Conference: 2024-02-16

357 cases — 0 granted, 356 denied/dismissed, 1 pending

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21-1389 Jeremy Bates v. Donald J. Trump, et al. Second Circuit Rehearing Response WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii-standing attorney-general citizen-taxpayer-suit civil-rights derivative-standing due-process executive-power presidential-misconduct separation-of-powers standing statutory-interpretation Whether a citizen may have standing to sue the President derivatively on behalf of the United States
22-1130 74 Pinehurst LLC, et al. v. New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (6)Relisted (13) civil-rights due-process landlord-tenant lease-renewal physical-taking property-rights regulatory-taking rent-control rent-stabilization takings tenant-protection Whether a law that prohibits owners from terminating a tenancy at the end of a fixed lease term, except on grounds outside the owner's control, consti…
22-1170 335-7 LLC, et al. v. City of New York, New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied Relisted (13) civil-rights due-process economic-value just-compensation landlord-tenant property-rights regulatory-taking rent-control takings takings-clause Does the New York Rent Stabilization Law effect a per se physical taking, a confiscatory taking, or a regulatory taking?
22-7088 James Duane Grzeslo v. Raythel Fisher, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection jurisdiction standing statutory-interpretation Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of the relevant constitutional and statutory provisions
22-7406 Shawn Henry v. Florida Florida Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-trial false-evidence fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct state-action state-court-discrimination Whether petitioner was denied substantial equality and fair process
22-7688 Avery Smartt v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process human-trafficking ineffective-counsel judicial-misconduct speedy-trial standing Is an EBL agent allowed to proffer false and leave a mentally ill, pregnant minor at a residence, to a person that the agent states to have gotten a r…
22-7778 Kenneth Ueding v. Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-rights dismissal district-court-dismissal habeas-corpus prejudice procedural-remedy speedy-trial state-convictions Did Mr. Ueding hold the right to challenge his state convictions in a habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254?
22-7860 Marijan Cvjeticanin v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence claim-preclusion constitutional-precedent due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-jurisdiction fundamental-miscarriage-of-justice issue-preclusion jurisdictional-challenge miscarriage-of-justice Did the Third Circuit violate the Constitution's Due Process Clause and this Court's established precedents
23-170 Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (12)Relisted (6) admissions-criteria asian-american-discrimination asian-americans constitutional-law equal-protection fourthcircuit racial-balancing school-diversity summary-judgment Whether the Fairfax County School Board violated the Equal Protection Clause when it overhauled the admissions criteria at Thomas Jefferson High Schoo…
23-203 Missouri Department of Corrections v. Jean Finney Missouri Denied Amici (3)Relisted (9) batson-challenge civil-rights equal-protection fourteenth-amendment jury-selection religious-beliefs religious-discrimination structural-error voir-dire Whether the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits relying on stereotypes about religious views to strike jurors
23-218 Adam M. Goodman, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Daniel Richard Doll Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) including cases in which a debtor's plan is not c administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c…
23-227 Sarah K. Molina, et al. v. Daniel Book, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Amici (4) circuit-split civil-rights clothing-expression first-amendment free-speech particularized-message police-observation qualified-immunity speech-rights whether-words-on-clothing-are-protected-speech
23-235 Food and Drug Administration, et al. v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, et al. Fifth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (3)Relisted (2) abortion abortion-medication administrative-law agency-action article-iii-standing civil-procedure fda fda-regulations mifepristone preliminary-relief standing Whether respondents have Article III standing to challenge FDA's 2016 and 2021 actions
23-242 Jonathan M. Martinez v. United States Armed Forces Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-unanimity military-conviction military-justice sixth-amendment unanimous-verdict uniform-code-military-justice Whether military convictions for serious offenses must be unanimous
23-243 Barbara Rush, et al. v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None
23-267 Marilyn Williams v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction circuit-split civil-procedure final-decision interlocutory-ruling rule-41 rule-41(a) voluntary-dismissal Does an interlocutory ruling that dismisses some (but not all) of a plaintiff's claims with prejudice become an appealable 'final decision' if the pla…
23-274 William Felkner v. John Nazarian, et al. Rhode Island Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights clearly-established-law first-amendment free-speech legal-standard policy qualified-immunity section-1983 supreme-court Whether the judge-made 'clearly established law' qualified immunity standard should be abolished or limited
23-291 Edward Little, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Andre' Doguet, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-courts presumptively-innocent pretrial-detention standing younger-abstention Whether Younger v. Harris requires federal courts to abstain from adjudicating constitutional challenges to pretrial detention
23-314 Debra Brown v. Federal National Mortgage Association Massachusetts Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) consideration default due-process equal-protection foreclosure fraud government-instrumentality mortgage property-ownership standing takings Whether FNMA as an instrumentality of the U.S. Government and/or state government can take private citizens' property without due process of law const…
23-315 VirnetX Inc. v. Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) america-invents-act article-iii commissioner-for-patents director-review federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-time-limit Whether the Federal Circuit erred in upholding joinder of a party under 35 U.S.C. §315(c), where the joined party did not 'properly file[ ] a petition…
23-316 Curtiss Davis, III v. Pedro Bonilla, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-liberties civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process intelligence-identities-protection-act punitive-damages restitution sanctuary-policies standing summary-judgment Whether both the US District and US Court of Appeals had inequitably applied US laws to deny restitution
23-317 Otis Crandel, as Dependent Administrator of and on Behalf of Billy Wayne Worl, Jr., et al. v. Dalena Hall, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) including failure to protect from the risk of sui civil-rights constitutional-rights custody-conditions due-process failure-to-protect objective-reasonableness pretrial-detainee pretrial-detainees suicide-risk Whether the objective reasonableness test of Kingsley v. Hendrickson applies to pretrial detainees' claims about their treatment while in custody, inc…
23-325 South Carolina State Ports Authority, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) industrial-conflict labor-dispute labor-relations maritime-carriers national-labor-relations-act neutral-employers nlra-interpretation secondary-boycott union-tactics work-preservation work-preservation-defense Whether a union's unlawful secondary boycott is shielded by the work-preservation defense
23-332 Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District v. Jane Roe Fifth Circuit Denied article-iii-standing civil-rights deliberate-indifference due-process peer-harassment school-liability standing summary-judgment title-ix Whether and to what extent a Title IX plaintiff must prove that a school's deliberate indifference to known peer harassment caused them to undergo fur…
23-352 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc. Third Circuit Denied Relisted (3) 12(b)(6) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment forum-non-conveniens forum-selection forum-selection-clause standing Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal for f…
23-362 Perry Hopman v. Union Pacific Railroad Eighth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) ada americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability disability-rights employment employment-discrimination equal-access essential-job-functions reasonable-accommodation Whether the ADA's reasonable accommodation requirement is limited to accommodations that enable an employee to perform the essential functions of a po…
23-383 Karen C. Yeh Ho v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights constitutional-rights contract-clause contracts due-process equal-protection foreclosure mortgage-modification takings Whether Respondent voided and denial of permanent streamline mortgage modification agreement is a violation of United States Constitution
23-387 Taylor Carlisle, Individually and as Representative Member of a Class, et al. v. Joseph P. Lopinto, III, Sheriff, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights drug-court due-process habeas heck-doctrine over-detention preiser-doctrine qualified-immunity Whether minute entries documenting incarceration without judicial proceedings are 'orders' and 'convictions or sentences' under Heck and Preiser
23-389 Colleen Reilly, et al. v. City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) content-based content-neutrality first-amendment free-speech monell monell-liability rule-30b6-testimony speech-restriction standing viewpoint-based viewpoint-discrimination whether-the-test-for-content-neutrality-should-be-overruled
23-437 Anthony A. Anderson v. United States Armed Forces Denied constitutional-law court-martial criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection liberty-interests property-interests sixth-amendment Does the United States Constitution require that a general court-martial guilty verdict be unanimous?
23-444 Steven Lee Moss v. Gary Miniard, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment counsel-denial cronic-exception effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance prejudice sixth-amendment state-action strickland-standard strickland-v-washington united-states-v-cronic Whether, when counsel is physically present, state action is required before a court may find a complete denial of counsel under Cronic
23-467 Benancio Garcia, III, Appellant v. Steven Hobbs, Secretary of State of Washington, et al. Washington Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) None
23-472 Dora L. Bonner v. Triple S Management Corporation, et al. First Circuit Denied admissibility-of-evidence affidavit-evidence circuit-court-conflict circuit-court-conflicts civil-procedure discovery discovery-dispute procedural-fairness rico-violations summary-judgment weighing-of-evidence Did the First Circuit Court of Appeals err in granting summary judgment to Triple-S Management Corporation and Triple-S Vida based solely on a merits …
23-484 Jose Trevino, et al. v. Susan Soto Palmer, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) fourteenth-amendment hispanic-voting-power judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legislative-redistricting racial-gerrymandering section-2 section-2-claim three-judge-panel voting-rights-act May a single-judge district court's ruling on a Section 2 claim divest a 3-judge panel of jurisdiction to decide a Fourteenth Amendment claim?
23-497 L. Lin Wood v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-ethics attorney-liability civil-procedure due-process federal-civil-procedure frivolous-pleading of-counsel rule-11 rule-11-sanctions safe-harbor-period sanctions standing Whether an attorney whose name is designated as 'Of Counsel' on the signature page of a frivolous pleading that the attorney did not sign, file, submi…
23-507 Rita C. Simpson-Vlach, et vir, on Behalf of A. S. and M. S., et al. v. Michigan Department of Education, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing disability-rights due-process education educational-access idea idea-compliance procedural-requirements remote-learning standing Did the Petitioners allege an injury-in-fact sufficient to confer standing?
