Conference: 2024-01-05

385 cases — 0 granted, 384 denied/dismissed, 1 pending

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22-1139 Victor Santana v. Texas Texas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) bolstering-evidence criminal-appeal criminal-procedure hearsay hearsay-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prior-bad-act-evidence prior-bad-acts trial-counsel Did the Court of Criminal Appeals err in finding that trial counsel's errors did not amount to ineffective-assistance-of-counsel?
22-1190 Lavelle Hatley v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach circuit-split extortion hobbs-act robbery takings violent-felony Whether a prior conviction for Hobbs Act robbery qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Career Criminal Act
22-1232 Bernard D. Holland v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure constitutional-authority constitutional-law direct-taxation due-process form-4852 internal-revenue-service irs-authority standing tax-law Is the IRS required to follow the Constitution and tax laws?
22-459 Ohio v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Ohio Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) federal-railroad-safety-act grade-crossing grade-crossing-statute interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption railroad-preemption railroad-safety state-regulation transportation transportation-law Does 49 U.S.C. §101501(b) preempt state laws that regulate the amount of time a stopped train may block a grade crossing?
22-6950 Beatrice Newsome v. Festiva Resorts Real Estate Holdings, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP deed-transfer due-process homeowners-association maintenance-fees property-rights resort-fees resort-property state-jurisdiction takings Why didn't any of the previous courts made no mention our deeded property?
22-7227 Jared B. Goudy v. Jennifer E. Caluori Florida Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-action civil-immunity constitutional-rights criminal-activity driving-under-the-influence due-process immunity self-defense stand-your-ground statutory-interpretation Was Petitioner's Constitutional Rights to due-process violated when the trial court found the Respondent immune and dismissed the complaint?
22-7477 Douglas Manning v. Sgt. St. Paul, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights culpability damages defendant-rights due-process evidence-interference judicial-discretion legal-standard plaintiff-burden representation standing Was the defendant's representation related to the harmful consequence to the plaintiff that he should be held responsible for?
22-7558 Mike Vigil v. Midas International Corporation, et al Nevada Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure default-judgment disability-act due-process elder-abuse elder-exploitation felony fraud intentional-fraud service-of-process standing Whether the Supreme Court should grant certiorari to review the intentional fraud and felony conduct by the defendants in the lower courts
22-7564 Victor Wilson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 11th-circuit 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment speedy-trial Can a 11th Circuit Court sua sponte deny a defendant's or petitioner's constitutional right to a public speedy trial
22-7612 Bayardo R. Sandy v. The Baca Grande Property Owners Association Colorado Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights constitutional-violation cover-up due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-remedy standing state-misconduct Did Colorado violate Petitioner Bayardo Sandy's Civil Rights?
22-7614 Lisa A. Biron v. Jody Upton, Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP christian-faith constitutional-rights federal-inmate first-amendment legitimate-penological-interests prison-regulations qualified-immunity religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act substantial-burden Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) apply to protect a federal inmate's religious liberties when she has adequately pleaded a substantia…
22-7634 Alan Headman v. Camille Headman, aka Camille Bromley Utah Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP 13th-amendment alimony alimony-servitude civil-rights court-coercion due-process involuntary-servitude jury-trial pre-nuptial-agreement thirteenth-amendment Whether the Supreme Court should order the use of a 'Headman Deference' doctrine for alimony-related servitude
22-7666 Bayardo R. Sandy v. The Baca Grande Property Owners Association Colorado Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation cover-up due-process equal-protection legal-jurisdiction petitioner-rights state-misconduct Did Colorado violate Petitioner Bayardo Sandy's Civil Rights?
22-7692 Gregory Allen Oaks v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act assault-offense circuit-split drunk-driving fourth-circuit mens-rea reckless-mens-rea violent-felony Whether an assault offense that requires a reckless mens rea and is used to prosecute drunk drivers qualifies as a 'violent felony' under the Armed Ca…
22-7704 Theresa Marshall v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy due-process federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman standing state-court-ruling Whether Rooker-Feldman bar prevents federal district court or US court of appeals jurisdiction to hear, rule, and/or remand in a complaint case, conce…
22-7728 Warren Lavell Jackson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act sentencing-reduction terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit's unique interpretation of the First Step Act conflicts with Supreme Court precedents
22-7738 Michael Alexander Rivera v. California California Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7750 Jessie Traylor v. Stevie Knight, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights clemency constitutional-law criminal-justice-reform due-process equal-protection expressive-conduct first-amendment free-speech hate-crime sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the difference between new convictions and the role of law in the FIRST STEP Act and how constraints on the release of prisoners violates the …
22-7752 Arthur Taylor v. Landon Bird, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights compassionate-release constitutional-damages cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process medical-care medical-neglect prison-conditions prisoner-rights toxic-exposure Whether the petitioner's medical condition and denial of compassionate release violates their constitutional rights
22-7762 In Re Lionel Scott Ellison Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause
22-7783 Pinkney Clowers, III v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi circuit-split concepcion-v-united-states criminal-enterprise drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-discretion statutory-interpretation terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit's limitation on First Step Act relief contravenes Terry's element-based determination of eligibility and Concepcion's hol…
22-7787 Noel K. Bango v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights discovery-violation dna-evidence due-process evidence-admissibility federal-rights police-misconduct police-reports sexual-battery speedy-trial tainted-evidence trial-procedure DNA-collection-timeline
22-7794 Leoncio Perez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi-rule apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act first-step-act-2018 sentence-reduction terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit's unique rule that precludes certain defendants from receiving relief under the First Step Act's discretionary sentencing…
22-7802 James B. Norris, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process internet-access judicial-explanation pro-se-motion revocation-hearing sentencing sentencing-discretion supervised-release Whether the district court erred in revoking Petitioner's supervised release based solely on his admission to accessing the internet without permissio…
22-7884 Theresa Marshall v. Educational Credit Management Group, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP bankruptcy civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman standing Whether Rooker-Feldman bar prevents federal district court or US court of appeals jurisdiction to hear, rule, and/or remand in a complaint case, conce…
22O157 Alaska, Plaintiff v. United States, et al. Denied Amici (5) None
23-103 Bruce Ellis, et al. v. City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) attorney-general-certification civil-procedure constitutional-amendment court-jurisdiction due-process federal-question federal-rule-civil-procedure solicitor-general takings vagueness-doctrine whether-federal-rule-civil-procedure-5.1(b)-requires-court-certification-of-unconstitutional-act
23-125 Seaview Trading, LLC, AGK Investments, LLC, Tax Matters Partner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure delinquent-returns filing-requirements legal-definition statutory-interpretation tax-code treasury-regulations Whether the word 'file' in 26 U.S.C. § 6229 (2000) and as used throughout the Tax Code carries its ordinary meaning for delinquent tax returns when no…
23-135 Intel Corporation, et al. v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-and-trademark-office patent-review statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) precludes review of PTO rules setting standards governing IPR institution decisions
23-140 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, et al. v. OI European Group B.V., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (2) alter-ego alter-ego-doctrine derecognition executive-authority executive-recognition foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act pdvsa property-attachment state-instrumentality Whether a court may assess the FSIA immunity of a 'foreign state' and its instrumentalities from jurisdiction, and the immunity of their property from…
23-142 Joe L. Adams v. Royal Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2) civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction medical-negligence nursing-home-abuse nursing-home-reform-act pressure-ulcers pro-se-litigant standing Did the court of Appeal Err in Affirming the District Court Decision regarding Jurisdiction over Nursing-Home-Abuse-Cases
23-147 Leander Mann v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied aedpa-statute circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances habeas-corpus habeas-petition statute-of-limitations Whether equitable tolling stops the clock on the AEDPA statute of limitations during periods of extraordinary circumstances
23-160 Francisco Dario Mora v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 28-usc-2461 criminal-forfeiture criminal-procedure due-process government-seizure property-rights statutory-interpretation substitute-property temporary-possession Whether the Government may require criminal defendants under 28 U.S.C. § 2461 to forfeit their own property as a substitute for objects they temporari…
23-168 American Petroleum Institute, et al. v. Minnesota Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (5)Relisted (3) civil-rights climate-change climate-change-litigation due-process federal-common-law federal-jurisdiction federal-question-jurisdiction interstate-emissions removal-jurisdiction standing state-law-claims Whether a federal district court has removal jurisdiction over putative state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effect o…
23-173 Brian T. Dahle v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None
23-178 Peter Van Dermark v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Amici (3) emergency-medical-treatment federal-circuit-review geographic-limitation presumption-against-implied-repeals reimbursement reimbursement-rights statutory-interpretation veterans-affairs veterans-benefits Whether eligible veterans are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs incurred while receiving emergency treatment abroad
23-194 Trendily Furniture, LLC, et al. v. Jason Scott Collection, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) consumer-confusion intentional-copying lanham-act pass-off product-design secondary-meaning trade-dress Whether, and to what extent, a competitor's intentional copying alone—without any intent to confuse consumers or pass off its products as the plaintif…
23-196 Jade Mound, et al. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied budgetary-considerations circuit-court-conflict circuit-split discretionary-function-exception failure-to-warn federal-tort-claims-act government-liability latent-danger public-safety warning-duty Whether the discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act shields the federal government from liability when it fails to warn the pu…
23-197 James Owens, et al. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (2) choice-of-forum co-plaintiff-composition court-jurisdiction deference foreign-co-plaintiffs forum-non-conveniens international-litigation terrorism terrorism-victims U.S.-resident-plaintiffs Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to 'less deference' under the doctrine of forum-non-conveniens, rather than…
23-199 George Anibowei v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-client-privilege border-search cellphone-privacy cellphone-search circuit-conflict fourth-amendment preliminary-injunction warrantless-search Whether the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures entitles petitioner to a preliminary injunction against additiona…
23-207 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) engine-manufacturers federal-law federal-preemption national-meat ninth-circuit preemption product-standards sales-ban sales-bans state-standards tobacco-control-act Whether the Tobacco Control Act expressly preempts state and local laws that prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products
23-216 Klamath Irrigation District v. United States Bureau of Reclamation, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived comprehensive-adjudication federal-obligations federal-removal in-rem-jurisdiction judicial-review mccarran-amendment prior-exclusive-jurisdiction state-adjudication water-rights Whether the federal government can avoid the doctrine of prior exclusive jurisdiction in an ongoing, comprehensive water adjudication under the McCarr…
23-219 Sherman Moore v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied child-pornography circuit-split criminal-law due-process federal-statute sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether a state offense relates to the 'sexual exploitation of children' under 18 U.S.C. § 2251(e)
23-224 Christina Alessio v. United Airlines, Inc., et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) aircraft-safety chemical-exposure chemical-exposures federal-law federal-oversight government-oversight hazardous-materials regulatory-compliance standing writ-of-certiorari Does the Rule of Law under Title 49 U.S. Code 5124 apply to the Respondent?
23-226 Antonio Soul Gonzalez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) covered-offense criminal-sentencing discretion district-court-discretion fair-sentencing-act first-step-act recalculation sentence-reduction sentencing-range statutory-interpretation Whether a district court must recalculate a movant's sentencing range as if Sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 were in effect at the …
23-229 Bronson McClelland v. Katy Independent School District, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation final-policymaking-authority first-amendment monell-liability public-school-district public-school-speech section-1983 true-threat Does Monell liability exist for a public school district when an official with final policymaking authority relied on a policy to cause a constitution…
23-237 Winfred Wairimu Wamai, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Adam Titus Wamai, et al. v. Industrial Bank of Korea Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure embassy-bombing foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-litigation judgment-enforcement separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation u.s.-resident-plaintiffs Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to 'less deference' under the doctrine of forum non conveniens
23-238 Roger Dale Anderson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied comport with the Supreme Court's holding in Ruan which did not explicitly reference the Controlled controlled-substances-act criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions medical-practice medical-professional-liability mens-rea statutory-interpretation Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding that jury instructions were sufficient despite lack of reference to the CSA's 'authorization' requirement
23-239 Stuart Barnes v. Shawn A. Allen West Virginia Denied Relisted (2) appointed-guardian doctrine-of-chances estate-mismanagement financial-exploitation guardian-ad-litem guardianship protected-person trustee-conservator wrongful-death-settlement whether-the-doctrine-of-chances-theory-or-character-evidence-is-supported
23-246 Donivon Craig Tingle v. Florida Department of Health Florida Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection governmental-action inherent-powers medical-marijuana pigford-v-glickman race-discrimination strict-scrutiny Whether the actions of Florida constitute government action that discriminates between similarly situated members of a suspect class based solely upon…
23-249 Dawn C. Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied anti-discrimination circuit-conflict civil-rights preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation title-vii Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit claims under anti-discrimination statutes?
