Conference: 2022-10-14

64 cases — 0 granted, 64 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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21-1145 Molina Healthcare of Illinois, Inc., et al. v. Thomas Prose Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) circuit-split false-claims-act implied-certification implied-false-certification material-noncompliance materiality pleading-requirements pleading-standard rule-9(b) rule-9b statutory-compliance Whether Rule 9(b) requires plaintiffs in False Claims Act cases to plead details of the alleged false claims
21-1394 John Fitisemanu, et al. v. United States, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (9)Relisted (2) 14th-amendment birthright-citizenship citizenship-clause constitutional-interpretation due-process fourteenth-amendment insular-cases territorial-status territories Whether persons born in United States Territories are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause, includin…
21-1418 Medardo Queg Santos v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) controlled-substances expert-testimony good-faith good-faith-defense medical-practice medical-purpose relevant-conduct sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a physician's good faith is a complete defense to a prosecution for prescribing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or …
21-1464 Emond S. Gulley v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-law criminal-procedure eighth-amendment juvenile-offenders juvenile-sentencing life-without-parole miller-v-alabama sentencing-discretion term-of-years-sentence whether-mandatory-term-of-years-sentence-equivalent-to-life-without-parole-for-juvenile-offenders
21-1572 Domino's Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona Ninth Circuit GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) class-of-workers commerce-clause federal-arbitration-act goods-transportation in-state-delivery interstate-commerce intrastate-deliveries preemption statutory-interpretation workers-classification Whether drivers making solely in-state deliveries of goods ordered by in-state customers from an in-state warehouse are nevertheless a 'class of worke…
21-462 Jolie Johnson, et al. v. Bethany Hospice and Palliative Care LLC Eleventh Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act fraud fraud-pleading government-claims pleading rule-9(b) rule-9b statutory-interpretation Whether Rule 9(b) requires plaintiffs in False Claims Act cases who plead a fraudulent scheme with particularity to also plead specific details of fal…
21-7648 Luis Fernando Ceja, aka Chako v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure foreign-citizen foreign-defendant jury-trial jury-trial-waiver oral-colloquy rule-23 waiver Whether courts may decline to enforce the plain language of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(a) requiring that a waiver of jury trial be in writi…
21-8017 Stephen Scott Meals, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure district-court due-process exclusionary-rule federal-law fifth-circuit judicial-review motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress
21-936 United States, et al., ex rel. Cathy Owsley v. Fazzi Associates, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-conflict civil-procedure false-claims-act fraud fraudulent-scheme pleading pleading-particularity rule-9(b) rule-9b standing Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) requires plaintiffs in False Claims Act cases who plead a fraudulent scheme with particularity to also pl…
22-122 Philip Snyder v. Tenth Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania Denied appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-procedure due-process factual-findings legal-review pennsylvania-law rule-of-law standard-of-review superior-court Did the decision of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania constitute erroneous factual findings and/or misapplication of a properly stated rule of law?
22-145 Aidong Chen v. KPMG LLP, et al. Third Circuit Denied civil-rights corporate-influence due-process institutional-discrimination judicial-accountability judicial-independence judicial-misconduct rico rico-statute supreme-court-review How to deal with compromised judges in lower courts
22-151 Lasean Dejong Houston v. Estate of Lasean Dejong Houston, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied barbary-treaties civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equitable-claims fiduciary-duty fiduciary-relations indigenous-status standing treaty treaty-rights trust Whether petitioners' equitable primary rights are destroyed by denying their status as Moors, Americas' aboriginal Illinoisan nationals and subjects o…
22-153 Wanda Bowling v. Lester John Dahlheimer, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-circuit gubernatorial-liability immunity-invocation judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-overreach prosecutorial-immunity res-judicata standing Did the Fifth Circuit Court error by issuing a boiler plate opinion omitting any language addressing Petitioner's caselaw nullifying immunity invocati…
22-164 Mark Elliott Stuart v. Douglas Gerlach, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech police-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment speedy-trial vindictive-prosecution Whether the State can punish an individual for refusing to obey an unconstitutional order or for peacefully exercising constitutional rights
22-169 Jay Lin, et ux. v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-ethics procedural-rules recusal Whether the New Jersey District Court judge erred in circumventing his recusal by suspending FRCP R. 7.1
22-171 Centro Médico del Turabo, Inc., dba Hospital Hima San Pablo Caguas and Hospital Hima San Pablo Fajardo, v. Unión General de Trabajadores Puerto Rico Denied Response Waived administrative-determination administrative-determinations appellate-rules arbitration-awards court-review due-process procedural-due-process procedural-rules retroactive-application retroactivity review-procedures Whether the Puerto Rico Supreme Court erred and violated the presumption against retroactivity and procedural due process
22-183 Bryan Cowan, et al. v. Masa Nathaniel Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 1983-action civil-rights criminal-plea excessive-force heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey judicial-estoppel qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether a §1983 claim is barred under Heck when the plaintiff must disprove part of the factual basis for his criminal conviction to succeed
22-189 Igor Lukashin v. Washington State Department of Revenue Washington Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process filing-bans intervention pre-filing-review standing Whether a state court may enter a filing bans or pre-filing review order with no pre-deprivation notice or post-deprivation opportunity to be heard
22-198 Ayse Sen v. Amazon.com, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure commercial-exploitation due-process exclusion-right exclusive-use lanham-act property-rights trademark-rights Does Amazon.com, Inc. or any other third parties have the right to commercially exploit and appropriate goodwill of Ayse Sen's Baiden Trademark withou…
