Conference: 2022-10-07

206 cases — 0 granted, 206 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
21-599 Margaret L. Kinney v. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Tenth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) bankruptcy bankruptcy-court chapter-13 completion-discharge debtor-rights discharge modification motion-to-dismiss payment plan plan-modification Should certiorari be granted to resolve the conflict among the courts of appeals as to whether a bank-ruptcy court may deny a motion to dismiss and/or… 35.5
22-30 David Ritter v. Linda Migliori, et al. Third Circuit GVR Amici (9) civil-rights civil-rights-act due-process election election-law mail-in-voting materiality-provision mootness mootness-doctrine standing statutory-interpretation third-circuit-decision Should this Court vacate the Third Circuit's decision under United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950)? 19.5
21-444 Andre Lee Thomas v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (22) aedpa-deference capital-punishment fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-bias racial-bias schizophrenia supreme-court-precedent voir-dire Under this Court's clearly established precedent, was Petitioner Andre Thomas —an African American man who, during a schizophrenic episode, killed his… 17.0
21-1123 William K. Harrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Clinton Nurseries, Inc., et al. Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) bankruptcy-administrators bankruptcy-fees bankruptcy-law bankruptcy-trustees congressional-authority constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law judicial-districts quarterly-fees uniform-laws 1. Whether Section 1004(a) of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-72, Div. B, 131 Stat. 1232 (28 U.S.C. 1930(a)(6)(B) (2018)), which… 16.0
21-1304 Dennis Hollingsworth, et al. v. Kristin M. Perry, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) article-iii-standing civil-rights due-process emergency-stay federal-judiciary judicial-integrity promise-doctrine standing trial-recordings 1. Whether the breach of Judge Walker's binding promise to Petitioners, upon which they reasonably and detrimentally relied, cognizably injures them. … 14.5
21-1193 Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins Oklahoma Denied Relisted (6) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-membership What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153? 13.0
21-1214 Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam Oklahoma Denied Relisted (6) 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153? 13.0
21-1608 McKinsey & Co., Inc., et al. v. Jay Alix Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) bankruptcy-fraud circuit-split civil-claims civil-rico judicial-precedent precedent proximate-causation RICO statutory-interpretation supervisory-responsibilities Whether lower courts must follow the standard established by this Court's precedent for an element of a plaintiff's statutory claim, even if, in the c… 11.5
21-1492 Anas Elhady v. Blake Bradley Sixth Circuit Denied bivens bivens-remedy border-enforcement civil-rights collateral-order-doctrine due-process federal-law-enforcement interlocutory-appeal jurisdiction qualified-immunity For decades, this Court has vigilantly enforced the final judgment rule codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1291, emphasizing the "modest scope" of the "small cla… 10.5
22-119 Christian Action League of Minnesota, et al., v. Mike Freeman, in His Official Capacity as Hennepin County Attorney Eighth Circuit Denied civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution due-process enforcement-authority free-speech pre-enforcement-challenge standing If a law authorizes both private and public enforcement, and a credible threat of private enforcement exists, may a plaintiff bring a pre-enforcement … 10.5
22-84 Saad Sakkal v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR controlled-substances-act conviction-appeal criminal-law due-process jury-instruction physician-conviction ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states scienter statutory-interpretation Whether this Court should grant, vacate, and remand a judgment sustaining the conviction of a physician under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) where the jury was… 10.5
22M17 Gregory K. Parsons v. Connie K. Copeland Parsons, et al. Texas Presumed Complete None 10.5
21-1403 Travis Morse, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer for the Town of Orono, Maine, et al. v. Christopher French First Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-court civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights due-process knock-and-talk law-enforcement qualified-immunity warrant-requirement 1. Did the First Circuit depart from this Court's qualified immunity precedent by defining clearly established law at a high level of generality and f… 9.5
22-167 Daniel J. Van Linn v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Amici (1)Response Waived circuit-split evidence-admissibility exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment independent-source objective-inquiry reasonable-officer subjective-inquiry Whether a court seeking to determine if a source of evidence is "genuinely independent" for purposes of the "independent source" exception to the excl… 9.5
22-240 Jim Justice, Governor of West Virginia, et al. v. Jonathan R., Minor, By Next Friend Sarah Dixon, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived child-welfare civil-rights class-action due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism standing state-court-proceedings state-courts younger-abstention 1. Must federal courts abstain from interfering with state-court child welfare proceedings under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971)? 2. May federa… 9.5
22A178 Anthony Marciano v. Eric Adams, Mayor of the City of New York, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete Amici (4) None 9.5
22-8 Anthony Momphard, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Deputy Sheriff of the Macon County Sheriff's Department, et al. v. Melissa B. Knibbs, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Scott Knibbs Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-use-of-force qualified-immunity use-of-force 1. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in finding that a reasonable officer in Deputy Momphard's position would not have perceived a danger that justifie… 9.0
22-120 Suntree Pharmacy, et al. v. Drug Enforcement Administration Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-deference administrative-law controlled-substances dea dea-registration deference legitimate-medical-purpose medical-purpose prescription prescription-filling regulatory-interpretation Whether a pharmacy violates its corresponding responsibility under 21 C.F.R. § 1306.04(a) and knowingly fills a prescription for a controlled substanc… 8.5
22-139 Sari Alqsous v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived charge-conference confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act mens-rea public-official sentencing sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in analyzing ruling that Petitioner was not entitled to be present during the Charge Conference under Fed. R. Crim. P.… 8.5
22-239 Krishna Maharaj v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2244 appellate-review court-of-appeals evidence evidence-consideration federal-procedure habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar successive-petition When a court of appeals authorizes adjudication of a claim in a second or successive habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A), is the distr… 8.5
22-255 Scott Wilford, et al. v. National Education Association, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process fair-share-fees free-speech good-faith-defense janus-precedent public-sector-unions retroactive-effect retroactivity section-1983 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by basing a defense to § 1983 on "equality and fairness" rather than determining whether the common law in 1871 pro… 8.5
21-1540 Nita Gordon, Personal Representative of the Estate of Antonio Gordon v. Keith Bierenga Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation excessive-force fourth-amendment police-misconduct police-use-of-force precedent qualified-immunity section-1983 1. Does qualified immunity protect government officials so long as no prior precedent exists recognizing the unconstitutionality of a fact pattern exa… 6.0
