Conference: 2024-03-28

71 cases — 0 granted, 71 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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23-539 Raymond De Botton v. Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) appellate-jurisdiction article-iii case-adjudication civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine due-process good-behavior judicial-jurisdiction judicial-power judicial-review standing Whether Article III courts are required to apply the law to the facts of a dispute
23-5765 Lewis Eugene Day v. Anne L. Precythe, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 americans-with-disabilities-act civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights disability-law first-amendment free-speech grievance-procedures pursuit-of-happiness Whether the petitioner's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act, First Amendment, 42 U.S.C. 1983, and Civil Rights/Civil Liberties were viol…
23-6027 Christy Kay Sweet v. Kathryn Sweet, et al. Nevada Denied Relisted (2)IFP foreign-will inheritance-law judicial-ethics nrs-133 nrs-133a probate probate-law testamentary-intent will-contest will-requirements Can a foreign will be admitted under NRS 133 if it fails to comply with the requirements of a foreign will as set forth in NRS 133A?
23-6153 Isaiah S. Harris, Sr. v. Deborah S. Hunt, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP access-to-courts bivens bivens-action civil-rights court-access federal-counterpart-to-42-u.s.c.-§-1983 federal-remedy first-amendment habeas-corpus who-should-decide-whether-to-provide-for-a-damages-remedy,-congress-or-the-courts?
23-6193 Steven Vincent Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP brady-material criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception search-and-seizure suppression-of-evidence void-ab-initio warrant-validity warrantless-search Does the determination that a warrant is void ab initio, rendering the resultant search of the Petitioner's residence warrantless (and thus unreasonab…
23-6292 Ray O. Crowell, Jr. v. Mark R. Sevier, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-court civil-rights clearly-established-law counsel-claim due-process federal-habeas ineffective-assistance post-conviction standard-of-review strickland strickland-standard Whether the state courts resolution of Crowell's ineffective assistance of counsel claim for failing to advise of an affirmative defense was contrary …
23-6324 Louis Bonanno, Sr. v. Virginia, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada americans-with-disabilities civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment employment-discrimination section-1981 section-1983 title-vii Did the Virginia (Defendant's) violated the requirements of the U.S. Constitution under the Americans with Disabilities, Title VII, 1964, 1990. And, S…
23-6510 In Re Theodore C. Shove Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation criminal-procedure due-process evidence judicial-misconduct judicial-review legal-evidence oath-of-office standing trial-procedure Whether there can be an appealable judgment without a valid legal search or arrest warrant, or returns of any evidence
23-6565 In Re Derrick Thompson Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure duty-owed federal-agency federal-officer judicial-review mandamus standing statutory-duty writ-of-mandamus Should this court grant a writ of mandamus to compel a federal officer or agency to perform a duty owed to the plaintiff
23-6607 Harry William Lott v. Ohio Job and Family Services Department Washington Denied IFP civil-rights court-access due-process first-amendment legal-restrictions ohio-statute petition petition-rights standing vexatious-litigator Does the state of Ohio have the ability to stop access to the court by using the Vexatious Litigator OH, Rev, cod, § 2323.52 or does the First amendme…
23-6610 Wendell C. Helfrick v. Russell L. Rabb, III, Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney of Culpeper County Fourth Circuit Denied IFP cases-and-controversies civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-claims due-process forensic-evidence fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus prisoner-rights standing state-court-review Does the state's deprivation of an individual's right to due process violate the established guarantees protected by the Fourteenth Amendment?
23-6625 Wayne Frazer v. Bakery & Drivers Local 550, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-provisions due-process freedom-of-information government-transparency jurisdiction legal-review procedural-rules public-records standing supreme-court writ Whether the summary plea descriptor that police mailed to the petitioner was false
23-6628 Robert E. Sindaco v. Florida Florida Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing takings unidentified-issue Whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing the petition and denying the motion for rehearing
23-6633 Daryl Anthony Green v. Prince George's County Office of Child Support, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied IFP appeal appeal-rights bankruptcy bankruptcy-procedure civil-procedure constitutional-jurisdiction due-process judicial-misconduct jurisdiction property-rights standing Did Mr. Green have the right to appeal the entire case and all previously unheard issues raised in the lower courts once the bankruptcy matter was dis…
23-6636 Thomas Oliver v. Kristin T. Mihelic, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-immunity civil-liability civil-rights court-orders government-accountability government-personnel judicial-immunity judicial-misconduct legal-ethics official-duties official-misconduct willful-crimes Should judges or other government personnel be protected by civil immunity for willful crimes?
