Conference: 2021-06-17

263 cases — 0 granted, 263 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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18-9639 Dustin E. Ash v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split crimes-of-violence criminal-conviction criminal-law-sentencing criminal-sentencing due-process federal-firearms-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines reckless-crime reckless-crimes sentencing-guidelines ussg-4b1.2 violent-crimes Whether reckless crimes, like Mr. Ash's Kansas reckless aggravated battery conviction, qualify as crimes of violence under USSG § 4B1.2
19-5325 Alan Victor Gomez Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-procedure force-element immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state sentencing sentencing-law statutory-interpretation Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5652 Anthony Wayne Bettcher v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender-guideline circuit-split force-clause reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether reckless crimes qualify categorically as crimes of violence under the force clause of these statutes and guidelines
19-5727 Trayvon Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-court-interpretation state-law Whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence
19-5749 Juan Manuel Perez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5)IFP against-the-person-of-another crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-court federal-law federal-recidivism intentional-conduct mens-rea negligence recidivism recidivism-enhancement sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense qualifies as a crime of violence
19-5763 Jose Lara-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law mens-rea reckless-mental-state recklessness sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-5908 Howard Leon Combs v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP acca-elements-clause armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law elements-clause physical-force reckless-offense reckless-offenses shular-v-united-states statutory-interpretation texas-aggravated-assault violent-crime Whether Texas aggravated assault involving reckless driving, virus transmission, or flashing strobe images constitutes 'the use, attempted use, or thr…
19-6025 Javier Segovia-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-sentencing force force-against-person immigration-law mens-rea mental-state reckless-conduct reckless-mental-state recklessness statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6114 Antwoyn Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split elements-clause mens-rea reckless serious-drug-offense violent-felony Whether possession with intent to sell cocaine under Fla. Stat. § 893.13 is a 'serious drug offense' under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § …
19-6186 Latroy Leon Burris v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fair-warning physical-force reckless-injury statutory-interpretation Does recklessly causing another person to suffer injury necessarily involve the 'use of physical force against' that person for purposes of the Armed …
19-6354 Brent Delvalen Blake v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924c bank-robbery categorical-approach certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence criminal-statute elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery intent physical-force vagueness vagueness-doctrine violent-crime Can reasonable jurists debate whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is not a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 9…
19-6466 Eric Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Does aiding and abetting armed bank robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
19-6504 Franklin Roosevelt McGee v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924 armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness qualifies as a 'violent felony' for purposes of the Armed Career Crim…
19-6633 Adrian Ausberry v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split crime-of-violence force-clause mens-rea recklessness u.s.s.g.-§-4b1.2(a) u.s.s.g.-4b1.2(a) violent-felony Does an offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness qualify as a crime of violence under the identical force clauses in U.S.S.G. § 4…
19-6908 Margarito Olvera-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
19-6979 Joassaint Josiah Aristil v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2119 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) carjacking categorical-approach criminal-law federal-statute force intent intimidation physical-force sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119 requires an element of 'the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the pe…
19-7067 Michael Baird Jordan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) armed-bank-robbery bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause general-intent intent intimidation physical-force specific-intent statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether federal armed bank robbery by intimidation is a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-7079 Bryan Mark Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause intent intentional-force statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) can be a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) …
19-7113 Raynard Gray v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) bank-robbery categorical-analysis crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law intent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-force Whether bank robbery qualifies as a 'crime of violence'
19-7320 Jurden Rogers v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 18-usc-924c3a armed-career-criminal-act bank-robbery bank-robbery-18-usc-2113 circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause intimidation physical-force statutory-interpretation Whether bank robbery (18 U.S.C. § 2113) qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
19-7569 Stanley Noel Ames v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924c bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law-procedure federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent intent sentencing-standard specific-intent Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that federal bank robbery is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
19-7684 Jeremy Glenn Powell v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act due-process fifth-amendment fifth-circuit physical-force reckless reckless-offenses statutory-interpretation texas-penal-code texas-robbery violent-felony Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
19-7764 Michael Tyrone Simpson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause general-intent-crime sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
19-8004 Lamarcus Harvey v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP 18-usc-924(c) attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence elements-clause intimidation statutory-interpretation Whether bank robbery by intimidation qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)'s elements clause
19-8044 Brian Vidrine v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 924(c) career-offender criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-enhancement section-924c sentencing sentencing-guidelines Are Vidrine's § 924(c) convictions invalid in light of this Court's decision in Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and its progeny?
19-8190 George Lyle Cullett, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender career-offender-guideline johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states mandatory-guidelines pre-booker-sentencing residual-clause section-2255 timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care…
19-8191 Benjamin Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP career-offender career-offender-guideline constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure johnson-decision johnson-v-united-states residual-clause section-2255 sentencing timeliness timeliness-standard Whether a § 2255 motion filed within one year of Johnson v. United States, claiming that Johnson invalidates the residual clause of the preBooker care…
19-8679 Dan Reed v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-knowledge statutory-interpretation substantial-rights united-states-v-reed Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if a defendant's substantial rights were …
19-8816 Willie Edward Blackshire v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split constitutional-validity due-process guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Whether a guilty plea is structural error?
19-8899 Michael Wayne Blanche v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery crime-of-violence federal-criminal-law jury-finding jury-instructions sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting armed bank robbery is a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-1017 Lawrence Johnson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment affirmative-defense circuit-split civil-rights common-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession law-enforcement statutory-interpretation Whether innocent transitory possession is an affirmative defense to illegal possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. 922(g)
20-1033 Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua S.A.B. de C.V., et al. v. Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arising-out-of-test civil-procedure email-service federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-4(f)(3) foreign-defendants hague-service-convention narrative personal-jurisdiction service-of-process u.s.-contacts Does service by email on the U.S. counsel of a foreign party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(f)(3) violate the Hague-Service-Convention?
20-1056 Justin Wolfe v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-rights constitutional-authority criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas forfeiture-rule plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct vindictive-prosecution Whether a state court can avoid the federal constitutional issues raised by a vindictive-prosecution claim
20-1077 Amazon.com, Inc., et al. v. Bernard Waithaka First Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration-exemption circuit-split civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce national-boundaries state-boundaries statutory-interpretation transportation-workers Whether the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for classes of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce, 9 U.S.C. 1, prevents the Act's appli…
20-1078 Danyelle Bennett v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) constitutional-protection first-amendment free-speech hecklers-veto pickering-balancing-test political-speech public-employee rankin-v-mcpherson Whether a public employee's political debate on an issue of national importance may be silenced based solely on the speaker's use of an offensive word
20-1092 Brandon Jones v. United States Second Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights document-fraud due-process federal-criminal-law fraud free-speech government-securities legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 514(a) prohibits the use of fake versions of actual, existing types of documents and instruments
20-1094 Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied administrative-agency administrative-law agency-determination civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit judicial-review methodology procedural-fairness retroactive-application retroactive-methodology Whether the Federal Circuit erred by affirming the practice that an administrative agency may penalize the subject of an agency determination for fail…
20-1098 Tod Houthoofd v. Les Parish, Warden Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-error trial-jurisdiction venue venue-challenge Does Petitioner's convictions violate the U.S. Constitution and prior decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court?
