Conference: 2021-12-03

242 cases — 3 granted, 239 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
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 go… 16.0
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… 15.0
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 The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires courts "to put arbitration agreements on an equal plane with other contracts." Kindred Nursing Ctrs. Ltd. P… 15.0
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 Title 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) prohibits using a facility or means of interstate commerce to "persuad[e], induc[e], entic[e], or coerc[e]" a minor to engag… 14.0
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… 14.0
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 1. Where a defendant's trial is postponed because certain evidence is unavailable, does the government's responsibility for delays in obtaining that e… 14.0
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… 13.5
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 1. Whether a term that is generic in the English-speaking foreign country from which it originated is ineligible for trademark protection in the Unite… 11.5
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 1. Whether a plaintiff satisfies the "clearly established law" prong of qualified immunity by identifying prior authority that articulates general leg… 11.0
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 The burial and storage of nuclear waste in faulty canisters on a California beach significantly threatens public health and safety. Petitioner sought … 11.0
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 1. Whether the discretionary-function exception shields the Government from suit whenever a government agent fails to fulfill a mandatory duty that ap… 10.5
21-474 In Re Wisconsin Legislature Denied article-iii census census-data comity federal-court-jurisdiction federalism judicial-power redistricting state-law state-legislature (1) Does a federal court clearly and indisputably transgress its Article III judicial power by exercising jurisdiction over a redistricting dispute ch… 10.5
21M45 Darek J. Kitlinski, et ux. v. Department of Justice, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
21M48 In re Special Investigation Misc. 1064 Maryland Granted None 10.5
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… 9.0
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 (1) Whether professional judgment rather than deliberate indifference is the proper constitutional standard for a claim of inadequate medical care bro… 9.0
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244… 8.5
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 1) Whether a union can trap a public worker into paying dues without the "affirmative consent" required by Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 244… 8.5
21-830 In Re Special Investigation Misc. 1064 Maryland Granted Response Waived None 8.5
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 This petition raises the Constitutional issue of whether or not a citizen of the United States is entitled to his or her own day in court — or be deni… 6.0
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 1. Whether Florida Statute § 790.162 (2007), which makes it a second degree felony to threaten to "throw, project, place or discharge any destructive … 6.0
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 1.) Whether the Appellate Court erred by affirming the District Court's dismissal of Plaintiffs' action on grounds that District Court lacked subject … 6.0
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 Florida Atlantic University has a reporting policy that requires its faculty and staff to disclose outside professional activities to the university… 5.5
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 1. Is an agency head, who is statutorily given the "sole discretion and prerogative" to make "final and conclusive" decisions in adjudications that ar… 5.5
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, where the panel's failure t… 5.5
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 1. Whether the appellate court's decision improperly expands the holding set forth in Jacobson v. Massachusetts , 197 U.S. 11 (1905), and its progen… 5.5
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… 5.5
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 Under NY law the. trial court's failure to adhere to procedural requirements of the waiver of indictment process, constitutes a mode of proceedings … 5.5
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 In 1996 Congress enacted Internal Revenue Code ("Code") Subchapter C—Long-Term Care Services and Contracts, which entitles purchasers of Qualified Lon… 5.5
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 Can three or four unadorned "calls for service" to an area (1) constitute a specific and articulable fact significantly associating said area with cri… 5.5
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 Respondents are police officers who tackled, punched, and kicked Petitioner Gregory Tucker after they pulled him over for non-functioning brake and li… 5.5
21M43 Crystal V. L. Rivers v. Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Lynchburg Virginia Denied None 5.5
21M44 Eric W. Suggs v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M46 Donna M. Smith v. Regina Woods, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M47 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
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 1. Whether evidence covered by Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and withheld by prosecutors is considered suppressed under the Fifth Amendment r… 4.5
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 1. Whether, in 1994, Congress eliminated the distinction between "historic tribes" and "created tribes" and, thereby, eliminated the requirement that … 4.0
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 In Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing 564 U.S. 604 (2011) the only question before this Court was whether a state law duty for a generic drug manufacturer to p… 4.0
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 1. Whether a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan is an important national policy which gives license to a lender's forcible entry and seizure of… 4.0
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 The questions presented for review, deal with aspects of a single subject matter reference, The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109 —4… 4.0
