Conference: 2021-10-15

77 cases — 0 granted, 77 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), … 35.5
20-1668 City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, et al. v. Austin P. Bond, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Dominic F. Rollice, Deceased Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Relisted (4) deadly-force fourth-amendment intoxicated-individual officer-safety police-conduct qualified-immunity seizure use-of-force 1. Whether use of force that is reasonable at the moment it is employed can nonetheless violate the Fourth Amendment if the officers recklessly or del… 18.0
20-1631 Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Implicit, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-appointment officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offic… 16.0
20-1654 Sonos, Inc. v. Implicit, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause article-ii constitutional-law inferior-officers principal-officers separation-of-powers united-states Whether administrative patent judges are "principal" or "inferior" Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause. 11.0
20-1669 Robert Gene Will, II v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) discovery fair-trial federal-habeas federal-law gonzalez-v-crosby habeas-corpus judicial-procedure merits procedural-default rule-60(b) 1. In the federal habeas context, Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005), held that a post-judgment motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Pro… 11.0
20-7622 Merle Denezpi v. United States Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP constitutional-provisions court-of-indian-offenses criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy federal-agency indian-law jurisdictional-issue procedural-history tribal-court ute-mountain-ute-agency Is the Court of Indian Offenses of Ute Mountain Ute Agency a federal agency such that Merle Denezpi's conviction in that court barred his subsequent p… 11.0
20-1745 Richard Sylvester v. United States First Circuit Denied 4th-amendment burden-of-proof community-caretaking fourth-amendment investigatory-motive law-enforcement-procedure police-policy probable-cause subjective-intent totality-of-circumstances vehicle-impound vehicle-impoundment 1. In order for a vehicle impound to be consonant with the Fourth Amendment, must a police officer comply with established impound policies and proced… 10.5
21-221 Blake Cretacci v. Joe Call, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights counsel-communication court-of-appeals-split due-process federal-law legal-representation mailbox-rule prisoner-filing prisoner-representation pro-se-filing standing In Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), this Court held that filings by prisoners receive the benefit of the mailbox rule, which means that a prisone… 10.5
21M31 Dakota Access, LLC v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, et al. District of Columbia Presumed Complete None 10.5
21-231 Julie Ellen Wartluft, fka Julie Ellen Bartels, et al. v. The Milton Hershey School, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (3) civil-rights civil-rights-act consideration consideration-definition disability disability-discrimination fair-housing fair-housing-act housing-discrimination rental-definition renter student-housing To rent is defined in the Act as to lease or to let or otherwise to grant for consideration the right to occupy premises. 42 U.S.C. §3602(e). The Milt… 8.5
21-313 Ciara Vesey v. Envoy Air, Incorporated, dba American Eagle Airlines, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived cats-paw civil-rights due-process employment retaliation summary-judgment 1. Where the employer in close coordination with petitioner's biased supervisor to conduct a sham investigation which adopted the supervisor's false c… 8.5
20-1539 Daniel Rivas-Villegas v. Ramon Cortesluna Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)Relisted (3) civil-rights constitutional-violation excessive-force fourth-amendment graham-v-connor law-enforcement ninth-circuit plumhoff-v-rickard qualified-immunity supreme-court-precedent 1. Did the Ninth Circuit depart from this Court's decisions in Graham v. Connor, 490 U.S. 386 (1989) and Plumhoff v. Rickard, 572 U.S. 765 (2014) in d… 7.5
20-1492 Abdulmalik Mahyoub Mulhi Abdulla v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit GVR Relisted (2) None 6.0
21-206 Mourice Neal v. City of Detroit, Michigan Michigan Denied civil-rights constitutional-compliance constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process judicial-oath judicial-power legal-jurisdiction standing state-law-conflict statutory-interpretation 1. United States constitution is the supreme law governing this land correct? 2. All judges in every state is bound by oath or affirmation federal an… 5.5
21-208 Merrilee Stewart v. IHT Insurance Agency Group, LLC Welfare Benefits Plan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied affordable-care-act americans-with-disabilities-act arbitration civil-rights constitutional-protections disability-rights due-process employment-law erisa privacy Before an employee may have been deemed to have waived the comprehensive rights, remedies and procedural protections prescribed in civil rights statut… 5.5
