Conference: 2021-12-03

241 cases — 1 granted, 240 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-1559 Jamul Action Committee, et al. v. E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) bureau-of-indian-affairs congressional-action created-tribes federal-recognition federally-recognized-indian-tribe-list-act historic-tribes indian-gaming indian-reorganization-act quarter-blood-indian-group tribal-immunity Whether Congress eliminated the distinction between 'historic tribes' and 'created tribes' and thereby eliminated the requirement that a tribe must ha…
20-1572 Ramon D. Johnson, II v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brand-name-liability brand-name-manufacturer FDA-approval generic-drug generic-drug-liability label-defect leave-to-amend preemption product-liability state-law-claims texas-presumption-of-no-liability unapproved-indication Whether a brand name drug manufacturer can be held liable for the defective label of a generic drug product
20-1592 Caitlin McCann, et al. v. Sheila Garcia, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights due-process legal-principles precedent qualified-immunity social-workers standing Whether a plaintiff satisfies the 'clearly established law' prong of qualified-immunity
20-1670 William J. Golz v. Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) deed-of-trust equitable-estoppel federal-housing-administration fha-loan forcible-entry foreclosure fourth-amendment housing-law mortgage-foreclosure standing Whether a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan is an important national policy which gives license to a lender's forcible entry and seizure of an…
20-1676 Public Watchdogs v. Southern California Edison Company, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process hobbs-act nrc-licensees nuclear-power nuclear-waste price-anderson-act regulatory-authority state-law-claims subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Hobbs Act deprives a federal district court of subject matter jurisdiction over state law and Price-Anderson Act claims asserted by a priv…
20-1726 Roy J. Meidinger v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure contract contractual-relationship federal-claims-court iRS-jurisdiction jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tax-court tax-relief-and-healthcare-act-of-2006 tax-whistleblower whistleblower whistleblower-claims What are the jurisdiction and limitations of the Tax Court and Federal Claims Court over whistleblower contracts and administrative procedures under 2…
20-1732 Thomas Bryant, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (3) circuit-split compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court first-step-act policy-statement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines is an 'applicable' policy statement that binds a district court in considering a def…
20-1820 Stephane J. Wantou Siantou v. CVS RX Services, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 7th-amendment amendment-rights bench-conference dismissal due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial motion-dismissal postponement Can a District Court judge invite the parties counsel to a bench conference for the specific goal of preventing the plaintiff from listening to the di…
20-1827 Gregory Shawn Mercer v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection guarantee-clause judicial-review standing state-courts supreme-court Whether the Circuit Court of Fairfax County erred in captioning the final order as 'Commonwealth of Virginia versus Petitioner' when the lower court d…
20-7951 Eduardo Flores v. Peter M. Hoagland, et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-1990 americans-with-disabilities-act court-accommodation disability due-process equal-access judicial-procedure self-represented self-represented-litigant Whether the Superior Court of the State of California, San Diego County and the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District violated the 14t…
20-7989 Cash Wallace Pawley v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus procedural-bar Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal erred in its unelaborated denial of a certificate of appealability
20-8134 Erik Jimenez v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2)IFP 404(b)-exception abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure evidence-admissibility evidentiary-ruling later-date texas-rule-of-evidence-404(b) texas-rules-of-evidence trial-court trial-procedure Whether the trial court's admissibility of evidence of a later date and not for what defendant was on trial was an abuse of discretion under Texas rul…
20-8139 Mark W. Blond, Jr. v. New York New York Denied Relisted (2)IFP 6th-amendment 8th-amendment due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus state-court-procedure Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the state court denied his request for a writ of error coram nobis without a hearing
20-8229 Martin Reiner v. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process hazel-atlas-glass-co-vs-hartford-empire-co integrity-of-american-jurisprudence joint-anti-fascist-refugee-committee-vs-mcgrath judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice procedural-due-process procedural-integrity supreme-court title-18-united-states-code What is the obligation of SCOTUS Justices when faced with evidence of criminal malfeasance and extrinsic fraud by judicial officers?
20-8277 Richard Wesley Bryan v. Jeffrey Uttecht, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment First-Amendment-right,civil-rights,due-process,sta habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct jurisdiction Question-not-identified First-Amendment-right,civil-rights,due-process,standing,civil-procedure,habeas-corpus
20-8278 L. Powers v. Arthur J. Morburger Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court property-rights Can the Double Jeopardy Clause Apply To Innocent Persons Thrust in 'Criminal' Courts Rendering False Judgments albeit in Civil Court? When There's no …
20-8301 Daniel J. Heffley v. Kimberly Steele, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability disability-accommodation discrimination discrimination-intent due-process federal-court federal-court-obligations rehabilitation-act Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act?
20-8308 Wilhelmina Montgomery v. NBC Television, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure copyright-infringement due-process fair-use jury-trial pro-se-litigation procedural-due-process service-of-process summary-dismissal summary-judgment visual-evidence As, I, the pro se Plaintiff-Appellant pointed out in my First Amended Complaint (Doc. 9) and in my Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 51) two (2) differen…
20-8319 John J. Wilson, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure criminal-counsel direct-appeal due-process florida-bar-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel misrepresentation plea-bargaining torture Can same criminal counsel misrepresenting defendant in the same L.T. case, and other cases in the trial court documenting instances of 'torture' to in…
20-8396 Renee Denise Bell v. Florida Highway Patrol, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion right-to-petition standing statute-of-limitations Should a mandated order issued by a United States Appeals Court be struck down by a decision of a United States District Court, subjecting a plaintiff…
21-111 NC Financial Solutions of Utah, LLC v. Virginia, ex rel. Mark R. Herring, Attorney General Virginia Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process federal-preemption individual-relief litigation-exception non-signatory standing state-attorney-general Whether a state attorney general who is not a signatory to an arbitration agreement may bring claims that are covered by the agreement and seek indivi…
21-117 Vernon Deck v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment bankruptcy civil-rights due-process foreclosure fraud judicial-discretion property-rights rule-41b standing Question not identified
21-120 James Tracy v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied academic-freedom content-based content-based-restriction due-process first-amendment free-speech public-employment vagueness vagueness-doctrine viewpoint-discrimination Whether FAU's reporting policy is unconstitutionally vague, impermissibly chills speech, and may be facially challenged because it grants the public u…
21-132 Robert Pilchman v. National Labor Relations Board, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-discretion civil-rights due-process first-amendment judicial-review labor-relations pro-se-litigation standing Whether a government agency has absolute discretion in non-enforcement decisions
21-139 James W. Gilliam, II v. Discover Bank, et al. New York Denied Relisted (2) access-to-justice american-jurisprudence civil-rights constitutional-rights court-representation due-process fundamental-rights individual-immunity justice-system legal-access right-to-counsel Whether a citizen is entitled to their own day in court or be denied justice due to inability to afford a lawyer
21-171 Joel Zupnik v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ' 'entice ' 'induce ' or 'coerce' in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require more circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-state-balance federalism interstate-commerce mens-rea minor-protection sentencing sexual-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the verbs in 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) require the defendant to transform the minor's will or merely attempt to cause unlawful sexual activity
21-196 SNH SE Ashley River Tenant, LLC, et al. v. Thayer W. Arredondo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Hubert Whaley, Deceased South Carolina Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency agency-law arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements contract-interpretation equal-treatment federal-arbitration-act powers-of-attorney preemption Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts the South Carolina Supreme Court's approach to construing comprehensive powers of attorney to preclude an…
21-22 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-bias judicial-corruption judicial-independence jury-trial legal-misconduct rule-of-law standing Judicial corruption
21-271 Raymond Benitez v. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) antitrust-immunity civil-procedure fourth-circuit governmental-unit hospital-authority local-government private-hospitals statutory-interpretation Can a multibillion-dollar 'hospital authority' that operates in multiple States in a manner indistinguishable from private hospitals be a 'local gover…
21-311 Carrie S. Willis, Individually and as Trustee of the Trust of James C. and Norma D. Willis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-agent government-liability mandatory-duty sovereign-immunity state-law-tort-claims tort-claims Whether the discretionary function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that appli…
21-339 Ali Hamza Suliman Al Bahlul v. United States District of Columbia Denied administrative-law agency-discretion agency-head appointments-clause binding-upon-all executive-power final-and-conclusive judicial-review principal-officer sole-discretion statutory-interpretation Is an agency head a principal officer under the Appointments Clause?
