Conference: 2024-03-01

100 cases — 0 granted, 100 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
23-156 Speech First, Inc. v. Timothy Sands, Individually and in His Official Capacity as President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (10)Relisted (9) bias-response-team bias-response-teams chilling-effect circuit-split first-amendment free-speech protected-speech student-rights university-administration Whether bias-response teams objectively chill students' speech. 24.5
23-571 Madeleine Pickens v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 6324(a)(2) decedent-property estate-tax estate-taxes higley-v-commissioner iRS-authority personal-liability statutory-interpretation tax-lien trust-beneficiaries When an individual passes away, the executor of his estate must pay estate taxes. If the executor fails to pay, the Internal Revenue Service may enfor… 11.5
23-565 Hasbro, Inc., et al. v. Markham Concepts, Inc., et al. First Circuit Denied attorneys-fees circuit-split copyright copyright-act-section-505 copyright-law discretion judicial-discretion kirtsaeng-standard kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley prevailing-party What is the appropriate standard for awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing party under Section 505 of the Copyright Act? 10.5
23-703 Liberty University, Inc. v. Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer Fourth Circuit Denied constitutional-law defense-to-liability employment-discrimination first-amendment immunity ministerial-exception religious-autonomy religious-institutions religious-organizations (1) Whether the First Amendment ministerial exception provides religious organizations with immunity from employment discrimination suits, or merely a… 10.5
23A701 Martin Akerman v. Merit Systems Protection Board Federal Circuit Presumed Complete agency-deference due-process employment-law national-security security-clearance whistleblower-protection Recognizing the misuse of security clearance decisions as tools for tyranny and retaliation, Congress enacted Public Law 117-103 on March 15, 2022, At… 10.5
23M64 Alexander Yoichi Duberek v. United States Fifth Circuit Presumed Complete None 10.5
23-794 John Pacilio and Edward Bases v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment 35-usc-101 brown-vs-board civil-rights commodities-trading criminal-liability dodd-frank due-process fraud-statutes free-speech prosecutorial-discretion spoofing The question presented is whether spoofing violates the federal fraud statutes where a trader places a genuine, valid, fully executable order. 8.5
23-644 City of Charlotte, North Carolina, et al. v. Azucena Zamorano Aleman, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Rubin Galindo Chavez Fourth Circuit Denied Amici (1) 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights deadly-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement precedent qualified-immunity use-of-force Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in the process it used to find a "clearly established" Fourth Amendment right because it used cases: (1) decided afte… 6.5
23-436 Vikki E. Paulson, et al. v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied beneficiaries estate-taxes government-collection internal-revenue-code irs personal-liability tax-lien transferee-liability transferees trustees Does 26 U.S.C. § 6324(a)(2) allow the Government to impose personal liability on transferees, trustees or beneficiaries who receive property from the … 5.5
23-550 Laura Barbour Bowes, as Executor of the Estate of Eva Palmer v. Liberty University, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied age-discrimination direct-evidence employment-law fourth-circuit-standard mcdonnell-douglas ministerial-exception prima-facie-case summary-judgment 1. Whether (1) a statement by a university dean, made during the time that the university was deciding whether or not to renew the contract of a th… 5.5
23-587 Mark Jakob, et al. v. Clara Cheeks Eighth Circuit Denied civil-rights due-process evading-arrest medical-care police-apprehension qualified-immunity This Court has held, "The Due Process Clause. . . does require the responsible government agency to provide medical care to persons. . . who have been… 5.5
23-695 Samantha Taczak, et al. v. Nicolette Cremeans, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-rights clearly-established-law constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment qualified-immunity section-1983 state-court state-court-precedent u.s-constitution This case arises from a question this Court has repeatedly declined to answer over the last four decades: what sources of law constitute "controlling … 5.5
23-699 Anthony Emposimato v. Stephen N. North New Jersey Denied civil-procedure consideration consideration-in-contract-law constitutional-rights contract-law de-novo-review due-process Friedman-v-Tappan-Dev-Corp legal-precedent mutual-assent uniform-application-of-contract-law-across-jurisdi Did the Superior Court and the Appellate Division of New Jersey violate the Defendant's constitutional rights by disregarding established precedent (c… 5.5