23-5184 Kinley MacDonald v. Lea-Anne Sutton, Judge, District Court of Maine, et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law family-rights hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction standing Can a final court open and remove children in protective custody case based solely on hearsay evidence prohibited by state statute in secret and in ab…
23-5186 Kinley MacDonald v. Jeanne Lambrew, et al. Maine Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-removal civil-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling family-law federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction transcript-accuracy Whether a state court can remove children from a parent's custody based solely on hearsay evidence prohibited by state statute and in the absence of j…
23-5216 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael A. Duddy, et al. First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-abuse constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction foster-care hearsay interstate-crime jurisdiction parental-rights standing witness-tampering Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'preserve custody' case based solely on hearsay allegations prohibited by state statute in secret and …
23-5217 Kinley MacDonald v. Maine Maine Denied Relisted (2)IFP bail-bond-conditions child-protective-custody constitutional-rights criminal-procedure custody due-process family-reunification hearsay judicial-review legal-standards state-statute Can a judge in a child protective custody case base a decision solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, then set bail/bond condition…
23-5252 Bruce Lamont Fuller v. California California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-justice administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review procedural-rules standing Question not identified
23-5281 Morris Scott Holmes v. Tommy Bowen, Warden Georgia Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fair-trial habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instructions prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by successive prosecutions for the same conduct, defective indictments, improper case ass…
23-5287 In Re William G. Haake Denied Relisted (2)IFP doctrine-of-speciality dual-criminality due-process extradition extradition-law habeas-corpus jurisdiction perjury prosecutorial-misconduct treaty-interpretation treaty-obligations Whether the United States Treaty 22 (1971) deprived Florida of jurisdiction when they knowingly used perjured information to compel Spain through trea…
23-531 Timothy I. Carpenter v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Amici (2) criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-firearm-offense first-step-act mandatory-minimum mandatory-minimums retroactivity sentencing-reform statutory-interpretation Do the sentencing reforms in Section 403 of the First Step Act apply when a district court sentences an individual whose offense was committed before …
23-5311 C. Holmes v. Granuaile, LLC, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (3)IFP appealability article-iii-judicial-officer civil-procedure de-novo-determination due-process full-and-fair-appeal-rights motion-for-stay report-and-recommendation standing writ-of-certiorari Whether this Court should grant writ of certiorari on appealability-and/or-permission-to-appeal
23-5346 Marcrease Delance Farmer v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-violation counsel-of-record due-process fifth-amendment juror-challenge racial-bias racial-identity sixth-amendment voir-dire Is it a constitutional Fifth and Sixth Amendment violation when during voir dire and motivated by a single juror's racial identity, Counsel of Record …
23-5505 Jacques Lamar Walker v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP bank-robbery criminal-procedure due-process evidence fourteenth-amendment trial-court witness-identification Whether the Supreme Court of Virginia erred in refusing to reverse petitioner Jacques Lamar Walker's convictions
23-5508 In Re Kinley MacDonald Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief standing state-court-review systemic-judicial-misconduct Can a family court open and remove children in protective custody based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, in secret and in ab…
23-5536 Kinley MacDonald v. Maine First Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-protection child-welfare civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standing Whether a state trial court can open a child protection case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, set bail/bond conditions…
23-5566 Scott A. Anthony v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 3rd-circuit 4th-circuit 8th-circuit child-abuse circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law interstate-commerce sexually-explicit-conduct statutory-interpretation visual-depiction What defines sexually explicit conduct under 18 USC § 2251(a)?
23-560 Kathleen A. McCallister, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Roger A. Evans, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) administrative-expenses bankruptcy-code chapter-13 debt-repayment debt-repayment-plans standing-trustee standing-trustees user-fee user-fees Whether the Bankruptcy Code directs standing trustees to collect a user fee from debtors in every Chapter 13 case the trustee administers, including c…
23-563 Obaida Abdulky, et al., as Parents and Next Friends of Anthony Abdulky v. Lubin & Meyer, P.C., et al. Massachusetts Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process evidence judicial-review legal-standards notice procedural-fairness Whether the Appeals Court of Massachusetts violated the due process rights of the Petitioners
23-566 Thomas Massie, Individually and in His Official Capacity as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, et al. v. Mike Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, et al. District of Columbia Denied article-i article-i-sections-6-and-7 article-one-provisions congressional-compensation congressional-immunity constitutional-interpretation legislative-procedure pay-claims speech-or-debate speech-or-debate-immunity twenty-seventh-amendment Whether Speech or Debate immunity precludes claims against congressional officials over pay
23-570 Jacqueline Avery v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., et al. Sixth Circuit Denied administrative-regulations benefit-claims circuit-split claims-procedure erisa essential-purpose judicial-doctrine statutory-interpretation substantial-compliance Whether the Sixth Circuit erred in holding — in conflict with the Second and Seventh Circuits — that violations of the claims procedure regulations, 2…
23-573 Tina Bastian Veneskey v. Michael Keith Sulier North Carolina Denied custody custody-determination due-process error-of-law fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction jurisdictional-determination legal-error state-jurisdiction Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause precludes the enforcement of a State's jurisdictional determination when that very determination is based upo…
23-5737 Roger Wilson v. Department of Justice, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights dobbs-precedent due-process equal-protection fundamental-rights history-and-tradition obergefell-v-hodges originalist-interpretation same-sex-marriage substantive-due-process unenumerated-rights Does the Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson apply to same-sex marriage rights?
23-5743 Xzavione Taylor v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-investigation exit-order fourth-amendment pennsylvania-v-mimms police-detention reasonable-suspicion rodriguez-v-united-states traffic-stop vehicle-search Whether a police officer detours from the lawful mission of a traffic stop by ordering that the driver of a car exit the vehicle for the sole purpose …
23-575 Fleur Tehrani v. Hamilton Technologies LLC Federal Circuit Denied 35-usc-103 federal-circuit obviousness patent patent-invalidation patent-law posita prior-art Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in its analysis
23-5755 Dewayne Joseph v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split discretion discretionary-relief fair-sentencing-act first-step-act retroactive-application sentencing-guidelines Whether district courts have an obligation to calculate revised guidelines to reflect the retroactive effect of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 as a b…
23-5768 Frank Nathan Escalante v. Jim Robertson, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights constitutional-claims criminal-procedure due-process federal-review habeas-corpus miscarriage-of-justice ninth-circuit procedural-rights standing Whether Frank Nathan Escalante's due process rights were violated at any stage of the judicial proceedings
23-579 Shenzen Sanlida Electrical Technology Company, Limited, et al. v. Whirlpool Corporation, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure district-court injunctive-relief notice-requirement personal-jurisdiction preliminary-injunction rule-65 Should the district court consider personal jurisdiction when issuing a preliminary injunction order under Rule 65?
23-580 Lisa O'Brien, et al. v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Second Circuit Denied anti-terrorism-act damages federal-courts federal-statute preemption state-law statute-of-limitations wrongful-death Whether Congress intended to preempt state wrongful death distribution laws in enacting the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)
23-581 Joey D. Thompson v. Asia Thompson Tennessee Denied child-custody family-law interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction minor minor-rights parens-patriae parental-rights state-authority Does the State of Tennessee have jurisdiction over the minor child 'A. T.'?
23-5823 Ramiro Felix Gonzales v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-claim death-penalty eighth-amendment expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment future-dangerousness recantation texas-code-criminal-procedure Whether a state court errs in refusing to entertain a cognizable Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment claim based on a state expert's recantation of trial t…
23-5842 Ellis Keyes v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Fifth Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment citizen-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process governmental-invasion governmental-powers state-sovereignty torture torture-prohibition Shall the State of Mississippi be restrained, abolished and banned from the use of torture?
23-5849 Bryan H. Brown v. New Hampshire New Hampshire Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP arbitrary-action due-process earned-time-credits government liberty-interest procedural-due-process procedural-rights state-statute Whether the court arbitrarily denied the petitioner's state-created right to earned-time-credits
23-585 John Duncan Fordham v. Georgia Department of Administrative Services, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure equity equity-doctrine jurisdictional-challenge mandatory-victims-restitution-act money-had-and-received presidential-pardon restitution restitution-funds Do funds collected under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act vest in a claimant or are they subject to recoupment after a Presidential Pardon?
23-586 United Behavioral Health, et al. v. D. K., et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-record benefits-denial erisa health-benefits judicial-review substantial-evidence treating-provider Is an ERISA-governed plan that denies health benefits required to discuss contrary opinions from the member's treating providers in the decision lette…
23-5867 Anita Bryant v. Delaware County Treasurer, et al. Indiana Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP beneficiary-standing civil-procedure constitutional-notice due-process estate-jurisdiction jurisdiction notice probate probate-court property-interest standing tax-sale-notice Whether one trial court can assume jurisdiction of an estate property in the possession and jurisdiction of a separate trial probate court without a c…
23-5875 Andres Vargas v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-split federal-criminal-sentencing judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
23-589 Oxana N. Parikh, et al. v. Tina Parikh-Smith, et al. Maryland Denied Response Waived contract-clause due-process equal-protection inheritance-law orphans-court property-interest property-rights racial-animus statutory-law Whether the Maryland Orphans' Court violated the decedent's and sole-legatee's equal-protection, due-process, property-interest, contract-clause, raci…
23-5890 Jerry Smith v. Alabama Alabama Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma capital-punishment capital-trials due-process fourteenth-amendment indigent-defendants indigent-defense jury-selection mitigation-experts racial-discrimination Whether Ake v. Oklahoma and the Fourteenth Amendment's due process guarantee require courts to provide funds for prison mitigation experts to indigent…
23-590 Bonifacio R. Aleman, et al. v. Andrew G. Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived discretionary-licensing discretionary-restoration expressive-conduct felony-convictions felony-disenfranchisement first-amendment sixth-circuit voting-rights Whether Kentucky's system of discretionary restoration of the right to vote to people with felony convictions violates the First Amendment doctrine pr…
23-5908 Michael James Choulat v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied IFP which expands the application of § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) agency-deference criminal-law drug-trafficking firearm-possession firearms sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor's limits on courts' deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulation permitted deference to Comment 14(B), which expands th…
23-591 Althea Miley v. Deborah J. Burns, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process eleventh-circuit issue-preclusion judicial-proceedings res-judicata rule-12b6 Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Northern District Court of Georgia; and the Georgia State Courts' adherence to issue preclusion doctrin…
23-594 Christopher M. Hunt v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-review federal-court-jurisdiction federal-courts fraud judicial-review jurisdiction jurisdictional-conflict property-rights sovereignty state-court-sovereignty state-courts Which court resolves an irreconcilable conflict of jurisdiction between the federal courts and state courts?
23-5943 Saria Walker v. United States Federal Government, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-conspiracy civil-procedure conflicts-of-interest constitutional-rights due-process judicial-corruption judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal pro-se-plaintiff Why is a Judge Not recusal themselves when they are Named as defendants in the case?
23-595 Peter R. Hall v. Michael J. Geoffrey Fulton, et al. Delaware Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process foreign-corrupt-practices-act fraud fraudulent-concealment misrepresentation state-sponsored-fraud sua-sponte treaty-obligations When a Delaware court has ruled that a Delaware company committed 'a clear act of fraudulent concealment' on a foreign court and has also ruled there …
23-5961 Martin Robinson v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission, et al. Ohio Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP accountability civil-procedure civil-rights court-accountability due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdictional-transfer pro-se-litigation public-officials standing Is there a lack of accountability for public officials' corrupt acts, lying, stealing, and fraud?
23-5964 William Glenn Rogers v. Zac Pounds, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 constitutional-review criminal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel penalty-phase prejudice-standard prejudice-test strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Is application of a prejudice standard that requires a habeas petitioner to 'eliminate or completely discredit' the prosecution's trial evidence in or…
23-597 Robin Mayfield, et al. v. Butler Snow, L.L.P., et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights comparator-evidence first-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause retaliatory-arrest warrant-based-arrest Whether the Nieves probable cause exception requires identifying comparator arrests
23-5975 Caesar Mark Capistrano v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court civil-rights due-process judicial-interpretation jury-instruction mens-rea prosecutorial-discretion reversal statutory-construction supreme-court-precedent Are inferior courts allowed unrestricted freedom to interpret the Supreme Court's holding in Ruan v United States?
23-598 Chester Noel Abing, et al. v. James F. Evers, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-rights-laws discrimination due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-rights sovereign-immunity Does the Fourteenth Amendment amend the Eleventh Amendment?
