| 20-6531 |
Rogelio May Ruiz v. David Baughman, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
Rehearing |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection reopening-case standing |
Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's request for appointed counsel |
| 21-118 |
Apple Inc. v. Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-rulemaking federal-circuit inter-partes-review judicial-review leahy-smith-america-invents-act mandamus-petition patent patent-review uspto |
Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may review, by appeal or mandamus, a decision of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office denying … |
| 21-164 |
Trustees of the New Life In Christ Church v. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Virginia |
Denied |
Amici (6)Relisted (10) |
church-autonomy church-state-separation civil-authority civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech ministerial-exception ministerial-exemption property-tax religious-doctrine religious-freedom |
Whether civil authorities violate the First Amendment when they engage in their own interpretation of church doctrine to overrule a church's determina… |
| 21-202 |
Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (3)Relisted (2) |
35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction inter-partes-review judicial-review nhk-fintiv-rule patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeals-board statutory-interpretation |
Does 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) categorically preclude appeal of all decisions not to institute inter partes review? |
| 21-234 |
Kevin R. George v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
Federal Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (8)Relisted (2) |
administrative-law agency-interpretation clear-and-unmistakable-error clear-unmistakable-error disability-claim plain-meaning pro-veteran-system statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits |
When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran's claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invali… |
| 21-267 |
James Garfield Broadnax v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
28-usc-2254 batson-challenge cullen-v-pinholster evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation |
Whether a federal habeas petitioner may present evidence of a prosecutor's racially discriminatory intent in support of a Batson claim where the evide… |
| 21-269 |
Anthony Carter v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
controlled-substances criminal-conviction drug-possession jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia molecular-structure statutory-interpretation sufficiency-analysis technical-elements |
Whether a reviewing court may uphold a conviction where the offense is defined by technical elements beyond the understanding of an ordinary factfinde… |
| 21-418 |
Joseph A. Kennedy v. Bremerton School District |
Ninth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (68)Relisted (2) |
constitutional-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise free-speech public-employment public-school religious-expression |
Whether public-school-employee-speech-is-government-speech |
| 21-427 |
William Frederick Lamoureux v. Montana |
Montana |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-rights constitutional-law content-based-restriction criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine speech-regulation |
Whether a statute that criminalizes speech intended to annoy or offend is unconstitutionally overbroad under the First Amendment |
| 21-439 |
Michael Nance v. Timothy C. Ward, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (7)Relisted (2) |
alternative-execution civil-rights due-process habeas habeas-corpus lethal-injection method-of-execution ripeness section-1983 successive-petition |
Whether an inmate's as-applied method-of-execution challenge must be raised in a habeas petition instead of through a § 1983 action if the inmate plea… |
| 21-481 |
Betty R. Shipley v. Helping Hands Therapy, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
|
appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure federal-courts jurisdiction notice-of-removal procedural-defect remand removal reply statutory-authority |
Whether the court of appeals has jurisdiction to review an order remanding a case to state court based on a procedural defect, when the plaintiff file… |
| 21-495 |
Dennis Black, et al. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law administrative-procedure due-process erisa judicial-oversight pbgc pension-plan pension-termination statutory-interpretation |
Does ERISA permit the termination of a distressed pension plan through an agreement between PBGC and the plan administrator? |
| 21-499 |
Carlos Vega v. Terence B. Tekoh |
Ninth Circuit |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (14)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-act fifth-amendment law-enforcement miranda-v-arizona miranda-warnings police-liability section-1983 self-incrimination |
Whether a plaintiff may state a claim for relief against a law enforcement officer under Section 1983 based on the officer's failure to provide Mirand… |
| 21-537 |
Adir International, LLC, et al. v. Starr Indemnity and Liability Company |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment insurance insurance-proceeds legal-defense standing state-action state-litigation |
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits a State to prohibit private parties from using untainted funds, such as otherwise l… |
| 21-5442 |
Jasper Crook v. Robin Shea |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
10th-amendment 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 7th-amendment 9th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights defamation-claim equal-protection judicial-misconduct pro-se-litigation treason-allegation |
