Conference: 2023-11-03

53 cases — 0 granted, 53 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
22-842 National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (41)Response RequestedRelisted (7) 1st-amendment civil-rights corporate-social-responsibility first-amendment free-speech government-intimidation government-regulation regulatory-coercion second-amendment viewpoint-discrimination Bantam Books v. Sullivan held that a state commission with no formal regulatory power violated the First Amendment when it "deliberately set out to ac… 59.5
22-976 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (21)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism Whether a bump stock device is a "machinegun" as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b) because it is designed and intended for use in converting a rifle into a… 33.0
23-3 Coinbase, Inc. v. David Suski, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) arbitration arbitration-agreement arbitration-scope civil-procedure contract-interpretation delegation-clause dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act judicial-review jurisdiction Where parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, should an arbitrator or a court decide whether that arbitration agreement … 21.5
22-1175 Xiulu Ruan and John Patrick Couch v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (3) agency-rulemaking controlled-substances-act criminal-conviction federal-agency felony-offense jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-practice prescription-authority statutory-interpretation In Ruan v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2370 (2022) (App., infra, 19a-54a), this Court held that a physician may be convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)… 13.5
22-1234 Bryan P. Stirling, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. v. Sammie Louis Stokes Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (3) aedpa default-rule federal-appellate-procedure federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review procedural-default standard-of-review statutory-interpretation strickland-standard strickland-v-washington I. Did the Fourth Circuit defy this Court's remand instruction and circumvent 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(2)'s limitations on federal court authority by findi… 11.5
23-233 Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, et al. West Virginia Denied Response Waived dormant-commerce-clause in-state-sellers interstate-commerce natural-gas out-of-state-sellers post-production-expenses property-tax tax-assessment For the tax assessments at issue in these appeals, West Virginia did not allow owners of natural gas wells to deduct their actual post-production expe… 8.5
23-257 Jaime Alberto Martinez-De Paz v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 8.5
23-354 Wolfgang Von Vader v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-3582 changes-in-law criminal-sentencing extraordinary-and-compelling-reasons extraordinary-circumstances federal-criminal-law judicial-discretion sentence-modification sentence-reduction sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation Whether courts may consider changes in the law in assessing whether "extraordinary and compelling reasons" warrant a sentence reduction under section … 8.5
23-165 Bob Johnson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Santa Rosa County, Florida v. Jessica N. Rogers, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose F. Escano-Reyes and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Y. C., a Minor Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) 42-usc-1983 city-of-los-angeles-v-heller civil-rights constitutional-harm deliberate-indifference jury-finding monell-liability monell-v-new-york-city municipal-liability section-1983 1. Where a jury exonerates jail deputies of all 42 U.S.C. §1983 claims for deliberate indifference to risk of an inmate's suicide, does the jury's fin… 6.5
23-220 Michael Parietti v. Ed Day, et al. New York Denied Relisted (2) bias-standard first-amendment free-speech judicial-disqualification probability-of-bias public-hearing public-hearings redistricting speech-rights On 27 May 2022, the Rockland County Legislature enacted Local Law 6-2022 which extended Covid era measures allowing legislators to attend meetings … 6.0
22A571 Andre Barnes v. United States Second Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
23-185 HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corporation Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-116 conception-standard federal-circuit federal-circuit-interpretation joint-invention joint-inventorship patent patent-claim patent-inventorship patent-specification statutory-construction 1. Whether joint inventorship requires anything more than a contribution to conception that is stated in a patent claim. 2. Whether, under Section 11… 5.5
