Conference: 2022-03-25

106 cases — 0 granted, 106 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
20-1665 William S. Palmer v. Harolyn Williams Indiana Denied Relisted (2) cause-of-action civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection impartial-tribunal procedural-due-process property-rights standing tax-dispute Do I have a constitutional right to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful place in an impartial tribunal to dispute a case in controversy,…
21-1022 Daniel Garza v. City of Los Angeles, California Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights constructive-notice due-process monell monell-doctrine municipal-liability policy-maker ratification unconstitutional-conduct May a municipality be held liable for ratification under Monell v. Department of Social Services
21-1033 Edward Mandel v. White Nile Software, Inc., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure bankruptcy-discharge bankruptcy-law civil-procedure discharge due-process judicial-review non-dischargeable-claims settlement-agreement Whether the court of appeals erred in declining to allow evidence, witness and expert testimony at trial on the Settlement Agreement
21-1034 Peter Kagel v. Jay Laurence Raftery, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act constitutional-vagueness due-process federal-jurisdiction fraud issue-preclusion rooker-feldman vagueness Should the 'Inextricably Intertwined' doctrine be abolished?
21-1045 I. M. v. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Maryland Denied Response Waived child-custody due-process forum-shopping international-law jurisdiction minimum-contacts parental-rights uccjea Whether the UCCJEA comports with the Due Process Clause, where it subjects an international parent to termination of parental rights, where the parent…
21-1048 Cesar Caballero, et al. v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived equal-protection first-amendment native-american-land-rights native-american-lands political-question-doctrine quiet-title right-to-access-courts sovereign-immunity whether-native-american-tribe-barred-from-pursuing-in-rem-quiet-title-remedies
21-1055 Lea Jolon-Velasquez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-1083 Jay Hoon Choi v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response Waived 6th-amendment criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process law-enforcement-contact miranda-rights right-to-attorney right-to-counsel right-to-remain-silent sixth-amendment state-magistrates Miranda-rights-after-assertion
21-1084 Janet Heltzel, et al. v. Glenn A. Youngkin, Governor of Virginia, et al. Virginia Denied Amici (1)Response Waived contract-clause due-process executive-power monument monument-preservation property-rights public-opinion restrictive-covenant takings Does the Obligation of Contracts Clause prohibit the abrogation of the Commonwealth's agreement to preserve a monument?
21-1099 Thomas Clayton Steres v. Kevin Curran, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived cell-phone-search certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Whether Thomas Steres received ineffective assistance of counsel
21-1108 Enron Nigeria Power Holding, Limited v. United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration burden-of-proof civil-procedure commercial-activity foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-law legal-immunity yacht-sale Whether a foreign state has engaged in commercial activity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
21-1111 Caleb Fares Giha v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived None
21-1113 Brock Fredin v. Lindsey E. Middlecamp, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights district-court first-amendment free-speech inherent-judicial-powers inherent-powers injunctive-relief prior-restraint public-officials Did the District Court have the authority under its inherent powers to issue a wide-sweeping injunction to restrict speech for a period of five (5) ye…
21-1125 Matthew Schantz v. Benny Deloach Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness police-pursuit qualified-immunity summary-judgment traffic-stop use-of-force Does the Fourth Amendment allow police to use deadly force to prevent the escape of a joyriding motorcyclist?