22-103 Gavin Clarkson v. Board of Regents of New Mexico State University, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied §1983-claim administrative-law administrative-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure contract-interpretation due-process sovereign-immunity summary-judgment This petition presents one or more questions of exceptional importance. In particular, the Tenth Circuit conflicts with authoritative decisions of the… 5.5
22-104 Martin Rugamba v. CRST Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied cat's-paw-theory civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-reporting free-speech monell-liability municipal-custom municipal-liability police-retaliation retaliation standing Whether the police retaliation against an individual who reports their misconducts to FBI/DOJ constitutes municipality custom or practice for the purp… 5.5
22-112 Simonetta Vespucci Sutton v. Mountain High Investments, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure district-court due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judgment-amendment jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss motion-to-remand removal standing A. Whether The District Court Erred In Denying Petitioner's Motion To Remand When The Respondent, Realty Shares Had Failed To Meet The Statutory Requi… 5.5
22-67 Robert "Bob" King v. Specialty Hospital of Washington, et al. District of Columbia Denied anti-SLAPP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process expedited-hearing free-speech fundamental-rights pro-se-litigant procedural-rights special-motion-to-dismiss standing The District of Columbia, like three-fifths of the States, has an "anti-SLAPP" law, D.C. Code §§ 16-5501 to 16-5505 (2012), to discourage the filing o… 5.5
22-87 Arthur O. Armstrong v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment standing Whether respondents Milton F. Fitch, Jr., Ownes Chads, E., Calvin Woodard, Jr., Robert A. Evans, Roland Loftin, Donald W. Stephen, Colon Willoughby, C… 5.5
22A181 James Joseph Knochel v. Amy Fackrell, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22A200 James Fetzer v. Leonard Pozner Wisconsin Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M15 Paul Moore v. Ron Neal, Superintendent, Indiana State Prison Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M16 Riley's American Heritage Farms, et al. v. James Elsasser, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M18 Anthony Andrews v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M19 Candella M. Ledet v. Perry Homes Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M20 Anthony Prescott v. John Doe, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22M21 John G. Westine, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
22-114 Mark Anthony Blommer v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law due-process irs irs-procedure non-statutory-notices statutory-compliance substitute-return substitutes-for-return tax-deficiency taxpayer-rights 1. For a notice of deficiency to exist, must not said notices comply with the statutes? 2. If a taxpayer files a statement as instructed to by the In… 3.5
22-127 Abraham Moses Fisch v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1515(c) appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights fifth-circuit impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-proceedings judicial-review prosecutorial-misconduct Abraham Fisch's case raises a pressing issue for this court's consideration: Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit so far depar… 3.5
22-129 Daniel Oriakhi v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Second Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
22-137 BYD Company Ltd. v. Alliance for American Manufacturing, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights defamation discovery first-amendment free-speech pleading-standard pleading-standards public-figure reckless-disregard New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), St. Amant v. Thompson, 390 U.S. 727 (1968), and Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc. v. Connaughton, … 3.5
22-140 Yvette B. Beaulieu v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure disclosure-requirements due-process equal-protection federal-employee government-investigation government-misconduct legal-fairness 1. WHY IS THERE NO EQUAL APPLICATION OF RELEVANT FAIRNESS PRINCIPLES IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL MATTERS? 2. WHY IS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ALLOWED… 3.5
22-147 Reshawn Armstrong v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived employment-discrimination ex-parte-communication federal-rules-of-civil-procedure material-facts prima-facie-case protected-class similar-situated summary-judgment supervisor-liability Whether a Judge committed ex parte communication when he accepted information from an unnamed person other then the Plaintiff and Defendant's Counsel,… 3.5
22-150 Ayyakkannu Manivannan v. Department of Energy Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived agency-misconduct civil-rights due-process merit-systems-protection-board retaliation whistleblower 1. Whether a court of appeals must provide an opinion explaining its reasoning in an appeal that involves a complex and unsettled area of the law and … 3.5
22-152 Thomas Earl Dunn v. Elizabeth Post, Magistrate, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-accountability due-process eleventh-amendment nominal-damages public-trust sovereign-immunity state-actors state-public-trust 1. Shall the lower Courts, District Court followed by the Appellate Court, deliberately stand a Constitutional conflict in law, by judicially shield… 3.5
22-154 Siyu Yang, et al. v. Eastman School of Music, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing 1. This case naturally has federal law issues. First of all, it is necessary to examine whether the remarks of the petitioner SIYU YANG (abbreviation:… 3.5
22-157 The Key Finance, Inc., et al. v. DJ Koon Oklahoma Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreements attorneys-fees civil-procedure court-precedent dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-enforcement standing Whether the decisions below violated the Federal Arbitration Act and decades of Court precedent by failing to enforce the express terms of the parties… 3.5
22-158 Jeremiah D. Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived courtroom-conduct due-process fair-trial government-witness judicial-discretion judicial-procedure jury-consideration legal-standard witness-behavior Is a Government witness' inappropriate behavior in the courtroom gallery an improper consideration for a juror? 3.5
22-161 Robert Nieto and Darrick R. Vallodolid v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky constitutional-rights equal-protection jury-selection prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation 1. Whether Mr. Nieto's and Mr. Vallodolid's convictions should be reversed because the Government's peremptory striking of qualified Hispanic prospect… 3.5
22-176 James Burkhart v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2255 adverse-effect conflict-of-interest counsel-conflict evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance post-conviction-relief sixth-amendment Under Cuyler v. Sullivan, 446 U.S. 335 (1980), to establish a Sixth Amendment violation, a defendant must prove that his lawyer had an "actual conflic… 3.5
22-178 Robert R. Cushing, Individually and in His Capacity as the Minority Leader of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, et al. v. Sherman Packard, Speaker of the House of the New Hampshire House of Representatives First Circuit Denied Response Waived ada circuit-split civil-rights legislative-immunity official-capacity rehabilitation-act What is the scope of the "extraordinary character" exception to legislative immunity? Does legislative immunity insulate state legislatures and/or le… 3.5
22-195 Thomas J. Dart, et al. v. Salvatore Ziccarelli Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-law family-medical-leave-act interference-claim standing statutory-interpretation Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, employers may be subject to civil liability if they interfere with their employees' exercise of the ri… 3.5
22-201 Jane Doe, as Parent and Next Friend of Baby Mary Doe, et al. v. Daniel McKee, Governor of Rhode Island, et al. Rhode Island Denied Response Waived abortion constitutional-rights constitutional-standing dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process equal-protection history-and-tradition prenatal-life standing unborn-rights 1. Whether, in light of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. __ (2022), the Rhode Island Supreme Court erred in holding that the unb… 3.5
