Conference: 2022-01-07

451 cases — 0 granted, 451 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
21-84 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. v. Victim Rights Law Center, et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) adequate-representation circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-litigation governmental-litigant intervention intervention-as-of-right presumption-of-adequacy presumption-of-adequate-representation standing title-ix Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2), an entity that seeks to intervene as of right must establish that none of the existing parties "adequa… 19.0
21-270 BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels Montana Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework Whether FELA preempts state-law duties that require a defendant to settle and pay FELA claims even when the defendant has non-frivolous defenses to li… 16.0
21-441 Alfred H. Siegel, Trustee of the Circuit City Stores, Inc. Liquidating Trust v. John P. Fitzgerald, III, Acting United States Trustee for Region 4 Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5) bankruptcy-administrator bankruptcy-clause bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-trustee bankruptcy-uniformity chapter-11 chapter-11-bankruptcy judicial-districts quarterly-fees trustee-program uniform-laws Whether the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in U.S. Trustee … 15.5
21-340 Orlando Carter v. District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment constitutional-right court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process groppi-precedent groppi-v-wisconsin impartial-jury venue venue-change Whether the District of Columbia Court of Appeals' categorical prohibition on changes of venue deprives defendants of the right to trial by an imparti… 15.0
21-428 Rocket Mortgage, LLC, fka Quicken Loans Inc., et al. v. Phillip Alig, et al. Fourth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii-standing circuit-split civil-rights class-action damages due-process financial-injury injury mortgage-lending standing standing-doctrine 1. Whether basing Article III standing to seek damages on a mere risk of harm, without evidence that the harm ever materialized, is inconsistent with … 15.0
21-479 Nicole K., by Next Friend Linda R., et al. v. Terry J. Stigdon, Director, Indiana Department of Child Services, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) abstention abstention-doctrine administrative-process circuit-court-ruling civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances federal-court-discretion federalism judicial-proceeding procedural-jurisdiction Whether a federal court "has discretion to put any federal proceeding on hold while a state works its way through an administrative process," as the S… 15.0
21-374 Steven Edward Struve v. Iowa Iowa Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) cellphone-use civil-rights fourth-amendment investigatory-stop law-enforcement reasonable-suspicion texting-while-driving traffic-stop Whether police officers in those states have reasonable suspicion under the Fourth Amendment to initiate an investigatory traffic stop, where they obs… 14.0
21-540 Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., et al. v. Rick C. Sasso Indiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) claim-scope exclusive-jurisdiction federal-circuit federal-patent-law gunn-v-minton jurisdictional-split patent-jurisdiction patent-validity state-court-adjudication state-court-jurisdiction Whether a dispute raises substantial issues of federal patent law when its resolution necessarily depends on patent-law determinations regarding claim… 14.0
21-505 Bank of America Corporation, et al. v. Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC, as Assignee and Successor-in-Interest to FrontPoint Asian Event Driven Fund L.P., et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (2) article-iii article-iii-jurisdiction civil-procedure court-procedure federal-civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction-creation legal-standing new-plaintiff plaintiff-addition rule-17 standing Whether a district court lacking Article III jurisdiction can create such jurisdiction by adding a new plaintiff via Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1… 12.5
21-404 United States v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1) contract-workers federal-contract-workers federal-facilities intergovernmental-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause workers-compensation Whether a state workers' compensation law that applies exclusively to federal contract workers who perform services at a specified federal facility is… 11.5
21-467 Clifton Merrill Parish v. Oklahoma, et al. Oklahoma Denied Amici (1) collateral-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus indian-law oklahoma-law retroactivity supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced. 11.5
21-568 Jason Jarvis v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1) criminal-law criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-law federal-law-change judicial-discretion retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3… 11.5
21-175 P. Z. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process firearm-possession fourth-amendment heller mcdonald public-safety scrutiny-level second-amendment In McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Court held that the Second Amendment right recognized in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a… 11.0
21-396 Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Dev Anand Oman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied airline-deregulation-act commerce-clause extraterritorial-regulation interstate-commerce multi-state-work-shifts transportation-workers wage-and-hour-laws Whether, consistent with the Commerce Clause and the deregulatory preferences of the Airline Deregulation Act, California may extend its wage-and-hour… 10.5
21-433 Melvin Alexis Cortez-Ramirez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None 10.5
21-465 James L. Kisor v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law disability-benefits federal-circuit post-traumatic-stress-disorder pro-veteran-canon regulatory-interpretation service-records statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the term "relevant official service department records" in 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(1)'s "reconsideration" provision encompasses all records that … 10.5
21-470 Eric Lee Brown v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rule-criminal-procedure judicial-precedent legal-standard plain-error precedent standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether an error can be "plain" within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) based on established legal principles, or whether an er… 10.5
21-478 Ee Hoong Liang v. Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction summary-judgment Personal Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens 1) All the parties are citizens and residents of the Republic of Singapore, where they live, work, and… 10.5
21-516 Justin Haggerty v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied 18-usc-1152 affirmative-defense criminal-procedure element federal-jurisdiction indian-country interracial interracial-offense statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction I. Whether the "interracial" nature of a minor offense in Indian Country is an element of 18 U.S.C. § 1152, rather than an affirmative defense, and th… 10.5
21-571 Infowars, LLC, et al. v. Marcel Fontaine Texas Denied class-action defamation first-amendment free-speech media-organization public-concern rosenblatt-test speech-rights sullivan-test tort-actions New York Times v. Sullivan , 376 U.S. 254 (1964) establishes that speech must be "of and concerning" a specific individual for that individual to stat… 10.5
21-659 Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, et al. Puerto Rico Denied Amici (5) civil-procedure civil-rights court-closure domestic-violence due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-proceedings press-rights public-access standing 1. Whether courts may summarily close judicial proceedings and deny access to the official recordings of those proceedings without determining whether… 10.5
21-638 David R. Watkins, et al. v. Brian F. Spector, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-procedure class-action data-breach due-process ex-parte judicial-procedure legal-ethics settlement settlement-agreement state-law-claims After a data breach at Equifax disclosed nearly 150 million Americans' sensitive personal information, 300 class actions against Equifax were consolid… 9.5
21-755 Carter Page, et al. v. Democratic National Committee, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 28-usc-1332 carden-v-arkoma citizenship complete-diversity diversity diversity-jurisdiction domicile newman-green partnership partnership-defendant stateless-citizen Whether a U.S. Citizen domiciled abroad who is a member of a partnership defendant destroys the complete diversity required by 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), wh… 9.5
21-829 Timothy Scott Hardin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 18-usc-2252 18-usc-2252a age-of-consent categorical-approach criminal-law federal-sentencing minor sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements state-statutes statutory-interpretation Under federal law, the Model Penal Code, and the laws of 39 states and the District of Columbia, consensual sex between a 21-year-old and a 17-year-ol… 9.5
20-1737 Luke Noel Wilson v. California California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) electronic-search email email-scanning fourth-amendment google law-enforcement private-search-doctrine search-warrant warrant-requirement 1. DOES THE PRIVATE SEARCH DOCTRINE PLACE GOOGLE'S AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC SCAN OF ALL EMAIL ON ITS SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE PROTECTION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT… 9.0
21-130 Jack Darrell Hearn, et al. v. Steven C. McCraw, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights continuing-violations-doctrine discovery-of-injury-rule governmental-conduct separate-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations Under 42 U.S.C. §1983, and the Continuing Violations Doctrine, Does a "Separate Accrual Rule," or in Contrast a "Discovery of Injury Rule," Apply to a… 9.0
21-310 Erick Adrian Roman-Vega v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None 9.0
21-506 Amec Foster Wheeler plc v. Enterprise Products Operating LLC Texas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency-theory claim-by-claim-analysis corporate-defendant due-process forum-contacts purposeful-contacts specific-jurisdiction For a State to exercise specific jurisdiction over a foreign defendant, (1) the plaintiff's claims must "arise out of or relate to the defendant's con… 9.0
21-827 Darek J. Kitlinski, et ux. v. Department of Justice, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) burden-of-proof discriminatory-animus employee-rights employment-discrimination employment-rights federal-employment military-service protected-status reemployment-rights userra Whether, to shift the burden of proof to the employer in a Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) case, the employee must … 9.0
21-519 Growth Energy v. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-interpretation ethanol-blending ethanol-waiver fuel-blends reid-vapor-pressure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation volatility-limit Whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency may interpret the ethanol-waiver provision in 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4) to apply to fuel blends… 8.5
21-668 Charles G. Kinney v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-process civil-procedure due-process ftca ftca-exception judicial-immunity malicious-prosecution pre-filing-order vexatious-litigant whistle-blower-rights Can the "law enforcement proviso" exception to the FTCA's exclusion of intentional torts by law enforcement officers (acting within the scope of their… 8.5
21-685 Alexander Khochinsky v. Republic of Poland District of Columbia Denied Response Waived bad-faith bad-faith-litigation civil-rights diplomatic-immunity extradition foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity personal-property religion-ethnicity sovereign-immunity Whether a foreign state that seeks to resolve title to moveable personal property because it is owned by an individual of a particular religion or eth… 8.5
21-689 Orlando Fernandez Taveras v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
21-712 Derrick Tyrone Jenkins v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived clear-and-present-danger contempt contempt-of-court due-process extrajudicial-speech first-amendment free-speech habeas-review judicial-criticism political-speech Does the clear and present danger standard apply in contempt proceedings brought to sanction a litigant's extrajudicial criticism of an elected judge … 8.5
21-736 Aristeo Sanchez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
21-754 Travis Levi Parrott v. Murray Tatum, Warden Georgia Denied Response Waived appeal-denial certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-probable-cause constitutional-right effective-assistance-of-counsel extraneous-evidence georgia-supreme-court habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prior-convictions procedural-default Whether the Georgia Supreme Court Erred in Denying Mr. Parrott's Application for Certificate of Probable Cause to Appeal the Denial of His Petition fo… 8.5
21-780 Ewin Oscar Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-2119 actual-innocence carjacking carjacking-statute crime-of-violence criminal-procedure habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause Ewin Oscar Martinez was convicted in 2000 of using and carrying a firearm during a "crime of violence" in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), based upon … 8.5
21-834 Libertarian Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-rights political-parties political-party Whether a government during the election process, without violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments, can threaten criminal prosecution against vot… 8.5
21-849 Slidewaters LLC v. Washington Department of Labor and Industries, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived emergency-powers executive-authority legislative-authority legislative-delegation nondelegation-doctrine police-power separation-of-powers state-governance state-of-emergency Does a state legislature's delegation of unlimited and inherently legislative police power to a state executive violate the separation of powers, even… 8.5
21-551 John J. Watford v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (2) 18-usc-3582(c)(1)(a) 18-usc-924(c) 18-USC-924c circuit-split criminal-law extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-sentencing sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court may consider the 2018 amendment to the sentences mandated by 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) in determining whether a defendant has shown … 7.5
20-1790 Alston Campbell, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) accomplice-witness accomplice-witnesses appellate-review confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process sentencing-benefits standard-of-review 1. There is a split among the courts of appeals and several states on the following question: Whether a trial court violates a defendant's rights unde… 7.0
21-133 Jorge Alejandro Rojas v. Federal Aviation Administration Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-records circuit-split consultant-corollary foia-exemption-5 freedom-of-information-act inter-agency-memoranda judicial-circuit-split statutory-interpretation Whether the Ninth Circuit, in a sharply divided en banc decision, erred by adopting the consultant corollary and holding that "intra-agency memorandum… 6.5
21-469 Tony B. Jobe, Esquire v. National Transportation Safety Board Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) administrative-law consultant-corollary foia-exemption-5 foreign-government freedom-of-information-act inter-agency-documents intra-agency-communications intra-agency-memorandums regulated-parties Exemption 5 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides that federal agencies need not release privileged "inter-agency or intra-agency memorand… 6.5
20-1719 Allen Bernard Shay v. Alfred H. Siegel Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment bankruptcy bankruptcy-due-process constitutional-equal-protection due-process economic-fluctuations equal-rights judicial-fraud pro-se pro-se-rights trustee-discretion Does a petitioner in pro se seeking bankruptcy have the same 14th amendment due process protection and equal rights protection guaranteed under the co… 6.0
21-190 Carlos W. Santiago v. Josean Toucet, et al. Puerto Rico Denied Relisted (2) appeal appellate-rights confession confession-suppression criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-misconduct trial-transparency A = If due process of law is violated when a judge in a hidden trial disappears and erases from his judgment the confession obtained through strong cr… 6.0
21-303 Vignaraj Munsami Pillay v. Public Storage Inc. Florida Denied Relisted (2) breach-of-contract civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-liability due-process evidence exculpatory-clause motion-to-dismiss negligence property-damage standing tenant-rights (i) - Can a motion to dismiss a complaint using citations out of context from distinguishable cases,polished and crafted , and completely unrelated t… 6.0
21-331 Alice Jin-Yue Guan v. Bing Ran Virginia Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights takings 1. Whether state courts violated Petitioner's federal rights by removing her own property of 2% company ownership and $2.3M cash without notice and du… 6.0
21-360 Joseph Constant v. DTE Electric Company, aka DTE Energy, aka Detroit Edison Company, aka DTE, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights contract-conspiracy fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court judicial-ethics judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct rico rico-act I Did Judge Kumar and the Executives of the Judges' RICO Enterprise made frauds upon the court when1. They litigated cases for DTE under the DTE-to-En… 6.0
21-436 In Re Kevin D. Loggins, Sr. Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion obstruction-of-justice unlawful-incarceration void-judgment HAS FOR GOING ON 25 YEARS HELD PET- WHETHER THE U.S./ KANSAS , ITIONER ILLEGALLY IN PRISON CONTRARY TO THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THEI. UNITED STATES CONS… 6.0
21-489 Ahmed Ali Muthana v. Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, et al. District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) citizenship citizenship-status diplomatic-immunity due-process legal-inconsistency passport passport-revocation revocation state-department state-department-certification Is the U.S. State Department's certification of an individual's diplomatic status reasonably considered conclusive and unreviewable evidence, even whe… 6.0