23-251 Brigith Dayana Gomez Barco, et al. v. Diane Witte, Field Office Director, New Orleans District, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2) None
23-263 Barry J. Smith, Sr. v. United States Congress, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-court-review civil-procedure due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-authority rule-60(b)(4) standing subject-matter-jurisdiction thirteenth-amendment void-judgment Is there a time limit to file a Rule 60(b)(4) motion to vacate a judgment order as void for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction
23-27 Michael Harper v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied apprendi-v-new-jersey circuit-split criminal-resentencing drug-quantity fair-sentencing-act first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-penalty terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit has violated Terry in holding that, at step one, district courts should disregard the 'elements' of a defendant's offense…
23-270 County of Tulare, California, et al. v. Jose Murguia, Individually and on Behalf of the Estates of Mason and Maddox Murguia, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (3) deliberate-indifference due-process fourteenth-amendment private-violence shocks-the-conscience state-action state-created-danger substantive-due-process Whether a State's failure to protect an individual who is not in state custody from violence by a private person constitutes a violation of the Due Pr…
23-275 Nancy Avina v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1981 age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law federal-preemption preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit claims under anti-discrimination statutes?
23-285 Amory Investments LLC, et al. v. Tyson Foods Incorporated, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied antitrust-law appellate-review collateral-order-doctrine district-court federal-antitrust-law judicial-procedure private-enforcement public-interest standing Does a district court order permitting significant interference with private enforcement of federal antitrust law implicate an interest sufficiently i…
23-29 CLA Estate Services, Inc., et al. v. Washington Washington Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights commercial-speech consumer-protection due-process fair-notice first-amendment free-speech state-action state-regulation vagueness Whether a company has fair notice under the Due Process Clause
23-307 Kyran Javon Vaughn v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) criminal-conviction criminal-defendants direct-review due-process griffith griffith-precedent non-unanimous-jury ramos ramos-decision retroactive-application retroactivity Whether the rights afforded criminal defendants in Ramos apply retroactively to a case on direct review of the sentence only, given Griffith's holding
23-308 Paul Steelman, Individually and as Trustee of the Steelman Asset Protection Trust, et al. v. Ernest Bock LLC Ninth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure colorado-river colorado-river-doctrine federal-abstention federal-proceedings judicial-proceedings parallel-state-proceedings procedural-stay state-court-litigation stay water-rights Whether a stay of federal proceedings under Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States is permissible
23-310 Cory Ratzloff v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation guidelines-commentary judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines stinson-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary on the…
23-324 Gerald L. Ferreyra, et al. v. Nathaniel Hicks Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) bivens circuit-split federal-officers fourth-amendment qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether a Bivens cause of action exists for Fourth Amendment claims against federal officers operating under a different legal mandate or not involvin…
23-327 John Canada v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied appellate-review clear-error fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress ornelas-standard ornelas-v-united-states probable-cause standard-of-review suppression-hearing Whether the review of the evidence in a suppression-hearing record 'in the light most favorable to the government' conflicts with Ornelas's standard o…
23-328 Williams Alaska Petroleum, Inc., et al. v. Alaska, et al. Alaska Denied constitutional-taking due-process environmental-regulation fair-notice hazardous-substance strict-liability takings water-system Whether the Alaska Supreme Court's imposition of strict liability violated petitioners' right to due process
23-330 Ani Creation, Inc., dba Rasta, et al. v. City of Myrtle Beach Board of Zoning Appeals, et al. South Carolina Denied amortization board-of-zoning-appeals business-rights civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process penn-central-test takings takings-clause zoning zoning-ordinance Does a city's zoning ordinance prohibiting an existing business from selling legal products constitute a taking?
23-331 James Doe v. Gladys Pisani, et al. Second Circuit Denied abuse-of-discretion disputed-facts interlocutory-appeal jury-trial material-facts probable-cause qualified-immunity summary-judgment Whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that 'arguable probable cause' can support a claim for qualified-immunity,summary-judgment,interlocut…
23-335 Kansas v. Jeremy A. Cline Kansas Denied 4th-amendment adequate-remedies civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process excessive-force exclusionary-rule lawful-seizure police-misconduct remedies Does the exclusionary rule apply to suppress evidence where a court has found the use of excessive force in the execution of an otherwise lawful seizu…
23-341 Bobby Lee Ingram v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2) apprendi-v-new-jersey concepcion-v-united-states drug-quantity eleventh-circuit fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-penalty terry-v-united-states Whether the Eleventh Circuit has violated Terry in holding that, at step one, district courts should disregard the 'elements' of a defendant's offense…
23-342 X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) civil-rights content-based-restriction disclosure due-process first-amendment free-speech government-surveillance national-security prior-restraint speech-restriction Whether the Government's prohibition on disclosure of the receipt of national security process is unconstitutional in the absence of the procedural re…
23-343 Donald Martin, Jr., et al. v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Relisted (2) anti-deficiency-act fair-labor-standards-act federal-employees government-employee-fair-treatment-act minimum-wage overtime overtime-compensation wage-obligations Do the Anti-Deficiency Act or the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act displace, modify or require a special narrower interpretation of the FLSA obl…
23-368 Huntington Ingalls Incorporated v. Lynn Barrosse, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) exclusive-remedy federal-preemption longshore-and-harbor-workers-compensation-act maritime-employee navigable-waters preemption state-law-tort state-law-tort-claim workers-compensation Whether the Fifth Circuit correctly held that an injured maritime employee who has a workers' compensation remedy under the Longshore and Harbor Worke…
23-378 Joel Douglas, et al. v. David Hirshon, et al. First Circuit Denied civil-procedure district-court extrinsic-documents extrinsic-evidence judicial-discretion legal-procedure motion-to-dismiss pleadings public-records standard-of-review Whether the District Court was required to consider extrinsic documents that were public records or not directly challenged by anyone attached to the …
23-391 Alexander Eugenio Moskovits v. MTGLQ Investors, L.P. Florida Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-law judicial-precedent standing stare-decisis subject-matter-jurisdiction whether-florida-state-courts-can-defy-stare-decisis-on-the-jurisdictional-issue-of-lack-of-plaintiff-standing
23-394 Thurayyah Z. Richardson v. The Procter and Gamble Company, et al. New York Denied abuse-of-discretion appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-discretion material-facts summary-judgment Where a trial court resolving summary judgment denies due process
23-396 Bowe Marvin v. David Holcomb, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment in-home-arrest law-enforcement-conduct probable-cause warrantless-arrest Whether there is a felony-exception to requiring probable-cause for in-home-arrests without-a-warrant
23-397 Preserve Responsible Shoreline Management, et al. v. City of Bainbridge Island, Washington Washington Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights dolan-v-city-of-tigard due-process land-use-regulation legislative-exactions legislative-taking nexus-test nollan-v-california-coastal-commission property-exaction proportionality-standard takings takings-clause Whether the government may avoid the nexus and proportionality standards by asserting that an exaction resulted from a legislative procedure that invo…
23-399 In Re Bahig F. Bishay Denied Response Waived all-writs-act article-iii circuit-disqualification civil-rights civil-rights-claims constitutional-procedure due-process judicial-impartiality mandamus mandamus-relief standing Whether a U.S. circuit court may concede its disqualification to adjudicate a matter and then refuse to transfer the action to another qualified circu…
23-400 Travis Palmer Curran, et al. v. Janet Turner O'Kelley, et al. Eleventh Circuit Dismissed Response Waived civil-rights curtilage due-process exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity seizure Whether the Fourth Amendment objective reasonableness standard for exigency, and the availability of qualified immunity itself, remain questions of la…
23-403 Emma Serna, et al. v. William Cooksey, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment foreclosure foreclosure-proceeding standing void-judgment Whether an appellate court has jurisdiction to vacate a 'void judgment' under the Fifth Amendment, and whether a wrongful foreclosure judgment should …
23-407 Robert Perkel, et al. v. Frank Canella, et al. New Jersey Denied civil-procedure due-process equal-protection notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard probate probate-law service-of-process will-contest Where the State of New Jersey's probate laws and rules of procedure require a party seeking to probate a decedent's Last Will provide notice and oppor…
23-409 Henri N. Beaulieu, Jr. v. Samuel Powell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a State Trooper for the State of Alabama, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment pleading-requirements pleading-standards section-1983 shotgun-pleading twombly-iqbal Whether the Eleventh Circuit's application of the 'shotgun pleading' standard conflicts with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Supreme Court pr…
23-410 Estate of Gabriel Strickland, et al. v. Nevada County, California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights deadly-force graham-factors graham-v-connor objective-reasonableness section-1983 totality-of-circumstances totality-of-the-circumstances use-of-force Whether the reasonableness of an officer's use of deadly force should be evaluated solely upon the circumstances of the final moment or upon the 'tota…
23-415 BP America Production Company, et al. v. Parish of Cameron, Louisiana, et al. Louisiana Dismissed Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights defendant-rights due-process impartial-decisionmaker impartial-jury standing venue venue-transfer voir-dire Whether a transfer of venue is required before voir dire to ensure a civil defendant's due-process right to an impartial decisionmaker where the entir…
23-417 Ron Rutledge v. Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas Tenth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure employment-discrimination evidence honest-belief-defense mcdonnell-douglas mcdonnell-douglas-test pretext-analysis summary-judgment Does the honest belief defense violate the axiomatic law of summary judgment requiring the evidence and inferences to be viewed in favor of the non-mo…
23-419 USIC, LLC v. Northern Illinois Gas Company Eleventh Circuit Denied appeals appellate-review civil-procedure district-court federal-jurisdiction final-order new-argument postjudgment-motion summary-judgment tolling If a federal court of appeals construes a filing below as a postjudgment motion tolling the time for appeal, does that court have authority to reverse…
23-420 UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. v. EVA Airways Corporation Second Circuit Denied Response Waived air-carrier cargo-claim civil-procedure indemnity-contribution international-carriage montreal-convention personal-jurisdiction rule-12b2 third-party-complaint treaty-law Should the Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(2) motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction have been granted?
23-425 Douglas F. Mann v. LSQ Funding Group, L.C. Seventh Circuit Denied bankruptcy-code creditor-rights creditors diminution-doctrine estate-benefit estate-property fraudulent-transfer preference-law property-interest trustee-recovery Whether a trustee seeking to avoid a fraudulent transfer must demonstrate 'diminution' or 'harm' to the estate or creditors generally when the debtor …
23-426 Ralph Lisby, as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Ashlynn Lisby, Deceased v. Jonathan Henderson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Police Officer, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights civil-rights-claim discovery discovery-rights judgment-on-pleadings pleadings police-misconduct procedural-posture section-1983 summary-judgment Whether the Petitioner pled sufficient facts to support his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against Respondent Jonathan Henderson
23-428 Chinonyerem Osuagwu v. Home Point Financial Corporation, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction form-1099 fourteenth-amendment power-of-attorney property-rights standing Did the State Court violate the petitioner's Fourteenth-Amendment-right when it empowered one of the respondents to sign his (the petitioner's) name a…
23-429 Brett C. Kimberlin v. Department of Justice, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights dna-evidence fraud-based-discovery heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey official-corruption section-1983 statute-of-limitations Whether Heck v. Humphrey bars a civil rights suit against officials who corruptly concealed evidence until time for appeal expired
23-430 Richard R. Finch v. Harry Wayne Casey, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied co-authorship copyright-act declaratory-relief discovery-accrual discovery-accrual-rule statute-of-limitations termination-of-transfer Whether a time-barred assertion of sole authorship status by one co-author may, under the discovery accrual rule, form the basis for a statute of limi…
23-431 Eileen Mendez, Individually and as Legal Guardian of A. C., et al. v. David C. Banks, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-process automatic-injunction cooperative-federalism idea-act individuals-with-disabilities-education-act injunctive-relief pendency pendency-placement special-education stay-put stay-put-provision Whether the stay-put provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (DEA) entitled Plaintiffs to an automatic injunction directing the D…
23-432 Oman Fasteners, LLC v. United States, et al. Federal Circuit Denied chevron-deference delegation-of-power judicial-deference national-security presidential-tariffs procedural-requirements statutory-interpretation tariffs trade-expansion-act Must a federal court defer to the President's interpretation of the Trade Expansion Act's procedural requirements for imposing tariffs unless the Pres…
23-433 Joyce Daniels, as the Administrator of the Estate of Mark Daniels, Deceased v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process judicial-procedure law-enforcement qualified-immunity section-1983 summary-judgment unsworn-testimony wrongful-death Whether the trial court should have relied on the officer's unsworn interview in a wrongful death action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
23-440 S. B., on Behalf of Her Minor Daughter, S. B. v. Jefferson Parish School Board, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny corporal-punishment due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment section-1983 Is unconstitutionally excessive corporal punishment by a public-school employee cognizable under § 1983?