22-205 Demetrios Stavrakis, aka Dimitrios Stavrakis, aka Jimmy v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split circumstantial-evidence criminal-procedure evidence-sufficiency federal-court judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal rule-of-equipoise sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a federal court, assessing the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal case based wholly on circumstantial evidence, must apply the "rule of… 3.5
22-207 Volodymyr Kvashuk v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived and injection of vague 'cybercrime' concepts automatic justification of law enforcement invasi cybercrime electronic-devices electronic-search fourth-amendment home-invasion home-search law-enforcement nexus nexus-analysis search-and-seizure unfounded-presumptions Whether the Ninth Circuit's analytical approach in weighing "the nature of cybercrime" into its assessment of nexus to search one's home violates the … 3.5
22-233 Paul Chretien v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived child-pornography fourth-amendment google-cloud probable-cause search-warrant stale-evidence staleness Whether the Fourth Amendment allows a finding of probable cause for a search warrant for child pornography in a private home based solely, and without… 3.5
21-8253 Silas Lee Sneed v. United States Third Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-924(c)(8)(a) appellate-review attempted-hobbs-act-robbery certificate-of-appealability crime-of-violence hobbs-act statutory-interpretation third-circuit united-states-v-taylor An attempted Hobbs Act robbery does not qualify as a "crime of violence" under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(A) because no element of the offense requires pro… 0.5
22-5299 Michael G. Peters v. Andrew S. Hanen Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP 35-usc-101 civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Question not identified. 0.5
22-5300 Michael G. Peters v. Andrew S. Hanen Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-selection public-trial Question not identified. 0.5
22-5301 Michael G. Peters v. Lisa Benge Michalk Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech standing takings Question not identified. 0.5
22-5302 Michael G. Peters v. Actual Innocent Clinic Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech public-access standing Question not identified. 0.5
22-5119 Christopher Paul Hasson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law criminal-defendant criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process facial-challenge statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether, to prevail on a facial void-for-vagueness challenge, a criminal defendant must show that the statute under which he is prosecuted is vague as… -1.0
22-5278 Jordan Jenkins v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-conflict circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force force-or-intimidation intimidation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of an-other person by force or by intimidat… -1.5
22-5349 Leopoldo Pacheco-Apodaca v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review legal-precedent precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
22-5353 Ricardo Salazar-Munoz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
22-5373 Berenice Del Angel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-limits fourth-amendment law-enforcement rodriguez scope-of-detention seizure traffic-stop warrantless-detention Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a police officer from continuing his warrantless detention of a motorist after the officer has announced that h… -1.5
22-5387 Ulises Ervey Islas-Macias v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge 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
22-5389 Antonio Molina-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit legal-review precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
22-5418 Miguel Jesus Rodriguez-Villanueva v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split criminal-sentencing discretionary-decision downward-departure fifth-circuit sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had appellate jurisdiction to review the district court's discretionary decision not to depart below the ad… -1.5
22-5437 Justin Cornelius Harris v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-definition criminal-law due-process force-intimidation generic-robbery judicial-interpretation property-rights property-taking robbery statutory-interpretation Whether generic robbery requires the taking of property from another person or from the immediate presence of another person by force or by intimidati… -1.5
22-5440 Joseph Griego v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924c categorical-analysis categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence hobbs-act hobbs-act-robbery sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation stokeling-v-united-states united-states-v-taylor Petitioners Griego and Romero ask this Court to address whether Hobbs Act robbery is a qualifying crime of violence under § 924(c). The statutory elem… -1.5
22-5441 Felipe Mata-Benavidez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce statutory-interpretation I. Whether 18 U.S.C. §2251 authorizes conviction upon proof that materials used to produce child pornography once crossed state lines at an unspecifie… -1.5
22-5445 Ereby Lujan-Madrid v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-challenge precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
22-5449 Antonio Rodriguez, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-conflict controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense drug-trafficking federal-conviction federal-drug-trafficking federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Is it obvious error to find a prior federal drug trafficking conviction is a "controlled substance offense" under the Sentencing Guidelines when the s… -1.5
22-5454 Jesus Carreon-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction court-of-appeals discretionary-decision discretionary-decisions downward-departure jurisdictional-label sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the court of appeals have jurisdiction to review the district court's discretionary decision not to depart below the advisory Sentencing Guidelin… -1.5
22-5459 Jose Socorro Gonzalez-Ruiz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-interpretation legal-precedent recidivism sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998) should be overruled. -1.5
22-5473 Nuzzio Begaren v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation criminal-informant disclosure-requirements due-process exculpatory-evidence habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Orange County District Attorney's Unlawful Scheme to Secretly Use and Failure to Disclose a Criminal Informant Violated Brady ? -1.5
22-5480 Manuel Ralios-Chajal v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing judicial-fact-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt sentencing Whether facts that affect the minimum or maximum reasonable federal sentence must be proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt? -1.5
22-5484 Erika Perez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-with-other-courts criminal-procedure district-court holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-argument sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments Whether, after Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, __U.S.__, 140 S.Ct. 762 (2020), a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails t… -1.5
22-5511 Edmundo Portillo-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… -1.5
22-5522 Fernando Cazares v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal certificate-of-appealability conspiracy crime-of-violence criminal-procedure due-process general-verdict pinkerton-conspiracy section-241 section-245 sentencing violent-crime Did the court of appeals err in failing to grant a certificate of appealability where the application presented three debatable questions: First, the … -1.5
22-5532 Johnny Jasper Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split common-law common-law-offense criminal-classification criminal-law due-process generic-robbery legal-definition precedent statutory-interpretation Whether "generic robbery" is equivalent to the common law form of the offense, or whether, instead, it carries a broader definition? -1.5
22-5551 Jose Carmen Barajas-Salvador v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998), in light of the reasoning of Ap… -1.5
22-5569 Dylan Darelle Scott v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions federal-sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… -1.5
