Conference: 2023-03-03

70 cases — 0 granted, 70 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-847 Jonathan Ian Burns v. Arizona Arizona Judgment Issued Relisted (3) capital-punishment collateral-review due-process federal-law parole-ineligibility retroactivity supreme-court Whether this Court's decision in Lynch applied a settled rule of federal law that must be applied to cases pending on collateral review in Arizona
22-270 Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America, et al. v. Department of Agriculture, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-guidance constitutional-avoidance eleventh-circuit federal-advisory-committee-act judicial-construction plain-meaning public-citizen-v-us-dept-of-justice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation Should the word 'established' in the Federal Advisory Committee Act be construed in accord with its plain meaning or more narrowly?
22-278 City of Ocala, Florida v. Art Rojas, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (6) article-iii civil-rights establishment-clause free-speech observer-standing psychic-injury religious-event religious-expression standing Is psychic or emotional offense allegedly caused by observation of religious messages an injury sufficient to confer standing under Article III of the…
22-345 Paul Siladi v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Connecticut Denied Relisted (2) 14th-amendment 5th-amendment appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-action judicial-procedure procedural-fairness standing trial Whether the Connecticut Supreme Court's Order Denying Petitioner's Petition for Certification to Appeal to that Court upholding the Connecticut Appell…
22-377 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-amendments due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-378 Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas Texas Denied Relisted (2) 4th-amendment 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violations due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment policing-for-profit sixth-amendment state-prosecution Is Texas Penal Code (T.P.C.) § 42.105 repugnant to the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution?
22-396 Christa Fischer, et al. v. Federal Express Corp., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bristol-myers bristol-myers-squibb collective-action due-process due-process-clause fair-labor-standards-act opt-in-plaintiffs personal-jurisdiction service-of-process Whether a federal court has the authority, absent general personal jurisdiction over the defendant or the defendant's consent, to maintain a Fair Labo…
22-401 Alaska v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) administrative-law alaska-national-interest-lands-conservation-act federal-preemption hunting-regulations national-wildlife-refuge state-authority state-police-powers statutory-interpretation wildlife-management Does ANILCA grant federal agencies plenary authority to preempt state law regulating how people hunt?
22-417 Gary Metzgar, et al. v. U.A. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local No. 22 Pension Fund, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) accrued-benefits anti-cutback-rule early-retirement employee-retirement-income-security-act erisa pension-benefits pension-plan plan-interpretation postretirement-employment retirement-plan Whether ERISA's anti-cutback rule prohibits plan trustees from eliminating participants' early retirement benefits through a reinterpretation of the p…
22-449 Christopher E. Larson, et ux. v. Snohomish County, Washington, et al. Washington Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) constitutional-standard due-process financial-disclosure fourteenth-amendment judicial-neutrality judicial-partiality judicial-recusal objective-standard recusal Whether judges must address judicial partiality claims
22-450 Gregory Shields, Sr. v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) confrontation-clause constitutional-standard crawford-v-washington cross-examination due-process preliminary-hearing state-court-division state-court-split witness-testimony When, if ever, does a preliminary hearing provide an 'adequate opportunity' for cross-examination under the Confrontation Clause?
22-500 Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) admiralty-law choice-of-law civil-procedure contract-enforcement federal-law maritime-contract public-policy What is the standard for enforcing a choice of law clause in a maritime contract?
22-5519 Kareem J. Stansbury v. Michael Courley, Acting Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability criminal-justice-system fair-trial federal-constitutional-rights habeas-corpus pro-se-defendant procedural-default sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether and to what extent the criminal justice system tolerates criminal convictions based off cumulative violations of a pro se defendant's federal …
22-5699 In Re Thomas George Craaybeek Denied Relisted (2)IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing takings Whether the petitioner's Second Amendment rights were violated by the state's concealed carry restrictions
22-5820 S. Patrick Mendel v. Liane Randolph, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-preemption criminal-conduct due-process federal-courts federal-enforcement preemption pro-se-petition public-safety transportation transportation-law Does this pro se case, alleging fatal systemic failures resulting in the continuing preventable murder of innocent citizens, where literally the lives…
22-5963 Russell Spain v. Shenese Jones New York Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-authority custody custody-dispute federal-law federal-law-violation judicial-jurisdiction national-security procedural-compliance rule-10 Did the lower courts preside within the scope of the United States Constitution?