23-6637 Aruan Aleman Hernandez v. Palm Beach County State Attorney Eleventh Circuit Denied IFP 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel-rights due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction sixth-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether the 6th Amendment right to counsel extends to victims of a crime for purposes of Equal Protection
23-665 Tina Goede v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, et al. Minnesota Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-rights due-process employment-policy first-amendment free-speech philosophical-choice religious-beliefs religious-sincerity state-court-review thomas-v-review-board unemployment-benefits Can a state deny unemployment benefits to an applicant whose religious beliefs are independently sufficient to cause her refusal to follow an employer…
23-6665 Ole Hougen v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP badges-of-slavery bodily-injury civil-rights congressional-power criminal-law federal-criminal-law federalism hate-crimes race-discrimination thirteenth-amendment Whether Congress's power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude authorizes Congress to criminalize ass…
23-6675 Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Timothy Ryan, Judge, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure contract-law discretion equity-principles judicial-discretion litigation public-policy rescission settlement-agreement settlement-agreements Does public policy strongly favor settlement of disputes without litigation or do courts have discretion to not enforce settlement agreements?
23-6676 Pietro Pasquale Antonio Sgromo v. Bestway USA Inc., et al. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP deficient-service evidentiary-hearing interlocutory-decision judicial-notice parol-evidence res-judicata service-of-process settlement-agreement settlement-agreements void-order May a Court take judicial notice of another Court's Order; that be void due to deficient service
23-6683 Antoine Poteat v. Gerald Lydon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Pennsylvania State Police, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-process civil-rights fabrication-of-evidence legal-standard malicious-prosecution pro-se pro-se-pleading section-1983 speedy-trial Whether the Third Circuit's decision should be vacated and remanded for reconsideration in light of Thompson and McDonough?
23-6703 Christopher Collings v. David Vandergriff, Warden Eighth Circuit Denied IFP appeals capital-case capital-punishment certificate-of-appealability civil-procedure due-process eighth-circuit exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus rhines-stay Is a COA required to appeal a district court's denial of a motion for stay of the habeas proceedings
23-6727 Daniel J. Erb v. John Rivello, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process federal-law guilty-plea habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the lower courts' decisions were contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law and an unreasonable de…
23-6733 Lunick Janvier v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review circuit-split civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling judicial-interpretation legal-standard standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals' decision on equitable tolling is in direct conflict with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based on si…
23-6784 Khaled Elbeblawy v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa circuit-split constitutional-rights equitable-tolling habeas-corpus rigid-approach statute-of-limitations totality-of-circumstances Equitable Tolling under AEDPA
23-6785 Raleigh G. Rogers v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. North Carolina Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure class-action class-actions contact-information due-diligence due-process notice opt-out rule-23 service-by-publication service-of-process Is it Substantial Harm to the Public to allow the Defendant in a Rule 23(b)(3) 'opt-out' class actions to withhold contact information it maintains in…
23-6789 Randolph Maya v. Florida Florida Denied Response WaivedIFP evidence grand-jury grand-jury-testimony impeachment impeachment-evidence jury-instructions prior-inconsistent-statement substantive-evidence witness witness-testimony Can a party knowingly call a witness it expects to testify contrary to previous statements in order for those statements to entered as substantive evi…
23-6822 Robert P. Brozenick v. Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-rule brady-violation deprivation-of-rights due-process fifth-amendment judicial-advocacy judicial-misconduct maleng-v-cook strickland-v-washington wrongful-conviction Would this honorable court allow any caselaw that would irresponsibly assists in the wrongful conviction of any U.S.Citizen convicted by Judicial advo…
23-6825 Jmarreon Mack v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-suppression exculpatory-evidence fair-trial judicial-integrity prosecutorial-misconduct trial-fairness Question not identified
23-6827 Victor Leon-Moya v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP conspiracy criminal-procedure drug-importation drug-trafficking enhancement-factors importation jurisdiction sentencing-guidelines substantive-reasonableness whether-defendant-directed-codefendant
23-6829 Edward Joseph Parson v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP child-abuse child-sexual-abuse credibility evidence-rule-702 expert-testimony jury-determination jury-role prosecutorial-discretion prosecutorial-evidence witness-credibility Whether expert testimony that an alleged child victim's inconsistent reporting of abuse is consistent with truthfulness is admissible under Federal Ru…
23-6834 Jeremy Lee Sestak v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP as-applied-petition constitutional-protections criminal-procedure double-jeopardy sentencing sentencing-guidelines supervised-release u.s.s.g.-§4b1.5 u.s.s.g.-§5d1.2 Can a defendant bring an as-applied petition for modification of the supervised conditions?