23-712 Stephen Ireland v. Bend Neurological Associates, LLC, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived antitrust antitrust-law civil-rights group-boycott market-competition patient-welfare restraint-of-trade sherman-act summary-judgment Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision, by failing properly to acknowledge the evidence Ireland presented, has so far departed from the proper applicati… 3.5
23-745 In Re Henry L. Klein Denied Response Waived administrative-review attorney-discipline attorney-regulation axon-v-ftc constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure louisiana-supreme-court sec-v-cochran supremacy-clause Q-l: Did the Louisiana Supreme Court violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause by DENYING Petitioner's Request to enforce Axon v . FTC and SEC v. Co… 3.5
23-763 JDH Pacific, Inc. v. Precision-Hayes International, Inc. Texas Denied Response Waived arbitration arbitration-standard clear-and-unmistakable-evidence evidence-standard first-options-precedent first-options-v-kaplan judicial-interpretation post-termination post-termination-claims state-supreme-court supreme-court-review united-states-supreme-court Whether a state supreme court can disregard the "clear and unmistakable evidence" standard established by the United States Supreme Court in First Opt… 3.5
23-778 Francisco Alberto Abreu Velandia v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived None 3.5
23-781 Sammie Todd Moser v. Halifax County Board of Supervisors, et al. Virginia Denied Response Waived appeals-limitation due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fines fifth-amendment forfeiture retirement-benefits 1. Whether the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines clause was violated in the forfeiture of Petitioner's vested retirement benefits. 2. Whether the Vi… 3.5
23-805 Christopher Paul George v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived buck-v-davis certificate-of-appealability due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel miller-el-v-cockrell ninth-circuit supreme-court-precedent Did the Ninth Circuit ignore the process re-emphasized by this Court in Buck v. Davis and MillerEl, by refusing to issue Cristopher P. George a COA, t… 3.5
23-816 In Re Shiva Akula Denied Response Waived civil-rights conflict-of-interest district-court due-process financial-disclosure judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality judicial-recusal recusal standing venue (1) Does the law demand that the district court judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana are obligated to disc… 3.5
23-826 Antony Junior Harris, aka Anthony Harris v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived alias-name alias-shipping contraband-detection fourth-amendment law-enforcement-procedure private-shipping-facility reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure standing I. Does an individual possess a reasonable expectation of privacy in a package shipped under an alias name, such that the individual has standing to a… 3.5
23-5903 Nathan Russell Cates v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP criminal-procedure dog-sniff drug-dog-alert fourth-amendment harris-v-florida motion-to-suppress probable-cause rule-16 vehicle-search This case involves a circuit split over the materiality of a drug dog's training and performance records under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, … 0.5
23-6150 Quindell Tyree Maloid v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP administrative-interpretation administrative-law deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), limit the deference owed to the United States Senten… 0.5
23-5970 Jerry S. Wilson v. Michael G. Gierach, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence eyewitness-testimony federal-review habeas habeas-corpus house-v-bell procedural-default reasonable-doubt schlup-v-delo summary-reversal Procedural default bars a state inmate from obtaining federal habeas based on an issue not presented to the state courts. Schlup v. Delo recognized a … -1.0
23-6555 Luis Aceves-Ramirez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law drug-offense drug-offenses enhancement importation knowledge-requirement mens-rea methamphetamine sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether the two-level enhancement in U.S.S.G. § 2D1.1(b)(5) for a drug offense that involves imported methamphetamine requires that the defendant knew… -1.5
23-6577 Vahe Dadyan and Artur Ayvazyan, aka Arthur Ayvazyan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy conspiracy-liability criminal-law criminal-sentencing due-process mandatory-restitution proportional-punishment reasonably-foreseeable restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation victim-compensation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (Mandatory restitution to victims of certain crimes) which imposes restitution for losses "directly and proximately" caused … -1.5
23-6587 Pedro Andres Bravo v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2244 appellate-review federal-habeas-review final-judgment gonzalez-v-thaler habeas-corpus state-court-finality state-court-jurisdiction Whether the Court's holding in Gonzalez v. Thaler, 565 U.S. 134 (2012), that a judgment becomes final (pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A)) when the… -1.5