22-602 Ellizzette McDonald v. Shawn McDonald Illinois Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights guardianship guardianship-rights marriage marriage-competency ward-autonomy Whether a state statute impermissibly interferes with the fundamental rights of wards to marry under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of t…
22-610 Warren Adam Taylor v. Augusta-Richmond County Consolidated Commissioners, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied case-controversy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction motion-to-dismiss public-interest qualified-immunity standing statute-of-limitations Question not identified
22-6131 Andrew Guy Moret v. Poornima Ranganathan, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process government-standard legal-procedure malpractice-standard medical-malpractice medical-professionals mental-health professional-liability qualified-immunity state-standards Whether the standard for mental-health professionals to receive qualified immunity is higher, lower, or the same as other medical professionals?
22-6140 Taylor Winston Wright v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-claim district-court due-process judicial-review merits-review ninth-circuit procedural-violation Can the Ninth Circuit fail to address the merits of a constitutional claim based on a procedural violation the district court adjudicated wrong?
22-625 W.A. Griffin v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures
22-632 Anthony Haworth v. City of Walla Walla, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 absolute-immunity brady-violation civil-rights civil-rights-act common-law ku-klux-klan-act prosecutorial-immunity qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether this Court should overrule a halfcentury of precedent that has inaccurately interpreted the intent and purpose of Section 1983 by affirming im…
22-6411 Granville Ritchie v. Florida Florida Denied IFP anti-immigrant capital-penalty capital-punishment constitutional-rights equal-protection immigration-status impartial-jury jury-bias prosecutorial-misconduct unconstitutional-conditions Does the United States Constitution prohibit a prosecutor from suggesting to a capital penalty jury that the defendant, as a foreigner and an immigran…
22-6438 Tommiel Q. Claiborne, aka Tommie Lee Claiborne, Jr., aka Tommie L. Claiborne v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied IFP confrontation constitutional-rights court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure criminal-proceeding due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection legal-assistance peremptory-challenges sixth-amendment Ineffective Assistance of Counsel for Failing to Exercise the Right to Challenge Jurors for Cause or Peremptory Challenge Purposes
22-6446 James Thomas Burke v. Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP case-dismissal circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure justice-stevens standing statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent time-barred Whether Hardin v. Straub is relevant to the Supreme Court's holdings
22-6449 Carl Anthony Wilson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP actual-innocence blood-draw conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel search-warrant unreasonable-search-and-seizure Whether the warrantless blood draw violated the Fourth Amendment
22-6455 Michael Joseph DeMarco, Jr. v. Jeremy J. Bynum Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech government-accountability prison-grievance prisoners-rights property-destruction qualified-immunity retaliation Does the Plaintiff's First Amendment right to redress in the form of a prison grievance exposing corruption and illegal acts give the government emplo…
22-6458 Brian L. Melson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law major-crimes-act native-american-rights reservation-status tribal-sovereignty united-states-constitution Whether the State of Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute crimes committed by or against Indians in the Cherokee Reservation
22-6474 Cody Jay Riley v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence aedpa americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights due-process hiv incarceration penological-interests scientific-evidence Does a state violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when incarcerating a person living with HIV outside of any penological interests?