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 A) SCOTUS Rule 10(b) - Whether or not the Circuit Court of Fairfax County (hereafter "FCCC ") erred by entering its 1/15/2019 "Final Order " captioned… 4.0
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 1) When a foreign National claims Citizenship on escrow documents, but is not a citizen, is that Mortgage Valid or VOID? 2) Since Escrow Instructions… 4.0
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 like the National Labor Relations Board has absolute discretion in all of its non-enforcement decisions and thus such deci… 4.0
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 The value of this case is over tens of millions of dollars. Defendant obtained huge amount of illegal proceeds through illegal business pattern: wage … 4.0
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 (1) Whether the fair report privilege apply to a private communication between a police officer and a member of the press is supported in a defamation… 4.0
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 1. Whether the Fourth Amendment is violated when foreign law enforcement officials engage in wiretapping at the behest of United States officials purs… 4.0
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 (1) 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 u… 4.0
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 Does a district court at sentencing apply an impermissible presumption of reasonableness to the Sentencing Guidelines range if it refers to the range … 4.0
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 (1) 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 u… 4.0
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 Petitioner, Linda B. Vacchino for Herself And on Behalf of Unnamed, Countless Others Impacted by the 2007 Mortgage Crisis and Those To Be Impacted by … 4.0
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 The American Dream. Where a young citizen beat the odds of adversity and extreme poverty with only a ninth grade education to build one of the most … 4.0
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… 3.5
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 To preserve the Right of the Fifth and Fourteenth of the Constitution of the United States should a party be denied the Right to Question Jurisdiction… 3.5
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 Question not identified. 3.5
21-512 John Rodden v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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 1. Whether the court of appeals applied an improper standard of review in exercising its discretion when ruling on the Simons' request to certify the … 3.5
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 1. Whether the regulatory deference test set forth in Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997) and Kisor v. Wilkie, --- U.S. ---, 189 S.Ct. 2400 (2019), s… 3.5
21-535 Fredis Artola, aka Jose Walter Merlos Giron v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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 1. 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 … 3.5
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… 3.5
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… 3.5
21-553 Iris Dinora Alvarez-Sabillon, et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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 If multiple and distinct First or Fourteenth Amendment rights are involved— either collectively or as alternative factual theories—is each right analy… 3.5
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 This Court established the standards of review for agency actions in Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe, 401 U.S. 402 (1971). Courts are limit… 3.5
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 1. Where 28 U.S.C. § 2462 provides in relevant part that, "[e]xcept as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, an action, suit or proceeding for the en… 3.5
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 In a claim alleging conspiracy to conceal evidence against a public official who was falsely charged with embezzlement, can multiple municipal defenda… 3.5
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 Question 1: Do courts of appeal nationwide exhibit a pattern and practice of refusing to adjudicate EVERY issue presented by the Class of disrespecte… 3.5
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, within the meaning enunciated in CNH Industrial v Reese, 138 S. Ct. 761 (2018), may be s… 3.5
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 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erroneously determined that a student cannot state a retaliation claim under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Ti… 3.5
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 plaintiff's pendin… 3.5
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 The question presented is whether the Younger abstention doctrine applies when a state has indicated it will disregard the Supremacy Clause of the Con… 3.5
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 In Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31, this Court held that public employees have a right to refuse to subsidize union speech, that "States and public-sector… 3.5
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 … 3.5
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 1) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSUE HEREIN IS ENTITLED TO SPECIAL PROTECTION BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN? 2) WHETHER THE SPEECH AT ISSU… 3.5
21-663 Fuad Fares Fuad Said v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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 … 3.5
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 John Sweeney personally repaired a low dirt levee surrounding a small island in a marsh. Two California agencies, after brief hearings, responded by i… 3.5
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 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit abuse its discretion and so far depart from the accepted and usual course of judicial pr… 3.5
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 By its plain language, Hobbs Act robbery does not require as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use, of violent physical force. The plai… 0.5
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)? 0.5
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 1. Under plenary appellate review, is a defendant's trial stipulation that he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm sufficient evidence that … 0.5