21-229 Lawrence T. Newman v. Robert W. York Indiana Denied appellate-procedure attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-discretion legal-review takings This case presents a singular question of the outer limits of a citizen's Constitutional due process and other related Constitutional rights in legal … 5.5
21-236 Charles A. Dread v. Maryland State Police Fourth Circuit Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing hearing maryland-rule-2-311(f) official-responsibility racial-discrimination summary-judgment (1) Was the Trial Court's denial of the Petitioner's Motion for Summary Judgment and Request for Hearing without granting the Petitioner a Hearing he … 5.5
20-1690 Ramon Cortesluna v. Daniel Rivas-Villegas, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights due-process excessive-force graham-factors material-facts police-shooting qualified-immunity scott-v-harris summary-judgment tolan-v-cotton video-evidence Did the Ninth Circuit depart from longstanding procedure and precedent and fail to view video and other evidence in the light most favorable to the pl… 4.5
21-204 Montgomery Blair Sibley v. Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived bivens-claim constitutional-authority due-process first-amendment frivolous judicial-immunity removal separation-of-powers sua-sponte-dismissal Whether a District Court Judge runs afoul of due process by a sua sponte dismissal of Petitioner's Complaint without "hearing" argument and then deemi… 3.5
21-215 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-jurisdiction due-process government-consent petition-for-redress second-amendment self-defense thirteenth-amendment Does petitioner need the government's consent to petition the government for redress of his grievance that the government has held him in Thirteenth A… 3.5
21-247 Coalition for Better Government, et al. v. Alliance for Good Government Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-fees chilling-effect commercial-speech fee-shifting first-amendment lanham-act non-commercial-speech political-speech 1. Should this Court permit the Lanham Act to be extended to non-commercial political speech? 2. Should this Court permit the imposition of a sanctio… 3.5
21-263 Kimbro Stephens Insurance Trust, et al. v. James E. Smith, Jr., et al. Arkansas Denied Response Waived attorney-termination bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure client-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment lawyer-discharge legal-malpractice standing 1. Whether a client has a right to discharge a lawyer at any time, whether in Arkansas state court or in Federal Court, with or without cause, subject… 3.5
21-302 Arthur G. Jaros Jr. v. Village of Downers Grove, Illinois, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived due-process first-amendment free-speech home-rule-powers liberty-interest library-trustee municipal-corporation public-office retaliation I. Notwithstanding its Home Rule Powers, did the Respondent Village of Downers Grove Violate Petitioner Jaros' First Amendment Right to Freedom of Spe… 3.5
21-329 Rosemary Garity v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-trial make-whole-remedy pro-se sanctions standing summary-judgment The questions presented show conflict with Precedent of this Court and all Circuit Courts. The significant practical consequence is promotion of discr… 3.5
21-353 Ethan Hoggatt, et al. v. Allstate Insurance, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion fair-credit-reporting-act first-amendment insurance-fraud mississippi-unfair-and-deceptive-trade-practices-a negligence-per-se petition-clause right-to-petition Petitioners, the Hoggats, filed criminal fraud charges with the Mississippi Attorney General against Allstate a month prior to filing of this civil ac… 3.5
21-359 Flomo Tealeh v. Ward County, North Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-shifting employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie prima-facie-case protected-activity title-vii workplace-harassment 1. Whether, in accordance with this Court's directive that the standard for the second prong of a prima facie case of discrimination under the McDonne… 3.5
21-389 Sergio Momox-Caselis, et al. v. Tara Donohue, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived anderson-v-liberty-lobby appellate-review civil-procedure judicial-procedure liberty-lobby ninth-circuit standard-of-review standards summary-judgment supervisory-power Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals departed from the accepted and usual course of the standards established by this Court in Anderson v. Liber… 3.5
21-399 Chester Lee Reneau v. Mary Cardinas, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment medical-negligence prisoner-rights serious-medical-needs seventh-amendment summary-judgment Can prison doctors violate the Eighth Amendment by exposing prisoner's to the "unnecessary and wanton" infliction of pain? And, does the Constitution … 3.5
21-403 Bruce H. Zitka, et ux. v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response Waived civil-rights court-order criminal-procedure due-process entrapment-by-estoppel government-liability governmental-officials jury-trial legal-defense res-judicata Were the Zitkas denied the right to present evidence to show the jury a prior court order authorized their conduct and to show they acted as they did … 3.5