20-1099 Gadsden Industrial Park, LLC v. United States Federal Circuit Denied 5th-amendment court-of-federal-claims due-process federal-circuit fifth-amendment inverse-condemnation just-compensation property-rights takings takings-clause tucker-act Whether the Court should fill a statutory and jurisprudential void in Tucker Act inverse condemnation 'takings' law
20-1119 Amarin Pharma, Inc., et al. v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-103 graham-factors graham-v-john-deere hindsight-bias innovation innovation-protection nonobviousness-indicia objective-indicia obviousness-standard patent patent-law Whether a court must consider objective indicia of nonobviousness together with the other factors bearing on an obviousness challenge before making an…
20-1120 Melissa Belgau, et al. v. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 collective-bargaining color-of-law employee-rights first-amendment public-employees section-1983 union-dues Whether it violates the First Amendment for a state and union to seize union dues or fees from employees' wages without proof the employees waived the…
20-1123 Lenwood Hamilton v. Lester Speight, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights commercial-speech first-amendment free-speech likeness-rights privacy privacy-rights property-rights right-of-publicity transformative-use video-game-law Whether the First Amendment right to free speech protects using a person's actual likeness without permission when weighed against that person's prope…
20-1149 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al. v. Clare E. Connors, Attorney General of Hawaii Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review sprint-communications standing state-enforcement younger-abstention Whether a federal court must consider the specific characteristics of an underlying state-court civil proceeding to determine whether it is sufficient…
20-1151 Libertarian Party of Erie County, et al. v. Andrew M. Cuomo, Individually and as Governor of the State of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process heller licensing-discretion may-issue-law mcdonald pistol-permit second-amendment self-defense standing Should the State of New York's pistol permit process violate the Second Amendment?
20-1156 Alan H. Olefsky v. Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, et al. Illinois Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion administrative-discretion administrative-law agency-review disciplinary-action due-process medical-license medical-license-suspension mitigating-circumstances past-discipline Whether the IDFPR's Final Order indefinitely suspending Petitioner's medical license for two years pursuant to the first order on remand, or one year …
20-1162 Maine Community Health Options, et al. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) affordable-care-act breach-of-contract contract-law contract-law-analogy cost-sharing-reduction government-liability government-obligation shall-pay-command statutory-interpretation Whether the government is required to pay insurers the full amount of the cost-sharing reduction payments required by the unambiguous shall-pay langua…
20-1180 Territory of American Samoa v. National Marine Fisheries Service, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied administrative-law american-samoa constitutional-law deeds-of-cession federal-law federal-obligations large-vessel-prohibited-area maritime-regulation territorial-law territory-of-american-samoa Whether the Deeds of Cession establish binding and enforceable obligations on the United States
20-1200 Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) affordable-care-act contract-law cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reduction-payments government-liability government-obligation mitigation-defense statutory-interpretation Whether the United States may invoke a non-statutory mitigation defense to avoid the unambiguous requirement of section 1402 of the Patient Protection…
20-1202 William J. Miller v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) email-privacy fourth-amendment government-intrusion government-search private-actor property-based property-rights reasonable-expectation search search-and-seizure Whether the property-based approach to the Fourth Amendment applies to the government's warrantless search of email attachments compelled from a priva…
20-1204 Mark Ringland v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) digital-evidence electronic-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence reasonable-expectation search search-and-seizure trespass united-states-v-jacobsen Whether compelling someone's emails from his or her electronic service provider and opening them is a trespass, and therefore a 'search,' under the Fo…
20-1233 Johnny Gatewood v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2) cause-exception circuit-precedent due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-cause petitioner-rights procedural-default supreme-court-precedent Whether cause exists to excuse a habeas petitioner's procedural default when near-unanimous circuit precedent foreclosed the petitioner's claim
20-1239 Edward Smith v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment amendment-protection constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure state-court stealthy-encroachment Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio violated the Petitioner's constitutional rights under the 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendments by refusing to enforce their…
20-1244 Barbara Tully, et al. v. Paul Okeson, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) absentee-voting age-discrimination equal-protection fourteenth-amendment twenty-sixth-amendment voting-rights Whether Indiana violates the Twenty-Sixth Amendment by giving voters age 65 and older the right to cast an absentee ballot by mail while requiring oth…
20-1261 Wi-LAN, Inc., et al. v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer judicial-review patent patent-office principal-officer separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation uspto Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause
20-1262 MarySusan Ward v. Louisville Metro Government Kentucky Denied batson-v-kentucky civil-rights equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges supremacy-clause Whether the constitutional principles underlying Batson require trial courts to craft a meaningful remedy when a violation occurs
20-1276 Stephen B. McKinney v. Felicia Harkness Dean, Guardian and Conservator for and on Behalf of Janel Harkness, an Incapacitated Adult Fourth Circuit Denied circuit-court-of-appeals clearly-established-law deliberate-indifference due-process intent-to-harm parratt-hudson parratt-hudson-doctrine qualified-immunity substantive-due-process Did the Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to apply the Parratt-Hudson doctrine to the Respondent's substantive due process claim?
20-1284 Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v. Rick C. Sasso Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention claim-construction exclusive-jurisdiction federal-abstention federal-jurisdiction patent-infringement patent-jurisdiction patent-law state-court-proceedings Whether a federal court with exclusive jurisdiction over a federal patent-law dispute may abstain in favor of a state court with no jurisdiction over …
20-1285 Immunex Corporation v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-318 administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause inferior-officers patent-and-trademark-office principal-officers Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers under the Appointments Clause
20-1293 AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Third Circuit Denied Amici (3) antitrust antitrust-law civil-procedure due-process litigation-exception noerr-pennington noerr-pennington-immunity objective-baselessness sham-litigation standing subjective-element Whether the subjective element of the 'sham litigation' exception to Noerr-Pennington immunity may be met by an inference from a finding that a challe…
20-1295 United States v. Timothy Zachary Green Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) circuit-precedent criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession plain-error-review prejudice-standard statutory-interpretation Whether a court of appeals may, on plain-error review, affirm a conviction for possessing a firearm following a felony conviction, in violation of 18 …
20-1332 Eric D. Speidell, et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied cannabis-legality civil-rights controlled-substances-act drug-law-investigation federal-preemption isr-summons standing state-legalization supremacy-clause warrant-requirement Under the Supremacy Clause, does Colorado's expressly state legal sales of cannabis violate the Controlled Substances Act?