If beneficiaries of the United States Constitution have the right to prosecute in their own name under Article 3, Section 2 of the Constitution |
| 21-5469 |
Ziahonna Teagan v. City of McDonough, Georgia |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process heck-doctrine judicial-authority judicial-power municipal-liability policy-practice-procedure-custom section-1983 state-law state-law-offense |
Can a Georgia Municipality be held liable for an official, agent, or entity actions that makes a deliberate choice to follow an internal official poli… |
| 21-552 |
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P., et al. v. Edward Anderson, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
chadbourne-v-troice circuit-split covered-securities in-connection-with merrill-lynch-v-dabit securities-exchange-act securities-litigation slusa statutory-interpretation uniform-standards-act |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in concluding that Troice narrowed Dabit's interpretation of SLUSA's 'in connection with' prong to require that the al… |
| 21-5671 |
Vicente Corona v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
18-usc-3553 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-sentencing extraordinary-compelling-reasons sentencing-disparities 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 … |
| 21-5698 |
Jasper Crook v. Ricardo Aguilar, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
access-to-courts access-to-justice case-closure civil-rights court-fees due-process free-speech judicial-procedure judicial-process legal-rights ninth-circuit |
Does the petitioner have a right to 'free justice and open courts' without paying a fee to have their case heard in the Ninth Circuit? |
| 21-5714 |
Jayren Jakar Wynn v. United States |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-precedent controlled-substance-offense guideline-commentary inchoate-offenses kisor-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines |
Whether a circuit court may properly rely on circuit precedent predating Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), to hold, contrary to Kisor, that the… |
| 21-5952 |
Robert Paul Rundo, Robert Boman, Tyler Laube, and Aaron Eason v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)IFP |
18-usc-2101 anti-riot-act brandenburg-v-ohio civil-rights constitutional-interpretation first-amendment free-speech interstate-commerce overt-act riot speech-restriction |
Whether the Anti-Riot Act is facially unconstitutional |
| 21-5960 |
Alexander Davis v. United States |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
actus-reus attempt attempt-offense criminal-law criminal-statute entrapment overt-act predisposition substantial-step |
Whether the requirement of a 'substantial step' can be satisfied by conduct occurring after the alleged attempt has ended |
| 21-5975 |
Modesto Balderas v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
GVR |
IFP |
armed-career-criminal-act borden-v-united-states criminal-procedure records-of-conviction sentencing sentencing-enhancement simple-robbery texas-penal-code violent-felony |
Whether the Texas offense of Simple Robbery, Tex. Penal Code §29.02(a) constitutes a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. §… |
| 21-5977 |
In Re Rigoberto Melero Aguirre |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
constructive-denial counsel-rights criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings miscarriage-of-justice plain-error-standard standard-of-review |
Whether the constructive denial of counsel during Melero Aguirre's judicial proceedings, coupled with the wholesale adoption by the Fifth Circuit, of … |
| 21-6050 |
James Bongiorno v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
abstract-idea cantrell-v-wallick electronic-unit functional-improvement hardware-structures machine machine-patent patent-eligibility section-101 |
Whether a new and non-obvious 'dedicated electronic unit' with new hardware structures including a plurality of 'special function buttons' is a patent… |
| 21-62 |
Paul Poupart v. Louisiana, et al. |
Louisiana |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
collateral-review constitutional-violation cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-unusual-punishment due-process ex-post-facto fraud-on-the-court fraud-upon-court retrospective state-collateral-review |
Has the State of Lovisiana and its Judicial Officers created and/or imposed an ex post facto law violating the Petitioner's federal due process rights… |
| 21-6221 |
David Jackson v. Massachusetts Department of Correction |
Massachusetts |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights protected-speech racial-discrimination solitary-confinement true-threat |
Whether petitioner's letter constitutes protected speech or a true threat |
| 21-6236 |
L. B. Joseph v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights conviction-reversal criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief reasonable-doubt testimony |
Was the defendant given a fair trial? |
| 21-6237 |
Glenn C. Damond v. Louisiana |
Louisiana |
Denied |
IFP |
8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment juvenile-offenders life-without-parole non-homicide-offenses |
Whether the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of a life sentence without the possibility of parole for … |
| 21-6241 |
Eric J. Turner v. Richard L. Broch |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-evidence habeas-corpus legal-competency mental-competency schizophrenia |
Whether the trial court failed to order a determination of the defendant's schizophrenia? |
| 21-6244 |
Kirk Wayne McBride, Sr. v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus state-court-conviction state-court-proceedings |
Whether a state federal habeas petitioner is required to obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal a district court decision not arising from a … |
| 21-6246 |
Noble Leroy Johnson v. Hazel Peterson, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights dismissal due-process standing |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's 42 U.S.C. 1983 motion |
