Conference: 2022-04-22

119 total cases — 0 granted, 40 denied/dismissed, 0 pending (showing paid filter)

← All conferences

Paid (40) IFP (78) Relisted (24) Amicus (11) All (119)
Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1032 Jason T. Berry v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment cell-phone-intrusion civil-procedure en-banc-review evidence exceptional-importance fbi-abuses fourth-amendment mandate-recall pro-se pro-se-litigation standing 1) Whether additional evidence of claims occurring while a judgment is pending and immediately af ter case closure merit recall of a mandate. 2) Whe…
21-1136 M. S. v. J. B. Massachusetts Denied due-process equal-protection ex-parte-order ex-parte-restraining-orders false-impression-of-dangerousness fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment records-expungement restraining-order vacated-orders Does Mass. G.L. c. 209A(l)b prima facie infringe a defendant's 5th and 14th Amendment rights to due process and equal protection, with no remedy, by m…
21-1146 Gary McClain v. Texas Texas Denied client-autonomy criminal-procedure criminal-trial defense-counsel fundamental-rights right-to-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error trial-strategy This Court held in McCoy v. Louisiana, 138 S. Ct. 1500 (2018), that defense counsel may not concede his client's guilt in the guilt phase of trial if …
21-1152 Michael A. Deem v. Lorna M. DiMella-Deem New York Denied Relisted (2) attorney-for-children constitutional-violation court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel custody-dispute due-process free-speech parental-rights takings-clause 1. DOES APPOINTMENT OF AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN OVER A FIT FATHER'S OBJECTION VIOLATE HIS RIGHT TO PARENTAL RELATIONS? 2. DOES COMPELLED SUBSIDIZ…
21-1163 Carolyn L. Baburka v. Township of Hazlet, New Jersey, et al. New Jersey Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1988 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-amendments federal-law qualified-immunity search-and-seizure state-law 1. Did the courts below commit error by deciding the case based solely on New Jersey State law, failing to give any recognition to federal law such …
21-1168 Robert Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Pennsylvania Judgment Issued Amici (21)Relisted (2) civil-procedure corporate-consent due-process fourteenth-amendment international-shoe personal-jurisdiction registration-statute Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from requiring a corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction to do bu…
21-1171 Cadillac of Naperville, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-procedure comity employer-speech federalism first-amendment free-speech labor-dispute nlrb nlrb-procedure state-sovereignty (1) Whether the Court of Appeal improperly narrowed the First Amendment protection owed employers in a labor dispute by requiring objective factual su…
21-1175 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-order default-judgment federal-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-civil-procedure human-rights judicial-review state-sovereign-immunity Whether the DC Appeal Court for District of Columbia can ignore inexcusable neglect by the Superior Court of District of Columbia for failure to apply…
21-1177 Philip Jay Fetner v. Kevin R. McCarthy Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review bankruptcy bankruptcy-court bias constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bias recusal (1) Was Debtor's (Petitioner's) fundamental right to due process violated by the Bankruptcy Court who admittedly early in this case developed and drov…
21-1180 Jack Jordan v. Department of Labor Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-disbarment attorney-discipline civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure discovery due-process judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing 1. Whether a federal court may disbar an attorney without instituting a separate proceeding for such purpose, apprising the attorney of all material f…
21-1182 Jose Jorge Gonzalez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-1183 Gustavo Herrera Acosta v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-1196 Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Peermusic Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure copyright-infringement extrinsic-intrinsic-test musical-works ordinary-observer-test substantial-similarity in a copyright infringement case, when deciding whether two musical works are substantially similar, should the courts apply the ordinary observer tes…
21-1202 Michael D. Smith v. Frances Catron Cadle, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived abuse-of-power civil-rights constitutional-rights cover-up criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction government-liability judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Will the government officials of the Eastern District of Kentucky and state officials be allowed to violate our federal laws, Constitution and Bill of…
