Conference: 2023-05-18

121 cases — 0 granted, 121 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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21-1161 Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi v. United States Second Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 deception economic-information government-advocacy government-agency honest-services-fraud mail-fraud money-or-property-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one's position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U.S.…
21-1169 Alain Kaloyeros v. United States Second Circuit GVR Relisted (3) circuit-split mail-fraud mcnally-doctrine property property-fraud right-to-control scotus statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Is the deprivation of accurate information regarding a transaction, without more, 'property' under the wire fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1348), as the S…
21-1241 Michael L. Binday v. United States Second Circuit GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split due-process economic-decision fraud mail-fraud property-fraud property-rights right-to-control wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's 'right to control' theory of fraud is a valid basis for a conviction under the federal mail and wire fraud statutes
21-1373 D. D., A Minor, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Michaela Ingram, v. Los Angeles Unified School District Ninth Circuit GVR Relisted (4) americans-with-disabilities-act exhaustion exhaustion-requirement fry-v-napoleon-community-schools futility-doctrine idea-administrative-procedures individuals-with-disabilities-education-act money-damages section-1415 special-education-claims Whether Section 1415(/) requires exhaustion of anon-IDEA claim seeking money damages that are not available under the IDEA?
21-867 Midwest Air Traffic Control Service, Inc. v. Jessica T. Badilla, et al. Second Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights combatant-activities due-process federal-preemption federal-tort-claims-act military military-operations preemption statutory-interpretation tort-claims Whether state-law tort claims that arise out of the uniquely federal sphere of the military's combat operations are preempted by the interests embodie…
22-1000 William Casiano v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived certificate-of-appealability contemporaneous-evidence ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandatory-minimum-sentence plea-bargaining strickland-prejudice Whether the rule in Lee v. United States applies to cases involving the rejection of plea offers
22-1023 Dora L. Adkins v. American Service Center Associates, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-1915 amendment amendment-right appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-statute in-forma-pauperis judicial-dismissal Whether the district court properly dismissed a civil action filed in forma pauperis without allowing the plaintiff to amend the complaint
22-472 Association des Éleveurs de Cananards et D'oies du Quebéc, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Relisted (2) dormant-commerce-clause federal-preemption impossibility-preemption ingredient-preemption ingredient-requirements poultry-products poultry-products-inspection-act state-regulation usda-approval usda-regulation Whether a State may avoid express ingredient preemption under the Poultry Products Inspection Act by banning the sale of poultry products based on the…
22-481 Daphne Moore v. United States First Circuit Denied Amici (4)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) curtilage fourth-amendment home home-curtilage police-technology reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search search-and-seizure surveillance surveillance-camera Whether long-term police use of a surveillance camera targeted at a person's home and curtilage is a Fourth Amendment search
22-490 Lydell Chestnut, Deputy Warden v. Quincy J. Allen Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) aedpa death-penalty death-sentence eating-disorder federal-habeas fourth-circuit-review mental-health mental-health-evidence schizophrenia sentencing-consideration state-post-conviction statutory-limitations Did the Fourth Circuit violate 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) limitations and needlessly overturn a state death sentence on an insubstantial premise that Allen's…
22-518 Petrobras America Inc., et al. v. Transcor Astra Group S.A., et al. Texas Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) arbitrability arbitration-clause contract contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine federal-courts judicial-review state-courts superseded-contract superseding-contract Whether the arbitrator or a court must decide whether a contract has been superseded by a subsequent contract
22-612 Marshall Spiegel v. 1618 Sheridan Road Condominium Association, Inc., et al. Illinois Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process first-amendment free-speech municipal-liability public-photography Does the First Amendment protect a person's right to photograph or videotape in public?
22-6206 Albert Holland, Jr. v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appeals civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judgments judicial-review post-conviction-relief standing Whether a court is required to appeal a district court's denial of a motion for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)
22-638 Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability disability-rights doctor-patient-relationship employment medical-care medical-communication title-i title-iii Can the restrictions placed on employees under Title I of the ADA be applied to an individual seeking medical care and treatment under Title III?
