenneth McBride v. Dushan Zatecky, Superintendent, Pendleton Correctional Facility |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-duress criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process pro-se-representation right-to-counsel |
Whether a state can force a U.S. citizen to face criminal charges without the assistance of counsel |
| 20-7898 |
Edward Tyrone Ridley v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights collateral-consequences due-process equal-protection legal-stigma sex-offender-registration |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated by the state's failure to properly register him as a sex offender and the resulting legal st… |
| 20-7912 |
Jorge Gomez-Gomez v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness |
Whether the court of appeals erred by concluding that Petitioner's 99-month sentence was substantively reasonable |
| 20-7913 |
Dallas Jerome Wims v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance-act eighth-amendment first-step-act sentencing serious-drug-offense |
Whether the First Step Act's amendment redefining 'serious drug offense' applies to the ACCA |
| 20-7931 |
Oscar Segura-Resendez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal constitutional-due-process due-process ex-post-facto fifth-circuit guidelines harmless-error post-conviction-relief sentencing sentencing-retroactivity |
Whether violation of the ex post facto clause of the U.S. Constitution is harmless if the specific definition of the conduct was done by the court |
| 20-7936 |
Jose Oribel Ponce-Ulloa v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-courts federal-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines temporal-connection ussg-2d1.1 weapon-possession |
Whether a sentencing court can add two offense levels for possession of a weapon under USSG § 2D1.1(b)(1) when the gun is not used nor present in the … |
| 20-7937 |
Isaac Lee Loggins, Jr. v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standing |
Whether the lower courts abused their discretion by not following well-established procedures and instead making decisions for their own convenience, … |
| 20-7940 |
Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-forfeiture due-process fact-finding forfeiture jury-trial restitution sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment |
Whether the Sixth Amendment requires a jury trial on forfeiture, and whether the Sixth Amendment forbids a judge from finding facts that increase fine… |
| 20-7941 |
Kiandrick Onick v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process parole sentencing sixth-amendment |
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? |
| 20-7944 |
Peter Bobal v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment internet-access sex-offender supervised-release |
Does the constitutional holding of Packingham v. North Carolina apply to offenders on supervised release? |
| 20-7945 |
Troy Arnaud v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury ramos-retroactivity ramos-v-louisiana retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-framework teague-v-lane watershed-rule |
Whether Ramos v. Louisiana applies to cases on State collateral review |
| 20-7946 |
Lisa Biron v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals appellate-review civil-procedure criminal-procedure equitable-exceptions federal-appellate-jurisdiction habeas-corpus post-conviction-proceeding statutory-interpretation time-bar time-limits |
Whether the First Circuit erred in dismissing the petitioner's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2107 and Federal Rule of Appe… |
| 20-7950 |
Antonio Serrano-Perez v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law due-process felony-offense illegal-reentry immigration-law prior-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court |
Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States and hold that a prior conviction is an element of the aggravated form of the ille… |
| 20-7956 |
Bryan Montalvo v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
advisory-guidelines appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure downward-departure federal-courts judicial-discretion motion-for-departure sentencing sentencing-review statutory-interpretation |
Whether a circuit court of appeals has jurisdiction to review the denial of a motion for downward departure? |
| 20-7959 |
Thomas J. Connerton v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure due-process judicial-inquiry juror-discharge jury jury-selection reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment |
Should certiorari be granted where the District Court discharged a juror, without 'good cause' under rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Pr… |
| 20-7961 |
Antonio Olmeda v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-determination jury-trial multiplicitous-conviction sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation |
Whether a Judgment and Conviction on two counts, under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1.(a), for unlawful 'receipt' of a firearm and 'Possession' of that firearm is m… |
| 20-7964 |
John Riley, aka P. J. v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-justice criminal-sentencing district-court federal-jurisdiction first-step-act motion-denial motion-to-modify sentence-reduction sentencing |
Whether the district court erred by denying the Motion for Sentence Reduction under The First Step Act of 2018 |
| 20-7966 |
James L. Rudzavice v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
3582(c)(1)(a)(i) compassionate-release constitutional-rights due-process first-step-act judicial-bias judicial-discretion procedural-fairness sentencing-review |
Did the courts misconstrue the First Step Act and 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) |
| 20-7969 |
Refugio Agustin-Pineda v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure due-process immigration-law immigration-proceedings jurisdiction jurisdictional-requirements notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation |
Whether the government may commence removal proceedings by serving a noncitizen with a 'notice to appear' that fails to specify the hearing's time and… |
| 20-7970 |
Christopher R. Glenn v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review counsel-misconduct due-process evidentiary-hearing fraud ineffective-assistance judicial-proceedings supervisory-power |
Did the Eleventh Circuit so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings as to call for an exercise of this Court's superviso… |
| 20-7973 |
Zavion Nunley v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review circuit-split data-availability judicial-discretion nationwide-statistics reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing-disparities sentencing-disparity sentencing-guidelines statistical-analysis unwarranted-disparities |
Whether statistics demonstrating that judges in the sentencing district impose sentences much more frequently than their peers in other district are r… |
