Conference: 2023-06-29

43 cases — 0 granted, 43 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-1557 Dayonta McClinton v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (14) criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-acquittal sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted …
21-763 John Forrest Ham, Jr. v. M. Breckon, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (4) 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 circuit-precedent federal-prisoner habeas-corpus retroactivity section-2241 section-2255 sentence-review sentencing Whether a district court has jurisdiction under section 2241 to review a claim that a federal prisoner's sentence is invalid in light of an intervenin…
21-8190 Thomas Luczak v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (13)IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether this Court should overturn its decision in United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148 (S.Ct. 1997), which holds that sentencing judges can consider …
21-926 Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. Tyrance McCall Georgia Denied Amici (3)Relisted (4) consent corporate-registration due-process forum-contacts fourteenth-amendment general-jurisdiction personal-jurisdiction state-sovereignty Whether the Due Process Clause permits a state to assert personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state corporation for claims not arising from the forum …
22-118 Marquis Shaw v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (12) acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process issue-preclusion jury-trial sentencing united-states-v-watts Whether the use of acquitted conduct at sentencing violates the Jury Clauses or Due Process Clause
22-193 Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (15)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split civil-rights civil-rights-act employment-discrimination job-transfer material-disadvantage materially-significant-disadvantages statutory-interpretation title-vii Does Title VII prohibit discrimination as to all 'terms, conditions, or privileges of employment,' or is its reach limited to discriminatory employer …
22-204 Melissa Elaine Klein, et vir v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Oregon GVR Amici (13)Relisted (2) civil-rights custom-art due-process employment-division employment-division-v-smith first-amendment free-speech masterpiece-cakeshop religious-freedom religious-hostility Whether, under Masterpiece, the Oregon Court of Appeals should have entered judgment for Petitioners after finding that Respondent had demonstrated an…
22-362 Matt Huffman, President of the Ohio Senate, et al. v. Meryl Neiman, et al. Ohio GVR Relisted (2) congressional-elections congressional-redistricting constitutional-interpretation elections-clause judicial-review ohio-supreme-court proportional-representation redistricting state-constitution state-legislature Whether state courts violate the Elections Clause by enforcing state constitutional limits on a state legislature's power to regulate congressional el…
22-369 Carlos Monteiro Silva v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General First Circuit Denied Relisted (3) None
22-374 Troy Olhausen v. Arriva Medical, LLC, et al. Eleventh Circuit GVR Relisted (5) circuit-split civil-procedure false-claims-act knowingly objective-reasonableness objective-standard scienter statutory-interpretation subjective-standard Whether a False Claims Act defendant alleged to have 'knowingly' violated a provision of federal law can escape liability by articulating, after the f…
22-398 Marcos F. Santiago v. J. C. Streeval Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-status knowledge-requirement post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sentencing-relief Whether a felon who has spent less than a year in custody is entitled to a presumption that he lacked knowledge of his felon status and therefore, abs…
22-412 Roy Harness, et al. v. Michael Watson, Mississippi Secretary of State Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Relisted (17) civil-rights constitutional-law en-banc-review equal-protection fourteenth-amendment legislative-intent racial-discrimination voting-rights Whether any amendment to a law originally adopted for an impermissible racially discriminatory purpose, no matter how minor the amendment and no matte…
22-510 Jody Lombardo, et al. v. City of St. Louis, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights detainee-death due-process excessive-force law-enforcement police-misconduct police-restraint qualified-immunity Whether officers are entitled to qualified immunity when they put a handcuffed and shackled person face-down on the floor and push into his back until…
22-5329 Chadrick Fulks v. T. J. Watson, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-U.S.C-2241 28-U.S.C-2255 collateral-review death-penalty eighth-amendment habeas-corpus intellectual-disability section-2241 section-2255 Is an intellectually disabled and death-sentenced prisoner entitled to review under 28-U.S.C-2241 because diligent counsel could not have raised this …
22-5345 Gary Paul Karr v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (11)IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-sentencing cross-examination due-process fifth-amendment hearsay-statement sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct underlying a charge for which t…
22-556 N. S., Only Child of Decedent, Ryan Stokes, By and Through Her Natural Mother and Next Friend, Brittany Lee, et al. v. Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Relisted (12) 42-usc-1983 circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-rights due-process law-enforcement legal-precedent qualified-immunity section-1983 Whether qualified immunity insulates a law enforcement officer from liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
22-582 United States v. Jose Felipe Hernandez-Calvillo, et al. Tenth Circuit GVR Relisted (2) constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-prohibition first-amendment free-speech immigration immigration-law overbreadth-doctrine statutory-interpretation Whether the federal criminal prohibition against conspiring to encourage or induce unlawful immigration is facially unconstitutional on First Amendmen…
22-5828 DeShaun Bullock v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (10)IFP acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-acquittal sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted …
22-593 United States, ex rel. Deborah Sheldon v. Allergan Sales, LLC Fourth Circuit GVR Relisted (5) civil-liability false-claims-act government-fraud knowingly knowledge-standard statutory-interpretation subjective-beliefs subjective-understanding Whether and when a defendant's contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it 'kno…
22-5993 Malik Ross v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (10)IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence reasonable-doubt sentencing sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness Does a judge deny a defendant's Fifth Amendment rights by increasing a prison sentence based on disputed facts the Court did not find beyond a reasona…
22-6057 Tony Terrell Clark v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Relisted (15)IFP batson-v-kentucky civil-rights due-process flowers-v-mississippi jury-selection racial-discrimination Whether Mississippi continues to misapply Batson v. Kentucky
22-6212 Eric Cain v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (9)IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing-guidelines fifth-amendment jury-trial-right sentencing-guidelines sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Amendment jury trial right or the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause bars a court from imposing a more severe criminal sentence base…
22-633 Stacey A. Kincaid, Sheriff, Fairfax County, Virginia v. Kesha T. Williams Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (9) 42-usc-12211 ada-title-ii americans-with-disabilities-act disability-definition disability-rights dsm-5 fourth-circuit gender-dysphoria statutory-interpretation Whether the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, found in the DSM-5, is excluded from the ADA's definition of disability under 42 U.S.C. § 12211(b)
22-6386 Frank Sanchez v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (9)IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the use of acquitted conduct to determine a defendant's sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments
22-666 Situ Kamu Wilkinson v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (3) None
22-6680 Michael Stapleton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP aiding-and-abetting alien-smuggling circuit-split defective-indictment due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction pro-se-rights sixth-amendment Was the indictment defective?