21-1131 Trudy Mighty, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David M. Alexis, Deceased v. Miguel Carballosa, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights curative-admissibility due-process evidence evidentiary-ruling expert-testimony Whether the Eleventh Circuit erroneously applied the doctrine of 'curative admissibility' to affirm the district court's admission of inadmissible spe…
21-1133 Charles Abrahamsen v. Department of Veterans Affairs Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law anesthesia anesthesia-risks bullying-healthcare medical-disclosure orthopedic-surgery public-health-safety reasonable-belief whistleblower-protection whistleblower-protections Whether the scope of the substantial and specific danger to public health and safety provision in 5 U.S.C. § 2302(b)(8) was erroneously limited
21-1139 Daikin Industries, Ltd., et al. v. The Chemours Company FC, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act agency-deference appellate-review factual-determination factual-review judicial-review remand separation-of-powers Whether a federal appellate court may reverse an administrative agency's decision on a factual ground not addressed by the agency, without a remand to…
21-1141 Charles Wade v. Gordon Lewis Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process fair-warning medical-treatment prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Whether qualified-immunity-doctrine-demands-identical-fact-pattern
21-1150 Sharon Finizie, et al. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure due-process factual-findings federal-circuit judicial-review legal-misapplication merit-systems-protection-board standard-of-review Did the decisions/opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Merit Systems Protection Board constitute erroneous f…
21-1165 Janhoi Cole v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure fourth-amendment investigation officer-conduct rodriguez-rule rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop unrelated-crimes Whether the extension of a traffic stop for an officer to ask detailed questions about the driver's travel plans violates the Fourth Amendment
21-1198 Robert Dexter Weir, et al. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived congressional-power extraterritorial-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-flagged-vessels foreign-nationals high-seas piracy-clause united-states-constitution Whether Congress's power to define and punish felonies committed on the high seas extends to conduct committed by foreign nationals on a foreign-flagg…
21-1201 Michael D. Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process grand-jury judicial-misconduct jurisdiction prosecutorial-misconduct Will the Eastern District of Kentucky be allowed to ignore our federal laws,Constitution and Bill of Rights and have a 5 week, mock trial on innocent …
21-1209 Jennifer B. Miller v. The Bank of New York Mellon, Successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure free-speech judicial-review motion-to-dismiss pleading-standards standing summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in dismissing certain counts under Rule 12(b)(6)
21-379 Texas, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (9) administrative-law affordable-care-act agency-rule medicaid-rates nondelegation-doctrine private-entity rulemaking-authority statute-of-limitations Whether an agency rule delegating rulemaking authority to a private entity violates the nondelegation doctrine
21-468 National Pork Producers Council, et al. v. Karen Ross, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (54)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) animal-welfare dormant-commerce-clause economic-effects extraterritoriality federalism interstate-commerce pike-balancing pork-production state-regulation Whether a state law with dramatic economic effects largely outside the state and requiring pervasive changes to a nationwide industry violates the dor…
21-475 Deanna Brookhart, Warden v. Kenneth Smith Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2254 appellate-review evidence-sufficiency evidence-weighing federal-habeas habeas-corpus habeas-relief jackson-v-virginia reasonable-doubt standard-of-review state-court-deference Whether the Seventh Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)'s strictures in awarding habeas relief to respondent based on its own reweighing of the evide…
21-5402 Ronald E. West v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-issue criminal-procedure due-process election-dispute election-procedure judicial-review legal-challenge recidivism rehabilitation sentencing supreme-court Whether the lower court erred in not considering the defendant's 30-year-old prior offenses, the COVID-19 emergency amendment, the defendant's 20-year…
21-5717 Brandon Demon Blackmon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aggravated-assault criminal-law guidelines sentencing statutory-interpretation ussg-4b1.2 Whether the Texas offense of aggravated assault by threat constitutes a 'crime of violence' under USSG §4B1.2?
21-5887 Miguel Neil v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review case-law constitutional-violation due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel judicial-discretion procedural-default Whether a lower federal court violates due process when it ignores a petitioner's appropriately cited case law in support that appellate counsel was i…
21-5914 Tony Joseph Tabor v. Vincent Coleman Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discovery due-process free-speech retaliation standing Whether the petitioner's First Amendment rights were violated due to retaliation for his speech when the defendants used chemical agents against him
21-5988 Stephen B. Jones, Sr. v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal constitutional-law constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction legal-reasoning procedural-rules speedy-trial statutory-provisions Did the trial court err?