23-201 Lawrence T. Newman, et ux. v. Heritage Village West Condominium Association, Inc. Florida Denied appellate-attorney-fees civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure legal-standing standing subject-matter-jurisdiction The trial court's judgment notwithstanding its lack of subject matter jurisdiction violated the Newmans' Constitutional rights to due process. The im… 5.5
23-204 WY Plaza LC v. Safeway Stores 46 Inc. Tenth Circuit Denied affirmance affirmance-standard alternative-bases alternative-grounds appellate-procedure brief-waiver circuit-split civil-procedure judicial-procedure legal-waiver waiver Whether an appellee is obligated to raise all alternative bases for affirmance in its answer brief, or risk waiver of those alternative bases, in cont… 5.5
23-202 James William Hall v. Tammy O'Brien, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights deprivation-of-rights due-process federal-procedure judicial-misconduct standing subpoena subpoena-service summons Do a plaintiff or a defendant have a right to an oral-argument in his other case if requested and to respond to the judges remarks calling the case (f… 3.5
23-209 Ottawa OH, LLC v. Pandora Distribution, LLC, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-law contract-law due-process land-ownership property-rights real-estate real-estate-transfer standing takings Is due process denied by holding, contrary to the laws of every state, that a buyer of land owns things on land for which the buyer has no title or co… 3.5
23-213 Brian O'Grady v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception federal-tort-claims-act government-liability negligence subject-matter-jurisdiction wildland-fire wildland-fire-response In Rayonier, infra, this c ourt held that the Federal tort c laims Act (F tcA) "makes the u nited States liable ( with certain exceptions which are no… 3.5
23-222 Dawn M. White, et vir v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights close-relationship court-criteria due-process hindrance legal-capacity legal-standing pro-se pro-se-representation procedural-rights spousal-representation standing Can a husband represent the interests of his wife in a pro-se capacity if they meet the criteria previously established by this Court for a close rela… 3.5
23-234 Nicholas Crystal v. Calvin Johnson, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus mental-competency mental-deficiency ninth-circuit post-conviction Did the Ninth Circuit, in a post-conviction appeal by a sentenced Nevada State prisoner, commit reversible error in its pro forma, non-reasoned blanke… 3.5
23-244 Lawyers for Fair Reciprocal Admission v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflicts-of-interest due-process free-speech judicial-admission local-rules nonuniform-standards professional-speech standing third-circuit writ-of-certiorari Has the Petitioner established good cause for this Court to issue a writ of certiorari before judgment because the nonuniform local rules directly con… 3.5
23-264 Jay Hannah v. United Parcel Service, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived ada ada-accommodation business-decision disability-rights employment-discrimination equipment-modification fourth-circuit judicial-review reasonable-accommodation reasonable-modification union-employee This is a crucial matter involving the rights of disabled, union employees to receive reasonable accommodation that has not yet been, but should be, d… 3.5
23-322 Affordable Care, L.L.C. v. Raeline K. McIntyre, DMD, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-award arbitrator-bias bias circuit-split confirmation disclosure-requirements discovery evident-partiality judicial-review reasonable-impression 1. Where an arbitrator and opposing counsel fail to disclose significant connections, does a party just have to show the "reasonable impression" of bi… 3.5
23-333 Evan S. Gutman v. Citibank, N.A. Florida Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection judicial-immunity litigation-privilege tortious-act Does a State Supreme Court infringe upon the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause Rights of a Litigant in both the Civil and Criminal Context in ev… 3.5
23-361 Brian D. Swanson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-interpretation federal-appellate-procedure frivolous-sanction income-tax insular-cases puerto-rico territorial-status uniformity-clause unincorporated-territory In the decision below, The Eleventh Circuit summarily affirmed the dismissal of petitioner's income tax refund suit, which challenged Puerto Rico's st… 3.5
23-381 Richard Sharif v. Myron F. Mackoff, Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process judicial-immunity jurisdictional-bounds legal-procedure rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-order 1. Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bar a claim, which is indirectly related to a state court order, but does not seek any relief from that state c… 3.5
23-5665 Shajuan Orlando Johnson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal armed-career-criminal-act controlled-substances criminal-sentencing decontrolled-substances drug-convictions eighth-circuit federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing-enhancement Whether prior drug convictions inclusive of substances that have since been decontrolled can be used to impose present day federal sentencing enhancem… -1.5
