Conference: 2024-06-13

93 cases — 0 granted, 93 denied/dismissed, 0 pending

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22-886 Blenheim Capital Holdings Ltd., et al. v. Lockheed Martin Corporation, et al. Fourth Circuit Denied CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) circuit-split commercial-activity contract-law foreign-sovereign-immunities foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia international-law jurisdictional-immunity military-procurement weltover Is a foreign government's procurement of goods for a military purpose, through a contract with a U.S. company, commercial-activity
22-957 Laurie A. Dermody v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Massachusetts Denied CVSGAmici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 42-usc-1396p annuity annuity-rules asset-transfer medicaid-eligibility medical-assistance remainder-beneficiary spousal-impoverishment statutory-interpretation transfer-penalty Whether an annuity that satisfies the condition in Section 1396p(c)(2)(B)(i) must name the State as the first remainder beneficiary in order to avoid …
23-1107 Joan Ghougoian, et al. v. Lamarr Monson Sixth Circuit Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-standard devenpeck fourth-amendment malicious-prosecution manuel pre-trial-detention probable-cause section-1983 Whether the Fourth Amendment's objective standard applies to all claims arising thereunder, such that there is no violation so long as probable cause …
23-1119 Loredana Ranza v. Nike, Inc. Ninth Circuit Denied adea administrative-agency civil-rights claim-preclusion discrimination extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens title-vii Does claim preclusion bar an expatriate U.S. citizen from bringing discrimination claims under the extraterritorial provisions of Title VII and the AD…
23-1123 In Re Lawyers For Fair Reciprocal Admission Denied Response Waived due-process first-amendment judicial-recusal local-court-rules local-rules rules-enabling-act supervisory-power third-circuit Should this Court exercise its supervisory duty over local rules and the administration of justice in the federal courts and assign a hearing panel co…
23-1126 David Streeter, et al. v. USAA General Indemnity Company Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived certification-of-questions certification-of-state-law comity cooperative-federalism divergent-decisions diversity-jurisdiction efficient-federal-practice erie-doctrine insurance-law judicial-comity lehman-bros-v-schein state-law-interpretation Have Ninth Circuit Panels and Montana federal district courts abused their discretion by denying certification to the Montana Supreme Court of 'first …
23-1127 Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States, ex rel. Todd Heath Seventh Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (11)Relisted (2) administrative-agency administrative-corporation circuit-conflict circuit-split e-rate-program false-claims-act government-funding telecommunications-act telecommunications-act-of-1996 Whether reimbursement requests submitted to the E-rate program are 'claims' under the False Claims Act
23-1138 Angela Williams, et al. v. Joseph Lombardo, Governor of Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment article-iii-standing causation civil-procedure civil-rights government-liability section-1983 standing thirteenth-amendment trafficking-victims-protection-act Whether codefendants in a lawsuit can be treated as independent third parties not before the court for purposes of Article III standing traceability
23-1139 John F. Gallagher v. Northampton County Revenue Appeals Board, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 4th-amendment 8th-amendment comity constitutional-claims federal-jurisdiction property-tax subject-matter-jurisdiction takings-clause tax-injunction-act Whether federal subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1331 is barred by the Tax Injunction Act or the doctrine of comity for claims challenging…
23-1140 In Re William B. Jolley Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-procedure age-discrimination disability-discrimination due-process equal-employment equal-employment-opportunity federal-agencies judicial-review Is 29 C.F.R. § 1614 constitutional?
23-1143 Nelda Kellom, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Terrance Kellom, Deceased, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit Denied Response Waived administrative-exhaustion circuit-split civil-rights claims-processing due-process excessive-force federal-tort-claims-act standing statutory-interpretation waiver Whether Petitioners' FTCA claim should have been allowed to proceed against the United States
23-1147 Jahmir Christopher Frank v. Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied civil-procedure equitable-powers federal-civil-rule-60(b)(6) medical-malpractice medical-records public-interest rule-60 sixth-circuit tort Should the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio for f…
23-1160 Derrick Williams v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules-of-evidence first-amendment fourteenth-amendment petition-clause right-to-counsel Whether the fundamental right to petition the state courts is restricted by any timeframe for appealing the denial or deprivation of counsel on direct…
23-1218 Alfredo Navarro Hinojosa v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived burden-of-proof circuit-split direct-appeal evidentiary-hearing harmless-error ineffective-assistance kotteakos-v-united-states preserved-nonconstitutional-errors sixth-amendment sufficiency-of-evidence Does the Fifth Circuit's harmless-error standard conflict with this Court's harmless-error standard?
