Conference: 2024-05-30

106 cases — 0 granted, 106 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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Case Title Lower Court Status Flags Tags Question Presented Score
23-825 Salvatore Delligatti v. United States Second Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) bodily-injury circuit-split crime-of-violence criminal-law inaction statutory-interpretation use-of-force Whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted us… 16.0
23-954 Precision Drilling Corp., et al. v. Rodney Tyger, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, et al. Third Circuit Denied Amici (2) circuit-split detrimental-effects donning-and-doffing employment-compensation fair-labor-standards-act job-specific-hazards labor-law preliminary-or-postliminary-activities protective-clothing wage-and-hour Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act, which exempts from required compensation all activities that are "preliminary" or "postliminary" to employees' p… 12.5
23-138 Jackie Williams Simpson, et al., Appellants v. John Thurston, Arkansas Secretary of State Arkansas Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3) None 11.5
23-925 Michael Shane McCormick, Sr. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split consultation-duty criminal-appeal criminal-conviction defendant-consultation defense-counsel flores-ortega lower-court-confusion reasonable-effort sixth-amendment Under the Sixth Amendment, counsel's duty to "consult" regarding a criminal appeal has two independent requirements—"advising the defendant about the … 10.5
23-855 Richard Abbott v. Supreme Court of Delaware, et al. Delaware Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment civil-rights confrontation-clause disbarment due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech pro-se professional-licensure I. Whether a person proceeding Pro Se in defending a confidential professional licensure disbarment proceeding is vested with full 1st Amendment Right… 9.0
23-1079 Palani Karupaiyan v. United States, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process standing writ-of-mandamus writ-of-prohibition Petitioners prayed over 15 reliefs which were as Writ of Mandamus or Prohibition or alternative so the questions were part of three test condition req… 8.5
23-1186 Rodney Thomas Ternovsky v. Florida Florida Denied Response Waived consent due-process evidence-admissibility fair-trial Fourteenth-Amendment irrelevant-evidence jury-prejudice prejudicial-evidence trial-procedure Whether the Petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair trial was violated when the trial court allowed the State to inform the jury… 8.5
23-1193 Favion Lara v. Nebraska Nebraska Denied Response Waived breach-of-agreement criminal-procedure due-process government-breach plea-agreement police prosecutor prosecutorial-promise sentencing Where a plea agreement includes the prosecutor's promise that the State will recommend a particular sentence, does a police officer's recommendation o… 8.5
23-6661 Justin Granier v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP 28-usc-2254(d) circuit-court-split circuit-split due-process federal-review habeas-corpus implied-bias judicial-bias statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent 1. Whether the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal has created a split in the Circuit Courts on this issue of implied bias. 2. Whether the Un… 6.5
23-1061 Hawkeye Gold, LLC v. China National Materials Industry Import and Export Corporation, dba Sinoma Eighth Circuit Denied circuit-split civil-procedure default-judgment federal-rules-of-civil-procedure motion-to-set-aside personal-jurisdiction rule-12b waiver Whether a party waives the defense of lack of personal jurisdiction if available but omitted from its first court filing in a motion to set aside a de… 5.5
23-704 Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied civil-contempt civil-procedure contempt decisional-law equitable-remedies federal-trade-commission ftc-act permanent-injunction rule-60(b)(6) sanctions Section 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b), permits the Commission to obtain a "permanent injunction" in court to stop viola… 5.5
23-928 Yun Zheng, aka Wendy Zheng, and Yan Qiu Wu, aka Jason Wu v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied circuit-split harboring-aliens harmless-error immigration-law jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea neder-v-united-states (i) Whether a jury instruction under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), which prohibits the "harbor[ing]" of anyone who is in the United States illegally, … 5.5
23-933 Jay Hymas, dba Dosmen Farms v. Department of the Interior Ninth Circuit Denied access-to-courts circuit-split civil-procedure court-fees fee-waiver in-forma-pauperis judicial-discretion litigation-access statutory-interpretation Congress has determined that individuals should not be denied access to federal court based on their economic circumstances. To effectuate that impo… 5.5