22-5586 Lori Ann Robles v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure discretionary-review mandatory-guidelines rita-v-united-states sentencing velson-v-united-states 1. Whether the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming Petitioner's sentence of 360 months, based on an importa… -1.5
22-5597 Bernardino Adrian Venzor-Ortega v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-procedure legal-precedent overrule sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
22-5598 Ramiro Montoya-De La Cruz v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne appellate-procedure apprendi constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process precedent-analysis sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether this Court should consider the continuing validity of Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998) , in light of the reasoning of … -1.5
21-7234 Dylann Storm Roof v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment capital-defendant constitutional-rights counsel counsel-authority defense-strategy due-process mental-health-mitigation mental-illness mitigating-evidence trial-procedure 1. When a competent capital defendant and his counsel disagree on whether to present mitigating evidence depicting him as mentally ill, who gets the f… -4.5
21-8033 Jesus Francisco Fernandez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fourth-amendment good-cause plain-error plain-error-review pretrial-motions Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(c)(3) provides that certain pretrial motions are "untimely" if not raised by the deadline set by the district co… -4.5
21-8063 William Lee Wright Jr. v. California California Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process faretta faretta-motion judicial-discretion self-representation timeliness totality-of-the-circumstances 1. Whether, as the majority of jurisdictions hold, a request for self-representation under Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), is timely if ma… -4.5
22-5229 Gwendolyn Wilson v. Hillsborough Township Construction/Building Department, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights equal-protection fair-housing fourteenth-amendment municipal-services property-assessments racial-discrimination retaliation (1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court, New Jersey erred in concluding that the Equ… -4.5
22-5230 Tujuan Estaisyo Session v. Charles Ware, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies standing Question not identified. -4.5
22-5233 Carina Conerly v. Yee Yang, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion standing 1. Whether The Ninth Circuit Abused Its Discretion By Not Finding That The Lower Eastern District Court Erred By Taking Away Petitioner's Informa Paup… -4.5
22-5240 Robert C. Del Cid v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-taint counsel-of-choice due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance mailbox-rule standing voir-dire I. WHETHER OR NOT THE EQUITABLE TOLLING, THE MAILBOX RULE ENTITLES PETITIONER FOR RELIEF WHEN THE SUPREME COURT, AS WELL AS THE LOWER COURTS ACCORD DE… -4.5
22-5246 Bruce H. Singman v. IMDb.com, Inc. California Denied IFP anti-SLAPP commercial-speech damaging-information defamation digital-media edit-system first-amendment freedom-of-speech internet-movie-database internet-publication tortious-interference wrongful-information Did the Supreme Court of California error in failing to note that the Respondent's IMDb.com i.e., Internet Movie Data Base had an EDIT System providin… -4.5
22-5248 Douglas A. Hoglan v. Virginia Virginia Denied IFP constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process extrinsic-fraud fifth-amendment miranda-rights plea-agreement plea-bargain procedural-safeguards right-to-counsel right-to-due-process Did the extrinsic fraud which deprived Hooper of knowing of the existence of, and effectively having access to, the recordings of his police interroga… -4.5
22-5249 Michael Anthony Galluzzo v. Village of St. Paris, Ohio Ohio Dismissed IFP arrest-warrant constitutional-rights due-process failure-to-appear jurisdiction law-enforcement liberty notice proof-of-service 1. Did the lower court violate established due process requirements when they failed to provide proper "Proof of Service" of "Notice" of a hearing bef… -4.5
22-5257 Daryl Stephen v. New York New York Denied IFP attorney-conduct attorney-misconduct civil-procedure damages legal-ethics legal-malpractice professional-responsibility professional-standards standing tort-law Legal malpractice by petitioner attorney Contravenion of the law -4.5
22-5258 Jeremy Lafitte v. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure cause-of-action civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jurisdiction jurisdictional-dismissal pleading procedural-error rule-8(a) Question not identified. -4.5
22-5267 John Everette Murray, III v. Florida Florida Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion post-conviction-relief remand rule-3.850 state-courts 1. Will the United States Supreme Court allow the State courts to abuse their discretion by denying a rule 3.850 motion determined to be facially defi… -4.5
22-5272 J. R. v. North Dakota North Dakota Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-review constitutional-rights due-process ineffective-assistance jurisdictional-findings juvenile-court standing Did the Juvenile Court's record contain substantial Evidence to Support the Courts' Jurisdictional Findings as to Father. Did the Juvenile court abus… -4.5
22-5281 Leonardo T. Morales v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Dismissed IFP constitutional-review due-process fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice habeas-corpus res-judicata sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction Florida Supreme Court had subject matter jurisdiction to entertain Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus as the issue was one of law instead it applied R… -4.5
22-5287 Gregory Edwin Dunn v. County of Santa Cruz, California Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights due-process equal-protection indigence privileges-and-immunities self-representation Whether indigence should be deemed a suspect or quasi-suspect class under the Equal Protection Guarantee of the 5th amendment and the Due Process Clau… -4.5
22-5290 In Re Phillip A. Brown, II Denied IFP circuit-split collins-v-miller final-judgment habeas habeas-corpus impartial-jury jury-bias mandamus remmer-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether The Circuit Court Must Recall The Mandate In Extraordinary Cases Where It Lacked Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over A Final Judgment Resultin… -4.5
22-5291 Barton Ray Gaines v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review reasonable-jurists recusal rule-60b-motion standard-of-review substantial-showing Whether GAINES made "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). And whether reasonable jurists could deba… -4.5
22-5294 Gary Wayne Warner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction limitation-bar miscarriage-of-justice sentencing standing 1 [QUESTION ONE]: DOES THIS COURT HAVE [JURISDICTION & POWER]- TO GRANT CERTIORARI-EXCUSED LIMITION BAR AN CORRECT FUNDAMETAL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE… -4.5
22-5297 Jean Max Darbouze v. California California Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment helling-v-mckinney state-application Amendment Constitutional ^The^R^spondent violated the Petitioner 8th Rights.ALso applied tothe State California Via 14th Amendment to the U.S.Constit… -4.5
22-5307 Ronald C. Williams v. William Hutchings, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights discriminatory-conduct fair-housing-act property-interests standing statutory-rights Question not identified. -4.5
22-5312 Carl A. Nelson, Sr. v. Ohio Parole Board, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-agency administrative-jurisdiction aedpa due-process habeas-corpus liberty liberty-deprivation sentencing sentencing-judgment void-commitment (1) When a sentencing judgment entry of commitment is legally invalid, according to state and clearly established federal law as determined by this co… -4.5
22-5315 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas Denied IFP burden-of-proof censorship clear-and-present-danger constitutional-law first-amendment free-speech government-regulation statutory-vagueness -QuESTID nI I.) CoMsfifuTlO/vlAL IavJ To-\a1 it SfftTi/tfeS,, ElRST AM0\lDM0\tT AMD STATUTORY V/AfcUENlESS : Because ; First fcMDMQvT freedoms meed Me… -4.5