21-40 Lumbsden A. Sangster v. Anthony Valencia California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights defamation evidence evidence-tampering fair-report-privilege free-speech police-communication press-communication section-47 Whether the fair report privilege applies to a private communication between a police officer and a member of the press in a defamation case
21-410 Gregorio Gigliotti and Angelo Gigliotti v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-violation constitutional-standard criminal-investigation criminal-procedure foreign-law-enforcement fourth-amendment joint-investigation law-enforcement wiretapping Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when foreign law enforcement officials engage in wiretapping at the behest of United States officials pursuan…
21-413 Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Oki Data Americas, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-interpretation definiteness-standard expert-testimony indefiniteness patent patent-law patent-specification person-skilled-in-the-art prosecution-history Whether a patent claim is indefinite under § 112, ¶ 2, if conflicting positions about a claim term arise during the patent prosecution process, even i…
21-434 Mary E. Canning v. Creighton University Eighth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination eighth-circuit jury-consideration material-fact material-facts retaliation standard-of-review summary-judgment Whether the Eighth Circuit improperly borrowed part of the standard in FRCP 50 to review a summary judgment under FRCP 56
21-450 Anthony Futia, Jr., et al. v. Westchester County Board of Legislators, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived citizen-accountability constitutional-rights first-amendment guarantee-clause petition-clause redress standing state-constitution state-government taxpayer-standing Whether a State's legislative and executive employees are obligated to respond to Petitions from that State's citizen-voters for Redress of their viol…
21-455 Mark's Engine Company No. 28 Restaurant, LLC v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California Denied civil-rights constitutional-review due-process emergency-powers first-amendment jacobson-precedent jacobson-v-massachusetts meaningful-review narrow-tailoring public-health public-health-crisis Whether the appellate court's decision improperly expands the holding set forth in Jacobson v. Massachusetts
21-456 George C. Vann v. Roane County Commission, et al. West Virginia Denied Response Waived accountability civil-procedure civil-rights conflicting-interests constitutional-rights disclosure due-process estate-administration jurisdiction-challenge probate-court standing Whether a party should be denied the right to question jurisdiction, accountability, and disclosure of the subject matter in an alleged estate with co…
21-458 L. Lee Whitnum v. Connecticut Office of the Chief State's Attorney, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-review circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights complaint-dismissal due-process favorable-termination federal-jurisdiction legal-pleading procedural-error standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
21-474 In Re Wisconsin Legislature Denied article-iii census census-data comity federal-court-jurisdiction federalism judicial-power redistricting state-law state-legislature Does a federal court clearly and indisputably transgress its Article III judicial power by exercising jurisdiction over a redistricting dispute challe…
21-48 Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission v. John Doe 5, et al., By and Through Their Next Friend, Nelson Dolores Lopez, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process federal-custody immigrant-detainee injunctive-relief juvenile-detention medical-care professional-judgment standing Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care
21-480 William D. Brice v. California Faculty Association Ninth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 agency-fees civil-rights damages first-amendment good-faith good-faith-defense monetary-damages retrospective-liability statute-of-limitations union-dues Whether an affirmative good faith defense denying damages to the victims of First Amendment wrongdoing is faithful to the language and purpose of 42 U…
21-497 T. E. L., a Minor v. Florida Florida Granted Relisted (2) criminal-statute due-process elonis-v-united-states first-amendment free-speech intent-requirement speech-protection supreme-court-precedent virginia-v-black watts-v-united-states Whether Florida Statute § 790.162 violates the First Amendment
21-498 James Conerly, et al. v. John Patrick Winn, Judge, Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review bias civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias recusal sealing-records standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Appellate Court erred in dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
21-500 Francis Finster v. New York New York Denied constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel equal-protection fraud-upon-the-court mode-of-proceedings-error waiver-of-indictment Whether the state trial court's failure to adhere to procedural requirements of the waiver of indictment process constitutes a mode of proceedings err…
21-5010 Robert R. Taylor v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-court-procedure state-court-review subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Under the constitutional provisions and guaranties of the 14th Amendment due process and equal application of the law
21-5034 K. E. K. v. Waupaca County, Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process government-authority involuntary-commitment involuntary-detention patient-dangerousness recent-acts Whether a statute authorizing the government to extend an involuntary civil commitment without evidence of any recent acts indicating that the patient…
21-5047 Michael Carter v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553a criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under…
21-5069 William Paul Burch v. Freedom Mortgage Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-procedure circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-precedent due-process judicial-overreach jurisdiction pro-se-litigation standing statutory-interpretation Is a Circuit court allowed to establish new precedence by disregarding and/or overruling twenty-four statutes written by the Congress of the United St…
21-508 In Re William J. French, et al. Denied abuse-of-discretion class-certification contract-law district-court-discretion economic-discrimination insurance-discrimination long-term-care-insurance qualified-long-term-care-insurance summary-judgment tax-benefits Whether the District Court exceeded its authority and clearly abused its discretion by ordering that the PSJ Motion, which confirms that NML's Scheme …
21-5092 Dawn J. Bennett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fourth-circuit judicial-discretion presumption-of-reasonableness presumptive-reasonableness procedural-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review summary-reversal Whether a district court applies an impermissible presumption of reasonableness to the Sentencing Guidelines range by referring to the range as 'presu…
21-5101 Giuseppe Viola, aka Joseph John Viola v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cares-act conditions-of-confinement criminal-law eighth-amendment federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus restitution section-2241 supervised-release Whether jurisdiction exists for presentation of grounds for relief from all custody under § 2241, challenging conditions of confinement
21-512 John Rodden v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-513 Australian Leather Pty. Ltd., et al. v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) english-speaking-countries foreign-equivalents generic-term primary-significance registration-standard trademark-cancellation trademark-law trademark-protection Whether a term that is generic in the English-speaking foreign country from which it originated is ineligible for trademark protection in the United S…
21-5138 In Re Willie S. Smith Denied Relisted (2)IFP acquittal aedpa-review exceptional-circumstances finality-of-verdict habeas-corpus innocence-claim judicial-review jury-verdict non-capital-case statutory-interpretation Whether transfer to the District Court for a hearing pursuant to this Court's original habeas jurisdiction is warranted in this exceptional non-capita…
21-523 Damon Simon, et ux. v. Roche Diagnostics Corporation Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-discretion appellate-procedure certification civil-procedure court-of-appeals discretion judicial-procedure legal-review standard-of-review state-law state-law-certification Whether the court of appeals applied an improper standard of review in exercising its discretion when ruling on the Simons' request to certify the dis…
21-5256 In Re Isaiah S. Harris, Sr. Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence brady brady-disclosure circuit-split due-process impeachment-evidence newly-discovered-evidence newly-presented-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct whether-the-prosecutor's-obligation-under-brady-to-turn-over-evidence-stands-independent-of-the-defendant's-knowledge