23-599 Miriam Gladden v. Rayna Woodford, et al. Maryland Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure defective-motion due-process ex-parte-communication fundamental-rights judicial-bias pro-se standing Whether the Appellate Court's failure to acknowledge the plain error of Woodfords bringing a defective and improper motion and that the lower court al…
23-5999 Anson Chi v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appeal-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-appeal criminal-case criminal-procedure due-process extension-of-time petition-for-rehearing petition-for-rehearing-en-banc restitution Did the 5th Circuit Court violate Chi's due-process-right
23-6005 Ehab Sadeek v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-sentencing due-process plain-error procedural-error sentencing-enhancement sentencing-guidelines united-states-sentencing-guidelines united-states-v-wooden Whether the appellate court erred in affirming the petitioner's sentence based on a pattern-of-activity enhancement and a cross-reference enhancement
23-6008 Matthew Johnson v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP capital-punishment district-court-discretion docket-control due-process equal-protection federal-courts habeas-corpus statute-of-limitations statutory-limitations Does 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) require a federal district court to allow the full 1-year period for habeas applications?
23-603 Jeffrey Gray Thomas v. California Department of Justice, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-law civil-rights due-process federal-taxation fraud free-speech judicial-misconduct rooker-feldman state-court-sanctions taxation Does Rooker-Feldman cutoff Petitioner's attack on fraudulent inducement to the state courts to enter fraudulent orders of sanctions against him, based…
23-604 Leon Phillip Jacob v. Texas Texas Denied habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-illness mitigating-evidence prejudice-analysis strickland-standard strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor Whether the Texas courts' prejudice analysis defies this Court's precedents in Strickland v. Washington, Williams v. Taylor, and Wiggins v. Smith
23-607 Morris S. Glover v. Daniel E. Cohen, et al. Federal Circuit Denied bias case-document court-filing due-process legal-document patent-infringement petition prejudice pro-se scotus summary-judgment Is this a case of patent infringement where judges are abusing Summary Judgment at the request of the law firm; which showed bias, and prejudice towar…
23-608 In Re Joseph Gothard, et al. Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-overreach civil-rights due-process equal-protection injunctive-relief mandamus property-rights standing Whether the Supreme Court grants certiorari to address major questions of national significance regarding agencies suspending laws and asserting autho…
23-6083 Chalmer Detling, II, aka Chuck Detling v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review due-process judicial-procedure notice notice-requirement opportunity-to-be-heard speedy-trial-act sua-sponte summary-reversal supervisory-power Was the panel's decision proper in light of Day v. McDonough?
23-6096 Thomas Oliver v. Joseph Leonard Michaud, et al. First Circuit Denied IFP civil-litigation civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-activity criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-law judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing Can a party to civil litigation commit crimes to win its case while judges violate laws to assist the party?
23-6104 Michael Venetez McRae v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jurisdiction sentencing statutory-interpretation Whether the federal court erred in imposing an illegal sentence that exceeded the statutory maximum penalty
23-6108 Bryan Scott Cavett v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP compulsory-process constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction trial-procedure Whether or not State violates an accused person's Due Process Rights when Texas High Court denies his State 11.07 Habeas Corpus, without written order…
23-611 Adrian Martinez v. Sean Jenneiahn, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process excessive-force police-misconduct qualified-immunity standing summary-judgment use-of-force Whether the Court should reverse or recalibrate the doctrine of qualified immunity
23-6113 Michael Eugene Lewis v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-for-new-trial right-to-counsel texas-criminal-law whether-the-petitioner-was-afforded-effective-assistance-of-counsel
23-6114 Andre Jackson v. California California Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review civil-rights court-opinion due-process evidentiary-issues ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-procedure legal-issue legal-relief procedural-error record-development Whether APPELLATE Counsel's PERFORMANCE WAS deFiciut uNneteR StrickiANnd
23-6124 Moses Estrada v. Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County, et al. California Denied IFP appeals civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process habeas-corpus jurisdiction juvenile-court legal-procedure standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Can the California Supreme Court deny en banc review of a petition for writ of certiorari that seeks to have a juvenile court's order recognized?
23-6127 Shawna Karnes, et al. v. Tiffany Montengo, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-courts federal-jurisdiction fraud-exception judicial-review jurisdiction rocker-feldman-doctrine state-court state-court-judgement Does the federal district court and federal court of appeals have the jurisdiction to reverse or modify a state-court judgement though a fraud excepti…
23-613 Luis Soto Soto, et al. v. Yashira Quiles Carrasquillo Puerto Rico Denied civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures
23-6132 Chamone Ranell Russell v. Stark County Job and Family Services, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause qualified-immunity search-and-seizure Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures
23-6138 John Doe v. Community College of Baltimore County, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection higher-education mental-health rehabilitation-act standing Does Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act prohibit federally funded colleges from forcing students off campus for being mentally ill?
23-614 Rocky Branch Timberlands LLC v. United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-injunction-act civil-procedure due-process irs iRS-procedure judicial-review tax-assessment tax-collection taxpayer-rights Whether the Anti-Injunction Act's bar on lawsuits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes also bars courts from enforcing…
23-6140 In Re Yi Tai Shao Pending IFP 28-usc-636 civil-procedure due-process first-amendment judicial-conspiracy judicial-disqualification judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction magistrate-judge venue-change whether-district-court-dismissal-order-must-be-reversed
23-6146 Catherine Denise Randolph v. United States District Court for the District of Maryland Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process free-speech harmless-error ineffective-assistance obscenity standing state-court-decision surveillance Whether the 'Miller test' to prove obscenity violates the First Amendment
23-615 John Felix Castleman, Sr., et ux. v. Dennis Lee Burman, Chapter 7 Trustee Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-conversion chapter-13 chapter-7 circuit-split debtor-rights homestead homestead-exemption property-rights valuation Whether the post-petition, pre-conversion increase in value of a debtor's homestead belongs to the debtor or the Chapter 7 estate
23-6154 Jennifer Lynn Dees v. Colorado Colorado Denied IFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct jury-tampering sixth-amendment trial-integrity Whether a trial's verdict validity is impacted by a judge's jury tampering
23-6155 Mike Webb v. James Christian Kimmel, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 12(a)(1)(A) 18-usc-1964(c) civil-procedure default-judgment dismissal-motion equal-protection federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure racketeering-statute standing Whether a plaintiff is entitled to a default judgment under Fed.R.Civ.Pro. 55 after defendants fail to answer a complaint within 21 days
23-6159 Eddie James King v. Doctor Aikens, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment medical-care search-and-seizure standing Whether the plaintiff's deliberate indifference claim is valid
23-6168 Samreen Riaz v. Superior Court of California, Tulare County, et al. California Denied IFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights court-procedure due-process judicial-bias judicial-disqualification judicial-misconduct petition-for-review public-trust recusal standing Did the Supreme Court of California deny petition of review, leaving an unresolved conflict and matter of public importance?
23-6171 Patrick Henry Hill, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP actual-innocence criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure forensic-pathology medical-examiner medical-examiners shaken-baby-syndrome veterans veterans-jurisdiction Whether Oklahoma Courts can exercise criminal jurisdiction over veterans detained in state custody based on state medical examiners' opinions when fed…
23-6172 DeKorrie K. Bell v. Birmingham Board of Education Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process legal-document petition property-rights standing supreme-court takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the government's seizure of a person's property without providing any pre-deprivation notice or opportunity to be heard violates the Due Proce…
23-6173 Akosua Aaebo Akhan v. Kwesi Akhan District of Columbia Denied IFP anti-stalking-order civil-rights dna-testing forced-agreement human-trafficking legal-standing necessity-defense power-of-attorney restitution standing Was Petitioner legally bound by the Anti-Stalking Order
23-6174 Jessie Dotson v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied IFP ake-v-oklahoma collateral-proceedings constitutional-claims due-process expert-assistance ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan right-to-counsel state-prisoners Does a prisoner have a right to effective counsel in collateral proceedings that provide the first occasion to raise a claim of ineffective assistance…
23-6180 Clifford Allen Follansbee v. Arizona Arizona Denied IFP arizona-constitution constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process judicial-review procedural-fairness professional-norm structural-error united-states-constitution Are Arizona judiciaries violating the Due Process Clause of the Arizona and United States Constitutions, by practicing a Professional Norm that is con…
23-6181 Deryke Matthew Pfeifer v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure constitutional-provisions due-process fifth-amendment jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question property-rights statutory-provisions takings Whether the U.S. Government violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment by failing to compensate the petitioner for the taking of their propert…
23-6185 Jabril Wilson v. Chris Stevens, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied IFP burden-of-proof child-enticement criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sexual-assault whether-the-evidence-was-sufficient-to-find-petitioner-guilty-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt
23-6189 Karen Gail Brainen Kleinman v. Cynthia A. Norton, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Missouri Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bankruptcy-code bankruptcy-exemption bankruptcy-exemptions bankruptcy-procedure collateral-estoppel creditor-rights due-process judicial-immunity res-judicata stare-decisis statutory-interpretation Whether the intent of Congress in enacting 11 U.S.C. §522(1) and Fed.R.Bankr.P. 4003(b) as interpreted by this Court's precedential and controlling de…
23-619 Puerto Rico Supplies Group, Inc., et al. v. Bautista Cayman Asset Company Puerto Rico Denied Response Waived appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure due-process judicial-review jurisdiction misrepresentation mistake puerto-rico-law relief-from-judgment rule-49.2 whether-puerto-rico-courts-can-foreclose-access-to-relief-from-appellate-court-judgments
23-6190 Archer Hudson v. D'Artagnan Nathan Debow, et al. California Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of their constitutional rights
23-6191 In Re Colby Jerome Hale Denied IFP civil-procedure consent consent-search constitutional-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-procedure magistrate notification peace-officer standing statutory-interpretation What is the purpose of Rule 18 of the Supreme Court of the United States on an appeal from the U.S. District Court
23-6192 David Lewis Holland v. Texas Texas Denied IFP appellate-procedure appellate-review case-law constitutional-law constitutional-provision criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process right-to-counsel speedy-trial trial-preparation Whether the new Speedy Trial requirement created by the Texas 7th Court of Appeals in the instant case is in conflict with current case law precedent,…
23-6194 Christopher Andrew Canales v. Nathan Hoffman, Acting Warden Sixth Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure discovery-rights due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-discovery voluntariness-of-plea Whether petitioner should be entitled to full discovery (inculpatory and exculpatory) during the plea bargaining process
23-6197 Daniel Joseph Teed v. Warden, Allenwood FCI Low Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-aggregation due-process equal-protection first-step-act sentencing statutory-interpretation time-credits Is the ineligibility provision of 18 USC §3632(d)(4)(D) constitutional?