22-5317 Dora L. Adkins v. Merrifield Hotel Associates, LP Fourth Circuit Dismissed IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit-review judicial-reasoning standard-of-review standing summary-affirmance unpublished-opinion 1) Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Erred in the Order, Dated, July 28, 2022, when it "reviewed the record and found … -4.5
22-5320 Ronny Thomas v. Caddo Parish Sex Offender Registration Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process environmental-protection government-misconduct human-rights standing Question not identified. -4.5
22-5322 Pernell Swahili El v. San Diego Unified School District Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech standing Whether the district court was required, under Fed R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) to ". ...construe the complaint in a light most favorable to the plaintiff, acc… -4.5
22-5323 Douglas Stephenson v. Michael Zaken, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights patent procedural-due-process standing takings Question not identified. -4.5
22-5324 Daniel Del Brumit v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-protection indian-law native-american-rights res-judicata reservation-boundaries state-court state-law treaty-interpretation 1. Under the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, how does the Government and its Citizens have an obligation to protect the Red People a… -4.5
22-5331 Mark Anthony Williams v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-sexual-conduct cross-examination cumulative-error due-process fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment I. THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE CONVICTION OF CSC 1st DEGREE WHERE THERE WAS NO PROOF OF PENETRATION AS REQUIRED BY… -4.5
22-5333 Edward Faye Parks v. Matthew Smith, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP None -4.5
22-5334 Nicole Renee Crosby v. Idaho Idaho Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction standing Question not identified. -4.5
22-5341 Ted Amparan v. M. Eliot Spearman, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP alleyene-v-united-states apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-sentencing due-process exhaustion habeas-corpus jury jury-determination sentencing sentencing-procedure sixth-amendment 1) Did the State Violate Supreme Court precedent of Apprendi v. New Jersey and Alleyne v. United States by having a sentencing judge not the jury make… -4.5
22-5548 In Re David Moore Denied IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge state-court-jurisdiction successive-petition successive-petitions unconstitutional-conviction 1. Did Congress intend to preclude as successive under the AEDPA a state prisoner habeas claim that he is held unconstitutionally upon conviction and … -4.5
22-5554 In Re Melvin T. Bell Denied IFP constitutional-rights deportation due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-procedure mail-fraud personal-liberty subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether or not Mr. Bell is restrained of his personal liberty by virtue of a judgment or order of a district court in which that district court had… -4.5
22-5616 In Re Deonte Jenkins Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-claim political-hostage sovereign-rights treaty-rights Whether this Court under its power to grant a Writ of Habeas Corpus can aid an American Sovereign man, if he has no available forum to raise his claim… -4.5
22-5630 In Re William Harold Wright, Jr. Denied IFP adequate-relief appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-pleading due-process exceptional-circumstances fifth-amendment judicial-discretion standing DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR IN DENYING WRIGHT'S MOTION TO DISMISS How The Writ Will Be In Aid Of The Court Appellate Jurisdiction What Exceptional Ci… -4.5
21-7022 Patrick Nilo Gil v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction public-defender sentencing suppression-hearing video-evidence Vehicle seized EASTERN Shore of VA comack CouNty Sheriff's chris Hargis offic IN the couNty of NOrthamPtON VA EASTERN Store him authority in having NO… -6.0
21-7858 Larry Lewis v. Mississippi Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-sufficiency grand-jury indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions Whether the indictment was defected in count 1 and two under See - on pale coun) cauck practice The in dickmeng fail +o e Cu 6 Spee ic dake and lace o… -6.0
22-5238 M. Stephen Minix, Sr. v. Charity Stone, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process ex-parte-proceeding judicial-immunity osborne-v standing state-case-law stump-v-sparkman void-ab-initio Did Respondent Judge issue rulings on Respondent Stone's claim that were void ab initio and taken without judicial immunity under Stump v. Sparkman be… -6.5
22-5273 Bradley Beauchamp v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule illegal-traffic-stop reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure sentencing-enhancement suppression-of-evidence traffic-stop venue-violation 1. Whether the District Court caused reversible error by not suppressing evidence obtained by an illegal traffic stop where the officer lacked articul… -6.5
22-5276 Daniel Naftalovich v. Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, Division Four, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-vagueness criminal-statutory-scheme domestic-violence-prevention-act due-process emotional-calm ex-parte-restraining fundamental-rights prior-restraint-on-speech separation-of-powers void-for-vagueness A - Primary questions presented 1) Is California 's Domestic Violence Prevention Act (DVPA) a criminal statutory scheme where it results as a matter … -6.5
22-5277 Leila Nasser Asr v. Karen Eady-Williams, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aliens aliens-rights civil-rights constitutional-precedent courts due-process human-rights international-law judicial-conduct jurisdiction 1. Do the United States courts have jurisdiction to hear aliens ' cases or aliens must file thenlawsuits against United States citizens in courts of t… -6.5
22-5283 Gerald Funk v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consequences constitutional-rights guilty-plea guilty-plea-negotiation ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations plea-offer sixth-amendment trial-counsel trial-strategy 1. Whether trial counsel's Sixth Amendment duties to a client during the guilty-plea negotiation stages require him to affirmatively assist a client i… -6.5
22-5289 Phillip A. Brown, II v. Cindi Curtin, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction calderon-v-thompson circuit-split collins-v-miller federal-rule-of-civil-procedure-54(b) final-judgment habeas-claims habeas-corpus jury-bias remmer-hearing subject-matter-jurisdiction Petitioner Phillip A. Brown II respectfully petitions this Court for a Writ of Certiorari to review the judgement of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal… -6.5
22-5295 Nizar Trabelsi, aka Nizar Ben Abdelaziz Trabelsi, aka Abu Qa'Qa v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-prosecution due-process extradition-treaty foreign-court-rulings judicial-deference ministerial-determination prior-prosecution willful-blindness 1. Whether a trial court considering a request for dismissal of an indictment based on the violation of an extradition treat y's prohibition on prior … -6.5
22-5310 Sean Shallow v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-procedure civil-rights civil-suit constitutional-violation due-process government-employees government-misconduct judicial-misconduct standing Is it unconstitutional and criminal for the lower courts to willfully rule against and dismiss the petitioner Sean Shallow civil suit, to assist the r… -6.5
22-5311 Willie A. Key v. Medical University of South Carolina, et al. South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-review civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process filing-complaint filing-fee jurisdiction legal-procedure small-claims-court standing Whether the Court of Common Pleas erred in refusing to file petitioner's complaint on the ground of lack of jurisdiction? Whether the South Carolina … -6.5
22-5325 Malcolm Bernard Benson v. Randee Rewerts, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure court-registry due-process standing statutory-interpretation Sd jp/6/lJNt fill jzsjfc/y h/stfof/h o# dh£u)lwtf at*/ dtpoS/M /V fa foriVitfc/dr S/rfa"/j&}/ b£/vA£ 7%£ /■A/'/'dpy /•#/{ -6.5
22-5332 Jerome Mellion v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection manslaughter pro-se state-court-decisions state-supreme-court DID THE LOUISIANA STATE SUPREME COURT VIOLATE THE FEDERAL U.S. 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION "EQUAL PROTECTION " OF LAW GUARANTEES WHEN… -6.5