22-672 Northstar Wireless, LLC v. Federal Communications Commission, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-law agency-penalty due-process fair-notice fcc small-business small-business-regulation spectrum-auction Whether imposing massive penalties without providing either clear ex ante guidance or a meaningful post hoc opportunity to cure satisfies the fair not…
22-6736 Justin D. Martin v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (8)IFP acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion jury-acquittal jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury has acquitted …
22-674 Moris Esmelis Campos-Chaves v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (2) None
22-6815 David E. Merry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (7)IFP acquitted-conduct constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing (enhancing) a criminal defendant's sentence on conduct for which a jury ha…
22-6838 Demetri D. Beachem, aka Demetrius D. Beachem v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (9)IFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea miscarriage-of-justice plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing-guidelines Whether a court can consider dismissed or uncharged conduct in sentencing
22-6940 Leon Little v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (9)IFP criminal-sentencing due-process fifth-amendment jury-trial preponderance-of-evidence sixth-amendment uncharged-conduct Whether the Fifth and Sixth Amendments prohibit a federal court from basing a criminal defendant's sentencing on uncharged conduct
22-7148 Karteu Omar Jenkins v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (9)IFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure drug-weight-calculation due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the district court erred in not appointing new counsel after the second hearing on the matter?
22-721 Damian McElrath v. Georgia Georgia Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (7) acquittal criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy fifth-amendment jury-verdict prosecution repugnant-verdict repugnant-verdicts Does the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibit a second prosecution for a crime of which a defendant was previously acquitted?
22-738 Robert A. Mangine v. Shannon D. Withers, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) 18-usc-3582 career-offender circuit-split habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice savings-clause sentence-reduction sentencing-error sentencing-errors statutory-rights Whether and under what circumstances relief is available under § 2255(e) for federal prisoners challenging errors in their sentences
22-7438 Frank Nellom v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP court-order criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process expungement fourteenth-amendment judicial-interpretation jury-finding jury-instructions rape-conviction Did the honorable Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Joan A. Brown find the Commonwealth v. Frank Nellom, 565 A.2d 770 (Pa. Super.1989) Court Or…
22-7508 Herma Barbara Medina Reyna v. PNC Bank, N.A., et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (4)IFP civil-rights due-process foreclosure foreclosure-fraud mortgage-ownership punitive-damages racketeering rooker-feldman-doctrine standing title-fraud Can a party who was wronged by a bank or business entity that committed mass fraud, misrepresentation, and racketeering actions retain a judgment in a…
22-757 Jonathan Roberts, et al. v. James V. McDonald, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (5) civil-rights defendant-conduct due-process emergency-approval equal-protection injury-in-fact legal-standing predictable-events racial-discrimination standing Whether plaintiffs' injury is imminent where it flows from a predictable course of events that results from the defendant's conduct
22-823 Alicia Thompson v. Janelle Henderson Washington Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (7) burden-of-proof due-process equal-protection evidence-standard implicit-bias jury-verdict prima-facie racial-bias Whether the Washington Supreme Court's novel standard addressing implicit bias violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause
22-859 Securities and Exchange Commission v. George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (36)Relisted (2) administrative-enforcement administrative-law article-ii civil-penalties civil-rights due-process enforcement nondelegation-doctrine sec-proceedings securities seventh-amendment Whether statutory provisions that empower the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate and adjudicate administrative enforcement proceedin…
22-884 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General v. Varinder Singh Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Relisted (2) administrative-law due-process immigration-law in-absentia-order notice-requirement notice-requirements removal-proceeding removal-proceedings rescission statutory-interpretation Whether the failure to receive, in a single document, all of the information specified in paragraph (1) of 8 U.S.C. 1229(a) precludes an additional do…
22-915 United States v. Zackey Rahimi Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (69)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights domestic-violence due-process firearm-possession firearms restraining-order second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(8) violates the Second Amendment
22-991 George R. Jarkesy, Jr., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law agency-adjudication circuit-court-jurisdiction due-process judicial-review jurisdiction securities-law securities-regulation statutory-interpretation Whether circuit courts have jurisdiction to remand to the SEC under 15 U.S.C. § 78y