23-6589 Reginald L. McCoy v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure criminal-resentencing drug-quantity first-step-act judicial-discretion prior-finding sentencing sentencing-review statutory-threshold Whether a First Step Act movant's entitlement to review hinges on the statutory sentencing threshold for his offense, or may be foreclosed by a prior … -1.5
23-6609 Kevin McCall v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cloud-search electronic-media exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception particularity probable-cause search-warrant Whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule can save a cloud search warrant unsupported by probable cause and devoid of particularity. -1.5
23-6616 Fan Yang v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP complete-defense criminal-defendant criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-exclusion federal-rules-of-evidence jury-trial right-to-present-defense rule-403 Whether a court may exclude evidence under Fed. R. Evid. 403, where doing so would preclude a criminal defendant from presenting a complete defense to… -1.5
23-6635 Leslie Fulwiler v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard civil-rights constitutional-law criminal-law due-process federal-statute gun-rights second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022)? -1.5
23-6656 Robert Kevin Boddie v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) categorical-approach crime-of-violence criminal-law hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-taylor Whether Hobbs Act robbery, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), categorically qualifies as a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), in light of … -1.5
23-6663 Emmanuel Gil v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process indictment jury-trial prior-conviction prior-convictions reasonable-doubt 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 … -1.5
23-6689 Guy Mena v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment assault-rifle assault-rifles common-use constitutional-interpretation dangerous-and-unusual-weapon high-capacity-magazine high-capacity-magazines methodology second-amendment statutory-construction weapon-classification Whether 26 U.S.C. §5861(e) comports with the Second Amendment? Subsidiary question: whether this Court should hold the instant Petition pending the r… -1.5
23-6712 Abner Renato Natareno-Calderon v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure judicial-presumption reasonableness-standard rita-precedent rita-v-united-states sentencing sentencing-guidelines standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether the Court should clarify how a defendant who challenges the substantive reasonableness of a within-Guidelines sentence may rebut an appellate … -1.5
23-6714 Ramon Umberto Cortez-Rodriguez, aka Ramon Humberto Cortez-Rodriguez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres certiorari-petition constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit-appeal judicial-review jury-trial precedent-overruling sentencing Supreme-Court supreme-court-review Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-6715 Re'Shaun Lamonte Wilborne v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inventory-search probable-cause search-and-seizure The police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched Wilborne's backpack and recovered a firearm that formed the basis of the indictment filed … -1.5
23-5992 In Re John Bailey Denied Relisted (3)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection habitual-offender judicial-discretion jury-selection legal-interpretation sentencing state-law trial-procedure unconstitutional Question not identified. -3.5
23-5905 Daniel Kristof Lak v. California California Denied Relisted (2)IFP brady brady-disclosure conflict-of-interest conflicts-of-interest criminal-investigation criminal-procedure due-process impeachment-evidence law-enforcement law-enforcement-witness prosecutorial-ethics witness When a law enforcement witness in a criminal trial, themselves, becomes the subject of an unrelated criminal investigation, the prosecution is faced w… -4.0
23-5930 Brent Douglas Cole v. R. D. Keyes, Warden Seventh Circuit Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP appeal civil-rights constitutional-privileges due-process federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus judicial-bias jurisdiction standing subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-ad-prosequendum 1) The USCA 7th Cir. issued an order of non-involvement for the U.S. Attorney from Wisconsin, and held my objection to be a motion, DENIED IT INSTEAD … -4.0
23-5918 Theodore Lee Williams, II v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law equal-protection free-speech standing In Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491, 500 (1983) the Supreme Court held that the methods employed during an investigative detention under Terry v. Ohio, … -4.5
23-6139 Milton Dwayne Gobert v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit Denied IFP client-instructions habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel per-se-rule sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington substitution-of-counsel trial-counsel trial-strategy 1. Does this Court's clearly established precedent under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), and its progeny permit lower courts to hold th… -4.5