21-6058 David James Lola v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-judiciary fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-review legislative-review separation-of-powers sixth-amendment state-sovereignty Does due process pursuant to the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments dictate that a state court clerk may assign a criminal case to a judge who ex…
21-6099 Sandchase Cody v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)IFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability circuit-split collateral-review due-process federal-appellate-courts habeas-corpus remedy-selection section-2255 sentencing Whether an individual must obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's choice of remedy following the grant of relief under 2…
21-6150 Jacques S. Gholston v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights fourth-amendment illinois-v-caballes police-investigation rodriguez-v-united-states time-extension traffic-stop unreasonable-seizure Whether a traffic stop unreasonably prolonged beyond the time needed to address the purpose of the stop violates the Fourth Amendment regardless of wh…
21-6154 Shawn Ford v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment apparent-authority consent-to-search criminal-procedure fourth-amendment reasonable-belief residence search-and-seizure third-party-consent Whether a third party's apparent authority to consent to a search of a criminal suspect's residence requires that the police reasonably believe that t…
21-6168 Vance L. White v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review blakely-v-washington constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion self-incrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines Did Judge Katsten M. Culney violate the strictures of Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296 (2004) self-incrimination?
21-6169 Donald Stephen Yaag v. Renee Baker, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance-of-counsel public-defender Whether Petitioner's exculpatory evidence claims reflect actual innocence of sexual assault
21-6200 Jesus Ruiz v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP collateral-review concurrent-sentence-doctrine criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-conviction harmless-error non-concurrent-sentence sentencing Whether a conviction carrying a non-concurrent prison sentence for an act the law does not make criminal can ever be considered harmless
21-622 Susan Elaine Devine v. Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Limited, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure dismissal district-court-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction modification motion-modification protective-order rule-41 voluntary-dismissal Whether the voluntary dismissal of a plaintiff's suit under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1) permanently strips the district court of jurisdic…
21-6229 Kyle Shirakawa Handley v. California California Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi charging-document criminal-procedure due-process notice notice-requirements sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment Whether the 1936 rule set forth in People v Britton, 6 Cal.2d 1 violates Apprendi, Alleyne and the notice requirements of the Sixth Amendment
21-6267 Adrienne Brown-Mallard v. Potomac Concrete Company, Inc., et al. Maryland Denied Relisted (2)IFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky civil-rights civil-rights-act constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection j-e-b-v-alabama jury-selection Whether the use of peremptory challenges removing available potential jurors of both the same race and same gender (White Men, White Women, also Black…
21-6383 Harinder Singh v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split concealment criminal-conviction drug-proceeds federal-statute insufficient-evidence money-laundering regalado-cuellar statutory-interpretation Where the evidence at trial was insufficient was insufficient to prove that the design or purpose of the cash transmittals was to 'conceal or disguise…
21-6386 Antjuan Sydnor v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights counsel-absence criminal-prosecution critical-stage jury-deliberations right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error In a criminal prosecution, if a trial court permits the prosecutor and counsel for a codefendant to present supplemental arguments to the jury during …
21-6396 Tamara Jeune v. United States Eleventh Circuit Dismissed IFP circuit-court-conflict circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-propensity evidence-admissibility federal-rules-of-evidence prejudice prior-bad-acts probative-value propensity-evidence How are the courts to properly apply Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)?
21-6477 Michael E. Parker, Sr. v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
21-6576 Nicholas G. Peacock v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-conviction due-process exhaustion-doctrine federal-review free-speech habeas-corpus marriage state-court statutory-law underage Do minors have a right to entice an individual for the purposes of marriage if similarly aged individuals are allowed to and being married in their re…
21-6597 Jason Whren v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP d-c-code-23-110 exceptional-circumstances hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining strickland-v-washington Whether the Court of Appeals failed to apply the applicable standards
21-6740 Teddy Chiquito v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process equal-protection indian-civil-rights-act restitution-damages self-defense tribal-bill-of-rights tribal-law Whether the Government and a Tribal Law Enforcement Employer can arbitrarily convict a Tribal Police Officer
21-686 Maria Esparraguera v. Department of the Army Federal Circuit Denied administrative-law civil-service-reform-act constitutional-challenge due-process federal-circuit judicial-review merit-systems-protection-board senior-executive-service whether-the-federal-circuit-erred-in-holding-that-neither-it-nor-the-mspb-may-review-a-career-senior-executive's-removal-from-the-senior-executive-ser…
21-6909 Mark Allen Geralds v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP brady brady-materiality cumulative-analysis due-process giglio-violation materiality prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct strickland strickland-prejudice trial-confidence Whether the materiality inquiry for Brady and the prejudice analysis for Strickland require a cumulative analysis in determining whether confidence is…
21-6914 Michael Patrick Kennedy v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal-standard due-process fifth-circuit-interpretation judicial-proceedings pro-se-representation standing successive-petitions supervisory-power Whether a dismissal without prejudice is in fact a dismissal with prejudice
21-6916 Joachim Martillo v. Twitter, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights common-carriage constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process free-speech internet-law public-accommodation section-230 Correct interpretation of 47 U.S. Code § 230
21-6917 Joseph Earl Clark, II v. Shawn Lindsey Britt, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights collateral-estoppel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sentencing-mitigation standing Whether the petitioner's civil rights were violated by state prison officials
21-6925 Chong Su Yi v. Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr., Governor of Maryland, et al. Maryland Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights court-rules due-process equal-protection judicial-deference judicial-discretion legal-interpretation procedural-fit statutory-interpretation Could the court apply rules that do not fit the person?