23-815 Laurie Ann McRay, et al. v. Dow Golub Remels & Gilbreath PLLC Texas Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) attorney-client-relationship attorney-fees counterclaims due-process judicial-fairness legal-ethics legal-malpractice prosecutorial-fees substitute-counsel summary-judgment trial-procedure When a law firm sues its own clients, demanding an award for both alleged past-due attorney's fees and then attorney's fees for prosecuting the lawsui… 4.0
23-1087 Jack Jordan v. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia District of Columbia Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process federal-judges federal-law federal-offenses free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-procedure 1. Whether any federal law or the U.S. Constitu tion authorize any federal judge to penalize or punish any person because such person stated in writte… 3.5
23-1088 John Doe 1, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-procedure civil-rights due-process employment-rights government-liability standing The state-created danger doctrine allows constitutional claims against government officials as first shown in DeShaney v. Winnebago Cty. Dep't of Soc.… 3.5
23-1116 Daniel Creger v. Andrew Tucker, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment civil-rights fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution material-misrepresentation probable-cause section-1983 warrant-affidavit 1) Whether, in the context of evaluating a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim, state law citations showing that a rational … 3.5
23-1121 Brent Edward Clark v. Vibeke Dankwa Fourth Circuit Denied Response Waived bivens-action exceptions ftca-claim ftca-judgment-bar remand remand-rights section-2680-exception statutes-of-limitations sua-sponte-dismissal 1) Did the district court make two reversible errors in 1) sua sponte raising the statutes of limitations affirmative defense to dismiss the Petitione… 3.5
23-1144 John Anthony Castro v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived affirmative-defense burden-of-proof estoppel good-faith good-faith-erroneous-interpretation judicial-admission standard-of-review If the government raises an affirmative defense, does it bear the burden of proof? If the government has previously claimed the Good Faith Erroneous … 3.5
23-1171 Terrance Guinn v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived collateral-review constitutional-law due-process factual-innocence federal-habeas firearm-possession firearms rehaif retroactive-application statutory-interpretation Under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e), petitioner can collaterally challenge their convictions on any ground cognizable on collateral review,… 3.5
23-1175 Malcolm H. Sage, Individually and in His Capacity as Partner or Joint Venturer of Sage Associates and Sage Realty v. Irving H. Picard, Trustee for the Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC Second Circuit Denied Response Waived article-iii article-iii-court-power brokerage-account clawback-funds customer-net-equity madoff-fraud net-equity net-investment-method securities-law sipa sipc-trustee statutory-interpretation 1. Does an Article III Court have the power to reject the statutory definition of "net equity" as set forth in 15 U.S.C. Section 78aaa et seq. by empl… 3.5
23-1177 Eric Fisher v. Virginia Virginia Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process expungement non-conviction procedural-review statutory-interpretation unconstitutional virginia-law Whether two non-convictions are expungable as 'otherwise dismissed' per Virginia's relevant operative statute or its certain statutory provision appli… 3.5
23-1188 Jonathon Owen Shroyer v. United States District of Columbia Denied Response Waived appeal-waiver first-amendment free-speech protected-speech relevant-conduct relevant-offense-conduct sentencing substantive-reasonableness 1. Whether a prison sentence imposed as a result of the consideration of protected speech as "relevant offense conduct" violates the First Amendment a… 3.5
23-1192 Christine Mire v. University Hospital & Clinics, Incorporated, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived attorney-conduct civil-rights due-process eighth-amendment estoppel excessive-fines first-amendment free-speech punitive-sanctions subject-matter-jurisdiction Courts may not impose punitive sanctions upon attorneys to deter colorable arguments that insulate judicial determinations from legitimate challenges … 3.5
23-1194 Erik Hentzen v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived appeal appellate-review child-pornography harmless-error ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel prejudice-prong sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Can Strickland v. Washington's "prejudice prong," be satisfied by a showing that constitutionally inadequate representation at the trial-court level "… 3.5
