Conference: 2023-05-25

90 cases — 0 granted, 90 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1533 Sergio Mencia-Medina v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eighth Circuit GVR Relisted (3) None
22-1009 Barbara Kolkowski v. Ashtabula Area Teacher's Association, et al. Ohio Denied Response Waived civil-rights collective-bargaining due-process fourteenth-amendment free-speech grievance-process individual-rights labor-law liberty-interest public-employment statutory-interpretation Whether a public employee in Ohio under a collective bargaining agreement providing for binding arbitration has the Constitutional right either fundam…
22-1015 Leon A. Brown, IV v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-courts burns-v-wilson circuit-split exculpatory-evidence military-habeas-corpus military-justice-act military-justice-act-of-1983 uniform-code-of-military-justice Whether the Court should overrule Burns v. Wilson
22-1036 Ronda L. Cormier v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fifth-circuit meaningful-access pro-se pro-se-appeal summary-judgment willis-v-cleco Did the Fifth Circuit's automatic application of Willis v. Cleco violate the pro se Petitioner's rights to equal-protection, meaningful-access-to-cour…
22-1037 Howard Center v. AFSCME Local 1674, et al. Vermont Denied Response Waived arbitration-review civil-rights disciplinary-sanctions due-process federal-regulations health-privacy healthcare-regulation hipaa hipaa-privacy-rule patient-privacy workforce-compliance workforce-sanctions Whether a covered entity must ensure HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance by its workforce, adopt a sanction policy, and apply appropriate sanctions against …
22-1041 Kevin Brunner v. Megan Marie McMurry, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment child-welfare children civil-rights due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement protective-custody qualified-immunity Whether a child left alone in a residence without adult supervision constitutes an exigent circumstance under the Fourth Amendment?
22-1052 Patricia Hermann v. Jonathan B. McFarland, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure federal-rules-civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure good-cause judicial-discretion procedural-motion reconsideration time-extension Whether the district court abused its discretion in denying a motion for extension of time under Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A) where the record showed go…
22-1056 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. State Bar of California California Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process expressive-association free-speech petitioning state-bar-court Whether the Final Decision of a State Court Denying Review of the Decision of an Administrative Agency Recommending Disbarment, Causes an Interlocutor…
22-1059 Jorge Marc Gonzalez-Betancourt v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-forfeiture collateral-estoppel controlled-substances double-jeopardy exhaustion fifth-amendment ruan-v-united-states state-prosecution Is Florida violating federal rights of its prisoners by preventing a defendant from arguing collateral-estoppel, claiming-exhaustion?
22-1064 Dephne Nguyen Wright v. Texas Texas Denied Response Waived fourth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance probable-cause search-warrant stale-evidence stale-information Whether the Texas courts' misapplication of this Court's precedent concerning 'stale' search warrants requires a remand for reconsideration of petitio…
22-191 Alma Aracely Castaneda-Martinez v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Eleventh Circuit GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) None
22-583 Evan Greebel v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights compensatory-payments consumer-credit-protection-act consumer-protection due-process earnings-definition garnishment garnishment-limitations mandatory-victims-restitution-act statutory-interpretation Whether lump-sum compensatory payments to an individual, such as those made pursuant to a retirement plan, qualify as 'earnings' subject to the CCPA's…
22-588 A. B. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (3) None
22-6431 Philip Johnson v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights eighth-amendment guilty-plea juvenile-justice juvenile-sentencing miller-factors miller-v-alabama plea-bargaining proportionate-penalties sentencing sentencing-discretion Whether a pre-Miller guilty plea bars a post-Miller sentencing challenge under the Eighth Amendment
22-654 Kola Hasanaj v. Detroit Public Schools Community District, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process education-reform no-child-left-behind school-district-compliance statutory-mandate teacher-certification teacher-evaluation teacher-tenure Did Federal and State statutes targeting education reform to ensure access to high quality public education for all and specifically for immigrant, bl…
22-6587 Vernon White v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-113 40-usc-3112 circuit-split criminal-law federal-jurisdiction federal-prison maritime-jurisdiction special-maritime-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether proof that a crime occurred at a federal prison is sufficient to establish the existence of 'special maritime or territorial jurisdiction of t…
22-6594 James Michael Fayed v. Oak Smith, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings Whether the Petitioner's claims were properly exhausted and considered by the lower courts
22-6600 Eric Banks v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-prison jurisdictional-requirements statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction Whether the prosecution must show the facts required under 40 U.S.C. §3112(b) to establish territorial jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. §7(3)
22-6635 Adrian Weatherspoon v. Amazon Tennessee Denied Relisted (2)IFP bonus-compensation civil-procedure employment-contract job-performance password-sharing procedural-fairness termination workplace-rights Did Amazon properly compensate Mr. Weatherspoon for his job performance?