20-1337 APC Investment Co., et al. v. Howmet Aerospace Inc., fka Arconic, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cercla civil-procedure common-law contribution contribution-claim environmental-law statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation superfund Is the statutory claim for contribution in section 113 of CERCLA, including the statute of limitations found in section 1138(g)(3), governed exclusive…
20-1429 Arcona, Inc. v. Farmacy Beauty, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-split lanham-act likelihood-of-confusion registered-mark statutory-interpretation trademark-counterfeiting trademark-registration Whether trademark counterfeiting requires a likelihood of confusion
20-1432 United States v. Maine Community Health Options, et al. Federal Circuit Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-liability implied-damages implied-right-of-action premium-tax-credits statutory-interpretation Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money-damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-1447 Kenneth R. Kunzer v. Lisa A. Hiniker, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived breach-of-trust civil-procedure embezzlement estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraud probate probate-law resulting-trust testamentary-intent trust-administration Issue being raised
20-1452 Rick C. Sasso v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied 28-usc-1295(a)(1) 28-usc-1338(a) breach-of-contract declaratory-judgment federal-circuit federal-patent-laws jurisdiction patent-jurisdiction removal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether this is a case 'arising under' federal patent laws under 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) within the Federal Circuit's jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(…
20-1455 Deborah Cheng v. Mary Raleigh, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived 2016-obama's-snt-law 21st-century-cures-act congressional-intent healthcare-law implementation-scope planned-national-implementation probate-exception special-needs-trust statutory-interpretation Did Congress intend the probate exception to include the 2016 Obama's SNT law in the 21st Century Cures Act?
20-1456 Walter Osborne v. Douglas E. Kellogg, et al. Florida Denied appellate-procedure change-of-venue civil-rights court-recusal due-process judicial-bias legal-review procedural-fairness recusal standing venue Whether the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying the petitioner's request for a change of venue due to bias and impartiality
20-1457 Adrian Moon v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied attorney-discipline bar-association civil-rights compelled-speech free-speech mandatory-bar Whether the California State Bar's mandatory bar membership and dues requirements violate the First Amendment rights of attorneys
20-1458 Jon L. Bryan v. American Airlines, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure duty-of-fair-representation grievance-procedure grievance-withdrawal labor-law statute-of-limitations union-representation Whether the court erred by ruling that a union member's duty of fair representation claim, filed two months after the union's withdrawal of his 19-yea…
20-1477 Randy R. Bell v. New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit Denied appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-discretion district-court due-process fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice-of-appeal standing Did the district court lack jurisdiction due to fraud upon the court?
20-1494 Nob Hill General Stores, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived collective-bargaining contract-interpretation contract-law due-process equal-protection equal-protection-clause ninth-circuit precedent precedential-value publication-rules Whether a contractual 'notwithstanding' clause precludes the applicability of competing contractual language
20-1497 Yao Pone v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County, Maryland Maryland Denied Response Waived 8th-amendment administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights county-regulations covid-19-restrictions due-process standing takings zoning zoning-violations Were the citations issued by the County sufficient notice of violations?
20-1500 Machiavelli Farrakhan Siberius v. American Public University System, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process education-program employment employment-status fair-labor-standards-act flsa-interpretation free-labor-system labor-exploitation student-employee student-rights thirteenth-amendment At what point does a student become an 'employee' for an employer, due to the various types of abuses and exploitation of a free labor system, in an e…
20-1502 Abdikarim Karrani v. JetBlue Airways Corporation Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived air-carrier-discrimination air-transportation cat's-paw cat's-paw-doctrine civil-rights discrimination federal-preemption preemption statutory-interpretation transportation-law Whether 49 U.S.C. § 44092(b) preempts 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claims
20-1536 United States v. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative, On Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated Federal Circuit Denied affordable-care-act appropriations cost-sharing-reduction cost-sharing-reductions government-appropriation health-insurance-exchange implied-remedy money-damages premium-tax-credit premium-tax-credits Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that Congress intended to afford insurers an implied money-damages remedy as compensation for CSR pay…
20-1560 Lowndes County Health Services, LLC v. Gregory Copeland, et al. Georgia Denied Response Waived appellate-review batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection juror-discrimination jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike race-neutrality racial-discrimination Whether striking a juror based on allegations of racial prejudice is a facially race-neutral explanation under Batson
20-1583 Jeffrey Olson v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue Minnesota Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure appeal commissioner-order commissioner's-order due-process mail-notice ordinary-mail procedural-due-process tax-appeal tax-assessment tax-procedure Whether issuance of a Commissioner's order by ordinary mail meets constitutional requirements of procedural due process
20-1616 ComicMix, LLC, et al. v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-split copyright-act copyright-law de-novo-review exclusive-rights fair-use market-effect Whether fair use is a right of authors, thus placing the burden on plaintiffs to prove that fair use does not apply on defendants who assert that they…
20-1617 Matthew Earley v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
20-1618 John Anthony Gentry v. Glen Casada, et al. Tennessee Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-duty legislative-procedure petition standing state-constitution Whether the state government has a duty to present a correct version of the Tennessee Constitution to the public
20-1620 Joy McShan Edwards v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1513 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit's denial of Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability was unreasonable, where Petitioner has demonstrated a su…
20-1622 Ramonica M. Luke v. University Health Services, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 admissible-evidence civil-rights civil-rights-act comparator-evidence employment-discrimination honest-belief-rule mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework pretext-analysis similarly-situated title-vii Pretext-by-discrimination
20-1630 Susan Chen v. Kate Halamay, et al. Washington Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process guardian-ad-litem judicial-interpretation legislative-power pro-se-representation separation-of-powers Whether RCW 4.08.050 deprives a minor's constitutional right to counsel and effective representation as well as his right to access the courts
20-1660 In Re Garvester Bracken Denied article-iii criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdiction probable-cause right-to-be-present right-to-counsel trial-jurisdiction Whether the trial court had jurisdiction to proceed and enter judgment without the defendant and defense counsel being personally present during any s…
20-171 Isaac L. Hobbs v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (3) 18-usc-922 constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea knowledge-of-status statutory-interpretation structural-error Does a constitutionally invalid guilty plea resulting from the government's failure to inform a defendant of the knowledge-of-status element of 18 U.S…
20-291 Jamell Birt v. United States Third Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (3) circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-penalties statutory-interpretation Does the term 'covered offense' in the First Step Act of 2018 include violations of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) involving crack cocaine to which apply the pena…
20-489 Pedro M. Bess v. United States Armed Forces Denied convening-authority court-martial due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment military-justice racial-discrimination standing Whether 10 U.S.C. § 825 violates the Fifth Amendment
20-5037 Bruce Zachary Pugh v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP criminal-procedure fairness-integrity judicial-review jury-instructions plain-error public-reputation substantial-rights supreme-court-precedent trial-record Whether plain-error review allows courts to review beyond the trial record
20-504 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Wilson N. Guadalupe Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) None
20-5075 Jorge Hiram Baez-Martinez v. United States First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split depraved-heart force-clause mens-rea recklessness violent-felony Whether crimes that may be committed recklessly with a depraved heart mens rea can qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-5157 Denard Stokeling v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining plea-validity rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement violent-felony Whether a guilty plea entered without knowledge of the knowledge-of-status element is reversible error per se
20-5396 Austin Peterson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence elements-clause federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
20-5400 Gary Allen Kachina v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP civil-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
20-5404 Jermaine Isaac Ross v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-elemental-facts prior-offenses rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense whether-federal-court-may-increase-sentence-under-acca
20-5407 Dominique Mack v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process evidence jailhouse-informant mandatory-minimum mandatory-sentencing plain-error sentencing statements-against-interest Whether the district court's admission of jailhouse informant testimony violated this Court's jurisprudence on statements against interest
20-5434 Treshun Devonte Bates v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP borden-case borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence grant-vacate-remand reckless-conduct sentencing-guidelines supreme-court use-of-force Whether reckless conduct can constitute a 'crime of violence' under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
20-5453 Jose Luis Sanchez-Rosado v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-error criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fourth-circuit harmless-error involuntary-plea plea-bargaining plea-colloquy standard-of-review Whether an unconstitutional conviction based on a plea colloquy that omitted an element of the offense must be reversed where the defendant objected t…
20-5489 Rodney Lavalais v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP 2k2.1(b)(4)(a) appellate-review due-process guilty-plea plain-error-review plea-voluntariness prejudice sentencing-guidelines stolen structural-error When a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made, is automatic reversal required?