21-528 Willie H. Goffney, Jr., et al. v. Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation civil-procedure due-process judicial-review medicare medicare-claims regulatory-deference regulatory-interpretation statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins and Kisor v. Wilkie should be retired or revised to allow courts to interpret admin…
21-5304 Lonny Joseph Ditirro, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process property-rights standing takings Whether the government's seizure of private property without just compensation violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
21-532 Jacob Matthew Johnson v. Texas Texas Denied Amici (2)Response Waived calls-for-service criminal-activity fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion warrantless-search Whether three or four unadorned 'calls for service' to an area can constitute a specific and articulable fact significantly associating said area with…
21-5333 Michael E. Harris v. Anthony Akidi Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeals discretionary-dismissal jury-demand jury-trial personal-injury prima-facie Did the United States court of appeals error and abuse its discretion, in dismissing the petitioner's prima facie personal injury, civil rights compla…
21-5348 James H. Bates v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation section-404 sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under…
21-535 Fredis Artola, aka Jose Walter Merlos Giron v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-5365 Mark Lee Wilkinson v. Siobhan Burtlow, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP conviction conviction-challenge habeas-corpus new-judgment petition-filing sentence statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation successive-petitions time-limitation whether-new-judgment-restarts-one-year-time-limitation
21-5422 Jeffrey Alan Olson v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-selection due-process federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-independence judicial-selection standing Judicial-selection
21-543 Mark Anthony Spell v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process misdemeanor sixth-amendment speeding-ticket statute-of-limitations Does the Sixth Amendment permit the prosecution of a misdemeanor speeding ticket after the lapse of more than twenty years if there is no evidence the…
21-5443 Rachel Crook v. Shea Fiduciary Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process judicial-misconduct oath-of-office pro-se-litigation treason If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution protec…
21-545 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-review due-process judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification recusal standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-5450 Richard K. Cook v. Todd Wasmer, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP accomplice-instruction amendment-violation constitutional-rights dna-evidence due-process evidence-planting ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct structural-error Did the lower courts commit reversible error by refusing to order an evidentiary hearing surrounding a pattern of misconduct and evidence planting by …
21-5457 Brian Fierro v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actus-reus circuit-interpretation criminal-law hobbs-act physical-force plain-language robbery robbery-statute statutory-construction statutory-interpretation violent-physical-force Whether the Circuits have interpreted the actus reus of Hobbs Act robbery too narrowly and against its plain language by requiring violent physical fo…
21-5461 Tyrone Felder v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(A) cell-site-evidence crime-of-violence hobbs-act intangible-asset new-york-robbery physical-force property statutory-interpretation Is Hobbs Act violence a 'crime of violence' under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)?
21-5473 Jameson Rosado v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process eeoc-complaint employment employment-discrimination federal-employment federal-service retaliation Whether Jamie was ordered for the FFD to ultimately have him removed from federal service in retaliation for pursuing prior EEO activity
21-5489 Jerris M. Blanks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-conflict criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-evidence good-cause judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-offer prejudicial-evidence pretrial-motion Whether a defendant can refile a pretrial motion after withdrawing it
21-550 Tyrone Christopher Thompson v. Alabama Alabama Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment affirmative-defense complete-defense due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment meaningful-opportunity-to-present-defense mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect pre-trial-hearing Does precluding a defendant from presenting any evidence of an affirmative defense of mental disease or defect to a jury based solely on conflicting e…
21-5501 Michael David McCall v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary circuit-split reckless-negligence strict-liability violent-felony Whether the Texas offense of burglary constitutes a 'violent felony' under 18 U.S.C. §924(e), the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)?
21-5505 Maurice Lamont Davis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act burglary-statute categorical-approach demand-for-certainty felon-in-possession felon-status intent-element state-law-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm is sufficient evidence that he knew of his status at th…
21-5512 In Re Shannon Riley Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law default-judgment due-process foreign-judgment judicial-procedure jurisdiction mandate nunc-pro-tunc standing Did the filing of a nunc pro tunc journal entry correcting default judgment filed as a final order of judgment impeach due process?
21-5515 Kenneth Hairston v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP aggravating-factor criminal-procedure death-penalty felony-convictions ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct victim-impact victim-impact-testimony Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance by failing to object to the prosecutor's improper argument regarding victim impact testimony used to …
21-5527 Kerry Kotler v. L. Jubert, Deputy Superintendent of Security, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure incarcerated-plaintiffs motion-to-substitute rule-25 service-of-process statement-of-death substitution successor successor-or-representative Substitution-requirements-under-FRCP-25(a)
21-553 Iris Dinora Alvarez-Sabillon, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-5534 Omolara Makini, fka Mahogany J. Mignon, fka Timika Janelle Williams v. Michigan, et al. Michigan Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech police-misconduct standing Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims based on the evidence presented and whether the petitioner was denied a fair …
21-564 Diane Scott Haddock v. Tarrant County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived association-rights constitutional-rights elrod-branti-test first-amendment fourteenth-amendment freedom-of-association freedom-of-petition government-employment pickering-connick-test strict-scrutiny Where public employees allege violations of First Amendment rights by their government employers
21-569 Gregory V. Tucker v. City of Shreveport, Louisiana, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights excessive-force fair-warning qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether police officers are entitled to qualified immunity when there is no prior caselaw declaring their actions unconstitutional in an identical fac…
21-5719 Edward Zinner v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court government-failure-to-admit-or-deny habeas-corpus hazel-atlas prosecutorial-misconduct when-prosecutors-conspire-with-known-conflicted-defense-counsel
21-5730 Shikeb Saddozai v. Kristen Esterheld, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction judicial-review section-1983 standing Whether plaintiff's claims are cognizable under 42-U.S.C.S-1983-1985-1986-1988
21-5742 Steven Wayne Isbel v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment standing trial-counsel Whether the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has entered a decision that is in direct conflict with United States Supreme Court precedent and in conflict …
21-5753 James Allyson Lee v. Benjamin Ford, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing childhood-trauma habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigation-evidence post-conviction-relief ptsd ptsd-evidence strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether new mitigating evidence of a capital defendant's horrific childhood abuse and PTSD diagnosis can be considered cumulative and inconsequential …
21-5761 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Michael J. Buseman PC, et al. Oregon Denied IFP adverse-parties appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal due-process jurisdiction pro-se-litigation service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner correct in determining that Petitioner needed to have served Respondents as 'adverse parties' to the appeal?