23-441 Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski Seventh Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-law first-amendment free-speech government-retaliation public-employee public-employment retaliation Is the government free to continue to retaliate against a former public employee for speech made during the employee's employment?
23-442 Anthony Prescott v. K. Johnson, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied 42-usc-1983 4th-amendment conspiracy cruel-and-unusual-punishment food-contamination food-service fourth-amendment intentional-tort official-capacity-claim prisoner-rights public-entity use-of-force Does involuntary exposure to non-medical substances constitute unreasonable force?
23-445 Christy Williams v. American Honda Motor Company, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied 14th-amendment 7th-amendment civil-rights due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment jury-trial product-liability seventh-amendment summary-judgment Whether Petitioner has been deprived of the right of trial by jury as protected by the Seventh Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment
23-447 Jeremy Johnson v. Andre D. Boyd Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-precedent civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights fifth-circuit legal-standard qualified-immunity split-second-use-of-force use-of-force Whether circuit court precedent can clearly establish the law for the purpose of qualified immunity analysis, and, if so, under what circumstances can…
23-449 Aisha Trimble v. Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights discrimination due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection federal-agency-misconduct federal-employment hiring-process initial-appointment military-service-rights veterans-preference When federal agencies violate veterans' preference laws in initial employment decisions, are their actions motivated by hostility towards military ser…
23-451 Geoffrey Hamilton Woodward v. Sarah Edge Woodward Tennessee Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) can condition a fit parent's ability to have any consistent with the Due Process Clause child-custody compelling-interest due-process family-court family-law medical-treatment mental-health parental-rights state-interest state-intervention Whether a court can condition a fit parent's ability to have any contact with his child on unwanted medical treatment without finding that the treatme…
23-454 Maria Elena Reimers v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
23-461 Maria Navarro Carrillo, et al. v. New York City Department of Education, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law civil-rights cooperative-federalism disability-rights due-process individuals-with-disabilities-education-act judicial-review state-statutes statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit erred in setting aside binding state law in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act case
23-462 Glen Wilkofsky v. American Federation of Musicians, Local 45, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-claim fourteenth-amendment governmental-purpose judicial-deference legislative-determination public-employer public-entity state-action statutory-designation When applying the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement of 'state action' as a predicate for constitutional claims, should federal courts defer to a stat…
23-465 Timothy Dolbin v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights class-action mootness personal-stake relation-back rule-23 stare-decisis veterans-affairs veterans-appeals Whether a named plaintiff whose individual claim becomes moot after the denial of a request for class certification and class action can still appeal …
23-468 Matthew Haney, as Trustee of the Gooseberry Island Trust v. Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, et al. First Circuit Denied civil-procedure constitutional-property-rights due-process government-permit judicial-review prudential-ripeness ripeness standing takings takings-claim variance variance-request Can the government evade adjudication of constitutional takings claims on prudential ripeness grounds—after it has twice definitively denied necessary…
23-470 Kimberly Bruce, aka Kimberly A. Bruce, aka Kimberly Antrell Bruce v. Citigroup, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-jurisdiction civil-procedure class-action class-certification due-process national-class rule-7023 statutory-injunction Whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction under Bankruptcy Rule 7023 to certify a national class
23-473 James E. Bachman, et al. v. John Q. Bachman, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied civil-procedure civil-rights department-of-labor due-process employment employment-retaliation equitable-defenses fair-labor-standards-act labor-law retaliation standing wage-dispute Whether a case can be dismissed for plaintiffs' refusal to answer questions related to past and current employers in a deposition related to a wage an…
23-475 Ying Ye, as Representative of the Estate of Shawn Lin, Deceased v. GlobalTranz Enterprises, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (1) federal-aviation-administration-authorization-act freight-broker motor-carrier motor-vehicle negligent-hiring personal-injury preemption safety-exception Whether a personal injury claim against a freight broker based on the broker's negligent hiring of an unsafe motor carrier to transport property by mo…
23-476 Centinela Skilled Nursing & Wellness Centre West, LLC, et al. v. Shalimah Abdullah, as Legal Representative and Successor-in-Interest of Eric Holloway, Deceased, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split complete-preemption covered-countermeasure federal-jurisdiction federal-removal PREP-Act public-health-emergency willful-misconduct Does the PREP Act completely preempt state-law claims against a covered person relating to the administration or use of a covered countermeasure, such…
23-478 David Harris v. American Accounting Association, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii civil-rights delegation due-process judicial-power magistrate-judges pro-se-appeal pro-se-appeals separation-of-powers standing Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals may delegate judicial power to staff attorneys
23-479 Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies, Inc. Third Circuit Denied circuit-split contract-law federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce intrastate-transportation residual-clause seamen-railroad-employees statutory-interpretation transportation-worker-exemption transportation-workers Does the FAA's residual clause exempt a class of transportation workers that directly transports passengers across state lines, but primarily performs…
23-480 Richard Stogsdill, et al. v. South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Fourth Circuit Denied americans-with-disabilities-act due-process fundamental-alteration medicaid-act olmstead-v-l-c-by-zimring olmstead-v-lc rehabilitation-act section-1983 Whether the lower court's orders dismissing claims alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act conflict with…
23-482 Catherine Craig-Myers, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Meyers, Deceased v. Otis Elevator Company, et al. Florida Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process elevator-safety jury-trial osha osha-safety-laws preemption wrongful-death Do Florida courts violate constitutional rights to jury trial and due process by refusing to admit evidence of culpable negligence violating preemptiv…
23-49 In Re Betty Ayers, et al. Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-conflict due-process election-integrity federal-law hava-compliance standing state-law treason voting voting-rights Whether the Tennessee State Supreme Court's decision conflicts with other State Supreme Courts and denies Petitioners' right of suffrage and to redres…
23-491 In Re Nathaniel Briggs, et al. Denied briggs-v-elliott brown-v-board brown-vs-board civil-procedure civil-rights desegregation due-process mandamus racial-segregation standing supreme-court-clerk writ-of-mandamus Whether a writ of mandamus should direct the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court to reissue the Brown v. Board with the proper case listed first:…
23-493 Gail Goldberg, et vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure burden-of-proof civil-rights due-process iRS-proceedings mailing-requirements notice-requirements statutory-notice statutory-requirements tax Has the ruling of the Seventh Circuit rendered mandatory statutory notice requirements not relevant, with a consequence being that the protections pro…
23-496 Sharan Garlapati v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived access-to-courts civil-rights coercion constitutional-protections cyberstalking due-process obstruction-of-justice privacy privacy-rights stalking-by-proxy Does the fundamental right to privacy still exist in our modern digital age, and do conspiracies against civil-rights, cyberstalking, stalking-by-prox…
23-498 Realtime Data LLC, dba IXO v. Fortinet, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 35-usc-101 abstract-idea computer-functioning data-compression federal-circuit patent patent-claims patent-eligibility section-101 standing Whether the claimed inventions are ineligible for patent protection under the abstract-idea exception to Section 101
23-5014 Jamie Williams v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP apprendi apprendi-rule crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-relief eleventh-circuit first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-facts sentencing-reduction Do this Court's First Step Act precedents admit of the uniquely Eleventh Circuit's intermediate step whereby, for the discrete group of individuals st…
23-5019 Kevin Y. Jin, et al. v. Rafael Velasquez, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP arbitration arbitration-dispute car-accident-injury civil-procedure civil-rights document-falsification due-process insurance-bad-faith medical-evidence standing witness-testimony Question Presented
23-505 Garrett A. Arrowood v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appeals appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause crawford-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-law habeas-corpus hearsay-evidence whether-the-record-supports-the-court's-conclusion-that-the-state-court-hearing-regarding-the-inadmissible-hearsay-(crawford-violation)-did-not-violat…
23-5053 Joann Artis Stevens v. Town of Snow Hill, North Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administration-of-justice civil-procedure civil-rights judicial-interpretation judicial-system legal-remedies litigation-efficiency pre-trial-motions pretrial-motions rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 Whether the recurring issues and conflicts in the judicial system regarding the use of pre-trial motions under Rule 12(b)(6) to thwart remedies for me…
23-5054 Vitaly Burleovitsch Kolosha v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence-access exculpatory-evidence grand-jury multiple-prosecutions post-conviction sentencing state-prison Whether the Oklahoma state courts had jurisdiction to prosecute the petitioner after the federal court refused to hear the case and dismissed the char…
23-510 Dan Caulkins, et al. v. Jay Robert Pritzker, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al. Illinois Denied Response Waived campaign-contributions caperton-v-massey due-process equal-protection fair-hearing fourteenth-amendment guarantees-clause judicial-independence judicial-recusal second-amendment Does a self-evaluative review by a state court justice challenged for disqualification deny the due process right to a fair hearing under the Fourteen…
23-5100 Vassil Marinov v. FCA US LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process fair-trial pro-se religious-freedom standing Is it constitutional for a court to dismiss a case seeking to restore constitutionally guaranteed religious freedom due to procedural issues with the …
23-5115 Lonnie Eugene Lillard v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP counsel-of-choice criminal-procedure due-process fund-seizure hearing-requirement luis-v-united-states right-to-counsel seizure-of-funds self-representation Whether a court may rule on a request for self-representation based solely on the existing record or whether it must hold a hearing and question the d…
23-512 Steven M. Greenbaum, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Judith (Shoshana) Lillian Greenbaum, Deceased, et al. v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived asset-freezing asset-seizure blocked-assets federal-law federal-sovereign-immunity judgment-enforcement sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation terrorism-based-judgments terrorism-risk-insurance-act Whether the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act waives the United States' federal sovereign immunity over assets that have been seized or frozen by the Unite…
23-5165 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. California Denied Relisted (2)IFP amendment-xiv civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct standing state-court Whether the state court judges can willfully use all the lies made by Respondents and impose the unreasonable state statutes to dismiss this case
23-517 Jeffrey Pratt v. Tony Helms, in His Official Capacity as Sheriff of Camden County, Missouri, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure constitutional-claim federal-rules-of-civil-procedure government-misconduct johnson-v-city-of-shelby meritorious-claims pleadings-doctrine Whether the Eighth Circuit impermissibly reestablished the long-abolished pleadings doctrine
23-519 Stephanie Lynn Soondar v. Supreme Court of Colorado Colorado Denied Response Waived attorney-admission attorney-regulation colorado-supreme-court constitutional-jurisdiction due-process exclusive-jurisdiction federal-constitution federal-precedent state-court-authority supreme-court-rules Is the Colorado Supreme Court's attorney admission rules constitutional?
23-520 Titus Thompson v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response Waived fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates informant-reliability oath probable-cause totality-of-circumstances warrant warrant-issuance Whether the 'totality of the circumstances' standard for evaluating informant reliability has been undermined
23-5206 Francisco J. Castaneda v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-convictions criminal-procedure detention-standards due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation-tactics law-enforcement police-questioning search-and-seizure Was the petitioner unlawfully detained?