23-5034 Omar Francisco Orduno-Ramirez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP attorney-client-privilege confidential-communications due-process prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-phase sixth-amendment structural-error When prosecutors intentionally and without any legitimate law-enforcement justification access confidential attorney-client communications before sent… -4.5
23-5277 Sergio Ochoa v. Oak Smith, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP background-investigation capital-punishment capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence neuropsychological-deficits post-traumatic-stress post-traumatic-stress-disorder strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor In Ochoa v. Davis, the Ninth Circuit endorsed trial counsel's presentation of a "family sympathy" defense at the penalty phase of Sergio Ochoa's capit… -4.5
23-5525 Clarence B. Jackson v. Mark Goodwin, et al. Seventh Circuit Dismissed IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights color-of-law due-process judicial-conspiracy palko-v-connecticut privacy property-rights 1. Does the State Court Judge , Mark Goodwin and the other defendants First Financial Bank and Davis and Delanois Law Firm have the right to invade pl… -4.5
23-5527 Brian Kerry O'Keefe v. Doug Gillespie, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court-review civil-procedure constitutional-violation criminal-conviction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-habeas habeas-corpus jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief state-court-proceeding Question not identified. -4.5
23-5529 Abdalla Elehamir Mousa v. Christina Greve, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 42-usc-1997e administrative-exhaustion administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit-rule equal-protection prison-grievance prison-officials section-1983 Whether an Applicant for Relief Under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1997e(a) If the Prison Off… -4.5
23-5530 Matthew Jones v. Maine State Police Troop E Maine Dismissed IFP access-to-justice civil-procedure court-fees due-process fee-waiver indigency indigent-status judicial-access legal-standing procedural-rights standing Who qualifies for fee waivers in the United States Court system? -4.5
23-5532 Basil Warren Lewis, Jr. v. Phil Knight, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
23-5533 Rosetta M. Clayton v. Navy Federal Credit Union Alabama Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction forfeiture mortgage-fraud redemption-period standing takings Did both State and Circuit Court err in upholding redemption period despite precedent to contrary that sets aside redemption periods and/or foreclosur… -4.5
23-5565 William E. Wells, III v. Florida Florida Denied IFP aggravating-factors apprendi-v-new-jersey capital-sentencing death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment mental-illness proportionality-review L. Whether Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Eighth Amendment because the controlling statute does not meaningfully limit the class of … -4.5
23-5763 In Re Darryl C. Daniels Denied IFP affidavit civil-rights due-process expense-reporting financial-declaration financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-verification legal-redress poverty standing Question not identified. -4.5
23-5797 In Re Deryl Dude Nelson Dismissed IFP arrest-warrant complaint complaint-validity fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-finding judicial-hearing probable-cause statutory-requirement The magistrate issued an arrest warrant without probable cause based on a complaint that was not sworn to but instead signed by an unknown person func… -4.5
23-5480 Jesus C. More v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure competency-hearing due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-bar procedural-rules remedies separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction 1.) IN LIGHT OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON 'S ASSERTED SEPARATION OF POWERS PRINCIPLES IN "THE FEDERALIST PAPES " NO. 78 AND 81, IS TRIAL PROCEDURAL JURISDI… -6.5
23-5510 Anthony James Braxton v. Larry E. Harrah, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment administrative-forfeiture civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process property-rights search-and-seizure 1. DO I HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT FROM THE 5th, 9th,, and 14th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, TO RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT MY SEIZED PROPERTY… -6.5