21-5763 Hamid Michael Hejazi v. Downtown Eugene, Inc. Oregon Denied IFP administrative-procedure appellate-review board-of-immigration-appeals civil-procedure due-process immigration-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge service-of-notice service-of-process standing Was the Appellate Commissioner justified in dismissing Petitioner's appeal on jurisdictional grounds due to lack of service on adverse parties when Pe…
21-5773 Alex Baah v. AT&T Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion alternative-dispute-resolution civil-procedure district-court district-court-discretion motion-for-reconsideration ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review procedural-rules reconsideration timely-response untimely-response Did the Ninth Circuit Court and the District Court overlook a clear procedural rule?
21-5779 Morris Kent Thompson v. Jennifer Leppek Cerato, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Natalie A. Richards-Thompson Florida Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection government-misconduct judicial-misconduct judicial-oversight legal-fraud separation-of-powers Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution?
21-5788 Paul Joseph Begnoche, Sr. v. Melinda Adams, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mercer, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion judicial-neglect judicial-partiality jurisdiction statutory-jurisdiction third-circuit Issues being raised
21-5791 Cesar Santana v. Nelson Alves, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit Denied IFP due-process fifth-amendment involuntary-statements miranda-warnings police-assurances police-interrogation self-incrimination Whether the Fifth Amendment is violated, and a defendant's statements are involuntary, when police assure a suspect that his statements will not be us…
21-5796 Larry E. Clark v. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, et al. Louisiana Dismissed IFP appellate-review civil-rights condemnation due-process federal-courts federal-procedure jurisdiction standing state-courts state-law Whether 28 U.S.C. Section 1257(a) mandates this Court to consider the jurisdiction of this Court and the jurisdiction of the state appellate court, an…
21-5800 Gerald Ross Pizzuto, Jr. v. Idaho Idaho Denied IFP atkins-standard Atkins-v-Virginia clinical-assessment clinical-standards conflict-between-lower-courts constitutional-interpretation criminal-sentencing death-penalty intellectual-disability national-concern sub-average-intellectual-functioning Did Atkins v. Virginia require the use of clinical standards for the determination of sub-average intellectual functioning?
21-5810 Mandell Rhodes, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law constitutional-law criminal-justice double-jeopardy fifth-amendment good-conduct-time legislative-intent parole prisoner-rights sentencing Whether the administrator of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitut…
21-5811 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Virginia Page, et al Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process judicial-mandate prison-litigation ross-v-blake ross-v-rlake tenth-circuit Do the mandates stated by this Court in Ross v. Blake, 136 S.Ct. 1850 (2016) require the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and U.S. Dist. Co…
21-5814 Matthew David George v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-mandate Is a court ordered apology letter in a criminal case a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on compelled speech?
21-5816 Ronald Peden v. Democratic National Committee, et al. First Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-on-merits due-process equal-protection judicial-bias judicial-conduct media-filtering political-preference preliminary-injunction prudential-standing res-judicata standing Are Federal judges at liberty to unilaterally issue rulings and orders based on personal political preferences, in addition to race and class bias, wh…
21-5825 Raqib Abdul Al-Amin v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-offense due-process eighth-amendment evidence expert-witness mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in concluding that the trial court's decision to exclude the testimony of the defendant's expert witnes…
21-5828 Brandon Aaron Thomas v. California California Denied IFP apartment-search constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment gang-evidence illegal-search illegal-searches illegal-seizures motion-to-proceed-in-forma-pauperis seizure Whether the petitioner's Fourth Amendment rights were violated by a series of illegal searches and seizures that commenced as early as 2013, where all…
21-5830 Bradley David Johnson v. Stuart Sherman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence sixth-amendment Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment was violated when the trial court admitted testimonial statements of a non-testifying witness
21-5834 Mechele R. Parker v. Sara LaRosa, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights damages federal-cause-of-action fourth-amendment law-enforcement rico-act unlawful-search unlawful-searches-and-seizures What is the U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling On All Members To A Conspiracy?
21-5838 Michael Andrew Johnson v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-negligence civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation due-process failure-to-protect inmate-violence prison-safety prisoner-rights prisoner-vulnerability protective-custody standing Why did A.D.C. officials 'Wendy Kelly' and Byron Brown' fail to protect me from a stabbing?
21-5842 Raymond Lee Bosarge v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP 2nd-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process standing takings Whether the New York ban on carrying firearms in public for self-defense violates the Second Amendment
21-5846 Luke W. Cain v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-permissibility criminal-punishment double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion legislative-intent multiple-offenses multiple-punishments penal-code sentencing What punishments are constitutionally permissible?
21-5847 Arthur Lee Lewis v. California California Denied IFP due-process jury-trial presumption-of-innocence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment statutory-sentencing statutory-sentencing-range Whether a sentence within the prescribed statutory range but inconsistent with the jury's verdict complies with the Sixth Amendment jury trial guarant…
21-5851 Daniel Bryan Kelly, Jr. v. California California Denied IFP child-witness confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence fair-trial gang-related-crime ineffective-counsel trial-rights witness Why wasn't I allowed to face my accuser and cross-examine at trial?
