Conference: 2022-01-14

82 cases — 0 granted, 82 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 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 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 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 None