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 When a party dies, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a) permits the party's successor or representative to be substituted by motion "within 90 days a… 0.5
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… -1.0
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 "It has long been settled that when a case is submitted to the jury on alternative theories the unconstitutionality of any of the theories requires th… -1.5
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 … -1.5
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 Thirty-eight years ago, in United States v. Knotts, 460 U.S. 276, 285 (1983), this Court held that a person does not have a reasonable expectation of … -1.5
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)? -1.5
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)? -1.5
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 1) Is a prosecution's claim that a defendant's lawyer is "likely to be a necessary witness" at trial an "actual conflict" or "a serious potential conf… -1.5
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, as three … -1.5
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 1. 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 a… -1.5
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 Can a court find voluntary "implied consent" to a warrantless home entry when the officer did not request permission to enter and was unaware of any c… -1.5
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)? -1.5
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… -1.5
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 1. Did the Court of Appeals err in denying a certificate of appealability over trial counsel's potential ineffectiveness in the plead-vs-trial decisio… -1.5
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)? -1.5
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 (1) Whether a law enforcement officer's order to "just kinda stay here" results in a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, and whether complying with th… -1.5
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… -1.5
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… -4.0
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 1. WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, AND/OR SANCTIONED A DEPART… -4.0
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 1) Whether the trial court admissability of evidence of a later date and not for what defendant was on trial was an abuse of discretion under Texas ru… -4.0
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 Question not identified. -4.0
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 1) has the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT (USDC) decision conflict with this aggrieved party's fundamental First Amendment Right? 2) has the NINTH CIRC… -4.0
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 '… -4.0
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 I. (Doc. 9) and in my Second Amended Complaint (Doc. 51) two (2) differ… -4.0
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 1. Can same criminal counsel misrepresenting defendant in the same L.T. case, and other cases in the trial court documenting instances of "torture" t… -4.0
20-8396 Renee Denise Bell v. Florida Highway Patrol, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 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 1. Should a Mandated order issued by a United States Appeals Court [Specifically, the Hon. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals] be struck down by a deci… -4.0
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 1. Under the constitutional provisions and guarantees of the U.S.C.14th Amendment due process and equal application of the law, providing that there a… -4.0
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… -4.0
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 Mr. Harris' habeas petition presents exceptional circumstances that have sharply divided the courts below. Eight out of twelve United States of Appeal… -4.0
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 1. Did the United States court of appeals error and abuse its discretion, in dismissing the petitioner's prima facie personal injury, civil rights com… -4.0
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 1. If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution pr… -4.0
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? 1. Did the filing… -4.0
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 Constitutio… -4.0
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 1. WHETHER, video cameras used in public are protected by The United States Constitution, especially when applying and exercising under the 1st Amendm… -4.0
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 1. WHETHER, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Abused its discretion, erred and Deprived Petitioners of To A Fair and Just Trial/RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS … -4.0
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 1. Is Hobbs Act violence a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A)? Under the elements clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A), an offense quali… -4.5
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 1. Whether, in direct conflict with decisions of other circuits, the Eighth Circuit correctly held that under Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(c), a defendant who … -4.5
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 TRIAL COUNSEL GAVE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE FOR FAILING TO OBJECT TO THE PROSECUTOR'S IMPROPER ARGUMENT REGARDING VICTIM IMPACT TESTIMONY USED TO SUPPOR… -4.5
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, as well as Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to th… -4.5
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 Question One: has Whether the 5th Circvit Court of Appeals that is in direct conflict with entered a decision the United States Supreme Court precede… -4.5
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 1. Where a capital sentencing jury hears only a brief, conclusory, second-hand allusion to childhood abuse and neglect, can detailed, graphic accounts… -4.5
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 1) Has the Appellate Commission/Court determined Petitioner needed to have Served Respondents on Adverse parties the appeal Understanding his path, Wh… -4.5
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 1) was the Appelate Commissiones justified in dismissing vice of the filed notice of appeal vpan all advesse partieseal, and as it was tre, based on t… -4.5
