Conference: 2022-05-19

60 cases — 0 granted, 60 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1003 F. F., as Parent of Y. F., et al. v. New York, et al. New York Denied constitutional-rights first-amendment free-exercise free-exercise-clause narrow-tailoring religious-bias religious-exemption school-vaccination strict-scrutiny vaccination-requirement Does New York's religious exemption repeal violate the First Amendment's Free Exercise clause
21-1021 Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction v. Alvin Bernal Jackson Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (4) adaptive-skills constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process evidence intellectual-disability judicial-interpretation Whether courts may consider adaptive strengths in deciding whether a defendant is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty
21-1050 Frederick S. Koger, et al. v. Clark V. Richardson, Judge, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights color-of-law due-process educational-neglect family-court homeschooling judicial-bias judicial-misconduct racial-bias Did Justice Clark V. Richardson violate civil-rights under-color-of-law
21-11 Arman Eritsian v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None
21-1101 Allan J. Nowicki v. Tinicum Township, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud municipal-action political-agenda pro-se-litigation property-rights rule-of-law standing Is it unlawful to advance the Political agenda of a Pennsylvania Municipality by violating the Civil Rights of its resident?
21-1203 In Re Roger Rowe Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-proceedings judicial-review lien standing statute-of-limitations tax-liability Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief from a judgment and orders from the Second Circuit court
21-1257 Brian K. Evans, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Marie Bousquet v. Ronald A. Marvin, et al. Massachusetts Denied appearance-of-impropriety conflict-of-interest due-process interests-of-justice judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice recusal Was the judge's failure to disclose his wife's connection to the hospital appropriate?
21-1260 Kendi Narmer PakeyBey v. Luminant Mining Company, LLC Fifth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights denial-of-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment legal-protections procedural-due-process procedural-protections standing Whether the Petitioners' 5th and 14th Amendment rights were violated under its procedural due process clause by being denied procedural protections
21-1266 Erica Talasek v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P. Fifth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights employee-benefits erisa estoppel misrepresentation summary-judgment Whether the beneficiary of an employee benefits plan can bring an equitable estoppel claim under ERISA based on misrepresentations at variance with th…
21-1268 Joe Clarence Smith, Jr. v. David Shinn, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 8th-amendment civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty death-row eighth-amendment habeas-relief method-of-execution section-1983 Whether Mr. Smith's method-of-execution challenge is cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
21-1277 David Allen O'Neal v. Crawford County, Georgia Georgia Denied attorney-fees bankruptcy bankruptcy-court civil-procedure county-employee county-liability personal-jurisdiction third-party-release third-party-releases void-judgment Whether a judgment against a county employee in his official capacity is unenforceable without personal jurisdiction over the attorney
21-1278 Judy Wright v. May 27, 2011 Order, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure coram-non-judice diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-question in-rem-complaint judicial-bias judicial-neutrality standing standing-doctrine state-court-judgment Does a petitioner require proof of harm to have standing to challenge a judgment by a judge with an appearance of undermined neutrality?
21-1290 Joseph Ferrari v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine immunity intentional-misconduct scope-of-employment Is lying by a US employee to undermine the boss outside the scope of employment and therefore prevents US substitution into a suit for the liar and th…
21-1294 David H. Penny v. Nancy Pelosi, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-limits first-amendment free-speech impeachment impeachment-power justiciability legislative-standing political-question-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Does a citizen constituent of a duly elected President have the possibility of filing a complaint with standing, subject matter jurisdiction, and just…
21-1302 Karlena Dawson v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
21-1308 J. Martin Robertson v. Larkspur Courts, et al. California Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medicaid medicare medicare-reporting privacy settlement-disclosure social-security social-security-privacy Whether Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 requires settlement or judgment debtors to report the Social Security n…
21-1309 Wendy Meigs v. Todd Zucker, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights constitutional-violations court-bias court-corruption due-process due-process-rights judicial-system-accountability legal-malpractice pro-se pro-se-discrimination Does this Country contribute to Court Bias, Violations of Due Process and Constitutional Rights, and Discrimination in courts by consciously ignoring …
21-1348 Claudia A. Barber v. District of Columbia Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-decision civil-procedure due-process government-employment judicial-review presumption-of-review statutory-interpretation tenure Whether only an expressed prohibition against judicial review can clearly and conclusively overcome the presumption in favor of judicial review of an …
21-1362 Timothy Gray v. Craig White, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights correctional-officers due-process excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey prison-disciplinary-proceedings prisoner-rights section-1983 Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where the claim does not direc…
21-1385 Carolyn D. Robinson v. Walmart Stores East, LP Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 burden-shifting civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination mcdonnell-douglas prima-facie-case section-1981 seventh-amendment summary-judgment Should the McDonnell Douglas burden shifting test remain in employment discrimination cases involving 42 U.S.C. § 1981?
