Conference: 2022-05-19

59 cases — 0 granted, 59 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
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 1. Whether Snepp should be overruled because it applied mere "reasonableness" scrutiny to an agency's prepublication review regime, and failed to requ… 13.5
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. 12.0
21-557 Alfredo Bahena-Brito v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 11.0
21-817 Jesus Humberto Leon-Leon v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 11.0
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… 10.5
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, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), may bar a prisoner's excessive-force claim against correctional officers for damages under § 1983 where… 9.5
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 (1) Did Justice Clark V. Richardson, former judge of the Bronx County Family Court, violate our civil rights under color of law, by writing and publis… 6.0
21-11 Arman Eritsian v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) None 6.0
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 With due respect, when the very First Complaint was being dismissed, was it properly dismissed without asking the Pro Se Plaintiff, Ashley Y. Kim, the… 6.0
21-596 iTech U. S., Inc. v. Ur M. Jaddou, Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2) None 6.0
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 because (1) either (a) it allows for secular exemptions … 5.5
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 1. Was it appropriate for a judge to conceal that he was married to a doctor admitted to practice in the very hospital Plaintiff was suing in a medica… 5.5
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… 5.5
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 1. Whether Mr. Smith's method-of-execution challenge is cognizable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 2. Whether a method of execution involving 44 years of mos… 5.5
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 1. Without personal jurisdiction over the attorney, where the judgment against the County paid attorney is really a judgment against the County, isn't… 5.5
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 1. For Petitioner to have standing to be heard on her claim that a "judgment" by a judge with an undenied appearance of undermined neutrality, must Pe… 5.5
21M115 Peter Cooks v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M116 Jeffrey E. Akard v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M117 Archie McCoy v. Hawaii Department of Human Services, et al. Hawaii Presumed Complete None 5.5
21M118 Tremayne A. Powell v. Biscuitville, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied None 5.5
21M119 In Re John Milton Lee Denied None 5.5
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 (1) Is it unlawful to advance the Political agenda of a Pennsylvania Municipality by violating the Civil Rights of its resident? (2) Is it unlawful f… 4.0
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 1. Whether Petitioner is entitled to relief from a judgment and orders from the Second Circuit court, which conflicts with a decision of this Court … 4.0
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)(i), a district court must first determine whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons warrant such a reduct… 4.0
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 1)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. Ma… 4.0
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 1. 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… 3.5
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… 3.5
21-1302 Karlena Dawson v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
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 1. Whether Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 as amended by Section 204 of the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthen… 3.5
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 1. Does this Country contribute to Court Bias, Violations of Due Process and Constitutional Rights, and Discrimination in courts by consciously ignori… 3.5
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 … 3.5
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 1. Should the McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973) burden shifting test remain a part of the summary judgment analysis in employment … 3.5
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)? -1.5
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 1. 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… -3.5
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 1. DOES A TEXAS PRISONER HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO APPOINTMENT OF EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN COLLATERAL PROCEEDINGS WHICH PROVIDE THE ONL… -4.0
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 meeting all the elements of Appellant's Original Complaint, … -4.0
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 Question not identified. -4.0
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… -4.5
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… -4.5
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 I. 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 … -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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"? Why was … -4.5
21-7425 Jabari J. Johnson v. Patrick Gentzler, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings their descietion rEgnring Issye / and Issyp2 or was the District folrt Cleacly crroneous? 2.Plautit osk the supreme Coirt wn District Cunrt Colit of … -4.5
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 Question not identified. -4.5
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 Under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, it gives Congress plenary powers to deal with Indian affairs. Congress can limit, modif… -4.5
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 1. PA AmLiis alto poe bef t reac the istrict Ju twas corrected be fore his decisiow or his review the magishate cart fding. Divcew Litigtion histy was… -6.0
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 Question 1: Whether a Court can neglect the legal and statutory obligations of an agency to adhere to a signed contract and the referenced clauses; by… -6.0
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 1. Federal rules of civil procedure Rule 60 and a Writ of Coram Nobis both can be used to set aside a judgment, one is for civil cases, and one is for… -6.0
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 … -6.0
21-7422 Edward Shane West-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied 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 1. Where does Charles P. Rettig and his employee's that are on his staff get the Delegated Authority to question the Plaintiff Edward Shane West-El re… -6.5
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 1. Is the Refusal of the Supreme Court of the State of Florida, Decunskeo to Address the Certified Conflict Between Petitioner's Second District Court… -6.5
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 to the U.S. Constitution extends to occupied vehicles in non-emergency caretaker searches and whether such searches shoul… -6.5
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 viol… -6.5
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 (1) THE SENTENCING OF S.J.C.JR., TO THE H.C.A. PURSUANT TO K.S.A. 21-4504 ,WITHOUT ANY LEGAL PROOF OF THE ONE PRIOR JUDICIAL COURT PROCEEDING OF THE S… -6.5
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 1. Should the Ninth Circuit or the Federal District Court of Idaho have issued a COA on Petitioner's claims based on the evidence that Idaho courts co… -6.5
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 Question not identified. -6.5
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… -6.5
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 Circuit Court erred in admitting Social Media evidence at trial. Whether Defendant was Denied His Constitutional right to the effective a… -6.5