Conference: 2022-11-04

75 cases — 0 granted, 75 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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21-1043 Abitron Austria GmbH, et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. Tenth Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (14)Relisted (3) civil-procedure extraterritorial-application extraterritoriality foreign-sales lanham-act territorial-rights trademark trademark-infringement u.s.-commerce us-commerce Whether the court of appeals erred in applying the Lanham Act extraterritorially to petitioners' foreign sales, including purely foreign sales that ne…
21-1410 Carol V. Clendening, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gary J. Clendening v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) camp-lejeune discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act feres-doctrine feres-v-united-states judge-advocate-general military-tort-claims standing-law toxic-exposure Does Feres v. United States apply to an unwitting Judge Advocate General Officer's toxic exposure not related to his service
21-1484 Arizona, et al. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Response WaivedRelisted (2) arizona-v-california breach-of-trust colorado-river federal-jurisdiction federal-trust-responsibility indian-reservation indian-reservations water-rights winters-doctrine Whether the Ninth Circuit Opinion infringes upon the Supreme Court's retained and exclusive jurisdiction over the allocation of water from the Lower B…
21-1494 Daria Damian-Gallardo v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Ninth Circuit Denied None
21-1553 Ramin Khorrami v. Arizona Arizona Denied Amici (3)Relisted (5) 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process felony fourteenth-amendment impartial-jury jury-trial original-public-meaning precedent sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony
21-757 Amgen Inc., et al. v. Sanofi, et al. Federal Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (33)Response RequestedRelisted (4) 35-usc-112 claim-construction claim-scope enablement enablement-requirement invention-disclosure judicial-review patent patent-law statutory-interpretation undue-experimentation written-description Whether enablement is a question of fact or law
21-7629 C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP article-iii-judicial-officer civil-procedure de-novo-review diversity-jurisdiction due-process full-and-fair-review magistrate-referral report-and-recommendation standing substantial-rights summary-dismissal writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari on appealability
21-7934 Robert Cash Scheuerman v. Kansas Kansas Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment fourth-amendment passenger-rights privacy probable-cause search-and-seizure standing vehicle-search Whether passengers are categorically unable to challenge the search of a car in which they are the riding unless they can show an ownership or possess…
21-8026 William F. Kaetz v. Educational Credit Management Corporation, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-law constitutional-vagueness due-process fifth-amendment first-amendment standing statutory-interpretation takings vagueness Is the statute 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(8) void for vagueness therefore unconstitutional?
21-8051 Michael Rivera Delgado v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a crime that is not a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act can serve as a predicate offense for purposes of the Act's sentencing…
21-8212 Anthony N. Ott v. New York New York Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-appeal criminal-procedure door-opening double-jeopardy due-process evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel new-york-law vindictive-sentencing vindictiveness Whether the New York courts erred in applying the 'opening the door' standard
21-8220 Mary Alice Nelson-Rogers v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-limitations damages federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction internal-revenue-code moot-controversies mootness standing Question not identified
21-8259 In Re Johnny Brett Gregory Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-tort-claims-act habeas-corpus mandamus ninth-circuit standing united-states-court-of-appeals writ-of-certiorari Should this court issue a writ of mandamus ordering the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to issue a writ of mandamus
21-972 Thomas H. Buffington v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Amici (5)Relisted (12) administrative-law chevron-deference chevron-doctrine deference judicial-review pro-veteran-canon statutory-interpretation veterans-benefits Whether the Chevron doctrine permits courts to defer to VA's construction of a statute designed to benefit veterans, without first considering the pro…
21-993 Willard Anthony v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10) confrontation-clause confrontation-right due-process fair-trial harmless-error presumption-of-innocence prosecutorial-misconduct prosecutorial-testimony structural-error witness-credibility Whether the presumption of innocence, the right to confrontation, and the right to a fair trial permit a court to allow the grand jury prosecutor to t…
22-194 Jehan Zeb Mir v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied arbitration civil-procedure de-novo-review discovery estoppel insurance-code notice notice-requirement statute-of-limitations summary-judgment waiver Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in de-novo review of summary judgment on disputed issues of fact
22-202 Leonardo Nuncio v. Texas Texas Denied constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech harassment-statute obscenity obscenity-test overbreadth texas-penal-code vagueness Is Texas's obscene harassment statute unconstitutionally vague and overbroad?