21-5852 Jay Warren Arnold v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claims constitutional-rights de-novo-review due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances federal-habeas pro-se-litigation procedural-inquiry state-collateral-review Whether an indigent prisoner's incorporation by reference of constitutional pleadings in the district court is adequate to state a valid claim on appe…
21-5859 Shikeb Saddozai v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa-statute brady-material certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prima-facie-case statute-of-limitations Whether Petitioner seeking a COA demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a Constitutional right
21-5861 Bradley Garrett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-legal-materials constitutional-violation dna-evidence due-process evidence-standards incarceration-rights jury-selection legal-access perjury procedural-protections standards-of-proof Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims regarding due process violations related to access to legal materials, perjured tes…
21-5863 Jack Anthony Chatman v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance federal-prisoners habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief texas texas-law Whether the District Court erred in denying petitioners effective assistance of trial counsel claims in cases like Texas, in light of the Supreme Cour…
21-5864 Deloris Phillips v. Columbia Luxar Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights court-system due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion sanctions vexatious-litigant Whether it is unconstitutional to label a litigant as vexatious without due process
21-5865 Glen Plourde v. Maine, et al. First Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-abuse pro-se pro-se-litigant standing torture Does the continual disenfranchisement of the Petitioner by The Federal Courts' violate the Petitioner's Fifth Amendment Constitutional rights to Subst…
21-5869 In Re Abdul Mohammed Dismissed IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio whether the 7% Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit
21-5871 Stephret R. Harvey v. Jason Kent, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review prosecution-bar state-court-record statute-of-limitations time-limitations Was counsel's performance deficient when counsel failed to conduct an independent investigation concerning the time limitations once the institution o…
21-5876 Under Seal v. Virginia Board of Medicine Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abstention civil-rights comity constitutional-rights due-process fair-hearing federal-courts federalism state-agency younger-abstention Whether Younger and its progeny permit federal courts to abstain, on the basis of general principles of comity and federalism, from hearing Constituti…
21-5877 Brian J. Neary v. Kiran Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law age-discrimination article-1 employment-discrimination executive-order federal-excepted-service federal-hiring-authority legislative-authority pathways-program separation-of-powers Has the Executive Branch breached the Separation-of-Powers principle?
21-5878 Linaker Charlemagne v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing newly-discovered-evidence self-defense service-of-process Whether District Court departed from essential requirements of law by not perfecting service on Petitioner in a timely manner, which denied constituti…
21-5880 C. C. v. S. T. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discretion public-space standing video-recording whether-video-cameras-in-public-are-protected-by-1st-amendment
21-5882 Jessica W. v. Administration for Children's Services New York Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment child-custody constitutional-rights due-process evidence family-court fourteenth-amendment parental-rights procedural-error Did the New York County Family Court meet due process and evidence standards in their determinations against the petitioner in disposition of two conj…
21-5884 Carina Conerly v. Superior Court of California, Sacramento County, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion moot recusal standing Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals abused its discretion
21-5885 Michael Alan Webb v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP 4th-amendment arbitration-award civil-rights district-court due-process federal-law legal-precedent manifest-disregard motion-to-vacate qualified-immunity search-and-seizure standing Whether the lower courts erred in denying the petitioner's Fourth Amendment claims regarding an allegedly unconstitutional search and seizure
21-5888 Wes Joseph Pertgen v. William Gittere, Warden Nevada Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights disciplinary-hearing disciplinary-proceedings due-process due-process-violation evidence-disclosure habeas-corpus liberty-interest nevada Does Due Process and Liberty Interest exist when Nevada's Disciplinary Proceedings violate Due Process?
21-589 Said Rum v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-action agency-review arbitrary-and-capricious due-process factfinding-procedures fbar-penalties reporting-requirements standard-of-review willfulness Are courts to apply de novo review of agency actions when the inadequacy of the factfinding procedures is due to a procedural due-process violation
21-5890 Christopher W. Terrell v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction due-process fair-trial impartiality jury-impartiality jury-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-fairness Is a criminal conviction unconstitutional and in violation of Due Process when a jury does not remain impartial on the question of guilt for the crime…
21-5892 Lori Anna Massey v. Pierce County Sheriff's Department, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process legal-incompetency mental-competency mental-incapacity physical-disability statute-of-limitations time-extension tolling Should no time limit apply?
21-5893 In Re Sandra Black Denied IFP access-to-justice civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-challenges racial-discrimination standing systematic-exclusion systemic-racism Whether a black person can be treated equally to white persons in terms of constitutional rights, privileges, benefits, and advantages, given the fact…
21-5894 Jeffrey Richard Martinson v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy double-jeopardy-doctrine fifth-amendment new-trial prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-dismissal Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars retrial where the trial court dismissed the case with prejudice for bad faith prosecutorial misconduct after g…
21-5895 In Re David Angel Sifuentes Denied IFP appellate-procedure banister-v-davis case-precedent constitutional-provisions judicial-review mandamus mandamus-petition rule-21 rule-60(b) rule-60b-motion sixth-circuit-jurisdiction Is the Sixth Circuit required to docket Petitioner's Writ of Mandamus and apply Banister v. Davis to Petitioner's Rule 60(b) motion?
21-5896 Ilana Rigwan v. South Beach Bayside Condominium Association I, Inc. Florida Denied IFP case-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process judicial-misconduct legal-protection safety-net Can you Amend The Double Jeopardy Clause?
21-5904 Joseph Woods v. Donita McIntosh, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure standing Can a court render a decision without first deciding on a question of law or fact requested by the petitioner?
21-5907 In Re Matthew James Leachman Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights court-of-appeals discrimination due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit judicial-conduct judicial-ethics legal-review procedural-compliance Whether the Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, failed to comply with the mandatory …
21-5908 Miguel Martinez v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process evidence public-trial right-to-counsel Whether Martínez's constitutional rights were violated at every stage of his trial when he was removed from the courtroom, denied his right to be pres…
21-591 Donald J. Fowler v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-penalties civil-penalty civil-procedure constitutional-limits disgorgement excessive-penalties private-agreement sec-enforcement statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Where 28 U.S.C. § 2462 permits tolling of 5-year statute of limitations by private agreement
21-5915 Thomas D. Holmes v. Randy Gibbs, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute defendant-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-procedure oral-verdict precedent sentencing Whether a Certificate of Appealability should have issued
21-5918 Susan Lloyd v. Joshua Thornsbery, et al. Ohio Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional constitutional-violation due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct jury jury-integrity oath-of-office state-judges Are retired state judges constitutional?
21-5921 Shikisha Monet Tidmore v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP admissibility constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel law-enforcement-statements legality pre-trial-investigation sixth-amendment trial-counsel voluntariness Whether Petitioner's constitutional rights have been violated under the United States Constitution VI Amendment
21-593 Priscilla Everette-Oates v. Beth Wood, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-action conspiracy due-process evidence-concealment immunity municipal-immunity municipal-liability prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment Can municipal defendants win summary judgment solely on the basis that one defendant has prosecutorial immunity and was otherwise deemed not liable un…
21-5946 Corelanius Phillips v. Andrea Culclager, Warden Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel separation-of-powers sixth-amendment structural-defect subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether criminal defendants denied Due Process of Law entitle them to remedy
21-5954 David Lee Smith v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights court-access due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment judicial-abuse judicial-proceedings takings Whether the Tenth Circuit grossly abused its inherent power by imposing the sanction of appeal dismissal against appellant Hook based on its false and…
21-5955 Joanna E. Harty v. Office of Personnel Management Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection standing Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the lower court dismissed their civil rights claim without considering the merits
21-5962 Charles Nemon Vandross v. Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appointment-of-counsel civil-rights due-process standing supervision-of-lower-courts Whether the USCRY has denied Petitioner access to the courts
21-5966 Cecile Andrea Brown v. John C. Coughenour, Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii-standing civil-rights constitutional-rights damages due-process fundamental-rights government-accountability judicial-review mootness nominal-damages standing Whether nominal damages account for harms associated with past constitutional violations
21-5969 Derrick E. Steilman v. Reginald D. Michael, Director, Montana Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute habeas-corpus ninth-circuit procedural-timeliness section-2254 standard-of-review statute-of-limitations timeliness Whether the Ninth Circuit erred when it determined that Steilman's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition is untimely?
