| 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… |