21-5305 Alejandro Rosales-Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ability-to-pay circuit-split constitutional-consideration constitutional-law criminal-fines eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause fine-assessment indigent-defendant judicial-discretion Anyone can go to prison, but not everyone can pay a fine. The district court here imposed a $4,000 fine against Mr. Rosales-Gonzalez, an indigent, non… 6.0
21-715 In Re Jody Tremayne Wafer Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-liberty criminal-justice drug-crime drug-policy due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment habeas-corpus 1. Is being incarcerated a substantial denial of Petitioner's constitutional right of liberty, without "sufficient cause," without compelling reasons … 6.0
21-243 James Warner v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied bribery-statute constructive-amendment criminal-procedure indictment indictment-modification jury-instruction jury-instructions plain-error substantial-rights Whether the constructive amendment of an indictment by an erroneous jury instruction, stating that conspiracy counts alleged agreements to violate a d… 5.5
21-273 Buck Gene Brune v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied circuit-split criminal-procedure double-jeopardy fifth-amendment finality-of-judgment plea-bargaining plea-of-guilty prosecutorial-overreach sentencing Under the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause, upon a defendant's plea of guilty, does jeopardy attach: a. when the district court accepts the d… 5.5
21-279 Grand River Enterprises Six Nations Ltd. v. Mark Boughton Second Circuit Denied dormant-commerce-clause due-process extraterritorial-effect extraterritorial-regulation federal-preemption indian-commerce private-business-data private-data state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause 1. Whether Connecticut impermissibly regulates or controls conduct beyond the boundaries of the State in violation of the dormant Commerce Clause when… 5.5
21-490 Judith S. Coffey, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eighth Circuit Denied even if it is subsequently determined that the ta assessment-period bona-fide-resident internal-revenue-code section-6501(a) section-932(c)(2) statute-of-limitations tax-filing tax-return u.s.-virgin-islands Whether a Form 1040 (U.S. Individual Income Tax Return) filed with the U.S. Virgin Islands Bureau of Internal Revenue ("VIBIR") pursuant to Section 93… 5.5
21-522 Michael Simko v. United States Steel Corporation Third Circuit Denied administrative-exhaustion administrative-procedure civil-action civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment employment-discrimination retaliation retaliation-claim title-vii Whether, or under what circumstances, a claim that an employer unlawfully retaliated against an employee for filing a charge of discrimination with th… 5.5
21-565 Olga Pavlovna Blakley v. Milling, Benson, Woodward, L.L.P. Fifth Circuit Denied contract-location contractual-obligations damages damages-jurisdiction judicial-bias legal-malpractice out-of-state-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction representation-agreement In a suit alleging an ongoing scheme, affecting multiple clients, over a period of more than ten years, of legal malpractice, and judicial bias based … 5.5
21-570 Ralph Keller v. Chippewa County Board of Commissioners, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-discrimination discrimination due-process individualized-assessment medical-devices reasonable-accommodation rehabilitation-act Did the Lower Courts err in failing to recognize the discrimination against Petitioner, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities and Rehabilita… 5.5
21-573 John L. Roseman, Sr. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights collateral-estoppel disability disability-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination pro-se-litigation second-amendment termination Whether, in contravention to collateral estoppel doctrine, courts below relitigated, inter alia, issues of: (1) whether pro se litigant Roseman was di… 5.5
21-578 John Raynor v. Dennis Walker, et al. Nebraska Denied appellate-procedure color-of-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection internal-affairs-doctrine nebraska-supreme-court subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska (Neb. Const., art. I, § 1-3) coupled with the Equal Protection Clause of… 5.5
21-585 Kari Leanne Riggin v. North Dakota North Dakota Denied business business-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment executive-orders legislative-power pandemic-response takings Whether Kari Riggin's federal constitutional rights to conduct business, engage in employment, and earn a living were denied by the state governor's e… 5.5
21-607 Maura Lee Wahlberg, Individually and as Trustee of the Grever-Burke Trust Agreement v. Roy Grever Florida Denied extrinsic-fraud fraud full-faith-and-credit interstate-judgment intrinsic-fraud judicial-fraud legal-preclusion procedural-comity sister-state-judgment state-court state-court-judgment Does the Full Faith and Credit Clause permit a state court refuse to give a sister state's judgment full faith and credit based on its belief that the… 5.5
21-625 Robert Palmer v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-remedy due-process judicial-relief remedies state-liability wrongful-conviction Does the Constitution require South Carolina to provide a remedy for a wrongful conviction? 5.5
21-647 Janet Perdue v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC Fourth Circuit Denied ada-accommodation ada-reasonable-accommodation disability-discrimination job-sharing neutral-work-rule pretext reasonable-accommodation summary-judgment us-airways-v-barnett work-rule 1. The Panel held that a neutral company work rule requiring "managerial approval" before a job-share position is even created trumps the ADA's provis… 5.5
21-649 Walder Vacuflo, Inc. v. Illinois Human Rights Commission, et al. Illinois Denied access-to-courts circuit-split civil-rights discrimination due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech human-rights-commission religious-freedom standing 1. Whether the Illinois Supreme Court and Appel late Court's refusal to consider this matter violates the First and Fourteenth Amend ment rights of Pe… 5.5
21-654 Judith Frei, et al. v. Taro Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. Second Circuit Denied civil-procedure complaint-dismissal dismissal due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion pleading pleading-standards standing Whether, consistent with Due Process and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, a court has discretion to dismiss a plaintiff's complaint under Federal R… 5.5
21-656 John Oirya v. Brigham Young University Tenth Circuit Denied 10th-circuit administrative-discretion due-process gender-bias judicial-review school-discipline student-rights substantial-evidence summary-judgment title-ix 1. Should this Court amend its holding in Goss v. Lopez, 419 U.S. 565, 579 (1975), and require federal courts to review the disciplinary decision of a… 5.5
21-662 Michael Bright-Asante v. Saks & Company, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process human-rights-law jury-trial section-1981 seventh-amendment standard-of-review summary-judgment 1. Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in its de novo review, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, apply th… 5.5
21-666 Parker Waichman, LLP, et al. v. Arnold Levin, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Alyeska-Pipeline-Serv.-Co.-v.-Wilderness-Soc'y attorney-fees Boeing-Co.-v.-Van-Gemert Common-benefit-doctrine common-fund-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction Equitable-common-fund-doctrine erie-doctrine Erie-R.-Co.-v.-Tompkins federal-equity-power Hensley-v.-Eckerhart multi-district-litigation The questions concern three subjects : (1) the authority of a court sitting in diversity jurisdiction to allocate contractual attorney fees from indiv… 5.5
21-667 Nathan Ernest Hatch v. State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Metropolitan Airports Commission Minnesota Denied 2nd-amendment carry-permit civil-rights constitutional-analysis due-process fundamental-rights minnesota-law second-amendment standing strict-scrutiny I. WHETHER, BECAUSE, AS DECLARED BY JUSTICE SCALIA THAT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO D… 5.5
21-670 Gustavo G. Gonzalez, Jr. v. Quality Loan Service Corporation California Denied corpus corpus-privileges delivered document-execution legal-privileges parchment parchment-document privileges sealed trust-formation trust-law trusts The petition ask, what privledges does a trustor of corpus in respect to a trust upon parchment signed sealed and delivered have? 5.5
21-672 Steven B. Barger v. First Data Corporation Second Circuit Denied cost-savings employee-rights employer-obligations employment-rights fmla fmla-restoration leave-of-absence restoration-entitlement statutory-interpretation termination The statutory language of the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. ("FMLA") provides that employees are "entitled to be restored" to… 5.5
21-691 FG SRC LLC v. Microsoft Corporation Federal Circuit Denied appellate-review arthrex-ruling civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-circuit gvr-order patent standing summary-decision takings This petition seeks only a Grant, Vacate, and Remand (GVR) Order. This petition seeks a GVR Order regarding two judgments by the Court of Appeals for… 5.5
21-786 James P. Crocker v. Steven Eric Beatty, Deputy Sheriff, Martin County, Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech police-activity public-recording public-space qualified-immunity recording-rights 1. Whether a First Amendment right to record police activities in public has been clearly established so as to preclude application of qualified immun… 5.5
21A159 James Tolle v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21A190 Anesh Gupta v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M49 Andre Terrell v. Ed Sheldon, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M50 Beverly A. Gladney v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M51 Sam Jones v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M52 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M53 Kristina Merle Larson v. American Home Products, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M54 Curtis Bernard Seals v. R. Smith, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M55 Jorel Shophar v. Johnson County, Kansas, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M56 Horacio Sequeira v. Gate Safe, Inc. Florida Denied None 5.5
21M57 Carla Young v. Brian Lundstrom, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M58 A. M., aka A. G. v. Colorado, In the Interest of J. G. and C. G., Children Colorado Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M59 Larry Michael Bollinger v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M60 Brad Jennings v. Daniel F. Nash, et al. Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M61 Lee Williams v. Dawn Burgess, et al. Mississippi Denied None 5.5
21-698 Butler County, Pennsylvania, et al. v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process government-response mootness-doctrine pandemic-response pandemic-restrictions standing takings voluntary-cessation Whether the doctrine of mootness applies; Whether the "voluntary cessation" exception or "capable of repetition yet evading review" exception to moot… 4.5
21-774 Michelle Munger, et al. v. Brenda Davis, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights federal-rights inmate-rights inmate-services prison private-contractor qualified-immunity Can an employee of a private contractor providing constitutionally-required services to inmates in a county jail or state prison facility assert quali… 4.5
20-8284 Harold Gashe v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-court-split appellate-review criminal-justice due-process equal-protection extraordinary-reasons judicial-discretion section-3582 sentencing sentencing-disparity statutory-interpretation Is it fair and equal justice for defendants who present under that the previously harsh 924(c) stacking is an extraordinary and compelling reason dese… 4.0
20-8345 Ricky Parkerson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP burden-of-production burden-of-proof confrontation-clause due-process sentencing sixth-amendment 1. Whether the Fifth Circuit's practice of shifting the burden of production and proof to the defendant at sentencing violates a defendant's Due Proce… 4.0
21-100 Panya Lerdthaisong, et al. v. Benjamin Cunningham, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection forum-selection-clause mandamus precedents writ-of-mandamus 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Texas' failure to follow its precedents in enforcing the forum selection clause by Writ of Mandamus is a denial of equ… 4.0
21-232 Veena Sharma v. Domenic S. Terranova, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal-without-hearing due-process first-circuit hearing judicial-review jury-trial pro-se-petition procedural-due-process standing statute-of-limitations summons Whether the District Court and U.S. Appeals Court for the First Circuit decision of dismissing Petitioner's claim without issuing summons to Responden… 4.0
21-239 Daniel Loring v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-tort-claims-act government-misconduct legal-malpractice obstruction-of-justice public-record On www.pacermonitor.com the "OFFICIAL " Publics Domain of the governments; United States Courts Cases. On PACER Service Center pacer@psc.uscourts.gov … 4.0
21-250 Khamraj Lall v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) brady-material constitutional-rights due-process indictment-transfer ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel right-to-testify simultaneous-indictments speedy-trial 1. Whether or not the Trial Judge erred in not having an on-the-record colloquy with the defendant outside the presence of the jury to enquire if the … 4.0
21-261 Carrie Rae Eldridge v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-rights class-legislation direct-tax due-process equal-protection graduated-taxation jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tax Does subject-matter jurisdiction exist to enforce the income tax as a direct tax without limitation? Is the graduated taxation of citizens unconstitu… 4.0
21-262 The Rouge House, LLC v. 308 Decatur-New Orleans, LLC Louisiana Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights corporate-representation corporations due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis 1. Whether the fundamental rights of Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are violated when a co… 4.0
21-304 Sharon Brown v. Cherokee County School District South Carolina Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usca-1983 administrative-record agency-record due-process equal-protection judicial-review south-carolina teacher-termination 1. WHETHER PETITIONER'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS AND EQUAL PROTECTION RIGHTS VIOLATED UNDER 42 USCA § 1983 WHEN THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF… 4.0
21-342 Hong Tang v. RuthAnne Visnauskas, Commissioner, New York Division of Housing and Community Renewal, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 appellate-preservation bolling-v-sharpe due-process equal-protection liberty-interest motion-for-reconsideration pro-se-litigation section-1983 substantive-due-process 1. Whether in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 proceedings, when the pro se litigant initially only argued his property interest in the complaint and then claimed wit… 4.0
21-411 Damon B. Cook v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence judicial-discretion motion-to-reconsider rule-60b standing 1. WhetheR The PetitioNeR DAMON Cook HAS MAde A SubStantiaL Showing Of The DeNial Of A ConStitutioNAL RighT PursuanT TO 28 USC 2253(C)(2) IN ORdeR To … 4.0
21-425 Riccardo Green v. Washington State Employment Security Department Washington Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection motion-for-reconsideration petition-for-review sanctions state-supreme-court us-constitution washington-state-constitution 1. Whether or not the Washington State Supreme Court erred in judgement & abused discretion when it failed/refused to grant the Petition for Review un… 4.0
21-461 Carol M. Kam v. John B. Peyton, Jr. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process final-orders judicial-procedure legal-finality rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-orders texas-statutes unsigned-orders Does the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine apply to two incomplete, illegal proposed State Court Rulings produced by a former Associate Judge who failed to obta… 4.0
21-472 Blanca Telephone Company v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law appellate-review civil-forfeiture debt-collection due-process false-claims-act rulemaking universal-service-fund 1. Whether FCC staff seizure of Universal Service Fund funding via civil forfeiture, a procedure un-supported by rulemaking, is "pure debt collection"… 4.0
21-503 Bo Peng v. F.M. Tarbell Co. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-violation due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-corruption jurisdictional-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction void-judgment 1. Judgment is a void judgment if court that rendered judgment lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter, or of the parties, or acted in a manner inc… 4.0
21-5109 Everett Jerome Tripodis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal appellate-review bail-reform-act dangerousness due-process non-dangerous-offense pretrial-detention prolonged-detention statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a Court of Appeals was required to answer or resolve the legal questions presented to it, or if it may instead "overlook " or "evade " the … 4.0
21-5274 Michael Roy Smith v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None 4.0
21-529 Bataski Bailey v. Fair & Walker Unit Owners Association, Inc., et al. Georgia Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment attorney-misconduct civil-rights defamation due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceeding judicial-proceedings legal-ethics 1. Do intentional false statements made by an attorney in a judicial proceeding violate the opposing party's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment rights? 2… 3.5
21-548 David J. Zawistowski v. Michael D. Kramer, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1331 28-usc-1332 ankenbrandt-v-richards diversity-jurisdiction domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-question-jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the domestic relations exception apply to federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 or is the exception limited to diversity jurisdict… 3.5