| 21-6248 |
Oliver Vaughn Douce Al Dey v. New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Dismissed |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws |
| 21-6257 |
Jevon Dion Jackson v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
as-applied-challenge eddings-v-oklahoma eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-rule miller-v-alabama proportionality proportionality-review youth-mitigation |
Whether a sentencing court adequately considers the mitigating aspects of youth |
| 21-6258 |
Ramiro Romero v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
andrus-v-texas appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation strickland strickland-standard |
Whether an attorney's failure to interview a defendant's requested witnesses due to a mistaken assumption of adversity constitutes a deficient investi… |
| 21-6271 |
Austin Myers v. Ohio |
Ohio |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts criminal-procedure death-penalty discovery due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction postconviction-relief summary-dismissal |
Whether the Ohio state courts deny a death-sentenced postconviction petitioner's rights to due process, access to the Ohio courts, and an adequate cor… |
| 21-6277 |
Jordan Adonis Rawls v. Pennsylvania |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-charges criminal-prosecution custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-warnings patterson-v-illinois police-disclosure sixth-amendment |
Whether police must do more than administer Miranda warnings when an individual is subject to custodial interrogation and police fail to disclose crim… |
| 21-6281 |
Mac Truong v. Rosemary I. Mergenthaler, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
abuse-of-authority appeal-consolidation bankruptcy-procedure barton-doctrine constitutional-rights due-process false-findings justice obstruction-of-justice subject-matter-jurisdiction trustee-immunity |
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit criminally obstruct justice and/or abuse and/or exceed its legal authority |
| 21-6288 |
Tina L. Wagoner v. New York |
New York |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction standing |
Whether the tactical evolution of trial court unconstitutional application of law to facts, the lack of jurisdiction, and the administration of federa… |
| 21-6291 |
Zoltan Barati v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
case-dismissal circuit-split constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-oversight qui-tam relator sequoia-dismissal |
Whether the 11th Circuit can eliminate due process requirements of Qui Tam - relator progressed - case dismissals while other circuits rely on Sequoia… |
| 21-6293 |
Roy Bolinger v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-attack cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel victim-allocution |
Did the court of appeals violate Bolinger's right to due process by forcing him to raise his claim on collateral attack without the benefit of counsel… |
| 21-6299 |
Daryl Cook v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights collusion conspiracy conspiracy-prosecution constitutional-rights due-process legislative-immunity political-association prosecutorial-discretion standing |
Whether the procedure due process violation, a federal complaint caused the settlement of the state court to be void ab initio and whether petitioner'… |
| 21-6301 |
Travis Wayne Bentley v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-witnesses fourteenth-amendment indian-federal-law indigenous-rights indigent-legal-counsel post-conviction-relief tribal-jurisdiction |
Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Bentley's Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process? |
| 21-6302 |
Juan Alvarado-Gonzalez v. Illinois |
Illinois |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech government-action immigration language-access public-officials retaliation |
How long Person From Guatemala Central America Denied Motion to withdraw Guilty Plea and Vacated the Sentenced |
| 21-6303 |
C. K. J. v. M. J. T. |
Pennsylvania |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure constitutional-rights custody-proceedings due-process judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal protective-orders recusal standing |
Is it a violation of the Constitution for a judge to evaluate their own judge recusal and if they do should the case be vacated? |
| 21-6304 |
Neng Por Yang v. Ann Marie Holland |
Minnesota |
Dismissed |
IFP |
14th-amendment 4th-amendment due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment harassment-restraining-order judicial-jurisdiction pro-se |
Whether the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision to continue the enforcement of a fraudulent and pretentious state harassment restraining order to an i… |
| 21-6307 |
Donald James Smith v. Florida |
Florida |
Denied |
IFP |
capital-case capital-punishment criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fair-trial penalty-phase prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment victim-impact |
Was petitioner's right to a fair 'penalty phase' trial violated when the prosecutor told the jurors, during closing arguments in the guilt phase, that… |
| 21-6313 |
Glen Plourde v. Knox County, Maine, et al. |
First Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction human-rights judicial-abuse judicial-discretion pro-se pro-se-litigation standing torture-allegations |
Does the well-evidenced fact that a sua sponte dismissal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ! 1915(e)(2), and The Appeal's Court's subsequent upholding of that dec… |
| 21-6316 |
Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
ballot-access candidate-selection constitutional-rights election-law election-process equal-protection freedom-of-association independent-candidates major-parties third-party |