20-5499 Savannah Rolle v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-precedent rehaif-v-united-states vacatur Whether a defendant's guilty plea entered before Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2020), in which the defendant was not advised of the essent…
20-5558 Anthony Smith v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith kn…
20-5584 David Matthews v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states criminal-offense mens-rea recklessness statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a criminal offense that can be committed with a mens rea of recklessness can qualify as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act…
20-5640 Michael Wayne Northcutt v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process intentional-conduct mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in treating the limiting language 'against the person of another' in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) as mere surplusage
20-5645 Virgil Nickens v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-courts criminal-law federal-courts federal-courts-of-appeals jury-instructions jury-verdict plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states united-states-v-olano Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif jury verdicts be reconciled with one another?
20-5646 Sean Justin Owens v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause criminal-conviction firearm-possession jury prior-conviction prior-convictions rehaif-v-united-states sentencing serious-drug-offense Whether courts of appeals may affirm a defendant's conviction by relying on facts about the defendant's prior convictions that were not proven to the …
20-5742 David Tachay Heard v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure cross-racial-identification due-process eyewitness-identification federal-standard jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error standard-of-review Should federal district courts be required to give a cautionary jury instruction, upon a defendant's request, to guide the jury's evaluation of eyewit…
20-5747 Ryan Nicholas Haynes v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process law-enforcement passenger-rights passenger-search plain-error-review search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether a traffic stop of a bus for a minor traffic violation allows law enforcement to order all passengers off the bus to be searched?
20-5773 William C. McGee v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure essential-element judicial-determination jury-instructions jury-trial sixth-amendment structural-error Whether omitting an essential element of the crime in both the indictment and jury instructions may be reviewed for harmlessness
20-579 Zimmian Tabb v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law agency-deference criminal-law guidelines-commentary judicial-interpretation regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Guidelines commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous
20-5796 Isaac Thomas v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP 922(g)(1) 922(q)(2)(A) commerce-clause due-process guilty-plea rehaif-v-united-states Whether a defendant's guilty plea entered before Rehaif v. United States constitutes a due-process-violation
20-5824 Trenard Caldwell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit fourth-circuit guilty-plea plea-withdrawal rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation structural-error Whether a defendant's guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g) is reversible error per se where the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary due …
20-5852 Robert Louis Brandon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-review automatic-reversal circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea prejudice-inquiry rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states structural-error Is a district court's error under Rehaif v. United States a structural error that warrants automatic reversal of a guilty plea?
20-5939 Kadeem Burden v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment firearm-possession jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether a reviewing court may affirm a conviction under plain error review based on speculation about the defendant's knowledge of his prohibited stat…
20-5949 Timmy Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP criminal-indictment criminal-law felon-in-possession firearms-possession indictment jury-instructions mens-rea prohibited-status rehaif rehaif-challenge Whether Rehaif's mens rea requirement is limited to whether or not the defendant knew he was a convicted felon alone, or whether it requires him to kn…
20-5955 Charles Lynch Pettis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable sear…
20-5959 Clinton Devone Hicks v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP circuit-split commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether error under Rehaif v. United States constitutes plain error
20-6027 Michael Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-review controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing gvr mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether §924(e)(2)(A)(ii) requires knowledge of the substance's illicit nature
20-6074 Timothy Jarred Paige v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-charge criminal-procedure district-court-jurisdiction due-process plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation When charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), does the district court retain jurisdiction to charge an offense that is not a 'crime of violence' as …
20-6090 Reginald Ferguson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights consensual-encounter consent criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion testimony Can a court determine that an encounter was initially consensual when the officer testified that he did not remember how it was initiated, nor is it c…
20-6098 Lamont Owens v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure fairness-integrity-public-reputation intervening-supreme-court-decision judicial-review jury-instructions plain-error plain-error-review substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether plain-error review for failure to instruct on an element of the offense, based upon an intervening U.S. Supreme Court decision, allows courts …
20-6109 Rashawn D. Watson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession guilty-plea indictment indictment-sufficiency knowledge-element mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states Whether the decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) requires that Petitioner's guilty plea and conviction be vacated
20-6129 Matthew R. Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-review due-process jury-instructions plain-error Whether a conviction after (a) an incomplete indictment, (b) incorrect jury instructions, (c) failure of the petit jury to make a finding on an essent…
20-6130 Desmond Howard Greer v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-offense elements-of-crime force legal-interpretation mens-rea personal-injury reckless-injury recklessness sentencing use-of-force violent-crime Whether an offense has as an element the use of force against the person of another if it may be committed by recklessly inflicting injury?
20-6162 Frank Trujillo v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense federal-courts guilty-plea plea-bargaining plea-voluntariness rehaif-v-united-states standard-of-review Whether a defendant's guilty plea was knowing and voluntary when the defendant was not informed of an element of the offense
20-6165 James Edward Sandford, III v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession fourth-circuit ineffective-assistance plain-error-rule rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit sixth-amendment Should the Court grant certiorari to resolve the Circuit split regarding the plain error rule between the Second and Fourth Circuits as it applies to …
20-6192 Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif guilty pleas be reconciled with one another?