22-248 Larry Tawney, Jr. v. Portage County, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights eighth-amendment intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress monell-claim section-1983 summary-judgment Whether a trial court properly dismisses a plaintiff's complaint seeking compensation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for Eighth Amendment violations, a Monell…
22-257 Lorraine Adell v. Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration-consent article-iii article-iii-adjudication civil-rights class-action-fairness-act constitutional-waiver contract-law diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-arbitration-act Whether the voluntariness of the waiver of the personal right to an Article III adjudication under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) and co…
22-262 Berkley V. Walker v. BOKF, National Association, dba Bank of Albuquerque, N.A. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived 12-cfr-7.4001 administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review national-bank-act overdraft-fees regulatory-interpretation statutory-interpretation Whether extended overdraft fees are 'interest' under the National Bank Act
22-280 Rashid A. Buttar v. Rachan Damidi Reddy Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-agreement civil-procedure district-court due-process new-york-convention personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the District Court had personal jurisdiction over Petitioner
22-44 Westley Devone Harris v. Alabama Alabama Denied criminal-procedure fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury juror-misconduct jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether a criminal defendant is deprived of his Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights to an impartial jury when a jury member gives dishonest and inco…
22-5061 Dewayne Joseph v. United States Eleventh Circuit GVR IFP concepcion-ruling concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine crack-penalties criminal-resentencing discretion eleventh-circuit fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-modification Whether the First Step Act proceedings should be conducted similar to original sentencings in light of Concepcion v. United States
22-5075 Courtney Newman v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR IFP controlled-substances criminal-intent criminal-law health-care jury-instruction medical-practice prescription-drugs prescription-law ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation Whether an authorized physician or health care professional can be convicted under 21-U.S.C-§856(a)(1) if the sole allegation of unlawful activity is …
22-5076 Holli Womack v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR IFP constitutional-vagueness controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-liability due-process health-care health-care-professional professional-liability ruan-v-united-states statutory-interpretation vagueness Should Petition Womack's conviction be vacated?
22-5077 Cynthia Clemons v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR IFP 21-usc-856 controlled-substances dea-authorization drug-enforcement-administration drug-involved-premises healthcare-provider legitimate-medical-purpose ruan-v-united-states scope-of-professional-practice subjective-standard Whether the Ruan standard of proof applies to prosecutions under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) for authorized healthcare providers
22-5109 Teddy Brian Sanchez v. Ronald Broomfield, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP attorney-error brain-dysfunction capital-sentencing capital-trial circuit-split cumulative-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ninth-circuit penalty-phase prejudice-standard Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in finding that the petitioner's 'organic' brain dysfunction was not enough of a 'red flag' to trigger a duty for tria…
22-52 Ariyan Incorporated, dba Discount Corner, et al. v. Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment government-taking inverse-condemnation just-compensation property-rights takings May the government, consistent with the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' self-executing command of Just Compensation for takings of private property, …
22-5306 Micky Rife v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-i article-i-powers congress congressional-power constitution constitutional-interpretation criminal-penalties necessary-and-proper-clause treaty treaty-enforcement Does the Necessary and Proper Clause contained within Article I of the Constitution provide an independent basis for Congress to create criminal penal…
22-5346 Sylvia Hofstetter v. United States Sixth Circuit GVR IFP 21-usc-841 circuit-split drug-offense global-tech healthcare-provider jury-instruction ruan-v-united-states scienter-standard standard-of-review willful-blindness Whether the District Court erred by instructing the jury
22-5347 In Re Charles Edward Jones, Sr. Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing statutory-interpretation Whether the constitutional and statutory provisions at issue were properly applied by the lower court
22-5354 Ricardo L. Noble v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing miller-rule rehabilitation sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether the juvenile life-without-parole sentence is unconstitutional, whether the court abused discretion in sentencing, whether the court relied on …
22-5356 Joseph Montrel Bourgeois v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review double-jeopardy effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-default state-court-precedent state-court-review successive-petition supreme-court-precedent Question not identified
22-5361 Ernest Bustos v. Bexar Appraisal District, et al. Texas Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure first-impression fraud fraudulent-scheme jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge plea-of-jurisdiction standing statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Court failed to view the Plea of Jurisdiction as a statutory-construction case
22-5362 Agustin Garcia v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP 6th-amendment complete-defense constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief right-to-counsel sixth-amendment technological-advances Whether the petitioner was deprived of the right to a fair trial and present a complete defense
22-5369 Milton Lee Gardner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus jury-charge juvenile-adjudication juvenile-justice sentencing-enhancement Question not identified
22-5374 In Re Darris Newsome Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-admission incarceration incarceration-evidence judicial-discretion transfer-history Whether the refusal to allow Baggi's testimony and the denial of an authenticated copy of a transfer history document severely impeded his ability to …
22-5375 Nathaniel Waugh v. A. Ralph, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-principles court-procedure due-process evidence-application judicial-review legal-standards miscarriage-of-justice standing Whether lower Court proceeded 'according to Justice' or deprived petitioner of fundamental Substantial rights?