21-1206 John H. Page v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-rights congress congressional-representation constitutional-rights district-of-columbia due-process ministerial-duty presidential-powers representation standing state-representation tenth-amendment The Question: Can a federal court dismiss a case based on lack of jurisdiction over relief that wasn't requested, despite it being empowered to order …
21-1207 Joel D. Klenck v. Liberty University, et al. Florida Denied Response Waived arbitrary-capricious 21-1206" arbitrary-capricious-standard congressional-representation constitutional-rights district-of-columbia final-judgments historic-preservation international-treaties judicial-review ministerial-duty state-court-review state-courts state-representation tenth-amendment terrorism terrorism-context Whether a federal court can dismiss a case for lac 1. Whether and to what degree does this Court have the ability to review final judgments of state courts when the case involves international treaties…
21-1220 County of Sacramento, California, et al. v. Kenard Thomas Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-violation due-process fact-determination law-enforcement qualified-immunity reviewing-standard section-1983 1. In deciding whether qualified immunity applies, the court is to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Is it appropriate, …
21-1248 Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response Waived congressional-action constitution executive-branch federal-courts indian-treaty-rights issue-preclusion 1. Whether the federal courts have the constitutional authority to unilaterally abrogate all rights guaranteed to an Indian tribe under a treaty with …
21-1251 Eric Ibarguen v. New York New York Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split constitutional-rights fourth-amendment home-invasion home-privacy law-enforcement privacy-rights search-and-seizure social-guests unreasonable-search Whether, or under what circumstances, social guests are entitled to the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches of the home that t…
21-1275 Abetubokun Adesioye v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appeal-waiver court-of-appeals criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process plea-bargaining right-to-appeal rule-11-colloquy sentencing sentencing-guidelines waiver Did the Court of Appeals err in finding that the petitioner knowingly and intelligently waived his right of appeal without having considered the exist…
21-1288 Libertarian Party of Alabama v. John Harold Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment political-parties voter-registration Does it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution for a State to discriminate against minor political parties by p…
21-1291 Rodney Muschette v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 404(b)-evidence 5th-amendment circuit-split confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment fundamentally-unfair-trial hearsay-testimony sixth-amendment I. Was Mr. Muschette Denied his 5th Amendment Right to Due Process when Admission of 404(b) evidence in violation of the test set forth in this Court'…
21-1293 John Albert Scudero, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response Waived aboriginal-rights congressional-legislation conservation-necessity fishing-permits limited-entry-permits native-fishing-rights presidential-proclamation state-regulation treaty-rights 1. Can the State of Alaska by criminal prosecution and threat of fine and incarceration prohibit Alaska Native members of the Metlakatla Indian Commun…
21-1300 Mark Gabriele, et al. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-share-fees good-faith-defense janus-vs-afscme restitution retroactivity section-1983 union-fees Petitioners are employees of the State of California who declined to join a public union. They seek a refund of the fair-share fees that public-sector…
21-1303 Abigail Walsh, et al. v. Amy Cohen, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights class-action constitutional-rights due-process notice procedural-fairness rule-23 settlement settlement-revocation 1. Does the Constitutional Due Process driven analysis set forth in Rule 23 have exceptions? 2. If so, what exceptions and what circumstances trigger…
21-1305 Melchor Munoz v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 citizenship-revocation criminal-conviction due-diligence government-notice plea-bargaining plea-proceeding section-2255 statute-of-limitations statutory-interpretation Whether – in a case where (1) the revocation of a criminal defendant's citizenship is mandatory as a result of a plea to a criminal conviction but (2)…
21-1306 Stacy Penning v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1021, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-share-fees good-faith-defense janus-v-afscme public-sector-unions retroactive-effect retroactivity 1. Whether the proper remedy for the collection of an illegal fee is refund or restitution, regardless of the purported good faith of the fee collecto…