23-6198 William Plummer v. Wellpath, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech incarceration medical-parole patent prisoner-rights standing state-law Whether the lower court erred in construing the patent claims at issue
23-6202 Damorius D. Gaines, aka Damorius Dontavis Gaines, aka Damorius Dontavious Gaines v. Shane Jackson, Warden Fourth Circuit Denied IFP amendment-rights cestui-que-trust civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process enemy-property government-property judicial-review jurisdiction standing takings Is a pre-1933 private U.S. citizen and cestui que trust who is not an enemy, ally of an enemy, or foreign national precluded from suing the U.S. gover…
23-6203 Justin Glover, Jr. v. Tom McGinley, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP actual-innocence circuit-split evidence-review gateway-claim habeas-corpus mcquiggin-v-perkins newly-discovered-evidence schlup-standard schlup-v-delo Whether newly discovered, newly presented or previously presented evidence establishes the gateway claim of actual innocence under Schlup v Delo and M…
23-6204 Angel Anthony Sanchez v. California California Denied IFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel evidence-code fair-trial fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment prior-acts-instructions sixth-amendment trial-procedure whether-petitioner-was-denied-his-fifth-sixth-and-fourteenth-amendment-rights-to-due-process-and-fair-trial
23-6209 Eddie Savage v. Supreme Court of Ohio Ohio Denied IFP due-process judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct Can a judge's failure to uphold the law during a trial demonstrate a spirit of ill-will or undue friendship, 'actual bias' or favoritism toward one of…
23-6211 Bernard Antoine Hardrick v. Michigan Michigan Denied Response WaivedIFP adjudication civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-enterprise due-process evidence-sufficiency exclusion jury-instructions prosecutorial-burden prosecutorial-misconduct self-representation trial-court-error Whether the trial court violated petitioner's right to be present, right to counsel, and right to self-representation when it improperly excluded peti…
23-6212 In Re Jerome Curry Denied IFP None
23-6214 Sealed v. Sealed Florida Denied Relisted (3)IFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fair-proceeding judicial-review manifest-injustice parental-rights Does the decision of the Florida State Courts to deny the Petitioner opportunity for belated appeal of the Lower Court's decision to terminate her par…
23-6215 D. E. v. Russell County Department of Human Resources Alabama Denied Relisted (2)IFP biological-parent child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence dependency-proceedings due-process ore-tenus-rule parental-rights substantive-due-process Whether the State violates the Due Process Clause when it assumes initial custody of a child from an involved biological parent utilizing dependency p…
23-6216 Daniel E. Hall v. Devon Brochu-Reynolds New Hampshire Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law standing Did the NHSC apply Rule 20(2) unconstitutionally and violate Father's due-process rights-to-a-meaningful-appeal?
23-6223 Christopher Louis Sindone v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment employment-law federal-habeas-corpus harassment legal-standing retaliation statutory-interpretation Did the defendants retaliate against the plaintiff after he filed a federal habeas corpus complaint by firing him from his job, then further retaliate…
23-6225 Michael Ramsey v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process negotiation-strategy plea-bargaining plea-negotiations right-to-claim-innocence Does Petitioner give up the right to claim innocence as a bargaining tool during plea negotiations?
23-6227 Jose Antonio Cortez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus reasonable-time rule-60b6 sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict Whether the court of appeals side-stepped the requirements of a Certificate of Appealability
23-623 Martin Akerman v. Nevada National Guard Nevada Denied Relisted (2) constitutional-rights detention detention-challenge due-process federal-law habeas-corpus military-jurisdiction nevada-supreme-court Whether the Nevada Supreme Court made an error in naming the Nevada National Guard as the sole respondent in a habeas corpus petition
23-6233 In Re Patrick di Santo Denied IFP ada-compliance administrative-hearing administrative-tribunals civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process judicial-accessibility reasonable-accommodation reasonable-accommodations state-and-local-government-services traumatic-brain-injury Did Edward Mandlebaum and Alexandra Perez Halper f/k/a Alexandra Perez ! Cid fail to state cause of action for the relief which they were granted
23-6237 Gregory I. Ezeani v. William Anderson, Warden, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights detention due-process federal-prisoner healthcare-denial immigration immigration-detention medical-negligence medical-treatment retaliation Whether the plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated when DHS/ICE unlawfully arrested him, denied him proper medical treatment, and failed to f…
23-6238 William Jarvis v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP confrontation confrontation-clause due-process effective-counsel equal-protection fifth-amendment self-incrimination sixth-amendment third-party-guilt Whether the Fifth Amendment right to be free from the compulsion to make self-incriminating statements includes the right to not be required to provid…
23-6239 Christopher Everson v. Angel Quiros, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP appellate-procedure civil-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fraud fraud-on-court independent-action judicial-procedure mandate-rule rule-60 timing timing-limitations Is the filing of an independent action under FRCP 60(d)(1) for fraud on the court distinguishable from FRCP 60(b)(3) fraud?
23-6243 Offie Curtis Brown, Jr. v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-rights constitutional-provisions first-amendment free-speech jurisdictional-issue legal-standard procedural-question public-concern public-employee retaliation statutory-provisions Whether the First Amendment protects the right of a public employee to speak on matters of public concern without fear of retaliation
23-6248 Pradeep B. Gupte v. Kimberly Davis, HR Director, Newington Public Schools, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims
23-6249 Flenoid Greer v. Michigan Michigan Denied IFP collateral-review due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest post-conviction post-conviction-relief sentencing-guidelines successive-motion Can a State's collateral review procedures deny a person from having an invalid sentence vacated, without violating the right to petition
23-6253 Larry D. Ford v. American Homes 4 Rent, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights discrimination discriminatory-intent due-process fair-housing-act housing housing-providers statutory-interpretation tenant-discrimination tenant-liability third-party-liability Whether discriminatory intent is required for liability under the Fair Housing Act Sections 3604(b) and 3617
23-6255 David Alexander Hunter v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP aedpa direct-appeal direct-review due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel martinez-v-ryan suspension-clause Is the AEDPA's one-year limitation period for state prisoners to raise claims of ineffective assistance of counsel triggered by conclusion of 'direct …
23-6256 Kenneth Ray Brabham v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process judicial-discretion judicial-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct structural-defect structural-error sua-sponte trial-procedure Whether a trial judge's sua sponte actions create the appearance of partiality
23-6257 Randall Scott Jordan v. Texas Texas Denied IFP brady brady-violation criminal-history due-process impeachment ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment suppression-of-evidence witness-credibility witness-impeachment Did the prosecution's suppression or withholding of state's key witness' prior violent criminal history that was favorable to accused for impeachment …
23-6261 Tyqashia Sellers v. United States North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech jurisdiction standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims for violation of their First Amendment rights
23-6262 Raymond Clyde Robideau v. Minnesota Minnesota Denied IFP aggravating-factors constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy judicial-discretion jury-trial jury-trial-waiver remand state-remand waiver Is a court required to obtain a renewed jury-trial waiver when the State amends its Aggravating Factor[s] after remand from State's Highest Court, and…
23-6265 Timothy Dean Stone v. Texas Texas Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review schlup-standard state-procedural-ground state-procedural-grounds texas-criminal-procedure texas-law writ-application Whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' holding that Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 11.07 section 4(a)(2) precluded consideration of th…
23-6266 Jeremy Lynn Kerr v. Robert Pollex, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment civil-rights collateral-attack due-process federal-review rooker-feldman subject-matter-jurisdiction void-ab-initio Whether the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine bars a collateral attack on a void ab initio state court judgment rendered without subject matter jurisdiction
23-6267 Jose Gonzalez, III v. Texas Texas Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mccoy-precedent right-to-counsel right-to-remain-silent sixth-amendment trial-procedure Is McCoy v Louisiana a logical extension of Florida V Nixon when concession of Petitioner's guilt was never discussed prior to trial?
23-6268 Clifford A. Gooden, III v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment government-immunity judicial-activism judicial-immunity ku-klux-klan section-1983 Is the original scope and purpose of a section 1983 action to allow black citizens the right to sue racist government where it has been infiltrated by…
23-627 Chad Parker, et al. v. Governor of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived capable-of-repetition civil-rights constitutional-challenge contact-tracing covid-mask-mandate due-process mootness pandemic-restrictions privacy-rights standing standing-doctrine voluntary-cessation Is this constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania 'mask mandate' moot?
23-6270 Tony French v. Washington Washington Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process evidence police-misconduct property-rights search-and-seizure self-defense state-action vehicle-destruction vehicle-seizure Were the petitioner's due process rights violated when the Pierce County Sheriff's Department caused the loss and destruction of the vehicle the petit…
23-6271 Tyrone Maddox v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent intent-element judicial-discretion narcotics-charge prejudice prejudicial-evidence prior-conviction prior-convictions probative-value Whether the trial court erred in admitting Tyrone Maddox's 20-year-old prior conviction for delivery of narcotics on the issue of intent, where the pr…
23-6272 In Re Bruce Lamont Fuller Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions corpus-delicti criminal-procedure due-process evidence jurisdiction standing statewide-importance statutory-provisions How shall we have a conclusive answer of corpus delcti of statewide importance when their has not been an effective ascertainment of expeditious truth…
23-6274 Lucas Roberto Felipe v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
23-6280 Felix I. Gaspard v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, et al. Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection foreclosure foreclosure-action fraud judicial-immunity property-rights taking-clause Whether the judiciary has jurisdiction to effectuate the 'Taking without due process and without just compensation' of a pro se black disabled senior …
23-6281 Laquince T. Hogan v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus oral-amendment sixth-amendment uncharged-offense Whether the Arkansas Supreme Court denied Mr. Hogan due process of law under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
23-6282 Clay Chastain v. Bedford Regional Water Authority Virginia Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review legal-procedure public-utility rate-regulation statutory-interpretation takings Whether the utility doctrine uniformly and selectively charges customers for the costs of serving them
23-6283 Stacy Anthony Mitchell v. Arkansas Arkansas Denied Response WaivedIFP choice-of-counsel constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process indigent-defendant right-to-counsel sixth-amendment trial-court-discretion Does a trial court's denial of an indigent criminal defendant's choice of privately retained counsel, who is ready, willing, and able to proceed to tr…
23-6284 David Pontier v. Joseph Dang, dba Law Office of Joseph Dang Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure conflict-of-interest fdcpa federal-interpleader federal-jurisdiction interpleader judicial-ethics standing statute-of-limitations subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6287 Parnell R. May v. Kawhun Tims, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process excessive-force federal-procedure judicial-review qualified-immunity standing takings Whether the U.S. District Court erred in granting a Supplemental 1983 claim
23-6294 Gregory I. Ezeani v. Bridgett Kelly, Union County College Human Resources Division Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process employment-records impersonation legal-procedure privacy privacy-rights subpoena subpoena-fraud unlawful-search Whether the pro se's constitutional rights under the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments were violated by the unauthorized disclosure of h…
23-6295 Gregory I. Ezeani v. Jeffrey S. McClain Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights document-theft due-process federal-procedure fraud impersonation privacy privacy-rights subpoena-fraud Whether the attorney's use of fraudulent means to obtain the plaintiff's personal employment records without consent violated the plaintiff's due proc…
23-6296 Charles Andre Bailey v. Dennis Bley Oregon Denied IFP ada-violation civil-rights death-certificate fraud government-violation health-insurance medical-fraud medical-records physician-patient-relationship qui-tam Why did Dr. Bley sign my father's death certificate if he claims he's not his doctor?