22-6676 David Tabb, as Administrator of the Estate of John Leonard Fadeley v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
22-6715 Donnell Bledsoe v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al. Ninth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech religious-freedom social-media standing statutory-interpretation surveillance Whether the plaintiffs' First Amendment rights were violated by Facebook's surveillance of their religious posts about UFOs
22-6734 In Re Lee Kent Hempfling, et ux. Denied Relisted (2)IFP censorship civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction criminal-investigation due-process free-speech judicial-review legal-standing standing writ-of-mandamus Whether the listed state and federal court actions are parallel to any legally invoked criminal investigation or prosecution stemming from crimes repo…
22-6743 Tara Grant v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP None
22-6765 Mamberto Real v. Michael Perry Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure court-cameras due-process equal-protection federal-rules-civil-procedure judicial-review misconduct review witness witness-misconduct Whether the district court failed to review the court's building cameras after the facts, to verify a misconduct from a defense's witness; thereby vio…
22-681 Pardeep Kumar v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit GVR Relisted (3) None
22-6821 James Mammone v. Charlotte Jenkins, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP change-of-venue fair-trial habeas-corpus prejudice-presumption presumption-of-prejudice pretrial-publicity rideau-v-louisiana sixth-amendment In determining whether to presume prejudice under Rideau and Skilling, are courts permitted to consider (1) the defendant's role in creating the pretr…
22-695 Jane Does No. 1–6, et al. v. Reddit, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) child-pornography civil-action civil-liability communications-decency-act internet-immunity sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation third-party-liability Whether the exception to CDA immunity contained in 47 U.S.C. § 230(e)(5)(A) is limited solely to Section 1595 claims where the defendant itself has co…
22-6999 Allen Maki v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection evidence-rules judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction motion-in-limine second-amendment statutory-interpretation texas-criminal-law Whether there is a conflict between Tex Criminal Code Art. 44.17 And Tex Gov. Code Sec. 30.00015 (a)
22-701 Norman Bartsch Herterich v. Mary E. Wiss, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) appellate-review claims-and-issues constitutional-violations district-court federal-constitutional-violations federal-district-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-adjudication state-court-proceedings Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal-district-court jurisdiction over an action merely because the action alleges federal-constitutional-v…
22-7060 Zachary James McAlexander v. D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection corporate-liability due-process false-advertising first-amendment seventh-amendment standing Why is the right to petition the government for grievances not being honored in this case, along with others, in accordance with the First Amendment a…
22-7066 Bonnie Pfluger v. Wendy Nicholas, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Muncy, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP bill-of-attainder constitutional-law constitutional-restriction criminal-law due-process firearm-possession parole parole-violation statutory-interpretation Whether the defendant can be found guilty for a parole violation and a criminal violation for illegal possession of a firearm if it is illegal to tran…
22-7067 Thomas Powers v. Greg Donathan Seventh Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process illinois-sexual-violent-persons-act involuntary-detention sixth-amendment speedy-trial Whether the petitioner is entitled to release from involuntary detention
22-7077 Otis Gamble, III v. Allstate Insurance Co. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP alabama civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the defendants were denied due process and equal protection under the law
22-7081 Tamir Abdullah v. Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus judicial-jurisdiction qualified-immunity standing Whether petitioner has a right to have his allegations disputed by respondents
22-7084 Christopher Daniel Lutker v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process guilty-plea involuntary-confession knowingly-voluntarily mental-competency plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea
22-7093 Walter Harris v. Neil Turner, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights culer-v-adams due-process interstate-agreement-on-detainers prison-litigation-reform-act pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness section-1983 standing Whether the petitioner's 42 USC 1983 complaint was improperly dismissed for failing to cite specific statutes and case law on the PLRA complaint form,…
22-7095 Efrain Avila-Flores v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 8-usc-1326d administrative-procedure circuit-split due-process fundamental-fairness fundamental-unfairness immigration-law removal-proceedings statutory-interpretation Whether a failure to advise an unrepresented alien in removal proceedings about relief for which he is apparently eligible, is a defect that can rende…