21-515 Ashley Yoo Hyang Kim v. Huong Tran, et al. Massachusetts Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights disability-records due-process judicial-dismissal medical-records mental-health pro-se-petition schizophrenia-claim standing wrongful-diagnosis Question not identified
21-557 Alfredo Bahena-Brito v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None
21-596 iTech U. S., Inc. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) None
21-6134 Victor Rosales v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability collateral-proceedings collateral-review constitutional-right constitutional-rights direct-appeal douglas-v-california due-process evitts-v-lucey indigent-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Does a Texas prisoner have a constitutional right to appointment of effective assistance of counsel in collateral proceedings
21-6414 Charles Wayne Marietta v. Leanne LoBue, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment civil-rights discovery due-process judicial-discretion medical-evidence medical-treatment summary-judgment Did the District Court of Arizona err in granting Summary Judgment for Defendants without presenting all the elements of Appellants' medical complaint…
21-6594 James A. Hald, et al. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP compassionate-release criminal-justice-system criminal-procedure district-court-discretion due-process extraordinary-reasons federal-prisoner-rights federal-prisons sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), a district court must first determine whether 'extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons' warrant such a reductio…
21-6837 John Ragin v. Circuit Court of Virginia, City of Newport News Virginia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights free-speech government-speech public-forum social-media standing Whether the First Amendment protects the right of public officials to block users from their social media accounts
21-6913 Timothy Dewayne Littlejohn v. Sergeant Bowman, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP cell-phone-data complaint-amendment digital-privacy district-court-discretion fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence judicial-error leave-to-amend privacy pro-se-pleading procedural-due-process search-and-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
21-7039 Andrew Sasser v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2244 adaptive-skills circuit-split death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability remand second-or-successive second-or-successive-application Whether amending a petition for writ of habeas corpus after a remand by an appellate court makes it a second-or-successive application under 28 U.S.C.…
21-7050 Guy Cozzi v. New York State Workers' Compensation Board, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equal-protection federal-courts judicial-review necessary-and-proper-clause rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing supreme-court-discretion Whether Section 25 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 violates the Constitution
21-7077 Catherine Kurkjian v. Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-obligations bad-faith-doctrine civil-procedure contract-interpretation contract-law contract-reprisal government-contracts lost-profits statutory-compliance statutory-interpretation Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses
21-7116 Victor Armando Acevedo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-rule-of-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-procedure notice sentencing supervised-release Whether, under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43(a)(3), a district court can lawfully impose the thirteen 'standard' supervised-release conditions…
21-7125 William F. Kaetz v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure coram-nobis criminal-procedure fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court judicial-error miscarriage-of-justice rule-60 writ-of-coram-nobis Whether a lower court has a duty and obligation to correct a miscarriage of justice caused by fraud on the court, regardless of a harmless error of mi…
21-7395 Konstantinos Zografidis v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2255 appellate-review criminal-procedure district-court due-process federal-statute habeas-corpus second-circuit writ-of-habeas-corpus Did the Second Circuit Court of Appeals en banc err in failing to reverse the District Court's ruling denying my Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus …
21-7396 Hung M. Nguyen v. Yolo County District Attorney Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-deprivation due-process equal-protection immunity negligence policy-maker prosecutorial-immunity public-entity Does Yolo County District Attorney Office as Public Entity have any liabilities or qualify for prosecutory immunity due to negligence or reckless rela…
21-7400 Derrick U. Stricklin v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP alibi-evidence capital-case capital-punishment criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment trial-tactics Whether the failure of defense counsel to file a notice of alibi and present ample alibi evidence when instructed to do so by the defendant in a capit…
21-7402 Brandon Leon Bibbs v. Don Barnes, Sheriff, Orange County, California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-procedure Whether the petitioner's conviction was unconstitutional due to provisional circumstances surrounding his arrest and detention
21-7417 James Ray Davis v. Christopher Morledge, Judge, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP cell-phone-data civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment privacy search-and-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
21-7421 Linda Jolly v. Carmelita White, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-procedure civil-rights disclosure disclosure-laws due-process federal-government federal-law no-fear-act retaliation whistleblower whistleblower-protection Why did the United States Federal Government allow Federal UNAX Law (IRM 10.5.5) and Retaliation Laws to be broken through the 'No Fear Act?