22-639 Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) acting-official agency-delegation director-review-authority federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-and-trademark-office standing succession-plan Whether the Commissioner for Patents' exercise of the Director's authority pursuant to an internal agency delegation violated the Federal Vacancies Re…
22-6518 In Re Beverly A. Jenkins Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection lawsuit-dismissal lower-tribunal prima-facie procedural-rights standing due-process,equal-protection,civil-procedure,standing,prima-facie,lawsuit-dismissal
22-6525 Keith D. Arline, Jr. v. California California Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady-claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence material-evidence prosecutorial-misconduct suppression-of-evidence williams-v-traylor Whether the California Supreme Court rendered a decision in conflict with the law of the United States Supreme Court announced in Brady-v-Maryland,Kyl…
22-6539 Israel Romero v. Allwell from Absolute Total Care, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction documentary-evidence federal-question pro-se pro-se-litigation rule-28-usc-1915 summary-judgment Whether a motion for summary judgment can be denied as premature
22-6540 Brandon Williams v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-case-requirement categorical-approach circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing gonzales-v-duenas-alvarez precedent sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states When the underlying state statute is plainly broader than the generic definition of a criminal sentencing enhancement provision, must the defendant al…
22-6588 In Re Beverly A. Jenkins Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection instructions legal-notice lower-tribunal notice prima-facie pro-se standing Is it herein shown that the LT deviated from Sufficient Instructions/required sufficient Notice for non-counsel litigants?
22-6598 Yvonne Jiang v. Helen Xu California Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights court-of-appeal due-process evidence-tampering false-declaration fraud judicial-misconduct judicial-procedure legal-standing standing Whether a judgment should stand when the judge could not face the person against whom the judgment is rendered, knowing the judgment is based on false…
22-6648 Glen Plourde v. Redington-Fairview General Hospital, et al. First Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process government-misconduct judicial-overreach legislative-authority separation-of-powers standing state-statute state-supreme-court torture Separation-of-powers
22-6661 Brent Allen Morris v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP amendment-of-charges assault-and-battery due-process intent-to-kill jury-instructions preliminary-hearing Whether the trial court's amendment of the charge against the petitioner from 'Assault and Battery with Intent to Kill' to 'Assault and Battery with F…
22-667 Chen Bing v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process executive-authority free-speech genocide-determination human-rights-violations international-law judicial-review standing Whether there is sufficient evidence of genocide, crimes against humanity and forced labor in Xinjiang, China, and whether the Secretary of State has …
22-6772 Marion Bowman, Jr. v. Bryan P. Stirling, Commissioner, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP alternative-perpetrator brady-materiality brady-v-maryland capital-sentencing exculpatory-evidence giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus kyles-v-whitley materiality prosecutorial-misconduct witness-credibility Was the Fourth Circuit's finding of no materiality of the suppressed evidence inconsistent with this Court's clearly established precedents?
22-6774 Dewayne Lewis v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-protection dog-sniff economic-status fourth-amendment multiunit-living-space multiunit-living-spaces privacy-rights property-rights warrantless-search Does warrantless use of a drug detection dog constitute an unreasonable search when the officer and dog are standing in the common area of a multiunit…
22-6777 Fharis Denane Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP cell-phone circuit-split digital-privacy fourth-amendment good-faith law-enforcement-procedure probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant warrant-requirement Question Presented
22-6811 A. B. v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 conflict-of-interest criminal-justice-system cuyler-standard cuyler-v-sullivan ineffective-assistance prejudice-standard strickland-test strickland-v-washington successive-conflict successive-representation Where a defendant's lawyer owed conflicting duties to her and a former client, should she receive a new trial if the actual conflict adversely affecte…
22-698 Andrew Cohen, et al. v. Apple Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law cellphone-radiation civil-procedure fcc-regulations federal-preemption federal-regulations health-and-safety preemption radiation-safety state-health-law telecommunications-law Are state health and safety laws impliedly preempted, under a theory, by the FCC's procedural guidelines for reporting how much radiation a cellphone …
22-7013 Carl Puckett, et ux. v. Ain Jeem, Inc. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit federal-jurisdiction intellectual-property legal-standing pro-se-petition property-dispute standing trademark-infringement Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in dismissing the Pucketts' trademark infringement claims against Ain Jeem, Inc.