21-580 Vitaly Korchevsky v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-indictment criminal-procedure due-process evidence grand-jury grand-jury-clause insider-trading material-nonpublic-information securities-exchange-act securities-fraud stock-trading 1. The Grand Jury Clause of the United States Constitution states that "[n]o person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime… 3.5
21-586 Peter Daza v. Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure claim-preclusion discovery due-process judicial-procedure litigation-strategy lucky-brand-v-marcel rehiring sineneng-smith-v-us summary-judgment 1. Is the Seventh Circuit decision, requiring that claims between the parties that occur after the filing of a lawsuit must be filed in a pending laws… 3.5
21-592 Jeffrey Isaacs v. USC Keck School of Medicine, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived contract-interpretation decade-and-a-half Gibson-Dunn inconsistent-positions judicial-estoppel legal-ethics medical-license oath settlement-agreement USC whistleblower-claims Under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, should the lower courts have upheld the sanctity of the oath and estopped USC and Gibson Dunn from arguing in… 3.5
21-600 Wade Steven Gardner, et al. v. William Mutz, in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights first-amendment free-speech government-speech legacy-monuments legal-doctrine monument-display public-forum public-forums summum summum-precedent Should the government speech doctrine as recognized in Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum be modified in cases involving legacy monuments already in … 3.5
21-609 Loriann Anderson, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 503, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech nonmember-employees public-employees state-action union-dues union-membership waiver 1. Under the First Amendment, to seize payments for union speech from employees who resigned union membership, became nonmembers, and objected to subs… 3.5
21-630 Harry Barnett v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of Illinois, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived access-to-court access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-discretion motion-to-reconsider pro-se standing Whether a District Court's striking of a timely-filed Motion to Reconsider, at two days after its filing date, violates the due process rights of a li… 3.5
21-631 Emily S. Wilson, as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph A. Wilson, et al. v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law chevron-deference foreign-trust irs-policy irs-reporting statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-penalty Beginning in 1997, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") required the owners of foreign trusts to file an annual Form 3520, disclosing the trust's fina… 3.5
21-636 Rubens Aspilaire v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-650 Arif A. Durrani v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-652 Lynette Duncan, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Duncan, Deceased v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing breach-of-contract circuit-conflict injury-in-fact insurance-coverage medical-reimbursement medicare-secondary-payer-act private-cause-of-action Does a person suffer Article III injury-in-fact when an insurer breaches its contractual obligation to pay for the person's medical care? 3.5
21-660 Freelancer International Pty Limited, et al. v. Upwork Global, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived counterfeit-mark fair-use fair-use-defense irreparable-harm preliminary-injunction retroactive-statute statutory-interpretation trademark trademark-law For at least a decade, the petitioner has been using the registered and now-incontestable trademark "Freelancer" in commerce with various goods and se… 3.5
21-664 Patrick J. Downey v. City of Toledo, Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights declaratory-judgment due-process federalism fourteenth-amendment home-rule municipal-ordinance police-powers statutory-interpretation Do federal courts have legal authority to alter or amend the plain meaning of a lawfully-enacted statute of a sovereign state or a lawfully-enacted or… 3.5
21-665 James Terry v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-671 Tori Evans v. Cooperative Response Center, Inc. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived ada americans-with-disabilities-act employment-discrimination family-medical-leave-act mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-framework prima-facie-case qualified-employee reasonable-accommodation I. Whether courts can weigh the employer's reason for discharge in determining whether an employee satisfies her prima facie case that she is qualifie… 3.5
21-680 Lawrence Salisbury v. City of Santa Monica, California Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived consideration disability-accommodation disability-rights fair-housing-act fair-housing-amendments-act federal-common-law housing-discrimination landlord-tenant landlord-tenant-law procedural-requirements reasonable-accommodation rental-housing 1. Under the FHAA, are landlords required to accommodate the disabilities of individuals who occupy rental housing, even where the rental arrangement … 3.5
21-695 Bennie Anderson v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response Waived constitutional-scrutiny eighth-amendment excessive-fines excessive-fines-clause national-importance pension-seizure public-pensions punitive-forfeiture punitive-forfeitures state-action Can a state insulate its punitive forfeitures from federal constitutional scrutiny by limiting the definition of what constitutes a "fine" for purpose… 3.5
21-696 Stand Up for California!, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived congressional-termination federal-supervision indian-reorganization-act indian-services land-in-trust land-trust rancheria-termination rancheria-termination-act The California Rancheria Termination Act of 1958 directed the Secretary of the Interior to distribute the land and assets of 41 rancherias to resident… 3.5
21-697 Paul C. Clark, Sr., et al. v. Council of Unit Owners of the 100 Harborview Drive Condominium Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-court bankruptcy bankruptcy-tribunal civil-rights due-process equitable-mootness judicial-review property-rights standing The first question presented is: whether review of a civil rights discrimination violation holding from an Article I bankruptcy tribunal is precluded … 3.5
21-701 Oakley Grain, Inc., et al. v. M. Randy Rice, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-court circuit-split civil-procedure district-court injunction interpleader standing state-court-lawsuit Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's Order affirming the Bankruptcy Court's ruling that the State Court lawsuit did not … 3.5
21-709 Jacob Clark, et ux. v. Bernadette Stone, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment burden-of-proof child-protective-services civil-rights home-invasion home-privacy qualified-immunity warrantless-search warrantless-searches 1. Whether qualified immunity applies to shield from liability child protective services case workers who repeatedly conduct warrantless searches of a… 3.5
21-714 Judy Morrow Wright, et vir v. Matthew G. Buyer, et al. Tennessee Denied Response Waived appearance-of-bias constitutional-rights due-process judicial-neutrality judicial-recusal recusal structural-error structural-right williams-precedent williams-v-pennsylvania 1. Per Williams v. Pennsylvania, 579 U.S. 1, 136 S. Ct. 1899, 195 L. Ed. 2d 132 (2016) ("Williams"), because Petitioners' Fourteenth Amendment right t… 3.5
21-722 Melvin Salveson, et al. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived american-express antitrust antitrust-law consumer-rights direct-purchaser illinois-brick price-fixing transaction-fee transaction-fees two-sided-platform two-sided-platforms Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois , 431 U.S. 720 (1977) holds that plaintiffs who directly purchase products from an antitrust violator may sue to recove… 3.5
21-732 Abullahi Jamale Jama v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-733 Clyde Dandridge v. Walmart Stores, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-shifting causation civil-rights eeoc eeoc-charge employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas retaliation title-vii The question presented which has caused a split in the Circuit Courts of Appeal application of the law pertaining to Retaliation cases under Title VII… 3.5
21-737 David Saxon Bagley, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Jeremiah Ray Bagley v. Ramona Rogers, M.D., et al. Texas Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice excessive-force expert-report mandatory-dismissal medical-liability preemption section-1983 state-healthcare state-healthcare-institutions Whether the Texas Medical Liability Act's expert report and mandatory sanction of dismissal with prejudice for failure to serve an expert report provi… 3.5
21-743 Donald Lempar v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2254 custody custody-definition federal-district-court federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus sex-offender-registration state-court state-court-judgment Whether a habeas corpus petitioner who is subject only to sex offender registration requirements when he or she filed his or her petition is "in custo… 3.5
21-745 Robert L. Alexander, et al. v. PSFS 3 Corporation Iowa Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction forum-selection full-faith-and-credit judicial-procedure res-judicata state-court First Question Presented: Was it a violation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause and Statute for the Supreme Court of Iowa to refuse to give effect to… 3.5
21-748 Chinyere U. Nwoke v. University of Chicago Medical Center Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination district-court due-process employment employment-discrimination judicial-review motion-to-amend pay-equity standing university-employment Whether the lower courts judged Petitioner's claims? 3.5
21-749 Howard Tanner, Village of Union Springs Code Enforcement Officer, et al. v. Cayuga Nation, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights disestablishment due-process fee-lands indian-gaming-regulatory-act reservation reservation-status Sherrill-doctrine sherrill-v-oneida tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y., 544 U.S. 197 (2005) prohibits New York tribes from unilaterally asserting sovereignty —"in whole or … 3.5
21-750 Jasper Knabb v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines Where 28 U.S.C. § 2255 requires a prompt hearing unless the motion and the files and records of the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitl… 3.5
21-751 Dr. Ralph Slaughter v. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System Louisiana Denied Response Waived compensation-calculation constitutional-challenge equal-protection judges law-enforcement retirement-benefits state-employees statutory-interpretation supplemental-pay Does the statutory scheme of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System ("LASERS") violate the Equal Protection Clause by defining earned compen… 3.5
21-756 Samath Doung v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
21-776 Billy Duncan, as Next Friend of Charles Inness Thrash, et al. v. Tonya Barina, as Guardian of the Estate of Charles Inness Thrash, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived attorney-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights due-process guardianship jurisdiction next-friend pre-trial-sanctions sanctions standing Question No. 1: Whether the Court of Appeals' Memorandum Opinion and Judgment, dated March 31, 2021, dismissing the appeal by Charlie, by and through … 3.5
21-785 Richard Riccardi v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-establishing-exception collateral-review legal-theory procedural-default retroactive-effect substantive-change substantive-change-of-law supreme-court-precedent yates-v-united-states Whether the exception to the procedural default rule of Yates v United States, 354 U.S. 298 (1957) applies where this Court has held declared a theory… 3.5
21-799 Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure effective-date employment-law national-defense-authorization-act ndaa-provision protected-activities retaliation retaliation-claim retroactivity statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection 1. Whether whistleblower provision of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) protects employees from retaliation occurring after the provi… 3.5
21-812 WhitServe LLC v. Dropbox, Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-101 enablement patent-eligibility person-having-ordinary-skill-in-the-art presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 section-101 technological-improvement 1. If a patentee makes factual assertions and provides supporting evidence that its claimed invention is directed to patent-eligible subject matter un… 3.5
21-822 Donna Patrick, et al. v. The Alaska Public Offices Commission Alaska Denied Response Waived campaign-finance certiorari constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech independent-committees institutional-corruption originalism political-contributions standing Petitioners are Alaskan citizens who challenged the Alaska Public Offices Commission's ("APOC's") refusal to enforce Alaskan law regulating contributi… 3.5
21-836 Sara Gonzalez Flavell v. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction interlocutory-appeal judicial-discretion mandamus procedural-due-process prohibition writ-of-certiorari 1. Whether a writ of certiorari is appropriate because, contrary to the denial of mandamus and prohibition by the court of appeals and its holding, th… 3.5
21-872 Amoneo Lee v. Shannon Meyer, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived aedpa-tolling alleyne-rule collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus innocence retroactivity sentencing statute-of-limitations substantive-law 1. Whether AEDPA's one-year statute of limitations should be equitably tolled because the Petitioner is innocent of the non-capital Hard 40 sentence? … 3.5
21-873 Damon Goodloe v. Christine Brannon, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived confrontation-clause criminal-procedure custody due-process show-up show-up-identification sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits the prosecution to introduce statements elicited at a show-up conducted after the lone… 3.5
21-876 John G. Williams, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-liability due-process general-verdict jury-instructions jury-verdict legal-sufficiency wire-fraud yates-rule Given Stromberg v. California, Yates v. United States, and Griffin v. United States, whether this Court has clearly established that a jury's verdict … 3.5
21-5726 Dexter Earl Kemp v. United States Eleventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (1)IFP civil-procedure district-court error-of-law excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-civil-procedure final-judgment inadvertence mistake relief-from-judgment rule-60b surprise Whether Rule 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court's error of law. 1.5
21-5426 Stephen C. Shockley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP cone-v-bell constitutional-claim constitutional-law district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-review habeas-corpus state-habeas state-relitigation state-relitigation-bar U.S. Const. Amend. XIV When a federal district court refuses to hear the due-process component of a state habeas claim because that claim was twice … 1.0
21-5634 Michael D. Forbes v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act guideline-range reasonableness-standard section-404 sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Appellate court s review criminal sentence s for reasonableness . And major variances or departures from the advisory guideline range must be supporte… 0.5
21-5911 Michael Herman v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP complete-defense compulsory-process due-process evidence-standard evidentiary-standards mens-rea right-to-present-defense sixth-amendment Can a defendant's right to present a complete defense be violated by the arbitrary and disproportionate application of a general evidentiary standard … 0.5
21-5943 Brandon Ward v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2253 appellate-counsel certificate-of-appealability character-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel use-of-force witness-testimony 1. Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his trial … 0.5
21-5099 Thomas Javion Guerrant v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP career-offender controlled-substance drug-trafficking federal-law predicate-offense sentencing-guidelines state-conviction Does a state conviction for distribution of a substance not defined as a "controlled substance" by federal law qualify as a career offender predicate … 0.0
21-5307 Millard Jerome Strickland, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-conviction federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law Can a prior conviction involving a substance that is not a controlled substance for the purposes of federal law render a federal defendant a "career o… 0.0
20-7674 Kuantau Reeder v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation criminal-procedure due-process giglio-v-united-states impeachment-evidence materiality materiality-standard prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility In a murder prosecution in which the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office presented no scientific evidence, no video evidence, no motive evidence… -1.0
21-5104 John G. Tomes, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether "Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons" to Reduce a Defendant's Sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) may be based on any Factor a Court … -1.0
21-5657 Chris Eugene Cosner v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-bank-robbery armed-robbery career-offender categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause federal-criminal-law federal-sentencing statutory-interpretation This petition presents a straightforward case for certiorari review. The question presented is whether, under the categorical approach of the elements… -1.0
21-6008 Keyaira Porter v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review batson-challenge comparative-juror-analysis criminal-procedure equal-protection jury-selection racial-discrimination standard-of-review trial-procedure For over a decade now, Courts have found themselves intractably divided on two important issues regarding the enforcement of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U… -1.0