23-5207 Omar Alfonso Alas v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-16a categorical-approach crime-of-violence crimes-of-violence immigration mens-rea physical-force sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a crime with a mens rea of extreme recklessness has, 'as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the p…
23-521 Denise Fisher v. Jodi M. Moore, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-rights clearly-established constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment qualified-immunity state-action state-created-danger Whether the Due Process Clause prohibits state officials from knowingly placing a person at unjustifiably high risk of harm
23-522 Imperial Pacific International (CNMI), LLC v. Commonwealth Casino Commission, as Agency of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived arbitrability arbitration-clause carve-out clear-and-unmistakable clear-and-unmistakable-standard delegation delegation-doctrine ninth-circuit non-binding-arbitration permissive-arbitration Is 'clear and unmistakable' delegation to the arbitrator to decide arbitrability negated by a carve-out to arbitrability in the arbitration clause?
23-523 Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County v. Lynna Monell, Clerk, Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County, et al. California Denied Response Waived ballot-access candidate-restrictions civil-rights constitutional-scrutiny equal-protection freedom-of-association political-association term-limits voting-rights Does a term limit that bans incumbents from ever running for reelection merit heightened scrutiny?
23-526 Charles Nichols v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process firearms-rights fourteenth-amendment second-amendment self-defense standing Does the Second Amendment protect the keeping and bearing of loaded and unloaded rifles, shotguns, and handguns, in case of confrontation, for the pur…
23-5262 In Re Stephen Harmon Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rule civil-rule-60(b)(4) court-of-appeals due-process independent-action ninth-circuit original-action standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in failing to address or resolve the 'Foundational Question' presented in an original and independent action under Civ…
23-5267 Dana Lunn v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-dismissal discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure standing Why was my case dismissed without my knowledge?
23-5280 Robert A. Griffin v. Stewart Eckert, Superintendent, Wende Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aedpa antiterrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act certificate-of-appealability certificate-of-appealibility equitable-tolling extraordinary-circumstances government-misconduct habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60-motion Whether Mr. Griffin is entitled to a COA
23-529 Matthew Hayko v. Indiana Indiana Denied Response Waived appellate-review credibility criminal-procedure evidence-weighing harmless-error sixth-amendment trial-by-jury witness-credibility Whether an appellate court can violate a defendant's right to trial by jury under the Sixth Amendment by weighing evidence and judging the credibility…
23-5313 Leonardo Roque v. Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Public Safety Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review certiorari civil-procedure constitutional-merit due-process equitable-tolling fourth-circuit habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-ruling standing statute-of-limitations Did the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals commit Error when that court Denied Petitioner's Certificate of Appealability
23-532 In Re William B. Jolley Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law civil-procedure due-process judicial-review mandamus mspb veterans veterans-rights whistleblower whistleblower-protection Do Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) decisions of Veteran and Whistleblower appeals fail for lack of 'due process' where 5 C.F.R. § 1201.57(d), st…
23-533 Jack Jordan v. Department of Justice District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act civil-procedure due-process federal-appeals fraud judicial-misconduct misconduct rule-60-motion standing summary-action summary-affirmance Whether a U.S. Court of Appeals may preclude appellant's filing of any brief and presentation of any oral argument
23-5331 Al Douglas Wordly v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus procedural-default residual-clause statutory-interpretation vagueness-doctrine Whether Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), establishes 'cause' to excuse procedurally defaulted 28 U.S.C. § 2255 claims that are predicate…
23-5332 Tamara Jeune, aka Tamara Voltaire v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-court-split circuit-split evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-interpretation prejudice probative-value propensity-evidence rule-404(b) trial-procedure How are the courts to properly apply Fed. R. Evid. 404(b)?
23-535 Jillian Ostrewich v. Teneshia Hudspeth, in Her Official Capacity as Harris County Clerk, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived ballot-measure election-law first-amendment free-speech polling-place polling-place-censorship union voter-apparel Does a state violate the First Amendment when it censors voters' t-shirts with a union logo in a polling place because the union took a position on a …
23-5369 Dallas Terrell Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law false-statement false-statements firearms firearms-transaction jury-instructions materiality statutory-interpretation Whether a false statement in a firearm purchase was material
23-5386 Bryant Matthew Parker v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process free-speech jurisdiction legal-procedure petition-review reasons-for-writ standing statement-of-case voting-rights Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in holding that the Plaintiff's Yoakum County Protest Voting Restrictions Act was unconstitutional, …
23-5388 Clifton Lyles v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-review due-process habeas-corpus legal-precedent post-conviction-relief procedural-bar state-court-decisions state-court-procedure statutory-interpretation subsequent-application Whether McHam v. State, 404 S.C. 465, 746 S.E.2d 41 (2013), requires that the petitioner be allowed to file a subsequent PCR application
23-540 Laura Covington v. City of Madisonville, Texas Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights municipal-liability official-policy police-chief policymaker section-1983 state-law Whether a plaintiff must overcome a presumption that a police chief is not an official policymaker to prove the municipality delegated policymaking au…
23-5410 Sedrick D. Russell v. J. Denmark Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice pro-se-petition sixth-amendment standing Must a pro se petitioner alleging a complete denial of counsel specifically cite Cronic to exhaust his claim in the state court?
23-5414 Joseph D Gilberti, Jr. v. The Pentagon, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conspiracy-theory covid-19 due-process free-speech government-corruption legal-fraud standing takings water-resources Why did the lower Courts with the entire US Media, CDC hide this US Resource and faked a Pandemic, knowing the Covid19 Mask was printed on the $20bill…
23-5427 Ranson Long Pumpkin v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation-clause credibility credibility-evidence criminal-procedure cross-examination drug-usage drug-use evidence sixth-amendment Whether Long Pumpkiw's right to confrontation was denied
23-5429 Tywan Sykes v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-2251 4th-amendment child-exploitation civil-rights fourth-amendment governmental-entity internet-service-provider private-search-doctrine recidivist-enhancement standing statutory-interpretation Whether the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is a Governmental Entity
23-543 Solena Y. Hampton v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 38-usc-7104 38-usc-7292 administrative-law chenery-doctrine fact-finding implicit-denial judicial-review statutory-interpretation va-benefits veterans-affairs veterans-claims When the VA fails to adjudicate a claim for benefits, may a reviewing Court find that the VA meant to implicitly deny the claim, without running afoul…
23-544 Teresa Marie Gaffney v. The Florida Bar Florida Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 5th-amendment bar-license due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment homestead-property impartial-tribunal notice opportunity-to-be-heard sexual-harassment Whether it is a denial of due process, (1) notice; (2) an opportunity to be heard; and (3) an impartial tribunal, to not allow the Petitioner to condu…
23-5446 Elizabeth Richert v. Kathleen White Murphy, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-proceedings property-rights takings takings-clause Whether the District Court's April 21, 2022 post-trial order amount to an unconstitutional taking without due process, equal protection, and just comp…
23-5454 Moses Crowe v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied IFP confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-procedure cross-examination drug-abuse due-process intoxication jury-unanimity methamphetamine witness-credibility Whether Petitioner's constitutional right to confrontation was violated
23-5463 Dexter Leemon Johnson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment bills-of-attainder due-process impartial-judge indian-territory issues-of-first-impression jurisdiction legal-standard state-sovereignty Whether Oklahoma lacks jurisdiction in Indian territory due to its status as a state being void, whether Oklahoma's prosecution of the petitioner was …
23-547 Sunil Kumar Sharma v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General First Circuit Denied Response Waived None
23-5498 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provision criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review jurisdictional-matter legal-issue procedural-question statutory-interpretation Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated
23-5514 Rodger William Dillard v. Wyoming Wyoming Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion alford-plea appeal court-rules criminal-procedure due-process judicial-abuse judicial-discretion plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentence-correction sentencing Did the District in and for Natrona County 7th Judicial Abuse its power
23-5521 Jackie Gaff v. MSNI Advantage, L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure foreclosure foreclosure-procedure non-judicial-foreclosure standing standing-requirement ucc ucc-regulations Whether Petitioner's Constitutional Rights and Due Process were violated through Texas non-judicial foreclosure and abuse of FRCP 12(b)(6) motions
23-5528 Lahme Perkins v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP cause-and-prejudice habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-facts notice post-conviction-relief procedural-default third-circuit-court Did the Third Circuit Court of Appeals err in failing to grant the certificate of appealability
23-553 William Clark Turner v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction flight-attendant free-speech intimidation jury-instructions statutory-interpretation Did the inclusion of multiple alternative definitions of 'intimidate' within the jury instructions for the charged violation of 49 U.S.C. section 4650…
23-5538 Noel Brown v. Ken Hollibaugh, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset Pennsylvania Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-doctrine dismissal due-process habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief reversal structural-error warden writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court's holding in Weaver v. Massachusetts clarified the Constitutional Doctrine of Structural Error
23-554 Michael O'Bannon v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived acquitted-conduct constitutional-law constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Constitution permits a criminal defendant to be sentenced based on conduct for which he or she was acquitted
23-5549 Hope White v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence dna-testing due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment post-conviction post-conviction-dna-testing procedural-due-process state-created-right Does barring a petitioner's access to biological and forensic evidence that can be submitted for DNA testing to prove innocence—when a state-created r…
23-5552 Lei Yin v. Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-hearing civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence-tampering judicial-bias legal-procedure pro-se pro-se-rights standing worker-compensation Whether the Pro Se Rights shall be preserved in Court Systems in COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS?
23-5553 Randy Haight v. Scott Jordan, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP capital-case capital-punishment due-process evidentiary-hearing expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health mental-retardation statutory-interpretation How to reconcile 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2) and 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1) in capital cases
23-5556 William L. Gladney v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split crack-cocaine federal-sentencing first-step-act offense-grouping rico sentencing sentencing-reduction statutory-interpretation May district courts reduce the sentence of those convicted of covered and non-covered offenses under the First Step Act, when the offenses intertwined…
23-556 Ramey & Schwaller, L.L.P. v. Zions Bancorporation NA, dba Amegy Bank Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest criminal-law due-process formal-charge indictment united-states-v-marion Whether the Fifth Circuit misconstrues Texas criminal law by equating an arrest without indictment as a formal charge for a felony
23-557 Shirley Carter v. Community Living Case Management, et al. Oregon Denied Response Waived americans-with-disabilities-act attendant-care-services disability-discrimination discrimination fair-labor-standards-act home-and-community-based-services medicaid medicaid-agency person-centered-plan rehabilitation-act social-security-act Whether the Medicaid agency Nullified or ignored its Federal and State statutory requirements
23-5581 Matthew R. Osuba v. United States Second Circuit Denied IFP child-pornography criminal-law federal-statute lower-court-split minor minor-protection production sexual-exploitation sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction Whether a person 'uses' a minor 'to engage in' sexually explicit conduct, and thereby produces child pornography, when he creates a visual image of hi…
23-5584 Raymond L. Rogers v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-appeal criminal-appeals due-process grand-jury-indictment jurisdiction jurisdictional-review merits-determination standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-circuit threshold-question Did the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals commit a reversible error when it resolved the merits of the petitioner's criminal direct appeals review withou…
23-5594 Brim Bell v. New Hampshire New Hampshire Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process false-testimony ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure warrantless-search Whether trial-counsel erred by excluding the Defendant from the last two-days of trial?
23-561 Katherine Muslow, et al. v. Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Board of Supervisors, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived comparator-requirement employment-discrimination equal-pay-act gender-discrimination pay-discrimination retaliation sex-discrimination title-vii wage-disparity Does the EPA protect employees who are paid less money for positions requiring more skill, effort, or responsibility than those held by employees of t…
23-5619 Jordan Winczuk v. United States First Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing mandatory-minimum rule-of-lenity sentencing sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation What is the proper definition of 'relating to the sexual exploitation of children' in 18 U.S.C. §2251(e)?
23-5629 Rene Rigoberto Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 2nd-amendment appellate-review constitutional-analysis criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felony-indictment fifth-circuit plain-error statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rahimi Whether a ruling in Mr. Rahimi's favor would affect the Fifth Circuit's plain-error analysis concerning the constitutionality of § 922(n)
23-564 Timothy Bing, Jr. v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-offer pretrial-investigation pretrial-motions sixth-amendment state-attorney Whether a policy by the State Attorney's Office which punished the petitioner for engaging in a pretrial investigation of his case as well as filing p…
23-5644 Robert Timothy Blake v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP coa-mandate constitutional-rights due-process government-witness ineffective-assistance judicial-review plea-bargain record-evidence reversible-error strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Ineffective-assistance-of-counsel
23-5711 Mitchell D. Green v. Wisconsin Wisconsin Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP admissible-evidence constitutional-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process jury jury-impartiality mistrial trial-rights Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause permits a defendant to be retried after a mistrial was declared due to the jury hearing admissible evidence
23-5713 Delvarez Long v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process federal-courts rehabilitation rehabilitation-consideration sentencing-reform-act statutory-interpretation tapia-precedent tapia-v-united-states Does a sentencing court violate the Sentencing Reform Act when it relies on rehabilitation as a reason to impose prison time?
