| 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 |
|