20-6197 Gregory C. Raymore v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law due-process firearms indictment jury-instructions mens-rea Whether Petitioner's conviction must be vacated due to Rehaif violation
20-6212 Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether a defendant's conviction for felon-in-possession can be affirmed despite failure to prove knowledge of prohibited status
20-6225 Michael David Lister v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split fair-warning reckless-causation serious-bodily-injury statutory-interpretation texas-assault texas-penal-code violent-felony Is Texas aggravated assault a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act?
20-6226 Carlos Maez v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure judicial-proceedings jury-instructions jury-verdict olano-standard plain-error plain-error-test sixth-amendment standard-of-review Whether a conviction following incorrect jury instructions, failure of the petit jury to make a finding on an essential element of a crime, and an app…
20-6227 Cameron Battiste v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury plain-error-review sixth-amendment Whether a defective indictment that omits an element of the charged offense deprives the defendant of Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights
20-6242 Devontate Mauryce Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-law controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate offenses to the USSG § 4B1.2(b) definition of 'controlled su…
20-6284 D'Angelo Domingo Davis, aka D'Angelo Dominico Davis, aka Deangelo Domingo Davis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery carter-v-united-states circuit-precedent crime-of-violence criminal-intent federal-bank-robbery force-clause statutory-interpretation Is federal bank robbery a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
20-6291 Christopher Stacy v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea mens-rea plain-error plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon is automatically entitled to plain error relief if the district court did no…
20-6305 Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea plain-error sentencing sentencing-error Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon is automatically entitled to plain error relief if the district court did no…
20-6347 Christopher Mikelinich v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-possession knowing-plea mens-rea plain-error plea-agreement plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-elements Where a defendant claims his plea was not knowing and intelligent because he was unaware of all the elements of the offense, does it matter whether he…
20-6373 Cordarrius Bonds v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent structural-error Whether a defendant who pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm is entitled to automatic plain-error reversal when the plea was neithe…
20-6388 Joel Latrent Fletcher v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should grant review to resolve a split between the circuits courts' determination of whether error under Rehaif v. United States, 1…
20-6436 Daniel Lovato v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law commission-commentary crime-of-violence guideline-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie seminole-rock-deference sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether courts may defer to Sentencing Commission commentary without first determining that the underlying Guideline is genuinely ambiguous
20-6447 Michael Anthony Cernak v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence elements-clause extortion federal-armed-bank-robbery federal-criminal-law intimidation mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether federal armed bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) qualifies as a crime of violence under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(…
20-6459 David Lee Garrett v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924(e) civil-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure sentencing-enhancement simple-robbery statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-code texas-offense violent-felony Whether the Texas offense of simple robbery constitutes a 'violent felony' under 18 U.S.C. §924(e)?
20-6460 Reginald Hollie v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act commerce-clause conviction criminal-conviction criminal-procedure drug-offense interstate-commerce jury-trial plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement Whether courts of appeals may rely on information not proven to the jury to affirm a conviction on plain-error review
20-6486 Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-history firearm-possession jury-instructions rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment sentencing-procedure statutory-interpretation substantial-rights Whether a reviewing court may consider a defendant's criminal history facts not admitted at trial when determining if an omission of an essential elem…
20-6539 Alfonso Lopez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law physical-force reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether a statute has as an element the use of physical force against the person or property of another, for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), when a con…
20-6541 Alejandro Pineda-Campuzano v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6551 Andy Williams v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rehaif-v-united-states warrantless-search Was the second warrantless search of the car -which followed the completed inventory search and was prompted by an officer's later-developed suspicion…
20-6552 Ignacio Arreola-Mendoza v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing immigration immigration-law reckless-mental-state sentencing statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a statute has as an element the use of force against the person of another when a conviction under that statute can be based on a reckless men…
20-6569 Quincey Frye v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error rehaif-v-united-states second-circuit trial-record Should the Court of Appeals have looked beyond the trial record to Frye's presentence investigation report to decide that there was no plain error tha…
20-6572 Deshawn Legrier v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure evidence-consideration felon-in-possession judicial-proceedings jury-instructions plain-error-review rehaif-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence trial-record Whether an appellate court can consider evidence outside the trial record to conclude that a Rehaif-based error did not seriously affect the fairness,…
20-6582 Curtis Ward v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery categorical-approach crime-of-violence federal-armed-bank-robbery force-clause mandatory-sentencing statutory-interpretation Does federal armed bank robbery qualify as a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
20-6583 Edgar Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-defect criminal-indictment criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment guilty-plea indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea element of the offense
20-6601 Savannah Sifuentes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure elements-of-offense essential-element forfeiture guilty-plea indictment indictment-challenge statutory-interpretation waiver Whether a defendant who unsuccessfully moves to dismiss an indictment for failure to allege an essential element of the crime waives or forfeits the a…
20-6610 Luis Sanabria-Robreno v. United States Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-922g constitutional-validity criminal-procedure due-process essential-elements firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-bargaining rehaif-v-united-states When defendants plead guilty, can a court treat a plea as constitutionally valid when it was entered without knowledge of an offense element?
20-6662 Ian D. Goolsby v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP specifically allowing review beyond the trial rec circuit-conflict criminal-procedure due-process element-of-offense jury-instruction plain-error-review presentence-report rehaif-v-united-states scope-of-review supreme-court-decision Whether plainerror-review-for-failure-to-instruct-on-an-element-of-the-offense-based-upon-an-intervening-U.S.-Supreme-Court-decision-allows-a-federal-…
20-6688 Arthur Tyrone Lee, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure plain-error rehaif-v-united-states sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the defendant's stipulation at trial was plain error warranting relief on the sufficiency of the evidence
20-6690 Randolph Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-law federal-jurisdiction fifth-amendment indictment jurisdiction mens-rea sixth-amendment Whether federal courts have jurisdiction over a criminal matter when the charging document omits an essential mens rea element of the offense
20-6693 Tarcisio Valencia-Barragan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP attenuation-doctrine flight fourth-amendment illegal-stop police-authority seizure Whether a suspect's flight alone, after submitting to police authority, is sufficient to establish attenuation from an illegal stop and seizure to pur…
20-6714 Jevonne Martell Coleman v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-error due-process guilty-plea plain-error prejudice reversal substantial-rights When a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made, is automatic reversal required?