23-6298 Chet Smith v. Cook County, Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied IFP criminal-charges federal-rules-criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure fifth-amendment government-non-compliance grand-jury oath-requirement panel-defendant procedural-due-process rule-3 void-complaint void-indictment whether-the-return-of-an-indictment-without-a-vote-by-the-grand-jury-violates-the-fifth-amendment-guarantee-of-indictment-by-a-grand-jury
23-630 James E. Pietrangelo, II v. Christopher T. Sununu, Individually and in His Official Capacity as the Governor of New Hampshire, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights covid-19 covid-19-policy equal-protection qualified-immunity race-discrimination racial-discrimination section-1983 standing standing-doctrine Whether the First Circuit's affirmance of the District Court's decision conflicts with this Court's precedent holding that 'persons who are personally…
23-6300 Richard Paiva v. Rhode Island Rhode Island Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment constitutional-protection due-process incarcerated-rights incarceration parole parole-eligibility sentence sentencing-procedure statutory-rights Are the protections of the 14th-Amendment-Due-Process-Clause triggered, when an incarcerated-person has a statutory-right-to-be-parole-eligible during…
23-6301 Delbert Leroy Oldham v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-error cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines res-judicata sentencing Whether the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res-judicata,whether the District Court exceeded its authority,whether the trial court …
23-6306 Devon Austin Earl v. Brandon Harris, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights dismissal-with-prejudice due-process false-arrest forma-pauperis jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge pro-se-litigation statute-of-limitations university-police issue being raised
23-6307 Veronica McCluskey v. William Hendricks, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure cross-examination due-process fair-hearing jury-trial legal-conduct reversible-error standing trial-court witness-testimony whether-the-trial-court-committed-reversible-error-in-not-granting-respondent-a-jury-trial
23-6308 Ariel Garcia-Pelico v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel investigative-procedures judicial-discretion motion-to-reopen procedural-fairness sixth-amendment strickland-v-washington Were the trial counsel's actions below the Strickland v. Washington standards?
23-6309 Elvin Farris v. Vector Construction, Inc. Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP amendment civil-rights discovery-rule EEOC eeoc-charge employment-discrimination legal-amendment statute-of-limitations termination-notice Should the petitioner been allowed to amend the EEOC charge
23-6310 In Re Joseph Emerson Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fbi-misconduct free-speech interstate-sex-trafficking privacy-violation sex-trafficking social-media-manipulation standing talent-agency-fraud Whether the FBI's alleged actions of interstate sex trafficking, coercion, and invasion of privacy violated the petitioner's constitutional and statut…
23-6312 Andre Reese v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie precedential-interpretation sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether Kisor v. Wilkie applies to the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines
23-6316 Daniel Vincent v. Chad Wakefield, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Smithfield, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP alternative-suspects conflict-with-circuits due-process eyewitness-testimony identification-evidence ineffective-assistance jury-instructions mistaken-identification sixth-amendment trial-strategy Is a defendant denied due process if his claim is not addressed by state or federal courts?
23-632 Warbird Adventures, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived compensation-or-hire faa flight-instruction limited-category-aircraft public-use warbirds Is the FAA's reading of 14-CFR-§-91.315 reasonable?
23-6321 Barbara Johnson-Luster v. Christine E. Wormuth, Secretary of the Army Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights court-appointed-counsel disability-rights due-process equal-protection exceptional-circumstances title-vii Whether an appellant in the Circuit Courts, with an invisible disability and previous court appointed attorneys in the Lower District Courts should re…
23-6322 Ohio, ex rel. Ricardo Dodson v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, et al. Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP dna-testing due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment parole parole-hearing paternity paternity-determination rape Whether petitioner was denied his Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair parole hearing
23-6323 Ryan F. Duncan v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process identification-evidence mandatory-minimum parole photo-array plea-bargaining sentencing witness-testimony Does a criminal court deprive a defendant of due process by accepting a guilty plea without informing them about a mandatory term of parole as a requi…
23-6325 James E. Downs v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Florida Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection florida-statute habitual-offender sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether petitioner's 14th Amendment right to equal protection and proportionality of sentence has been violated
23-6327 Noel Garcia v. Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP absolute-immunity civil-rights constitutional-restrictions due-process false-arrest freedom-of-movement judicial-proceeding probable-cause unlawful-arrest Did the United States District Court and the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of Pennsylvania err in determining defendants are entitled to abso…
23-6328 Andrew Fields, III v. Patrick J. Bouldin, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied IFP appellate-review case-dismissal civil-procedure court-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-discretion legal-justification pleadings procedural-dismissal standing Whether the Avgellet Couet ceroRed in dismisSinG 4 prellants Appeal Soe dniluee to cure A defect
23-6329 Russell G. Finnegan v. David L. Chidester Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-review civil-procedure court-fees due-process in-forma-pauperis judicial-procedure jurisdiction pro-se-litigation signature-requirement standing Are the orders from the Court of Appeals valid absent an authorized signature of a judicial officer?
23-633 Eddie Joe Hightshoe v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived None
23-6334 Nira Woods v. Department of Housing and Community Development, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-constitution interlocutory-order judicial-procedure state-court state-courts statutory-provisions Is the Existence of the State Courts Interlocutory Order(s) in this case impairs / offense / invalidate Federal Constitution and Due processes?
23-634 Pollyanna Burns, et al. v. Service Employees International Union Local 284, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived dues-deduction first-amendment janus janus-precedent opt-out public-sector public-sector-employees state-action state-actors union-dues Whether the First Amendment waiver requirement identified by the Supreme Court in Janus applies to public-sector employees at the time they sign a uni…
23-6341 Tramaine Edward Martin v. Jay Forshey, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process evidence evidence-sufficiency habeas-corpus judicial-misconduct Does habeas corpus stand to correct the abuse of process involved in deliberate deception of a court by presentation of known false evidence?
23-6345 Jeffrey M. Spring, Sr. v. David W. Gray, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment constitutional-rights due-process evidentiary-hearing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence procedural-due-process sixth-amendment substantive-due-process Is it a violation of substantive and procedural due process to deny the defendant an evidentiary hearing to develop newly discovered evidence?
23-6348 Danial Leanos v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP confession confidentiality constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process interrogation interrogation-tactics miranda-rights suspect-waiver totality-of-circumstances Should an interrogator's promise of confidentiality invalidate a suspect's Miranda waiver only if it immediately induces them to confess, or should it…
23-6349 Derrick Martin King v. Budget Car Mart, LLC Ohio Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights covid-19 due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment pandemic remote-depositions Whether the Supreme Court of Ohio's administrative orders necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the use of remote depositions violates a civ…
23-6350 Brady Franklin v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause craig-precedent crawford-precedent crawford-v-washington intellectual-disability maryland-v-craig public-policy sixth-amendment witness-testimony Whether the balancing test created by Maryland v. Craig is still good law after Crawford v. Washington, and if so, whether extending its exemption for…
23-6352 LaDerrius Williams v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-arrest criminal-procedure due-process owner-driver-inference probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-ownership Whether Glover's owner-driver inference constitutes probable cause to arrest a vehicle's owner for a crime involving the vehicle, even if the police c…
23-6358 Devadrick Markevin Booker v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process jury-instructions prosecutorial-evidence reasonable-doubt standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the district court erred by finding that the prosecution produced sufficient evidence at trial for a reasonable jury to return guilty verdicts…
23-6359 Davin Chaz Nevins v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process sentencing sixth-amendment supervised-release Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) comports with the Fifth and Sixth Amendments?
23-6362 Gregory Steshenko v. Foothill-De Anza Community College District, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP backpropagation-doctrine civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-access due-process finality interlocutory-appeals standing vexatious-litigant Whether the interlocutory decisions of the federal courts especially, those appealed under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 ever become the final determinations?
23-6363 Matthew Reid Hinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP competent-counsel due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Does an attorney's failure to investigate, interview witnesses, and discuss defenses before advising a guilty plea violate the Sixth Amendment's right…
23-6366 Jose Martin Islas v. DHS/ICE Office of Chief Counsel-ATD Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-appeal due-process equal-protection immigration visa-petition Whether a person physically present in the United States, with a pending criminal appeal and visa petition, can be deported without first allowing the…
23-6367 Dominique Hunter v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None
23-6368 In Re Damion Hardy Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction legal-document petition standing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the United States government's actions against the petitioner are lawful
23-637 Jingjing Zheng, et vir v. Shady Grove Fertility Maryland Denied civil-rights consumer-protection court-deception due-process fertility-fraud fertility-treatments intentional-misrepresentation maryland-law medical-fraud medical-malpractice pro-se-litigation standing Will granting this petition decrease a large amount of loss in IVF treatments in the United States each year to safeguard the significant interests of…
23-6370 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP clearance-system constitutional-rights disparate-treatment dod-clearance-system due-process eeo-records employer-discrimination equal-justice retaliation sixth-amendment Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1662 which was about Removing the last discriminatory '2' appraisal from my records
23-6371 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-power civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination employment-discrimination evidence-suppression obstruction-of-justice sixth-amendment Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1695
23-6372 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-action civil-rights clearance constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employer-discrimination retaliation security-clearance Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1698
23-6373 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP administrative-hearing civil-rights clearance constitutional-rights discrimination discrimination-claim due-process employer-discrimination equal-protection retaliation security-clearance Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1678
23-6376 Judy Thorpe v. Board of Trustees, Public Employees' Retirement System New Jersey Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-decision administrative-law appellate-review due-process government-benefits judicial-discretion manifest-error pension public-employee-retirement retirement state-law state-pension Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the Supreme Court of New Jersey to Deny Certification and Not Fairly and Equitably Rev…
23-6378 Gilmer Diaz-Jaramillo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure define-and-punish-clause due-process felony-on-high-seas foreign-nationals interlocutory-review maritime-drug-enforcement maritime-law standing 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…
23-6379 Terrence LaFaive v. Records Custodian, Waukesha County District Attorney Wisconsin Denied Response WaivedIFP attorney-work-product civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment plea-negotiations public-records standing Does the Common-Law exception recognized in State ex rel. Richards v. Foust abridge the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a litigant?
23-6382 Francisco Batista-Reyes v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-law due-process equal-protection first-time-offenders mdlea-offenses safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Do the MDLEA first time offenders charged for the violation of both the MDLEA as well as §§ 960 (b) and 963 statutes have a right to safety valve reli…
23-6385 Alfonso Garcia-Vela v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP almendarez-torres burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction 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 …
23-6386 Michael Andrew King, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review credibility-determination criminal-procedure due-process due-process-rights evidence jury-instructions jury-trial mask-obstruction witness-credibility witness-testimony Whether an appellate court's traditional deference to credibility determinations made by jurors in returning a guilty verdict should give way where th…
23-6387 Montgomery Lebeau v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP anticipated-imprisonment concurrent-sentence concurrent-sentences criminal-procedure federal-sentencing judicial-interpretation same-incident sentencing-guidelines state-charges ussg-5g1.3(c) Whether a pending state charge arising out of the same incident as the federal case plainly qualifies as 'anticipated' under USSG § 5G1.3(c)?
