Conference: 2024-01-12

44 cases — 0 granted, 44 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
23-175 City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (109)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 8th-amendment circuit-split civil-citations constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment homeless-rights homelessness public-camping Does the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Ei… 118.5
23-334 Department of State, et al. v. Sandra Muñoz, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) constitutional-rights consular-nonreviewability consular-officer due-process immigration-law immigration-nationality-act standing statutory-interpretation visa-application visa-denial Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., the decision to grant or deny a visa application rests with a consular officer… 27.0
23-367 Starbucks Corporation v. M. Kathleen McKinney, Regional Director of Region 15 of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on Behalf of the National Labor Relations Board Sixth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (16)Relisted (2) administrative-law circuit-split federal-district-courts national-labor-relations-act national-labor-relations-board preliminary-injunction unfair-labor-practices Whether courts must evaluate the NLRB's requests for section 10(j) injunctions under the traditional, stringent four-factor test for preliminary injun… 27.0
23-179 Alaska, et al. v. Alaska State Employees Association/American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 52, AFL-CIO Alaska Denied Amici (8)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) civil-rights due-process employee-rights first-amendment free-speech paycheck-deduction public-sector-unions state-action union union-speech voluntary-waiver waiver Whether the First Amendment prohibits a state from taking money from employees' paychecks to subsidize union speech when the state lacks sufficient ev… 23.5
22-1218 Wendy Smith, et al. v. Keith Spizzirri, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Response RequestedRelisted (3) arbitration-agreement circuit-conflict circuit-split dismiss district-court-procedure federal-arbitration-act judicial-discretion section-3 statutory-interpretation stay Whether Section 3 of the FAA requires district courts to stay a lawsuit pending arbitration, or whether district courts have discretion to dismiss whe… 19.5
23-191 Nancy Williams, et al. v. Greg Reed, Secretary, Alabama Department of Workforce Alabama Judgment Issued Amici (8)Relisted (2) administrative-exhaustion administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-remedies section-1983 standing state-court state-courts statutory-interpretation Whether exhaustion of state administrative remedies is required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court. 19.0
23-171 Chris Quinn, et al. v. Washington, et al. Washington Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) commerce-clause constitutional-limits dormant-commerce-clause due-process excise-tax extraterritorial-taxation federalism interstate-commerce property-rights state-taxation Whether the Constitution permits a state to tax out-of-state transactions involving only out-of-state property. 17.0
23-384 Michael Boresky, in His Individual and Official Capacity as a Special Agent for the U.S. Secret Service v. Jeremy Graber Third Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appeals appellate-jurisdiction bivens-action civil-procedure civil-rights district-court due-process federal-courts federal-remedy implied-cause-of-action standing Whether a district court decision fashioning a new implied cause of action under Bivens is immediately appealable. 17.0
23-392 Metropolitan School District of Martinsville v. A. C., a Minor Child by His Next Friend, Mother and Legal Guardian, M. C. Seventh Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (2) bathroom-access bathroom-policy biological-sex circuit-split civil-rights equal-protection equal-protection-clause school-district sex-segregation student-rights title-ix Whether Title IX or the Equal Protection Clause dictate a single national policy that prohibits local schools from maintaining separate bathrooms base… 17.0
23-344 Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (5) civil-rights class-certification constitutional-limitations due-process federal-court injunction injunctive-relief judicial-scope ninth-circuit nonparties nonparty-impact standing Whether, in the absence of class certification, a federal court is precluded from entering an injunction that extends to nonparties without a specific… 15.5
23-337 Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied anticompetitive-effects antitrust-law circuit-split competition-analysis judicial-review less-restrictive-alternative procompetitive-justification restraint-of-trade rule-of-reason sherman-act This case presents two critical questions regarding the legal standards governing the Rule of Reason, which determines the outcome of nearly every She… 10.5
23-390 Arun Kumar Bhattacharya v. State Bank of India Seventh Circuit Denied circuit-split commercial-activity-exception direct-effects-clause foreign-relations foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation u.s.-jurisdictional-requirements Whether, to establish a "direct effect in the United States" under 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(2), a plaintiff must make an extratextual showing that either the… 10.5