22-6482 David John Thistle v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-v article-v-violation civil-rights constitution-amendment constitutional-amendment domestic-terrorism due-process election-tampering federal-officers When Federal Elected or Appointed Officers of Federal or State Governments within the United States are aware of the unauthorized illegal changes to A…
22-6484 Courtney Saunders v. Kyle Thies, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights discriminatory-intent discriminatory-policing driving-while-black equal-protection fourteenth-amendment law-enforcement racial-discrimination racial-profiling traffic-stop Whether an Equal Protection claim under the Fourteenth Amendment, based on an incident of discriminatory policing, requires a plaintiff to establish t…
22-649 Jacinta Downing v. Abbott Laboratories, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence civil-rights discrimination employment employment-discrimination judicial-interpretation pretext seventh-circuit Whether the Seventh Circuit defeated the fundamental holding of this Court's decision in Costa when it affirmed the district court's refusal to allow …
22-6514 Santiago Pineda v. California California Denied IFP aggravating-circumstances constitutional-rights death-penalty jury-determination jury-fact-finding mitigating-circumstances reasonable-doubt sentencing-procedure Does the mandatory weighing of aggravating and mitigating circumstances under the California death penalty statute violate the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourt…
22-6531 Timothy Edwards v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights comprehension-disability constitutional-rights due-process garza-ruling post-conviction-relief ptsd retroactivity statute-of-limitations Whether the ruling in GARZA V. IDAHO 139 S. CT 739 (2019) applies to Plaintiff's Constitutional guarantee?
22-6565 Cristian Santa v. Massachusetts Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP expert-opinion expert-testimony factual-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel kolenovic-precedent massachusetts-jurisprudence right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-counsel Has Massachusetts jurisprudence, particularly the expansion of Commonwealth v. Kolenovic, 471 Mass. 664 (2015), run afoul of the Sixth Amendment by ru…
22-6566 Rodney R. Ellis v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-doctrine apprendi-v-new-jersey criminal-procedure jury-clause jury-trial prior-record-exception sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether a sentencing court violates the Sixth Amendment's Jury Clause when the sentencing court—rather than the jury—finds that the defendant committe…
22-6659 Armando Lopez-Rivera v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review appellate-standard concurrent-sentence gall-precedent gall-v-united-states individualized-assessment intellectual-disability judicial-explanation sentencing-courts sentencing-explanation sentencing-review Whether a sentencing court must provide a reasonable explanation, on the record, as to why it is not considering a sentencing factor advanced by a def…
22-6666 Leonel Ruiz-Lopez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute hughey-v-united-states legal-definition restitution sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation title-18 victim-and-witness-protection-act victim-restitution What does an 'offense' mean for purposes of restitution awards under the VWPA?
22-6674 Antonio Collins v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appeal-process civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review petition-denial standing Can a lower court's denial of a petition be further reviewed by a higher court?
22-6682 Ricky Douglas Haynes, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act criminal-occasions due-process jury-trial mandatory-minimum non-elemental-facts sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation violent-felony Whether a sentencing judge may rely on non-elemental facts to impose a mandatory-minimum under ACCA
22-6689 Andrew J. Johnston v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-agency federal-deposit-insurance-corporation foia-request freedom-of-information-act insurance-coverage separation-of-powers Whether the FDIC's denial of FOIA coverage for theft, robbery or embezzlement of the Byline Bank violates the separation of powers doctrine
22-6694 Abdiraham Haji-Hassan v. Maine Maine Denied Response WaivedIFP alternative-suspect-theory due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining postconviction postconviction-review presumption professional-assistance reasonable-professional-assistance strickland-standard Whether the state postconviction court misapplied Strickland-v-Washington
22-6697 Ervin Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aggravated-assault borden-precedent borden-v-united-states criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process forcible-assault sentencing-review supreme-court Whether Petitioner is actually innocent of his aggravated and forcible assault offense, in light of Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021)?
22-6698 Robert Hadley Gross v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law first-impression frivolity ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-merit non-frivolous-appeal rational-defendant roe-v-flores-ortega totality-of-circumstances Is the Roe v. Flores-Ortega test for a non-frivolous appeal issue a case of first impression?