23-639 Thomas Dale Ferguson v. John Hamm, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied adaptive-functioning capital-punishment circuit-split eighth-amendment intellectual-disability iq-test iq-testing moore-v-texas Whether a court may disregard a valid IQ test with a range under 70 simply because not all tests show such a range, or must proceed to evaluate adapti…
23-6390 Jose Guadalupe Ramirez v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP adolescent-brain-development due-process expert-assistance indigent-defendant mandatory-life-sentence right-to-present-defense sentencing Does a trial court deprive an indigent defendant of due-process, right-to-present-defense by failing to appoint an adolescent-brain-development expert…
23-6391 Christopher Dalton Thomas v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination equal-protection retaliation title-vii whistleblower-protection Are minority males who oppose discrimination entitled to equal-protection
23-6392 Phillip Watkins v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-agreement sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth Circuit abused its discretion by affirming the district court's failure to conduct an Evidentiary Hearing regarding the fact his Gui…
23-6394 Andrew Tablack v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-841 controlled-substance controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-statute indictment indictment-defect scheduling statutory-interpretation Is there a legal element in 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) that requires the CDS named in the indictment to be listed on the Controlled Substance Schedules at th…
23-6396 Eleuterio Covarrubias-Martinez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-analysis constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent precedent precedent-overruling sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review Whether the Court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
23-6397 Jaime Rivera v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-statute force physical-force physical-inaction statutory-interpretation Whether a crime of physical inaction ever 'has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or propert…
23-6400 Michael Hewitt v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-law double-jeopardy drug-distribution evidence jury-instructions Should the trial court have acquitted Petitioner of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
23-6402 Vidal Orellana-Sibrian 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 …
23-6403 Tony L. Ford v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP concepcion-precedent concepcion-v-united-states criminal-resentencing eleventh-circuit eleventh-circuit-interpretation fair-sentencing-act first-step-act intervening-law-changes sentencing sentencing-discretion statutory-penalty Whether the Eleventh Circuit's limitation on First Step relief contravenes Concepcion's holding, that in deciding whether to reduce the sentence of an…
23-6404 Jamar Hunter v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-review constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence Was the Third Circuit's reversal of Petitioner's suppression of physical evidence in violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constituti…
23-6405 Brian K. Allen v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing federal-circuit fundamental-rights plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-procedure Whether the near consensus Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals' application of plea agreement appeal waivers as to subsequent sentencing proceedings, wh…
23-6406 Jamal Eberhardt v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-court-standard criminal-procedure due-process excessive-sentence judicial-discretion reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines sentencing-review third-circuit Did the Third Circuit error by not finding Mr. Eberhardt's sentence was harsh and excessive?
23-6408 Jade LaRoche v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether the use of acquitted conduct to determine a defendant's sentence violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments
23-6410 Pedro Pena-Talamantes v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction 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 …
23-6411 Gilberto Salvador Cortez-Garcia v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process jury-determination jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement 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 …
23-6412 Jose Eugenio Pavon-Rivera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-convictions sentencing sentencing-enhancement 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 …
23-6413 Donald Bill Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1512 burden-of-proof circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-statute drug-conspiracy mens-rea official-proceeding witness-tampering Whether the witness tampering resulting in death statute, 18 U.S.C. §§1512(a)(1)(A) and (k), requires the Government to prove beyond a reasonable doub…
23-6416 Carla Slater v. Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy employment-discrimination first-amendment fraud government-agencies religious-discrimination retaliation statute-of-limitations title-vii Whether Title VII violations and retaliation claims are isolated events confined to the date they occurred when they are part of a conspiracy and frau…
23-6418 Harvey Holland v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process fair-sentencing-act first-step-act jury-trial murder-cross-reference sentencing-discretion Whether the district court ruled directly contrary to the Court's direction in Concepcion by finding that Petitioner was eligible for relief but refus…
23-6419 Anthony Harris v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP armed-career-criminal-act civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process free-speech jurisdiction recidivism standing state-law-offense statutory-interpretation violent-felony Question not identified
23-642 Kevin Scott Karsjens, et al. v. Jodi Harpstead, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process federal-courts implied-waiver legal-standard professional-judgment waiver Whether federal courts have a duty to apply the correct legal standard to a due process claim or can the court apply the wrong legal standard based on…
23-6420 Orlando S. Burgos v. Martin Gamboa, Warden Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP bias confrontation-clause criminal-procedure cross-examination habeas-corpus harmless-error motive-to-lie sole-evidence witness-bias Whether a Confrontation Clause error can ever be harmless when an accused is prevented from cross-examining the key government witness—a witness who s…
23-6421 Remberto Rivera v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-guidance circuit-split deference judicial-deference sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation stinson-v-united-states supreme-court-precedent Whether the Court's decision in Kisor v. Wilkie prescribes the amount of deference to be paid to the United States Sentencing Commission's commentary …
23-6422 Raymond J. Kraynak v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure due-process fair-and-just-reason guilty-plea judicial-review plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal sentencing trial-court-discretion withdrawal-of-plea Whether Petitioner has sufficiently shown a fair and just reason for requesting withdrawal of his guilty plea such that the trial court shall grant hi…
23-6424 Taquarius Kaream Ford v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1591 18-usc-1594 circuit-split criminal-sentencing double-jeopardy mandatory-minimum sex-trafficking statutory-interpretation When two Sex Trafficking statutes combine into a single Count, does the penalty for Sex Trafficking Conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. Section 1594(c) which h…
23-6425 Christopher Daniel Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-v-maryland brady-waiver criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings direct-appeal due-process fifth-amendment plea-agreement sentencing sentencing-phase whether-the-fifth-amendment's-due-process-clause-permits-courts-to-find-a-plea-agreement-waiver-that-is-silent-as-to-brady-v-maryland-constitutes-a-kn…
23-6429 Jan M. Gawlik v. Scott Semple, et al. Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies due-process free-exercise free-exercise-clause mailbox-rule property-rights religious-exercise rluipa summary-judgment Whether the Connecticut district court improperly applied the 'mailbox rule' in dismissing the plaintiff's timely administrative remedies/exhaustion c…
23-6430 Nicholas Dwayne Jones v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process ex-parte fifth-amendment fourth-amendment search-warrant truthfulness Does a defendant in a criminal proceeding still retain the right under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment to challenge the truthfulness of statements…
23-6439 Jennifer Lynn Mothershead v. Deborah Jo Wofford, Superintendent, Washington Corrections Center for Women Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2254 appellate-review comity habeas-corpus merits-determination procedural-bar state-court-ruling Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision violates Harris v. Reed, 489 U.S. 255 (1989) and the bedrock habeas corpus principle of comity
23-6440 Ismael De Jesus-Flores v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process notice-and-comment sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation vagueness vagueness-doctrine Can the U.S.S.G. commentary definition of a 'minor' in § 2L1.1 commentary note 1 be considered unconstitutionally vague when it was never subjected to…
23-6441 Marc Hernandez v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure integrity-of-courts judicial-integrity plain-error structural-error substantial-rights Should this Court's decision in United States v. Olano be overruled in part?
23-6442 Pedro Hernandez Zarate v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process en-banc-hearing meaningful-review statutory-right statutory-right-to-appeal writ-of-certiorari Whether due process and the statutory right to appeal require the Court of Appeals to adequately explain the decisions made in a defendant's case in o…
23-6445 Calvin Solomon v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP apprendi-v-new-jersey crack-cocaine-law crack-cocaine-sentencing discretionary-review eleventh-circuit first-step-act judicial-discretion sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction Whether the Eleventh Circuit's unique interpretation of the First Step Act's eligibility and discretionary steps is correct
23-6447 Samuel Sherman v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause confrontation-right criminal-joinder criminal-procedure prejudice prejudicial-error rule-14 rule-14-procedure sixth-amendment zafiro-precedent zafiro-v-united-states Whether the lower courts misapplied this Court's holding in Zafiro v. United States
23-6448 Stephen Dudley Brunson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment arrest drug-interdiction fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery law-enforcement pretext probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-stop Whether officers may cure an unlawfully prolonged traffic stop by arresting the motorist for the traffic violation or claiming inevitable discovery ba…
23-6453 James David Welton v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus maximum-sentence petition-review procedural-challenge sentencing state-court-conviction supervised-release supreme-court-review Whether the sentence of supervised release must be counted within the maximum sentence of imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. 3583(a) and 3583(e)(3)
23-6454 Darwin Dwayne Hutchins v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP career-offender cocaine-definition controlled-substance federal-vs-state-law non-violent-drug-crimes sentence-length sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines state-federal-definition Did the district court err in counting Hutchins's Ohio cocaine conviction as a controlled substance offense for career offender under the Sentencing G…
23-6458 Mario Astudillo-Herrera v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law court-of-appeals criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-trial legal-precedent sentencing supreme-court supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-646 Devon Tinius, et al. v. Luke Choi, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights curfew curfew-law due-process free-speech fundamental-rights overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine vagueness void-for-vagueness Whether the District of Columbia's curfew law is unconstitutional because it violates fundamental rights and because it is overbroad and void for vagu…
23-6460 Richard C. Duerson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel manifest-injustice newly-discovered-evidence pro-se rule-33 sixth-amendment supervisory-power whether-rule-33-criteria-override
23-6461 Luis Armando Jimenez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-justice federal-sentencing guidelines judicial-discretion sentencing sentencing-guidelines Under Rita v. United States, can a district court ignore a party's nonfrivolous arguments for a greater or lesser sentence
23-6463 Charles D. Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights clearance-system constitutional-rights discrimination due-process eeo-records employer-discrimination retaliation sixth-amendment standing Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1680 which was about MDA COC's and MDA's Aiding And Abetting Employer Discrimination
23-6466 Edgar Lerma Flores, aka Carlos Alberto Penuelas Rodriguez, aka Carlos Alberto Pencelas Rodriguez v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 abuse-of-discretion extraordinary-compelling-reason extraordinary-reason guideline-ranges methamphetamine-disparity methamphetamine-purity sentencing-guidelines sentencing-reduction sixth-circuit Whether the disparity in Guideline ranges for offenses involving pure methamphetamine and those involving a mixture of methamphetamine can be consider…
23-6470 Richard L. Gathercole v. United States, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus ineffective-motion jurisdiction section-2255 sentencing unconstitutional Whether the South Circuit Court of Appeals and the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia have jurisdiction to hear and decide the Petiti…
23-6474 Courtney Rose Desjarlais v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause cross-examination due-process hearsay hearsay-evidence sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Question not identified
23-6475 Darrius Decnan Redd v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause credibility cross-examination due-process evidence-exclusion fair-trial prosecutorial-misconduct sex-trafficking Whether the district court violated the Defendant's Due Process and Confrontation rights by excluding video evidence
23-6476 Phillip Thomas Green v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP advisory-guidelines appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-sentencing presumption-of-reasonableness rebuttal sentencing-guidelines What is required of defendants to provide a genuine rebuttal of the presumption of reasonableness for federal sentences under due process?