23-6836 Ruixue Shi, aka Serena Shi v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process guilty-plea ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-plea plea-bargaining right-to-counsel trial-preparation voluntariness Whether Petitioner's guilty plea was involuntary because she decided to plead guilty based upon her attorney's advice that it was in her interest to d…
23-6837 David Carbonaro v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review computer-crime computer-use criminal-procedure image-quantity judicial-discretion number-of-images reasonableness sentencing sentencing-enhancement sentencing-enhancements Whether the Court erred in its application of the sentencing enhancements and the reasonableness of the sentence imposed
23-6840 Suzanne Ellen Kaye v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law counterman-v-colorado first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions political-speech true-threats watts-v-united-states In threat prosecutions where the defendant mounts a political-speech defense, may trial courts—consistent with the First Amendment—instruct the jury o…
23-6845 Milton Martin Biester-Villeda v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP case-review criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit judicial-precedent legal-procedure sentencing sixth-amendment stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)?
23-6849 Juan Salazar-Grimaldo v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-procedure criminal-indictment criminal-procedure defendant-rights due-process indictment 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 …
23-6850 Eric Michael Lujan v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment commerce-clause constitutional-challenge criminal-law due-process federal-firearms-law federal-jurisdiction firearm-possession interstate-commerce second-amendment standing statutory-interpretation Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm that has ever crossed state lines at any time in the indefinite past, …
23-6851 Praxedis Saul Portillo-Gonzalez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-remedies collateral-attack due-process exhaustion-of-remedies immigration immigration-law judicial-review removal-order Does the court of appeals' holding conflict with Mendoza-Lopez?
23-6855 William B. Hungerford, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-deference administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation criminal-prosecution due-process EB-5-investment-program fifth-circuit regulatory-interpretation regulatory-scheme standing Whether the Fifth Circuit erred in its affirmance of Petitioner William Hungerford's conviction by failing to properly account for the devastating har…
23-6870 Ariel Perez-Lainez v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burden-of-proof criminal-procedure defendant-rights 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 …
23-6871 Jeremy Glenn Powell v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acca attempted-hobbs-act-robbery categorical-approach civil-rights criminal-sentencing due-process elements-clause hobbs-act texas-robbery united-states-v-taylor Does placing another in fear qualify as a threatened use of force under the ACCA's elements clause?
23-6884 Alexander Yoichi Duberek v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process judicial-discretion sentencing-factors sentencing-review standard-of-review substantive-reasonableness Whether substantive reasonableness review necessarily requires the court of appeals to reweigh the sentencing factors?
23-6886 Paul Francisco Torres, III v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process jury-trial jury-trials pandemic pandemic-restrictions sixth-amendment speedy-trial Did prolonged jury-trial bans during the pandemic violate the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause, especially as to those accused who were jailed du…
23-6889 Richard Wayne Barton v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals bureau-of-prisons certificate-of-appealability civil-rights due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus obstruction-of-justice record-on-appeal Whether the Bureau of Prisons' failure and refusal to tender to Barton his Record on Appeal, provided by the Fifth Circuit to enable Barton to prepare…
23-6894 Tyler A. Gonzales, fka Tyler A. Montour v. Cheryl Eplett, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel professional-norms state-court-decision strickland-standard strickland-v-washington unreasonable-application unreasonable-determination-of-facts Did the Seventh Circuit err when it reviewed the merits of Gonzales's claim de novo, did not analyze the particular reasons the Wisconsin court provid…
23-6895 Bradley Lane Croft v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law fraud identity-theft qualifications statutory-interpretation united-states-v-dubin Whether aggravated identity theft convictions must be reversed when the real 'crux' of the fraud turns, not on any person's name, but on their qualifi…
23-6899 James Earl Robinson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 21-usc-851 career-offender categorical-approach drug-offense federal-statute sentencing-enhancement state-conviction state-convictions ussg-4b1.1 Whether prior state convictions qualify as 'felony drug offenses' when state statutes encompass broader conduct than federal statutes
23-6900 Bryan Reshad Hill v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure federal-rules fifth-circuit jury-verdict plain-error presentence-report rosales-mireles sentencing sentencing-guidelines Does a sentence twice that authorized by the jury's verdict constitute plain error?
23-6944 In Re Bob Eugene West Denied IFP 14th-amendment due-process federal-relief habeas-corpus jury-unanimity oregon post-conviction-relief ramos-ruling ramos-v-louisiana state-inmate Can an Oregon State inmate file a federal habeas corpus petition to vacate a conviction under Ramos v. Louisiana?