22-7027 Lester Barnett v. North Carolina North Carolina Denied IFP 10th-amendment 5th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment pre-trial-detention sentencing state-prisoner Was it unconstitutional for them to convict petitioner for a safecracking that happened while petitioner was confined at Mecklenburg County Jail on th…
22-7036 Michael Lawrence Cassidy v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence certificate-of-appealability constitutional-right habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations If a habeas petitioner seeks to expand a previously granted COA on a petition that was denied for procedural reasons, is it necessary for him to make …
22-7038 In Re Mohammad Sharifi Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22-7039 Michael T. Brooks v. Agate Resources, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP article-3-courts civil-procedure civil-rights disability-rights due-process informa-pauperis judicial-discretion qui-tam rehabilitation-act standing whistleblower whistleblower-protection Can a federal judge open a qui tam case that they dismissed three years ago, turning it into a criminal case against the relator?
22-7040 Michael Lee Gordon v. Doe, Designation Sentence Computation Center Official, et al. Eighth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-review bias civil-procedure constitutional-review due-process judicial-discretion legal-procedure recusal standing statutory-interpretation witness Whether the district court erred in denying Appellant's motion for recusal of the district court judge based on the judge's bias as a witness in the i…
22-7042 Rosa Serrano v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence federal-habeas procedural-default removal-jurisdiction state-court-proceeding void-conviction whistleblower-act Whether removal of state court proceeding divested state court of jurisdiction to enter a judgment of conviction
22-7044 In Re Jordan Powell Denied IFP administrative-law antitrust disaster-loan due-process economic-injury eidl loan-calculation patent sba sba-authority Whether the SBA had authority to apply an earlier loan calculation methodology to a longstanding increase request
22-7047 Ilana Rigwan, aka L. Powers v. South Beach Bayside Condominium Association I, Inc. Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct legal-description mortgage-fraud organized-crime property-rights property-transfer standing How can property in the United States be transferred by the court with proven false facts?
22-7049 Robert A. Martinez, Jr. v. Lucas County Jail Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 8th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment inmate-healthcare medical-treatment Is it legal to refuse prescribed medication to a Disabled person while incarcerated?
22-7050 Dorothy Weigman v. Victoria Wertz, as Trustee California Denied IFP accounting civil-procedure due-process judicial-misconduct mortgage-backed-securities probate probate-court racketeering securities-investment standing trust trust-administration Can there be a judgment for the approval of accounting when there has been no filing of an administration of the trust?
22-7051 William Todd Lewallen v. Scott Crow Tenth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-testimony due-process evidence jury-trial right-to-testify rock-v-arkansas sentencing sentencing-procedure state-evidence-law Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' rule that deems the accused's version of events irrelevant as a matter of law during sentencing procee…
22-7054 Jamar L. Travillion v. Bobbi Jo Salamon, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Rockview, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights due-process federal-review forfeiture habeas-corpus procedural-standard right-to-counsel waiver Could reasonable jurists disagree with the District Court's rejection of Petitionen's claim that the State Courts' determination that he forfeited his…
22-7056 Alexander Cameron v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Virginia Dismissed IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law due-process false-evidence free-speech judicial-procedure standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the dismissal of his appeal based on the state court's erroneous application of the 'n…
22-7063 Colby Dranoel Leonard v. James M. LeBlanc, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights compact-clause due-care due-process joint-tenancy jurisdiction prisoners-rights rehabilitation-programs standing venue venue-transfer Should the State District Court have transferred Mr. Leonard's civil suit to the correct venue/jurisdiction?