23-5727 Jeff Baoliang Zhang v. Kory Knapke California Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 42-U.S.C.-1983 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process federal-constitution judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice statute-of-limitations Can the lower courts ignore federal civil rights claims and allow a medical rapist to escape liability?
23-5732 Wayne Harris v. Sergeant Stash, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights deportation due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel malicious-prosecution racial-discrimination wrongful-conviction Whether the petitioner's conviction should be vacated due to ineffective assistance of counsel, leading to a violation of his constitutional rights, a…
23-5733 Donald D. Higgs v. New Jersey Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-procedure dismissal-with-prejudice due-process judicial-review legal-issue standing statutory-interpretation Was the district court's dismissal with prejudice of defendants' claims establish deprivation of constitutional rights?
23-5738 Angela Cao v. BSI Financial Services, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process fair-procedure judicial-authority jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect procedural-fairness res-judicata rule-60b4 subject-matter-jurisdiction usurpation-of-power Whether factors of correct administration of the rules and fair procedure to allow a party an opportunity to litigate the question of jurisdiction mus…
23-574 Traxcell Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company LP, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived 35-usc-285 attorney-fees attorneys-fees claim-baselessness exceptional-case final-ruling litigation-conduct magistrate-ruling patent-infringement Where petitioner's patent infringement claims were not finally rejected until the district court judge approved the Magistrate Judge's ruling disposin…
23-5744 In Re Jimmy Wheeler Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights collusion constitutional-claims due-process federal-review fraud habeas-corpus post-conviction standing state-court Whether the Court's ruling in Shady Grove, 559 U.S. 393 (2010) remains active to review fraud, deceit, and collusion
23-5746 James H. Hayes v. Jerry Howell, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standing standing Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in denying Mr. Hawes' petition for a certificate of appealability concerning the district court's den…
23-5747 Daryl A. Hess v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP 8th-amendment appellate-jurisdiction civil-rights constitutional-issue due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals properly denied Petitioner due process and Eighth Amendment rights by refusing to consider newly discov…
23-5748 James M. Holman v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority Ohio Denied IFP but no text was provided for analysis. Without th but no text was provided for me to analyze. Witho I cannot generate the requested output. If you wo please provide the full text of the petition. 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-jurisprudence cell-phone-data digital-privacy privacy search-and-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable sear…
23-5750 Todd Ferry v. Melissa Hainsworth, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Somerset, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure brady-violation civil-rights default-rule due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel pro-se pro-se-petition state-court Did the State and the Federal Habeas courts' decision that ineffective-assistance-of-counsel issues were defaulted conflict with precedents
23-5752 Donald Foster v. Billy Jackson, Assistant Warden, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process jurisdiction standing Question not identified
23-5754 Tony Terrel Chase v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection standing Was Petitioner denied Substantive due Process?
23-5770 Victor M. Barahona v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance involuntary-confession miranda-warning police-interrogation self-incrimination When Detective Lopez told Petitioner that his statement could be used in his favor, did Detective Lopez subverted the Miranda warning, thus, rendered …
23-5771 Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Ken Maynard, III, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process failure-to-state-claim frivolous-claims judicial-procedure medical-error medical-malpractice procedural-due-process standing Did the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas err in dismissing Plaintiff's Civil Rights violation complaint?
23-5772 Cornel Jackie Drummer v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure court-records due-process federal-review habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence meaningful-appeal procedural-default statute-of-limitations tolling Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit err in sustaining the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas' hol…
23-5780 Denis Chavez v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-validity criminal-law due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-procedure post-conviction-relief sexual-offense Whether the Florida Statutes, Chapter 794 and Chapter 800, are constitutionally valid
23-5783 Edward Francis Davis v. Power Authority of the State of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection evidence-handling in-forma-pauperis judicial-precedent procedural-fairness sanctions supervisory-power whether-petitioner-was-treated-unfairly-and-unequally
23-5785 Joshua Aston v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions reopening-of-case right-to-present-defense right-to-testify sixth-amendment trial-procedure unanimous-jury Where a defendant's right to testify was violated
23-5787 Richard Frasca v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP age-discrimination constitutional-rights depression equitable-tolling evidentiary-hearing mental-illness procedural-flaws retaliation Whether equitable tolling applies to the statute of limitations based on depression and mental illness resulting from age discrimination and retaliati…
23-5789 Jean Max Darbouze v. Patrick Covello, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure csaas-testimony due-process evidence expert-testimony free-speech habeas-corpus translation-accuracy witness-credibility Whether the introduction of CSAAS testimony is unconstitutional junk science
23-5800 Malcolm Muhammad v. William E. Jackson, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 circuit-court civil-rights federal-law free-speech judicial-interpretation land-use property-rights religious-land-use-and-institutionalized-persons-a standing statutory-construction summary-judgment Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in deferring to the district court's findings that the appellant failed to present evidence disputing the defendants'…
23-5805 Jeffrey Corporal v. Ronald Weber, Warden, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction filing-deadline harmless-error pro-se-litigant procedural-error standing statute-of-limitations Does a federal district court harmlessly err when it erroneously extends a defendant's inexcusably neglectfully missed filing deadline to respond to a…
23-5806 Jason Wayne Oien v. Chad Pringle, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-instructions marijuana prejudicial-evidence retroactivity sentencing Question not identified
23-5809 Bryce Jackson v. Tony Golick, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 5th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment government-liability probable-cause search-and-seizure standing Can a person file a civil suit against the government for the violation of the 5th Amendment's due process clause?
23-5811 Valery LaTouche v. Harold D. Graham, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied IFP due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel rule-60(b) rule-60b self-incrimination whether-new-york-cpl-440.10(2)(c)-statutes-being-amended
23-5817 Cordarius Lawrence v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction sentencing standard-of-proof Whether the evidence at trial was insufficient to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
23-5821 Vanessa Sue Stafford v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP civil-rights content-moderation due-process first-amendment free-speech government-censorship government-corruption legal-statements public-platform standing Whether Nextdoor has the right to take down legal statements about government corruption
23-5824 Alex Adams v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights consumer-protection due-process standing How can the FTC prove that they have an actual injury to a consumer's rights?
23-5825 Robert Robinson v. Savvy Ventures, LLC, c/o Gregory Real Estate, Inc., dba Gregory Property Management Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitution constitutional-rebellion due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment government-officials standing supreme-court-precedent Does the third section of Amendment XIV guarantee citizens of the United States freedom from government officials who rebel against the Constitution o…
23-5830 Joseph Emerson v. Craigslist/Craig Newmark, et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights corporate-conspiracy defamation due-process fbi-interference interstate-commerce interstate-sex-trafficking legal-obstruction sex-trafficking standing union-job-rights Whether the FBI's alleged interference with Petitioner's employment and housing, as well as its alleged involvement in interstate sex trafficking, vio…
23-5831 Roberto Carlos Mendives, Individually and On Behalf of His Four Minor Children, R. C. M., II, M. A. M., G. L. M., and E. F. M. v. Bexar County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody civil-rights due-process family-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parens-patriae parental-rights standing strict-scrutiny Whether this court should overrule the fact that the state court has separated a fit parent from his/her minor children without an adjudication hearin…
23-5832 William R. Abbott v. Loretta Otis-Sanders, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights crack-cocaine criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment-cruel-and-unusual-punishment equal-protection fair-sentencing-act federal-sentencing federal-statute-of-limitations first-step-act prison-rape-elimination-act retroactivity whether the State of Louisiana Constitution's Equal Protection Clause embodies through the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment
23-5841 James Franklin Snyder v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction inmate-rights judicial-review legal-materials prison-conditions retaliation statutory-interpretation Can the State Department of Corrections terminate an inmate's access to legal materials and services in retaliation for the inmate's filing of a civil…
23-5844 Loretta J. Alford v. Jeffrey Koses, Chairman, Committee for Purchase/AbilityOne, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-court-system federal-rules standing witness witness-examination Question not identified
23-5850 In Re Lawrence Smith Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process free-speech habeas-corpus standing Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner's civil-rights, due-process, and free-speech claims
23-5851 Hector Sanchez-Torres v. Florida Florida Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-sentencing culpability death-penalty eighth-amendment equal-protection mitigation-evidence Whether sentencing a 19-year-old codefendant to death violates the Eighth Amendment or Equal Protection Clause when his similarly culpable 17-year-old…
23-5853 Alex Adams v. Unknown Layton, Sergeant, Coffield Unit, et al. Fifth Circuit Dismissed IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech judicial-review legal-jurisdiction standing state-law takings Whether the state's actions in this case violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
23-5855 Regina Tate v. Hamilton County Election Commission Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appointment-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights dismissal due-process judicial-procedure legal-counsel pro-se-litigant standing Whether the Dismissal should be reconsidered for failure to appoint legal counsel
23-5856 Dmt MacTruong, aka Mac Truong v. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Pending Response WaivedIFP abortion civil-rights conspiracy constitutional-rights copyright copyright-law federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-justice standing texas-heartbeat-act Does Petitioner have standing to sue Defendants for violating Petitioner's constitutional and civil rights?
23-5866 James Allen Brickley, Jr. v. Marie Laurence Gloria Joseph-Stephen Texas Denied IFP best-interest best-interest-standard civil-procedure due-process evidentiary-sufficiency judicial-discretion parental-rights pro-se-litigation standing termination termination-proceedings Sufficiency of evidence to terminate parental rights
23-5870 George Tolbert v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, dba Mr. Cooper Seventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation consumer-protection discovery due-process federal-regulation foreclosure mortgage-foreclosure property-rights sanctions Whether Nationstar/Mr. Cooper failed to comply with discovery rules, the Dodd-Frank 120-day rule, and other consumer protection regulations, and wheth…
23-5871 Darryl Smith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appeals criminal-conviction due-process habeas-corpus judicial-sanction pro-se pro-se-prisoner vexatious-litigator Whether judges and magistrates can collectively craft orders to impose a vexatious litigator tag on a pro se prisoner and ban his filings to appeal hi…
23-5874 In Re L. E. Pauli Coffey Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment mandamus sovereign-immunity standing timely-response Do the Federal Laws of Civil Procedure (Fed R. Civ. P 12) and the Federal Laws of Appellate Procedure (31) set a time limit for a respondent to respon…
23-5877 Sarah Nathreen Nakanwagi v. City of Flagstaff, Arizona Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment interests-of-justice judicial-subpoena judicial-system national-origin race Is the current judicial system's determination of justice determined by one's race or national origin?
23-5884 Gregory Ifesinachi Ezeani v. Melinda H. Reagan, President, Amberton University Fifth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment academic-credits civil-rights due-process equal-protection private-university racial-discrimination state-action Whether the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals violated the pro se's due process rights under the 14th Amendment by failing to properly co…
23-5885 Donald Lee Kissner v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights collateral-consequences constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fact-finding-hearing judicial-discretion parole-revocation preliminary-hearing procedural-error Did the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals abuse its discretion when it claimed Mr. Bissner's appeal was frivolous?