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 (1) Did the Ninth Circuit Court and the District Court completely overlooked a clear procedural rule proving that the respondents filed an untimely re… -4.5
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 1. Have the attorney's and court committed a management override of the Constitution? 2. When fraud and attorney misconduct is present is the court r… -4.5
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 This case before the Honorable Court through its Materiality of (5) years of impermissible Inordinate Delays presents important issues in the interest… -4.5
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… -4.5
21-5796 Larry E. Clark v. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, et al. Louisiana Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights condemnation due-process federal-courts federal-procedure jurisdiction standing state-courts state-law A State Law Is At Issue In These Condemnation Cases On Being Repugnant To The U. S. Constitution; But If No Final Appealable Judgment Has Been Issued … -4.5
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, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), require the use of clinical standards for the determination of sub-average intellectual functioning? -4.5
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 1). Was petitioner written a Califia hcale Appralablly Lo Meni Mthethsr Lhe EE ee don REFUSED fo Conatrue 02 anabyge Led of une 11, 1185, Li" Lag, RS,… -4.5
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 1) 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.… -4.5
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? -4.5
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 1. Are Federal judges at liberty to unilaterally issue rulings and orders based on personal political preferences, in addition to race and class bias,… -4.5
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 error to akfirm the trial Coust's suling where the trial Court was convinced by the Sthte's 'thired-party gui… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 that I wrote "Director Kelley " about before the stabbing… -4.5
21-5842 Raymond Lee Bosarge v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP 2nd-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process standing takings 1) WhEthEr VEl NoN, Sup ume Conts Alsbama's decisions, timeliness.ob stuicling Challenges, Petitionen's Ancillany REOMaINS "cantany to" on AN "UNhEASO… -4.5
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 GENERALLY, A FEDERAL COURT MAY NOT REVIEW A STATE COURT SENTENCE THAT IS WITHIN THE STATUTORY LIMITS. IT MAY VACATE A SENTENCE, HOWEVER IF IT WAS IMPO… -4.5
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 Review is requested to determine whether a sentence within the prescribed statutory range but inconsistent with the jury's verdict complies with the S… -4.5
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 • WM UaSn4 x allowed 4o -fixce. mw accuser or cross- examine. Won a\ final ? * WhW cJoulclo4 /AW A\4omeV5/ MarK S-taPlefioo . Trai/i S S4roud and Ste… -4.5
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 The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a COA in this Cause by applying Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) in a vague and conclusory ma… -4.5
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 1. Whether Petitioner seeking a COA demonstrated a substantial showing of the denial of a Constitutional right and that jurist of reason would find i… -4.5
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 trial counsel claims on Drrect Appead where the Only Cpportunity of A Garrantee of Cunsel n S T abvious troth is that lawyers are necessifies ot Luur… -4.5
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 1) Whether it is unconstitutional, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment- Equal Protection Clause, for any litigant alleging discrimination in the… -4.5
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, as irrefutably evidenced in the Petitioner's Federal Court Cases (incl… -4.5
21-5869 In Re Abdul Mohammed Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure executive-committee judicial-transfer nunc-pro-tunc standing transfer venue void-ab-initio 1) whether the 7th Circuit shall transfer pending Appeal # 20-2419 and Appeal # 21-1591 to a different circuit; 2) whether the Orders of the Executiv… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 1. Whether District Court, departed from essential requirements of law, by not perfecting service on Petitioner in a timely manner, which denied cons… -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 in Nevada's Disciplinary Proceedings, and when Disciplinary Proceedings are Constituted is Due Process Vio… -4.5
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 1. Should no time limit apply? R.C.W. 4.16.190 If a person entitled to bring an action against a sheriff or other officer be at the time the cause of … -4.5
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 1. How is it possible for a black person to have constitutional rights to be treated EQUAL to a white person's rights, privileges, benefits and advant… -4.5
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 I. Is Sixth Circuit required to docket Petitioner 's Wirt of Mandamus filed around August 10, 2021 and the Rules of Appellate Produce Rule 21 require… -4.5
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? Civil Cases May Require Protection from Criminal Judicial Servants. My Life Was Altered SO They Could Live. … -4.5
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 The Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, failed to comply with the mandatory provisio… -4.5
21-5908 Miguel Martinez v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-law due-process evidence public-trial right-to-counsel Question not identified. -4.5
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 on the question of whether a Defendant can be imprisoned pursuant to an orally pronounced ve… -4.5
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 1. Are retired state judges constitutional? 2. Is a litigant given a fair trail by jury when judge has no oath of office, irrelevant facts are focuse… -4.5
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 where Petitioner was denied due proces… -4.5
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 The Defendant/Petitioner states that the issues being presented in this Writ are not only ones of great public interest or Constitutional importance, … -4.5