22-7064 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-provisions double-jeopardy due-process habeas-corpus inmate-rights judicial-review legal-controversy petition-clause pretrial-writ reindictment statutory-provisions Whether the state court's denial of a pretrial writ of habeas corpus on double jeopardy grounds, where the defendant was reindicted for the same offen…
22-7070 Kenneth Douglas Clark, III v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied IFP 6th and 8th Amendment rights by refusing to drop char and allowing a biased jury verdict excluding his self-defense claim constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel jury-bias jury-exclusion prosecutorial-misconduct self-defense sentencing sentencing-guidelines trial-procedure Whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania violated the Petitioner's 5th and 6th Amendment rights by refusing to drop all charges against him, denying h…
22-7072 Montoyya Sims v. Fox Ridge Apartments Michigan Denied IFP civil-procedure claim-transfer court-of-claims due-process judicial-review jurisdiction michigan-law procedural-rules removal standing supreme-court-procedure transfer Whether the United States Supreme Court should vacate the Michigan Supreme Court's order and transfer the individual claim to the Michigan Court of Cl…
22-7073 In Re Gregory K. Clinton Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts jurisdiction standing Whether the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes allow the Supreme Court to validate the U.S. District Court's dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit d…
22-7078 Rick Lee Searcy v. Central Intelligence Agency, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 12b6-dismissal civil-rights due-process fair-trial federal-rules-evidence first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-misconduct motion-to-recuse recusal standing Question not identified
22-7083 Rick Lee Searcy v. United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 12b-6-dismissal 1st-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-trial first-amendment judicial-bias judicial-misconduct motion-to-recuse standing Whether the petitioner received a fair and impartial proceeding that led to the 12(b)(6) dismissal of his civil rights complaint
22-7086 Lorenza Gerald Ferebee, Jr. v. C. Manis, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioners' claims for lack of standing and failure to state a claim
22-7099 Dana Simmons v. Andrew Beshear, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 advisory-opinion civil-rights color-of-state-law constitutional-challenge due-process injunctive-relief section-1983 standing state-law summary-judgment Whether lower federal courts may transpose a prima facie §1983 claim into a constitutional challenge not presented by the plaintiff's complaint
22-7115 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support-enforcement congressional-research-service constitutional-challenge constitutional-interpretation federal-matching-grant federal-reimbursement federal-reimbursements open-ended-program reimbursement-rate state-matching-grant In the context of the federal CSE reimbursement program, is the 'open-ended' and thus manipulatable federal program constitutional as currently practi…
22-7116 In Re Ramone L. Wright Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-error plea-agreement plea-bargaining rule-11 rule-52 Whether a violation of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure constitutes a cognizable error as provided by Rule 52(b)
22-7118 Scott David Creech v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-accommodation disability-rights due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prisoner-accommodation reasonable-accommodation Did the Ohio Department of Rehabilitations and Corrections know that Petitioner was disabled and thereafter deny him a reasonable accommodation to a k…
22-7123 Kenneth Chambers v. Indiana, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7128 James Cody McMahon v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP child-sex-offender civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-restrictions due-process first-amendment free-speech sex-offender-registration social-media Whether Louisiana's statute prohibiting child-sex-offender registrants from using social media is meaningfully distinguishable from the North Carolina…
22-714 Harry C. Calcutt, III v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process judicial-remand remand removal-restrictions standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether SEC v. Chenery Corp. and its progeny required the Sixth Circuit to remand the case to the agency after determining that the agency had applied…
22-7141 Donald McDonald v. Illinois Illinois Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habitual-criminal-act life-sentence non-violent-felony proportionate-penalties proportionate-penalties-clause sentencing solem-v-helm Whether the decision of the First District Appellate court of Illinois denying Petitioner's proportionate penalty clause claim conflicts with the deci…
22-7185 Brandon Scott Donaldson v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge batson-v-kentucky but-for-cause civil-rights fair-cross-section jury-selection peremptory-challenges peremptory-strike pretext race-neutral race-neutral-explanation systematic-underrepresentation Whether a peremptory challenge complies with Batson if a prosecutor voiced a race-neutral explanation for his strike in addition to pretextual, improp…
22-7187 Jody Lynn Ward v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment certiorari-denial due-process fair-trial judicial-misconduct juror-bias juror-impartiality remmer-hearing Was petitioner prejudiced when the South Carolina Supreme Court denied his writ of certiorari on oral arguments
22-7192 Dan Pizarro v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consecutive-sentences criminal-sentencing district-court-authority district-court-discretion federal-criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction future-events future-sentence-commencement judicial-sentencing-power sentencing-authority setser-v-united-states Does a district court exceed its authority by expressly or effectively ordering its sentence to run consecutively to a sentence in another federal cas…
22-7200 Su Qin Pan v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
22-7203 K. Y. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
22-7210 David McCall, Jr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 circuit-split criminal-procedure district-court-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason sentence-reduction sentencing-law whether-district-court-may-consider-sentencing-disparity
22-7240 Cole Lusby v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause criminal-law criminal-statute due-process facial-vagueness mens-rea sex-offender-registration vagueness-challenge Whether SORNA's registration requirements are unconstitutionally vague
22-7251 Thomas Creighton Shrader v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-competence constitutional-standing criminal-procedure criminal-venue federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit-review standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction venue When Congress by Statute has mandatorily set where the criminal Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the offense must be, was the Fourth Circuit in error to…
22-7277 Genard Alonzo Toney v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-conviction discovery due-process essential-element ineffective-assistance judicial-review plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing-hearing trial-integrity Whether defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel
22-7303 Patrick Dewayne Smith v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release extraordinary-and-compelling extraordinary-circumstances federal-law-change first-step-act mandatory-life-sentence mandatory-minimum retroactivity sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform Whether non-retroactive changes in federal law can serve as 'extraordinary and compelling reasons' warranting a sentence reduction under 18 U.S.C. § 3…
22-7308 Jose Alfredo Solis v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-appeals guidelines-range harmless-error sentencing-guidelines standard-of-proof What standard of proof must the government meet to prove a preserved Guidelines error is harmless?