21-412 Samantha V. Roussell v. Bank of New York Mellon Florida Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-amendment due-process evidence-tampering foreclosure foreclosure-fraud impartiality judicial-review mortgage-settlement national-mortgage-settlement Whether the Florida Supreme Court and the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida ("the Fourth DCA ") violated the due process protections of the 5… 3.5
21-446 Justin Pannell v. Roger Abshire, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process jurisdictional-waiver non-resident-company personal-jurisdiction special-appearance texas-civil-procedure texas-rules-of-civil-procedure waiver 1. When does a court in a resident's state have jurisdiction over a non-resident company who harms a resident in that resident's state? How does the r… 3.5
20-7778 Gerald Scott v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-statute federal-sentencing physical-force physical-inaction rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation use-of-force Does a crime of physical inaction, in which the inaction is deemed the cause of injury or death, have as an element the "use of physical force against… 1.5
20-8335 George A. Christian, Jr. v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure standing Question not identified. 1.0
20-8316 Michael Lawrence Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing district-court first-step-act sentencing-reform substantive-reasonableness Whether a district court's denial of a motion for relief from under Section 404 of the First Step Act is subject to substantive reasonableness review? 0.5
21-5081 James Davis v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP campaign-contributions evans-v-united-states explicit-quid-pro-quo extortion hobbs-act hobbs-act-extortion honest-services-fraud official-right overrule quid-pro-quo under-color-of-official-right 1. In McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991), this Court held that a conviction for extorting a campaign contribution "under color of officia… 0.5
21-5439 Michael Geoffrey Peters v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP brady-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jury-selection trial-procedure 1. Whether or not I am guilty on Count No.l of the indictment? 2. Whether or not I am guilty of Count No.3 of the indictment? 3. Whether of not the … 0.5
20-8143 Merwin Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-prosecution evidence evidence-rule-404b federal-prosecution federal-rules-of-evidence gun-possession prior-convictions propensity-evidence rule-404(b) Are prior gun possession convictions admissible under Rule 404(b) to prove knowing or intentional gun possession on a later date when the government c… -1.0
21-5095 Melissa Elizabeth Lucio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)IFP arbitrary-exclusion civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-exclusion evidentiary-standards expert-testimony false-confession right-to-defense right-to-present-defense 1. Whether, as the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits have held, this Court's cases clearly establish … -2.5
20-8306 Donnie Joe Phillips v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-defense criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment government-inducement law-enforcement unwitting-agent Whether the "government inducement" element of the entrapment defense can be met through the actions of an unwitting government agent. -4.5
21-5347 Damantae Graham v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-punishment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection racial-bias racial-prejudice sixth-amendment voir-dire This Court recently cautioned trial courts to be especially vigilant against "particularly noxious strain[s] of racial prejudice," Buck v. Davis, 137 … -4.5
21-5355 Jung Won Yun v. Chung Cha Kim, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process fee-waiver language-barriers legal-documents litigation pro-se standing supreme-court translation Question not identified. -4.5
21-5356 Joel Dale Wright v. Florida Florida Denied IFP death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment procedural-law retroactivity statutory-construction substantive-law 1. Whether the Florida Supreme Court's statutory construction in Hurst v. State constitutes substantive law, and if so, whether the Due Process Clause… -4.5
21-5377 Alexander Ascencio v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jackson-v-virginia sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence watson-v-state WHETHER THE LOWER COURT DENIED PETITIONER DUE PROCESS, WHEN THE COURT DID NOT CONSIDERED THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE ON THIS CASE WHICH WAS A CRUC… -4.5
21-5381 Lou Tyler v. PHH Mortgage Corporation, dba PHH Mortgage Services, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process foreclosure homeowner-rights loan-modification mortgage mortgage-foreclosure predatory-lending standing statute-of-limitations Hasn't the Texas Statue of Limitations in Texas which is 4 (four) years and the time-barred debt expired? The rules and regulations and mortgage law s… -4.5
21-5389 Juan J. Martinez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP admissible-evidence collateral-proceedings constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance probable-cause right-to-counsel search-and-seizure trial-counsel Question not identified. -4.5
21-5401 Shawn R. Wilson v. Douglas Fender, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