22-5339 Maria Navarro Martin v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-law federal-review habeas-corpus legal-precedent post-conviction-relief standing state-court-decision state-law if ame^tleyl <£i/^r Gvudc-T -a Jk^encfoui tUui* r an fFHciregj o-r i wc^'wiploTle Le^s^. fl*£fx r wial v 1/ (xl do-eAfVclujd^/ cJv&ytj e_ Uik urn chc… -6.5
22-5350 Randolph J. Norwood v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence fatal-variance trial-integrity victim-identification witness-testimony Can a State charge a defendant with committing a crime against a specific individual and at trial present a completely different individual as the all… -6.5
22-5352 Travis Thomas, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment criminal-procedure factual-description factual-distinction fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-clause indictment-modification prescription-drug required-element trial-amendment Does the Fifth Amendment's Grand Jury Clause prohibit a trial amendment altering a factually distinct description of a required element? -6.5
22-5355 Carlocito Slim, aka Carlocito Ponce Slim v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process entrapment law-enforcement-conduct mens-rea sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation victim-age I. Whether a defendant can be convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422(b) or 1591(a)(1) on the basis of inconsistent ages of a single non-existent victim giv… -6.5
22-5360 Wayne Chin v. Joseph Noeth, Superintendent, Attica Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP accused-autonomy actual-innocence attorney-client-relationship autonomy constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-counsel due-process right-to-counsel sixth-amendment unwelcome-defense WHETHER A DEFENSE COUNSEL CAN OVERRIDE AN ACCUSED 'S FINAL AND INFORMED DECISION FOR AN ACTUAL INNOCENCE DEFENSE AND IMPOSE AN UNWELCOME DEFENSE UPON … -6.5
22-5363 Rodney Flucas v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-intent criminal-procedure due-process federalism interstate-travel jury-instruction precedent sexual-conduct state-authority Was the Jury Erroncously Instructed That the Government Only had to Prove That Sexual Activity Was a "Motivating Purpose" for Transportation of Person… -6.5
22-5365 David Steve Elias v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure mandatory-minimum plain-error retroactivity rule-11 sentencing I. After Mr. Elias's plea but before his sentencing, the First Step Act amended § 924(c)(1) to clarify that the consecutive mandatory minimum sentence… -6.5
22-5366 William Michael Fields, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-access financial-affidavit financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis indigent-status poverty pro-se-litigation redress standing waiver-of-fees Question not identified. -6.5
22-5367 Derrick Lee Hinton v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-power first-amendment free-speech government-criticism judicial-review legal-precedent native-american-rights sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty Question not identified. -6.5
22-5368 Kultar S. Goraya v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appealability certificate-of-appealability certiorari civil-rights due-process eleventh-circuit habeas-corpus slack-v-mcdaniel standard-of-review WHETHER THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS APPLIED AN IMPROPER HEIGHTENED STANDARD UNDER SLACK V. MCDANIAL, 120 S.Ct 1595 at 1604 (2000) AND BUCK V… -6.5
22-5371 Darrell Harris v. Robert Hudgins, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-estoppel federal-court federal-offense federal-prosecution issue-preclusion res-judicata sixth-amendment speedy-trial WHETHER PRINCIPLES OF "RES JUDICATA" TRIGGERED APPLI CATION OF ISSUE PRECLUSION AND COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL SO AS TO DEPRIVE THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUTHORI… -6.5
22-5372 Tony Lee Foster v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response WaivedIFP Federal and U.S. Supreme Court precedent demands Kansas Supreme Court precedent civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process federal-precedent judicial-review kansas-supreme-court procedural-due-process state-court state-court-review state-precedent state-statute statutory-review supreme-court-precedent Wheather a state high court can deny a review to a constitutional challenge of its own statute when procedural due process, Kansas Supreme Court prece… -6.5
22-5376 Jerico Matias Cruz v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis standing (I) P&£D{L ?UkPrtTTf^F~(LfLu^ £ /tidtZoa; fy&l#rKpfafrzrSG>frPP/£LOMfr *** fvgo?4- f>Auf£A& r toj&ty A7V&&H&T- s*)OTZ&*J rF/Z/Kjzsszzotf <rz> J=Aj f… -6.5
22-5378 Robert Collazo, Lino Delgado-Vidaca, Julio Rodriguez, and Steven Amador v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-penalties drug-distribution due-process mandatory-minimum mens-rea sentencing Whether, to prove conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance triggering mandatory-minimum and increased-maximum penalties, the Government must sh… -6.5
22-5379 Thomas Powers v. Krista Wilcoxen, et al. Seventh Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing Question not identified. -6.5
22-5381 Walter Harris v. Ohio Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP caption civil-procedure judgment parties related-cases standing Question not identified. -6.5
22-5393 Seth Mitchell v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights document-withholding due-process freedom-of-information-act government-transparency governmental-agencies privacy-act 1. "When, if ever, can United States Governmental agencies (United States Department of Veterans Affairs, United States Department of Defense) intenti… -6.5
22-5394 Eric Christopher Falkowski v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance-act controlled-substances criminal-law due-process enhancement-clause overbreadth sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether USSG § lBl.l 's serious-bodily-injury enhancement clause —as relative here to the Controlled Substance Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq—is imperm… -6.5
22-5397 Trenton J. Miller v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus procedural-safeguards unlawful-detention Whether reasonable suspicion existed to the level required to detain Petitioner for a 'dog sniff' -6.5
22-5399 John Afriyie v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attorneys-fees circuit-split corporate-expenses criminal-procedure criminal-restitution mandatory-victims-restitution-act noscitur-a-sociis restitution statutory-interpretation Section (b)(4) of the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act ("MVRA") requires a criminal defendant convicted of a wide variety of offenses to: reimburse … -6.5
22-5400 Maurice D. Bell v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error-review preservation-of-error procedural-error sentencing sentencing-procedure Whether an appellate court errs under Fed. R. Crim. P. 51 by applying plain error review to a claim of procedural error brought to the sentencing judg… -6.5
22-5401 Ivan R. Begay v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process search-and-seizure standing statutory-interpretation Did U.S. District Court of Arizona, Judge Rosemblath have authority to impose a 302 month Sentence, under 5K2.3 without evidence and 5K2.8. to support… -6.5
22-5410 Claud R. Koerber v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP barker-factors barker-v-wingo constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial government-misconduct issue-preclusion sixth-amendment speedy-trial statute-of-limitations 1) SIXTH AMENDMENT SPEEDY TRIAL: Did the Tenth Circuit fundamentally err in its application of Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 513, 531-36 (1972); when it a… -6.5
22-5415 Delano Marco Medina v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-site-location-information certificate-of-appealability ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel lost-evidence mandamus mandamus-relief rule-60(b) rule-60b speedy-trial Did the Tenth Circuit err in not granting a COA and refusing to remand back to the district court or to properly consider Medina's Rule 60(b) motion? … -6.5
22-5417 Charles E. Williams v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substance criminal-law drug-transactions occasions-different personal-use-amounts sentencing-enhancement undercover-law-enforcement undercover-officer Are sequential drug transactions over a short time frame "committed on occasions different from one another" for the purpose of the Armed Career Crimi… -6.5