23-5887 Arthur Vasquez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process free-speech judicial-procedure legal-jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the Supreme Court of the United States has jurisdiction to review the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
23-5892 Shane Woodgeard v. Timothy Heavlin, et al. Ohio Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion bond-setting case-consolidation change-of-venue civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion judicial-recusal venue-change Did a lower Court violate Rights in issuing an unheard of, $100,000 bond on a misdemeanor, when there was overwhelming evidence showing there was no c…
23-5895 Ryan Rydell Bonner v. Texas Texas Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-claim criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure procedural-default speedy-trial standing state-court Speedy and effective adjudication of habeas corpus rights
23-59 Larry Eugene Clark v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitution constitutional-rights due-process election-integrity election-machines federal-law standing state-law voting voting-rights Whether injured voters have standing to challenge the use of uncertified voting machines that may have compromised the 2020 election
23-5900 Gus Massey, Jr. v. El Paso City Attorney's Office Texas Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process jurisdiction justice-courts procedural-error sovereign-immunity standing texas-constitution texas-tort-claims-act tort-claims-act Whether Texas 'Justice Courts' should be submitted to the rules, precedents, and guidelines 'Outside of it's Texas Statutory Guidelines
23-5901 Albert Randolph v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance new-trial Court of Criminal Appeals error denying Writ of Habeas Corpus for New Trial
23-5904 Hazhar A. Sayed v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure excusable-neglect ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel postconviction-motion sentencing standard-of-review Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals misapplied the standard of review applicable to assertion of justifiable excuse or excusable neglect for belated…
23-5911 Jeffrey Rivard v. Brattleboro Reformer, et al. Vermont Denied IFP false-light first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-speech journalists-privilege libel negligence Whether the Vermont Superior Court's ruling granting a Motion to Strike in Jeffrey Rivard v Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro Reformer is inconsistent with…
23-5914 Samuel O. Araoye v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process employment-discrimination forensics government-liability policy-maker-liability racial-discrimination record-alteration veterans-rights Where Respondent [City Government] and its individual policymaking authorities violate the Appellant's Constitutional rights under 14th Amendment per …
23-5915 Keith Alexander v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review appointment-of-counsel civil-rights constitutional-rights district-court due-process evidence habeas-corpus judicial-discretion procedural-error standard-of-review Whether the district court abused its discretion when it refused to appoint counsel for the appellant and denied the appellant due process and the rig…
23-5916 Steven Richard Taylor v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure dna-evidence due-process expert-testimony frye-standard frye-test ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogation right-to-counsel Was Petitioner prejudiced by trial counsel's failure to move for adversarial testing of the State's novel DNA testing and statistics under Frye v. Uni…
23-592 K. E. v. Denise M. Trauth, President, Texas State University, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-action administrative-law civil-procedure due-process higher-education judicial-proceedings legal-rights property-interest property-rights university-administration Whether a college degree is a protected property interest that can only be revoked through judicial proceedings rather than through the unilateral act…
23-5923 Walter Roosevelt-Taft Downing v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights court-form court-forms due-process habeas habeas-corpus indigent-petitioner indigent-petitioners judicial-review legal-proceeding standing Whether the court erred in denying the petitioner's request for court forms for indigent petitioners
23-593 S. O. v. Jay Hartzell, President, University of Texas at Austin, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment administrative-law civil-procedure due-process higher-education judicial-proceedings property-interest property-rights student-rights university-administration Whether a college degree is a protected property interest that can only be revoked through judicial proceedings rather than through the unilateral act…
23-5931 Donald Lee Kissner v. Joseph Michael Orr, et al. Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process expert-testimony judicial-error medical-care ninth-circuit pretrial-detention qualified-immunity Did the Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals commit clear error when it stated that Mr. Kissner did not show deliberate indifference to seriou…
23-5932 Imre Kifor v. Massachusetts, et al. Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process equal-protection equity-mandate executive-order legal-paradox russell's-paradox Does the mandate to selectively 'advance equity' (for only some) violate the Constitution?
23-5935 Michael Ray Thomas v. Adam Douglas, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment ineffective-assistance judicial-discretion prosecutorial-misconduct standing sua-sponte-appointment sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a court of appeals may force a petitioner to proceed on appeal without the assistance of counsel after a district court ordered the appointmen…
23-5938 Loren J. Larson, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process fair-trial fifth-amendment juror-testimony sixth-amendment structural-error Does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to a 'fair trial' implicitly require that the trial be free of structural error?
23-5945 Dana Jovan Johnson v. District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-exception martinez-v-ryan post-conviction-relief procedural-default Whether inadequate assistance of counsel at initial-review collateral proceedings may establish cause for a prisoner's procedural default of a claim o…
23-5948 Vamusa Kosh Ishmael, aka Ishmael Kosh v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
23-5953 Michael Muthee Munywe v. Julie Dier, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-misconduct probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether the district court's decision was erroneous
23-5954 Arthur Picklo v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) consecutive-sentences consecutive-sentencing criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law rule-of-lenity sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the rule of lenity requires a sentencing court to impose a § 924(c) sentence consecutive to only the predicate crime of violence or drug offen…
23-5958 David J. Rudometkin v. Kevin Payne, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP councilman-abstention court-martial due-process habeas-corpus military-courts military-discharge military-jurisdiction servicemember-status statutory-discharge Whether the Councilman abstention applies to former servicemembers who were statutorily discharged prior to court-martial charges and proceedings
23-5963 John Roberts v. Jason Hollar, Chief Executive Officer of Cardinal Health, et al. Ohio Denied IFP bodily-integrity chips civil-rights consumer-protection due-process illegal-search illegal-seizure legal-claim manufacturing-defect privacy product-liability Whether the petitioner has standing to challenge the alleged involuntary implantation of RFID chips
23-5967 Andrew Delaney v. Gregory Messer, Chapter 7 Trustee, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure chapter-7 circuit-split civil-procedure due-process exemption-law settlement-valuation standing trustee trustee-conflict Does the U.S. Trustee Program create conflicts of interest?
23-5972 Barney A. Dunlap v. David Mitchell, Superintendent, Lanesboro Correctional Institution Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure collateral-estoppel due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdictional-statement notice-of-appeal pro-se pro-se-appellant procedural-default Whether the Court of Appeals' disposition on the notice of appeal issue should be vacated
23-5974 Timothy Kaler v. ESA Management, LLC Ninth Circuit Denied IFP amendment-interpretation cares-act cares-act-violation civil-procedure constitutional-due-process constitutional-violations due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-removal fiduciary-duty jurisdictional-conflict removal Question not identified
23-5976 Brian Heath Davis v. Randy Gibbs, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy autopsy-report confrontation-clause criminal-procedure effective-assistance expert-testimony reasonable-doubt sixth-amendment To what extent are Sixth Amendment guarantees of Confrontation and Effective Assistance violated when an expert conducts an autopsy, prepares an autop…
23-5977 Sean Overstreet v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights counsel-waiver criminal-defendant-rights criminal-procedure due-process right-to-be-present sentencing supervised-release waiver May counsel waive a criminal defendant's right to be present during the portion of his sentence in which special conditions of supervised release are …
23-5983 Eric Spencer v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review court-procedure de-novo-review district-court evidence evidence-rules hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standard-of-review Should the Court of Appeals apply an abuse of discretion standard or engage in de novo review when reviewing a district court's ruling to admit hearsa…
23-5985 Russell Wayne Bullock v. Pete Bludworth, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied IFP cell-phone-data digital-privacy fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence privacy search-and-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable …
23-5987 John Heart v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
23-5988 Robert Benjamin Stout v. Sergeant Johnson, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights driver's-license due-process fourth-amendment license-checkpoint obstruction-of-justice probable-cause reasonable-suspicion roadway-safety Are police permitted to conduct driver's license checkpoints without reasonable suspicion?
23-5991 Samuel T. Whatley v. Richland County Family Court, Columbia, South Carolina, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-court fifth-amendment governmental-immunity immunity judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice standing Does the Constitution allow judicial misconduct and obstruction of justice?
23-5993 Jose Miguel Montemayor v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review chapman-v-california constitutional-error defendant's-guilt fourth-amendment harmless-error independent-evidence judicial-standard prejudicial-effect suppression-error Whether an appeals court can conclude that a Fourth Amendment error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt without juxtaposing the error's prejudicial …
23-5994 James Jordan McClain v. Tammy Campbell, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation equitable-tolling first-degree-murder habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct second-degree-murder self-defense voluntary-manslaughter Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that extraordinary circumstances for equitable tolling must make earlier filing 'impossible'
23-600 Dan Robert, et al. v. Lloyd J. Austin, III, Secretary of Defense, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-effects armed-forces constitutional-rights covid-19-vaccine experimental-injection experimental-medical-treatment judicial-review medical-coercion military-service separation-of-powers vaccine-mandate Whether the unlawful implementation of the harmful Covid vaccine mandate in the Armed Services properly evades judicial review
23-6000 Tyler Catlin Borg v. California California Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-due-process criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process first-degree-murder intent jury-instructions lying-in-wait murder-intent Questions Presented
23-6002 Justin Del Rio v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review plain-error statutory-interpretation Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in affirming the District Court's imposition of a $5,000 fine under 18 U.S.C. § 3014 despite the petitioner's argument…
23-6006 Delando Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-investigation fourth-amendment good-faith-exception leon-exception nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause residential-search search-warrant Whether an application for a warrant to search a home for drugs must contain objective evidence of a nexus between the evidence sought and the residen…
23-6007 Daniel A. Rocha v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-of-remedies habeas-corpus indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance procedural-rules time-limitations Does Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 358 (1968), and its progeny, require a state court to advise an indigent defendant of the procedural rules and ti…
23-6010 James Woo v. Jose Angel Baez, et al. Colorado Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-review civil-rights colorado-statute constitutional-challenge due-process expert-review expert-testimony indigent-plaintiff negligence-claims professional-conduct standing Whether the Colorado Court of Appeals erred in holding that the certificate of review requirement pursuant to Colorado's Revised Statute (C.R.S.) § 13…
23-6011 Jacques H. Telcy v. Michael Breckon, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 28-usc-2255e armed-career-criminal-act habeas-corpus legal-innocence saving-clause sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether the 'escape hatch' or 'saving clause' of 28 U.S.C. §2255(e) permits a federal prisoner to file a habeas corpus petition to contest the legalit…
23-6012 Rafael Espinal-Mieses v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(f) 21-usc-960(b) criminal-sentencing federal-statute maritime-drug-law maritime-drug-law-enforcement-act retroactivity safety-valve sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Did the First Circuit correctly interpret the pre-amendment version of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f) as excluding MDLEA offenses from safety-valve relief?
23-6014 Curtis Conway Bailey v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-sexual-conduct direct-appeal due-process immutable-fact ineffective-assistance-counsel judicial-notice mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence michigan-law sentencing Whether a trial court can find the fact of a defendant's age as an element of the offense of first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Michigan law
23-6017 Roberto Alaniz-Pimentel v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres apprendi apprendi-v-new-jersey historical-practices notice-clause prior-conviction prior-conviction-exception recidivism-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the prior-conviction exception from Almendarez-Torres can be squared with the text of the Sixth Amendment's Notice Clause and the historical p…
23-6019 Luis Olivares v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 criminal-sentencing district-court district-court-discretion exceptional-circumstances fair-sentencing-act sentence-modification statutory-interpretation Whether the Fair Sentencing Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), permits a district court to modify Mr. Olivares' unusually long sentence in this exception…
23-602 William Shupp v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response Waived appellate-review constitutional-rights due-process evitts-v-lucey fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel louisiana-supreme-court out-of-time-appeal writ-of-certiorari Whether Louisiana's denial of Shupp's request to file an out-of-time application for writ of certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court, despite the in…
23-6020 Henry Zabala-Zorilla v. District Attorney of Berks County, Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP habeas-corpus judicial-error legal-mistake rule-60(b)(1) rule-60b statute-of-limitations successive-petition third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its application of Kemp v. United States
23-6021 Sharon Cammille Riddick v. Boston Housing Authority, et al. First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights discrimination due-process retaliation rule-12 rule-70 rule-8 rule-9 standing Whether Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 12(b)(6), Rule 8(a)(2), Rule 9 are an adequate basis to dismiss the petitioner's complaint?
23-6023 David Sattazahn v. Laurel Harry, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-disclosure brady-violation due-process giglio-disclosure giglio-v-united-states habeas-corpus plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct united-states-v-bagley witness-bias witness-inducement Whether prosecutors must disclose inducements provided to witnesses, even in the absence of an agreement with express terms
23-6024 Raheem Davis, aka Raheen Davis v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process standing takings Can the petitioner prevail on their claims?