21-6364 Kenneth R. Friend v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2518 authorization-defect dahda-v-united-states deputy-assistant-attorney-general deputy-attorney-general fourth-amendment good-faith-exception warrant-requirement wiretap-statute Does the good faith exception to the warrant requirement established in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897 (1984), apply to warrants issued in violat… -1.0
21-6253 Baltazar Aguirre-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial mandatory-minimum sentencing sixth-amendment special-interrogatory When a jury's answer to a special interrogatory negates an element of the charged offense, must a district court enter a judgment of acquittal when th… -1.5
21-6255 Ofelio Arvizu-Loredo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… -1.5
21-6256 Macario Andrew Gomez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? -1.5
21-6274 Ricky Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights due-process federal-courts standing supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit") which affirmed the decision of the District Court c… -1.5
21-6296 James Paul Desper v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process familial-association parental-rights prison-regulations prison-visitation I. Whether a prison's indefinite ban on visitation between a minor child and her parent without any particularized justification violates the right of… -1.5
21-6300 Ricky Cardenas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-procedure objection-standard presentence-report sentencing unjust-incarceration Whether the defendant bears a burden to disprove adverse conclusions of a Presentence Report? -1.5
21-6312 Manuel Melgar-Diaz and Joaquin Benito-Mendoz v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law congressional-delegation constitutional-authority constitutional-law executive-power government-branches legislative-delegation legislative-power non-delegation-doctrine separation-of-powers Whether Congress can delegate its authority to another branch of government consistent with the Constitution by merely providing an "intelligible prin… -1.5
21-6318 Michael Aaron Aldridge v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation substantive-reasonableness supervised-release 1. Whether the district court exceeded the statutory maximum sentence of 24 months imprisonment when it imposed five separate sentences of imprisonmen… -1.5
21-6320 Devon Carl Jordan-McFeely v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ambiguous-statute criminal-procedure divisibility divisibility-inquiry federal-court federal-sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancement state-court state-law state-law-interpretation statutory-ambiguity supreme-court-precedent When a state statute is ambiguous as to its divisibility at the time of the defendant's state conviction, may a federal court certify the divisibility… -1.5
21-6321 Fernando Rodriguez-Macedo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and ei… -1.5
21-6322 Gustavo Trejo-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction —that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and eithe… -1.5
21-6323 D'Arde Lee Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure escape halfway-house plain-error sentencing u.s.s.g.-2p1.1 Whether the court of appeals failed to properly apply the plain error analysis to the question of whether the sentencing court erred by failing to gra… -1.5
21-6334 Christopher Jason Henry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review booker-standard circuit-court harmless-error molina-martinez-v-united-states procedural-error procedural-reasonableness rosales-mireles-v-united-states sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-booker I. In the opinion below, a divided panel of the Eleventh Circuit held that the sentencing adjustment in U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(b) is completely advisory, ev… -1.5
21-6355 Everett Earl Parker v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-conviction criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction johnson-precedent johnson-v-united-states prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement serious-violent-felony statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent violent-felony Whether, under the Supreme Court precedent established in Johnson v. United States, 135 S.Ct. 2551 (2015), Mr. Parker's life sentence for count 1 shou… -1.5
21-6366 Juan Alberto Ceron-Ortiz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial recidivism sentencing The Court Should Grant Certiorari to Consider Whether to Overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). -1.5
21-6367 Dacoby Reshard Wooten v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-theories criminal-procedure felony-murder first-degree-murder jury-unanimity premeditated-murder sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment requires jury unanimity as to whether a defendant committed premeditated murder or felony murder when the state proceeds o… -1.5
21-6402 Nyambui Joe Gipson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreements sentencing waivers-of-appeal Whether this Court should recognize a "miscarriage of justice" exception to waivers of appeal in plea agreements? -1.5
21-6404 Ngoc Hong Nguyen v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment parole sentencing sixth-amendment Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments? -1.5
21-6406 Damoni Owens v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… -1.5
21-6418 Emmanuel Ashemuke v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split due-process federal-courts federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference legal-interpretation plain-meaning plain-meaning-rule sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether federal courts should defer to the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines when it expands the definition of a term used in the text o… -1.5
21-6419 Roberto Aguilar-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either … -1.5
21-6425 Maycol Mendez-Maradiaga v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure drug-activity entrapment government-inducement inconsistent-verdicts jury-verdicts predisposition prior-experience willing-participant 1. In an entrapment case where the defendant has met his burden on the threshold element of inducement, may the government establish predisposition me… -1.5
21-6427 Antonio Lorensito Garrido v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing drug-crimes mens-rea sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation I. Should this Court resolve a division among the circuit courts regarding whether the two-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. §2D1.1(b)(5) for the… -1.5
21-6445 Ruben Vazquez-Ovalle v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process illegal-reentry immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Did the immigration court lack authority to remove Vazquez because he was not served a notice to appear that had a hearing time? -1.5
21-6454 Kyle Leroy Myers v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conversion criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit guidelines narcotics supervisory-powers Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ("Fifth Circuit")–which affirmed the District Court's decision to inc… -1.5
21-6457 Ervin Anibar Lopez-Ordonez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… -1.5
21-6459 Daniel Lowell v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1(a) carjacking criminal-procedure criminal-statute defendant-burden federal-criminal-law felony-murder-rule legal-standard temporary-safety When applying the felony murder rule under 18 U.S.C. § 1(a) to the crime of carjacking, what must a defendant show to establish that he has reached a … -1.5
21-6465 Andrew John Gibson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process non-delegation-doctrine overbreadth sentencing-conditions supervised-release third-party-notification vagueness L. Must federal appellate courts adjudicate direct appeal challenges to the illegality or unconstitutionality of supervised release conditions imposed… -1.5
21-6482 Calvin Wayne Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause due-process federal-jurisdiction firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, a… -1.5
21-6518 Kassie Bond Carpenter v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional criminal-procedure federal-courts guideline sentencing statutory Whether application of 18 U.S.C. §3147 increases the total range of imprisonment to which the defendant may be subject? -1.5
21-6524 Joshua James Mjoness v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-language crime-of-violence criminal-law mathis-precedent modified-categorical-approach predicate-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whet her, when applying the modified categorical approach under Mathis v. United States , 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016) , a court may place determinative wei… -1.5
21-6525 George Patrick v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP class-of-felony criminal-procedure error-correction felony-classification judicial-authority revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-correction statutory-interpretation supervised-release A sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release is governed by the class of felony determined at the time of the original sentence. 18 U.S.C.… -1.5
21-6534 Wilfredo Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict harmless-error jury-verdict residual-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a conviction obtained in reliance on an unconstitutionally vague residual clause in 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) may be sustained based on a revie… -1.5
21-6540 Alfred E. Daking, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split compassionate-release first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-1b1.13 When Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98 473, Tit. II, ch. II, 98 Sta. 1987; 18 U.S.C. §3551, et seq.) , it provided a … -1.5
21-6542 Juan Trujillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review clear-error criminal-procedure judicial-discretion limited-remand plain-error remand-standard sentencing sentencing-error statutory-maximum substantial-rights This Court in Molina-Martinez v. United States advised that courts of appeals may order a limited remand to assess the impact of clear error on the de… -1.5
21-6568 Manuel Nunez-Gonzalez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum I. Whether all facts —including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … -1.5
21-6569 Jonathan Hilliam McDougal v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alcohol-treatment criminal-sentencing delegation-of-authority drug-treatment due-process judicial-discretion probation-terms sentencing sentencing-conditions supervised-release Whether the district court erred by ordering Mr. McDougal to undergo alcohol and drug treatment as a special condition of supervised release. -1.5
21-6570 Bo Jack Kelley v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? -1.5
21-6572 Jose Luis Ramos-Ramos v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
21-6581 Derek Jerome Moore v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law due-process federal-power firearms interstate-commerce 1. Whether Congress exceed its Commerce Clause power when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)? 2. Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), evidence that a … -1.5
21-6582 Genaro Alberto Nunez-Ugarte v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-precedent criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial legal-challenge 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
21-6585 Freddy Crespo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus miller-el-v-cockrell supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's rule that a certificate of appealability cannot be granted where an issue is foreclosed by circuit precedent conflic… -1.5
21-6592 Donald Stanley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-statute mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums mens-rea ninth-circuit-precedent rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the knowingly mens rea in 21 U.S.C. § 841 applies to the elements of drug type and quantity that establish mandatory minimum and enhanced maxi… -1.5
20-8213 James Atwood v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances federal-law sentencing-guidelines state-law Does the undefined term "controlled substance" in the federal Sentencing Guidelines mean substances controlled by federal law, the federal Controlled … -3.0
21-5795 Ethan Guillen v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP circuit-split confession-admissibility constitutional-rights criminal-procedure interrogation-procedure law-enforcement-procedure miranda-warnings officer-intent question-first-interrogation seibert-v-missouri In determining the admissibility of post-warning confessions given during question-first interrogations, should courts apply the Seibert plurality's o… -3.5
20-7891 Hasan Shareef v. Butler County Public Newspaper, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation US. M& (y i -4.0
20-7933 Erika Jacobs v. 35 West Apartments Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process federal-court judgment-reconsideration judicial-review post-trial-motion standing state-court supreme-court-jurisdiction trial-court-decision Question not identified. -4.0
20-8012 Jack Vo v. California California Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process election-law judicial-review public-interest standing supreme-court-discretion supreme-court-review voting-rights i) TV*6 O.S, oulX 6iRa*jT 4&oin- t°/o of CA*>e S. /tKJ6 too 611/& to CAse^ 'Hh'rr w-^e iMpercr/mse 10 Pvbihc . U\<& 1>hS OAf^, Rv&HT \ (+A<> M€fci <r … -4.0
20-8031 Major Hudson, III v. Rick Whitten, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lesser-included-offense procedural-default rule-60 1. WHETHER REASONABLE JURIST COULD FIND IT DEBATABLE THAT THERES AN EXTAORDINARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MISDEMEANOR VS. A FELONY, AND WHETHER A PERSON W… -4.0
20-8032 Phillip Scott Grigalanz v. Kristi Lynn Grigalanz Indiana Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings Question not identified. -4.0
20-8056 Aaron J. Bressi v. Tracy McCloud, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP amended-complaint civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-justice due-process federal-rules judicial-discretion motion-for-appointment public-issue standing I. How does this motion for appointment of counsel or dismissal not be granted pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of C… -4.0
20-8147 Hasan Shareef v. William O'Donnell, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process employment equal-protection standard-of-review Question not identified. -4.0
20-8176 Leslie Willis v. Lawrence J. O'Toole, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fiduciary-duty fraud judicial-immunity jurisdiction petition-clause standing summary-judgment 1. Whether a Court may grant summary judgment without jurisdiction; and where there is no absolute or quasi-judicial immunity; where there were no dis… -4.0
20-8331 Charlene Walker Rosa v. Michael J. Satz, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP attorney-client-confidentiality civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Question not identified. -4.0
20-8358 In Re Hector David Sanchez Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction retroactivity standing Question not identified. -4.0
20-8454 In Re Randy Dale Jackson Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-question rule-of-law standing WHETHER PETITIONER DEPRIVED EQUAL JUSTICE AND LIBERTY UNDER RULE OF LAW? HV. 6. CAN8 "Equal Rights Under The Law:" Federal Question -4.0
21-5023 Donnie Romone Twiggs v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified. -4.0
21-5024 Gary E. McKinley v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence exhibits pleadings prisoner-rights pro-se standing state-court-system L V^Ae^NSA m fe/z. |fflturu^dfc, oa Setfewa-I Cicu*r is &>\T )K/lf&f TbeSt.'bjjo f£ p^Vi d"k<S Siosxl/urcLo f % ^ PeKffesje-r k&s Pfi*> vfdeJL 'fk*t£&… -4.0
21-5213 Zachary B. Taylor v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process false-imprisonment habeas-corpus medical-negligence mental-health veterans-affairs Review the voir dire jury selection process in the trial court that resulted in a Batson challenge about the racial composition of a majority of a jur… -4.0
21-5281 Steven Burda v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process evidence judicial-review jurisdiction legal-procedure lower-court standing supreme-court Did Court Supreme $$\qrt3}$ by recalculating not expenses s0t Court Did Supreme $\rt3}$ La allowing exhibits not to be ? include Yes Did the Supreme C… -4.0
21-5369 Michael Alexander Rivera v. Unknown Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process executive-power pardon separation-of-powers standing Question not identified. -4.0
21-5396 Joseph Arguello v. Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General of South Dakota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whither petitiner prsents, " excusing proondural default by :f Cause ohe when respondent heirk not Mortine Ryan daim prosents 6s contrery too AEDPA sh… -4.0
21-5403 Charles Edwin Tumlinson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment actual-innocence appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice pro-se-petition standing Questions concerning U.S. Court of Appeals decisions in conflict with the Supreme Court of the United States decisions and case law and the U.S. Court… -4.0
21-5568 Carl Anthony Wilson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP blood-evidence blood-search constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fourth-amendment jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct retroactivity FftUomtE to ft DEFEUDfiFr AFTER HE HNS BEER TOLD -TO THRU OUBR EUzDEMCE FfiuoRA&LE To THE DEPENDENT? A ]Y)072IO a/ fiOR EUXDEHClF FftUoRBBLE TO THE D… -4.0
21-5598 Cedric D. Mack v. CarHop Finance Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process pleadings service-of-process standing Question not identified. -4.0
21-5605 Mark E. Sells v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing Whether the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Petitioner's En Banc rehearing when the Court failed to address Petitioner's Brady v. Mary… -4.0
21-5606 In Re Charlene Rosa Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review misconduct standing 1. Whether anms is proper med o cpeherhcia before the count for an unessenabte length o tine. 2. Whether to determine the pherequisites for Mandanus … -4.0