21-5407 Robin Rick Manning v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process first-amendment habeas-corpus juvenile-justice miller-v-alabama proportionality-review roper-v-simmons sentencing sentencing-discretion 1. THE 4 TO 3 MAJORITY DECISION OF HE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT FLOUTED U.S. SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT i .e. THE EVOLVING STANDARDS OF DECENCY ON PROPORTIO… -4.5
21-5412 Alfred E. Caraffa v. California Housing Securities, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights due-process medical-care prison-conditions retaliation the DEfendentos) urder the wroNg of Listing CoMpaNy2) Address the U.S.C.A. violation of Due Process of Law under Section I925@4) 3 Address tE violatio… -4.5
21-5415 Jarvis Brown v. Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-review standing supreme-court-review Whether the United States District Court and United States Court of Appeals 5ir have violated United States Federal Constitutional Rights? Whether th… -4.5
21-5417 Alfred E. Caraffa v. Tempe Police Department, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process official-capacity pleading-standards qualified-immunity standing I Address the Arizona District court's Refusal to trial iN CCSC No.2:I9-CV-O5492-PHx-MTL-ESW) when IrAppendix B pg-2of8 pt. It states Plainti f has cl… -4.5
21-5424 Victor H. Canales v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-procedure criminal-procedure dna-testing due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings legal-counsel post-conviction-relief standing Whether prosecutors, courts, and state officials violated the Fourteenth Amendment and state law by conducting proceedings following arrests and charg… -4.5
21-5438 Noe Gerardo Morin v. Bobby Lumpkin. Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP brady-disclosure confrontation-clause crawford-standard crawford-v-washington fundamental-fairness hearsay hearsay-statement ineffective-counsel non-testimonial prejudice right-to-confront testimonial Mr.Morin alleges that the district court erred by mischaracterizing • statements from a non-testifying witness, resulting in severe prejudice agains… -4.5
21-5732 In Re Artoska Gillispie Denied IFP 4th-amendment cell-site-location-information fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance misidentification personal-location-information probable-cause suggestive-identification warrant Has prejudice been shown where defense counsel (a) failed to file a motion to suppress (CSLI) (cell-site location information), and (b) failed to obje… -4.5
21-5787 In Re Randall Thomas McArty Dismissed IFP civil-rights compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-procedure federal-sentencing habeas-corpus parole sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation 1. Whethe the prima fai requiement in 28uss 2244() wud funtion enn renen ennt f a sentn ot ld l dee etio of nelease or paude. 2). Whether 28 usc 246 … -4.5
21-5809 In Re Dwayne Stoutamire Dismissed IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability due-process free-standing habeas-corpus pro-se-status procedural-bar procedural-default standing Does the constitution recognize free-standing claims of Actual inNoceNcy? the facts presented meet the standard Articulated in Schlop v.Dlo, 513 U.5.… -4.5
21-5331 Zachary R. E. Rusk v. Fidelity Brokerage Services Tenth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process judicial-interference judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge rule-11 rule-11-motion rule-60-motion standing timeliness 1. Did the 1 Oth circuit apply the law incorrectly? 2. Did the 1 Oth Circuit fail to consider evidence and pleadings that show that Petitioner did pr… -6.5
21-5353 Michael Napper v. Artis Singleton, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -6.5
21-5390 Jeanette S. R. Lipinski v. Yolanda Castaneda, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest court-administration due-process federal-procedure judicial-bias judicial-conduct judicial-disability judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct recusal Question not identified. -6.5
21-5427 Kushawn Miles-El v. Connie Horton, Warden Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment capital-case civil-rights competency competency-hearing due-process fourteenth-amendment right-to-be-present right-to-counsel sixth-amendment I. WHETHER THE STATE COURT HAS DENIED PETITIONER KUSHAWN MILES-EL ANY RIGHT, PRIVILEGE OR IMMUNITY GUARANTEED HIM BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE … -6.5
21-5449 Lillian J. Cuadrado-Concepcion v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP discretionary-function due-care FTCA Gaubert state-law-obligations subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the discretionary function inquiry under Gaubert applies to voluntarily adopted State-law obligations with State-law defined "due care" per… -6.5
21-5498 Raymond Concepcion v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure eighth-amendment intellectual-disability juvenile-court juvenile-justice mandatory-sentencing miller-v-alabama proportionality youth youth-culpability 1. Whether the mandatory exclusion of murder defendants between the ages of 14 and 18 from Juvenile Court precludes individualized consideration of th… -6.5