21-597 Patricia Grossman v. Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived affirmative-consent civil-rights free-speech janus-v-afscme public-sector union-dues Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME
21-6002 Mario Bachiller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-conviction jury-instructions predicate-offense statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A) may be sustained based on the reviewing court's finding that the jury relied equally on a valid pr…
21-601 Michael B. Ellis, et al. v. Amy Berman Jackson, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irs judicial-review pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespected, unrepresen…
21-602 Michigan Education Association Family Retired Staff Association, et al. v. Michigan Education Association, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived benefit-vesting civil-rights cnh-industrial-v-reese contract-ambiguity contract-interpretation employee-benefits erisa extrinsic-evidence plan-interpretation retiree-medical-plan vesting Whether a retiree medical plan that is ambiguous on its face may be shown by extrinsic evidence to provide for vesting of post-retirement benefits
21-6023 Dina Elizabeth Guardado v. Eric Aldridge, Warden Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-client-privilege civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process legal-ethics standing Whether the court-appointed lawyer violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by failing to investigate the allegations and by interfering with the in…
21-6027 Fidel Anguiano Gallardo v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6035 Anesha Dexter v. University of Central Arkansas, Music Department Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
21-6053 Jimmie Barge v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne apprendi apprendi-violation certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment prison-releasee-reoffender sixth-amendment Is the Florida State trial court erring when sentencing Petitioner to minimum mandatory term of life in.prison because the Prison Releasee Reoffender …
21-6060 Ance Payton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release covid-19 criminal-procedure district-court federal-criminal-procedure health-conditions motion sentencing Whether the district court erred by denying Mr. Payton's Motion for Compassionate Release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
21-6062 Craig Schenvinsky James v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-review sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission's comments take precedent over the plain, statutorily construed language of the United States Sentencing Guidelines
21-6064 Robert William Knopping v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion downward-departure government-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines third-level-reduction u.s.s.g. When can district court deny government's motion for 3rd-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 8E1.1(b)?
21-6070 Alan Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process jurisdiction standing Whether the Court of Appeals abused its discretion in not protecting Petitioner's constitutional right to not be deprived of liberty, where Petitioner…
21-6075 James Frei v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in its judgment
21-6076 Lukeen Gerald v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-davis Whether Hobbs Act Robbery remains a predicate crime of violence for 18 U.S.C § 924(c)
21-6079 Austin Brand v. Oregon Oregon Denied Response WaivedIFP art-canon civil-rights due-process judicial-bias judicial-procedure mandamus mandamus-order oregon-law pro-se standing supreme-court Is the maxim advised to the Oregon Supreme Courts mandamus order pre-discretionary to disposition concerning a judicial body's bias and awe inspiring …
21-6081 Gerund Mickens, aka Breeze v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland confrontation-clause criminal-investigation due-process evidence-preservation fifth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment requ…
21-6082 Craig D. Miller v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review fundamental-fairness illinois-post-conviction-statute indigent-defense ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel reliability-of-proceedings sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Illinois courts' mechanical, outcome-based approach to the Strickland standard routinely denies indigent defendants their Sixth Amendment …
21-6086 William Keith Watson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment conflicting-testimony credibility deputy-testimony due-process fourth-amendment stop-and-frisk supervisory-jurisdiction suppression-hearing sworn-deposition testimony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the denial of the motion to suppress despite a deputy's conflicting testimony under oath
21-6087 Maria Vargas-Luna v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-conspiracy fact-finding judicial-fact-finding jury-trial-right reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether Petitioner's sentence violates the Sixth Amendment
21-6090 Olry Maurival v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy crawford-confrontation criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency false-tax-return false-tax-returns hearsay-evidence sufficiency-of-evidence tax-fraud Whether the verdict of guilt was supported by sufficient evidence
21-6091 Harold Cook v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-v-maryland criminal-investigation criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process exculpatory-evidence prosecutorial-duty witness-statement witness-statements Whether Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and its progeny require the prosecution to create a record of and preserve apparently exculpatory witnes…
21-6092 Earvin R. Davis v. Connie Horton, Warden Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment charging-instruments civil-action constitutional-rights conviction-and-sentence due-process judicial-procedure minor minor-imprisonment Did the trial court violate petitioner's 14th Amendment right to due process?
21-6100 Rodrigo Martinez-Mendoza v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error clear-error-standard due-process factual-findings immigration immigration-law law-enforcement-testimony public-confidence standard-of-review whether-appellate-court-reviewing-factual-findings-for-clear-error-must-take-account-of-undisputed-contrary-evidence
21-6102 Anthony B. Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment district-court double-jeopardy due-process grand-jury-indictment jury-instructions sentencing Whether the absence of a specific unanimity instruction at trial requires the distribution of PCP and occasional quantity counts to be vacated
21-6105 Saul Hernandez-Serrano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP courts-of-appeals federal-sentencing molina-martinez-v-united-states numerical-range-of-imprisonment presumption-of-prejudice sentencing-guidelines Whether the presumption of prejudice recognized in Molina-Martinez v. United States extends to Federal Sentencing Guideline errors that do not affect …
21-6106 Ahmed Osman Farah v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arrest-record circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion sentencing-enhancement Does a district court violate a defendant's right to due process by enhancing a sentence based on unreliable arrest history, as the Third and Seventh …
21-6109 Jackie Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment judicial-authority probable-cause reasons-for-granting search-warrant statutory-interpretation waiver-of-rights when-lower-court-removes-waiver-and-assigns-counsel-for-appeal
21-6110 Richard L. Starghill, II v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct retrial trial-integrity Do multiple mistrials, necessitated by jury misconduct, create a Double Jeopardy bar, preventing a retrial of a criminal defendant?