23-6383 Guillermo Octavio Arbelaez v. Florida, et al. Florida Denied IFP atkins-v-virginia constitutional-law death-penalty eighth-amendment hall-v-florida intellectual-disability medical-standards retroactivity teague-rule teague-v-lane In Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), this Court held that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments preclude the execution of individuals with intel… -4.5
23-6417 Ralph Hall v. New York New York Denied IFP civil-rights compelled-speech constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment free-speech government-speech prosecutorial-discretion sentencing Question not identified. -4.5
23-5792 Kevin Chandler v. Ron Neal, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP administrative-hearing delayed-appeal due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment impartial-decision-maker prisoner-rights retaliation 1. Whether the defendant violated the plaintiffs rights under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the-Fourteenth Amendment, as well as I.D… -5.5
23-5624 Charles M. Porter v. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process extraordinary-circumstances judicial-discretion law-enforcement probable-cause trial-court-error warrantless-arrest The sole point of this petition is the fact that Petitioner was arrested without probable cause. Hence, therefore, the warrantless arrest was unlawful… -6.0
23-6015 Kwame Ali Askia v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-rule constitutional-law continuing-offense exculpatory-evidence federal-rules federal-rules-of-procedure judicial-protocol statute-of-limitations Question not identified. -6.0
23-6059 Michelle A. Ferrell v. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employment-discrimination federal-agency federal-agency-bias judicial-review pro-se pro-se-litigation retaliation standing whistleblower-protection Why did the Federal Circuit Court ignore Petitioner's MSPB case regarding her IRA. Instead MSBP case No. DA-1221-21-0228-W-1 was decided by AJ Mehan o… -6.0
23-6133 Jacquelyn Reaves v. Monmouth University, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-liability civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-liability criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection false-imprisonment hate-crime jurisdiction racial-discrimination Should respondents be criminally and civilly liable for hate crime(s), false imprisonment, racial discrimination, persecution, emotional distress, and… -6.5
23-6428 Justin Pierznik v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP None -6.5
23-6431 Mariano Madrid v. Aaron D. Ford, Attorney General of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process federal-law judicial-review juvenile-justice legal-procedure Question not identified. -6.5
23-6434 Pascal Gedeon v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection fourth-amendment judicial-discretion mandamus pretrial-motions speedy-trial-act vagueness 1) Will delay resulting from pretrial motions be excluded under the Speedy Trial Act if a defendant can assert that the motion hearing was deliberatel… -6.5
23-6437 In Re Tony Weems Denied Response WaivedIFP fifth-amendment just-compensation private-property public-access regulatory-takings takings-clause Question not identified. -6.5
23-6438 Jean Jocelyn Merilien v. Andrew McFarlane, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process exculpatory-evidence exhaustion habeas-corpus prosecutorial-misconduct standing trial-disclosure Question not identified. -6.5
23-6446 William Riley Gaul v. Tennessee Tennessee Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure double-jeopardy judicial-relief jury-instructions jury-verdict logical-inconsistency multiple-count-presentment mutually-exclusive-verdicts powell-v-texas sufficiency-of-evidence Whether a jury's positive finding of guilt in one count of a multiple count presentment is mutually exclusive from its illogical, but positive finding… -6.5
23-6468 Omar A. Rahman v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process evidence pennsylvania-superior-court right-to-counsel right-to-defense search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence unlawful-arrest witness-testimony Whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court's decision, affirming the denial of Petitioner's suppression of physical evidence claim, conflicts with the de… -6.5
23-6487 Simeon Bozic v. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights due-process effective-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel marbury-v-madison martinez-v-ryan post-conviction post-conviction-relief shinn-v-ramirez state-procedural-rules Do the Shinn v. Ramirez, 142 S. Ct. 1718, 596 U.S. 1. (2022), and Martinez v. Ryan, line of cases require the State to provide a post-conviction petit… -6.5
23-6511 Thomas Albert Sosnowski v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-protective-services constitutional-rights due-process exhaustion-requirement exigent-circumstances federal-court fourth-amendment habeas-corpus social-worker state-court warrantless-search Governing the Statutory Requirements that a Federal Court as Ms. copy Section 2r^S^£^jli9.^AC. properly exhaust in the highest Court of his State. Jal… -6.5