23-1199 Joanne Moskovic v. City of New Buffalo, Michigan Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights due-process michigan-zoning-enabling-act property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings short-term-rental substantive-due-process zoning zoning-ordinance Whether the Appellate Court erred in finding that Petitioner's use of her home, located in a residential zoning district, as a rental for one month or… 3.5
22-7894 Frankie Shearry v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-law drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense " definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sc… 1.0
23-5166 Antwoyn Anderson v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense firearm-offense jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of "serious drug offense," 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules in… 1.0
23-7224 Quentin Freeman v. Daniel Deas Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 8th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourth-amendment inmate-rights prison-conditions prisoner-rights summary-judgment whitley-standard Whether the decision below should be summarily reversed because the Fourth Circuit misapplied the Whitley factors by viewing the evidence in the light… -1.5
23-7313 Jason Dale Kechego v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone-use external-influence jury-deliberation jury-impasse jury-misconduct partial-verdict Remmer-hearing Supreme-Court-Rule-14 verdict-procedure When a juror indicates that some other jurors are using their cell phones and meeting in a second room, does this require a district court to hold a R… -1.5
23-7338 Damon Sean Bellis v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-deference agency-interpretation circuit-split judicial-deference regulatory-ambiguity sentencing-guidelines stare-decisis statutory-interpretation The Court held in Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 2400 (2019), that before a court may defer to an agency's interpretation of its regulation, the court mu… -1.5
23-7347 J. Guadalupe Figueroa-Juarez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection immigration immigration-law legislative-intent mass-incarceration racial-discrimination statutory-interpretation Whether a legislature can cleanse the taint of a racially discriminatory law by silent reenactment or amendment when the law was originally adopted fo… -1.5
23-7354 Warren Baker v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1951(b) 18-usc-924(c) crime-of-violence criminal-procedure federal-criminal-law hobbs-act predicate-offense sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation Whether Hobbs Act Robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(b) is a predicate "crime of violence" for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). -1.5
23-7365 Cory Jermaine White v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3142 bail-reform-act flight-risk judicial-finding judicial-hearing pretrial-detention release-conditions serious-flight-risk statutory-interpretation Under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3142, must a judicial finding of serious flight risk, §3142(f)(2)(A), precede imposition of release conditions … -1.5
23-7366 Carlos Enrique Navarro-Trevino v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP Almendarez-Torres appellate-procedure case-law constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process judicial-precedent jury-trial recidivism sentencing supreme-court-review writ-of-certiorari Should the Court overrule Almendarez- Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 244 (1998)? -1.5
23-7388 Michael Andrew Taylor v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split controlled-substances controlled-substances-act criminal-law federal-act federal-sentencing-guidelines sentencing sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation Whether "controlled substance[s]" in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines §4B1.2(b) are limited to those substances defined and regulated under the feder… -1.5
22-6683 Terrell Javon Jones v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (4)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules eighth-circuit federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense fourth-circuit sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense tenth-circuit third-circuit Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… -3.0
22-6719 Michael Anthony Conage v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules eighth-circuit federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense fourth-circuit sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense tenth-circuit third-circuit Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… -4.0
22-7736 Brandon Ross Williams v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act categorical-approach controlled-substance criminal-law drug-offense federal-jurisdiction predicate-offense sentencing Whether, under the categorical approach established by this Court for determining whether a previous state conviction can qualify as a predicate "seri… -4.0