Should Walker as a Governor Candidate be able to choose from any party to join him in the nomination to be on the ballot just as the rights of Major P… |
| 21-6317 |
Clayton G. Walker v. Steve Barnett, South Dakota Secretary of State, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
amendment-interpretation candidate-rights constitutional-access election election-rights equal-protection judicial-procedure jurisdiction mask-mandate writ-of-mandamus |
Question not identified |
| 21-6326 |
Farand Skinner v. Kentucky |
Kentucky |
Denied |
IFP |
brady-v-maryland brady-violation constitutional-rights due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct supreme-court-review |
Did the Kentucky Supreme Court violate Mr. Skinner's rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and issue a decision contrary … |
| 21-6330 |
S. B. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. |
Florida |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-procedure child-welfare civil-rights custody-requirements department-of-children-services due-process family-law judicial-procedure judicial-review |
Whether the requirements for placing children in foster care were properly followed in this case, including whether background checks were conducted o… |
| 21-6331 |
Byron White v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception tribal-sovereignty |
Whether respondent waived/forfeited any of its procedural defenses |
| 21-6340 |
Troy Wayne Harmon v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure evidence evidence-rules fourteenth-amendment inconsistent-opinion informant-privilege material-witness sixth-amendment |
Whether the trial court's refusal to allow the petitioner to call a material witness violated the petitioner's Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendmen… |
| 21-6350 |
Michael J. Greene v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-law criminal-procedure custody due-process plea-agreement sentencing |
Whether the petitioner's plea agreement was unfulfilled, and whether the petitioner should have been granted custody or release due to the unfulfilled… |
| 21-6354 |
Erik Mishiyev v. Alphabet Inc., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
IFP |
1st-amendment censorship civil-rights content-moderation due-process first-amendment free-speech platform-liability standing youtube-censorship |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit order allowed YouTube to deprive the Petitioner of his Due Process rights under the 1… |
| 21-6356 |
Felipe Nieves-Perez v. Texas |
Texas |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment indictment life-sentence motion-to-quash right-to-due-process trial-court |
Did the trial court violate Mr. Nieves-Perez's right to due process by denying his motion to quash the indictment? |
| 21-6359 |
Corey J. Zinman v. Nova Southeastern University, Inc., et al. |
Eleventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-access federal-magistrate-judges injunctive-relief judicial-administration judicial-jurisdiction magistrate-judges statutory-authority |
Whether magistrate judges exceed their statutory authority by issuing orders with the practical effect of granting or refusing injunctive relief |
| 21-6422 |
Jake Rader v. Darrell Miller, Warden |
Virginia |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing |
Whether the petitioner's writ of habeas corpus was properly denied |
| 21-6439 |
John Joseph Rushinsky, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice strickland-standard |
May the state, consistent with Due Process, criminalize innocent behavior? |
| 21-6446 |
Khongsana Soumphonphakdy v. Mary J. Walilko, et al. |
Third Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions |
| 21-6502 |
Bobby Griffin v. Connecticut |
Connecticut |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
coerced-confession coercive-interrogation constitutional-rights due-process exclusionary-rule false-confession fourth-amendment interrogation-tactics probable-cause warrantless-search |
Whether Griffin's constitutional rights were violated by the admission of his statement to police and the rifle and ammunition obtained from his home |
| 21-6538 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
Denied |
IFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 collateral-review constitutional-law federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 21-6539 |
In Re Kenny Blanc |
|
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 circuit-split collateral-review federal-prisoners gatekeeping gatekeeping-requirements habeas-corpus merits prima-facie prima-facie-showing |
To satisfy the gatekeeping requirements of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(C) and 2255(h)(2), must federal prisoners make a prima facie showing that their 28 … |
| 21-6553 |
Chad L. Enderle v. Iowa |
Iowa |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-procedure civil-procedure due-process heemstra legal-retroactivity pending-appeals retroactive-application retroactive-availability statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent |
Do the federal Supreme Court cases require Iowa law to apply full retroactive availability to pending appeals? |
| 21-6698 |
In Re Carlton West II |
|
Denied |
IFP |
due-process equitable-rule equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-rule prisoner-rights procedural-default standing trevino-precedent |
When and where can prisoners use the equitable rule announced in Martinez v. Ryan and Trevino v. Thaler? |
| 21-6701 |
Nakyia D. Parker v. Douglas Fender, Warden |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consecutive-sentences constitutional-rights constructive-possession criminal-evidence due-process fair-trial jury-instructions motion-to-suppress sentencing-error sufficiency-of-evidence |
Whether Parker was denied a fair and impartial trial due to several major constitutional and due process right violations |
| 21-6714 |
In Re Rafael Verdejo-Ruiz |