23-6532 Zerak Brown v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment assistance-of-counsel certiorari criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution due-process jurisdiction right-to-counsel sixth-amendment Did the Framers intend that, in a criminal prosecution, a defendant is entitled assistance of counsel, under the 6th Amendment, for "all criminal pros… -6.5
23-6547 Billy J. Seabolt v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial jury-instructions jury-trial legal-interpretation prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-a-fair-trial speedy-trial Is n a Or fS cleanly '*)■hrf'ai Me. ic/fen J Ury a ciiS^feSSeJ SikuaH&s? cturfoty a i°iy fr'iCii) Cl/)of; fkey Conk fad lor fhemseineL iky anj Hof <y … -6.5
23-6550 Xavier Howell v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP drug-trafficking fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-protections probable-cause terry-stop terry-v-ohio vehicle-search vehicle-stop warrantless-search warrantless-stop Whether a Warrantless Stop of a Vehicle, Based Solely on Proximity to a Motel Known for Drug Trafficking, in the Absence of any Actual Violation of th… -6.5
23-6551 Steven McGauley v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-proceedings critical-stage due-process effective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-bias right-to-counsel sixth-amendment standing Whether the trial court erred where the trial court denied McGauley's defense motion without weighing the potential for prejudice by other testimony o… -6.5
23-6557 Frank R. Stevenson v. Lynn Lilley, Superintendent, Eastern Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP automatic-reversal constitutional-rights criminal-defense criminal-procedure due-process federal-law ineffective-assistance-of-counsel sixth-amendment structural-error unwanted-defense Whether the unconstitutionality of imposing an unwanted defense on the accused, over objection, has long been federally established and is a structura… -6.5
23-6560 Cole A. Wolak v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-pornography criminal-conviction district-court-error double-jeopardy possession procedural-reasonableness receipt-and-distribution sentencing WHEIHER THE DISTRICT COURT ERRED IN CONVICTING PETITIONER FOR BOTH POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND FOR RECEIPT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAP… -6.5
23-6572 Mark E. Sells v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-precedent constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process habeas habeas-corpus judicial-law judicial-review statutory-law Question #1: Did the Federal District Court and United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, violate Article I, Article 4, Article VI, of the United … -6.5
23-6576 Caitlyn Williams and Tamarae Larue v. Missouri Missouri Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights compulsory-education constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law due-process legal-vagueness school-attendance statutory-construction vagueness Whether the language "on a regular basis" in the compulsory school attendance law is impermissibly vague in violation of due process guarantees. -6.5
23-6580 Charles Ramon, III, aka Charles Roger Ramon v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence fourth-amendment privacy-expectation probation probation-conditions reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure supervised-release warrantless-search This Court's prior precedent in Griffin v. Wisconsin, 483 U.S. 868 (1987) and its progeny hold that a person's status as a supervised releasee, such a… -6.5
23-6584 David E. Hill v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process free-speech nlrb-sanctions standing statutory-interpretation WHETHER THE FOURTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION IS INCONSISTENT WITH NLRB v. BECK CONSTRUCTION CO., 536 U.S. 516 (2002) AND CEMETERY v. MARBURY, 536 U.S. 903 (2… -6.5
23-6585 Arnulfo Fagot-Maximo v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure district-court due-process fourth-circuit government-vouching habeas-corpus witness-testimony I. Should a writ of certiorari be granted to since the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in not granting a Certificate of Appealability II. Shoul… -6.5
23-6588 Aaron Ramirez Espinoza v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP co-conspirator conspiracy criminal-evidence criminal-law due-process evidence government-informant sufficiency-of-evidence testimony witness-testimony Whether a government informant and co-conspirators testimony of another's involvement in the conspiracy is sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction… -6.5
23-6592 Bernardito Carvajal, aka Christian Mendez-Acevedo v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquittal constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process judicial-review jury-verdict sentencing sentencing-discretion unreasonable-sentence May a sentencing judge disregard the jury's verdict acquitting the defendant of causing the decedent's death and use facts the jury rejected to justif… -6.5
23-6594 Noemy Ramirez-Gomez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent jury-trial legal-challenge sentencing Sixth-Amendment supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -6.5