23-5036 Brandon Mason v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP federal firearm sentencing federal sentencing or prior state drug offense armed-career-criminal-act criminal-law criminal-statute drug-offense drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing jackson-v-united-states prior-state-drug-offense sentencing sentencing-enhancement state-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug schedules … -4.0
23-5072 Dorothy Pearl Smith v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… -4.0
23-5397 Emanuel Beach v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act career-offender circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules plain-error-doctrine rule-of-lenity sentencing-enhancement statutory-interpretation I. Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), and the Career Offender enhancement s… -4.0
23-6361 Victor Grant v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split criminal-sentencing federal-drug-schedules serious-drug-offense statutory-interpretation Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(i), incorporates the federal drug schedules t… -4.0
23-6854 Danny Lee Hampton v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split drug-schedules federal-drug-schedules federal-firearm-offense federal-sentencing prior-state-drug-offense sentencing-enhancement serious-drug-offense state-drug-offense Whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(A)(ii), incorporates the federal drug sch… -4.0
23-6864 In Re Solomon Roberts Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP brady-violation civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance parole-revocation probation-revocation prosecutorial-misconduct standing Question not identified. -4.0
23-6892 Clifford Laines, Jr. v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP armed-career-criminal-act circuit-split rodriguez-v-united-states sentencing-regime serious-drug-offense state-law-interpretation state-sentencing-regime statutory-maximum Does "maximum term of imprisonment . . . prescribed by law"—as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act to define "serious drug offenses" that are predic… -4.0
23-7112 Christopher J. Barnett v. Doug Drummond, District Judge, District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-provision due-process elected-official freedom-of-information judicial-records legal-standing oklahoma-supreme-court public-record public-records Whether the District Court violated the First Amendment and the Oklahoma Open Records Act by sealing a public court record containing a police report … -4.0
23-7074 Venus Moore v. Delaware Merit Employee Relations Board, et al. Delaware Denied IFP ada-accommodation americans-with-disabilities-act civil-rights disability-rights due-process employment-discrimination interactive-process reasonable-accommodation veterans-readjustment-act vevraa 1. Did the defendant, DHSS/DMS, have a legal obligation to engage in a "flexible interactive process" with the plaintiff, Venus Moore, as she requeste… -4.5
23-7079 Santiago Mason Gomez v. Odunay O. Kuku, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-law discrimination due-process first-amendment free-speech prisoner-rights retaliation standing supreme-court-review Question not identified. -4.5
23-7091 Brandon De McCall v. Texas Texas Denied IFP 8th-amendment capital-punishment culpability due-process eighth-amendment jury-instruction jury-instructions mitigating-evidence moral-blameworthiness Where jurors were instructed that they may only consider mitigating evidence to be evidence that "reduces the defendant's moral blameworthiness," and … -4.5
23-7092 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael Duddy, et al. Seventh Circuit Dismissed IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law foster-care hearsay parental-rights state-agency Question not identified. -4.5
23-7094 Tyshawn Shepard v. Ohio Ohio Denied IFP administrative-agency administrative-extension criminal-sentencing due-process incarceration incarceration-findings jury-trial post-conviction sentencing sixth-amendment Does the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a right to trial by jury allow prison administrators to use their own post-conviction factual findings as the … -4.5
23-7095 Jerico Matias Cruz v. Illinois Seventh Circuit Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure circuit-court civil-procedure common-law due-process filing-fee judicial-review non-precedential-order nonprecedential-disposition procedural-error standing Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and three Circuit Judges entered a nonprecedential disposition order with a citatio… -4.5
23-7098 Jeffrey Rivard v. Town of Brattleboro, Vermont Vermont Denied IFP civil-procedure consolidation joinder negligence police-misconduct standing supreme-court-review The first question is toward a Rules of Civil Procedure of Vermonts own ▼ r rt \T m W7-+ m /I h S' ittiI Iy i/iic ixcyviaixc vv xuuiiaiii uuuxi njivu … -4.5