21-201 Nehad Abdelnabi v. Fatma Adel Sekik Tennessee Denied Relisted (2) civil-procedure counsel-withdrawal due-process ex-parte ex-parte-oral-arguments objection opposing-counsels oral-arguments tennessee-court-of-appeals trial-court I. DID THE TENNESSEE COURT OF APPEALS DENY THE PETITIONER 'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN IT ALLOWED EX PARTE ORAL ARGUMENTS BY OPPOSING COUNSELS OVER T…
21-442 Rodney Reed v. Bryan Goertz Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (13)Relisted (8) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights dna-testing due-process postconviction-claim section-1983 state-court-litigation statute-of-limitations In Skinner v. Switzer, 562 U.S. 521, 524-25 (2011), this Court held that state prisoners may pursue postconviction claims for DNA testing of crime-sce…
21-511 Tim Shoop, Warden v. Raymond A. Twyford, III Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Relisted (3) all-writs-act circuit-split evidentiary-development federal-court habeas-corpus state-prisoner state-prisoners statutory-interpretation transportation writ-of-transportation 1. 28 U.S.C. §2241(c) allows federal courts to issue a writ of habeas corpus ordering the transportation of a state prisoner only when necessary to br…
21-658 Rodolfo Canales, Jr. v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard criminal-law due-process facial-challenge felony-offense indefinite-financial-support statutory-interpretation texas-supreme-court vagueness vagueness-doctrine Whether a statute with no definitions, explicit standards, reasonably clear guidelines, or objective criteria that allows a court to order indefinite …
21-719 Sandwich Isles Communications, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied civil-rights communications-act confiscatory-rates due-process federal-circuit federal-communications-commission rate-regulation regulatory-taking takings Whether the lower court's holding that a regulatory taking claim based on confiscatory rates must be made at the Federal Communications Commission "wi…
21-740 Richard E. Paulus, M.D. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process ethical-violations fraud-upon-court fraud-upon-the-court government-misconduct 1. Did the Sixth Circuit err by ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's allegations of fraud upon the court and ethical and due pr…
21-752 Rex Hammond v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) 4th-amendment carpenter-v-united-states cell-site-location-information exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception real-time-tracking search warrant-requirement wireless-carrier 1. In Carpenter v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 2206 (2018), the Court held that the government's use of an individual's historical "cell site location i…
21-760 Laura Kelly, Governor of Kansas, et al. v. Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) animal-facilities constitutional-law criminal-statute first-amendment free-speech property-rights trespass viewpoint-discrimination Whether Kan. Stat. Ann. § 47-1827(b), (c), and (d) violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment by criminalizing trespass by deception at ani…
21-819 Baxter Corporation Englewood v. Becton, Dickinson and Company Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act expert-testimony inter-partes-review ordinary-remand-rule patent patent-challenge prior-art remand-rule statutory-interpretation A petitioner may challenge an issued patent in an inter partes review (IPR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an agency tribunal, but "only on…
21-890 Gaspee Project, et al. v. Diane C. Mederos, et al. First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) campaign-finance commercial-speech compelled-speech constitutional-law disclosure-requirements donor-disclosure first-amendment free-speech issue-advocacy strict-scrutiny Rhode Island law requires most issue advocacy groups that mention a candidate or referendum in a communication before an election to register with the…
21-925 Adolfo Sandor Montero v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-limitations due-process fraud government-fraud government-overreach standing statutory-interpretation tax-regulations 1. Whether the US government can circumvent constitutional limitations 1 and defraud ~320 million American citizens through hidden legal provisos, spe…
21-995 Budha Jam, et al. v. International Finance Corporation District of Columbia Denied Amici (3) civil-procedure commercial-activity commercial-activity-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act international-organization international-organizations jurisdictional-exception sovereign-immunity standing treaty-interpretation waiver-of-immunity 1. Whether the commercial activity exception to immunity allows suit where the alleged acts of the defendant that give rise to its liability constitut…
21-997 Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona, et al. v. Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) civil-procedure civil-rights declaratory-judgment federal-courts first-amendment free-speech injunctive-relief standing state-criminal-proceedings state-sovereignty younger-abstention In 1990, Arizona voters amended the Arizona Constitution to include the Victims' Bill of Rights. See Ariz. Const. art. II, §2.1. Arizona then passed t…