23-508 Micah Sherif Matthews v. Chris Tripp, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability district-court due-process eighth-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review sixth-amendment Whether the United States District Court For the District of Iowa erred in denying Petitioner Matthews a Certificate of Appealability when it found th… 10.5
23-232 BASF Metals Limited, et al. v. KPFF Investment, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (3) civil-procedure co-conspirator conspiracy due-process forum-contacts jurisdictional-requirements personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether due process permits a court to exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant based on the forum contacts of an alleged co-conspirat… 8.5
23-380 Military-Veterans Advocacy Inc. v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Amici (1) administrative-law agency-discretion agent-orange-act chicago-convention herbicide-exposure international-civil-aviation judicial-review procopio-v-wilkie service-connection veterans-benefits whether-a-proper-construction-of-the-bwn-act-warra whether-the-secretary-conducted-a-flawed-interpret Question not identified. 6.5
23-495 Lucine Trim v. Reward Zone USA LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) automatic-telephone-dialing-system circuit-split facebook-v-duguid number-generation random-or-sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent telephone-consumer-protection-act Does the plain language of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's ("TCPA") definition of an Automatic Telephone Dialing System ("ATDS") at 47 U.S.C. … 6.5
23-501 Norman A. Mallory v. Rocky Mountain Human Service SSVF Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights covid-19 equal-protection public-accommodations racial-discrimination veterans-affairs I Isn't this race discrimination, when a black elderly veteran applied to a veterans program for some help during the covid-19 pandemic and was treat… 5.5
23-515 Amory Investments LLC, et al. v. Utrecht-America Holdings, Inc., et al. Seventh Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion motion-to-dismiss procedural-rights rule-12(b)(6) rule-56 summary-judgment Is the Seventh Circuit correct in its view (contrary to that of other courts of appeals) that a district court may, in response to a motion made pursu… 5.5
23M48 John Baker, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None 5.5
23-303 Faith Townsend v. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fair-opportunity fraud-on-court judge-misconduct judicial-misconduct procedural-rules res-judicata vacatur wage-discrimination The Plaintiff requests the supreme court to analyze the application of the doctrine of Res Judicata applied to cases 18cv02742 and 21cv02226 and deter… 4.0
23-516 Michael D. Smith v. Derek Gordon, et al. Kentucky Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fifth-amendment immunity legal-immunity legal-malpractice prisoner-rights standing 1 Will this court let stand as Kentucky courts have ruled that lawyers in a criminal case, in essence have the same IMMUNITY as judges and prosecuto… 3.5
23-548 Jenny Schieber, et al. v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-discretion dispute-resolution executive-agreement international-executive-agreements judicial-review statutory-interpretation substantive-statute 1. Whether agency adjudication rendered pursuant to an international executive agreement is subject to judicial review under the APA where: (a) Congre… 3.5
23-6016 Malik Green v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2253(c) certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interference-with-right-to-testify postconviction-relief prior-criminal-history right-to-testify sixth-amendment Whether the court of appeals improperly denied the Petitioner a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) on his claim that his counsel r… 0.5
23-5417 Ari Misha Liggett v. Colorado Colorado Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-evidence criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule harris-v-new-york impeachment-exception insanity-defense james-v-illinois supreme-court-precedent Whether the Colorado Supreme Court's radical expansion of the narrow impeachment exception this Court adopted in Harris v. New York, 401 U.S. 222 (197… -1.0
22-7640 Herbert Lavonne Wiggins v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process merits newly-discovered-evidence standing 1. When did the law pass, saying the Courts do not have to adjudicate the merits on a Writ? 2. When did the law pass stating that the Court Clerks ca… -4.0
22-7742 Kent Taylor v. California California Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction speedy-trial statutory-interpretation HOW CAN tHE dIRECT APPAL bE hEId INTO JUBMISAON FOR APPROXIIMATELY (3) MHRE YEARS, PRaM SEPTEMbA 27, ZO17, UNITIL JANUMRY 17, ZOZO, WHEN tHhE PITONER … -4.0
22-7812 Miguel A. Cisneros v. Trent Allen, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-rights conviction criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-procedure jury-instructions legal-standing Question not identified. -4.0
23-5643 In Re Gregory Mercer Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-jurisdiction assignments-of-error constitutional-rights due-process mandamus mandamus-writ procedural-rules rules-of-court supremacy-clause supreme-court-procedure a) Whether or not the Court of Appeals of Virginia ("COAV ") impeded the Appellate Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Virginia ("SCV ") and/or the … -4.0
23-5714 Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita v. Alabama Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review evidence-rule juror-misconduct jury-misconduct mattox-v-united-states no-impeachment-rule parker-v-gladden prior-convictions sixth-amendment trial-procedure verdict-challenge During petitioner's trial for capital murder, the jury foreperson told the other jurors misleading and prejudicial information about petitioner's prio… -4.0
23-5592 Beau John Greene v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP appellate-review arizona constitutional-bias death-penalty due-process judicial-bias judicial-recusal prosecutorial-conflict recusal williams-v-pennsylvania Beau Greene is an Arizona death-row prisoner. Due to recent amendments to Arizona's death-penalty statute by the Arizona legislature, the sole aggrava… -4.5
23-6004 Reginald C. Scott v. Bernadette Mason, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Mahanoy, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-prohibition criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment lesser-included-offense pennsylvania-law same-offense statutory-interpretation Whether Robbery and Second Degree Murder, a greater and lesser included offense under Pennsylvania law, constitute the "same offense" under the Double… -4.5
23-6031 Andria Dodwell-Wright v. Nationwide Insurance Company, et al. District of Columbia Denied IFP 11th-amendment 14th-amendment 5th-amendment americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure civil-rights due-process human-rights-act standing Whether the DC Superior Court and the DC Court of Appeals violated the Human Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act by dismissing Petition… -4.5
23-6033 Darryl Smith v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-rights clifford-pinkney darryl-smith due-process james-gwin james-kennar prisoner-rights retaliation sixth-circuit standing us-district-court Question not identified. -4.5
23-6040 Ernest Bustos v. Encino Park Homeowners Association, et al. Texas Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment access-to-courts civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection pro-se-litigation Whether the Court violated Petitioner's protected rights preventing the appeal to move forward failing to compare and evaluate the conduct of the Resp… -4.5
23-6047 Ralph Reed v. Robert May, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights due-process federal-court habeas-corpus judicial-review jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure state-court state-law statutory-interpretation Question not identified. -4.5
23-6052 Larry Bailey v. West Laurel Water Association, et al. Kentucky Denied IFP appeal circuit-court civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process in-forma-pauperis indigent-status notice-of-appeal standing 1). Whether the Franklin Circuit Court violated my constitutional rights to due process by denying my motion to proceed in forma pauperis IFP on notic… -4.5
23-6326 In Re Luis Fernando Isaza Arango Denied IFP affidavit assets civil-procedure declaration employment financial-information financial-status in-forma-pauperis income poverty Question not identified. -4.5
23-5366 Ricky Alan Deephouse v. Wyoming Wyoming Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-procedure due-process hearsay-evidence illegal-opinion-issuance judicial-review rule-of-law single-justice-opinion state-court-procedure state-power-abuse state-supreme-court wyoming-rules-of-evidence 1. DID THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN THIS MATTER ABUSE ITS POWER? 2. DID THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN THIS MATTER MISUSE ITS POWER? 3. DID THE STATE SUPR… -6.0
23-5444 Adam P. Strege v. Eric A. Vos, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Chief Defender for the Office of the Federal Public Defender District of Puerto Rico, et al. First Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claim due-process federal-civil-procedure free-speech government-officials malicious-prosecution standing (1) God Loves to not allow intelligent life billion trillion, trillion times Trillion planets God kill Gods that allow intelligent life on all planets… -6.0
23-5501 May Chen v. Metropolitan Police Department, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process eeoc-enforcement employment employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-compliance regulatory-action standing Under Federal Rules of Civil Procedures and U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit Rules, Can U.S. District Court judges and Court of Appeals judges issue defa… -6.0
23-6074 Sylvester Onyejiaka, Jr. v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-law double-jeopardy fifth-amendment missouri-opinion possession-of-controlled-substance sentencing unlawful-use-of-weapon weapon-possession Is a defendant's Fifth Amendment right against double jeopardy violated when a conviction and sentence is entered and imposed for unlawful use of a we… -6.5
23-6080 Steven Bertrand Close v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
23-6184 Brian Best v. Virgil Smith Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP arbitrary-decision civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure panel-rehearing summary-disposition swimmer-v-irs Was Petitioner's right to Due Process violated in this case by the Court of Appeals making an original argument, premised on a case that nobody had ci… -6.5
23-6260 Charles E. Linder, Jr. v. Kenneth Black, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure detective-testimony evidence evidentiary-objection firearm ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment testimony witness-credibility 1. Trial counsel was ineffective in violation of his Sixth Amendment right under the US Constitution due to his failure to: (1) object to Detective Re… -6.5