22-208 Benoit Brookens v. LaRhonda Gamble, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights district-court-jurisdiction due-process federal-regulation labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act labor-union-rights standing statutory-interpretation Whether the DC Circuit is bound by the Federal Regulation 29 CFR 458.1 interpreting 29 U.S.C. Sec. 411 concerning standards of conduct
22-213 Delores Polk, et al. v. Betty Yee, in Her Official Capacity as State Controller of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 first-amendment nonmembers state-action union-speech waiver Whether states and unions need clear and compelling evidence of a waiver to seize payments for union speech from nonmembers
22-216 Terry C. Cooley v. California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights contract-restrictions first-amendment janus-precedent janus-v-afscme public-sector-union public-sector-unions resignation-limitations state-employer-contracts union-membership Does the Constitution allow a public-sector union to enter into a contract with a state employer that restricts a public employee's constitutional rig…
22-230 The Golden 1 Credit Union v. Dwaine Burgardt California Denied Amici (1)Response Waived discriminates against arbitration and is contrary when such modifications are permitted under ordin arbitration-agreement contract-law contract-modification federal-arbitration-act jury-trial jury-trial-waiver kindred-nursing mutual-assent state-common-law state-law Whether a special rule that prohibits parties from adding an arbitration provision to a contract by mutual assent manifested by conduct, when such mod…
22-236 Jake J. McGovern v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response Waived cell-phone cell-phone-search exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception overbroad probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-scope Is a warrant to search a cell phone overbroad, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, if it authorizes the search of evidence on the phone in addition …
22-244 Stephen A. Tanner v. Idaho Department of Fish and Game, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived executive-branch fourth-amendment game-check-stations roadblocks separation-of-powers wildlife-management Whether the Director and Officers of the State of Idaho Department of Fish and Game violate the Separation of Powers doctrine
22-266 Gary S. Christensen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 26-usc-6201(a)(4) criminal-tax criminal-tax-law due-process irs-assessment restitution return-mail-inc-v-united-states-postal-service return-mail-precedent subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-restitution Does this Court's holding in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, 139 S. Ct. 1853 (2019) overturn every case holding the Internal Revenu…
22-283 Rachel Mosby v. City of Byron, Georgia Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived charge-filing charge-filing-requirements civil-rights court-doctrine fort-bend procedural-requirement summary-judgment title-vii waiver Must a trial court apply this Court's holding in Fort Bend when a Title VII plaintiff timely argues that the defendant has waived its objection to a c…
22-284 Gary Frisby, pka G-Money v. Sony Music Entertainment, dba RCA Records, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisprudence appellate-procedure case-consolidation copyright-infringement judicial-review musical-composition procedural-error sound-recording subject-matter-jurisdiction supervisory-power Does the Ninth Circuit's ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the musical composition infringement claim appeal constitute a wrongfu…
22-286 Frieda Mae Rogers, fka Frieda Rogers Roen, et al. v. Wilmington Trust Company, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure erie-doctrine factual-stipulations federalism forum-selection judicial-admissions state-law statutes-of-limitations statutory-interpretation May-the-court-of-appeals-override-the-parties'-factual-stipulation
22-291 Brian H. McLane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived appeals-hearing internal-revenue-service notice-of-deficiency overpayment-determination tax-appeals tax-collection tax-court tax-court-jurisdiction tax-liability tax-overpayment Whether the Tax Court has jurisdiction to determine the amount of any overpayment due a taxpayer who never received a notice of deficiency
22-326 In Re Adam Bruzzese Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-procedure due-process employment employment-action federal-agency government-employment mandamus-writ property-rights Did the ATF deprive Bruzzese of his property without due process?