23-6025 Deunta Finch v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure guidelines plain-error-review preservation-of-error sentencing sentencing-guidelines sixth-circuit Has the Sixth Circuit erred by creating a novel doctrine that says, to avoid plain-error review, a criminal defendant must object after the sentencing…
23-6028 Delroy T. Booth v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the prosecution's misconduct, including reversing the burden of proof, violating the defendant's due process rights, and denying the defendant…
23-6030 Gregory P. Burleson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confession corroborating-evidence defense-of-others excessive-force federal-law law-enforcement reasonable-doubt self-defense supreme-court Is a citizen entitled to act in self-defense or defense of others against law-enforcement-officers if he has a reasonable-belief that there is an immi…
23-6032 James William Thomas, III v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment common-law-presumption-of-ownership fourth-amendment property-seizure reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure search-warrant standing trespassory-test Whether a defendant has standing to challenge the search of property seized from his residence
23-6034 Alfredo Sanchez Barboza v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment contraband exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inventory-search probable-cause standardized-protocol subjective-motivation Whether the inevitable discovery doctrine validates the prior illegal seizure of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia when the police officer…
23-6037 Stephanie N. Torres v. Molly Hill, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 aedpa attempted-murder habeas-corpus state-court-record sufficiency-of-evidence When may a federal court bypass a state court's factual findings and rely on the state court record to adjudicate a habeas petitioner's claims?
23-6039 Selbourne Waite v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 aiding-and-abetting crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether aiding and abetting a Hobbs Act robbery falls outside the definition of a 'crime of violence'
23-6041 Luis Alberto Hernandez-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure certiorari constitutional-interpretation constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6042 Joel Flores v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses due-process fair-warning firearm-possession firearms statutory-ambiguity statutory-interpretation vagueness Whether 18 U.S.C.§924(c) provides fair warning of what constitutes possession of a firearm 'in furtherance of' a drug offense as opposed to possession…
23-6043 Dwaun Jabbar Guidry v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure discretionary-review due-process federal-question law-of-the-case supreme-court-precedent Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of relief violated due process by determining the law of the case doctrine was controlling despite the parties' app…
23-6044 Cristian Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure define-and-punish-clause felonies-on-high-seas felony-on-the-high-seas international-law laws-of-nations maritime-drug-enforcement-law maritime-law piracy-principles subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether denial of a pretrial challenge to the court's subject matter jurisdiction under the Maritime Drug Enforcement Law warrants interlocutory revie…
23-6045 Perry Wayne Suggs, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment general-warrant good-faith-exception home-search particularity-requirement search-and-seizure warrant-particularity When a warrant plainly violates the Fourth Amendment's particularity requirement by authorizing an unbridled, general search of a home, does the good-…
23-6048 Elvis Redzepagic v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law federal-sentencing material-support offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorist-organizations Whether the correct offense level should be used in sentencing violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339B(a)(1), (d)
23-6050 Khosrow Rahimi v. City of Sheridan, Oregon, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process environmental-justification equal-protection land-designation property-rights statute-of-limitations takings Whether the government's failure to provide just compensation within the statute of limitations for a taking of private property violates the Fifth Am…
23-6051 Stephen Aguiar v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP article-iii cares-act case-or-controversy drug-conspiracy home-confinement prison-term supervised-release Does a prisoner serving a 36-month prison term for revocation of supervised release concurrent with his 360-month prison term for a drug conspiracy me…
23-6057 Juan J. Zuniga-Bruno v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy first-circuit issue-preclusion predicate-felonies sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent vacatur Whether the Court of Appeals of the First Circuit's affirming opinion in Zuniga-Bruno's case is conflicting with Pirset Circuit precedents
23-6058 Liberty Anne Walden v. Jeremy Howard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony judicial-error misconduct plain-error prosecutorial-misconduct trial-court-discretion trial-procedure witness-credibility Did the trial court plainly error by allowing Dr. Mohr to testify outside the realm of her expertise thereby providing testimony to the ultimate issue…
23-6060 John Lacey Mulkey v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence extrinsic-evidence right-to-present-defense rule-403 sixth-amendment speedy-trial Did the Court of Appeals violate the due process right to present a defense, in holding admissible, under O.C.G.A. § 24-4-403, (Rule403) extrinsic evi…
23-6061 George Oscar Messer v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process federal-kidnapping federal-kidnapping-statute fifth-amendment interstate-commerce intrastate-crime statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the residual clause of 'or otherwise' of the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, is void for vagueness under the due process clause …
23-6062 Holli Womack v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offenses jury-instructions plain-error ruan-standard sixth-circuit standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent Is the Sixth Circuit's draconian view of the plain-error standard contrary to this Court's precedents, including Henderson-v-United-States?
23-6063 Kieffer Michael Simmons v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence fifth-amendment judicial-immunity subpoena witness witness-subpoena Whether Simmons should have been entitled to judicial immunity for his subpoenaed witness
23-6065 Tyrone Kevin Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 18-usc-924(o) actual-innocence circuit-split criminal-procedure hobbs-act jurisdiction post-conviction post-conviction-relief section-2255 statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit's wanton disregard for Taylor and its progeny in erecting an illogical and legally erroneous barrier to relief for § 2255…
23-6067 Michael A. Lajeunesse v. Kris Karberg, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-attack constitutional-protection constitutional-rights direct-review due-process gideon-v-wainright habeas-corpus issue-preclusion res-judicata If legal claims preserved by a state court during direct review share the same constitutional protections as the right to an appeal from a final judgm…
23-6068 Jermaine Deshan West v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment courts-of-appeals due-process empirical-evidence equal-protection fifth-amendment methamphetamine sentencing-disparities sentencing-guidelines Whether the U.S. Sentencing Commission abdicated its duties under 28 U.S.C. $994(2)(1)(B) when determining the appropriate amount of imprisonment Cour…
23-6070 Eric V. Bartoli v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ex-post-facto habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargain plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing sentencing-error statutory-maximum Whether a guilty plea should be vacated when the underlying plea bargain contains an error of law (an illegal sentence) at its core
23-6072 James Richards v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause constitutional-rights crawford-v-washington crawford-violation criminal-procedure evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment testimonial-evidence Whether the admission of a deceased witness's testimonial video statement violated the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause, despite defense counsel's…
23-6075 William Phillip Neidinger v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedy constitutional-interpretation due-process effective-counsel identity-rights judicial-defect judicial-review jury-selection mandamus presumption-of-innocence selective-prosecution Is not having actual availability of effective counsel and actual presumption of innocence, particularly in cases deriving from previous judicial defe…
23-6077 Royal Douglas Robinson v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP 9th-amendment constitutional-challenge conviction criminal-conviction due-process false-evidence forensic-misconduct medical-examiner scientific-evidence Does a conviction based on unreliable scientific evidence violate due-process
23-6079 Santos David Ramirez-Ortega v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review conflict-with-other-courts criminal-procedure district-court guideline-range holguin-hernandez judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines substantial-arguments Whether a party may obtain appellate relief when the district court fails to reference or address substantial arguments for a sentence outside the Gui…
23-6081 Jacobo Fuentes-Salgado v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6082 Cuedell Javon Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent categorical-approach circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-sentencing fifth-circuit reckless-mental-state sentencing-guidelines taylor-descamps texas-robbery Whether the Fifth Circuit has continued to misapply Taylor and Descamps
23-6085 Randall Gray Stoneman, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure district-court evidence evidence-seizure federal-sentencing-guidelines motion-to-suppress search-and-seizure sentencing sentencing-guidelines video-surveillance Was the district court in error in denying the motion to suppress the evidence?
23-6086 Luis Alberto Marcano-Godoy v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-defendant criminal-procedure government-defense opening-brief procedural-rule reply-brief Whether a criminal defendant must raise the issue of an appeal waiver in his opening brief or whether it falls upon the government to raise the waiver…
23-6090 In Re Kurt A. Benshoof Denied IFP constitutional-violations due-process family-court fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction justiciable-controversy religious-freedom subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether family court proceeded in absence of jurisdiction and absent a justiciable controversy, thereby violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourte…
23-6092 Joe Lawrence Gallegos v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-enterprise criminal-law federal-courts gang-status gang-violence purpose-doctrine self-defense self-preservation statutory-interpretation vicar-murder Whether acting on the immediate instinct for self-preservation constitutes acting for the purpose of 'maintaining or increasing position in an enterpr…
23-6094 Dena Inez Minton v. Miranda Richardson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa civil-rights court-filing due-process federal-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure habeas-corpus legal-documents prisoner-rights procedural-due-process standing Why is the petitioner being denied relief, when there has been a significant infringement of petitioner's Constitutional Rights
23-6095 Jerome McGoy v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights confidential-informant controlled-buy criminal-procedure drug-investigation due-process law-enforcement search-and-seizure undercover-operation Is Arkansas state authorized to use a confidential informant in an undercover operation to make controlled buys?
23-6097 Montrez Duncan v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review constitutional-vindictiveness conviction criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion resentencing sentencing unconstitutional Is a court constitutionally vindictive in violation of due process when, after it vacates the conviction and sentence on a count that was deemed uncon…
23-6098 Ricardo Dinnall v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-justice criminal-procedure district-court federal-sentencing first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-reduction sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Whether Concepcion v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2389 (2022), requires district courts to consider all nonfrivolous arguments raised by the patties in …
23-6100 Joseph Eugene Dix v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause constitutional-law constitutional-limits criminal-law felon-in-possession felony-conviction firearm-possession interstate-commerce interstate-travel statutory-interpretation Whether a felon's intrastate possession of a firearm violates 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) solely because the firearm previously crossed state lines
23-6101 Kevin E. Chace v. Ashley Moody, Attorney General of Florida, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals constitutional-error criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel standards-of-review trial-counsel WHETHER PETITIONER SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO CERTIORARI REVIEW BASED ON MULTIPLE ERRORS OF TRIAL COUNSEL THAT OCCURRED WHILE LITIGATING PETTIONER'S CASE
23-6102 Rolandis Chatmon v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-order civil-rights constitutional-deprivation court-procedure due-process federal-rights federalism judicial-power standing state-government takings Can Constitutional depravations be justified by some remote administrative benefit to the State such as an Administrative Plan?
23-6103 Alvin Celius Andre v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof constructive-amendment criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process entrapment entrapment-defense prosecutorial-misconduct statutory-interpretation Does a constructive amendment occur when the government substitutes Congress's intended object of the actus reus of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), 'any individu…
23-6105 Alvin Henry Dalton v. M. Votari Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-provisions dismissal district-court due-process environmental-justice equal-protection jurisdiction legal-procedure standing Whether respondent's actions in forcing petitioner to live in an unhealthy environment violate petitioner's constitutional rights
23-6106 Damion Edward Cruz-Benavente v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-standard constitutional-error criminal-procedure criminal-trial cumulative-error cumulative-errors due-process harmless-error judicial-review procedural-fairness standard-of-review verdict-influence Whether a court should review the cumulative effect of preserved and forfeited errors to determine if they had a substantial influence on the verdict
23-6107 Joseph G. Cua v. Roberto A. Arias, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion aedpa aedpa-limitations discovery due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance procedural-error rule-60-motion time-limitations Whether exceptions to the AEDPA one-year time limitations rendered the district court's 2015 dismissal for untimeliness of Cua's habeas petition and d…
23-6109 Tou Thao v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-242 civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure deprivation-of-rights due-process fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct specific-intent willfulness Was the evidence at trial sufficient to establish the willfulness of the petitioner?
23-6112 Derek Paul Smyer v. Bryan D. Phillips, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law appellate-review certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus judicial-discretion ninth-circuit standing third-party-culpability Whether the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it failed or refused to apply the correct legal standard in evaluating the plainti…
23-6115 Rakeem Barber v. Arizona Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-review ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel post-conviction-relief postconviction-relief state-court-procedure state-courts Is Arizona's collateral review scheme adequate to vindicate the constitutional rights of non-capital defendants?
23-6116 Cynthia Clemons v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-v-united-states sixth-circuit supreme-court-precedent Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on the plain error standard is contrary to Supreme Court precedents, including Ruan and Henderson
23-6117 Gordon Lagerstrom v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals appellate-review certificate-of-appealability circuit-court civil-procedure federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure judicial-discretion procedural-motion standing Whether a single circuit court judge may deny a motion for certificate of appealability under Fed. R. App. P. 27(c)?
23-6118 T'Shaun Omar Jones v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance federal-law federal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-construction legal-definition state-law statutory-interpretation vehicle-for-review Is the definition of 'controlled substance' in the federal sentencing guidelines controlled by federal or state law?