22-7102 Towaki Komatsu v. NTT Data, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion arbitration-costs civil-procedure civil-rights discovery-order due-process judicial-discretion res-judicata sanctions standing whether-redetermination-is-warranted
22-7105 Jimmy Allen Roberts v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling habeas-corpus legal-access prison-library statute-of-limitations Whether the Fourth Circuit's bright-line rule denying equitable tolling to North Carolina prisoners who lack access to legal resources violates the co…
22-7107 In Re Jeffrey L. G. Johnson, et al. Denied IFP civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus ministerial-duty missouri-supreme-court res-judicata section-1983 standing state-actor Whether the state's highest court's denial of mandamus relief based on an unconstitutional unwritten policy violated the petitioner's civil rights
22-7110 Derek Windell Cole v. Marcie R. McMinimee, as Trustee of the Derek Windell Cole Trust Colorado Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equitable-interest legal-standing marital-property probate standing testamentary-trust trust-beneficiary Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals committed reversible error by applying division-of-marital-property law to a testamentary-trust case
22-7119 Vincent Alonzo Corson v. Texas Texas Denied IFP carrier-standard cause-and-prejudice constitutional-infirmity due-process habeas-corpus mccleskey-abuse-of-writ preclusive-effect retroactivity state-court-proceedings Whether a state court judgment that is constitutionally infirm due to lack of a full and fair hearing should be given preclusive effect
22-7131 Deandre D. Currington v. Mason Bynum, Sheriff, Dale County, Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
22-7132 Abraham A. Augustin v. Bradley County Sheriff's Office, et al. Tennessee Dismissed IFP civil-forfeiture civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process illegal-seizure legal-standing property-rights standing takings Whether a claim for missing property that was never forfeited nor returned to the property owner should be dismissed and dependent upon a favorable ou…
22-7135 Victoria Michelle Drain v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP 8th-amendment capital-punishment capital-sentencing defense-counsel eddings-v-oklahoma eighth-amendment mitigating-evidence ohio-supreme-court sentencing-review strategic-choice Whether defense counsel has discretion to present mitigating evidence in a capital case
22-7136 Terry Froman v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP 6th-amendment capital-punishment due-process impartial-jury ineffective-assistance-of-counsel juror-selection jury-impartiality racial-bias right-to-counsel trial-procedure Whether a capital defendant is denied his right to an impartial jury when admittedly racially biased jurors were allowed to determine his guilt and pu…
22-7140 George Cerron v. Personal Investment Inc. Florida Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure counsel-disqualification due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment nonfinal-appeal nonfinal-order standing state-law Does a nonfinal appeal qualify to be dismissed by the court, claiming it is dismissed as being from a nonappealable nonfinal order?
22-7147 Tanya Winters v. Timothy M. Wright, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Gila County, et al. Arizona Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-law due-process property-rights standing takings Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment
22-7158 Reginald Langston Luster v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prejudice right-to-testify stand-your-ground trial-counsel whether-petitioner-luster-is-entitled-to-a-certificate-of-appealability
22-7175 Marvin Eduardo Luna Gomez v. Internal Revenue Service Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-claim data-breach due-process federal-statute identity-theft iRS-liability standing tax-refund Whether the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiff's complaint for failure to state a claim
22-7176 In Re Thomas J. M. Goodin Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-jurisdiction circuit-court-review civil-rights due-process exceptional-circumstances federal-habeas habeas-corpus mandamus-petition pro-se-litigant standing Whether granting of this writ will conform to the Court's appellate jurisdiction that only exceptional circumstances warrant the exercise of the Court…
22-7195 Jerry Lynn McGavitt v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment collateral-proceedings collateral-review constitutional-right due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel trial-counsel Whether a prisoner has a right to effective counsel in collateral proceedings which provide the first occasion to raise a claim of ineffective assista…
22-7225 Andrew Michael Gomez v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-inquiry criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-suppress plea-bargaining presumption-of-innocence trial-court whether-trial-court-required-to-inquire-into-factual-basis-of-guilty-plea
22-7226 Travis J. Guttu v. Chris S. Buesgen, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence aedpa-deadline due-process ineffective-assistance miscarriage-of-justice no-trial plea-agreement procedural-innocence record sixth-amendment-right Does a claim of procedural innocence require a petitioner to show his actual innocence with facts outside of the record where no trial took place?