21-5521 Antonia W. Shields v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-accountability government-immunity petition-clause redress-of-grievances sovereign-immunity standing Under U. S. Constitution Article III, section 2 and U. S. Constitution Article VI., is the Government sovereignly immune to duty in U. S. Constitution… -6.5
21-5533 Marsha A. Springer v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists sixth-circuit IS THE SIXTH CIRCUIT'S DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY CONTRARY TO THIS COURT'S PRECEDENT? WHERE ONE JUDGE OF THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT DISSEN… -6.5
21-5608 David Angel Sifuentes v. John Prelesnik, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure standing Rule 6oc6) motion untimely 7o a of tardy when a litigunt opeto to their (uoe under Rule 6ocb)C8) reaper an interveriny change of habeno vo law within … -6.5
21-5630 Daniel Everett v. State Bar of California California Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-rights disability disability-inactive-status due-process involuntary-inactive-status medical-records postdeprivation-hearing predeprivation-hearing state-bar state-bar-rules 1. Is constitutional due process of law violated by State Bar rules that allow the agency to enroll licensees with disabilities on involuntary inactiv… -6.5
21-5655 Timothy Dean Leners v. Wyoming Wyoming Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery due-process effective-counsel ineffective-assistance pro-se-representation prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-appeal sixth-amendment ONE: Was Defendant's 6th Amend. right to Effective Counsel violated when 1st chair appointed counsel testified at W.R.A.P. 21 hearing for new trial th… -6.5
21-5687 Darrell Hochhalter v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment confrontation-clause due-process false-evidence impeachment plain-error recent-fabrication witness-impeachment 1.) As some jurisdictions have rules regarding recent fabrication and others do not; does "recent fabrication " rise to the same significance as "fals… -6.5
21-5690 Pedro Zavala-Armendariz v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court judicial-discretion safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation Did the District Court err by not adequately explaining its ruling in applying or not applying the safety valve in connection with 18 U.S.C. §3553(f)? -6.5
21-5704 Antoine Martwain Hill-El v. Calvin Johnson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-fines incorporation Question not identified. -6.5
21-5712 George Ferrer Sanchez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review plea-agreement plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion right-to-appeal sentencing Across all federal circuits, the courts of appeals have held that, as part of a plea agreement with the government, a criminal defendant can waive his… -6.5
21-5716 Pecola Cousar v. New York-Presbyterian Queens Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery district-court-discretion due-process pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing summary-judgment title-vii Whether the district court error and/or abused its discretion by not affording the Petitioner leave to amend her complaint and instead granted the Re… -6.5
21-5720 Mark Eldon Wilson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-warrant criminal-complaint evidence federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure-29 judgment-of-acquittal rule-29 sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-rights united-states-v-marion 1. Whether a criminal complaint, at least when paired with an arrest warrant, triggers a defendant's Sixth Amendment speedy trial rights, which attach… -6.5
21-5723 Juan Manuel Pardo-Oseguera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure plain-error presentence-report safety-valve sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-minimum weapons-enhancement A defendant in a federal criminal case, under the appropriate circumstances, is eligible for a reduction of 2 offense levels and to be sentenced witho… -6.5
21-5725 Sergio Amaya-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.s.-991(b) 5th-circuit circuit-court-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing role-adjustment sentencing-fairness sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-3b1.2 1. Whether the 5th Circuit Court has qualified the minor and minimal role adjustment commentary under U.S.S.G. §3 B1.2 such that the sentences in cons… -6.5
21-5727 Frank Cisneros v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-defense criminal-procedure federal-law ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing-enhancement statute-of-limitations withdrawal (1) Whether an attorney's admitted failure to investigate or present a defendant's affirmative withdrawal from a conspiracy beyond the applicable st… -6.5
21-5728 Alberto Solar-Somohano v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-appeal administrative-exhaustion appointment-clause carr-v-saul civil-procedure constitutional-challenge patent-registration principle-officer trademark-board I. Whether under Carr v. Saul the exhaustion of administrative appeal to the Trial Trademark Board can be bypass directly appealing to the Court of… -6.5
21-5783 Brian D. Smith v. Montana Montana Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing Is a motion to withdraw guilty plea considered a "critical Stage" requiring the assistance of counsel for a person "too poor" to hire one at the follo… -6.5