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 How could I receive an Guilty Verdict of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the time of this supposed incident, I, Billy John Rooerson, did no… -4.5
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 A. Do Sixth Amendment safeguards require trial courts to inquire into existing conflicts between counsel and the defendant before a trial court may de… -5.5
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 1. Respectfully, what is the obligation of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ("SCOTUS"), under HAZEL-ATLAS GLASS CO. vs. HARTFORD… -6.0
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 1. Does the Federal court have an obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? 2. Does the failure of t… -6.0
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… -6.0
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 1) Whether jurisdiction exists for presentation of grounds for relief from all custody under § 2241, challenging conditions of confinement, where conc… -6.0
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 Question not identified. -6.0
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, consistent with this Court's holdings in Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147 (2007), an intervening new judgment between two habeas petitions res… -6.0
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 Rather than the President of the United States should Federal Judges, Federal and Appellate Judges and United States Supreme Court Justices and Chief … -6.0
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 The Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) in this case eventually went to prison for planting DNA evidence in another murder case, as he's alleged to have pl… -6.0
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; Whether Mik… -6.0
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 Should the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Sixth Circuit Court be persuaded by the facts and questions presented to grant the Appellant-Plaintiff re… -6.0
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 1. When prosecutors conspire with known conflicted defense counsel pre-indictment, and devise a scheme to deprive two targets in a criminal investigat… -6.0
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 1. Did the New York County Family Court meet due process and evidence standards in their determinations against the petitioner in disposition of two … -6.0
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 Did the Ninth Circuit's disposition of Petitioner's claim under Rule 32(i)(1)(A) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure conflict with the Sixth Ci… -6.0
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? Whether A Violation Of One's Fourth Amendment Rights By Sara LaRosa, et al, A… -6.5
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 THE QUSTION IS NOT MERELY THE WEIGHT OF LIBERTY OF PROPERTY WITHOUT LANGUAGE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT.. ONCE IT IS DETERMIND THAT DUE PROCESS APPLIES THE… -6.5
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 of the U.S. Federal government breached the 'Separation of Powers' Principle by issuing Presidential Executive Order #13562? … -6.5
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 1. 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 cr… -6.5
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 of the Fifth Amendment bars retrial where the trial court dismissed the case with prejudice for bad faith prosecuto… -6.5
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 I. Can a court of law in the United States, whether State or Federal Court, render a decision in a court proceeding without first deciding on a questi… -6.5
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 where (1) The trial court empanelled an illegally constituted jury in vio… -6.5
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 The question presented for review is whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has so far departed from the accepted and usual … -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5
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 I. Certiorari should issue to resolve whether the USCCA has denied and is denying Petitioner access to the courts, during Indigent Petitioner's United… -6.5
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 acknowledges that plaintiffs have suffered real injuries from… -6.5
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? -6.5
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 IaHu* did Mr. Prices Kosh Sta±H Oct t&ui&n Clsu^ Shock Svd donS ShcSS MlC^durUS CI 9 d Hood IS it tfaut hC- UJOJS asSi^neJ to bs m-i court (tffoud&l… -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5
21-6035 Anesha Dexter v. University of Central Arkansas, Music Department Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
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 … -6.5
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). -6.5
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 I. BECAUSE THERE IS A CONFLICT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL OVER THIS MATTER, CAN THE SENTENCING COMMISSION'S COMMENTS TAKE PRECED… -6.5
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. Under what circumstances can the district court at sentencing deny the government's motion for a third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibilit… -6.5
21-6070 Alan Williams v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process jurisdiction standing I. Whether Court of Appeals abused its discretion en nor protecting Petitioner's Constitutional right ty net be Wearived of liberty, where petitioners… -6.5
21-6075 James Frei v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment Question not identified. -6.5
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, 18 U.S.C § 1951 (a) remains a predicate crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C § 924(c) under the elements clause after… -6.5
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 Q)l. Is the maxim advised to the Oregon Supreme Courts mandamus order pre-discretionary to disposition concerning a judicial body's bias and awe inspi… -6.5
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 and … -6.5
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 Illinois courts' mechanical, outcome-based approach to the Strickland standard, which routinely requires affirmative proof of a different outc… -6.5