20-6742 Edward Davis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113 18-usc-924 bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis violent-crime Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny
20-6745 Demetrius Elishakim Jefferson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3742 404b-evidence attempt-offenses auer-deference circuit-split controlled-substance-offense criminal-procedure expert-testimony sentencing-guidelines Whether this Court should resolve a Split among the Circuits and find a District Court's use of Application note 1 to U.S.8.G. § 4B1.2, which purports…
20-6781 Bernard Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession felon-status jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing substantial-rights Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if the defendant's substantial rights wer…
20-6788 Brian Gene McCoy v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c criminal-law federal-crime-of-violence felony-definition firearm-statute person-of-another prenatal-conduct reckless-conduct statutory-interpretation voluntary-manslaughter Whether federal voluntary manslaughter qualifies as a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-6807 Jamal Clinton, aka Moreless v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP bostock-precedent bostock-v-clayton-county career-offender career-offender-guideline controlled-substance-offense drug-conspiracy fair-and-not-arbitrary sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18-usc-3553a6 Whether sentencing courts are required to consider the need to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities
20-6811 Jesus Eder Moreno Ornelas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP attempted-murder due-process felon-in-possession firearms jury plain-error-review rehaif-standard sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether a sentence may be enhanced for an offense tried to but not found by the jury
20-6862 Montecarlos Gant v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review constitutional-error due-process guilty-plea plain-error prejudice reversal substantial-rights Whether automatic reversal is required when a defendant's plea was not knowingly and intelligently made in violation of the Due Process Clause
20-6934 Fred Cartwright v. Silver Cross Hospital, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-rehearing equal-protection legal-counsel medical-condition post-traumatic-stress-disorder standing writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's due process and equal protection rights were violated due to the dismissal of his case and denial of his motions for rehearin…
20-6949 Neally Cunningham v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP cocaine-base criminal-law criminal-resentencing drug-offenses federal-drug-offense first-step-act retroactivity sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation Whether Appellant's offense of conviction is a 'covered offense' under § 404 of the First Step Act
20-6953 Dwyne Byron Deruise, aka Duke v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split criminal-justice-reform discretion discretionary-review first-step-act resentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court that chooses to conduct a resentencing under § 404 of the First Step Act is prohibited from considering a defendant's current…
20-6975 Cortez Maurice Crumble v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court-conflict criminal-law criminal-procedure mens-rea outside-trial-record plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights trial-error Whether prejudice should be presumed under the 'substantial rights' prong of plain-error review for Rehaif-derived trial errors
20-7019 Kourtney Williams v. United States First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury jury-finding mens-rea petit-jury plain-error Does Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b) grant an appellate court discretion to independently find an essential element of an offense for which the defendant was n…
20-7036 Emmanuel Ravell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP automatic-relief circuit-split criminal-law felon-in-possession firearm-possession guilty-plea plain-error rehaif structural-error Whether a guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) and 924(a) that was entered before Rehaif v. United State…
20-7069 Martell Roberts v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses precursor-offense precursor-offenses sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the United States Sentencing Commission exceeded its authority by adding inchoate and precursor offenses to the definition of 'controlled subs…
20-7072 Jean Denis Paul v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-court double-jeopardy fairness-integrity felon-in-possession plain-error plain-error-review rehaif revocation substantial-rights supervised-release supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
20-7077 Derrick Lakeith Brown v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-claims constitutional-provisions federal-procedure first-step-act gall-v-united-states habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-standards sentencing-reform statutory-provisions supreme-court-review united-states-v-booker Whether the first step act sentencing reform wreak havoc with the United States v. Booker (2005) and Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38 (2007) precede…
20-7081 Nijul Quadir Alexander v. United States Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c bank-robbery crime-of-violence element-clause general-intent intimidation sentencing-enhancement Did the Third Circuit err in holding that Federal Bank Robbery is a Crime of Violence under the Element Clause of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(A)
20-7099 Brandon Lamonte Sorenson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offenses promulgation-of-guidelines sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction Whether enabling the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(b) to expand the guideline definition of 'controlled substance offense' to add inchoate offenses n…
20-7120 Alfred Montgomery,III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach criminal-statute-interpretation felon-in-possession generic-burglary plain-error rehaif sentencing-enhancement state-burglary-offense Whether a state burglary offense is categorically broader than generic burglary under the Armed Career Criminal Act
20-7126 Dominic Anthony Davis, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c aiding-and-abetting armed-bank-robbery circuit-split fact-based-harmless-error-review harmless-error jury-verdict modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense section-924c shepard-documents Where an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction rests on more than one possible predicate offense, the Shepard documents must conclusively establish that a jur…
20-7137 Jerald Dean Godwin v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review bank-robbery crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness habeas-corpus meaningful-review section-2255 Does the Eleventh Circuit's practice of applying published panel orders as binding precedent deprive inmates of due process?
20-7183 Shameke Walker v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-924c armed-career-criminal-act crime-of-violence criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery identification-evidence jury-instruction plain-error violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)
20-7194 Lamar Johnson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
20-7213 Nathan Ray Dent v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing habeas-corpus predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) conviction resting on more than one possible predicate offense is unconstitutional where at least one predicate does not…
20-7223 Angelo C. Douglas v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2113(a) 18-usc-924(c) bank-robbery crime-of-violence davis-precedent federal-criminal-law force-and-violence intimidation sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner's argument under United States v. Davis, 139 S.Ct. 2319 (2019), deserves closer scrutiny
20-7235 Michael Alvarez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process federal-criminal-law intent-standard mens-rea predicate-offense sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) can serve as a predicate offense for the substantial sentencing enhancements under § 924(c)(1)
20-7253 Nancy Cole v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-limits criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-statutes due-process fifth-amendment mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation strict-liability Whether the knowingly mens rea in the federal drug statutes applies to the elements of drug type and quantity
20-7277 Niles O'Neil v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the U.S. Sentencing Commission acted within its authority by its commentary to § U.S. Sentencing Gu…
20-7280 Michael Dewayne Vickers v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split due-process federal-courts felony-murder physical-force state-court-interpretation statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a federal court is bound by a state supreme court's interpretation of a statute of conviction for Armed Career Criminal Act purposes
20-7291 John L. Harris v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea non-consensual-reinstatement plea-bargaining plea-opportunity presumption-of-innocence sentencing trial-court Whether a trial court's non-consensual reinstatement of a defendant's guilty plea, without admonishments or the opportunity to plead anew, violates th…
20-7296 Dane Schrank v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum oral-argument reasoned-decision sentencing-guidelines standing Must Circuit Courts provide reasoned decisions to deny parties oral argument under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2)?
20-7300 Robbull Bryant v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea plain-error rehaif rehaif-error second-circuit standing Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Bryant's constitutional challenges to his guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g…
20-7314 Willard Lee Moss, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-conviction criminal-law domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms fourth-circuit legal-error mens-rea rehaif rehaif-error Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in affirming Moss's conviction for possession of a firearm by a domestic-violence-offender, where the evidence indica…
20-7360 Emmanuel Feaster v. United States Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP criminal-law criminal-statute firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that petitioner Emmanuel Feaste…
20-7378 Israel Ernesto Palacios v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP case-law-interpretation circuit-split constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-foreshadowing strickland-standard strickland-v-washington To what extent must a claim be 'sufficiently foreshadowed in existing case law' for counsel's failure to raise that claim to constitute deficient perf…
20-7382 Calvin Thomas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7387 Vaughn Lewis v. United States First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP agency-deference career-offender controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense deference inchoate-offenses sentencing-guidelines separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Whether the commentary can add conspiracy and other inchoate offenses not included in the guideline definition of 'controlled substance offense'
20-7405 Jorge Rangel v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP direct-appeal drug-cases first-step-act mandatory-minimum plain-error rehaif Does the First-Step-Act apply to defendants on direct-appeal?
