Conference: 2022-06-29

51 cases — 0 granted, 51 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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20-1375 Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. Seventh Circuit GVR Amici (7)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights best-interests civil-rights constitutional-privacy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-notification parental-rights Whether a state may require parental notice before a minor's abortion except where such notice would contravene her best interests
20-1434 Leslie Rutledge, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al. v. Little Rock Family Planning Services, et al. Eighth Circuit GVR Amici (8)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-rights civil-rights disability down-syndrome due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment medical-ethics prenatal-diagnosis selective-abortion state-prohibition Whether the Fourteenth Amendment bars States from prohibiting abortions that are sought solely because of a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome
20-1479 Eddie Houston, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (2)Relisted (2) 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion reduced-sentence retroactive-sentencing sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sente…
20-1480 George P. Naum, III v. United States Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (6) 21-cfr-1306-04 21-usc-841 controlled-substances criminal-prosecution medical-practice opioid-prescription professional-standards statutory-interpretation united-states-v-moore Can the elements of 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1) as defined in United States v. Moore, 423 U.S. 122 (1975) requiring the Government to prove unlawful distribu…
20-1507 Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. v. Andrew J. Bruck, Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit GVR Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process law-abiding-citizens magazine-ban property-rights retrospective-law second-amendment standing takings takings-clause Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the …
20-1639 George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (6)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home
20-1653 Lazelle Maxwell v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-sentencing first-step-act legal-developments procedural-history resentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First St…
20-7065 Anibal Canales, Jr. v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Relisted (13)IFP capital-habeas capital-punishment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence penalty-phase prejudice sixth-amendment Wiggins-v-Smith Whether Richter established a higher prejudice standard for penalty phase IAC violations than Wiggins
20-7878 Maci Denon Davis and Joe L. Franklin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP congress congressional-intent discretion district-court eighth-circuit first-step-act sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines unwarranted-disparities Whether the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals incorrectly found that the district court was permitted to tether itself to the United States Sentencing G…
20-7934 John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (6)IFP affirmative-defense controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions medical-practice standard-of-care Did the trial court err by conflating the valid defense of a crime as an element of that crime in its jury instructions?
20-891 American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. Federal Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) 35-usc-101 alice-v-cls claim-construction judicial-exception judicial-exceptions patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility patent-law standard-of-review two-step-framework What is the appropriate standard for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101?
21-1008 Andres Mencia v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-conduct criminal-intent criminal-liability due-process expert-testimony good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-standard-of-care mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-care Is the civil definition of standard of care sufficient to create criminal liability against physicians?
21-1009 Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1058 Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute nonIndians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-1143 Dr. A., et al. v. Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (12)Relisted (10) administrative-rule covid-19 covid-vaccine-mandate employment-division-v-smith free-exercise free-exercise-clause medical-exemption religious-exemption secular-conduct vaccine-mandate Whether a COVID vaccine mandate that provides no religious exemption while allowing medical exemptions violates the Free Exercise Clause
21-1158 Joseph Percoco v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-law due-process fiduciary-duty government-decisionmaking honest-services-fraud political-influence public-corruption Does a private citizen who holds no elected office or government employment, but has informal political or other influence over governmental decisionm…
21-1170 Louis Ciminelli v. United States, et al. Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure economic-decision federal-statute fraud-statutes property-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's 'right to control' theory of fraud states a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute
21-1194 Virginia Duncan, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (5)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment civil-rights due-process magazine-ban property-rights scrutiny-standard second-amendment self-defense standing takings takings-clause Whether a blanket, retrospective, and confiscatory law prohibiting ordinary law-abiding citizens from possessing magazines in common use violates the …
21-1271 Timothy K. Moore, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, et al. v. Rebecca Harper, et al. North Carolina Judgment Issued Amici (74)Relisted (3) constitutional-interpretation election-regulations elections-clause legislative-power redistricting separation-of-powers state-judiciary state-legislature voting-rights Whether a State's judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the 'Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives .. . prescri…
21-1370 Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction fact-question federal-circuit judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility pleadings What is the appropriate standard for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101?