23-5520 Tamara Sue Harbec v. North Country Hospital and Health Practices, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-violation disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process expert-testimony interpreter-access medical-care medical-malpractice medical-rights patient-care Was it constitutional to deny the right of an interpreter because of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss? Was it constitutional to deny the right o… -6.5
23-5534 Fred Zelkowitz v. District Court of Texas, Harris County, et al. Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process governmental-liability judicial-accountability legal-redress ministerial-acts sovereign-immunity tort-limitations ultra-vires This case is a civil matter where governmental entities in the State of Texas violated the law and caused significant monetary and personal harm. Thes… -6.5
23-5541 Mark A. Hartle v. New York New York Denied Response WaivedIFP conflict-of-interest criminal-defense due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-inquiry professional-ethics professional-responsibility prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel trial-strategy Is a criminal defendant denied their right to effective assistance of counsel when there are indications, of which the defendant was unaware, that tri… -6.5
23-5562 Paul Dubois v. Nelson Alves, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-procedure court-conflict criminal-procedure due-process extradition extradition-law judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction procedural-review standing WHETHER THE UNITED STATES OF APPEALS HAS ENTERED A DECISION IN CONFLICT WITH THE DECISION OF ANOTHER UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ON THE SAME JUDTIC… -6.5
23-5568 Boaz Pleasant-Bey v. Jason Clendenion, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-delay constitutional-rights criminal-justice-system due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus sixth-circuit speedy-appeal standing I.) WHETHER THE 6th CIRCUIT 'S ORDER SO FAR DEPARTED FROM HOUSTON V. LACK AND EVITTS V. LUCY, REQUIRING THIS COURT 'S SUPERVISORY POWERS TO PROTECT TH… -6.5
23-5595 Ronnie R. Rolland, Sr. v. Aurora Retirement, LLC, dba Cherry Creek Retirement Village, LLC, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii causation-standard civil-procedure civil-rights due-process protected-activity punitive-damages standing summary-judgment title-vii QUESTION ONE: WHETHER AN APPEALS COURT MAY CONSTITUTIONALLY IN ERROR RETAIN AUTHORITY OVER SUMMARY JUDGMENT ACTIONS THAT INCLUDES MOOT EXCLUDED HEARS… -6.5
23-5607 Juan Valero v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment capable-of-repetition criminal-procedure due-process evading-review texas-code texas-code-of-criminal-procedure writ-of-certiorari I. DOES ARTICLE 46B.0095(A) OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE VIOLATE THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UN… -6.5
23-5609 Eric G. Banks, Sr. v. Anthony Brown, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment court-error due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-counsel liberty prosecution-misconduct sixth-amendment 1. ) Did the U.S. District Court violate the Petitioners 5th Amendment Constitutional Right by allowing the lower court to allow the Petitioner to tes… -6.5
23-5634 Jacob M. Currey v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel legal-standard plea-bargaining right-to-appeal sixth-amendment Wvv^-VVie-r W "»£ -far ck svulf d,ouc4 c\eM o rd^6+ c\ -VM^eAy^ pec? ^\<?4^o 4c? b'4h<i rc^xjftj g\jvr4y ^) \€o-& ,c\j\A v/ \l > 4 y iv(4> r^V^A" £X.… -6.5
23-5676 Terry Wayne King, II v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure employer-property employment fourth-amendment incarceration privacy privacy-expectation search-and-seizure transportation trucking-industry Does a person have a legitimate expectation of privacy in a tractor trailer truck cab that serves as his home while he is on the road working for an e… -6.5
23-5687 Isaac Brunson v. DeKalb County Schools Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination civil-rights employment-discrimination federal-rules-of-civil-procedure jury-trial pro-se-litigation seventh-amendment summary-judgment 1) Will the Supreme Court continue to allow federal district and appellate courts to pervert the original intention of the summary judgement device an… -6.5
23-5704 Gregory D. Jones v. Dustin Bayler Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-law standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified. -6.5
23-5710 Darryl Burghardt v. Tammy L. Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance jury-selection peremptory-strike racial-discrimination (1) Whether Petitioner Darryl Burghardt's trial counsel performed deficiently by refusing to raise, and thereby waiving, a meritorious Batson objectio… -6.5
23-5767 Fidel Flores v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP complainant-credibility credibility-determination expert-testimony harmless-error lay-testimony sixth-amendment strickland-prejudice strickland-standard 1. Did the Fifth Circuit err in its review of Petitioner's Sixth Amendment claim – and its evaluation of Strickland prejudice – when it determined tha… -6.5