20-7413 Zelos Fields v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 'bank-robbery' 'crime-of-violence' 'force-clause' 'hobbs-act' 'sentencing-enhancement' 'statutory-interpretation' criminal-law federal-jurisdiction force-clause property-rights statutory-interpretation violent-crime Whether Hobbs Act robbery under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is a crime of violence under the force clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)
20-7414 James Innocent v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court criminal-procedure greer-v-united-states judicial-review plain-error rehaif-v-united-states substantial-rights supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters…
20-7424 Alan Douglas v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights civil-rights-violation constitutional-error due-process judicial-bias medical-malpractice personal-injury res-ipsa-loquitur standing writ-of-certiorari Reverse and settle personal injury judgment
20-7447 Elijah Hasan Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute mens-rea recklessness sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation use-of-force use-of-force-clause Whether the 'use of force' clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act (the 'ACCA'), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) encompass crimes with a mens rea of reckl…
20-7495 Angel Santiago-Gonzalez v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process 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…
20-7551 Dennis Roger Bolze v. Warden, FCI Coleman Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP counsel-deprivation criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice right-to-counsel state-law subject-matter-jurisdiction When a State intentionally abandons State law and deprives an individual of counsel during a critical stage in the criminal proceedings, does the stat…
20-7732 Tina LaSonya Brown v. Florida Florida Denied IFP aggravating-factors appellate-review capital-sentencing constitutional-procedure death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto jury-finding jury-findings sixth-amendment Whether the Florida Supreme Court's procedure for imposing a death sentence violates the Sixth, Eighth, or Fourteenth Amendments
20-7763 Brian David Hill v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP actual-innocence constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process habeas-corpus indecent-exposure procedural-defect state-custody supervised-release Where the Virginia Supreme Court didn't think that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus should apply to the case of Brian David Hill being convicted…
20-7768 Byron L. Hagans v. Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus sixth-amendment Whether the petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment constitutional rights were violated when he was tried in absentia without being informed of th…
20-7769 James Hightower v. Ladonna H. Thompson, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dna-testing due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech post-conviction-relief standing takings Whether the Sixth Circuit's decision violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment
20-7776 Ismael Sanchez v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in its application of the legal standards for determining standing and the merits of the petitioner's claims
20-7777 Paul Smith v. Teri Kennedy, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process property-rights standing takings Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the lower courts denied the petitioner's request for a hearing to challenge the governm…
20-7780 James Plas Sams v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation content-based-regulation expressive-association first-amendment free-speech group-grievance retaliation Did California's actions violate the right of expressive-association and constitute content-based-discrimination?
20-7783 Michael A. Farrell v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus lower-court-ruling perjured-testimony standing supreme-court-precedent Are the lower court's rulings in direct conflict with Supreme Court precedent?
20-7788 Alexander Olivieri v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-law fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan procedural-bar trevino-v-thaler Is the Fifth Circuit effectively overturning the Supreme Court and its own rulings in not granting Olivieri a Certificate of Appealability?
20-7791 Shalamar Carmon v. Eric Armel, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-homicide due-process fourteenth-amendment procedural-defect sixth-amendment specific-offense vague-statement Was Petitioner denied due process of law
20-7794 Kamau Davis v. California California Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky due-process jury-selection meaningful-appeal peremptory-challenge seat-number transcript voir-dire Whether the voir dire transcript that identifies jurors by a changing seat number violates the due process right to a meaningful appeal when there wer…
20-7799 Susan W. Vaughan v. Shannon Foltz, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process familial-association family-law fourth-amendment liberty-deprivation qualified-immunity standing state-statute Is Troxel v Granville correctly applied to a case that has nothing to do with grandparents' visitation requests, but is used, nevertheless, as grounds…
20-7800 Jacqueline Moore v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure fairness-standard federal-criminal-law indictment mens-rea plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states supreme-court-decision trial-record Whether an appellate court may consider information outside the trial record to determine if a Rehaif error affected the fairness, integrity, or publi…
20-7802 Michael Green v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-doctrine precedent public-policy standing statutory-interpretation Whether there exists a factual basis to support petitioner's conviction
20-7804 Michael William Ledford v. Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Prison Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky capital-sentencing civil-rights due-process gender-discrimination ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel j.e.b-v-alabama jury-selection psychopathy-evidence Whether Batson v. Kentucky allows an inference of discrimination based on a pattern of strikes against black or women jurors
20-7811 Danny R. Pennebaker v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process public-trial standing Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when the trial court closed the courtroom to the public during the testimony of certa…
20-7814 Brandon Bowie v. Hamilton County Juvenile Court, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights court-access disability-discrimination due-process rehabilitation-act sovereign-immunity Whether the Americans with Disabilities Act violated sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment when it allowed individuals to sue states for denying…
20-7830 Firas M. Ayoubi v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof canton-analysis civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process likelihood-on-the-merits monell-claim preliminary-injunction seventh-circuit supreme-court-precedent Did the Seventh Circuit's decision put an unreasonable requirement and heightened burden of proof in establishing likelihood on the merits at the prel…
20-7852 John Elmer v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process in-re-winship jackson-v-virginia sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the State failed to meet the stringent burden of proof as established by Jackson v. Virginia and In re: Winship
20-7860 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law pro-se-litigant property-rights sanctions statutory-interpretation Is the statutory law taking of a person's property arbitrary, too broad and discriminatory under Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 (2002) and v…
20-7864 James E. Mason, Jr. v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment non-unanimous-jury ramos-retroactivity retroactivity sixth-amendment teague-framework teague-v-lane watershed-rule Whether Ramos v. Louisiana applies to cases on state collateral review
20-7874 Ted A. McCracken v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 7th-amendment causation-evidence civil-rights expert-testimony jury-trial pro-se-plaintiff pulmonologist-analysis seventh-amendment summary-judgment tobacco-litigation Was it not a denial of petitioner's 7th Amendment right to jury trial
20-7880 Scott Peters v. MTGLQ Investors, LP Illinois Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Whether the Appellate Court erred in denying Appellant's claims that his constitutional rights were violated
20-7897 Steve L. Stanaland, Jr. v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence firearm-possession right-to-counsel second-amendment self-defense Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in one's home in a desolate area far from law enforcement
20-7918 Jasper Pollini v. Amy Robey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lockhart-v-fretwell sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-review smith-v-robbins strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether Lockhart v. Fretwell's suggestion that 'mere outcome determination' is not sufficient to establish prejudice under Strickland v. Washington is…
20-7928 Brandon Robinson v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-proceedings brady-violation discovery-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-claim martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-record Was counsel ineffective under Strickland, and did the ineffectiveness present a Martinez claim in the petitioner's appellate proceedings?