21-6111 Jonas Ross, III v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burrage-standard burrage-v-united-states but-for-causation causation circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law drug-distribution eighth-circuit evidence Whether the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that Mr. Ross distributed the controlled substance that resulted in the death of K.P. is in conflict with Burr…
21-6112 Manuel DeJesus Rosas v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-street-gang discovery due-process fourteenth-amendment informant-activities lanzetta-v-new-jersey street-gang vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether the California criminal street gang laws are unconstitutionally vague
21-6115 Jaime Mayorga v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP chapman-v-california criminal-conviction criminal-procedure harmless-error intent-to-defraud jury-instruction jury-instructions ninth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-neder Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's instructional error claim, which did not examine evidence Petitioner proffered regarding his lack …
21-6117 Joshua Drake Howard v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carpenter-v-united-states fourth-amendment gps-monitoring gps-tracking law-enforcement-monitoring location-data reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy united-states-v-jones united-states-v-knotts warrantless-surveillance does extended, non-trespassory GPS monitoring that is quantifiably more invasive than a rudimentary beeper qualify as a Fourth Amendment search?
21-6118 Kevin Folse v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-battery bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law new-mexico sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation unlawful-force violent-crime Does New Mexico's aggravated battery statute qualify as a 'crime of violence' under the United States Sentencing Guidelines?
21-6119 Roger Edward Picard v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law due-process mens-rea rehaif-v-united-states scienter sorna SORNA-registration supervised-release Whether the First Circuit erred in finding a violation of supervised release when the defendant reported to register per SORNA requirements within 24 …
21-612 Isaac Wolf v. University Professional and Technical Employees, Communications Workers of America Local 9119, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived affirmative-consent civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech labor-law labor-rights public-workers standing supreme-court-precedent union-dues Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the 'affirmative consent' required by Janus v. AFSCME
21-6123 Antonio Rene Martinez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure harmless-error presentence-report rule-32 sentencing structural-error Whether the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's claim under Rule 32(i)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure conflicts with the Six…
21-6124 Saul Contreras-Roman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6126 Jason A. Tobey v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion pretrial-hearing right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-continuance When a federal criminal defendant's retained counsel has abandoned him, does a court abuse its discretion by prohibiting the defendant from dischargin…
21-6128 Tommy Pabellon v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure first-step-act intervening-changes-in-law intervening-law judicial-review legal-standard lower-court-judgment motion-review petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standard-of-review Whether a lower court's failure to apply the proper standard of review effects its judgment in reviewing a petitioner's case based on clear intervenin…
21-613 Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-action medical-student ninth-circuit rehabilitation-act retaliation retaliation-claim standing title-vi Whether a student can state a retaliation claim under Section 504 and Title VI
21-6130 Brett Allan Corrigan, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure drug-offense firearm sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review weapon-enhancement Whether the district court's finding that a weapon was connected to the drug offense under §2D1.1(b)(1) was clear error
21-6131 Jose Alfredo Gonzalez-Mares v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6132 Shelton Marbury v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process external-influence government-burden jury jury-influence presumption-of-prejudice sixth-amendment Whether under the Sixth Amendment, once a defendant has presented evidence that an external influence has reached his jury, a presumption of prejudice…
21-6133 Dean Rossi v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure judicial-discretion necessary-witness prosecutorial-discretion right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standard-of-review Is a prosecution's claim that a defendant's lawyer is 'likely to be a necessary witness' an 'actual conflict' or 'serious potential conflict' overridi…
21-6135 Jesus Ramirez-Barrera v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bail community-danger criminal-procedure detention district-court-review due-process extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion public-safety relief-standard sentencing sentencing-review Whether the district court erred in deciding that petitioner has not shown extraordinary and compelling reasons and that he was a danger to the commun…
21-6136 Marcio Santos-Portillo v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-exclusion federal-law-enforcement judicial-discretion procedural-remedy separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation statutory-violation Whether a federal court has the discretion to exclude evidence obtained by federal law enforcement agents in violation of a federal statute
21-6137 Vassily Anthony Thompson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury indictment sentencing Does it offend the Fifth Amendment right to a grand jury for a court to ignore legally relevant elements of an offense charged by a grand jury in an i…
21-6140 Leonard Morrison v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment community-caretaking consent exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-search implied-consent law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-entry Whether a court can find voluntary 'implied consent' to a warrantless home entry when the officer did not request permission to enter and was unaware …
21-6141 Kenneth Pettway, Jr. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest due-process government-delay judicial-appointments prejudice speedy-trial when-the-government-successively-supersedes-an-indictment
21-6142 John Gregory Alexander Herrin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-theft criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-indictment indictment interstate-transportation jurisdiction money-laundering statute-of-limitations Whether the government was entitled to establish petitioner's guilt at trial for federal offenses it did indict by trial proof on a federal offense it…
21-6145 Omar Sanchez-Barrera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review certiorari constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial precedent sentencing supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6146 Keenan Rollerson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether a sentencing judge increasing a criminal defendant's punishment for acts charged but acquitted by the jury violates the jury trial guarantee o…
21-6147 Joshua Komisarjevsky v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-prejudice actual-prejudice-analysis emotional-nature-of-case guilty-verdict jury-selection presumed-prejudice-analysis presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity venue-change voir-dire What consideration must courts give to (a) a guilty verdict, (b) the disruption to proceedings from pretrial publicity, and (c) the jury selection pro…
21-6148 Lonnie Earl Parlor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing drug-trafficking enhancement-factors firearm-possession firearms relevant-conduct sentencing-guidelines specific-offense-characteristics statutory-maximum uncharged-conduct Whether a defendant's uncharged possession of firearms is 'relevant conduct' for sentencing enhancement
21-6152 Keith Arthur Vinson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment certificate-of-appealability counsel-performance criminal-defense criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain sixth-amendment Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability over trial counsel's potential ineffectiveness in the plead-vs-trial decision?
21-6155 Jose Burciaga-Alcantar v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-6156 Vilasini Ganesh v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP calendar-management conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict counsel-substitution criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process sixth-amendment substitution trial-court-discretion Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may deny …
21-616 Lee W. Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corporation Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure dismissal district-court due-process federal-procedure fifth-amendment legal-redress notice opportunity-to-be-heard pleading-amendment standing Whether a federal district court's outright dismissal of a stayed action without having first lifted that stay, to permit ruling on plaintiffs pending…
21-6160 Dennis Dean Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights criminal-justice-reform cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process equal-protection first-step-act prior-convictions retroactive-sentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantial-changes Has the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment required the Supreme Court to remedy it in the case where persons similarly sit…
21-6161 Adam Rene Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-court judicial-review jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
21-6164 Julia Lagunas-Hernandez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof cell-phone-search constitutional-rights defense-counsel fair-trial jury marital-communication marital-communications prosecutorial-misconduct trial-strategy Whether the United States committed prosecutorial misconduct, depriving Petitioner of a fair trial
21-6166 Ángel De la Cruz v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law drug-offense due-process first-step-act maritime-drug-law safety-valve sentencing statutory-interpretation terry-v-united-states Whether pre-First Step Act Safety Valve covers Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act offenses since those offenses' punishment elements are defined by 21 …
21-6175 Shaun Short v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment automobile-exception criminal-procedure disabled-car franks-hearing parked-car probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement Does the automobile exception to the warrant requirement extend to a parked and disabled car, or is it limited to its original justifications?