23-6599 Devon Blevins v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1 appellate-review criminal-conviction criminal-procedure first-degree-murder insufficiency-of-evidence jackson-v-virginia standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence Whether the court of appeals failed to correctly apply the standard of review for claims of insufficiency of evidence to support conviction of a crime… -6.5
23-6600 Richard Daniel v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split covered-offense discretionary-sentencing fair-sentencing-act first-step-act sentencing-discretion sentencing-package-doctrine sentencing-reduction Where a defendant was sentenced for multiple offenses, some of which are now covered by § 404 of the First Step Act while others are not covered, does… -6.5
23-6601 Quentin John Fishburne v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-conviction due-process exclusionary-rule firearm-possession fourth-amendment motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure traffic-checkpoint traffic-stop Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred in failing to reverse the trial court's order denying the Petitioner's Motion to Suppress the discov… -6.5
23-6608 Mary M. Mooney v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-discretion due-process filing-procedure pro-se pro-se-litigant rule-59e-motion Whether the trial court erred by failing to accept petitioner's 59e motion as timely filed where it had been received by clerk of court within time co… -6.5
23-6612 Cornelius R. Caple v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP borden-precedent career-offender case-law criminal-law due-process jackson-case sentencing sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation supreme-court supreme-court-precedent Whether the Lower Court's erred in declaring the Petitioner a career offender in violation of Borden -v- United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021); Jackso… -6.5
23-6615 Jason James Veal v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c)(3)(a) attempted-murder crime-of-violence elements-clause hobbs-act sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation united-states-v-taylor After this Court's decision in United States v. Taylor, 596 U.S. 845 (2022) which held that attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not a crime of violence und… -6.5
23-6619 Edward Lee Smith v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 career-offender certificate-of-appealability circuit-precedent guideline-commentary habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel section-2255 total-exhaustion-rule I. Whether the "total exhaustion rule" applies to Motions under 28 U.S.C. §2255; and if so, was the district court in error to rule Smith's §2255 as u… -6.5
23-6623 Johnl Jackson v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP compulsory-process confrontation confrontation-clause constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rules-of-evidence notice-requirement sex-trafficking 1. The crime of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion, 18 U.S.C. § 1591, by virtue of its definitions of "coercion" and "serious harm," allows … -6.5
23-6626 Michael Gibson v. Mariejosee King, Acting Superintendent, Clinton Correctional Facility Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law dna-evidence due-process federal-law frye-hearing habeas-corpus lcn-dna scientific-evidence A writ of certiorari is requested to review the Summary Order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the decision of the United States Distr… -6.5
23-6629 Gilbert Dean Bicknell v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3553a brady-materiality brady-v-maryland district-court-finding due-process federal-sentencing guidelines-determination judicial-discretion materiality prosecutorial-disclosure sentencing-information united-states-v-booker 1) Whether the materiality analysis from Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), which has developed almost entirely around proceedings with binary out… -6.5
23-6634 Andres Colon-Miranda v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion appellate-review due-process litigation-strategy package-doctrine sentencing-guidelines summary-dismissal ussg-3d1.2 A. What is the appropriate standard of review when an appellate court improperly grants a motion for summary dismissal that has the practical effect o… -6.5
23-6638 Trent Drexel Howard v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP due-process extradition government-delay governmental-delay incarceration sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-protections speedy-trial speedy-trial-clause Did the Ninth Circuit err by failing to treat "undue and oppressive incarceration" and "anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation" as the maj… -6.5
23-6639 Omar Sierre Folk v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cert-denial civil-procedure extraordinary-circumstances judicial-decision legal-standard procedural-ruling rule-60(b)(1) rule-60(b)(6) rule-60b supreme-court-rule 1. Whether Lower Court Misapplied Cert. Denial On 10/5/15 Was A Judicial decision Rendered Erroneous By Subsequent Legal Or Factual Changes Also Quali… -6.5