|
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction ineffective-counsel military-appellate-review speedy-trial standing takings ucmj-jurisdiction |
Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted |
| 21-674 |
North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees v. Maxwell Kadel, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
Denied |
|
11th-amendment civil-rights discrimination-waiver eleventh-amendment federal-financial-assistance rehabilitation-act sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation |
Whether the residual clause of Section 1003 provides an 'unequivocal textual waiver' of sovereign immunity, permitting suits against States under subs… |
| 21-693 |
Nina Rae Ringgold v. United States District Court for the Central District of California |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
administrative-agency civil-rights civil-rights-act discriminatory-retaliation due-process judicial-disqualification jurisdiction standing supremacy-clause voting-rights-act |
Whether a state administrative agency lacking federal jurisdiction can be assigned authority of a state court of record |
| 21-699 |
Collette Campbell v. We Transport, Inc., et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
|
beneficiary-designation cat-paw-doctrine death-benefits employer-duties erisa erisa-claims-procedures fiduciary-duty fraud insurance-carrier-duties insurance-claim |
Whether the 'Cat's Paw Doctrine' is applicable in this case |
| 21-703 |
RLR Investments, LLC v. City of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee |
Sixth Circuit |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exxon-mobil fifth-amendment interlocutory-order property-taking rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-order takings |
Whether a United States District Court can dismiss claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fifth Amendment due to an interlocutory state court o… |
| 21-708 |
CLMS Management Services Limited Partnership, et al. v. Amwins Brokerage of Georgia, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arbitration-provision federal-arbitration-act foreign-insurer insurance-regulation mandatory-arbitration mccarran-ferguson-act preemption reverse-preemption state-insurance-regulation state-law |
Whether a provision of state law prohibiting mandatory arbitration in a policy of insurance issued by a foreign insurer is preempted by the Federal Ar… |
| 21-710 |
Valerie Jackson v. Lupe Valdez, et al. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
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28-usc-144 28-usc-455 appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a district court may disregard this Court's precedent and the plain language of 28 U.S.C. § 144, review and rebut the merits of an affidavit s… |
| 21-726 |
Augustin Torres Gonzalez v. Steven Hahl, et al. |
Second Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
arrest-standard civil-rights due-process false-arrest investigative-procedure judicial-review law-enforcement malicious-prosecution pendent-jurisdiction probable-cause state-policy totality-of-circumstances |
whether-officer's-deviations-from-policy-vitiated-probable-cause |
| 21-727 |
Robert R. Snyder v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
|
access-to-courts active-interference civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process law-library-access plausibility-standard prisoner-rights procedural-due-process prospective-relief standing |
Did the lower court incorrectly apply Christopher-v-Harbury |
| 21-730 |
'Lanre O. Amu v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission |
Illinois |
Denied |
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attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-hearing freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech judicial-misconduct racial-discrimination |
Whether the Illinois Supreme Court Justices are condoning racism and discrimination against the Petitioner |
| 21-731 |
Jesse Plasola v. California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
Denied |
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5-cfr-1653-2-b-1 court-jurisdiction divorce-decree federal-employees-retirement-system federal-employees-retirement-system-act-of-1986 judicial-jurisdiction retirement-benefits thrift-savings-plan zero-balance zero-balance-account |
Whether the state court's 09-14-2006 TSP final judgment divorce decree violated The Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 (FERSA), Public L… |
| 21-765 |
In Re Kelaco Corporation, dba Kelaco Construction Company |
|
Denied |
Response Waived |
access-to-courts appellate-review due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment |
Where a Florida state appellate court finds enough merit to an appeal such that it holds an oral argument but, after the oral argument, refuses to iss… |
| 21-865 |
Deborah Walton v. First Merchants Bank |
Seventh Circuit |
Denied |
Response Waived |
60(b)-motion 7th-circuit-court appeals civil-procedure district-court due-process final-order jurisdiction procedural-due-process |
Whether the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals neglected to apply procedural-due-process in accordance with the Fifth-and-Fourteenth-Amendments, by not acce… |
| 21-903 |
Robert M. Glen v. American Airlines, Inc. |
Fifth Circuit |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure confiscated-property cuban-property helms-burton-act inheritance-rights private-right-of-action property-confiscation standing statutory-interpretation trafficking trafficking-claims |
Whether the single word 'acquires' in Section 6082(a)(4)(B) of the Helms-Burton Act bars trafficking actions by U.S. heirs who passively inherited cla… |
| 21A198 |
Lucas Wall, et al. v. Transportation Security Administration |
District of Columbia |
Presumed Complete |
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None |
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