21-6177 Richard Leroy Parker v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP and whether complying with that order is valid co causation civil-rights consent due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement medical-examiner seizure Whether a law enforcement officer's order to 'just kinda stay here' results in a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and whether complying with that o…
21-6181 Ahmad Jamaleddin Aljindi v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power bribery civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-bias judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice retaliation Did the United States District Court — Central District of California's Chief Judge Philip S. Gutierrez violate the United States Constitution when he…
21-6183 In Re Charles Gary Bruce Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-bias judicial-misconduct mandamus pro-se When a petitioner makes a prima facie showing of constitutionally impermissible conduct by prosecution, must court hold a Franks hearing to investigat…
21-6192 Benjamin Joseph Langford v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process habeas-relief iowa-robbery-statute johnson-ruling predicate-conviction residual-clause sentencing serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation three-strikes united-states-v-johnson Whether Mr. Langford was improperly denied 28 U.S.C. § 2255 relief from his mandatory life sentence
21-6193 In Re Roy Allen Nichols Denied IFP commerce-clause constitutional-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-power habeas-corpus prejudice recurrent-issues sixth-circuit territorial-limits Whether the inferior district court and the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit prejudicially blocked the Petitioner's due-process rights due to th…
21-620 Michael D. J. Eisenberg v. West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency free-speech legal-representation standing state-regulation supremacy-clause younger-abstention Whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies
21-6204 Antonio A. Tankes v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment free-speech retroactive-application sentencing-enhancement standing Whether the petitioner should be prohibited from filing pro se pleadings
21-6205 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-impact crime-of-violence deportation due-process immigration immigration-law Whether the Supreme Court holding in Session v. Dimaya vacates administrative charges under 18 U.S.C. §16(b)
21-6217 Alberto Grajales v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error judicial-review residual-clause sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a general verdict that was obtained in reliance on the unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(8)(B) may be sustained b…
21-6226 K. Jeffery Knapp v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-shift constitutional-scrutiny ex-post-facto restoration-statutes rights-restoration unconditional-discharge Whether the Ninth Circuit's failure to address Colorado's restoration statutes withstands constitutional scrutiny
21-6228 Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Urena v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process immigration-court immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements When a notice to appear fails to include information required by statute and/or regulation, does the immigration court lack jurisdiction over the matt…
21-623 Anthony Penton v. A. Malfi, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived brady-evidence brady-v-maryland criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment prior-convictions prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment suppressed-evidence Whether evidence covered by Brady v. Maryland is considered suppressed under the Fifth Amendment regardless of the defendant's knowledge
21-6230 In Re Billy John Roberson Denied IFP 2nd-amendment aggravated-assault conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency judicial-conflict jury-instructions penal-code texas-penal-code Whether the petitioner was wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon despite not owning or having access to a firearm
21-6239 Robert A. Espinoza v. M. Segal, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c)(3)(a) conspiracy-definition crime-of-violence elements-clause gambling-activity gambling-offense racketeering-activity rico rico-statute unlawful-debt Is § 1962(c)'s 'Unlawful Debt' an alternative crime or a means of fulfilling the element of racketeering activity?
21-6247 Andrew Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-delay motion-to-vacate statutory-interpretation suspension-clause Does an inordinate delay of almost six years render a motion to vacate under 28 USC 2255 inadequate or ineffective to the point that Petitioner may in…
21-6261 Nathan B. Byerly v. Idaho, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the petitioner lacked standing to challenge the government's actions
21-6263 Gary Aaron Coble v. David Anderson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-interpretation double-jeopardy due-process equal-protection individual-rights judicial-review self-incrimination supreme-court-jurisdiction takings Whether the petitioner's due process rights under the U.S. Constitution were violated by the state's refusal to allow him to remain silent at trial
21-63 Terrance Miles v. Belinda Sanchez, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) evidence evidence-availability government-delay government-responsibility pre-trial-imprisonment prejudice rehabilitation sixth-amendment speedy-trial trial-postponement Whether the government's responsibility for delays in obtaining evidence weighs against the government in a Sixth Amendment speedy-trial analysis
21-639 Mark R. Smith v. Kate Bieker, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived dues-seizure employee-rights first-amendment fourteenth-amendment johnson-v-zerbst state-action union-speech waiver waiver-of-rights May a State, consistent with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, seize for union speech payments from an employee who has notified the State that he …
21-642 Jehu Hand v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-liability disclosure-requirements hype regulatory-interpretation resale-of-shares rule-10b-5 securities-exchange-act securities-law stock-fraud stock-price-crash total-mix-of-information Can criminal liability under Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b-5 lie when the 'total mix' of information includes a warning that the public disclosure …
21-657 Joseph Cecil Vandevere v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived conditional-speech constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech political-hyperbole political-speech public-concern true-threat Whether the speech at issue is entitled to special protection due to public concern
21-663 Fuad Fares Fuad Said v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-681 Andy Altahawi v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit Denied Response Waived capital-gains-tax civil-procedure consent-judgment restitution rule-60 rule-60(b) sec second-circuit tax-implications Whether the Second Circuit erred when it upheld the district court's denial of Altahawi's motion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5) and (6) to make …
21-687 John Donnelly Sweeney, et al. v. San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, et al. California Denied Response Waived administrative-hearing agency-enforcement defendant-rights due-process enforcement-order fair-trial procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct time-limit time-limitation Does an administrative hearing on an enforcement order comply with due process when the board limits the defendant's time to try his case to as little…
21-694 Bel Air Auto Auction, Inc. v. Great Northern Insurance Company Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure business-interruption certification-motion civil-rights due-process federal-state-relations insurance-contract insurance-contract-law judicial-discretion standing state-court-certification supreme-court-jurisdiction Did the Fourth Circuit abuse its discretion in denying certification of novel questions of state insurance law to the state's highest court?
21-76 Linda B. Vacchino v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appeal constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure fourteenth-amendment fraud judicial-fraud mortgage-crisis property-rights Whether the constitutional rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated when foreclosures and subsequent sale of primary r…
21-85 Neil G. Leeds v. Hanmi Bank California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights court-reporter due-process in-forma-pauperis pro-se standing unruh-act Whether the lower court including the appeal court should have followed The California Supreme Court Ruling under Jameson v. Desta to provide a free c…
21M43 Crystal V. L. Rivers v. Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Lynchburg Virginia Presumed Complete None
21M44 Eric W. Suggs v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M45 Darek J. Kitlinski, et ux. v. Department of Justice, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M46 Donna M. Smith v. Regina Woods, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M47 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M48 In re Special Investigation Misc. 1064 Maryland Presumed Complete None