23-6644 Matthew Lane Durham v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP actual-innocence constitutional-claim constitutional-rights due-process federal-prisoner habeas-corpus newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief trial-review In Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993), this Court held that there is no free-standing claim of actual innocence under the Constitution available … -6.5
23-6652 Don Meeker v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting carjacking criminal-law criminal-statute due-process evidence-sufficiency federal-statutes intent rosemond-standard rosemond-v-us 1. The government failed to prove by sufficient evidence as to the petitioner that the petitioner-appellant possessed the requisite intent to commit t… -6.5
23-6672 Christopher R. Williams, Jr. v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure criminal-sentencing district-court drug-purity drug-quantity methamphetamine-case procedural-errors sentencing-enhancements sentencing-guidelines I. Whether the district court erred by sentencing the Defendant to three hundred sixty (360) months in light of the circumstances of the case? II. Wh… -6.5
23-6673 Lillian Akwuba v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP controlled-substance criminal-procedure harmless-error intent-element jury-instruction jury-instructions medical-care mens-rea standard-of-care In Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S. 450, 454 (2022), this Court held that to convict an authorized person of distributing a controlled substance under … -6.5
23-6674 Terry Eugene Hambrick v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure judicial-discretion judicial-proceedings plain-error plain-error-review standard-of-review standards-of-review supervisory-power WHETHER THE DISTRICT COURT, IN EXPANDING THE CRITERIA REQUIRED BY PLAIN ERROR REVIEW ON APPEAL, HAS SO FAR DEPARTED FROM THE ACCEPTED AND USUAL COURSE… -6.5
23-6680 Mark Mayo v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-rule federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-discretion plain-error rule-52(b) structural-error Does a clear or obvious structural error always, or at least ordinarily, require relief under the plain-error standard of Federal Rule of Criminal Pro… -6.5
23-6681 Danny Lowe v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-intent due-process harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea ninth-circuit sex-trafficking Danny Ray Lowe was convicted of attempting to sex traffic two fictional minors in an undercover sing. As the Court of Appeals acknowledged, "The criti… -6.5
23-6686 Clarence Lee Davis v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-924(c) 28-usc-2255(f)(3) armed-career-criminal attempted-bank-robbery bank-robbery crime-of-violence criminal-violence davis-v-united-states federal-criminal-law sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation taylor-v-united-states In a proceeding timely filed under 28 U.S.C. 2255(f)(3) does Attempted Armed Bank Robbery qualify as a crime of violence under 924(c)'s residual claus… -6.5
23-6687 Darius James Francis v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment bruen-standard criminal-law criminal-statute due-process federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing 1. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment under New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).… -6.5
23-6688 Christian Alejandro Estrella v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fourth-amendment law-enforcement parole parole-search police-authority probable-cause search-and-seizure suspicionless-search suspicionless-seizure A police officer may seize and search a person on parole without suspicion. See Samson v. California, 547 U.S. 843, 857 (2006). But the officer must f… -6.5
23-6690 Lamark Armond Combs, Jr. v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process record-expansion remand sentencing I. May a district court expand the record on remand to allow the government to present additional evidence even though the government's burden was cle… -6.5
23-6697 Jorge Hernandez v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review civil-procedure court-reasoning discretion due-process judicial-discretion mandate mandate-recall motion-denial procedural-due-process reasoning In order to permit meaningful appellate review of whether a court properly exercised its discretion, a court must provide at least a brief statement o… -6.5
23-6701 Luis Raul Vicente Fonseca v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process sixth-amendment speedy-trial standing statement-of-the-case statutory-provisions trial-rights Deprivation of Constitutional Amendment six's right to a speedy trial. -6.5
23-6707 Sean Robert Wathen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon district-court drug-offense enhancement factual-findings findings-of-fact sentencing sentencing-discretion sentencing-guidelines u.s.s.g-2d1.1(b)(1) weapon-enhancement 1. Is the sentencing court required to make specific findings of fact, supported by the record, that a defendant possessed a dangerous weapon in conne… -6.5
23-6716 Tommy Lee Walker v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment criminal-procedure due-process firearm-interstate-commerce interstate-commerce jury-instruction jury-instructions sixth-amendment speedy-trial-act standing 1. Where the firearm at issue was manufactured in California and found in a home in Califo rnia, did the district court err by refusing to give a requ… -6.5