23-6119 Amanda Lyn Walker v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse constitutional-vagueness criminal-statute cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process enabling-child-abuse judicial-discretion sentencing-range statutory-interpretation unconstitutionally-vague Whether a criminal statute with a sentencing range of not exceeding one year imprisonment in a county jail or not exceeding life imprisonment at the D…
23-6120 Demecia Shontres Washington v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP character-evidence criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard expert-testimony jury-bias plain-error profile-evidence Whether the district court plainly erred by admitting expert testimony about the common characteristics of a particular type of offender, also known a…
23-6121 Jemare Ray McNair, aka Head v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver appeal-waivers career-offender criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-enhancement Whether career offender status should be subject to appeal waivers in plea agreements where a defendant has a legitimate argument that he was not a ca…
23-6122 Courtney Newman v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-v-united-states Did the Sixth Circuit commit error by substituting the generic term 'illegally' for the language mandated in Ruan?
23-6123 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP camera constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence law-enforcement perjury search-and-seizure suppression-hearing vehicle Can a court allow the prosecution to present evidence of a defendant's vehicle, camera, or perjury for the purpose of a suppression hearing and violat…
23-6128 Julia Ann Poff v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony fair-trial indigent-defense plea-bargaining right-to-counsel Question not identified
23-6129 Jarmaine Carter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach crime-of-violence extortion federal-sentencing ohio-revised-code ohio-robbery sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Ohio robbery under Ohio Revised Code § 2911.02(A)(2) categorically matches the enumerated offense of 'extortion' under United States Sentencin…
23-6130 Sylvia Hofstetter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substances criminal-procedure jury-instructions mens-rea plain-error ruan-standard ruan-v-united-states sixth-circuit Whether the Sixth Circuit's ruling on the plain error standard is contrary to Supreme Court precedents, including Ruan and Henderson
23-6134 Rajon Jamison v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-offender base-level base-level-calculation constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process juvenile-conviction sentencing-error sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in applying a 26-point base level instead of the appropriate 24-point base level, and in sentencing the petitioner under…
23-6135 Charles Kevin Agerton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP categorical-approach controlled-substance controlled-substance-offense criminal-law federal-jurisdiction legal-interpretation offense-matching sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether an offense-matching categorical approach applies to the determination of a 'controlled substance offense' under the Sentencing Guidelines?
23-6141 Arthur Grady v. Charles Truitt, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jackson-v-virginia jury-instructions special-verdict strickland-v-washington sufficiency-of-evidence united-states-v-powell Does United States v. Powell prevent a court from reviewing—and giving effect to—a jury's special verdict finding when that finding negates the sole t…
23-6142 Fathiree Ali v. Steven Simmons, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies civil-rights due-process exhaustion exhaustion-requirement grievance-procedure judicial-review plra prison-litigation-reform-act ross-v-blake When assessing whether prison administrators made the grievance procedure unavailable based on the three circumstances in Ross v. Blake, (1) will all …
23-6144 Susanne Aspley v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law covid-pandemic due-process emergency-orders fourteenth-amendment nursing-home-deaths right-to-life section-1983 Whether the 14th Amendment right to life was violated by the Minnesota Governor and Health Department Commissioner's actions that resulted in the deat…
23-6145 Daniel E. Salley v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process internal-revenue-service mental-competency mental-health-defense property-rights property-seizure statute-of-limitations tax-law treasury-offset-program Whether a college graduate and successful businessman owner of a small accounting firm, who prevailed in several audits at the Internal Revenue Servic…
23-6147 Brett Alexander Jones v. Burl Cain, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights district-court due-process federal-courts fifth-circuit habeas-corpus state-courts Whether the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is required to issue a COA if a state high court has found a substantial showing of a denial of a constitut…
23-6148 Lawrence Jeffrey Brooks v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure district-court drug-quantity due-process judicial-discretion judicial-transfer motion-to-dismiss sentencing sentencing-enhancement standard-of-review transfer-of-venue Whether the District Court erred by transferring the case back to the original District Court Judge
23-6149 Gary Lynn Gatlin v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4241-motion competency-evaluation criminal-procedure due-process intellectual-disability mental-competency mental-illness standards-of-review Should courts evaluate evidence supporting motions for competency evaluations differently when the claimed basis for incompetency is intellectual disa…
23-6151 Urbano Torres-Giles v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split clearly-erroneous-facts criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process fact-finding reliability reliability-standard sentencing-context sentencing-guidelines Whether the test for a clearly erroneous fact in the sentencing context should consider the reliability of the challenged fact
23-6156 David Joseph Meister v. Tyrell Davis, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability complete-defense constitutional-rights false-confession habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-present-defense substantial-showing-of-denial Whether the Court of Appeals egregiously misapplied this Court's standard for issuing a certificate of appealability in the face of a substantial show…
23-6158 Derrick Hunt v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment child-pornography criminal-procedure evidence fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure search-warrant Did the District Court abuse its discretion in denying Defendant's motion to suppress the search of his computer?
23-6162 James Williams v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment court-appointed-counsel criminal-procedure irreconcilable-differences judicial-discretion mckaskle-v-wiggins pro-se pro-se-representation right-to-counsel sixth-amendment waiver When a defendant takes reasonable steps to remedy perceived irreconcilable differences with court-appointed attorney, does the 6th Amendment afford th…
23-6164 Albert Carrasco, v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-history criminal-procedure due-process liberty-interest liberty-restriction rehabilitation sentencing sex-offender supervised-release Whether a supervised-release condition prohibiting a low-level sex offender from living in most urban and suburban areas is substantively unreasonable…
23-6165 Jesus Del Valle Gonzalez-Rodriguez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver brief-filing burden-of-proof court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process government-defense opening-brief plea-agreement reply-brief Whether a criminal defendant must raise the issue of an appeal waiver in his opening brief or whether it falls upon the government to raise the waiver…
23-6166 Moses Moreira v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP application-notes criminal-activity criminal-assets fifth-circuit fifth-circuit-precedent manager-status participant-supervision sentencing-enhancement subordinate-participant supervision u-s-sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant must have exercised some direction or supervision over a subordinate participant in a criminal activity to qualify for a sentencin…
23-6169 Juan Carlos Soto v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-USC-3553 appeal appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-sentencing ninth-circuit-court remand sentencing sentencing-guidelines Why does the Yeh Circuit Court of appeals Remand (Wmost Cases Where all of the appeal ant's Non-Frivolous Sentencing arguments are Not addressed by th…
23-6175 Phillip A. Kenner v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process evidence-standard government-witness napue-standard napue-v-illinois perjury prosecutorial-misconduct witness-perjury What evidentiary showing is required, under Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959), to establish that a prosecution witness has offered false testimon…
23-6176 Faustino Garcia-Sanchez, aka Miguel Garcia-Sanchez, aka Miguel Zamora-Sanchez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights indictment jury-trial prior-conviction sentencing statutory-maximum Whether all facts—including the fact of a prior conviction—that increase a defendant's statutory maximum must be pleaded in the indictment and either …
23-6178 Decardo Moore v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concurrent-sentencing criminal-sentencing fact-finding intent-finding mental-health mental-illness plea-colloquy procedural-reasonableness second-degree-murder sentencing-errors substantive-reasonableness venue-insufficiency Adequacy-of-sentencing-consideration-for-mental-illness
23-6179 Anibal Miranda-Montanez v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review case-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-instructions legal-sufficiency procedural-challenge standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence trial-evidence verdict-challenge Whether the evidence was insufficient for the verdict to stand
23-6182 Joshua Anthony Peterman v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-procedure due-process habitual-offender indictment ineffective-assistance judicial-bias jury-indictment prosecutorial-bias sentencing speedy-trial Whether the trial court erred in amending the indictment, affecting trial and sentencing
23-6183 Steven Justin Villalona v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence appellate-court attorney-abandonment civil-procedure constitutional-claim evidentiary-standard federal-review habeas-corpus mandate-recall material-omissions procedural-default standing Whether a claim of attorney abandonment of material omissions in the record may justify the granting of a motion to recall the mandate of an appellate…
23-6186 Guillermo Borboa, aka Omar Gabriel Borboa v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 abuse-of-power appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment judicial-discretion standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Was the District Court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in error in dismissing a MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DUE TO COURTS LACK OF SUBJECT-MAT…
23-6188 Otis Blaxton v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process eighth-amendment equitable-tolling false-imprisonment fourteenth-amendment post-conviction-relief sovereign-immunity Has the State of Florida waived immunity from suits under its own statute, Florida Statute § 768.28 and the Florida Constitution Art. X, § 13?
23-6195 Lonzell J. Threats v. Barbara von Blanckensee, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 civil-procedure deference deference-standard habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-review military-court military-courts mixed-questions questions-of-law Must a court reviewing a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition challenging a military-court conviction extend absolute deference to the military cou…
23-6196 Boris Ward v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-representation cumulative-effect drug-transaction ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-offer prior-convictions reasonableness-of-sentence sentencing-guidelines whether-trial-counsel-provided-constitutionally-deficient-representation
23-6199 Trayvon Hall v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-rights court-procedure criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-pronouncement life-sentence plain-language sentencing statutory-interpretation Is a criminal defendant constitutionally entitled to have his sentence executed pursuant to the plain terms of the sentence orally pronounced in his p…
23-6205 Jeriah Scott Budder v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process ex-post-facto federal-prosecution indian-country major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma self-defense Whether the Tenth Circuit contravened this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied due process of law — based on ex post facto pri…
23-6206 Ken Ejimofor Ezeah v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2241 28-usc-2255 custody habeas-corpus immigration-law judicial-review noncitizen-rights removal-order savings-clause statutory-interpretation successive-petitions Does the savings clause provided in Section 2255(e) allow the court to hear a prisoner's custody petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 following the d…
23-6207 Ottis J. Cummings Jr., aka Ottis Junior Cummings, aka Otis Cummings, aka Ottis J. Commings, aka Otis J. Cummings v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance plea-negotiations sex-discrimination standing trial-counsel Whether the Court denied Petitioner due process proceedings due to allegedly McKay's sex?
23-6210 Andrew Pierson v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split exclusionary-rule foreign-searches fourth-amendment joint-venture judicial-conscience national-importance shocks-the-judicial-conscience Whether exceptions exist for the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule for foreign searches and seizures
23-622 Dale Thrush v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived arizona-v-washington circuit-split constitutional-review double-jeopardy fifth-amendment manifest-necessity mistrial-standard prosecution-evidence standard-of-review trial-court-discretion Whether the trial court's declaration of a mistrial was supported by manifest necessity
23-6226 Carmen A. Zammiello v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process ex-post-facto-law federal-law federal-review federalism habeas-corpus state-court-misconduct state-law trial-errors When will a state's 'substantive law' be applied in a federal court?
23-97 Shannon Daves, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Dallas County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mootness pretrial-detention standing younger-abstention Whether Younger v. Harvis and its progeny require federal courts to abstain from adjudicating petitioners' constitutional challenges
23A361 Meghan Kelly v. Disciplinary Counsel Patricia B. Swartz, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-rights first-amendment government-petition pro-se-litigation religious-exercise statute-of-limitations Whether a pro se litigant's constitutional claims regarding First Amendment rights to religious exercise and government petition can be preserved for …
23A419 Anita Bryant v.Delaware County Treasurer, et al. Indiana Presumed Complete due-process indiana-code notice-requirements probate-jurisdiction property-rights tax-sale Whether due process and statutory notice requirements under Indiana law mandate invalidation of a tax sale when a county auditor fails to follow prope…
23A468 Deirdre Baker v. JEA Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete civil-rights-act judicial-impartiality procedural-due-process race-retaliation summary-judgment title-vii Whether a federal district court judge violates procedural due process and judicial impartiality by relying on fabricated evidence and displaying bias…
23A489 Martin Akerman v. General Daniel Hokanson, Chief, National Guard Bureau,et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete administrative-law bivens-claim constitutional-violations federal-employment government-officials national-guard Whether a federal employee can bring a Bivens claim against multiple government agencies and officials for alleged constitutional violations related t…
23M45 Paul Hunter v. Jeff Leggett, et al. Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M46 Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko Virginia Presumed Complete None
23M47 Christopher Daniel Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit Presumed Complete None