22-5420 Lawrence E. Mattison v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-circuit civil-rights due-process fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-procedure writ-of-error 1. Whether the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals made an error of Law when is failed to protect the 14th Amendment. 2. Whether the 4th Circuit contradicte… -6.5
22-5421 Henry Wilke Eilders v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-history drug-conspiracy drug-offenses federal-sentencing-guidelines methamphetamine methamphetamine-distribution relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines 1. Whether Petitioner's prior methamphetamine related convictions occurring within two years of the conspiracy for distributing methamphetamine should… -6.5
22-5427 Jade Christian Nichols v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure federal-law federal-sentencing preemption sentencing-guidelines state-law statutory-interpretation Does a state definition of "controlled substance" control a federal sentencing enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, when the state lists subst… -6.5
22-5429 Omar Shariff Cash v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-v-maryland circuit-split due-process harmless-error impeachment-evidence materiality standards-of-review suppressed-evidence witness-credibility Should this Court resolve the division among the Courts of Appeals and determine the appropriate standard for a court to apply in determining whether … -6.5
22-5431 Davante Turner v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-protections courtroom-closure due-process fair-trial government-agent public-trial sixth-amendment structural-error (1) Whether it is structural error and a violation of Petitioner's constitutional protections to a fair and public trial under the Sixth Amendment of … -6.5
22-5446 Jose Francisco Maldonado-Rosa v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-waiver criminal-procedure fifth-circuit plea-agreement sentencing waiver waiver-of-rights Whether the Fifth Circuit erred by ruling that Mr. Maldonado waived the right to appeal his sentence because of the Waiver of Appeal provision in his … -6.5
22-5450 Jermaine Crump v. Joe Errington, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression habeas-corpus harmless-error ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review Question not identified. -6.5
22-5452 Cameron Paul Crockett v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa evidentiary-hearing fact-finding federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice state-court Does AEDPA's "unreasonable determination of the facts" clause contemplate that materially inadequate state court fact-finding processes can satisfy § … -6.5
22-5455 Tyrone Woolaston v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights confidential-informant criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process government-conduct government-misconduct manufactured-venue venue venue-manipulation Whether manufactured venue is a valid criminal defense that a defendant is entitled to present to a jury when it is undisputed that the Government tra… -6.5
22-5461 James Keith Russey v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach circuit-split controlled-substance federal-jurisdiction judicial-interpretation legal-uniformity sentencing-guidelines state-law Whether the categorical approach requires courts to define Sentencing Guidelines terms like "controlled substance" uniformly, as three circuits have h… -6.5
22-5466 Leonard Andrew v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP significant intellectual deficit and reduced ment criminal-sentencing downward-departure intellectual-deficit judicial-discretion mental-capacity reduced-mental-capacity sentencing sentencing-guidelines USSG-5H1.3 USSG-5K2.13 Whether a sentencing court must meaningfully address a defendant's request for a downward departure pursuant to USSG §§ 5H1.3 and 5K2.13 when he has a… -6.5
22-5469 Jeffrey Beard, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination hearsay hearsay-evidence obstruction-of-justice sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires that the accused "shall enjoy the right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him." Th… -6.5
22-5471 Tremain Lamar Braxton, Timothy Roy Mason, and Darrell Lee-Lamont Summers, II v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-rights criminal-sexual-conduct criminal-trial cross-examination evidence-exclusion incentive-to-testify sixth-amendment witness-credibility Whether a defendant's Sixth Amendment confrontation rights are violated when a trial court bars all cross-examination about events that concededly too… -6.5
22-5472 Aaron Michael Shamo v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anti-drug-abuse-act chemical-compound chemical-compounds controlled-substance counsel-waiver cruel-and-unusual-punishment drug-distribution drug-sentencing eighth-amendment essential-elements fentanyl statutory-interpretation In 1986, Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act, which provided for a mandatory life without parole sentence for drug offenders who distributed very … -6.5
22-5474 Romney Christopher Ellis v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP communication-offense criminal-sentencing harassment intent-to-carry-out overt-acts sentencing sentencing-guidelines threat-enhancement threatening-communications u-s-sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g.-§-2a6.1(b)(1) Whether, in sentencing in cases involving threatening or harassing communications, the six-level offense level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2A6.1(b)(1… -6.5
22-5477 Tracey L. Brown v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender case-law circuit-split criminal-appeal criminal-procedure due-process hobbs-act jurisdiction ninth-circuit sentencing sentencing-guidelines 1. Should the decision by the Ninth Circuit to deny Mr. Brown's appeal be vacated when said decision was based upon case law that was vacated by this … -6.5
22-5489 Under Seal v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence juvenile-justice juvenile-justice-detention-act malicious-wounding mens-rea reckless-mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether Virginia's crime of Malicious Wounding, Va. Code 18.2-51, is a crime of violence under the categorical approach, thereby implicating the Juven… -6.5
22-5490 Nicholas Wukoson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-circuit appeals certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure clisby-v-jones davis-v-us federal-civil-procedure judicial-procedure plain-error plain-error-review remand Question 1 Whether it is acceptable for the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the 11th Circuit to depart from its accepted and usual course of judici… -6.5
22-5491 John Michael Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver constitutional-vagueness criminal-law criminal-statute federal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel overbreadth statutory-interpretation vagueness Was the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana's interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) vague and overbroad, and did Petitioner's at… -6.5
22-5492 William Wallace v. Florida Commission on Offender Review Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-sufficiency judicial-review reasonable-doubt sentencing standing witness-testimony (1) Is it abuse of false evidence to convict a petitioner for a crime, where there has never been any proof of deception that does use / in this case?… -6.5
22-5494 Michael Dale Talley v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii article-three due-process judicial-review judicial-supervision non-delegation pro-se pro-se-appeals rule-making-authority staff-attorney staff-attorneys 1. Whether the Staff Attorney Programs in the lower courts violate non-delegation principles of Article III duties to non-Article III decision makers… -6.5
22-5504 Rafael Villanueva v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment commerce-clause competency criminal-procedure due-process mental-capacity 1. Because the trial court and the Fifth Circuit erred by finding Mr. Villanueva competent to stand trial, it violated his due process rights. 2. Bec… -6.5
22-5506 Kacey Lewis v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction Connecticut Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fair-trial habeas-corpus judicial-discretion state-court-proceedings I. WHETHER THE PETITIONER WAS' DEPRIVED OF HIS RIGHTS TO A FAIR ' TRIAL DURING HIS 2009 CRIMINAL TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE JUDICIAL'DISTRICT OF… -6.5