22-5019 Amber Renee Guyger v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process jackson-v-virginia legal-sufficiency mistake-of-fact self-defense Under the legal sufficiency standard of Jackson v. Virginia, a court violates due process by concluding that self-defense and mistake-of-fact are mutu…
22-5024 Jerod Rodriguez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure guilty-verdict ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell mistrial postconviction-relief prejudice-prong reasonable-jurists sixth-amendment strickland-standard whether-strickland-prejudice-prong-established
22-5058 Davel Chinn v. Tim Shoop, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (5)IFP aedpa brady-claim brady-v-maryland due-process evidence-suppression materiality materiality-standard prejudice sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent Whether a petitioner who raises a claim under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), must establish that they were more likely than not prejudiced by …
22-51 Department of the Interior, et al. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (2) federal-fiduciary-duty federal-government-duty fiduciary-duty judicial-enforcement native-american-law native-american-rights navajo-nation sovereign-obligations treaty-interpretation treaty-rights water-rights Whether the federal government owes the Navajo Nation an affirmative, judicially enforceable fiduciary duty to assess and address the Navajo Nation's …
22-5235 Louis McIntosh v. United States Second Circuit GVR IFP §924(c) criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction forfeiture hobbs-act interstate-commerce rule-32.2 sentencing Whether petitioner's §924(c) conviction based on an attempted Hobbs Act robbery should be vacated in light of United States v. Taylor
22-5493 Patrick Wiley v. R. Masterson, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law agency-review civil-procedure due-process standing statute-of-limitations Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's complaint for failure to comply with the 30-day deadline to file a petition for review of …
22-5498 Aaron Striz v. Bryan Collier, Executive Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-segregation administrative-state constitutional-minima due-process eighth-amendment equality-under-the-law prisoners-rights solitary-confinement Does extended, indefinite solitary confinement of an atypical duration, under some circumstances, violate the Eighth Amendment?
22-5499 Scott James Repella v. Luzerne County Children and Youth Services, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process judicial-review legal-error procedural-challenge standard-of-review standing Did the court of appeals err in denying the COA and not taking into account the complexity and severity of the constitutional rights violation?
22-5507 Edward F. Swanson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process felony-dismissal ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sentencing sentencing-guidelines strickland-standard Whether a judge can dismiss the charges after finding the defendant guilty of a second-degree felony robbery charge
22-5513 Jerome Jenkins, Jr. v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP capital-punishment capital-sentencing due-process hearsay-rules hurst-v-florida judicial-bias jury-sentencing jury-waiver mitigating-evidence plea-bargaining state-statute Could a South Carolina trial judge who had told Petitioner he would sentence him to death if he pled guilty still rule, consistent with Hurst v. Flori…
22-5517 Christopher Lee Cungtion, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction deferred-judgments indian-law iowa-code-1-15a jurisdictional-transfer legislative-intent meskwaki-settlement pub-l-115-301 state-prosecution Whether the State of Iowa erred by continuing to prosecute criminal offenses involving Indians on the Meskwaki Settlement during the period between Io…
22-5520 Anthony Sims, Jr. v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied IFP confrontation-clause criminal-trial cross-examination hearsay hearsay-statement memory-loss pre-trial-hearing sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Was the opportunity for cross-examination at the pretrial hearing adequate under the Confrontation Clause?
22-5528 Felix Lyle Cowan v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
22-5544 Jason L. Sanders v. Matt Macauley, Warden, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights covid-19 due-process medical-care prisoner-rights Question not identified
22-5570 Bernabe Encarnacion v. Anthony J. Annucci, Acting Commissioner, New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-courts standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
22-5585 Mark Marvin v. Martha Peldunas, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment social-security statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the state agency can require future social-security recipients to prematurely apply for reduced ben…
22-5624 Tiffany Leigh Marion v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge Batson-v-Kentucky criminal-procedure equal-protection plea-bargaining prosecutorial-discretion racial-discrimination Whether Batson v. Kentucky and its progeny apply to equal-protection claims challenging a prosecutor's decision on plea-offers based on race
22-5705 Lateef Alagbada v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP court-order criminal-defendant criminal-procedure extradition final-judgment-rule habeas-corpus international-law pretrial-order repatriation Whether a pretrial order denying a motion for repatriation of an incarcerated criminal defendant falls within the exception to the final judgment rule
22-5714 Tracy Alan Zornes v. William Bolin, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act-of-1 courtroom-closure criminal-procedure partial-courtroom-closure presley-v-georgia public-trial sixth-amendment voir-dire waller-test waller-v-georgia Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee, within the review apparatus imposed by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996…
22-5716 Michael Tarvin v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified
22-5732 Richard Michael Arrington v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure interrogation jail-informant maine-v-moulton massiah-v-united-states recording-device right-to-counsel sixth-amendment state-agent united-states-v-henry Whether the Sixth Amendment right to counsel was violated when a jail informant recorded conversations with the accused about his pending case after b…
22-5753 Phillip Scott, Jr. v. District Court of Iowa, Scott County Iowa Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing Whether the state denied the petitioner due process, whether the state denied the petitioner equal protection
22-5772 Rollie Andre Lott v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process hearing-request inmate-mail-system property-forfeiture property-seizure seizure-and-forfeiture Whether the petitioner was denied due process and constitutional rights when the lower court ignored the petitioner's request for a hearing regarding …
22-5779 James Michael Johnson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency jury-instructions money-laundering standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence wire-fraud Whether the evidence at trial was insufficient to convict the petitioner of wire fraud and money laundering
22-5781 Joseph Isaiah Woodson, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights confession-voluntariness custody-determination due-process law-enforcement-procedure miranda miranda-rights race racial-discrimination voluntariness Whether a court can take a defendant's race into account to determine whether the defendant's custody, and thus his subsequent un-Mirandized confessio…
22-5782 Matthew Tassin v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 circuit-court circuit-court-authority criminal-procedure district-court federal-prisoner ineffective-assistance ineffective-counsel resentencing section-2255 sentencing-authority statutory-interpretation Whether a Circuit Court can limit the authority of a district court to resentence a federal criminal defendant or correct a criminal sentence 'as may …
22-5790 David Delva v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-counsel due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel precedent section-2255 sua-sponte warrantless-seizure Whether appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that Petitioner's Fifth Amendment right to be heard and due process were violated when …
22-5792 Armad Jamall Gatling v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals dismissal district-court due-process merits restitution sentence-enhancement standing Did the Court of Appeals err in dismissing Mr. Gatling's appeal without reviewing its merits?
22-5806 Jessica Lynne Gould v. Isaiah Ben Johnson Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment child's-passport due-process fourth-amendment international-travel parental-rights passport-restriction state-court-authority state-courts warrantless-seizure Does the 4th Amendment protect parents against the warrantless seizure of their child's passport by state courts
22-5809 Sirron Moralez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights container fourth-amendment law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause search-and-seizure seizure totality-of-the-circumstances traffic-stop vehicle-search Does an empty container with 'THC' on the cover justify an extended detention in a traffic stop and support the seizure of the driver and search of th…
22-5810 Martin Perez-Barrios v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
22-5811 Matthew Poulin v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP alcohol-consumption alcohol-prohibition appeal criminal-procedure district-court due-process reasonableness sentencing supervised-release unreasonable-sentence Whether the district court erred in sentencing Mr. Poulin to twelve months considering the circumstances of the case
22-5816 Tony Lam v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 career-offender conspiracy conspiracy-offense controlled-substance ineffective-assistance legislative-authority legislative-delegation sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance to his client upon his failure to research, investigate, and object to his client's career offender c…
22-5821 Felipe Noriega, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop Whether the Fourth Amendment allows a police officer to extend a concluded traffic stop based on minimal, if any, suspicious factors
22-5829 Montana Barronette, Brandon Wilson, John Harrison, Linton Broughton, Terrell Sivells, Taurus Tillman, Timothy Floyd, and Dennis Pulley v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment courtroom-access criminal-procedure due-process family-attendance family-friends public-trial public-trial-clause sixth-amendment Does the Public Trial Clause require heightened protection for courtroom access for defendants' family and friends?
22-5830 William Richter v. Ghaliah Obaisi, as Executor of the Estate of Saleh Obaisi Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts constitutional-rights court-of-appeals due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct legal-assistance pro-se-litigant procedural-due-process procedural-errors Whether the Faivie Te Apnot Cowimwrel Oy Apneal Foa Rosie, OF the Disthirel Cords Alaue of Dis hes Ze Faleng To Recess wee Conmtel Upow Wilheincsal of…
22-5833 Carlos Alejandro Zuniga-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administration-of-justice criminal-procedure federal-criminal-procedure federal-law fifth-circuit leader-organizer-role leader-role preponderance-of-evidence sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines Whether the Fifth Circuit violated federal law in sentencing review
22-92 Michael Banerian, et al., Appellants v. Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State, et al. Michigan Denied None
22A261 Kenneth Ravenell v. United States Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22A267 Bahig Bishay v. Scott Harris, et al. District of Columbia Presumed Complete None
22M26 Frances Hines v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M27 Whistleblower 7107-16W v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia Presumed Complete None
22M28 Kendall Streb v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M29 Robert Lindbloom v. Parrish Cemetery Association, Inc., et al. Florida Presumed Complete None
22M30 Enrique M. Flores-Vazquez v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M31 Jeffrey Wingate v. United States Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None