21-5680 Heather Matthews v. California State University Nevada Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights criminal-activity due-process first-amendment sovereign-immunity state-jurisdiction Does a large public entity or state university or government agency have the right to claim sovereign immunity when committing criminal activities aft… -4.0
21-5722 Gregory Dew v. LaShann Eppinger, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP actual-innocence constitutional-violation due-process evidence-review gateway-claim house-v-bell newly-supplemented-record procedural-bar IS A PETITIONER DENIED DUE PROCESS WHEN THE COURTS FAIL TO REVIEW ALL RELEVANT EVIDENCE IN THE OVERALL, NEWLY SUPPLEMENTED RECORD FOR AN ACTUAL INNOCE… -4.0
21-5226 Faryion Edward Wardrip v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure death-penalty habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unreasonable-factual-determinations 1. Though Faryion Wardrip 's trial counsel failed to present critical evidence supporting his strategy to spare Wardrip from the death penalty, the T… -4.5
21-5561 Tyrone Cade v. Texas Texas Denied IFP capital-habeas capital-punishment competent-counsel due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment state-responsibilities Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a State to provide capital habeas petitioners one opportunity to present Sixth Amendmen… -4.5
21-5633 Roland J. McLain v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP career-offender circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-law due-process federal-guidelines federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Does the phrase "controlled substance" in U.S.S.G. § 4Bl.2(b) , including as it is incorporated into U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, include substances that are … -4.5
21-5666 William Marcellus Campbell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment abuse-of-discretion appellate-review confrontation-clause cooperating-witness criminal-procedure de-novo-review sentencing 1. There is a split in the federal courts of appeals and several state courts regarding the following question: Whether a Defendant's 6th Amendment Co… -4.5
21-5711 Irving Alexander Ramirez v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights courtroom-conduct courtroom-decorum due-process fair-trial jury-influence public-passion spectator-displays Whether as a rule, to keep the courtroom free from improper influences on the jury, spectator displays relevant to the case such as uniforms, buttons,… -4.5
21-5731 Sheridan Sisk v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines federal-statute sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation The Guideline applicable to a felon in possession, U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1, increase s a defendant's base offense level if a defendant has prior "controlled … -4.5
21-5754 Cedrin Farodd Carter v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure different-occasions judicial-fact-finding jury-fact-finding prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Is a different-occasions finding, like other ACCA determinations about prior convictions, confined to matters essential to the fact of a prior convict… -4.5
21-5778 Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split district-court habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard merits-analysis merits-ruling standard-of-review 1. Does a court of appeals violate the threshold certificate of appealability (COA) standard when it adopts the district court's merits rulings as… -4.5
21-5804 Kenneth Randale Door v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure evidence evidence-sufficiency judgment-of-acquittal jurisdiction plain-error rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states Is review of a claim that the evidence was insufficient to establish the knowledge of status required by Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (201… -4.5
21-5886 Sasha Trieste McGarity v. Birmingham Public Schools, dba West Maple Elementary - Bloomfield Hills Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-1652 28-usc-8004 civil-procedure court-rules due-process electronic-filing federal-procedure legal-service service-of-process statutory-interpretation Does filing an answer with the court via electronic means but failing to serve the plaintiff satisfy service of process in accordance with 28 U.S. Cod… -4.5
21-5889 Anibal Alejandro Hernandez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP closing-argument courtroom-security criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudicial-statements shackling trial-shackling Was Petitioner denied the effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to object to Petitioner being ordered by the trial court to be… -4.5
21-5933 Kevin Deon Loggins, Sr. v. Kansas Kansas Denied IFP 14th-amendment abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection sentencing speedy-trial WHETHER THE KANSAS STATE COURT FINDING THAT PETITIONER SENT ENCE IS NOT AN ILLEGAL SENTENCE, A ABUSE OF DISCRETION REPUGNANT TO THE DUE PROCESS CLAU… -4.5
21-5942 Michael Woolen v. California California Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure dismissal due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion procedural-due-process sentencing-guidelines DEPRIVATIONS OF EQUAL PROTECTION OF LAWS, FAILURE TO APPOINT COUNSEL TO ADA PETITIONER WITH 8TH GRADE COGNITIVE FUNCTION PREDICATED PROCEDURAL DUE PRO… -4.5
21-5959 Darwin J. Fifield, Sr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-statement counsel-ineffectiveness due-process excessive-force fifth-amendment fourth-amendment involuntary-confession law-enforcement self-representation sixth-amendment Whether law enforcement's unprovoked excessive use of force during an arrest should invalidate as coerced by threat or force a Petitioner's later stat… -4.5
21-5968 Timothy Stemen v. Florida Florida Denied IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence fifth-amendment fourth-amendment ineffective-counsel police-misconduct search-and-seizure self-incrimination Did law enforcement violate the petitioners due process rights under the 14th Amendment regarding the recordings. Did law enforcement violate the pet… -4.5
21-5979 Leihinahina Sullivan, aka Jennifer Sullivan v. Reneau Kennedy, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights competency constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-subpoena medical-records patient-privacy psychotherapist-patient-privilege standing Does a judge vested by Statute to Subpoena a Criminal defendants treating Psychotherapist— patient records, Cannot over a criminal defendant's express… -4.5
21-5981 Ray Sarabian v. Halliburton Logging Services Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 1st-amendment civil-rights due-process free-speech school-discipline student-rights Question not identified. -4.5
21-5983 Jennifer L. Kammerer v. State Bar of California California Denied IFP administrative-law americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights discrimination equal-protection mental-illness mental-illness-discrimination professional-license professional-licensing rehabilitation-program 1. DOES IT VIOLATE THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, TO PUNISH AN INDIVIDUAL FOR BEING MENTALLY ILL, BY SUMMARILY REVOKING THEIR PROFESSIONAL LICEN… -4.5
21-5990 Randy Alana v. Michael Martel, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
21-5994 Choo Washburn v. John Nunez, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation diversity-jurisdiction divorce-proceedings due-process erie-doctrine personal-property property-rights real-property takings 1. Does the meaning of the word, "PROPERTY" that is in the "Due Process Clause" and "Taking Clause", in the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of th… -4.5
21-5996 Jayson Thomas Weiss v. California California Denied IFP appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Question not identified. -4.5
21-6012 Michael Rimmer v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP capital-trial confrontation-clause criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fundamental-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness witness-unavailability 1. Whether the courts below erred by upholding the trial court's determination that the only witness to petitioner's purported jailhouse confession wa… -4.5
21-6015 Robert Lee Walden v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus holland-v-florida legal-precedent reasonable-diligence unsettled-circuit-law Equitable tolling is available to excuse an untimely claim for habeas relief if a petitioner shows extraordinary circumstances and reasonable diligenc… -4.5
21-6016 Zelda Ware v. City of Atlanta, Georgia, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity search-warrant state-agency 1. Whether, consistent with the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a court order directing a state agency to pick up a child is the f… -4.5
21-6018 Gary F. Compelleebee v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights collateral-proceedings due-process jurisdiction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception WHETHER RESPONDENT WAIVED/FORFEITED ANY OF IT'S PROCEDURAL DEFENSES IN McGIRT'S DECISION AND RESPONDENT IS PROCEDURALLY BARRED FROM ASSERTING ANY IF I… -4.5
21-6019 James Paul Arlotta v. His Holiness Pope Francis, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP appearances-of-impropriety bankruptcy-court civil-rights conflicts-of-interest constitutional-questions court-jurisdiction due-process establishment-clause judicial-proceedings legal-review recusal Question not identified. -4.5
21-6021 Elroy William Robinson v. David Holbrook, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process jurisdiction military-law 1. IFA MEMR, WHIE ONAVE DYTHE ARMED FOR SERUE ACCUSDOF A CRIME IN WIHT THE STATE HAS AND EXERCISE DURISDICTION; W WHEN THAT SAME MEMBER WHO S AO GOVER… -4.5
21-6026 Barton R. Gaines v. Texas Texas Denied IFP brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief strickland-standard trial-counsel Like Brady, but with defense counsel (i.e., rather than the prosecutor), does the defendant have a reasonable expectation that his trial counsel will … -4.5
21-6030 Keith Elmo Davis v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights due-process jurisdiction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception tribal-sovereignty WHETHER RESPONDENT WAIVED/FORFEITED ANY OF IT'S PROCEDURAL DEFENSES IN McGIRT 'S DECISION AND RESPONDENT IS PROCEDURALLY BARRED FROM ASSERTING ANY I… -4.5
21-6031 William Greg Thomas v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel due-process equitable-tolling federal-review habeas-corpus habeas-review ineffective-assistance 1. When a court determines that a court-appointed CJA counsel "sacrificed [Petitioner's] guaranteed opportunity of federal habeas review" by intention… -4.5
21-6040 Louis Holger v. State of Alaska, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings 1. Is the constitution For the unitedstates of America the Supreme law of the lad? 2. Areallf sudicial offices, bothof the united of afFirMation to s… -4.5
21-6043 Vedrick Lamonte Symonette v. Florida Florida Denied IFP brady-v-maryland constitutional-violations criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process fundamental-error fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice judicial-procedure jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice vague-indistinct-indefinite Where information so vague, indistinct, and indefinite it resulted in due process violation, Brady v Maryland violation, and a Fundamental Miscarriage… -4.5
21-6061 John Rodney Johnson v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit Denied IFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury prosecutorial-misconduct racial-bias sixth-amendment Does a Prosecutor's conduct to interject race comments into a State trial as an appeal to a racial prejudice based on the fact the trial having the in… -4.5
21-6065 Michael Belcher v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP capital-murder due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial fourteenth-amendment post-mortem-photographs prejudice-analysis prejudicial-evidence In a capital case, does the admission, without an analysis of the risk of prejudice, of over 40 gruesome photographs of the victim's body, depicting p… -4.5
21-6067 Johnnie Franklin Wills v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Facility West Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-challenge criminal-sentencing due-process johnson-v-united-states recidivism recidivist-statute residual-clause sentencing sessions-v-dimaya supreme-court-precedent vagueness vagueness-doctrine Is a judicially crafted residual clause, which allows a life sentence to be imposed via a state recidivist statute only when certain underlying crimes… -4.5
21-6074 Nikolas Gacho v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-admonishment plea-negotiations prejudice sixth-amendment I. Does a plea admonishment cure all prejudice and preclude a defendant from challenging counsel's representation during the plea negotiations process… -4.5
21-6083 James Osgood v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP capital-punishment credibility-determinations death-penalty juror-challenge jury-selection sentencing-determination sixth-amendment trial-court witherspoon-v-illinois Can a reviewing court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment, uphold a challenge for cause in a capital case on the basis of a potential juror's persona… -4.5
21-6084 Jacquelyne Jones v. Nicole Jobe Kansas Denied IFP canon-of-judicial-ethics civil-rights court-procedure due-process ex-parte ex-parte-proceeding judicial-canon judicial-conduct judicial-ethics procedural-rules state-courts supreme-court-precedent DID THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT IN CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRESENDENT FAILED TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND RULES OF THE JUDICIARY IN CONDON… -4.5
21-6085 Robert George Knecht, Jr. v. Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Florida Denied IFP 1st-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment standing Question not identified. -4.5
21-6088 George Brass v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default standing state-court takings Question not identified. -4.5
21-6093 Jeffrey D. Leiser v. Karl Hoffmann, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference eighth-amendment inmate-rights medical-treatment summary-judgment wanton-suffering Did the District Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals misapplied the legal presidents that 46 days of severe "unnecessary inflict of wanton pain… -4.5
21-6094 Jabari J. Johnson v. Lewis T. Babcock, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado Tenth Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure due-process frcp-12(c) motion-to-dismiss standing 1. Plamtiff ask the supreme Court did the distrnt Court abise their deseretiin regarding Issve A ? or was the Distrit Court Ciearly Erroneous? 2. Pla… -4.5
21-6095 Jabari J. Johnson v. Donald Nunez, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP case-statement civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction pleadings remedies standing statutory-provisions supreme-court writ-petition / Plaintiff asks the Supreme Court if the entire Court has a suit if the Plaintiff received a null hearing. Is suit A? What the District Court Please… -4.5
21-6097 Dashon Hines v. Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance Staff, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process medicaid Question not identified. -4.5
21-6101 Paul D. Timms v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-standard civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court-review due-process federal-civil-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent (1) When a federal district court denies a state prisoner's 28 U.S.C. §2254 petition based upon an inproper standard of review; (Harrington v. Richter… -4.5
21-6103 Moses D. Estrada v. California California Denied IFP attorney-client-relationship collaborative-discovery constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-interpretation procedural-rights right-to-counsel victim-rights Question not identified. -4.5
21-6104 Christopher Michael Hitt v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing takings Was Commonwealth of Virginia's Court of Appeals decision in violation of the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment? -4.5
21-6114 Hewitt A. Grant, II v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection fair-trial fifth-amendment racial-discrimination standing systematic-exclusion Question not identified. -4.5
21-6121 Luis Enrique Lario-Rios v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP commentary crimes-of-violence criminal-enhancement guideline-commentary prior-convictions sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Sentencing Commission can use commentary to expand an unambiguous Guideline that applies to enhancements for prior convictions for crimes … -4.5
21-6125 Roberto Griego Jimenez v. Texas Texas Denied IFP corroboration credibility criminal-informant fourth-amendment law-enforcement magistrate-warrant probable-cause quid-pro-quo reliability 1. Did the trial court and Texas Court of Appeals err in their Fourth Amendment analysis, when they found that a first-time criminal snitch informant,… -4.5
21-6138 Armando B. Cortinas, Jr. v. Jo Gentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP Brecht-v-Abrahamson confession constitutional-error federal-habeas federal-review felony-murder habeas-corpus harmless-error premeditation-and-deliberation section-2254 state-court-decision Should the Court hold this petition pending disposition of Brown v. Davenport, No. 20-826, which will likely address how 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) and Brecht… -4.5
21-6151 Gary DuBose Terry v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-review summary-judgment trial-counsel In determining whether a federal habeas petitioner's pleadings and supporting documents have alleged a substantial but defaulted claim of ineffective … -4.5
21-6165 Davenell L. Ash v. Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process electromagnetic-harassment human-trafficking standing terrorist-watchlist whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation Question One Did the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit deny Ms. Ash of her 14ih amendment right of due process when she/he has a conflict … -4.5
21-6167 Harry Sharod James v. Roy Cooper, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure law-library legal-access prisoner-rights Does the Fundamental Court Constitution said fair access, to the Cards book think(?) access to a mean not, effective, fact adequate law than a (Accoun… -4.5
21-6195 Ronald C. Fairchild v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment martinez-claim martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment Did the Kentucky Court of Appeals allow Mr. Fairchild 's right 's under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution,… -4.5