22-6699 Marquita Leigh Meredith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing policy-statement sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether a 2007 policy statement binds a district court in deciding a defendant's motion for compassionate release
22-6702 Jason Boyet v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver contract-law criminal-defendant criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process plea-agreement sentencing-error sentencing-errors waiver-enforceability Can a criminal defendant knowingly and voluntarily forfeit his right to appeal the district court's yet-to-be-made sentencing errors as part of his pl…
22-6704 Angel Vazquez-Figueroa v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure individualized-assessment judicial-discretion plain-error plain-error-review plea-agreement section-3553a-factors sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether the district court erred in imposing a sentence that was 1.5 years longer than the highest sentence recommended by the parties under the plea …
22-6705 Charles Wesley Clearwater v. K. Bennett, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing due-process inmate-rights rdap rdap-program residual-clause time-credit vagueness Is it a violation of an inmate's Constitutional Rights to due process to use the Residual Clause criteria to deny him from receiving the one-year time…
22-6706 Darin M. Ogden v. Idaho Idaho Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment jury-acquittal lewd-conduct sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a …
22-6708 Arturo Villalobos-Franco v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review constitutional-law criminal-law due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
22-6716 Conrado Olivo-Duron v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions 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 …
22-6717 Vontez Scales, aka Tez v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender categorical-approach circuit-split civil-rights controlled-substance criminal-law delivery-definition due-process sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether prior convictions for inchoate offenses involving 'delivery' of controlled substances, where the state statute includes 'attempted transfer' a…
22-6718 Justin Stabler v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553 abuse-of-discretion alcohol-consumption criminal-sentencing electronic-searches section-3553a sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reasonableness substantive-reasonableness supervised-release Whether the 120-month sentence is substantively unreasonable
22-6733 In Re John B. Myles Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arrest-warrant due-process evidence evidence-exclusion ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel
22-6738 Melvin G. Simms v. Donald Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection federal-civil-procedure habeas-corpus magistrate-report magistrate-review summary-judgment Whether the District Court Judge Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution By Granting the Respondent'…
22-6752 Enrique Nunes Lopez v. Josie Gastelo, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment certificate-of-appealability home-defense justifiable-homicide self-defense Whether the state court unreasonably found that refusing defense-of-home instructions was not federal constitutional error, but only state law error
22-6754 In Re Walter Drummond Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process standing Why 39 Constitubional Proce durk ber +o an overall arrest being ignored
22-6755 Lecedric Prentice Harris v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP case-specific-justification constitutional-law constitutional-requirement courtroom-closure criminal-procedure judicial-discretion public-trial-clause split-of-authority statutory-interpretation Whether the state court correctly held that trial courts do not violate the Public Trial Clause by closing a criminal courtroom pursuant to a statute …
22-6758 In Re Mark Marvin Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review precedent statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant civil-rights, due-process, and equal-protection laws
22-6759 In Re Charles Jordan Denied IFP brady-material civil-rights constitutional-errors counsel-silence default-rule due-process habeas-corpus plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct standing state-officials How can a petitioner raise Fundamental claims to a higher state court when he lost appeal of right on certain claims due to officials' mishandling of …
22-6770 In Re Alphonza Thomas Bey Dismissed IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment 15th-amendment administrative-remedies constitutional-challenge due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-questions human-rights personal-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction unlawful-imprisonment Whether the United States Constitution, the United States Congress, and/or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina have government jurisdictio…
22-682 Tiange Huang, et al. v. Ngoc Bach Phan, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived article-i article-iii constitutional-interpretation judicial-review legislative-power separation-of-powers statutory-construction Do Article III Courts have the power to judicially rewrite laws?
22-697 Heather B., Parent and Next Friend of S. S., et al. v. Houston Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived child-find civil-rights disability-rights due-process idea-compliance individuals-with-disabilities-education-act parental-notice private-school private-schools special-education standing state-school-districts Whether parents of a previously IDEA eligible blind student attending a private school bear any responsibility to give notice of their child's needs t…
22-717 Adrian Perkins, Mayor of the City of Shreveport, Louisiana v. Celcog, LLC, dba Strawn's Eat Shop Too, et al. Louisiana Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 42-usc-1988 attorney-fees civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute judicial-procedure louisiana-constitution louisiana-revised-statutes state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the lower courts erroneously granted attorney's fees
22-728 Daniel Cameron Wilkey, et al. v. William Eugene Klaver Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights clearly-established-law clearly-established-right fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-conduct qualified-immunity reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop Whether the Sixth Circuit defined the right at too high a level of generality
22A718 Sergei Vinkov v. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M73 National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo Second Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M74 Sabrina Marie Wadhams v. American Federation of Teachers, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M75 Jack Smalley v. United States Tenth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M76 Ray James Foster v. Deborah Lynn Foster Michigan Presumed Complete None