22-7233 Justin Heath Thomas v. California California Denied IFP apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-punishment constitutional-requirement criminal-sentencing death-penalty due-process jury-finding jury-trial reasonable-doubt ring-v-arizona statutory-maximum Whether California's death penalty scheme violates the constitutional requirement that any fact, other than a prior conviction, that serves to increas…
22-7255 Thomas L. Fast v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights cold-war constitutional-rights due-process g-r-u-interference judicial-misconduct jurisdiction national-security pre-trial-procedure standing Did the Florida Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court and Appellate Courts violate Petitioner's 14th Amendment, Sections 1 and 3 Constitutional Due Process r…
22-7275 Matthew Jones v. Delaware Delaware Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection hate-crime judicial-branch law-enforcement police-misconduct standing takings Are the police in race, in business, in government authority, and in mass support still able to attempt to murder me decades later?
22-7283 Ronald O. LaTray v. Pete Bludworth, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment habeas-corpus state-courts stone-v-powell What constitutes a full and fair opportunity to litigate a United States Constitutional Fourth Amendment violation complaint invoking the exclusionary…
22-7311 Randal Thomas Rosado v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-act double-jeopardy fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment multiple-prosecutions multiple-punishments negotiated-plea plea-bargaining same-offense sixth-amendment Does a ten-count conviction under the same statute for a single act of filing one document violate the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment p…
22-7326 Quandraiko Hayes v. Mike Brown, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ex-post-facto sentencing Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit unreasonably denied the petitioner's due-process, effective-assistance-of-counsel, cruel-and-u…
22-7402 Nathan Alvarado v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment gideon-v-wainwright habeas-corpus public-importance state-court Did the State Court proceedings afford Due Process and Equal Protection of Laws under the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment?
22-7407 Derrick D. Hayes v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance prejudice right-to-counsel trial-strategy Whether the petitioner's trial attorney rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by pursuing a defense that was patently untenable and doomed …
22-7447 In Re Antonio D. McCaster Denied IFP civil-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus judicial-discretion petition-review procedural-error standing statute-of-limitations timeliness writ-of-certiorari Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's habeas corpus petition as untimely
22-7449 Robert Richard Spurling, III v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-law jury-instructions retroactive-application sexual-abuse state-courts statutory-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a state court's decision that a state statute prevents the state courts from conducting analysis pursuant to United States Supreme Court prece…
22-7454 In Re Reginald Swinton Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-court discretionary-review due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mandate statutory-interpretation sua-sponte Is the Circuit Court's order an abuse of discretion?
22-7484 In Re Richard Chapman Denied IFP appellate-review binding-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-mandate due-process evidentiary-hearing judicial-discretion record-review standing Whether the trial court abused its authority when it departed from the appellate court mandate
22-785 Theryn Jones v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment immunity self-incrimination sixth-amendment witness witness-immunity when-the-due-process-clause-requires-vacatur-of-a-criminal-conviction-based-on-the-government's-refusal-to-seek-immunity-for-a-defense-witness
22-787 Troy University, et al. v. Sharell Farmer North Carolina Denied Amici (1) 11th-amendment constitutional-precedent corporate-registration sovereign-immunity state-courts state-sovereign-immunity sue-and-be-sued sue-and-be-sued-clause waiver-of-immunity Whether a State waives its sovereign immunity from private suit in the courts of another State by operating in the State under a corporate registratio…
22-805 BG Gulf Coast LNG, L.L.C., et al. v. Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) commerce-clause congressional-consent constitutional-interpretation harbor-navigation maritime-law port-fees takings tonnage-clause user-fees Whether the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 permits localities to charge fees for incomplete and unusable increments of a harbor navigation pr…
22-822 Avery Dennison Corporation v. ADASA Inc. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-101 binary-encoding most-significant-bits patent-claim patent-eligibility rfid rfid-technology section-101 serial-number Whether the patent claim, by subdividing a serial number into 'most significant bits' that are assigned such that they remain identical across RFID ta…
22-872 Evans Creek, LLC v. City of Reno, Nevada Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) constitutional-law constitutional-property due-process land-use-regulation penn-central penn-central-test property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings takings-claim Whether a property owner states a valid takings claim by alleging that a regulation substantially deprives the owner of the right to use property, or …
22-921 Dan Cherner v. Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied civil-rights court-appointed court-immunity custody-proceeding due-process family-court forensic-evaluator judicial-immunity qualified-immunity state-action state-actor Are respondents state actors?
