| 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 |
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None |
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