23-742 Milan Kiser, et al. v. Chris Langer Ninth Circuit Denied Amici (1)Response WaivedRelisted (2) ada americans-with-disabilities-act article-iii article-iii-standing civil-rights concrete-injury public-accommodation separation-of-powers standing tester-standing Whether a 'tester' has Article III standing under Title 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act
23-796 Ficep Corporation v. Peddinghaus Corporation Federal Circuit Denied abstract-idea alice-test automation fact-issues inventiveness manufacturing-process patent-eligibility subject-matter-eligibility technological-improvement technological-innovation Does a claim directed to patent-eligible subject matter (here, manufacturing) nevertheless become ineligible as 'abstract' if the process is improved …
23-800 Niki-Alexander Shetty, et al. v. Thomas Block, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied civil-procedure consumer-protection contract-law federal-courts rescission statute-of-limitations statutes-of-limitations statutory-construction tila-rescission truth-in-lending-act Can federal courts import state statutes of limitations to bar an action to enforce a timely TILA rescission when TILA itself has no such limitation p…
23-806 Indiezone, Inc., et al. v. Todd Rooke, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied appellate-procedure civil-procedure electronic-filing excusable-neglect federal-rules federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure good-cause intervening-circumstances judicial-discretion pioneer-investment-services Whether Congress intended to treat 'excusable neglect' and 'good cause' separately in Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5)(A)(ii) and the appropriate standard of r…
23-810 Harold Jean-Baptiste v. Almonte Stream Food Corporation Second Circuit Denied appellate-procedure circuit-rule civil-procedure court-procedure default-judgment due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-error procedural-default second-circuit standing Whether inexcusable error or neglect by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Clerk by not ruling for default judgment
23-821 Michelle Smith v. Peter B. Krupp, Judge, Superior Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk County, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fraud fraud-of-court jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine section-1983 state-court-proceedings title-42 usurpation-of-power Whether the Rooker Feldman Doctrine was intended to shield Defendants in a Title 42 section 1983 claim, in immunity for their actions of fraudulently …
23-823 Maurice J. Salem v. Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied appellate-review civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-ethics judicial-recusal judicial-system public-confidence rule-12b sanctions standing whether-enforcing-28-usc-455(a)-will-restore-public-confidence
23-839 David Littlefield, et al. v. Department of the Interior, et al. First Circuit Denied Response Waived carcieri-v-salazar federal-jurisdiction indian-reorganization-act land-into-trust secretary-of-interior tribal-recognition tribal-status Whether the decision of the court of appeals conflicts with Carcieri?
23-849 Louis Wayne Ratfield v. Ellen L. Cohen, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment authority biven's-claim civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-prosecution fraud prosecutorial-immunity statute-of-limitations Can each individual federal prosecutor present their written authority to prosecute?
23-851 John Doe v. Purdue University, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review bias civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine constitutional-adjudication due-process federal-procedure judicial-bias recusal recusal-standard standing Should this Court exercise its supervisory authority to preserve the appearance and fact of justice by requiring review now of a denial of recusal for…
23-872 Josh Patrick v. LaRhonda Dunlap Perez Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment circuit-split civil-rights excessive-force fourth-amendment law-enforcement qualified-immunity taser taser-use Is there variance among federal judicial circuits regarding how they apply Fourth Amendment law in excessive force cases involving taser use?
23-881 Douglas Bruce v. City of Miamisburg, Ohio Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived constitutional-deprivation due-process municipal-action notice property-rights section-1983 statute-of-limitations takings Whether due process allows statute of limitations on Section 1983 claim to begin without actual notice of property deprivation
23-903 David E. Stone, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act bundled-mortgages executive-branch executive-branch-discretion income-tax internal-revenue-code mortgage-taxation sovereign-immunity tax-collection Whether the Commissioner has absolute discretion and sovereign immunity to decline to collect income taxes on bundled mortgages
23-905 John William Hanson, III v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived arrest-time civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process excessive-force false-testimony jury-instructions search-and-seizure sentencing whether-the-petitioner-was-falsely-arrested
23-921 Mark Jerome Johnson Blount v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied Response Waived 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights declaratory-judgment enforcement-deterrence pre-enforcement-action pre-enforcement-challenge reasonable-fear-of-enforcement second-amendment standing standing-doctrine Does Petitioner have standing to challenge a law that infringes his constitutional rights to keep and bear arms?
23-922 Ronald McCray v. City of Beloit, Wisconsin, et al. Wisconsin Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process equal-protection judicial-review state-courts unpublished-opinions Whether the Wisconsin Court of Appeals' unpublished opinions are facially unconstitutional and void as applied to the dismissal of a case
23-945 Ilana Bangiyeva v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived asset-seizure civil-procedure criminal-procedure district-court due-process forfeiture judicial-review legal-interest property-forfeiture property-rights standing united-states-government What is the appropriate test to determine whether petitioner has a sufficient legal interest in forfeited property
23A802 Raj G. Shekar v. Illinois Illinois Presumed Complete conflict-of-interest constitutional-rights discretionary-review fourth-amendment judicial-bias prosecutorial-misconduct Whether the Fourth Amendment bars state court proceedings tainted by alleged judicial bias and prosecutorial misconduct when a judge and prosecutor ha…
23M68 Christopher J. Barnett v. Doug Drummond, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Presumed Complete None
23M69 Artesia Cameron v. Robert Cameron Illinois Presumed Complete None
23M70 Nicholas Butler v. United States Fourth Circuit Presumed Complete None