21-6935 Richard Roy Blake v. City of Northglenn, Colorado Colorado Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-assembly free-speech municipal-code vagueness Did the City of Northglenn, Colorado police department violate Petitioner's First Amendment rights to free-speech, free-assembly on January 4, 2020 wh…
21-6945 Johnnie W. Byrd, III v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure due-process federal-due-process-protections federal-judicial-system food-stamps judicial-review ohio-law sixth-circuit Can the citizens of the United States have confidence in the fairness of our criminal-justice-system and its reforms if our system tolerates the total…
21-6949 Reno Fuentes Rios v. Ken Clark, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus parole sentencing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit erred in denying all claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255 related to th…
21-6950 Stephen Rosa v. New York New York Denied IFP case-law civil-rights constitutional-violation court-procedure criminal-procedure district-attorney due-process sentencing standing statutory-rights Was the court in violation for not following its own case laws?
21-6957 David Kent Thacker, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP amendment-due-process civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings due-process exclusionary-rule federal-intervention investigation-scope miranda-rights pecuniary-interest self-incrimination whether MERANDA is part of the 5th Amendment's protection
21-6961 Mauro C. Palacio v. Justin Caraway, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-admission fifth-amendment fourth-amendment judicial-discretion procedural-error Whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the petitioner abandoned, through failure to brief, a separate claim that he is subject to an illeg…
21-6963 Vincent X. Lee, aka Imam M. Khalifa Al-Amin v. Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions governing the issues prese…
21-6964 Carlton Smith v. Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment standing takings Whether the state supreme court erroneously departed from the essential requirements of the law and denied petitioner's federal constitutional claim
21-6967 Lemonta Markuis Maddox v. California California Denied IFP civil-rights coerced-confessions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-law interrogation involuntary-statements plea-bargaining state-law Whether the use of coerced statements obtained through false promises of leniency violates federal and state constitutional rights to due process
21-6968 Jay Anthony Jones v. Maryland Maryland Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-protection criminal-procedure criminal-remand double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion north-carolina-v-pearce sentencing sentencing-enhancement twigg-v-state Is the State of Maryland's case Twigg v. State, 447 Md. 1 (2016) afoul of the long standing principal set forth in North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. …
21-6971 Byron Case v. Douglas County, Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-preemption military-benefits military-disability spousal-support state-court-jurisdiction state-courts supremacy-clause veterans-affairs veterans-rights Whether federal laws 10 U.S.C. § 1408 and 38 U.S.C. § 5301 can be overridden by state laws regarding military veterans' disability income or assets
21-6975 David James Lola v. Rick Ramsay, Sheriff, Monroe County, Florida Florida Denied IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration legal-resources prisoner-access Does an innocent citizen representing themselves against criminal allegations, also known as pro se, and incarcerated prior to trial have a due proces…
21-6981 In Re Benny David Gibson Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-review court-jurisdiction default-judgment dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-rights procedural-dismissal settlement standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's case without prejudice
21-7007 Amador Rodriguez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure-act fintiv-factors inter-partes-review patent-act patent-office Whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's use of the Fintiv factors to deny institution of inter partes review violates the Administrative Proced…
21-711 Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. v. Hasbro, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1909-act 1976-act copyright copyright-law copyright-ownership employer-employee independent-contractor statutory-interpretation work-for-hire Whether a party that commissions a work from an independent contractor qualifies as the creator's 'employer' within the meaning of the Copyright Act o…
21-7112 Sophana Sovann v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus notice-of-judgment pro-se right-to-appeal Was a pro se state prisoner denied his right to appeal the District Court's order denying his habeas corpus petition?