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 in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction over the United States Courts, this Court should correct the correctable injustice that occurr… -6.5
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 Petitioner pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. She admitted to the district court that approxima… -6.5
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 I. WHETHER THE VERDICT OF GUILT WAS SUPPORTED BY SUFFCIENT EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN A CONVICTION, AND THE EVIDENCE, VIEWED IN A LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO THE… -6.5
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 1. WHETHER BRADY V. MARYLAND, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) AND ITS PROGRENY REQUIRE THE PROSECUTION TO CREATE A RECORD OF AND PRESERVE APPARENTLY EXCULPATORY WI… -6.5
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 I. DID THE TRIAL COURT VIOLATE PETITIONER DAVIS'S 14TH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS WHEN THEY USED A CIVIL ACTION TO IMPRISON HIM AS A MINOR? II. D… -6.5
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 The "Clear Error" standard of review has been criticized as "elastic, capacious, malleable, and above all variable." Edward H. Cooper, Civil Rule 50(A… -6.5
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 Does the absence of a specific unanimity instruction at trial require both distribution of Pcp and accompanying 924.lis count be vacated Does a convi… -6.5
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 … -6.5
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 1. When a lower Court removes a waiver and assigns counsel for appeal, then by asserting the waiver, they had removed, covers under its scope the deni… -6.5
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? -6.5
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 THIS… -6.5
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 1. The California criminal street gang laws contained in section 186.22 of the California Penal Code are unconstitutional for being vague, indefinite … -6.5
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 … -6.5
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 New Mexico courts have held that the state's aggravated battery statute can be violated by unlawful touching alone. Unlawful touch that results in bod… -6.5
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 I. Did the First Circuit depart from this Court's decision in Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. ___ (2019), with respect to the presumption in favor o… -6.5
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 1. When indisputable evidence shows a federal criminal defendant's retained counsel has abandoned him at a key pretrial hearing and is not prepared fo… -6.5
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… -6.5
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. -6.5
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… -6.5
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 I. WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN DECIDING THAT PETITIONER HAS NOT SHOWN EXTRAORDINARY AND COMPELLING REASONS; AND THAT HE WAS A DANGER TO THE CO… -6.5
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 1. When the government successively supersedes an indictment, fails to appoint Article III judges, does not run a thorough conflict check of a protect… -6.5
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 (INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN M… -6.5
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 1. What consideration, if any, must courts give the following factors in their presumption-of-prejudice analysis: (a) a verdict finding the defendant … -6.5
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 This case presents unsettled and important questions related to the scope and application of "relevant conduct" to prove specific offense characterist… -6.5
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 1) Has the Eleventh Amendment barred the federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over this case where the state has been sued in federal court to … -6.5
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 DEFENDANT'S CONVICTION IS IN VIOLATION OF THE SEARCH AND SEIZURE PROTECTION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEE… -6.5
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 1. Whether the United States committed prosecutorial misconduct, depriving Petitioner of a fair trial when it shifted burden of proof by stating that … -6.5
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 The Pre-First Step Act Safety Valve was widely applied to the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), a statute whose punishment criteria and eleme… -6.5
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? Is a d… -6.5
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 1. Did the United States District Court - Central District of California 's Chief Judge Philip S. Gutierrez violate the United States Constitution whe… -6.5
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 1) When a petitioner makes a prima facie showing of constitutionally impermissible conduct by prosecution, must court hold a -ranks hearing to investi… -6.5
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 "three strikes" mandatory life sentence, pursuant to United States v. John… -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5
21-6205 Emem Ufot Udoh v. Nate Knutson, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence administrative-law constitutional-vagueness covid-19 covid-19-impact crime-of-violence deportation due-process immigration immigration-law In light of the recent binding precedent of this court, dated April 17, 2018, in Session v. Dimaya, 200 L. Ed 2d 549, 138 S Ct. 1204, affirming the Ni… -6.5
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 Petitioner K. Jeffery Knapp is man who owned and operated a successful Montana business. He is a man who had a past, having served prison time for Col… -6.5
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… -6.5
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 (1) Is § 1962(c)'s "Unlawful Debt" an alternative crime with alternative elements or a means of fulfilling the element of racketeering activity, i.e.,… -6.5
21-6247 Andrew Cox v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied 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 I. Does an inordinate delay of almost six years -- as a matter of law -- render a motion to vacate under 28 USC 2255 inadequate or ineffective to the … -6.5
21-6261 Nathan B. Byerly v. Idaho, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5