23-7110 Ileen Cain v. Mercy University, fka Mercy College, et al. Second Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure document-exclusion federal-rules-of-civil-procedure finality first-amendment frcp-60b judgement judgment-finality pro-se-pleading rule-60(b) standing 1. Which juncture of federal civil proceedings constitute Judgement entered establishes the finality of a civil complaint, Pursuant to Federal Rule Ci… -4.5
23-7116 Ricky L. Reese v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP competency constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance judicial-review sentencing-error statute-of-limitations Does a person is convict of a crime lose his right to public relief from the court if he didn't receive a copy of his sentence becoming final to the c… -4.5
23-7120 Chaviz Wofford v. Illinois Illinois Denied IFP case-statement constitutional-provisions criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jurisdiction opinions plea-bargaining prosecutorial-misconduct sentencing statutory-provisions writ-of-certiorari Question not identified. -4.5
23-7130 In Re William Graven Denied IFP appeals-court appellate-procedure circuit-court dismissal judicial-error judicial-oversight judicial-review mandamus motion-to-dismiss orders panel TAKING THE HIGH ROAD : My Appeals Panel of 3 Circuit Judges accidentally missed that the District Court Judge had issued 2 Orders, each on different l… -4.5
23-7420 In Re Steven Michael Backstrom Denied IFP civil-rights due-process fraud habeas habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-counsel truth-seeking-process 1. Does a failure by trial counsel to investigate known-to-be material facts and/or witnesses constitute federally defined ineffective assistance of c… -4.5
23-7482 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey Denied IFP civil-rights due-process free-speech habeas-corpus international-law standing Question not identified. -4.5
23-6780 George A. Teacherson v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitution constitutional-interpretation declaration-of-independence due-process founding-documents judicial-review legal-hermeneutics originalism textual-analysis Must any court fully address the actual wording of the founding documents, originalism of Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United S… -6.0
23-6823 Troy Raynard Alexander v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment guilty-plea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states sixth-amendment QUESTON NUMBER ONE; Whether the lower court abused their discretion by denying Mr. Alexander a C.O.A. as it is debatable amongst of jurists of reason … -6.0
23-6835 R. Allen Stanford v. Ralph S. Janvey, et al. Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-enforcement district-court-jurisdiction equity-receiver equity-receivership federal-civil-procedure federal-venue general-jurisdiction securities-enforcement securities-regulation ultra-vires venue-laws This petition for Writ of Certiorari involves a civil enforcement complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the globally situa… -6.0
23-6852 Elisha L. Gresham v. Martin J. O'Malley, Commissioner of Social Security Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP ada-compliance administrative-law appeals civil-procedure disability-law federal-courts jurisdiction social-security standing venue (A) Did the Eleventh Circuit Court have legal jurisdiction to hear and rule on my case since this case did not originate in Florida? {Established by C… -6.0
23-6896 Anthony Rimas v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-2256 28-usc-994 congressional-authority law-enforcement-undercover minor minor-definition sentencing-commission statutory-interpretation u.s.c.-interpretation undercover-law-enforcement Has the Sentencing Commission overstepped its congressional authority granted it under 28 U.S.C. § 994 when, with no specific congressional directive … -6.0
23-6935 Dennis James Gaede v. North Dakota North Dakota Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 8th-amendment amendment-violation constitutional-rights due-process ex-post-facto excessive-punishment grand-jury north-dakota 1. Whether Gaede's 8th and 14th Amendment Rights to Due Process and to be Free from Excessive Punishment were Violated when the State of North Dakota … -6.0
23-7018 Julian Ash v. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation, et al. Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights consolidation-of-cases constitutional-challenge due-process federal-agency government-oversight personnel-management title-v-exemption whistleblower-protection whistleblower-retaliation 1. In the Interest of Public Safety and Public Trust should the Title V Exemption extended to the Federal Aviation Administration from the Office of P… -6.0