21-7422 Edward Shane West-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access delegated-authority due-process government-authority in-forma-pauperis judicial-review standing tax Where does Charles P. Rettig and his employee's that are on his staff get the Delegated Authority to question the Plaintiff Edward Shane WestEl regard…
21-7425 Jabari J. Johnson v. Patrick Gentzler, et al. Tenth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the Supreme Court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
21-7426 Eric Jason Spears v. Scott Crow, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidence-standards ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion legal-procedure post-conviction procedural-fairness prosecutorial-misconduct standing Whether the petitioner's successive petition for post-conviction relief was unconstitutionally denied due to a malicious claim
21-7439 Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton Mississippi Denied IFP article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution authorizes or allows state courts to deal with Indian affairs regarding reserved Treaty…
21-7489 Raul Roy Vasquez v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure district-court-appeal double-jeopardy due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict privileges-immunities procedural-law state-court-conflict two-year-limitation Whether the refusal of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida to address the certified conflict between the petitioner's Second District Court of A…
21-7503 Lucas Victorino-Tista v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge recidivism sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
21-7508 Draven Greene v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment caretaker-exception constitutional-rights criminal-evidence evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment police-misconduct search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution extends to occupied vehicles
21-7513 Jonathan Carvalho v. Steven Kenneway, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Shirley First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa-deference antiterrorism-effective-death-penalty-act arbitrary-decisions constitutional-reliability due-process judicial-discretion legal-standard lower-courts supreme-court trial-court-procedure Does the Supreme Court's leeway and the Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) deference for lower courts to determine due process violatio…
21-7514 Sidney J. Clark, Jr. v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-withholding full-faith-and-credit habeas-corpus sentencing Whether the sentencing of S.J.C.Jr. to the H.C.A. pursuant to K.S.A. 21-4504 without legal proof of a prior judicial court proceeding in Texas violate…
21-7546 Ronald Scott Eddington v. Josh Tewalt, Director, Idaho Department of Correction Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process federal-habeas-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-standard strickland-v-washington supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-decoster wilson-v-sellers Should the Ninth Circuit or the Federal District Court of Idaho have issued a COA on Petitioner's claims
21-7566 Andrew James Johnston v. John Devries Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-selection public-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to a public trial applies to voir dire proceedings
21-7655 Bruce Committe v. Vickie Gentry Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP academic-freedom civil-procedure civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-procedure press-freedom standing What are the contours and principles of the First Amendment's free speech and freedom of the press protections (a/k/a Academic Freedom) in the academi…
21-7731 Alonzo Bell v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence evidence-exclusion judicial-discretion proportionate-penalties sentencing Whether the Appellate Court abused its discretion in admitting social media evidence
21-791 Timothy H. Edgar, et al. v. Avril D. Haines, Director of National Intelligence, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (3) civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech government-censorship national-security prepublication-review prior-restraint public-debate speech-licensing Whether Snepp should be overruled because it applied mere 'reasonableness' scrutiny to an agency's prepublication review regime, and failed to require…
21-817 Jesus Humberto Leon-Leon v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None
21-988 Marla Crawford v. Henrico County Public School Board, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process en-banc-review governmental-immunity procedural-severance rehearing-en-banc section-1983 severance standing supplemental-jurisdiction Did the Appeals Court of the Fourth Circuit error by refusal to pole the rehearing en bac and affirming the US District Court not to sever to Dr. Marl…
21M115 Peter Cooks v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M116 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M117 Archie McCoy v. Hawaii Department of Human Services, et al. Hawaii Presumed Complete None
21M118 Tremayne A. Powell v. Biscuitville, Inc. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
21M119 In Re John Milton Lee Presumed Complete None