21-6199 Robert M. Samson v. North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights free-speech government-speech prior-restraint public-forum viewpoint-discrimination IS it a violation of State Statutory or Federal Law for Director Bob Schvoneix and the N.C.S.BI to detain myself or offer Individuals who no longer Re… -4.5
21-6203 Michael Walker v. Josh Shapiro, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mcquiggin-v-perkins rule-60(b)(6) strickland-v-washington trial-counsel As a result of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in denying Petitioner's Motion for Relief pursuant to Rule 60(… -4.5
21-6209 Angelo Cobbins v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance evidence-suppression intellectual-capacity motion-to-suppress right-to-counsel trial-court waiver -/L, Motion to iSuppuss Loas -efror Gs it in as did not]fllulllinr th& ryl djLftionstrcJsd Ikb P-^titi patliy to (xialv-e. his Custoclid fi^ht 5 ?i/… -4.5
21-6213 Rosemary I. Mergenthaler v. R. Kenneth Barnard Third Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-appeal civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct justice legal-authority Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (USCA3 hereafter) criminally abuse and/or exceed its legal authority when the Court had w… -4.5
21-6216 Robert J. Kulick v. Leisure Village Association, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights davis-stirling-act due-process freedom-of-speech freedom-of-the-press homeowners-association quasi-government unconstitutional 1. Petitioner was denied due process in Kulick's petition for panel rehearing (Docket Entry No. 10) and motion for additional arguments (Docket Entry … -4.5
21-6218 Matthew Manuel Barnett v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP certiorari civil-rights criminal-law due-process influence-statute private-corporation public-servant state-law statutory-interpretation In this case of first impression, Colorado Supreme Court denied certiorari affirmed a conviction upheld by the Court of Appeals stating that an employ… -4.5
21-6219 Martin Lindstedt, et al. v. Bryan Anthony Reo Ohio Denied IFP civil-lawfare civil-procedure defamation false-light jurisdiction monopoly-license public-figure punitive-damages statutory-limitations white-supremacy 1. Does the Mentor Ohio Municipal and Lake County Ohio Court of Common Pleas have any lawful and legitimate jurisdiction to reach out and try Dual-See… -4.5
21-6220 Jehoni Kierre Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 2255-motion abuse-of-discretion amendment civil-procedure direct-appeal district-court-discretion evidentiary-hearing federal-rules-of-civil-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel notice-of-appeal Whether the District Court denying petitioner's request to Amend is in conflict with The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15? 2) Whether the Dis… -4.5
21-6222 Marc E. Bercoon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP bank-of-nova-scotia-v-us chapman-v-california constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment grand-jury harmless-error judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct Whether Petitioners rights vnder the Grand Jury Clause of the Fifth Amendment were violated when: (a) a timely Fild moton under Federal Rules of Comin… -4.5
21-6227 Misael Cordero v. Jonathan Gramp, Administrator, East Jersey State Prison Third Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel false-testimony government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel sixth-amendment 1. Which divided Courts of Appeals are correct: the Eleventh, Fifth and Second Circuits holding that a due process violation occurs when the governme… -4.5
21-6435 James Worley v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP capital-conviction capital-punishment constitutional-rights fair-jury fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Is a capital conviction and sentence in valid and imposed in violation of the capital defendant's constitutional rights to a fair jury under the Fifth… -4.5
21-6536 In Re Michael Robert Everett Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-rights clearly-established-law due-process evidence federal-habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief state-court-record suppression-hearing unreasonable-determination (1) Were Counsel was Ineffective when Failed to Present to the Court During Suppression Hearing than the Petitioner Teks Mamanba Nataeig Watngr when I… -4.5
21-6473 Michael Stumph v. Ohio Ohio Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedIFP Appellate-Review Cruel-and-Unusual-Punishment Due-Process eighth-amendment Equal-Protection fourteenth-amendment Procedural-Due-Process sentencing-discretion Whether Ohio Revised Code § 2953.08(D)(3) violates the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United State… -5.5
20-8059 Hasan Shareef v. Captain Moore, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard opinions-below procedural-question standing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Did U.S Loots of Appeals theee CABE ge laws ANd DecsioN the 28 WRong SAme Jreaction get Disteicr LOT PO Both worg GheG I WAS A faRE State 20 clam Peti… -6.0
20-8068 Stephen Mark McDaniel v. Edward Philbin, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-probable-cause constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-voluntariness weatherford-v-bursey This case presents several issues of fundamental importance to the legitimacy of the United States' court system and the right of its citizens to be h… -6.0
20-8142 Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa v. Howard Finkelstein, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process jurisdiction standing takings Question not identified. -6.0
20-8426 Bin Yang v. California Board of Registered Nursing California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony government-agency government-misconduct licensing-board standing 1. Why is Petitioner NOT ALLOWED to withdraw her application from a nursing board (quit) while she could do so from medical boards? 2. Why is Petitio… -6.0
20-8427 Bin Yang v. Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, et al. California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law amendment-xiv civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fraud fraud-allegations licensing-dispute medical-education nursing-internship 1. Petitioner 's medical education exceeds the requirement of California Business and Professional Code 2085-2089 and approved by UCLA, Harvard and Ba… -6.0
21-5076 Charlene Terry-Ann Walker Rosa v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-process 1. Whether the finding of strategic Decision on the part a depenre Couned, where the vecrd shat that such qurding only purpore is to prellent a menit … -6.0
21-5132 Michael Curtis Reynolds v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arson-statute constitutional-law constitutional-voidness covid-19-risk criminal-law due-process federal-criminal-law federal-statutes predicate-offense statutory-interpretation void-for-vagueness (1) Did Davis render 18 U.S.C. §2332b(a)(l)(B) equal to 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(3)(B)-, and thus equally make void and Unconstitutional both statute subsect… -6.0
21-5242 Joshua Sadat Washington v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence search-and-seizure suppression-hearing Question not identified. -6.0
21-5351 Chauntel Jackson v. Transportation Security Administration Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process retaliation standing If tHE FED OStRUCt A COMPlANANT RM A COUstiTSTiONA lEgA Right of du poc is hRe A defnite Reum A FEDERAL COURtS foR discRimiNAtiON ANd REtaliAtiON? … -6.0
21-5354 Bruce S. Joyner v. The News Journal Delaware Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights compensation-claim defective-equipment due-process employment-contract employment-contracts industrial-accident labor-law termination-notice workers-compensation Plaintiff has a contract; a written or spoken agreement concerning employment, 'be'entoreeable-by-lawrboth 'parties'must 'sign' employment contracts.)… -6.0
21-5361 Eduardo Flores v. Sharp Grossmont Hospital California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment ada-1990 americans-with-disabilities-act court-accommodation due-process equal-access meaningful-access meaningful-accommodation 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… -6.0
21-5513 Christopher Seckington v. Mark S. Inch, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chapman-v-united-states constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-trafficking eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment urine-testing Question 1: What must a Defendant show in order to demonstrate an Eighth Amendment violation where Petitioner was sentenced to in essence life for pos… -6.0
21-5569 Patrick Charles v. Caliber Home Loans, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation damages disability due-process elder-abuse emotional-distress fair-debt-collection judicial-bias property-rights wrongful-eviction 1. DO THE DEFENDANTS HAVE ANY RIGHT TO ABUSE AN ELDERLY AND DISABLED PERSON WITHOUT THE LAW DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? 2.. DO THE LAW PROHIBIT ABUSE OF CH… -6.0
21-5594 Daniel J. Heffley v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance deliberate-indifference disability-accommodation discriminatory-intent due-process federal-court-obligation rehabilitation-act 1. Does the Federal Court have ah obligation to follow the spirit and letter of the ADA and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? 2. Does the lower courts fa… -6.0
21-5662 Bishop Ruben DeWayne v. United States, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 5th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment first-amendment free-speech 1. Whether or not the lower court's denial of the Petitioner's guaranteed rights as published under provision outlined in the Bill of Rights departed … -6.0
21-5673 Timothy Brandon Fredrickson v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-pornography consensual-transmission constitutional-law constitutional-overbreadth criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech image-production statutory-interpretation Whether Section 18 USC 2251(a) is overbroad in that it provides punishment for constitutionally protected activity in the inducement of consensual pro… -6.0
21-5785 Gregory Albert Darst v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights coram-nobis due-process irs-records judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation record-falsification standing Question 1. Does a pattern and practice exist whereby appellate courts refuse to adjudicate EVERY ISSUE presented by the Class of unrepresented litig… -6.0
21-5850 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-law equal-protection federal-employment federal-law policy-procedure race-discrimination racial-discrimination 1. Whether, and in what circumstances, this Federal employer may use a Substantive Procedure contrary (repugnant) to Federal law and DVA Policy & Proc… -6.0
21-5867 James Dean Kendrick v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting-liability criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-reservation indian-reservations sentencing-guidelines title-21-usc title-21-usc-section-841(b)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(e)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(g)-(p) 1. Can the Government's alleged motive for the murder of a non-Indian committed by another non-Indian, which occurred on the Cattaraugus Indian Reserv… -6.0
21-5922 Edwin Oland Andrus v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certiorari-petition civil-rights constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process individual-rights judicial-review statutory-construction statutory-interpretation 1. Should this Court grant writ of Certiorari addressing constitutional issues, correcting a miscarriage of justice that occurred when lower Court unc… -6.0
21-6036 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-limitations certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus Where the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't properly grant a Certificate of Appealability to an improperly dismissed §2255 Motion/Case asserting Actual Inn… -6.0
21-6037 Brian David Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fraud hazel-atlas hazel-atlas-motion judicial-fraud motion-to-vacate supervisory-powers uncontested-motions Where the U.S. Court of Appeals did not properly apply its supervisory powers to ensure that the law was being applied properly or at all to the Middl… -6.0
21-6038 In Re Brian David Hill Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitution constitutional-violations district-court due-process fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court habeas-corpus judicial-rebellion north-carolina supreme-court-authority uncontested-motions Where the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina had systematically and repeatedly deprived a Petitioner of Due Process of Law … -6.0
21-6268 Cesar Martinez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-acquittal sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment trial-by-jury Whether basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct underlying a charge for which the jury acquitted him violates his rights to due process and … -6.0
21-5941 Angela Michelle Morelli v. Joshua B. Hyman, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process federal-jurisdiction hearsay-evidence life-liberty-property procedural-hearing victim-protection 1. Why are Womens ' Constitutional Rights being violated under the 14th Amendment, for both procedural Due Process and Life, Liberty and Property, le… -6.5
21-6013 Zachary Scott Reed v. Michael Dixon, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights clear-error due-process judicial-fairness pro-se-plaintiff qualified-immunity standing If a district court applies qualified immunity to a case upon adopting a factual basis containing a clear error of fact, with such clear error being d… -6.5
21-6039 Stanley Blair Hill v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process expert-testimony junk-science scientific-evidence strickland-prejudice Question not identified. -6.5
21-6047 Fortuno Jeanfort v. Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees, aka Florida Atlantic University Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP absolute-immunity civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-guarantees due-process pleading-standards public-official standing tort-liability IntraDistrict courts all across the State have confused absolute immunity to State Universities themselves, versus the personal liability of (actual) … -6.5
21-6057 Eugene Korte v. California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection racial-discrimination standing voting-rights Question not identified. -6.5
21-6108 Paradise L. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-general clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standard fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-rights witness-exclusion Whether The State Of Arizona Failed To Terminate Mother's Parental Rights By At Least Clear & Convincing Evidence As Required By The Due Process Claus… -6.5
21-6149 Domingo Palma v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment mistrial prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Are the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments violated by a trial court's refusal to grant a mistrial where a prosecution witness injects groundless, irrele… -6.5
21-6158 Delilah Colarte v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-limits fourth-amendment passenger-identification rodriguez-limits rodriguez-v-united-states seizure-duration traffic-stop warrant-check 1. Whether the "mission" of a routine traffic stop includes law enforcement requiring passengers in the vehicle to identify themselves, and to run che… -6.5
21-6170 Michael D. Webb v. Ralph Northam, Governor of Virginia, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law chevron-deference executive-order executive-privilege foia foia-request jacobson-v-massachusetts justiciable-issue public-health public-health-emergency separation-of-powers Whether Appellant presented a justiciable issue, where the choice of the Virginia Governor and the State Health Commissioner, failed to represent "a r… -6.5
21-6174 Antonio Smith v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-precedent standing state-law statutory-interpretation X Does Tk-e, T~&cA~ TU4- Arlc&^sas dosUs AnyxcXaXc^A \ k 'HO' %O^j /Vnji ] lo-^ r\-] C>\ CJ&) /Vs Xrh ti DiS cr^rh0\C^\/ LovtaUC OCi^. a-r4vre. /Iwd T… -6.5
21-6182 Erick Argueta Larios v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP clear-and-convincing-evidence criminal-procedure due-process federal-district-court relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether a federal district court may use relevant conduct not proven by clear and convincing evidence to disproportionately raise a defendant's senten… -6.5
21-6188 Johnathan Andrew Doody v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-withdrawal coercion constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession right-to-testify 1. Whether Doody was denied his personal right to testify in his own behalf by his attorneys' ineffective assistance regarding their advice on the use… -6.5
21-6189 Michael John Turnbull v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-6194 Rahmatullo Fayzalievic Hikmatov v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-6197 Lance Arnold Kingbird v. Vicki Janssen, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split federal-court-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists similar-facts statutory-interpretation 1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not dis… -6.5
21-6198 Billy Dean Smith v. Lynnie Einerson, Acting Superintendent, Spring Creek Correctional Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-protections death-penalty disadvantaged-groups due-process federal-habeas-corpus federal-review prisoner-rights standing state-prisoners state-procedure When litigating a State Criminal Convictions by way of a Federal Habeas Corpus, the Indigent State Prisoner & Matter What Race, Color or Creed, Who ha… -6.5
21-6206 Joel Barcelona v. Sergeant Parish, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-threatening life-without-parole medical-treatment refusal-of-care Question not identified. -6.5
21-6225 Edwin Guzman and Herzzon Sandoval v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accessory-after-fact accessory-after-the-fact circuit-split equipoise expert-testimony gatekeeping-function general-understanding mens-rea RICO-conspiracy RICO-predicate-offenses specific-understanding 1. Whether the First Circuit misapplied this Court's rulings on RICO Conspiracy by approving an instruction allowing a jury to convict if it determine… -6.5