22-5508 Hanford Chiu v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant Whether a faulty search warrant that was executed without probable cause and without a good faith exception violates Fourth Amendment protections. Wh… -6.5
22-5514 Roland Scott, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion jurisdiction sentencing standing statutory-interpretation Did the United States Supreme Cort overturn it's own precedent in Rehaf v. United States 139 S. Ct 2191, 20t L. Ed 594 2o1g), where this Cort decided … -6.5
22-5515 Jose Agapito Salas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process federal-prisoner findings-of-fact habeas-corpus statutory-interpretation At The Federal Level After The District Court Receives An Ordered Response From The Government To A Federal Prisoner's Petition For Habeas Corpus Reli… -6.5
22-5516 Antrell Desharron Lewis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2255-motion burrage burrage-standard criminal-procedure drug-overdose habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance in light of this court's holding in Burrage by failing to investigate the drug alleged to have caused… -6.5
22-5521 Jesus Jesse Gonzalez v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-commitment criminal-law dangerousness due-process intentional-offense mens-rea mental-capacity mental-health sexual-predator texas-law Can a person be unable to control his dangerousness, thus rendering him eligible for civil commitment as a sexual predator, but simultaneously be able… -6.5
22-5523 Lawrence Gaines v. Morris Houser, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Benner Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions no-adverse-inference strategic-decision trial-counsel I. WHETHER THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED WHEN IT REVERSED THE WELL REASONED DECISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT WHICH HELD THAT TRIAL COUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE … -6.5
22-5529 Anthony H. Lett v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states standing 1. Did. Court of appeals error when denying Petitioner's Rehaif v.: United States , 139 S.Ct. 204. 2. Was Petitioner 's ineffective assistance claim … -6.5
22-5530 Joseph Ray Jordan v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense brady-rule constitutional-rights criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief right-to-testify section-2255 strickland-standard witness-tampering Each of the following four pages presents one primary question regarding IAC claims that survived Section 2255(b) screening, but were ultimately rejec… -6.5
22-5533 Dario Pinson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 18-usc-3582c compassionate-release criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion sentencing WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE FACTORS PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c) BEFORE DENYING MR. PINSON'S MOTION F… -6.5
22-5534 Glenn A. Chin v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-forfeiture criminal-sentencing due-process mens-rea reckless-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tax-withholding u.s.s.g.-2b1.1 1. Did the District Court clearly err in finding that the defendant's conduct involved a reckless risk of death or serious bodily injury, triggering a… -6.5
22-5539 Sean David Pickett v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus jurisdiction miscarriage-of-justice rule-60(b) rule-60b section-2255 1. Does the Eleventh Circuit have jurisdiction to deny a certificate of appealability based on the Eleventh Circuit's determination that the petitione… -6.5
22-5547 Seneca Loyal Neal v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment body-camera-evidence constitutional-rights credibility-of-witnesses drug-conspiracy exclusionary-rule illegal-entry illegal-search-and-seizure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice section-2255-motion Whether the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's denial of Mr. Neal's 28 USC 2255 claim, where the District … -6.5
22-5550 Corey Bailey v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting confrontation-clause confrontation-rights fair-trial jury-impartiality racketeering-enterprise rico-conspiracy vicar-convictions warrant-exception I. A. Did the government prove beyond a reasonable doubt the existence of a racketeering enterprise, a necessary element for all of the charges, when … -6.5
22-5553 Rafael Villagomez-Troche v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8-usc-1229 administrative-law court-jurisdiction immigration-law jurisdiction notice-to-appear removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction Whether service of a "notice to appear" that complies with 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a)(1) is required to vest jurisdiction in an immigration court over removal… -6.5
22-5558 Vince Edward LaSane v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure defense-knowledge due-process felony jury-conviction jury-instructions legal-error minor registration-requirements sex-offender-registration statutory-interpretation Whether the District Court erroneously denied Mr. Lasane's request that Jury instruction on Count Two (committing a felony offense involving a minor w… -6.5
22-5562 Christopher Alexander v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process first-step-act government-response judicial-discretion misinformation reply section-404 sentencing sentencing-variance upward-variance Whether Petitioner was denied his due process rights when the district court granted his Section 404 of the First Step Act motion, but imposed upward … -6.5
22-5566 Randly Irvin Begay v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent categorical-approach crime-of-violence extreme-recklessness federal-second-degree-murder ninth-circuit recklessness rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation targeted-use-of-force As this Court held in Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021), an offense must necessarily entail the targeted use of force against another to… -6.5
22-5567 Lamar Harris v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review sentencing sentencing-waiver waiver 1. The question presented is whethe r sentencing issue is waived where the Defendant raises, but drops an issue as part of a sentencing or subject to… -6.5
22-5568 Douglas Gordon v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP copyright-infringement criminal-conviction criminal-law evidence fair-use first-circuit jury-instructions orphan-works sufficiency-of-evidence willful-conduct Whether the First Circuit correctly determined that the sufficiency of the evidence supported the jury's finding that Mr. Gordon acted willfully for t… -6.5
22-5575 Ronald Mickel v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure domestic-violence due-process indictment sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-maximum statutory-minimum violent-felony I. Whether all facts — including the fact of a prior conviction — that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and … -6.5
22-5580 Derrick Dion Ingram v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-enhancement firearms guideline-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Where U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) directs a four-level increase in offense level when a defendant possesses a firearm "in connection with another felony… -6.5
22-5587 Kaleb L. Basey v. United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-judge federal-appellate-procedure FRAP-22(b)(1) habeas habeas-corpus judicial-discretion mandamus retroactive-effect writ-of-mandamus Does a habeas petitioner have a right under FRAP 22(b)(1) to request a certificate of appealability ("COA") from a specifically chosen circuit judge? … -6.5
22-5590 Robert Nathan Hensley v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-admissibility ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-scrutiny prosecutorial-misconduct sexual-offenses Is it INEFFECTINE ASSISTENCE OF COUNSEL WHERE : THEREBY PROUING NOT ALLOWE "TAMPERED EVIDENCE" WERE AT TRIAL DUE TO THE JUOGE "CHOOSINE 11 THIS WAS ON… -6.5
22-5596 Roberta Ronique Bell v. Warden, FCI Dublin Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP §-2241-relief actual-innocence co-conspirator due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus procedural-due-process separate-proceedings WHETHER THE DENIAL OF AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING IN SUPPORT OF § 2241 RELIEF CAN BE BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE RECORD DEVELOPED BY AN ALLEGED CO-CONSPIRATOR… -6.5