23-7061 Cody Dillon Hogan v. United States Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 8th-amendment child-pornography civil-rights criminal-law due-process eighth-amendment mandatory-minimum restitution statutory-interpretation 1. Proximate causation. This Court has opined that holding possessors of illegal pornography liable for the conduct of many other independent actors m… -6.0
23-7073 James L. Miller v. Scott S. Harris, Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States Ninth Circuit Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-procedure due-process patent-eligibility standing takings-clause Question not identified. -6.0
23-7140 Paul Wright v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-procedures-act article-i article-iii court-of-appeals-for-the-federal-circuit court-of-appeals-for-veterans-claims delegated-powers veterans-judicial-review-act Whether an aggrieved veteran's right to judicial review of the Article I veteran-benefit administrative process, pursuant to the first sentence of 38 … -6.0
23-7151 Carolyn Sioux Green v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services, et al. Washington Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP chemical-lobotomy civil-commitment constitutional-rights due-process equitable-tolling federal-jurisdiction incarceration legal-representation statute-of-limitations 1. Should the doctrine of equitable tolling be applied to a case of which the central concern is a violation of the constitutional right to due proces… -6.0
23-7324 Danilo Velasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing deportation gang jury-trial-rights plea-bargaining rico rico-case section-2255 sentencing-disparity Following the grant of petitioner's section 2255 motion, the district court resentenced petitioner to discretionary life in this RICO gang case. This … -6.0
23-7167 Joseph Lochuch Ewalan v. Washington Washington Denied Response WaivedIFP batson-challenge civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection jury-selection peremptory-strikes racial-discrimination standing This courts precedent in the united states Vi Flowers v. Mississippi, 139 set. (2019), Kentucky v. Batson, 476 U.S. 79, Miller-elv.dretke, 545 U.S. 23… -6.5
23-7198 Ebone East, et al. v. Fix It Auto Repair, Inc. Arizona Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals civil-procedure due-process equal-protection first-amendment free-speech right-to-appeal standing state-court-discretion 1. ) Does This Federal courts apply standards of review when examining lower court rulings. It refers to the idea of fundamental fairness, that the go… -6.5
23-7242 Juan Avendano v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-indictment criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fifth-amendment jury-instructions jury-verdict statutory-interpretation statutory-offense Whether a defendant's rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment are violated when the prosecution brings multiple, factually iden… -6.5
23-7258 T. C., Minor Child, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, Theodore Cabaniss v. Pfizer, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-declaration federal-government federal-immunity fifth-amendment medical-malpractice Does due process clause in fifth amendment to United States Constitution permit federal government to immunize medical providers from medical malpract… -6.5
23-7265 Nicholas Stewart Hines v. South Dakota South Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment plea-agreement plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-considerations sixth-amendment 1.) WHETHER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS PERMIT GREATER INCLUDED OFFENSES AND CONDUCT THAT HAS BEEN ACQUITTED BY A JURY, OR DISMISSED PURSUANT … -6.5
23-7266 Nathaniel O. Robinson v. Louisiana Louisiana Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure direct-review fourteenth-amendment griffin-v-kentucky jury-unanimity ramos-v-louisiana sixth-amendment state-proceedings it4 V- VOMisiAHfv / THIS Covet \i$u> that The 6|/th Amendment to the Vt^TEp STATED C^H6rVrroT\cn , 6/TENDEP To THE STATED £>y wAy OpTUe FoOpTeENTH A… -6.5
23-7285 Sabrina Gibson v. Thomas F. Roupas, Jr., et al. Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure district-court federal-rules federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-discretion manifest-error prejudice procedural-standard standard-of-review Whether it was manifest error and significantly prejudicial for the District Court to apply a heightened standard under Federal Rule of Civil Procedur… -6.5
23-7289 Robert A. Horse v. South Dakota South Dakota Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment cell-phone-data civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment search-and-seizure third-party third-party-doctrine warrantless-search Whether the State Supreme Court opinion violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments by allowing law enforcement to obtain access to a third party (G… -6.5