21-7171 Robin Lee Sherwood v. George A. Neotti, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP competency competency-to-plead-guilty guilty-plea habeas habeas-corpus hill-v-lockhart ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-standard strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the Ninth Circuit's prejudice standard for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim concerning competency to plead guilty conflicts with Str…
21-7175 Keith Smeaton v. United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus international-human-rights judicial-discretion mandamus-petition obstruction-of-justice Question not identified
21-7181 Mary Ellen Samuels v. Janel Espinoza, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP california-supreme-court conflict-of-interest due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-malpractice performance prejudice prejudice-presumption supreme-court-precedent Did the California Supreme Court unreasonably fail to apply clearly established Supreme Court precedent that requires prejudice to be presumed where a…
21-7189 Deimeyon Xavier Allen v. Vance Laughlin, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-probable-cause due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-be-present subpoena Is the Petitioner afforded due process when filing his Application For Certificate Of Probable Cause?
21-7204 Corey Louis Hines v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process judicial-review legal-procedure standing statutory-interpretation takings Can the Broad of Versions encumber the Act to vote of a 'cpt order?
21-721 Transpacific Steel LLC, et al. v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2) delegation-of-legislative-power federal-energy-administration-v-algonquin-sng national-security presidential-authority separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation tariff-imposition tariffs trade-expansion-act-1962 trade-regulation Whether the President exceeded statutory authority under section-232
21-7219 Lorenzo Suttles v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 compassionate-release criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure federal-courts first-step-act miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether a pre-FSA defendant's circumstances changed by Congress's clarification of §924(c) may constitute extraordinary and compelling reasons for com…
21-7220 Jesse Kyle Skyberg v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction precedent-interpretation standing Whether the Exclusive Jurisdiction Doctrine applies to criminal cases
21-7221 Alfred Lavoris Moody v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-justice criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion juvenile-justice mitigating-factors mitigation-factors proportionality rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Whether the 78-month sentence imposed on Mr. Moody was 'greater than necessary' considering his troubled childhood
21-7222 Hugo Valencia Mendoza v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-guidelines vagueness-doctrine Is the term 'involved' under Section 2D1.1(b)(5) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional under the Vagueness Doctrine through the …
21-7226 Christopher Ronald Martin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-sentencing generic-robbery mens-rea recklessness sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery, as used in federal sentencing enhancement provisions, encompasses robbery offenses that only require a mens rea of mere reckl…
21-7227 Daniel Isaiah Thody v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process jury-trial sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the current implementation of Supervised Release, (18 U.S.C. §3583), as a 'separate sentence' in addition to the 'sentence of imprisonment', i…
21-7230 Gemar Morgan v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-standard probation sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation supervised-release Whether the words 'a house' in the Fourth Amendment apply both to the defendant's conduct as a renter of a house and to the defendant's period of 2 to…
21-7238 Holli Wrice v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 3553(a)-factors compassionate-release congressional-intent criminal-justice-reform criminal-procedure extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances retroactive-sentencing sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether district courts can reduce a defendant's sentence based on the reason that the defendant is serving a sentence for an offense for which the pe…
21-7239 Michael Arrington v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment Whether the district court erred in denying petitioner's motion for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of trial counsel
21-7249 Jacob Ivan Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP capital-punishment civil-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance mitigating-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel self-defense sentencing-phase sixth-amendment Whether the failure of Tezai Covnser's to Jueoerm fys Cizenr Juwr He feces fh 'Menanrony' Lee Seusence Le He Cnwases To bo to Tarn) & hse, Nor fi elro…