22-7310 Antonio Minnis v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure enhanced-sentence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining prejudice-prong sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Whether the court's prejudice prong in Strickland v. Washington is satisfied when an attorney admits to ineffective assistance and the defendant rejec…
22-7312 Jackie Mitchell v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-panel criminal-history domestic-violence federal-circuit-court federal-court-interpretation federal-implications panel-decision sixth-circuit-rule state-court-interpretation state-law state-law-interpretation Question Presented To resolve a federal defendant's criminal history, must a circuit court panel use the current state court interpretations of state …
22-7313 Rakim Moberly v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-standard compassionate-release criminal-procedure excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure first-step-act notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appeal Whether the petitioner's letter to the district court clerk qualified as a notice of appeal
22-7329 Robert Wayne Gillman v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest fair-trial fraud judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-discretion manifest-injustice prosecutorial-misconduct structural-defect Is it manifest injustice when conflict-of-interest, prosecutorial-misconduct, judicial-abuse-of-discretion, and fraud deprive defendant of a fair tria…
22-733 Pacific Gas & Electric Company v. Ad Hoc Committee of Holders of Trade Claims Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-practice equitable-considerations federal-rate post-petition-interest solvent-debtor statutory-interpretation Whether a clear statement is required for the Bankruptcy-Code to depart from past-bankruptcy-practice
22-7330 Pedro Perez-Hernandez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP citizenship citizenship-status civil-rights constitutional-violations criminal-procedure deportation due-process habeas-corpus immigration ineffective-counsel sentencing Whether petitioner's conviction for 'illegal reentry' was supported by sufficient evidence
22-7333 David Jah, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights commerce-clause criminal-procedure due-process interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions pro-se-representation sixth-amendment speedy-trial speedy-trial-act government-fabricated-evidence
22-7335 Enrique Holguin v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-standards expert-testimony judicial-discretion law-enforcement preliminary-hearing preliminary-proceedings trial-procedure Whether district courts should be required to hold some type of preliminary proceedings before allowing experienced-based law enforcement experts to t…
22-7336 Shawn Kaleb Drake v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-prisons credit criminal-procedure duty-to-determine federal-sentence federal-sentencing judicial-discretion presentence-detention sentencing Whether a district court has a duty to determine on its own whether the Bureau of Prisons will give credit for presentence detention time when a defen…
22-7338 Robert Lemke v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP autonomy criminal-autonomy criminal-defendant defendant-rights due-process legal-representation liberty liberty-interests mental-health mental-health-considerations sentencing sentencing-procedure Whether a criminal defendant's right to autonomy applies to his sentencing?