23-7309 Jessie Vasquez v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-3582 3553a-factors abuse-of-discretion concepcion-v-united-states crack-cocaine criminal-sentencing discretionary-review first-step-act sentence-reduction sentencing-factors 1. The question presented here is whether the District Court abused its discretion or erred when Mr. Vasquez qualified for a sentence reduction, he as… -6.5
23-7312 James Bennett v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment sentencing sixth-amendment Whether consideration of acquitted conduct by the District Court in consideration of Bennett's ultimate sentence violates the Due Process Clause of th… -6.5
23-7317 Michael A. Maggio v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federal-statute nunc-pro-tunc plea-bargaining plea-modification post-conviction-relief property-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-limitation supreme-court-ruling Should Michael A. Maggio benefit from subsequent rulings of the United States Supreme Court that 18 U.S.C § 666(a)(1)(B) was limited to property right… -6.5
23-7319 Yudith Reynoso-Hiciano v. United States Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof closing-argument criminal-procedure jury-instructions presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt Whether repeatedly arguing in closing that the defendant 'needed the jury to believe' certain things impermissibly shifted the burden of proof and evi… -6.5
23-7320 Darrin Espinosa v. Contra Costa County, California Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP ada americans-with-disabilities-act disability-rights employment-discrimination essential-functions job-performance reasonable-accommodation termination termination-of-employment workers-compensation 1. DOES A DISABLED PERSON HAVE THE RIGHT TO PERFORM A JOB EVEN THOUGH HE DOES NOT NEED ACCOMOCATIONS TO PERFORM ALL ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB? 2… -6.5
23-7323 Damon Todd Carey v. United States Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusionary-rule expert-testimony fourth-amendment good-faith good-faith-doctrine independent-source inevitable-discovery probable-cause warrant-requirement 1. The district court concluded that since illegally obtained evidence found in Petitioners vehicle, was admissible due to'lthe application of the "… -6.5
23-7326 Erik Johnson v. Patrick Griffin Second Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence hearsay hearsay-evidence missing-witness missing-witness-instruction testimonial-statement Whether the admission into evidence, through the testimony of decedent's 10-year-old daughter, of hearsay statements allegedly made by the decedent to… -6.5
23-7327 Zachariah Jay Histed v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP acceptance-of-responsibility criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense federal-sentencing judicial-discretion plea-bargaining sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a defendant who plea ds guilty, admits the substantive elements of the criminal charge, and spares the government the time and expense of a tr… -6.5
23-7328 Leslie Hood v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment employment probation-requirements sentencing sentencing-discretion supervision supervision-conditions 1. Was the district court's imposition of supervision conditions requiring Mr. Hood to obtain some form of work/employment violated the Eighth Amendme… -6.5
23-7331 Carol Ann McBratnie v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP americans-with-disabilities-act case-precedent disability disability-status employee employment-law job-applicant medical-inquiry reasonable-accommodation Did the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals [Appeals Court] and the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (US District Court) apply the wron… -6.5
23-7332 Angel De Jesus Castillo-Godoy v. United States First Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal-waiver burden-of-proof criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment government-defense jurisdiction opening-brief reply-brief sixth-amendment Whether a criminal defendant must raise the issue of an appeal waiver in his opening brief or whether it falls upon the government to raise the waiver… -6.5
23-7335 Walter J. Himmelreich v. Janel Fitzgerald Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1983 bivens bivens-action civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment first-amendment-retaliation territorial-jurisdiction 1) Asdan"iis£ueaofGEdjrsi Impressi'en 5.fdingtlbisaCoBBt, does the "or Territory" clause of 4 2 USC § 19 8 3 and the related Civil Rights Statutes app… -6.5
23-7342 Marlon Jermaine Johnson v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession gun-ownership non-violent-felon second-amendment WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONVICTION FOR BEING A NON-VIOLENT FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM VIOLATES THE SECOND AMENDMENT. -6.5