23-6477 Jamaile L. Huey v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-v-united-states crime-of-violence criminal-law federal-jurisdiction fourth-circuit mens-rea robbery robbery-statute sentencing sentencing-guidelines violent-crime Whether a state robbery conviction, sustained under a statute without a specified mens rea for the element of violence or threat of violence, but with…
23-6478 Michael Alan Welker v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-indictment deception due-process eighth-circuit fraud mail-fraud marital-property marriage property wire-fraud Whether a husband's actions in deceiving his wife regarding marital property constitutes federal mail and wire fraud?
23-6479 Sterling H. Roberts v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure declarant-unavailability forfeiture-by-wrongdoing mixed-motives primary-purpose sixth-amendment unavailability Whether the prosecution must prove the defendant's primary purpose for making the declarant unavailable was to prevent their testimony in the proceedi…
23-6484 Miguel Angel Sanchez-Delgado 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 …
23-6485 Keaton Lamar Shaw v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-sentencing-guidelines judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie policy-interpretation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs …
23-6486 Schuyler Algernon Smith v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-sentencing federal-courts judicial-deference kisor-standard kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines supreme-court-precedent Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, governs …
23-6488 Juan Garcia-Bertadillo 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 …
23-6489 Robert E. Harrison v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure evidence evidence-admissibility intent-knowledge prior-bad-acts prior-conviction propensity-evidence rule-404(b) rule-404b statutory-interpretation supreme-court Whether prior gun possession convictions are admissible under Rule 404(b) to prove knowing or intentional gun possession on a later date
23-6492 Delondo Henderson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP complicity complicity-law controlled-substances criminal-law inchoate-offense inchoate-offenses sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation u.s.s.g.-4b1.2 Does the State of Kentucky's complicity law state an inchoate offense, such that a conviction for complicity cannot constitute a 'controlled substance…
23-6493 Shannon Wilson v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP application-note application-note-9 criminal-law drug-quantity judicial-interpretation methamphetamine pill-form sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the plain language of Application Note 9 to sentencing guidelines §2D1.1(c) requires a sentencing court to calculate the amount of pill-form m…
23-6494 Lewis Dean Armstrong v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split competency-standard competency-to-assist-counsel due-process excusable-neglect federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure new-trial-motion pioneer-factors pioneer-investment-services-co-v-brunswick-associa rule-33 Whether the district court may find excusable neglect based solely on the length of time elapsed between judgment and filing, when most circuits requi…
23-6495 Peter Burno v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights conspiracy conspiracy-law controlled-substances criminal-law criminal-statute drug-trafficking drug-transfer due-process intent-to-distribute ninth-circuit sentencing Is the mere transfer of drugs from one person to another sufficient to prove a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substanc…
23-6498 Kevin Clayton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions jury-trial murder racketeering racketeering-conspiracy sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, and the Jury Trial guarantees contained in the Sixth Amendment were violated
23-6499 Pete Manning v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substance criminal-procedure drug-schedules federal-law federal-sentencing sentencing-guidelines state-law time-of-consequences time-of-conviction Whether the term 'controlled substance' is defined by the drug schedules that existed at the time of the prior predicate conviction, or the drug sched…
23-6500 Jimmy Lee Smart v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation auer-deference circuit-conflict criminal-sentencing federal-agencies judicial-deference kisor-standard regulatory-interpretation sentencing-guidelines Whether the standard for triggering judicial deference to an agency's interpretation of its own regulations, as clarified in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. C…
23-6502 Marwan Lamar Lamb v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-finding preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence sentencing-guidelines trial-by-jury Does nearly doubling a defendant's Guidelines sentence range based on a judge's finding by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant committe…
23-6503 David Rivera v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process free-speech fundamental-rights pretrial-claims prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-vindictiveness standing When a defendant presents strong circumstantial evidence of possible vindictiveness beyond mere correlation, can a presumption of vindictiveness arise…
23-6505 Kheungkham Vongphakdy v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation due-process fifth-amendment harmless-error miranda-rights self-incrimination Whether a custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings violates the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
23-651 John Lowery v. Mike Parris, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied actual-innocence constitutional-claims constitutional-review credibility-findings eyewitness-recantation gateway-innocence recantation sixth-circuit sixth-circuit-deference state-court-deference suppressed-evidence Whether the Sixth Circuit erroneously deferred to the state court's credibility findings on a gateway innocence claim
23-6519 Tonette L. Vazquez v. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law district-court due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-review mediation remand settlement Whether the district court erred in approving the proposed settlement of $50,000 through mediation
23-6520 Gary Von Bennett v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power federal-authority federal-criminal-law firearm-regulation firearms-regulation interstate-commerce scarborough-v-united-states statutory-interpretation united-states-v-lopez Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) requires a more substantial connection to interstate commerce
23-6523 Mark David Galloway v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure terry-stop Whether the Ninth Circuit has unjustifiably expanded the Terry exception to the probable cause requirement by creating a new category of exempt seizur…
23-6526 Larry Coates v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation auer-deference judicial-review kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Whether the Sentencing Commission, when interpreting the Guidelines, should receive a more deferential version of Auer deference than all other federa…
23-6528 Charles L. Burgett v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-2000e civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination pretext prima-facie prima-facie-case summary-judgment title-vii Whether the Court of Appeals applied the correct summary judgment standard on prima facie and on pretext in assessing a case of employment-discriminat…
23-653 Ritchie N. Stevens, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure irs net-operating-loss partnership partnership-audit tax tax-court tax-law tefra tefra-regime unsigned-returns Whether a net operating loss carryover to a future year that is an 'affected item' under the TEFRA Partnership audit regime can be included within the…
23-6539 In Re Jesse James Corbin-Bey Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process ex-post-facto extraordinary-relief federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus imprisonment slavery state-court-jurisdiction Should this Court use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to the Petitioner who has no other available forum to raise his compelling claims of …
23-654 Malka Leeal v. Newrez LLC, dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied appellate-review case-caption civil-procedure claims-raised-or-could-have-been-raised district-court final-judgment legal-obligation res-judicata same-transaction summary-judgment Whether the district court erred in its burden to establish all four elements of res-judicata-and-conduct-de-novo-review
23-6541 In Re Ronald Freeman Denied IFP 4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-policy due-process federal-detention habeas-corpus marijuana-offense Whether being in federal detention, custody is a substantial denial of Ronald Freeman's constitutional right of liberty, without sufficient cause, wit…
23-6543 Odeiu Joy Powers v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-service due-process federal-civil-service judicial-discretion preference-eligible pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness sua-sponte-dismissal unilateral-ban veteran Must rulings reflect material facts on the record?
23-6544 In Re Mo Savoy Hicks Denied IFP appellate-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process emotional-harm enhancement-factor miscarriage-of-justice prejudicial-variance sentencing-guidelines third-party-harm Does the Minnesota sentencing guidelines enhancement factor particular cruelty in relying on emotional harm to third parties instead of conduct exacte…
23-6549 Delon Scott v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment motion-to-withdraw penson-v-ohio right-to-counsel standing Whether the petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the United States Court of Appeals granted counsel's motion for leave to withd…
23-6552 In Re Vincent Pisciotta Denied IFP arson circuit-split conspiracy criminal-law double-jeopardy federal-felony statutory-interpretation Can a conviction for 'using fire to commit a federal felony' be predicated upon the conspiracy conduct element of a 'conspiracy to commit arson
23-6553 Danjuan Antonio McBride v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal criminal-procedure directed-verdict double-jeopardy fifth-amendment retrial Whether the Virginia Supreme Court erred in holding that the petitioner's Fifth Amendment right against double jeopardy was not violated
23-656 Arthur Lee Hairston, Sr. v. Department of Veterans Affairs Martinsburg, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure court-of-appeals default-judgment due-process legal-procedure procedural-due-process service-of-process show-cause-order summary-judgment united-states-marshal-service Whether the Court of Appeals decision denying procedural due process was an error of law?
23-6566 In Re Brandon Trammel Denied IFP 28-usc-2244 9th-circuit abuse-of-discretion constitutional-rights criteria federal-habeas federal-writ habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence prima-facie-showing successive-petition Did Petitioner, Brandon Robert Trammel meet the criteria to request to file a second or successive federal writ of habeas corpus?
23-657 Michelle MacDonald v. Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility Minnesota Denied Response Waived attorney-discipline attorney-speech client-rights constitutional-rights first-amendment free-speech government-power judicial-discipline judicial-integrity professional-conduct Whether a free speech right to impugn judicial integrity must be recognized for attorneys in order to reclaim their First Amendment Rights in invoking…
23-658 Medical Transportation Management, Inc. v. Isaac Harris, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure class-certification commonality federal-rules-of-civil-procedure policy-uniformity rule-23 significant-proof uniform-policy Where class certification is based on allegations that a defendant's policy or practice has injured class members, what constitutes 'significant proof…
23-6595 In Re Reginal Lee Davis Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-review legal-interpretation procedural-law sovereignty standing statutory-provisions takings Who is 'Uncle Sam'?
23-6605 In Re Darius Lake Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection judicial-review jury-selection legal-procedure precedent racial-discrimination sixth-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether the district attorney's striking of the only Black juror in the petitioner's trial violated the petitioner's constitutional rights
23-661 Tug Hill Operating, LLC v. Lastephen Rogers Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived arbitrability arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements circuit-split contract-interpretation delegation-doctrine delegation-of-arbitrability gateway-questions nonsignatories nonsignatory third-party-beneficiary Whether a court may interpret a nonsignatory's contractual rights despite a delegation of questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator
23-662 Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA v. William Howard Topp, aka Bill Topp, dba Bill Topp Farm, dba William Topp Farm Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived bankruptcy bankruptcy-code chapter-12 interest-rate interest-rates present-value reorganization secured-claims secured-creditor till-formula till-v-scs-credit-corp Whether the formula approach method set forth in Till v. SCS Credit Corp. should apply in Chapter 12 bankruptcy cases
23-6624 In Re Johnny Jones Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-procedure criminal-law due-process florida-statutes jurisdiction legislative-process legislative-validity statutory-interpretation statutory-revision subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the creation of Statute 794.011(2) leave the courts without subject-matter-jurisdiction?
23-6627 In Re Reginald Bernard Hatton Denied IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eighth-amendment fourteenth-amendment sentencing time-served unconstitutional Whether the petitioner has been deprived of his constitutional rights under the 8th and 14th Amendment
23-667 Blair Coleman v. Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived 10-usc-1210 administrative-law arbitrary-and-capricious disability-rating medical-examination military-procedure physical-disability-board-of-review temporary-disability-retired-list veterans-benefits veterans-disability Whether a veteran is entitled to a medical examination prior to removal from the Temporary Disability Retired List and reduction of disability rating
23-670 Marc S. Kirschner, Solely in His Capacity as Trustee of the Millennium Lender Claim Trust v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. Second Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response Waived financial-regulation investment-instrument junk-bonds reves-standard reves-v-ernst-young secondary-markets securities-law statutory-interpretation syndicated-loans Whether notes issued as part of a syndicated loan are 'securities' under the securities laws
23-671 Byron Johnson v. Kaija Freborg Minnesota Denied Response Waived defamation first-amendment online-speech private-figure public-concern sexual-assault Whether a private figure's online accusation of sexual assault by another private figure is a 'matter of public concern' under the First Amendment
23-672 Alessandra Nicole Rogers v. Stanton Riggs, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied civil-rights concerted-speech first-amendment free-speech garcetti-pickering group-speech petition-rights public-employees summary-judgment Is a petition written, signed and circulated outside of work by 45 current and former county employees and delivered to their elected officials, a mat…
23-684 Andrew Knapp, et al. v. Janice Brown Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-effects-for-police clearly-established-law constitutional-rights detention law-enforcement probable-cause probable-cause-determination qualified-immunity sixth-circuit warrantless-arrest Did the Sixth Circuit err in denying qualified immunity to four police officers?