21-6240 Michael Roger Clemons, aka Chinaman v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review district-court guidelines-error harmless-error sentencing-error standard-of-review Whether any procedural sentencing error can be deemed harmless if the district court announces, without further explanation, that it would have impose… -6.5
21-6249 Daniel Rosa v. Bruce Gelb, Superintendent, Souza Baranowski Correctional Center First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-law due-process habeas-corpus retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Whether a Court of Appeal's decision that failed to provide a reasoned justification for denying a Certificate of Appealability, but rather stated onl… -6.5
21-6259 Shelly Margaret Arndt v. Deborah Jo Wofford, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center for Women Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constitutional-provisions discretionary-power due-process internet-research judicial-discretion juror-misconduct prejudicial-error remmer statutory-provisions verdict-integrity In this case, juror misconduct was proven by the lower court after a juror researched an element of the crime on the internet (Wikipedia) during delib… -6.5
21-6262 Guadalupe Padilla v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-review dna-mixture-analysis dna-testing due-process governmental-body governmental-immunity judicial-oversight post-conviction post-conviction-dna-testing statutory-requirements IS A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION, ID HO IS ACTING AS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY TO REVIEW CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS INVOLVING THE RE-CALCULATION, RE-ANALYSIS AND/OR RE… -6.5
21-6272 Igor Perlov v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP credibility credibility-determination criminal-charge due-process harmless-error jury-instruction reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment A jury convicted petitioner of unlawful possession of ammunition, which police found in a cardboard box in the trunk of his car. Petitioner testified … -6.5
21-6273 Nathan R. Rollins, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-sentencing-guidelines booker-standard criminal-conduct criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment united-states-v-booker Mr. Rollins plead guilty to single charge of possessing a firearm after conviction of a felony. The offense of conviction resulted in an advisory sent… -6.5
21-6275 David Wayne Dooley v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response WaivedIFP arizona-v-youngblood burden-of-proof civil-procedure confrontation-rights criminal-defendant criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-spoliation separation-of-witnesses state-action 1. Is Due Process violated when a criminal defendant must bear the burden of showing bad faith in order to be entitled to a missing evidence instructi… -6.5
21-6284 Marc Blane Baccus v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP border-trafficking criminal-sentencing drug-importation drug-trafficking guideline-enhancement importation methamphetamine methamphetamine-offense mexico sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether Appellant's Sentence should have been enhanced for methamphetamine Importation from Mexico under §2D1.1(B)(5) 2. Whether Appellant's Guide… -6.5
21-6286 Patrick Lawrence Henderson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule criminal-procedure due-process jury-determination jury-trial reasonable-doubt revocation-sentence sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-maximum Whether Henderson's revocation sentence violates Apprendi and its progeny because he has been forced to serve a sentence beyond the statutory maximum … -6.5
21-6287 Mario Hernandez-Galarza v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history discrimination due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration-law liberty noncitizen-rights sentencing-guidelines In 2016, the United States Sentencing Commission promulgated United States Sentencing Guideline (U.S.S.G.) § 2L1.2(b)(3), which applies exclusively to… -6.5
21-6290 George Steven Burch v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP consent consent-search data-retention digital-privacy fourth-amendment law-enforcement search-and-seizure smartphone-data warrantless-search After the government obtains consent to search specific information on an individual's smart phone, whether or to what extent the Fourth Amendment tol… -6.5
21-6292 Jason R. Bohlinger v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure constitutional-claim due-process federal-district-court habeas-corpus section-2254 standing Issue I: Whether the Northern District of Indiana erred by denying Bohlinger habeas relief as untimely under section 2254 habeas corpus Rule 4, and by… -6.5
21-6305 Eric Volk v. State Bar of California California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights digital-evidence disciplinary-proceedings due-process evidence fourth-amendment law-enforcement legal-representation professional-conduct search-and-seizure warrant-requirement £*A 11 'FqiC/I/A c,1o$ji _1 CO^p/^/n^r On fi-H-O/'r'-exj /T)£ Lc^r*^^ Eroyur^, U/hes^ fh i^s eZ2and r*b d<*~ P^a rt-dClmhj <^/WZirods '? U&f*' l/fola… -6.5
21-6310 Carlos Santos v. Christine Brannon-Dortch, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof circuit-split extraneous-information habeas-corpus jury-deliberations prejudice remmer-hearing In Remmer v. United States, 347 U.S. 227 (1954), the United States Supreme Court held that when extraneous information enters into a jury's deliberati… -6.5
21-6314 Carl Alvin Cushing v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-trials evidence-evaluation expert-testimony federal-rule-of-evidence-702 federal-rules-of-evidence jury-function law-enforcement law-enforcement-experts percipient-witnesses prosecutorial-discretion Where all the percipient witnesses in a case have testified in a manner unsatisfactory to the government's prosecution, under Federal Rule of Evidence… -6.5
21-6324 Jesus Alfredo Ramirez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-procedure communication-interception criminal-procedure district-court evidence-suppression probable-cause title-iii wiretap Whether the district court erred in authorizing a wiretap of Petitioner's communications under Title III and in failing to suppress the evidence inter… -6.5
21-6325 Leslie Reed v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certiorari-standard circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question judicial-precedent judicial-review precedent standard-of-review supreme-court-jurisdiction Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had decided an important federal question in a way that conflicts with the relevant decisions… -6.5
21-6327 Frank Paul Ferrara v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-admission expert-testimony fair-trial free-exercise standing statutory-interpretation trial-procedure 1. Should this matter been allowed to progress to a civil commitment trial since the Respondent incarcerated the Petitioner for exercising his Constit… -6.5
21-6329 Steven Blakeney v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability due-process eighth-circuit evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-standard summary-reversal Whether this Court should summarily reverse the Eighth Circuit's denial of a COA where the underlying issues were clearly debatable by jurists of reas… -6.5
21-6332 Daeron Johnson Merrett, aka Reez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court-split buyer-seller-instruction circuit-split conspiracy-distribution controlled-substance drug-conspiracy federal-drug-offenses mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-felony A SPLIT EXISTS IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS REGARDING THE GRANTING BUYER-SELLER INSTRUCTION IN THE TRIAL OF FEDERAL CONSPIRACY AND DISTRIBUTION CASES. PE… -6.5
21-6333 Eddy Jean Philippeaux v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment disability-process due-process mental-disability military-discharge traumatic-brain-injury Question not identified. -6.5
21-6335 Chi Mak v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion compassionate-release criminal-procedure judicial-review sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-factors statutory-factors statutory-interpretation Whether the district court abused its direction and acted unreasonably in denying Mak's motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c), by … -6.5
21-6336 Darrin Lashaon Betts v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 21-usc-841(a)(1)-(b)(1)(a) amendment-782 criminal-procedure fed-r-crim-p-11(c)(1)(c) fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing-guidelines statutory-law type-c-agreement Whether a defendant is eligible for 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) (1)(2) relief pursuant Amendment 782 where the district court adopted a Type-C plea agreement … -6.5
21-6338 Danquan A. Fanning v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-iii-authority article-iv-court constitutional-authority court-judgment criminal-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-usurpation territorial-court WHETHER the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT being a Article IV Territorial Court illegally usurped Article III, Constitutional Authority and illegally e… -6.5
21-6339 Sushila Gaur v. Department of Defense Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified. -6.5
21-6341 Donald D. Foltz, Jr. v. Wyoming Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment implied-bias jury-bias jury-selection prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment 1. Was the seating of juror who should have been dismissed for cause requires reversal because implied biased applies to Juror foreman, 1301, married … -6.5
21-6342 Belinda Hernandez v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-6343 Jonathan Robins v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus standing state-court-convictions Whether the trial Court violates the Constitution by ordering a defendant to present a defense to charges involving his wife. Whether the trial Court… -6.5
21-6345 Jeremy Schenck v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP benign-information evidence-description judicial-scrutiny legal-review paragraph-structure probable-cause scrutiny search-warrant vulgar-slang warrant-application 1. Are allegations in a warrant application entitled to lesser scrutiny when the district court concludes that the allegations are essential to the pr… -6.5
21-6346 Jason W. Reed v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining sexual-predator sexual-predator-designation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Question One: Whether, counsel's admitted misadvice with respect to Petitioner's designation, its direct result of imposition of "specialized supervis… -6.5
21-6347 Justin Dwight Sholley-Gonzalez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process intimate-partner-violence plain-error rehaif-error restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a new trial based on plain error is required where the defendant maintained at all times during his pre-Rehaif prosecution that the state cour… -6.5
21-6351 Holly Harvey v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process ineffective-assistance judicial-review legal-standard standing sWtub/u diced upp-eoj i or ab(mdioml upm o~kW ri c^kf +o uoa'weM l fU i ocluis Yk J1 *$>\WvV Reor^ 7 * qOhod is kV\fes\\old i<\ (k{\ o^'^-to 4 ^ "Y… -6.5
21-6352 Alberic Israel v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-6353 Stephen Allwine v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts court-funding due-process equal-protection financial-status in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion legal-procedure post-conviction post-conviction-relief 1) Did the Trial Court err in denying In Forma Pauperis funding for post-conviction services based upon Petitioner's financial status at the beginning… -6.5
21-6357 Kenneth Roshaun Reid v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing habeas-corpus ineffective-counsel jurisdiction procedural-default retroactivity sentencing When the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Vacated and Remanded case #19-7803 back to the District Court shouldn't the district Court have given Mr. Reid a… -6.5
21-6360 Qian Williams v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-procedure factual-findings federal-court federal-custody federal-jurisdiction grand-jury-indictment judicial-discretion search-warrant speedy-trial-act This case presents three issues: Did the court of appeals properly affirm the trial court and hold that the trial court was free to disregard a factua… -6.5
21-6361 Marcus Crawley, aka Holyfield v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure davis-v-united-states due-process judicial-review plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation If a defendant pleaded guilty to a § 924(c) charge and a predicate crime of violence that is no longer valid after Davis, may a reviewing court search… -6.5
21-6362 Rocky Krupa v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP booker booker-standard district-court-discretion due-process family-circumstances probabilistic-model procedural-reasonableness sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness u.s.s.g.-§5h1.6 Question I. – Was Rocky Krupa's sentence procedurally and substantively unreasonable as the district court did not consider nor articulate why the app… -6.5
21-6368 Suzanne Elizabeth Wexler v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourth-amendment investigative-detention miranda miranda-custody police-authority search-warrant terry-stop 1. Whether Fourth Amendment reasonableness concerns have any bearing on a determination of custody under Miranda, specifically in regards to whether a… -6.5
21-6369 Jeremy Denson v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP boykin-standard boykin-v-alabama constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea judicial-discretion judicial-oversight plea-bargaining plea-canvass record-development Judges must ensure defendants fully understand the consequences of their guilty pleas. Boykin v. Alabama requires judges to use "the utmost solicitude… -6.5
21-6370 Omil Cotto, aka Omil Gomez, aka Omil Alfredo Gomez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-seizure cellphones criminal-procedure fourth-amendment overbreadth probable-cause road-rage search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant warrant-overbreadth This case emerged out of a road rage incident during which shots were fired. The suspect, Omil Cotto, fled the scene in a red Camaro. Officers execute… -6.5
21-6371 Boubakf Darme, aka Boubacar Drame v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
21-6372 James Michael Bartley v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights competency-proceeding constitutional-challenge due-process gun-rights judicial-review mental-competency mental-illness right-to-bear-arms second-amendment standing Whether the government may deny a law-abiding citizen their right to bear arms under the Second Amendment based solely on a competency proceeding that… -6.5
21-6378 Severo Garcia-Meza v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law board-of-immigration-appeals civil-rights compassionate-release cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process immigration-law incarceration ineffective-assistance judicial-review sentencing l - At 0(S<ftAxS (Lozzt-sC /y\ 9~ 4Z-&~y 5cC.&p oiJ /V DCrf(r^PAtJT vj eJ/UGlfJM' ^^<Sl'PCt^C~ f/vom*-S f-J {$- <J,-S.C.i5S3C^ luJtfoi Oe«n<-*AtuhJCr … -6.5
21-6379 Keith R. Gomez v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-remedy sentencing state-court substantive-rights Question not identified. -6.5
21-6384 Kimani I. Sterling v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-review criminal-appeal eighth-circuit judicial-procedure preservation-of-error procedural-due-process sentencing sentencing-objections standard-of-review waiver waiver-doctrine Has the Eighth Circuit imposed upon Mr. Sterling an unlawful burden by finding Sterling waived his argument that the District Court violated procedura… -6.5
21-6390 Marcial Carrillo-Serna v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court-error guidelines-calculation molina-martinez-v-united-states ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-review plain-error plain-error-review prejudice sentencing-guidelines substantial-rights When the district court fails to calculate the guideline range at sentencing, whether the defendant may rely on the district court's error alone to sh… -6.5
21-6391 Hai A. Duong v. Darryl Vannoy, Warden Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-unanimity legislative-amendment non-unanimous-verdict sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w… -6.5
21-6395 Seitu Sulayman Kokayi v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights electronic-surveillance first-amendment fisa-surveillance foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act fourth-amendment probable-cause standing Whether electronic surveillance undertaken by the United States, of a United States citizen, pursuant to perceived authority under the Foreign Intelli… -6.5
21-6398 Roy M. Belfast v. M. Breckon, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-procedure judicial-review standing takings Did The Anpellate Court Aid In The Violation Of The Powers Suspending The Writ of Habers Seperation, " :Corpus And Constitufiondl Avoidance Doctrine :… -6.5
21-6400 Sonya R. Edwards v. Mesquite Independent School District Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-exhaustion civil-procedure civil-rights eeoc-charge employment-discrimination procedural-waiver statute-of-limitations title-vii (1) In light of the Supreme Court's holdings that an EEOC intake questionnaire may constitute a charge and a charge may be verified after the filing p… -6.5
21-6407 Roy Thomas Phillips v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-claim constructive-denial-of-counsel due-process ineffective-counsel liberal-reading merits plea-proceedings plea-stage pro-se pro-se-petitioners 1. The factual determination for denying the certificate of appealability was wrong and reversal is warranted. 2. Pro-se petitioners are to be given … -6.5
21-6409 Stephen Harmer v. Eric Armel, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Fayette, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney automatic-reversal conflict-of-interest criminal-procedure defendant due-process holloway-doctrine ineffective-assistance judicial-inquiry sixth-amendment trial-judge 1. Does Holloway demand automatic reversal when a trial judge fails to inquire into a known conflict that a defendant could not object to because his … -6.5
21-6411 Harley David Sharp v. Barry Goodrich, Warden, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-review pro-se-litigation prosecutorial-misconduct standing Is a Brady Violation claim procedurally barred from Federal review? 1. Does the Unconstitutional Failure of the Prosecution to disclose exculpatory e… -6.5