23-7344 Richard Arlee Champion v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-2255 criminal-procedure due-process fifth-amendment habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel motion-to-vacate plea-bargaining pleading-timing pre-indictment-delay statute-of-limitations I. WHEN DETERMINGING THE TIMLINESS OF A MOTION TO VACATE PURSUANT TO 28 USC 2255, WHAT PLEADING DETERMINES THE RELEVANT PLEADING WHEN MAKING THAT DETE… -6.5
23-7351 Rolandas Milinavicuus v. Tyrone Oliver, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-claim constitutional-law due-process extraordinary-circumstances federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel procedural-default statute-of-limitations 1. Does A Habeas Corpus Petitioner Under The Eleventh Circuit Court Of Appeals Suffer Unreasonable Application Of Ruling Contrary To The Facts Present… -6.5
23-7355 Demario Barker v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-sentencing-guidelines guideline-calculation hearsay hearsay-statements reliability-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether presumptively unreliable hearsay statements should be permitted in sentencing hearings to substantially increase a Defendant's guideline calcu… -6.5
23-7356 Jonathan Burnett v. Georgia Georgia Denied Response WaivedIFP child-molestation crime-victims criminal-procedure criminal-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-selection voir-dire WHETHER TRIAL COUNSEL'S FAILURE DURING VOIR DIRE IN A CHILD MOLESTATION CASE TO EXPLORE AND INVESTIGATE WHETHER JURORS HAD BEEN CRIME VICTIMS (DIRECTL… -6.5
23-7357 Jesus Robledo Aguilar v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-offense drugs firearms safety-valve sentencing sentencing-relief statutory-interpretation Does simultaneous constructive possession of drugs and firearms disqualify a defendant for safety valve relief? -6.5
23-7361 Sean A. Gray v. Kevin Payne, Commandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP burns-v-wilson constitutional-claims due-process equal-protection habeas-corpus military-habeas military-justice suspension-clause tenth-circuit This Court, in Burns u. Wilson, 1 stated that a federal civilian court may not consider a military habeas petitioner 's claim "when a military decisio… -6.5
23-7373 Giovanni DePalma v. Florida Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 42-usc-1981 civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process emergency-petition first-amendment free-speech standing subject-matter-jurisdiction younger-abstention Whether the Petitioner is foreclosed from presenting a lack of subject matter jurisdiction and double jeopardy claim through an EMERGENCY PETITION FOR… -6.5
23-7374 David Allen v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP cell-phone commerce-clause constitutional-interpretation original-meaning sixth-amendment sixth-circuit speedy-trial statutory-interpretation substantial-effects-test supreme-court-precedent I. Whether the broad rule adopted by the Sixth Circuit, that the Commerce Clause gives congress the power to regulate all conduct incidentally using a… -6.5
23-7376 Rajesh P. Budhabhatti v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1346 collateral-order-doctrine criminal-prosecution honest-services-fraud interlocutory-appeal judicial-resources judicial-review public-official self-dealing statutory-interpretation 1. Skilling v. United States , 561 U.S. 358 (2010), holds that fraudulent self-dealing by a public official is not honest services fraud under 18 U.S.… -6.5
23-7380 Kenneth Leslie Caldwell v. United States Federal Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP antitrust civil-rights color-of-law constitution due-process government-accountability government-power legal-remedies standing united-states Is the "United States " a medium employed by the United States of America assigned for the upholding of the United States Constitution to the best of … -6.5
23-7410 Andrew Franklin Woodburn v. Bryan Morrison, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-defense evidentiary-hearing expert-testimony habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel involuntary-intoxication medication-defense paxil temporary-insanity Is Andrew Woodburn entitled to a remand for an evidentiary hearing and ultimately a new trial where he did not receive the effective assistance of cou… -6.5
23-7427 Alton Pelichet v. Fredeane Artis, Warden Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP certificate-of-appealability due-process equal-protection fair-trial fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment Whether this Honorable Court should grant Petitioner's Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, where Petitioner has demonstrated that his rights to a fair … -6.5
23-7430 Timothy Edward Peterson v. James Salmonsen, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights due-process fairness judicial-fairness plain-error procedural-integrity summary-judgment willful-blindness Plain Error; Summary Judgment; Willful Blindness; Abuse of Discretion; Fairness; Integrity and Public Reputation of Judicial Proceedings. -6.5