22-922 Ryan J. Welter v. Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine Massachusetts Denied administrative-discretion capacity-to-deceive career-ending-sanctions due-process fourteenth-amendment intent-materiality-harm misleading-statements occupational-licensing When can a licensing board impose career-ending sanctions based on truthful statements with potential to mislead?
22-923 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. District of Columbia Denied civil-rights discrimination-claims due-process first-amendment judicial-error right-to-petition summary-affirmance title-vii Whether inexcusable error by U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia to issue an unclear Order with judicial errors that is confusing…
22-928 Roger Swartz v. Board of Trustees of University of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied academic-freedom civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances scienter state-action state-actor university-funding When can unrestricted state funding to a university professor make them a state actor?
22-929 BYD Motors Inc. v. Soderholm Sales and Leasing, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-panel appellate-review de-novo-review district-court hawaii-statute judicial-review memorandum-disposition salve-regina-college-v-russell standard-of-review statutory-interpretation Whether the Memorandum disposition, where the majority of the split appellate panel affirmed the district court's appealed decision without having con…
22-931 Paulo K. Mwassa v. Presbyterian Homes & Services Eighth Circuit Denied but-for-causation but-for-cause civil-rights discrimination employment-discrimination federal-sector-employment protected-activity retaliation title-vii Whether the federal-sector provision of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires a plaintiff to prove that retaliation for protected activit…
22-934 Dale Sundby, Trustee v. Marquee Funding Group, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure court-of-appeal due-process judgment party-presentation precedential-ruling property-rights standing sua-sponte trustee-representation Can the court of appeal ignore its own precedential rulings
22-936 Martine Bernard v. Christopher Hodyl Colorado Denied autonomy civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment liberty liberty-rights monetary-sanctions psychotherapist-patient-privilege psychotherapist-privilege therapy-disclosure Whether statutory psychotherapist-patient privilege and due-process bar state court from forcing petitioner to use court-appointed therapist or face s…
22-937 VNG Corporation v. Lang Van, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure due-process federal-rule internet-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction rule-4(k)(2) specific-jurisdiction Whether traditional due process principles apply to the exercise of specific personal jurisdiction over defendants based on their universally accessib…
22-941 Hatem Saied v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board of Pennsylvania, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment benefits bias constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel employer-liability medical-care workers-compensation Should the employer be responsible for fully paying all benefits till the date of the WCJ's decision, even if the worker had recovered earlier?
22-944 Lois Yankah v. Sgt. Moore, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure filing-deadline fugitive-disentitlement fugitive-disentitlement-doctrine speedy-trial speedy-trial-act Whether an appellate court may dismiss an appeal filed after the filing deadline but before the 3-day extension for notices sent by mail
22-963 John Doe v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-action criminal-conduct criminal-violation dodd-frank enforcement-action judicial-action pleaded-guilty sec-interpretation sentencing whistleblower whistleblower-award Does Dodd-Frank's whistleblower award program exclude whistleblowers whose criminal conduct is only tangentially connected to the enforcement action (…
22-964 Kenneth Allen Pruitt v. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge corruption default-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-corruption standing standing-doctrine ultra-vires uncac Are 'Pruitt-type' complaints of corrupt acts by ultra vires actors a special species of complaints that enable a lower hurdle standing?
22-972 Jacqueline A. Watkins v. City of Chicago, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-employment-action cat's-paw cat's-paw-theory causation-standard civil-rights-act-of-1964 employment employment-discrimination mixed-motive racial-discrimination sex-discrimination title-vii Whether an employer can be liable for racial and sex discrimination under Title VII based on a supervisor's alleged bias
22-973 Gerardo Urbano v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
22-984 Everline Gesare Nyabwari v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
22-989 Rodney Lynn Dalton v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-trial cumulative-error due-process prosecutorial-misconduct standard-of-review What is the appropriate standard for determining cumulative prosecutorial misconduct in a criminal trial?
22-998 Alt’s Dairy Farm, LLC v. Nau Country Insurance Company Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-dispute contract-terms crop-insurance federal-arbitration-act judicial-review statutory-interpretation time-limitation time-period Is the timeliness of petitioners' district court actions governed by the one-year period provided in the Common Crop Insurance Policy or by §12 of the…
22M109 David Calhoun v. United States Third Circuit Presumed Complete None