22-7342 Dupree Penn v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fourteenth-amendment incorporation Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-7344 Oscar Jesus Salais v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP attempted-murder evidence-sufficiency habeas habeas-corpus jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia judicial-review ninth-circuit sufficiency-of-evidence summary-reversal Whether the Ninth Circuit's reliance on nonexistent testimony so departed from the accepted course of judicial proceedings as to justify summary rever…
22-7345 Ali F. Elmezayen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure domestic-abuse due-process fair-trial impartial-jury jury-selection sixth-amendment voir-dire Whether a district court may refuse to inform the venire during jury selection about key emotional issues in the case, such as allegations of domestic…
22-7349 Thomas J. M. Goodin v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance standing Whether the Fifth Circuit clearly erred by exceeding the limited scope of the COA analysis
22-7350 Emanuel Higuera v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidentiary-hearing expert-testimony judicial-discretion law-enforcement preliminary-proceedings trial-procedure witness-qualification Whether district courts should be required to hold some type of preliminary proceedings before allowing experienced-based law enforcement experts to t…
22-7351 Leonard Scaggs v. A. Ciolli, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 actual-innocence habeas-corpus jury-instructions rosemond-decision savings-clause section-2241 supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-rosemond Whether this Court's decision in United States v. Rosemond was available to petitioner in a motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 under the 'savin…
22-7352 Samuel Jesus Avila v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-procedure federal-rule plain-error precedent second-amendment standing Is an error 'plain' within the meaning of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) only if controlling precedent has recognized the exact same error i…
22-7354 Rafael L. Beier v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining section-2255-motion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Did the Ninth Circuit err in summarily denying a certificate of appealability that would allow an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate, set…
22-7361 Demonte Tretion Kelly v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appellate-waiver circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process intellectual-disability miscarriage-of-justice sentencing-guidelines Whether appellate waivers in federal criminal cases contain an implied exception for miscarriage-of-justice
22-7363 David Vahlkamp v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure equitable-tolling gross-negligence habeas-corpus holland-v-florida ineffective-assistance postconviction-attorney postconviction-relief reasonable-diligence sixth-amendment Whether the Petitioner is entitled to equitable tolling in light of his postconviction attorney's gross negligence
22-7366 Donald Joshua Smith v. Omoniyi Akintola Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation cruel-unusual-punishment deliberate-indifference due-process inadequate-care medical-malpractice medical-negligence toxic-exposure Why was Akintola not held medically responsible for examining, diagnosing, and treating plaintiff's medical conditions?
22-7367 Christopher J. Bailey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-justice-reform criminal-sentencing district-court-discretion first-step-act precedent sentence-reduction sentencing Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act
22-7371 Ryan William Buchheim v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability eighth-circuit fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rodriguez-standard rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying an evidentiary hearing on ineffective-assistance-of-counsel and unlawful-traffic-stop clai…
22-7378 Patrick Ellis Cochran v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining plea-negotiations sixth-amendment speedy-trial Was Petitioner's right to a speedy trial under the 6th Amendment denied?
22-7381 Larry Anthony Ladson, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing procedural-due-process selective-prosecution standing Whether Petitioner was a victim of Selective-Prosecution
22-7416 In Re Ronald Pack Denied IFP 2244(d)(1)(B) 2244(d)(2) aedpa-tolling article-i-section-9 circuit-court great-writ habeas-corpus procedural-default statutory-limitations statutory-tolling writ-of-certiorari Does a Federal Court's denial of a State prisoner's right to statutory tolling under 2244(d)(2) or 2244(da)(1)(B) effectively suspend the great writ i…
22-747 Tracy Renee Pennington v. West Virginia West Virginia Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) arrest-warrant circuit-split fourth-amendment fourth-circuit home-entry law-enforcement payton-v-new-york probable-cause When the police have an arrest warrant for a person, can they enter a home without probable cause that the person resides there and is present within?
22-751 Charles C. Liu, et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split disgorgement equity-practice joint-and-several-liability mandate-rule net-profits procedural-requirement profits-based-remedy third-party-funds Whether the decision of the Ninth Circuit requiring petitioners to disgorge funds they raised and disbursed to unrelated third parties, but never pers…
22-772 Ultra Petroleum Corporation, et al. v. Ad Hoc Committee of OpCo Unsecured Creditors, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) bankruptcy-code creditor-recovery judicial-exception lower-court-confusion post-petition-interest solvent-debtor-exception statutory-interpretation statutory-text unmatured-interest Whether an unwritten 'solvent-debtor exception' overrides the Bankruptcy Code's statutory text and allows creditors in solvent-debtor cases to recover…
22-820 Lori D. McLaughlin v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights doj-policy due-process fourteenth-amendment giglio-determination giglio-policy law-enforcement standing Are law enforcement officers entitled to due process rights prior to a Giglio determination?