20-7978 Todd Alan Winkler v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-trial due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment fundamental-fairness inflammatory-propensity propensity-evidence Did the California Court of Appeal err in concluding that inflammatory-propensity-evidence,pervasively-used,erroneously-admitted did not render the tr…
20-8006 Antonio Jose Cooks v. Dean Naylor, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing Do the plaintiffs have the right to have access to courts to litigate all matters?
20-8021 Jason Scott Pedro v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-sentencing guidelines harmless-error procedural-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review statutory-maximum Can a significant procedural error be deemed harmless when the sentencing judge uses the statutory maximum as the baseline for imposition of sentence?
20-8046 Shawn Bishop v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP codefendant-confession confrontation-clause criminal-procedure curative-instruction due-process ineffective-assistance scant-evidence witness-testimony Does a curative instruction remedy a Confrontation Clause violation?
20-8070 Michael Mejia v. Randy Pfister, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights conditions-of-confinement due-process sleep-deprivation Whether the application of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of due process …
20-8074 Anibal Lucas Garcia v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-felony appellate-review categorical-approach duenas-alvarez formal-law generic-crime immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine state-law statutory-interpretation Whether under Duenas-Alvarez and Virginia state decisions, Va. Code § 18.2-168, forgery of public records, is an aggravated felony as a crime relating…
20-8076 Tyrone Price v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights community-impact criminal-procedure due-process public-safety sentencing Whether the district court and appeals court abused their discretion in concluding that the defendant would be a danger to the community
20-8081 Melvin Roshard Alfred v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence intrinsic-evidence misconduct-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b social-media uncharged-misconduct Whether uncharged misconduct evidence that does not directly prove the charged crime may be deemed 'intrinsic evidence' and admitted without the admis…
20-8083 Derrick Baer v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-violation franks-hearing law-enforcement-delay search-and-seizure supreme-court-precedent Whether the decision of the Third Circuit denying petitioner's request for a Franks hearing conflicts with the United States Supreme Court's decision …
20-8085 Michael James Barnes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 covid-19-pandemic extraordinary-circumstances federal-statute health-conditions prisoner-relief sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Barnes' Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
20-8094 Corey L. Johnson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP covered-offense criminal-law drug-conspiracy federal-sentencing first-step-act multi-object-conspiracy rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-retroactivity statutory-interpretation Where there is ambiguity as to which penalty applies in a multi-object conspiracy that is a covered offense pursuant to the First Step Act of 2018, do…
20-8097 Brandon Marquis Jennings, aka Mustafa Beezy Bey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-fairness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction professional-misconduct Does the defendant have the right to effective assistance of counsel
20-8103 Sayda Powery Orellana and Manuel Porras Salas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure forfeiture jury-instructions plain-error procedural-default waiver Whether agreement to a set of joint jury instructions is a waiver or forfeiture
20-8108 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?
20-8116 Carlos Bayon v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility federal-rule-of-evidence-404(b) federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-discretion legal-interpretation rule-of-exclusion rule-of-inclusion Is Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) a rule of inclusion or exclusion?
20-8119 Peter Anthony Ciraulo v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure harmless-error jury-trial nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment structural-error unanimous-verdict Whether a trial court commits structural error for purposes of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, when the trial court instructs a…
20-8120 Gary Lee Willingham v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 acca-enhancement certificate-of-appealability district-court habeas-corpus jurisdiction merits-review post-conviction section-2255 standard-of-review summary-reversal Whether Mr. Willingham waived his argument that the district court had jurisdiction to adjudicate the merits of his § 2255(h) motion
20-8123 Verlan Perez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal precedential-ruling Can an appeals court deny a certificate of appealability to a petitioner who has shown that the district court ignored precedential rulings from this …
20-8125 Raymundo Eusebio-Noriega v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-counsel due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus language-barrier miranda-rights motion-to-suppress self-incrimination voluntariness-of-statements Where petitioner was denied Court appointed counsel
20-8126 Charles Wesley Kincheloe v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial nonunanimous-verdict sixth-amendment structural-error unanimous-verdict Does a trial court commit structural error for purposes of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, when the trial court instructs a jur…
20-8127 Guillermo Martinez-Torres v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment admissibility-of-evidence burden-of-proof circuit-split evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment illegal-search suppression-of-evidence Does the defendant have the burden to prove the violation was the 'but for' cause of the subsequent discovery of contraband or is it the prosecution's…
20-8135 Gregg McNamara v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP coerced-confession constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-impairment sixth-amendment Whether a person convicted while suffering from severe mental impairment can invoke the Sixth Amendment right to know the nature and cause of the acti…
20-8158 In Re Larry E. Starks Denied IFP 28-usc-2255 collateral-attack collateral-review constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus jurisdictional-challenge jurisdictional-challenges subject-matter-jurisdiction suspension-clause Whether the denial of review on jurisdictional claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e) is an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
20-836 Marcus Broadway v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) agency-deference due-process judicial-interpretation kisor-v-wilkie rule-of-lenity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines stinson-deference Whether courts owe deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary when it expands the scope of the Sentencing Guidelines
20-842 Maria Maldonado De Calleja v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None
20-846 Club One Casino, Inc., dba Club One Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure-act federal-enclave federal-trust-acquisition indian-commerce-clause indian-reorganization-act land-transfer state-sovereignty tenth-amendment tribal-jurisdiction Does the Indian Reorganization Act unilaterally transfer state jurisdiction to the federal government and tribes?
20-860 Ryan Randall Gilbertson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-restitution due-process jury jury-determination procedural-due-process reasonable-doubt sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment prohibits a court from imposing criminal restitution on a defendant based on facts not found by the jury beyond a reasonab…
20-875 Sok Kong, Trustee for Next of Kin of Map Kong, Decedent v. City of Burnsville, Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-review circuit-split district-court genuine-issue-of-material-fact interlocutory-appeal material-fact qualified-immunity standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether, on interlocutory review of a denial of qualified-immunity, an appellate court may reject a district court's determination of a genuine-issue-…
20-886 Thelma G. McCoy v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code brunner-test circuit-split student-loan-debt student-loans totality-of-circumstances totality-test undue-hardship Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in applying the Brunner test instead of the totality test to determine whether a debtor would suffer an 'undue hardshi…
20M93 Robert Arthur Moses v. Texas Texas Presumed Complete None
20M94 Susan Ferraz v. Howard Speicher First Circuit Presumed Complete None
20M95 Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
20M96 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
20M97 Henry E. Gossage v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
20M98 Henry E. Gossage v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None