23-685 Devaughn Dorsey v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 18-usc-1512 18-usc-924 crime-of-violence criminal-law elements-clause firearm-use firearms sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation witness-tampering Whether Petitioner's conviction for using a firearm during a crime of violence must be vacated because the predicate conviction for witness tampering,…
23-688 Travis Scott King, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Breanna Raymundo, et al. v. DeMichael Dews, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived bodily-harm civil-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment excessive-force hudson-v-mcmillian prisoner-rights qualified-immunity Can the doctrine of qualified immunity ever apply when force is used maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm in violation of…
23-692 Zachariah Minix v. Kentucky Kentucky Denied Response Waived abuse-of-discretion criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment fifth-amendment parole-eligibility plea-agreement plea-withdrawal Were the Petitioner's federal due-process rights violated when the Adair County Circuit Court denied the Petitioner's request to withdraw his plea of …
23-693 Yi-Chi Shih, aka Yugi Shi, aka Yichi Shih v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-interpretation criminal-law criminal-procedure deference export-controls regulatory-interpretation skidmore-deference technical-regulations Whether district courts may give Skidmore deference to an agency's interpretation of its own technical regulations when offered by one of its represen…
23-694 Susan M. Smith v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response Waived None
23-697 Tony Evers, in His Official Capacity as Governor of Wisconsin v. Michael Dean, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-mandate civil-procedure costs district-court fees judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction legal-fees sanctions sanctions-motion section-1927 Did the Seventh Circuit err in holding that district courts lack jurisdiction to consider motions under Section 1927 after a court of appeals has issu…
23-698 City of Pasadena, Texas v. Crown Castle Fiber, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived equitable-action equity federal-preemption local-regulation network-infrastructure public-rights-of-way standing state-local-regulation telecommunications-act Whether 47 U.S.C. §253 allows a private party to sue a State or local government in equity to preempt a duly enacted State or local regulation
23-705 Stephen Robert Deck v. California Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived criminal-sanction custody custody-definition due-process federal-procedure habeas-corpus in-custody liberty-interests liberty-restraint sex-offender-registration Whether California's sex offender registration mandates place sufficiently significant burdens on a registrant's liberty to allow a federal habeas cor…
23-706 Brent Hebert, et al. v. FMC Technologies, Incorporated Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived 29-usc-216b collective-action employment-law exemptions fair-labor-standards-act overtime-pay procedural-joinder salary-basis wage-exemption whether an employee is paid on a salary basis for purposes of the EAP exemptions to the FLSA and its implementing regulations, 29 CFR. § 541.604(b), i…
23-710 Brigitte Nelson v. Acre Mortgage & Financial Inc., et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection dodd-frank-act federal-regulation judicial-review mortgage-disclosure regulatory-compliance respa tila tila-respa Whether the Third Circuit's Judgment incorrectly affirmed the Jury Verdict and the District Court Judgment
23-716 Shawn Mark Henry v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived anti-kickback-statute criminal-intent federal-benefits federal-healthcare-benefits healthcare-fraud interstate-commerce mens-rea statutory-interpretation travel-act Does the Anti-Kickback Statute require proof of knowledge of federal healthcare benefits?
23-718 Darryl Heffner v. Timothy Heffner, et al. Texas Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights discovery due-process family-dispute judicial-discretion lis-pendens property-rights standing transcript-rate trust-litigation Question not identified
23-719 Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al. Colorado Judgment Issued Amici (78) 14th-amendment ballot-access constitutional-interpretation disqualification election-law insurrection insurrection-clause oath-of-office presidential-election presidential-eligibility state-election-law Whether the Colorado Supreme Court erred in ordering President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot
23-730 Anna Pezhman v. Bloomingdale's, Inc. New York Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-law civil-rights civil-rights-act-1964 equitable-doctrine federal-preemption impartiality impartiality-doctrine judicial-intervention quota-system title-vii Does federal law preempt New York's mandatory equitable doctrine of seeking court intervention in mid-arbitration proceedings to remedy arbitral impar…
23-731 Kyros Law P.C., et al. v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., et al. Second Circuit Denied Response Waived 5th-amendment attorney-sanctions civil-procedure due-process federal-rules-civil-procedure fifth-amendment inherent-judicial-power rules-enabling-act sanctions What Due Process mandates under US Constitution Article III and Amendment V, Rules Enabling Act, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Inherent Judicia…
23-736 Bernard Gadson v. United States First Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law agency-deference criminal-sentencing due-process judicial-review loss-calculation sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Does deference to the Sentencing Commission's commentary to USSG § 2B1.1, cmt. n.3(A), expanding the meaning of 'loss' to include 'intended loss,' vio…
23-747 Marylin Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland Maryland Denied Amici (1)Response Waived actual-malice civil-rights disciplinary-proceedings due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-discipline legal-ethics new-york-times-v-sullivan professional-conduct rules-of-professional-conduct Does the actual malice test of New York Times v. Sullivan protect lawyers' First Amendment rights in disciplinary proceedings?
23-751 0.12 Acres of Land, More or Less, in Washington County, Maryland, et al. v. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived citizen-suit eleventh-amendment eminent-domain federal-jurisdiction judicial-power natural-gas-act sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Does the Eleventh Amendment bar federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over Natural Gas Act condemnation actions brought against a State by a cit…
23-752 Y.Y.G.M. SA, dba Brandy Melville v. Redbubble, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived adverse-consequences circuit-split contributory-liability contributory-trademark-infringement intellectual-property knowledge-standard legal-standard reasonable-steps specific-infringement trademark-infringement trademark-law Whether the Ninth Circuit erred by holding that a defendant may be held liable for contributory trademark infringement only if it knows or has reason …
23-760 John Baker, et al. v. CSX Transportation, Inc., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights collective-bargaining disciplinary-process due-process employment employment-rights family-medical-leave-act fmla-compliance labor-law medical-certification statutory-interpretation statutory-protections Whether an employee is prejudiced when an employer substitutes a contractual disciplinary process for compliance with the individual's statutory prote…
23-762 Sam Silverberg v. District of Columbia, et al. District of Columbia Denied Response Waived appellate-discretion constitutional-challenge constitutional-challenges exclusive-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction property-rights state-revenues subject-matter-jurisdiction tax-assessment tax-assessments Whether the exclusive jurisdiction to shield local tax assessments from constitutional challenges in a federal court to protect state revenues can be …
23-764 Facebook, Inc. v. Rosemarie Vargas, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing circuit-conflict circuit-split civil-procedure federal-jurisdiction Iqbal judicial-procedure ninth-circuit-precedent plausibility plausibility-standard standing Twombly Does the Twombly-Iqbal plausibility standard apply to a plaintiff's allegations of Article III standing?
23-765 Mital Suman Kumar Patel v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights disparate-impact employment employment-discrimination medical-certification national-origin title-vii veterans-affairs Did this violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by disparately impacting Dr. Patel and other like applicants on the basis of their national…
23-767 Shirley Crain v. Lisa Crain, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived circuit-split civil-procedure divorce-decree domestic-relations domestic-relations-exception federal-jurisdiction property-settlement-agreement state-court-decree state-court-interpretation third-party-beneficiary Whether federal courts may exercise jurisdiction to interpret and modify a state-court-issued divorce decree, or whether the domestic-relations-except…
23-775 Erica Davis, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrew Dale Davis, Deceased, and Minor Children, JC, Minor Child, SD, Minor Child, et al. v. Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Limited Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure continuing-relationship contract-relationship due-process forum-selection fourteenth-amendment in-forum-company personal-jurisdiction product-development purposeful-availment Whether an out-of-forum defendant purposefully avails itself of the forum for personal-jurisdiction
23-789 Larisa Dirkzwager v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal civil-procedure constitutional-review deadline due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment judicial-error jurisdiction procedural-deadline standing Whether the Judge's error in miscalculation of the Plaintiff's Response deadline negates his dispositive Order and thereby logically and legally rende…
23-790 Matthew Flinders v. State Bar of California California Denied Response Waived 11th-amendment age-discrimination bar-admission due-process eleventh-amendment equal-protection privileges-and-immunities sovereign-immunity state-sovereign-immunity Whether the State Supreme Court and State Bar's denial of admission based on age violated Petitioner's rights to due process, equal protection, and hi…
23-795 Gregory Abelar, et al. v. International Business Machines Corporation Second Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response Waived age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act arbitration-agreement arbitration-agreements circuit-split eeoc-filing eeoc-filing-requirements employment-law gilmer-v-interstate-johnson-lane substantive-rights whether-an-arbitration-agreement-can-bar-an-employee-from-pursuing-an-adea-claim
23-804 Liquidia Technologies, Inc. v. United Therapeutics Corporation Federal Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-law federal-circuit induced-infringement inter-partes-review patent-infringement patent-validity preclusion preclusion-doctrine ptab statutory-framework Whether a party may be liable for induced patent infringement when the PTAB has already issued a final written decision determining that the same pate…
23-807 El Papel, LLC, et al. v. City of Seattle, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (7)Response Waived 5th-amendment constitutional-law due-process eighth-circuit land-use-regulation ninth-circuit physical-taking property-rights rental-property takings takings-clause Whether an ordinance that compels the possession of property by an unwelcome occupant is a categorical physical taking
23A596 Meghan Kelly v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Presumed Complete constitutional-rights disciplinary-action first-amendment freedom-of-religion professional-license religious-speech Whether a state disciplinary board can constitutionally sanction an attorney for religious speech and biblical references in legal filings without vio…
23A617 Yi Tai Shao v. John Roberts, Jr., et al. Ninth Circuit Presumed Complete bar-license child-custody due-process judicial-conspiracy procedural-irregularity void-order Whether due process requires vacating a state bar license suspension based on a purported order lacking notice, hearing, and jurisdictional validity
23M49 In Re William B. Jolley Presumed Complete None
23M50 Keith Davis v. Scott Klinefelter, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M51 Eugenie Henning v. City of Jackson, Tennessee Sixth Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M52 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M53 Martin Akerman v. United States Armed Forces Presumed Complete None
23M54 Stephanie Norman v. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc., dba Moffitt Cancer Center Eleventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M55 Matthew O'Reilly v. Adam Tsottles, et al. Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M56 Marlene A. Dougherty v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M57 Diamond L. Barnes v. Felicia Adkins, Warden Seventh Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M58 Paul Wright v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M59 Tyre Gamble v. Kathy Brittain, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Frackville, et al. Third Circuit Presumed Complete None
23M60 R. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, et al. West Virginia Presumed Complete None