21-1609 Mark Brnovich, Attorney General of Arizona v. Paul A. Isaacson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunction irreparable-harm stay Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a stay of the injunction
21-194 California Trucking Association, Inc., et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (12)Relisted (3) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act federal-preemption independent-owner-operator independent-owner-operators motor-carrier motor-carriers preemption state-law statutory-interpretation trucking-services workforce-law Whether the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempts a state law that effectively precludes motor carriers from using independent ow…
21-260 Virgin America, Inc., et al. v. Julia Bernstein, et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (4) airline-deregulation-act carrier-regulations federal-aviation-administration flight-attendants ninth-circuit preemption significant-impact state-law state-laws Does the ADA preempt generally applicable state laws that have a significant impact on airline prices, routes, and services, or does it preempt such l…
21-265 Oklahoma v. Erik Sherney Williams Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-274 Oklahoma v. Johnny Edward Mize, II Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-law due-process federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-v-oklahoma Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-451 Oklahoma v. Shawn Thomas Jones Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-prosecution state-authority tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-485 Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-546 Michael G. Harper, aka Cuban Mike v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-justice-reform criminal-resentencing district-court district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether, when deciding if it should 'impose a reduced sentence' on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, a district court …
21-5480 Charles Bryant v. United States Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion mandatory-minimum sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a judge may impose a new sentence 'as if' only the change to the crack thresholds applies, ignoring other legal changes that have altered the …
21-5967 Zenon Grzegorczyk v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (11)IFP collateral-review constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea retroactivity substantive-law waiver Does an unconditional guilty plea waive a defendant's right to challenge his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) on the grounds that Davis rendered it…
21-6009 Jose Moyhernandez, aka Yindo v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine criminal-resentencing criminal-sentencing first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Whether a sentencing court must consider applicable sentencing factors codified in 18-U.S.C.-3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentenc…
21-6144 Johnnie Sims v. United States Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-usc-3553 18-usc-3553a criminal-sentencing discretionary-review district-court-discretion first-step-act individualized-explanation sentence-reduction sentencing-factors statutory-interpretation Are district courts required to consider the sentencing factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under…
21-627 Air Transport Association of America, Inc., dba Airlines for America v. The Washington Department of Labor & Industries, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) airline-deregulation-act carrier-prices-routes-services circuit-split federal-law morales-v-trans-world-airlines preemption state-law statutory-interpretation transportation-regulation Whether the Airline Deregulation Act preempts neutral state laws that have a significant impact on carrier prices, routes, or services, even if that i…
21-6376 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing eligibility first-step-act judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must calculate a defendant's sentencing range under current law when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under the …
21-6428 Danny Lee Hill v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (18)IFP atkins-claim atkins-v-virginia death-penalty diagnoses federal-review habeas-corpus historical-evidence intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice present-functioning state-court-review Whether a state court unreasonably applies Atkins v. Virginia when it focuses on the individual's 'present functioning' in a prison environment, disco…
21-643 Oklahoma v. Bryce Miller Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights overruling-precedent Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-6575 Nathaniel Fields v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-resentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o…
21-6584 Gregory Donell Eatmon v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP 18-u.s.c.-3553(a) criminal-procedure district-court-discretion first-step-act section-404(b) sentencing sentencing-factors sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.-sentencing-guidelines Whether a district court must or may consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, including the current sentencing range established by the U.…
21-6674 Paul David Storey v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP due-process first-federal-habeas habeas-corpus panetti prosecutorial-concealment prosecutorial-misconduct second-federal-habeas Does 28 U.S.C. §2244 bar claims of prosecutorial-misconduct,habeas-corpus,due-process,prosecutorial-concealment,first-federal-habeas,second-federal-ha…
21-6736 Steven R. Henson v. United States Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP actual-knowledge appellate-review criminal-intent criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance harmless-error jury-instructions medical-practitioner prescription-liability statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-evidence willful-blindness Whether the erroneous issuance of a deliberate ignorance or willful blindness instruction is harmless as a matter of law and beyond appellate review w…
21-6739 Anthony Harris v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP covered-offense criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion factual-developments first-step-act intervening-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments before imposing a reduced sentence on an individual found eli…
21-7368 Antwan Boyd v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (2)IFP criminal-justice-reform district-court-discretion first-step-act intervening-legal-developments legal-developments retroactivity sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal developments when deciding whether to impose a reduced sentence under Section 404(b) o…
21-772 Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-778 Selina Marie Ramirez, et al. v. Jeremias Guadarrama, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (16) civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force mental-health-crisis motion-to-dismiss police-conduct qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment Whether plaintiffs must plead an available alternative that 'would have' avoided harm to defeat a motion to dismiss in a Section 1983 excessive-force …
21-783 Patsy K. Cope, et al. v. Leslie W. Cogdill, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13) civil-rights constitutional-rights deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-medical-care jail-official pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees qualified-immunity suicide-prevention suicide-risk Whether jail officials who are subjectively aware of a substantial risk that a pretrial detainee will attempt suicide and respond to the harm unreason…
21-884 Blake Fields v. United States First Circuit GVR Relisted (2) criminal-procedure district-court factual-developments first-step-act intervening-factual-developments intervening-legal-developments legal-developments reduced-sentence sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must or may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding to impose a reduced sentence under the First St…
21-902 Dominic Bianchi, et al. v. Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit GVR Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 2nd-amendment arms-possession civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process firearms firearms-regulation heller-precedent second-amendment self-defense standing takings Whether the Constitution allows the government to prohibit law-abiding, responsible citizens from protecting themselves, their families, and their hom…
21-914 Oklahoma v. Richard Ray Roth Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-959 Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom Oklahoma GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-960 Oklahoma v. Jessy Shay Bailey Oklahoma GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21A222 Mark Brnovich v. Paul Isaacson, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None