22-5383 Lynn M. Giovanni v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP criminal-defense diminished-capacity guilty-plea ineffective-assistance insanity-defense psychiatric-evaluation sentencing sentencing-mitigation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington withdrawal Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
22-5384 In Re Randell Joseph Redmond Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-habeas federal-review habeas-corpus procedural-rights standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit erred in denying the petitioner's request for a writ of habeas corpus
22-5385 J. S. v. Texas Texas Denied IFP confrontation criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-justice kent-v-united-states sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment right to confrontation extends to a hearing on whether to certify a child as an adult
22-5388 In Re Roszetta Marie McNeill Dismissed IFP administrative-remedy civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction due-process fraud fraud-claim legal-duty mandamus standing venue-change writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the Oakland Circuit court to retain jurisdiction of case or/to remand the case to the district court…
22-5396 Timothy J. Hill v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law mcgirt-case native-american-rights oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-ruling Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling
22-5398 In Re Douglas Cornell Jackson Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-sanctions habeas-corpus pro-se-litigant standing state-corrective-process state-court-appeals Whether a federal court can constitutionally impose sanctions upon a pro se petitioner when such a petitioner is without an available state corrective…
22-5405 Perry Sawano v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP 8th-amendment aggregate-sentence constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment proportionality-analysis proportionality-review sentencing sentencing-review Does the Eighth Amendment require a sentencing court to consider a defendant's overall/aggregate sentence when conducting a proportionality review?
22-5407 In Re James R. Austin Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-precedent miscarriage-of-justice procedural-mechanism rule-60b-motion standing supreme-court supreme-court-holding Whether the Supreme Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Crosby controls and must be followed by respondents
22-5409 Jamal A. Bowman v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP constitutional-law due-process eminent-domain fifth-amendment property-rights takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
22-5448 Roger C. Cassidy v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-defendant due-process equal-protection judicial-fact-finding judicial-review mandatory-sentencing preponderance-of-evidence prior-conviction sentencing-exposure standing Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-5462 Wilbur Irick v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP courtroom-removal criminal-proceedings defendant-rights disruptive-conduct due-process fair-administration-of-justice illinois-v-allen right-to-be-present Does a court violate a defendant's right to be present during criminal proceedings by removing the defendant from the courtroom due to disruptive cond…
22-5537 Joseph William Rendon v. Iowa Iowa Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment Whether the Petitioner Was Provided Trefrecive Assistance of Counse
22-5593 Richard Anthony Rodriguez v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-rule constitutional-procedure criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-trial-right juvenile-adjudication prior-conviction-exception prior-convictions sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements sixth-amendment Whether juvenile adjudications obtained without a trial by jury can be used to enhance a defendant's sentence in a later proceeding
22-5603 Faustino Sanchez-Lugo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alleyne-rule almendarez-torres appellate-procedure apprendi-rule 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…
22-5606 Jesus Guadalupe Amparano-Torres v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review legal-challenge sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-5610 Andre Thompson v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-law criminal-statute due-process elements-clause physical-force sentencing statutory-interpretation When applying the categorical approach of 18 U.S.C. §924(c), the elements clause, are courts allowed or required to look to the nature of an offense a…
22-5614 Michael Lee Gordon v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-review legal-procedure lower-court-decision retroactive-application standing statutory-interpretation Whether the enactment of the statute by Congress is constitutional
22-5623 Freda J. Day v. Oprah Winfrey, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights copyright-infringement discovery-stage due-process electronic-communications internet-access spoliation-of-evidence substantial-similarities summary-judgment Use-of-the-internet-as-proof-of-access
22-5635 Vladimir Vladimirovic Brik v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation civil-rights due-process federal-procedure gatekeeping-provision habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance material-evidence second-petition successive-petition Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the dismissal of petitioner's material Brady claim as 'second or successive' under §2255(h)
22-5650 In Re Bobby D. Hathaway-Bey Denied IFP criminal-procedure first-amendment public-access public-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment's right to a public trial and the First Amendment's right of public access to criminal trials apply to the sentencing phas…
22-5651 In Re Randolph Lavon Carr-El Denied IFP citizenship civil-rights constitutional-provisions denationalization due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus race-discrimination racial-discrimination thirteenth-amendment Whether the petitioner, a naturalized U.S. citizen of African descent, was unlawfully detained and deprived of his constitutional rights
22-5663 Danny Terron Roney v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation contract-rights due-process legal-procedure property sovereign-rights standing takings witness-testimony Who owns the Dollar General Stores corporation?
22M22 Amos Labranche v. Schumacher/FFVA Mutual Insurance Florida Presumed Complete None
22M23 Towaki Komatsu v. Cubesmart, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete None