Conference: 2024-01-19

87 cases — 0 granted, 87 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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22-5330 Demetrius J. Wade v. Harold W. Clarke, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment criminal-procedure due-process evidence-tampering fifth-amendment forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel Was petitioner's 5th and 14th Amendment rights violated when police tampered with evidence and removed bullet fragments recovered from the victim at h…
22-7466 Richard Eugene Glossip v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Judgment Issued Amici (18)Relisted (12)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-violation capital-punishment due-process evidence-suppression false-testimony kyles-v-whitley materiality napue-v-illinois prosecutorial-misconduct witness-testimony whether-the-state's-suppression-of-the-key-prosecution-witness's-admission-he-was-under-the-care-of-a-psychiatrist-and-failure-to-correct-that-witness…
22-7790 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP active-duty-service-members actual-innocence criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process forensic-pathology medical-examiners military-jurisdiction state-medical-examiners veterans Whether Oklahoma Courts can exercise criminal jurisdiction over active duty service members and dependents, and Veterans, based on opinions of state m…
23-200 Byungmin Chae v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) customs-inspection diplomatic-pouches gifts government-officials import-regulations mail-exemptions military-personnel personal-effects plant-material Which of the following mail articles are not subject to examination or inspection by Customs?
23-208 Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, et al. v. Education for a Just Peace in the Middle East District of Columbia Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) aiding-and-abetting civil-rights due-process facial-plausibility foreign-policy foreign-terrorist-organizations jurisdiction pro-palestinian-organizations standing statutory-interpretation terrorism terrorism-liability Whether 'facial plausibility' of a complaint filed by a victim of international terrorism committed in Israel may be judged by a different standard th…
23-210 Christina Jordan v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claim deliberate-indifference due-process excessive-force kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-care objective-standard pretrial-detainee Whether the courts should employ the historically accepted two-prong deliberate indifference framework or the 'objective unreasonableness' analysis fo…
23-259 Lewis County, Kentucky, et al. v. Julie Helphenstine, Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Dale Helphenstine and Guardian of B. D. H., the Minor Son of Christopher Dale Helphenstine Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process eighth-amendment objective-knowledge pretrial-detainee prison-officials qualified-immunity separation-of-powers Whether a pretrial detainee alleging deliberate-indifference must prove the defendant actually-knew of a significant-risk-of-harm, or instead must pro…
23-260 Daniel Erwin v. Karla Howell, as Administratrix of the Estate of Cornelius Pierre Howell Sixth Circuit Dismissed Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-standard deliberate-indifference due-process farmer-v-brennan fourteenth-amendment kingsley-v-hendrickson medical-need pretrial-detainee section-1983 Whether Kingsley v. Hendrickson applies to deliberate-indifference claims by pretrial-detainees
23-329 Chong Yim, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-penalties criminal-history due-process fourteenth-amendment housing-ordinance landlord-tenant property-rights public-housing tenant-screening Does Seattle's restriction on private owners' right to exclude potentially dangerous tenants from their property violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Du…
23-363 Stephen R. Porter v. Board of Trustees of North Carolina State University, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) academic-freedom causal-connection employment-retaliation faculty-hiring first-amendment free-speech garcetti-doctrine garcetti-v-ceballos public-concern scholarship teaching Were Petitioner's statements about the role that diversity and equity considerations should play in faculty hiring and evaluation protected by the Fir…
23-405 Kristy Ross v. Federal Trade Commission Fourth Circuit Denied arguable-basis article-iii civil-procedure frcp-60(b)(4) jurisdictional-challenge rule-60(b)(4) rule-60(b)(6) subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-precedent void Whether a judgment lacking in subject matter jurisdiction under Article III is void under FRCP 60(b)(4) even with an arguable basis for jurisdiction
23-414 Devon Archer v. United States Second Circuit Denied Amici (1) circuit-split criminal-procedure discretion judicial-discretion manifest-injustice new-trial new-trial-standard rule-33 second-circuit weight-of-evidence Whether district courts have discretion under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 33 to order a new trial based on the weight of the evidence, even in …
23-504 Photoplaza, Inc., et al. v. Herbal Brands, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (2) fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-state minimum-contacts nationwide-sales non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction substantial-connection suit-related-conduct third-party-fulfillment Whether a seller whose products ship nationwide is subject to personal jurisdiction in every forum into which even one of its products is shipped
23-518 In Re Henry Klein Denied Response Waived contract-interpretation filed-rate-doctrine group-life-precedent group-life-vs-royal-drug insurance-regulation louisiana-insurance-code risk-spreading state-law-preemption supremacy-clause title-insurance Did the Louisiana district court violate the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution
23-5218 In Re Jerome Curry Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indictment material-facts non-response sentencing standing summary-judgment waiver Does the law require that due to the Respondent's non-response to Summary Judgment and failure to present before the Court a genuine issue of material…
23-530 Terrence R. Yoast v. Pottstown Borough, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied excessive-bail false-arrest false-imprisonment fourth-amendment heck-doctrine malicious-prosecution probable-cause qualified-immunity section-1983 warrantless-arrest warrantless-entry Fourth-Amendment-in-presence-requirement
23-534 Peter Otoh v. U.S. Bank Trust National Association, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-court-procedure diversity-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction navarro-rule real-party-in-interest removal removal-jurisdiction securitized-trust traditional-trust trustee trustee-citizenship Whether the Eleventh Circuit was required to apply Navarro's rule to the Respondent
23-5356 Trequan Devonte James v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection identification judicial-review police-procedures statutory-interpretation Did the courts err in upholding the identification of the petitioner as the perpetrator of the crime
23-536 Kendall Merlo v. Ingrid Warren, Presiding Judge, Probate Court No. 2, Dallas County, Texas Texas Denied Response Waived competency competency-hearing due-process estate-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-procedure notice pleadings probate-court sua-sponte Does a state trial court violate due process by appointing a guardian ad litem for the adult beneficiary of an estate, who is presumed to be competent…
23-545 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd Ngola Mbandi, et al. v. Pangea Adventures LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied alien-tort-statute civil-rights federal-question first-amendment free-speech human-rights international-law retaliation self-determination standing Whether aliens of the Hebrew Israelite Kingdom/Nation self-determination, self-governing and autonomy, expressive-first-amendment, retaliatory-tort, 4…
23-546 Corporate Management, Incorporated, et al. v. United States, ex rel. James Aldridge, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-remedy cms due-process executive-compensation false-claims-act government-investigation materiality medicaid medicare medicare-reimbursement pay-and-chase Where the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services makes payments pursuant to a 'pay and chase' policy, are the certifications of Stone County Hospi…
23-549 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Department of Justice, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review civil-procedure court-of-appeals district-of-columbia federal-courts judicial-procedure jurisdictional-error subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Court of Columbia erred in issuing an improper Order stating the Court had no subject matter jurisd…
23-5614 Ellison O. Jordan v. The Pennsylvania State University, et al. Pennsylvania Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process duty-of-care jury-trial negligence special-relationship standing student-athlete Was the Petitioner's constitutional right to jury trial denied or violated?
23-5654 Daquail Ramon Johnson v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process jackson-standard jackson-v-virginia rational-trier-of-fact reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence virginia Whether Virginia's standard of review for appellate claims of insufficient evidence of a criminal conviction violates the Due Process Clause as interp…
23-567 Superior Well Services, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived commercial-general-liability commercial-liability faulty-workmanship federalism insurance-law occurrence state-law third-circuit Whether the Third Circuit's decision below violated core principles of federalism by rewriting Pennsylvania state insurance law
23-572 Dustin Williams, et al. v. Randall McElhaney Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-rights extracurricular-activities first-amendment free-speech parent-speech-rights qualified-immunity school-rules Whether a school employee violates a parent's First Amendment rights by suspending the parent from attending games for one week for violation of team …
23-576 Sohail M. Abdulla v. Southern Bank Eleventh Circuit Denied access-to-justice civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-fairness legal-representation pro-se pro-se-litigation procedural-rules standing Is the right to due process being violated for pro se litigants?
23-5857 Jeremy Moody v. Georgia Georgia Denied Relisted (2)IFP autonomy-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defense-strategy due-process faretta-v-california guilty-plea mccoy-v-louisiana right-to-control-defense right-to-self-representation self-representation trial-court-discretion Whether a guilty plea waives claims that the trial court violated a defendant's autonomy-based rights
23-5968 Richard Langston v. Connecticut Connecticut Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy fourteenth-amendment jury-acquittal jury-trial sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States prohibit a state court from basing a criminal defendant's sentenc…
23-5990 Kirk A. Simmons v. Thomas Scarantino Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 2241 aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-procedure entrapment-defense federal-criminal-procedure government-fraud government-misconduct habeas-corpus innocence judicial-review Does fraud by the federal government obstruct a defendant's entrapment defense?
23-6046 Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Florida Florida Denied IFP age-of-culpability age-of-offender criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment roper-v-simmons scientific-evidence Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the death penalty for individuals whose crimes occurred at age 18 years and 25 days?
23-6053 Nathan Nixon v. Florida Florida Denied IFP administrative-law appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-provisions due-process first-district-court florida-supreme-court free-speech jurisdiction public-records standing Whether the First District Court of Appeals of the State of Florida erred in denying Petitioner's federal constitutional claims
23-6055 Debora D. v. John D., et al. California Denied IFP custody due-process ex-parte ex-parte-orders idea-law jurisdiction parental-rights special-education state-encroachment Did the court make a mistake rendering orders on an ex-parte basis?
23-6066 Kirk Lamar Williams v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-violations due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure speedy-trial Whether the State of Washington violated the petitioner's constitutional rights, including due process and effective assistance of counsel
23-6073 William Shirley, IV v. Steven Harpe, Director, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus post-conviction-relief have-petitioner's-5th-and-14th-amendment-rights-been-violated
23-6088 Alpheus Elite Hamilton v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process false-evidence fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment miller-v-pate prosecutorial-misconduct Did the State of Arizona violate the Due Process Clause when its prosecutor presented knowing use of false evidence to the jury as in Miller v. Pate, …
23-6091 Valentino Bernard Lee v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process firearm-possession jury-instructions legal-principles mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimum-sentence possession-of-firearm sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the trial court erred in sentencing the defendant to a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence under Florida Statute § 775.087(2)(a)1 when the defe…
23-6093 George H. Finn v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction obstruction-of-court-orders obstruction-of-justice perjury standing state-actors can-a-motion-for-dismissal-be-granted-if-the-court-dismisses-the-amended-complaint
23-6099 Carlos Noe Gallegos v. Texas Texas Denied IFP circuit-split citizenship-denaturalization denaturalization guilty-plea habeas-corpus immigration-consequences ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel naturalized-citizenship padilla-standard padilla-v-kentucky prejudice-standard Whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies to denaturalization consequences of a guilty plea
23-6152 In Re Michael Alonza Rufus Dismissed Response WaivedIFP arbitration civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review preemption statutory-interpretation takings Whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to review the constitutionality of the Federal Arbitration Act's application to state-law claims in state…
23-6213 Robert Poliero, aka Charlie v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-data civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment 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 …
23-6217 Ubaldo De La Cruz Leyva 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…
23-6218 Shaquille Dewayne Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession interstate-commerce new-york-state-rifle-pistol-association-v-bruen second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment
23-6219 Manuel Rodrigues-Barios v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection federal-criminal-law immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23-6220 Daniel Thomason Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights civil-rights-violations corporate-liability discriminatory-practices due-process federal-prosecution fraud medical-billing standing statutory-interpretation takings Whether the petitioner was improperly denied reimbursement for durable medical equipment services
23-6221 Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment immigration legislative-intent mass-incarceration race-discrimination racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment
23-6224 Terry Daum v. Joseph Corey, Superintendent, Auburn Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-procedure brady-v-maryland certificate-of-appealability clear-and-convincing-evidence federal-statute gatekeeping-standard habeas-corpus reasonable-probability sawyer-v-whitley Does the 'reasonable probability' standard, established in Brady v. Maryland, conflict with the 'clear and convincing evidence' criteria, defined unde…
23-6231 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-document civil-procedure civil-rights court-filing due-process judicial-review legal-petition patent procedural-matter standing takings Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims
23-6235 John S. Romero, aka John Silva Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bargained-for-product district-court embezzlement federal-question health-care health-care-embezzlement insurance-coverage restitution victim-compensation victims Whether a district court may award restitution in a health care embezzlement case where all of the alleged victims received the product they bargained…
23-6236 Joseph R. Dickey v. Warden, FCI Marianna Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 28-usc-2255 actual-innocence aedpa aedpa-restrictions constitutional-challenge federal-prisoner felker-v-turpin habeas-corpus successive-petition Whether 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(1) applies to claims in 28 U.S.C. 2255 motions
23-6240 Jesus Salvador Gonzalez-Lunar v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation covered-vessel criminal-procedure due-process jurisdictional-determination jury-trial maritime-law proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, or an adequate factual basis during a guilty plea, to find that a …
23-6242 Francisco Mora-Carrillo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres Almendarez-Torres-v-United-States Apprendi-v-New-Jersey constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit jury-trial precedent-overturning sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6245 Donato Lopez-Arellano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-precedent constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6251 Jonathan Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct confrontation-clause due-process fifth-amendment preponderance-of-evidence sentencing sentencing-standard sixth-amendment suppression-motion Whether the use of a preponderance of the evidence standard at sentencing violated Rodriguez's Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment rights?
23-6252 Juan Antonio Guerrero-Lazaro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-procedure jury-trial legal-precedent precedent-overruling sentencing stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6259 Bryan Lee Ogle v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aggravated-assault armed-career-criminal-act criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction most-innocent-conduct sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation tennessee-statute violent-felony Whether the district court erred in applying an enhanced sentence, pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to Mr. Ogle at sente…
23-6263 Freddy Abad v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 924(c) 924(j) criminal-charging criminal-procedure double-jeopardy federal-criminal-law lora-v-united-states robbery-conspiracy sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution united-states-v-davis Whether the two §$§ 924(C), 924(J) Counts Five and Six, were based on a single 'unit of prosectution
23-6264 Ignacio Salcido, Jr. v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phones data-collection digital-privacy fourth-amendment privacy search-and-seizure Whether the government's warrantless seizure and search of a person's cell phone data violates the Fourth Amendment
23-6269 Yavonne Hand v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing administrative-law civil-rights criminal-conduct declaratory-judgment due-process ethics-violation government-misconduct public-officials standing Right to a fair administrative hearing
23-6275 Samuel Trelawney Hughes v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance plea-bargaining sentencing Whether the petitioner's appeal was improperly denied
23-6277 Fidel Gutierrez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment 6th-amendment court-interpreter-act due-process fundamental-fairness indigenous-rights language-comprehension sixth-amendment Did the proceedings against Gutierrez proceed in a language other than his primary language and inhibit his comprehension such that they were fundamen…
23-6279 Ismael Robles-Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres almendarez-torres-precedent constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-review jury-trial sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6285 Kenneth Paiva v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-limits criminal-law federal-criminal-law federal-jurisdiction firearms firearms-regulation legislative-power statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceeds Congress's power under the Commerce Clause
23-6286 Kyle Maurice Parks v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process petition-for-writ-of-certiorari standing supreme-court Whether the legal issues leading to the denial of a petition for writ of certiorari were properly considered by the court
23-6297 Kevin Hewlett v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-2251 cellphone-evidence child-pornography commerce-clause criminal-conduct criminal-law criminal-procedure interstate-commerce jury-instruction mens-rea Whether the use of a cellphone in criminal conduct is a sufficient nexus to interstate commerce
23-6299 Jovon Montell Hollowell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-authority jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-courts tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether the District Court was obligated to prove its jurisdiction and proper service before proceeding, whether the court was required to allow the d…
23-6302 Robert Lee Crawford v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 2nd-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-claim due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus legal-procedure preliminary-review prisoner-rights Is the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment violated when a prisoner's 28 USC §2255 habeas corpus raising Second and Sixth Amendment claims …
23-6314 Dana Jahmal Stevenson v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review attempt attempt-offense controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether a prior sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) qualifies as a 'controlled-substance-offense' under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A)
23-6318 William Joseph Daniel v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP consenting-adults constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection glucksberg-test privileges-or-immunities substantive-due-process Should the choice of a woman and a man to pursue a relationship that could lead to marriage, children, and family be a constitutionally protected righ…
23-6319 Lacarl Dow v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence-suppression fourth-amendment franks-hearing probable-cause suppression-of-evidence warrant-application Did the affiant officer intentionally or recklessly make false or misleading statements or omissions in support of the warrant
23-6320 Santiago Salazar-Ramirez 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 …
23-6330 Raymond Ghaloustian v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-procedure criminal-procedure due-process exclusionary-rule harmless-error harrison-v-united-states miranda-rights miranda-warning opening-brief Does a defendant forfeit reliance upon Harrison by failing to anticipate in his opening brief on appeal that the Government would argue violations of …
23-6331 Hannibal Moore v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP affirmative-defense burden-of-proof criminal-conduct criminal-law disqualifying-element imminent-threat justification-defense legal-alternative proximate-cause Whether the courts should take a narrow view in considering the disqualifying element of the justification defense, and only disqualify the defendant …
23-6332 Antonio Misael Rivera-Lopez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure case-law circuit-split criminal-procedure harmless-error judicial-review legal-precedent precedent procedural-error sentencing standard-of-review Whether Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, __U.S.__, 140 8.Ct. 762 (2020), applies to claims of procedural error
23-6333 Nora Gilda Guevara Triana v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process eighth-circuit evidence-rule fair-trial rule-of-completeness special-verdict standard-of-review supreme-court-precedent u.s.-v.-griffin Whether the Eighth Circuit Court's failure to follow precedent violated the petitioner's right to a fair trial
23-6335 Devonne L. Walker v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-leadership criminal-organization criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing firearm-possession guideline-enhancement leadership sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review Whether the lower court erred in applying a 4-level increase pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 3B1.1(a) in determining the Petitioner to be an o…
23-6336 Javier Garibay Mendoza, aka Javier Garibay Mendoza-Romero, aka Jose Mendoza-Romero v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553(a) 18-usc-3553a circuit-split criminal-sentencing gall-v-united-states judicial-discretion procedural-obligations procedural-requirements sentencing-guidelines upward-variance When a court varies upward from the Guidelines, can the court fulfill its procedural obligations without explaining its disagreements with the Guideli…
23-6339 Juan Guzman, aka Juan Villarreal-Guzman, aka Juan Guzman-Villareal, aka Victor Nava, aka Francisco Lara, aka Francisco Lara-Paramo, aka Ayala Ramoro, aka Carlos Solorio, aka Daniel Solorio, aka Flaco v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion assault-with-a-firearm criminal-procedure district-court district-court-discretion evidence-admission firearm-possession prior-allegation prior-bad-acts sixth-circuit Does a District Court prejudicially abuse its discretion in a firearm-possession case when it receives evidence about a prior, unrelated allegation of…
23-6343 Patrick Bowie v. Mark Miller, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP authentication confrontation-clause crawford-v-washington criminal-procedure due-process evidence-authentication hearsay ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel strickland-v-washington Is the right to confrontation violated when inculpatory letters are admitted into evidence without a statement by a handwriting expert?
23-6346 Walter Freeman Jordan, III v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-appeal habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-petition sentencing sixth-amendment supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in affirming the district court's denial of Petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C…
23-6347 Trayone Lefferio Bell v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-loss administrative-deference circuit-split federal-sentencing-guidelines fraud-guidelines intended-loss kisor-v-wilke loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does the intended loss commentary to the fraud guidelines § 2B1.1(b)(1) violate this court's decision Kisor v. Wilke, 189 S.Ct. 2400 (2019)
23-6351 Jerome Terry, Jr. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure district-court due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-defect ninth-circuit notice sentencing sentencing-departure upward-departure waiver Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing the appeal
23-6357 Dalton Laquane Smith v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compassionate-release criminal-justice due-process federal-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion motion-for-relief sentencing sentencing-modification statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent Whether the denial of the Petitioner's 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A) Motion is contrary to this Court's ruling in Concepcion?
23-6375 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure circuit-court-precedent constitutional-rights dismissal-of-appeal due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure plea-agreement supreme-court-precedent tenth-circuit-court united-states-supreme-court-law due-process-access-to-court
23-640 Caleb A. C. Smith v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response Waived 10th-circuit declarant-memory evidence-rule evidence-rules excited-utterance hearsay-exception memory military-rules-of-evidence statement-admissibility testimonial-evidence unpublished-decision Whether a statement made hours after an alleged assault is admissible as an excited utterance?
23-641 Daisy Miller v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process independent-investigation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigation-failure trial-counsel witness-testimony Whether trial counsel's near total reliance on the defendant's characterization of proposed defense witnesses' testimony, and the failure to conduct m…
23-681 Diamond J. Wholesale, LLC, dba Gabsons Novelties v. Top Tobacco, L.P., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure corporate-liability individual-liability knowing-violation lanham-act mark-misuse statutory-interpretation threshold-of-significance trademark-infringement When does individual liability attach for corporate employees under the Lanham Act?