22-891 John Earl Erickson, et ux. v. Vanessa Power, et al. Washington Denied civil-proceedings client-concealment due-process false-pleadings foreclosure-action forged-documents fraud-on-court fraud-on-the-court legal-misrepresentation relief-from-judgments summary-judgment Does fraud on the court committed by officers of the court in civil proceedings violate due process requiring relief from judgments fraudulently procu…
22-892 Guangyu Wang v. Nevada System of Higher Education Ninth Circuit Denied anti-retaliation anti-retaliation-standard civil-rights decision-making due-process hierarchical-network-processing network-processing retaliation statutory-remedies title-vii How to incorporate a human decision-making process and the anti-retaliation standard into a hierarchical network processing model and why it matters t…
22-898 Ronald I. Paul v. South Carolina Department of Transportation, et al. South Carolina Denied declaratory-relief eminent-domain fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment just-compensation property-rights settlement-agreement Whether a settlement agreement in an eminent domain case violates the just compensation clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
22-901 Richard E. Gardiner v. Nels Anderson Utah Denied attorney-fees civil-procedure contract court-of-appeals due-process fourteenth-amendment legal-theory utah-supreme-court waiver Whether the Utah Supreme Court denied Petitioner his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process
22-906 Alan Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) actual-malice appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure defamation first-amendment new-york-times-v-sullivan public-figure public-figures should-the-actual-malice-standard-be-revisited
22-909 Kroger Limited Partnership I v. United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1995 Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration civil-procedure federal-courts judgment-on-pleadings labor-arbitration labor-law pleadings presumption-in-favor-of-arbitrability rule-12c Does the universal standard for judgment on the pleadings apply to a Rule 12(c) motion to compel a labor arbitration or does the general principle of …
22-910 Javitch Block, LLC v. Jerome Redman Fourth Circuit Denied civil-procedure district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction procedural-remand remand removal state-court-litigation waiver Whether waiver by participation in state court litigation is a permissible basis for District Courts to decline to exercise their original jurisdictio…
22-911 Robert R. Snyder v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al. California Denied administrative-law administrative-regulation agency-discretion chevron-deference civil-rights due-process judicial-review ministerial-duty prisoner-rights property-rights statutory-authority Did the California corrections agency exceed the bounds of its statutory authority?
22-917 Nayonn Gray v. Autozoners, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1981 civil-rights contract contract-services discriminatory-intent material-fact pretext racial-discrimination section-1981 summary-judgment Whether summary judgment should be granted when there are genuine issues of material fact as to whether a defendant's refusal to provide services requ…
22-925 Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, fka Unified Patents, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) acting-official acting-officials agency-delegation federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-and-trademark-office patent-trial-and-appeal-board presidentially-appointed-senate-confirmed succession-plan Whether the Commissioner for Patents' exercise of the Director's authority pursuant to an internal agency delegation violated the Federal Vacancies Re…
22-954 Justin Marcus Zinman v. California California Denied Response Waived civil-rights establishment-clause first-amendment free-speech homeland-defense political-ideology second-amendment state-secrets takings Whether allowing a Progressive political ideology to influence the law violates the Establishment clause of the First Amendment?
22-956 Paul Johnson v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District Texas Denied Response Waived access-to-justice civil-rights due-process equal-protection mandamus-writ pro-se public-information standard-of-proof standing statutory-interpretation texas-law Should the State of Texas create a separate standard of proof in statutory Writ of Mandamus cases that denies the poor and pro se requesters access to…
22-960 Christen Robinson Kelley v. Catherine Howden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 42-usc-1981 civil-rights discrimination mixed-motive retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Did the District Judge err in granting summary judgment against Ms. Kelley's claims?
22-980 Neil Paul Noble v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment fundamental-right harmless-error indictment-notice notice sixth-amendment state-courts Is the Sixth Amendment right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation a fundamental federal constitutional right that should be made a…
22-986 Grant Nyhammer v. Paula Basta, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois Department on Aging Illinois Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for lack of standing
22A889 Mary La Riccia, et vir v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, et al. Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22A921 Women of Color For Equal Justice, et al. Applicants v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M105 Sealed Appellant v. United States Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M106 Daniel Villa v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia Presumed Complete None
22M107 Sealed Appellant v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete None
22M108 Derek Sine v. Kathryn Kosmides New York Presumed Complete None