21-7252 Terrance Stinson, aka T-Rock v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment jury-guarantee jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether sentencing based on acquitted conduct violates the Sixth Amendment jury guarantee and the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause
21-7256 Clemente Rosales-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres Apprendi-v-New-Jersey case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7258 Fernando Contreras-Rojas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7266 Fredy Zamora-Reyes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure notice-clause prior-conviction sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Can a court, consistent with the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause, impose a statutorily enhanced sentence based on the fact of a prior conviction never…
21-7268 Ross Anthony Farca v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-restitution false-statement mental-health military-recruitment property-damage restitution statutory-interpretation Whether petitioner's offense of making a false statement about his mental health history resulted in 'damage to or loss or destruction of property' of…
21-7269 Joseph Peter Clarke v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion covid-19 criminal-history downward-variance drug-offenses juvenile-offenses sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines stash-house-robbery Whether the appellate court erred in affirming the district court's abuse of discretion
21-7274 Kaleb L. Basey v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2703 digital-privacy electronic-communications email-preservation fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-jurists search-and-seizure warrantless-search Whether reasonable jurists could disagree with the district court's decision that the initial and continuous, nine-month warrantless preservation of B…
21-7276 Julio Rodriguez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus harmless-error residual-clause standing unconstitutional-vagueness Whether a certificate of appealability can be issued despite controlling circuit authority to the contrary
21-7279 Charlie Foster v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law detention due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether a law enforcement officer may extend a traffic stop by asking for a driver's license and registration after confirming no traffic violation oc…
21-7294 Daniel Gerard Lacey v. Brian M. Gootkin, Director, Montana Department of Corrections, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certiorari circuit-split foreshadowing ineffective-assistance judicial-review jurisdiction legal-doctrine timeliness writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court should grant certiorari to address and resolve a circuit split on the doctrine of foreshadowing and its application to ineffective …
21-7297 Jaime B. Garcia v. Warren L. Montgomery, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder habeas-corpus jury-instructions legal-theory prosecutorial-concession reasonable-jurists standard-of-review Whether a certificate of appealability should have been issued when the jury was instructed on an invalid legal theory to convict the petitioner of fi…
21-771 Justin Herrera v. Theresa Cleveland, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure identity-of-parties john-doe mistake-of-identity notice-requirement pleading-amendment relation-back Does Rule 15(c)(1)(C) categorically exclude relation back if the plaintiff initially used John Doe placeholders in the complaint due to inadequate kno…
21-797 Serge Matthew Aluker v. Simin Yan, aka Simin Aluker Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) child-abduction custody-agreement custody-rights fourth-circuit habitual-residence hague-child-abduction-convention hague-convention international-law parental-agreement parental-rights treaty-interpretation Whether the Fourth Circuit's decision improperly wrote out the Article 3 requirement of the Hague Child Abduction Convention that a parental agreement…
21-846 John Montenegro Cruz v. Arizona Arizona Judgment Issued Amici (9)Relisted (2) capital-punishment collateral-review due-process federal-law parole-ineligibility retroactivity state-court-decisions supreme-court Whether the rule in Simmons v. South Carolina, as applied in Lynch v. Arizona, must be applied retroactively to cases pending on collateral review
21-860 Jane Doe v. Timothy White, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) due-process fourteenth-amendment goss-standard goss-v-lopez higher-education liberty-interest procedural-due-process property-interest qualified-immunity Whether students at public colleges and universities have a liberty and property interest when facing suspension or expulsion
21-869 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (41)Relisted (2) artistic-intent copyright copyright-law fair-use judicial-interpretation meaning message second-circuit source-material transformative transformative-work Whether a work of art is transformative when it conveys a different meaning or message from its source material
21M96 DeMarco Nichols, et al. v. Illinois Department of Transportation, et al. Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M97 Chris Allen Simcox v. Arizona Arizona Presumed Complete None
21M98 Jessie D. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona Presumed Complete None
21M99 Edward James Rose v. Arizona Arizona Presumed Complete None