21-6417 Mausean Carter v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection judicial-review miranda-rights search-and-seizure standing state-law Question not identified. -6.5
21-6433 Jaimian Rashaad Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-cases fifth-circuit-review jury-conviction sex-trafficking standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence I. On Appeal JAIMIAN RASHAAD SIMS challenged the following: (1) the sufficiency of the evidence for the jury conviction for conspiracy to sex traffic … -6.5
21-6436 Korey Stewart v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure speedy-trial 1) Re—quesshoa greseaked is whedner a veasondble Kv oined low enforcement officer could Wave concluded Nna Yo evidence ovaidde So Xe agents ol Yoo Lam… -6.5
21-6437 J. S. v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance right-to-appeal sixth-amendment 1. Did J.S. have a Fourteenth Amendment right to be advised by the Court of his right to appeal? 2. Did J.S. have a right to appeal out of time, beca… -6.5
21-6441 Sonny Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment attorney-performance constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure strickland-standard strickland-v-washington warrantless-search Was counsel's refusal to file a meritorious, dispositive motion to suppress the fruits of a warrantless search unreasonable under Strickland v. Washin… -6.5
21-6442 Armando Cardon-Cortez, aka Vatto v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction Question not identified. -6.5
21-6447 Logan Bailey Lawrence v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing due-process estoppel government-discretion waiver-of-appeal Where the Government strenuously argues for below-Guidelines sentencing, but the District Court refuses, should the Government be estopped from preclu… -6.5
21-6449 Pizarro Thomas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-conduct criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct police-policy reasonable-suspicion terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrantless-seizure QUESTION 1 : WAS THERE "REASONABLE SUSPICION" JUSTIFYING PETITIONER'S STOP AND FRISK UNDER TERRY WHEN THE OFFICERS EFFECTING THE "STOP " DID NOT OBSER… -6.5
21-6450 Steven Zinnel v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure gall-v-united-states jury-determination sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment substantive-reasonableness substantive-unreasonableness Any fact that increases the penalty to which a defendant is exposed constitutes an element of a crime under and must be found by a jury, not a judge. … -6.5
21-6452 Donnell Murray v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting conviction count-one criminal-procedure davis insufficient-evidence jury-instruction predicate-acts racketeering trial-errors 1. Whether Murray's conviction on Count One should be reversed because there is insufficient evidence after Davis that the jury found two or more pred… -6.5
21-6455 Anthony Pretty On Top v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment-violation appellate-review constitutional-rights district-court due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-standard WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT'S DECISION THAT PETITIONER'S FIFTH, EIGHTH, AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NOT VIOLATED? -6.5
21-6458 David A. Callison v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-circuit civil-procedure due-process law-enforcement proof-of-insurance rodriguez-analysis traffic-stop trial-record 1. Whether the 8th Circuit erred by refusing to perform a Rodriguez analysis on whether or not a traffic stop was improperly extended because it misco… -6.5
21-6460 Truman Jones v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-discretion prejudice remand sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the district court's refusal to accurately compute the extent of a Speedy Trial Act violation and to consider the government's district wid… -6.5
21-6461 Andreea Dumitru, aka Andreea Dumitru Parcalaboiu v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1028a aggravated-identity-theft asylum asylum-application circuit-split criminal-sentencing felony-violation identity-theft lawful-authority lenity statutory-interpretation statutory-purpose The aggravated identity theft statute imposes a mandatory consecutive sentence of minimum two years for "[w]hoever, during and in relation to any felo… -6.5
21-6463 William Martin Cresham v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process evidence evidence-law prior-acts propensity propensity-evidence This case presents the question this Court acknowledged was "left open" in Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 75, fn. 5 (1991): "whether a state law wou… -6.5
21-6467 John D. Glenn, Jr. v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bank-fraud bank-fraud-statute circuit-court-split common-fraud definitional-term fraud-enforcement fraud-enforcement-and-recovery-act mortgage-lending-business statutory-interpretation third-circuit-ruling venture-capitalist-firms 1. Whether the Third Circuit's overbroad interpretation of what is a "mortgage lending business," a definitional term added by the Fraud Enforcement a… -6.5
21-6468 Joshua Fernandes v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenge race-neutral-reasons Whether age should be considered a protected class, and whether the exclusion of all young potential jurors violates the Equal Protection Clause. Whe… -6.5
21-6471 Jose Francisco Noesi v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing due-process equal-protection first-step-act retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner is eligible for a Title 18 U.S.C. Section 358a(c)(1)(A)(i), bd on the modiiction of Secon 35 C)A), through the First Step Act of J0… -6.5
21-6476 Aaron Michael Murray v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process frivolous in-forma-pauperis judicial-interpretation legal-precedent standing Whether the district Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated this Court's decision in Ellis v. United States, 356 U.S. 674, 78 S.Ct 9… -6.5
21-6487 Lisa Marie Cano v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-procedure court-of-appeal court-of-appeals evidence historical-facts inevitable-discovery investigating-officer investigation verification Whether a court of appeal's inference regarding the future course of an investigation, unsupported by testimony from the investigating officer or by e… -6.5
21-6491 Lucas Montagne v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure exception illegal-sentence invited-error judicial-procedure legal-error sentencing 1. Should an exception to the doctrine of invited error be recognized in a case in which an illegal sentence is imposed? 2. Should an exception to th… -6.5
21-6499 Henry Pratt v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP bias civil-litigation civil-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility insurance-bias motive restitution restitution-claim settlement-agreement trial-court-discretion Where the trial court erred by precluding the Use of a CivifSettlement Agreement between Henry Pratt and Nationwide which was admissible to show Natio… -6.5
21-6500 Jermaine Neal v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constructive-amendment criminal-investigation due-process false-confession fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment perjury self-incrimination sixth-amendment 1. WHEN A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES BECOMES A SUSPECT IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR HOMICIDE, AND FIRST, AS A RESULT OF BADGERING AND PESTERING F… -6.5
21-6501 Luke D. Patterson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation I) whother Conficing decisons withine A snge CooRt CAN PRESOTEL AN ONfAL SontaNCE dispaniy ) Wo D E And 2 US.C 158((A) (Co D gty As glouds fe A lasste… -6.5
21-6505 Bryan Bostick v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights juror-impartiality jury-bias remmer severance sixth-amendment trial-court voir-dire Was Appellant Deprived of A Meaningful Opportunity To Demonstrate Jury Bias After His Sixth Amendment Safeguards Were Violated When The Trial Court De… -6.5
21-6510 Luis Solis-Vasquez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process elements-of-offense federal-statute jury-determination jury-instructions mandatory-victim-restitution RICO rico-offense state-law state-law-predicates 1. Whether state law RICO predicates are elements of a RICO offense that must be found by the jury. 2. Whether aggravated RICO conspiracy is properly… -6.5
21-6512 Jason Kiger v. Tim Hooper, Warden Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-offense constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process jury-trial legislative-amendment legislative-power sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation unanimous-verdict Louisiana voted to change its Constitution to require unanimous verdicts in non-capital cases where they were not required before. In 1997 and 1998, w… -6.5
21-6514 Jorge Hernandez Rivera v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure elements-of-crime felon-in-possession firearm-offense information-defect second-amendment sentencing sentencing-enhancement WHETHER AN INFORMATION IS DEFECTIVE FOR FAILING TO STATE THE PROPER ELEMENTS FOR THE CRIME OF FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHETHER THE ACCA BAN B… -6.5
21-6520 Mark J. Zimny v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-court due-process motion-for-summary-disposition reasonable-jurists substantial-question summary-disposition supreme-court-precedent Did an appellate court contravene Supreme Court precedent by granting the government's motion for summary disposition when prior decisions of this Cou… -6.5
21-6521 Jamar Allen v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review burden-of-proof constitutional-provisions court-filing due-process hallucinogenic-drug judicial-process legal-document procedural-rules reasons-for-granting-writ scotus-petition victim-testimony ms Due, Peocm o_ausl PPQQP msEX \1 TOv. DPlX DVilQEkJCb \DEVnivl\bb T\Ab PbirDDbb AS Tvlb DUbOTbb '\5 Tib Vi Cum 5 TX5T\<v\OkJf iDDo DDlA TbSIPlEO … -6.5
21-6523 Edward Soybel v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP carpenter-v-united-states fourth-amendment internet-protocol ip-address pen-register privacy-expectation probable-cause reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search third-party-doctrine Whether the opinion of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, deciding a constitutional issue of first impression for the Circuit, erroneously ruled th… -6.5
21-6530 Tyreese Thompson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process jury-determination jury-trial precedent-review reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-maximum Do any facts that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum need to be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reason… -6.5
21-6537 Stephen Condon Peters v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-forfeiture asset-restraint counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process financial-conflict luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does it violate this Court's holding in Luis U. United States and the Sixth Amendment, where the trial court deprives a defendant of the use of untain… -6.5
21-6544 Omar Leonides Diaz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-rights court-costs declaration due-process financial-declaration in-forma-pauperis incarcerated-prisoner legal-redress monthly-income standing Question not identified. -6.5
21-6548 James Calhoun-El v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights comparative-treatment constitutional-law discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-discretion legal-precedent relief-standards standing Whether the lower courts violates the equal protection clause when it denies to a similarly situated individual relief that it had previously given to… -6.5
21-6552 Keith Carr v. Steve Kallis, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-u.s.c.-2241 due-process fifth-amendment fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus liberty-interest miscarriage-of-justice section-2241 section-851 sentencing-enhancement title-21-enhancement 1. WHETHER AN UNLAWFUL APPLICATION OF AN ENHANCEMENT PURSUANT TO TITLE 21 U.S.C. 851 AMOUNT'S TO A FUNDAMENTAL MISSCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. WHEREAS THE PE… -6.5
21-6554 Frank L. Amodeo v. FCC Coleman - Low, Warden Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence circuit-conflict constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus legal-remedy procedural-review 1. A Federal Court may only entertain a federal prisoner's habeas corpus petition when a "remedy by motion [to vacate] is inadequate or ineffective to… -6.5
21-6555 Malik Saunders v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split crimes-of-violence criminal-offenses culpable-omission culpable-omissions injury-or-death intentional-causation physical-force sentencing-guidelines u.s.-sentencing-guidelines Whether all criminal offenses that require proof of an intentional causation of injury or death, including those which may be committed by way of culp… -6.5
21-6556 Richard Bernard Grundy, III v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure due-process faretta-v-california fifth-amendment judicial-discretion self-representation sixth-amendment Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the District Court deprived Richard Grundy of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rig… -6.5
21-6557 Tekoa Glover v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure guilty-plea non-jurisdictional-claim sixth-amendment waiver withdrawal DID THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT ERR BY RULING THAT MR. GLOVER WAIVED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT CLAIMS BY ENTERING A GUILTY PLE… -6.5
21-6565 Edmond Maynor v. Ron Haynes, Superintendent, Stafford Creek Corrections Center Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights covid-19 due-process lockdowns standing takings Question not identified. -6.5
21-6566 Steven Craig Bethea v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion constitutional-review criminal-sentencing discretion eighth-amendment judicial-abuse sentencing sentencing-discretion substantive-reasonableness upward-variance WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN SENTENCING THE APPELLANT STEVEN BETHEA TO A GREATER SENTENCE THAN NECESSARY AS THE COURT ABUSED ITS DISCRETION BY … -6.5
21-6573 Michael Roy Sharpe v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-guarantees criminal-law due-process judicial-factfinding jury-trial maximum-sentence sentencing sentencing-procedure supervised-release trial-by-jury When Congress created the novel system of supervised release for federal criminal defendants, it authorized district judges to act as factfinders and … -6.5
21-6583 Roger Edward Picard v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mental-health-assessment rule-35 rule-35-motion sentencing sentencing-procedure i. Did the First Circuit err in denying a jurisdictionally sound motion filed pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 35(a), where the district court simply ignored… -6.5
21-6587 Marcus Termaine Darden v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony gang-expert harmless-error hearsay hearsay-testimony sixth-circuit I DID THE SIXTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS ERR BY HOLDING THE DISTRICT COURT'S ERRORS IN ADMITTING POLICE "GANG EXPERT" AND OTHER HEARSAY TESTIMONY WERE… -6.5
21-6589 Lamont Guinyard v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause congressional-authority constitutional-challenge criminal-law criminal-statute federal-jurisdiction federal-law firearm-possession firearms statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which criminalizes a defendant's possession of a firearm or ammunition, is unconstitutional because it exceeds Congress's … -6.5
21-6600 Willis Wheeler v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split fourth-amendment key-insertion law-enforcement multi-unit-dwelling privacy probable-cause reasonable-expectation search warrantless-search Whether a law enforcement officer's warrantless insertion of keys into a locked apartment door, within a secured multi-unit dwelling, to gain informat… -6.5
21-6615 Fabian I. Sanchez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights detention fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure seizure Once objective facts have dispelled the officer's suspicions, may a person still be detained on a hunch? -6.5
21-6616 Gabriel Schaaf v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process in-custody-interrogation miranda-rights police-questioning right-to-counsel right-to-remain-silent Whether police must wait for counsel to be present, before questioning a suspect who has invoked his right to remain silent and to have counsel presen… -6.5
21-6632 Charles Dalton Shoemake v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment exemplary-prison-record juvenile-sentencing life-with-parole proportionality rehabilitation Given his exemplary prison record and demonstrated rehabilitation, whether Charles Dalton Shoemake's life-with-parole sentence imposed for a crime he … -6.5
21-6638 Michael Lewis Gibbons v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment alleged-victim contradictory-testimony criminal-procedure due-process impartial-juror inconsistent-statements judicial-impartiality no-physical-evidence physical-evidence sixth-amendment witness-testimony Given 1) Inconsistent statements by the alledged victim 2) At least one statement by the alledged victim that is not physically possible 3) The 2 main… -6.5
21-6651 Laqunn Gary v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights federal-issues federal-treaties ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief state-procedural-bar state-procedural-bars WHETHER MISS. CODE ANN. 99-39-21 WAS UNREASONABLY USED THE BAR TO PETITIONER'S FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF SEVERE IMPORTANCE THAT WHICH REVOLVES AROUND FEDE… -6.5
21-6659 Glen Seals v. Darrel Vannoy, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky habeas-corpus johnson-v-california judicial-review mixed-question-of-fact-and-law peremptory-strike prima-facie prima-facie-case race-discrimination standard-of-review 1. Whether, under Johnson v. California, 545 U.S. 162 (2005), a court may supply and consider potential race-neutral reasons for a prosecutor's peremp… -6.5
21-6667 Thomas Orville Bastian v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-protections due-process fifth-amendment interrogation-rights procedural-default right-to-counsel shackling waiver-of-counsel 1. State courts denied Bastian the constitutional protections due to him under the Fifth Amendment by finding that it was Bastian who had initiated a … -6.5