| 20-7976 |
Treyton Lee Thomas v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-provision court-filing due-process excessive-fines incorporation jurisdictional-issue legal-document scotus-petition writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment |
| 20-7981 |
Stephen Nivens v. J. Phillip Morgan, Warden, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
charging-document constitutional-rights double-jeopardy duplicitous duplicitous-charging fifth-amendment jury jury-trial multiplicitous multiplicitous-charging |
Whether the Petitioner has a right to be free from Double Jeopardy |
| 20-7991 |
Bulmaro Contreras-Figueroa, aka Israel Contreras v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
5th-amendment conspiracy controlled-substances criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury sentencing statutory-interpretation |
Is the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury violated when a defendant is sentenced for a conspiracy offense that exceeds the maximum penalty for the … |
| 20-7994 |
In Re Lee Robert Scott |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
agency-authorization civil-rights constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-misconduct judicial-misconduct legal-immunity procedural-protection standing state-prosecution |
Does the Supreme Court allow lower courts to cover up victorious and malicious prosecution cases when vindictive legal sentencing is clearly on the re… |
| 20-8008 |
Eric Christopher Conn v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bail-reform-act conspiracy-to-escape criminal-conspiracy custody escape-statute federal-corrections federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus home-confinement jurisdictional-review parole-violation prisoner-rights |
Whether an individual released on bond under the Bail Reform Act is in 'custody' and as to a 'conspiracy to escape' or a 'walk away' parole violation |
| 20-8009 |
David Calhoun v. Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim discovery due-process habeas-corpus habeas-petition judicial-review public-record public-records state-supreme-court |
Whether the district court was correct in denying petitioner's motion to compel production of documents and whether the court of appeals denied petiti… |
| 20-8011 |
Troy Webb v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-922(g)(1) 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-statute discarding-firearm due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession statutory-interpretation substantive-due-process |
Whether the District Court denied the Petitioner's constitutional right to a substantive due process under the Fifth Amendment by the lower court's co… |
| 20-8014 |
Kelvin Baez v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence-admission exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inevitable-discovery-doctrine police-procedure search-and-seizure unlawful-search warrant-requirement |
Did the Court of Appeals err in expanding the inevitable-discovery doctrine to affirm the admission of evidence obtained during an unlawful search? |
| 20-8018 |
Deshaun Tisdale v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assault assault-with-dangerous-weapon common-law-self-defense criminal-law firearms-offense jury-instruction michigan-common-law michigan-law racketeering racketeering-conspiracy self-defense use-of-firearm |
Whether the Petitioner should have been permitted a common law self-defense jury instruction in a racketeering conspiracy case involving convictions f… |
| 20-8024 |
Lisa Biron v. United States |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
non-promulgated procedural process 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-appellate-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus procedural-due-process |
When there is no requirement to file a notice of appeal when applying for a certificate of appealability, is the COA seeker's Fifth Amendment right to… |
| 20-8044 |
In Re Annamalai Annamalai |
|
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights custody-release due-process habeas-corpus judicial-order privity-of-judgment specific-performance state-court warden-liability |
Whether Petitioner Annainalai is entitled to be released from custody pursuant to the specific performance (Execution) ordered & adjudicated by the In… |
| 20-828 |
Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. v. Yassir Fazaga, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (11)Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure ex-parte-proceedings fisa foreign-intelligence foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act government-surveillance in-camera-review national-security state-secrets-privilege |
Whether Section 1806(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act displaces the state-secrets privilege and authorizes a district court to resolve,… |
| 20-850 |
Big Time Vapes, Incorporated, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
administrative-discretion administrative-law constitutional-limits executive-authority executive-power legislative-authority legislative-delegation non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers tobacco-control-act tobacco-product-regulation |
Whether Petitioners have stated a claim that § 387a(b) grants excessive policymaking discretion to the executive branch to determine which tobacco pro… |
| 20-896 |
Teresa M. Graham v. Shannon L. Barnette, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split community-caretaking fourth-amendment home-entry home-search qualified-immunity search-and-seizure warrant-requirement |
whether-the-community-caretaking-exception-extends-to-the-home |
| 20-928 |
National Coalition For Men, et al. v. Selective Service System, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (3) |
combat-roles constitutional-challenge equal-protection fifth-amendment gender-discrimination military-draft rostker-v-goldberg selective-service |
Whether the federal requirement that men but not women register for the Selective Service, authorized under 50 U.S.C. § 3802(a), violates the right to… |
| 20-938 |
Vilma Walker, et al. v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust Mortgage Loan Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-6 |
Florida |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings |
Whether the court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims for lack of standing |
| 20M84 |
James Edward Rose, Jr. v. Chris Sununu, Governor of New Hampshire, et al. |
First Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 20M85 |
James L. Toliver v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections |
Eleventh Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 20M86 |
Tomas Zavalidroga v. Samuel Hester, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 20M87 |
L. C. v. S. C., et al. |
New Jersey |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|
| 20M88 |
John Doe v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
Presumed Complete |
|
None |
|