23-1221 Carlos A. Williams v. Louis DeJoy, Postmaster General Seventh Circuit Denied Response Waived civil-rights civil-service-reform-act discrimination due-process federal-employment merit-system-protection-board merit-systems-protection-board prohibited-personnel-practices statutory-protections Whether a federal court lacks jurisdiction over a federal employee's complaint when the court has been made aware by the employee he had not been appr…
23-1224 Laila N. Hirjee v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response Waived appellate-deference appellate-review deference evidentiary-standard inferences jury-verdict medical-decision prosecutorial-discretion standard-of-review weak-evidence weak-inference What level of deference from an appellate court is appropriate to a jury's verdict, when the verdict is based entirely on weak inferences to be drawn …
23-217 E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Faustino Sanchez Carrera, et al. Fourth Circuit Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (9)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) burden-of-proof circuit-split clear-and-convincing-evidence employment-law fair-labor-standards-act flsa-exemptions overtime-pay preponderance-of-evidence wage-exemption Whether the burden of proof that employers must satisfy to demonstrate the applicability of an FLSA exemption is a mere preponderance of the evidence …
23-582 Rollo A. Barker, aka Rollo Narker v. New Jersey New Jersey Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 6th-amendment chain-of-custody confrontation-clause criminal-evidence evidence forensic-analysis lab-analysis lab-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent sixth-amendment Does testimony from a lab analyst who did not perform the actual testing on Defendant's seized (alleged) contraband that was analyzed by a State Polic…
23-6244 Edmond Carl Warrington v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP circuit-split criminal-law criminal-sentencing federal-jurisdiction federal-offense judicial-review sentencing special-assessment statutory-interpretation Whether the $5,000 additional special assessment imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 3014 requires a non-indigent defendant to pay a single special assessment o…
23-6427 Carl A. Melvin v. Hampton-Newport Community News Services Board Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP agency-accountability civil-rights due-process employee-rights hipaa-violations hostile-work-environment retaliation workplace-retaliation Multiple Retaliation by a Human Services Agency
23-645 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Johnathon Gregg California Denied Amici (4)Relisted (2) arbitration california-supreme-court civil-procedure federal-arbitration-act individual-claims non-individual-claims paga paga-claims preemption severance standing Does the Federal Arbitration Act require the complete severance of arbitrable individual PAGA claims from non-individual PAGA claims, with the individ…
23-6480 Joseph D. Jones v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split criminal-defense entrapment-defense entrapment-doctrine exceptional-national-importance first-amendment government-manufacturing government-manufacturing-criminals predisposition Whether this Court's review of the entrapment doctrine is necessary
23-6527 Jermaine Anderson, Jr. v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process felony felony-proceedings fourteenth-amendment jury-composition sixth-amendment trial-by-jury Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-6533 James O. Bradley v. Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al. North Carolina Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-power access-to-courts administrative-appeal administrative-procedure administrative-remedy civil-rights conspiracy corrections-department due-process incarcerated-rights judicial-review Whether the North Carolina Court of Appeals erred in taking no action on the Petitioners' appeal
23-6558 Freddie Quinn v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process felony felony-proceedings fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-6708 Georgios V. Vloutis v. Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft District of Columbia Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection government-accountability national-security patriot-act terrorism terrorism-allegations Whether Lufthansa Airlines' alleged negligence and association with terrorism violates the 14th Amendment and the U.S. Patriot Act
23-6723 Brandon Keith Owensby v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure criminal-trial due-process felony felony-proceedings fourteenth-amendment jury-composition jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-6724 Terrence Michael Taylor, aka Terrance Michael Taylor v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied IFP 18-usc-922g appellate-review circuit-split constitutional-claim double-jeopardy firearm-possession guilty-plea plea-colloquy statutory-interpretation unit-of-prosecution Does a defendant's guilty plea to an indictment charging multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), unlawful firearm possession, waive his Double Jeop…
23-6819 In Re Mary A. Nelson-Rogers Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights equal-protection first-amendment free-speech standing Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause
23-6844 In Re Deborah E. Gouch-Onassis Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP 42-usc-1983 civil-rights due-process equal-protection qualified-immunity standing Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claims for lack of standing
23-6847 Tyrone Anthony Bell v. Heidi E. Washington, Director, Michigan Department of Corrections, et al. Sixth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-remedies civil-procedure civil-rights due-process free-speech grievance-process prisoner-rights sixth-circuit-interpretation standing threat true-threat Whether the state of mind of the author should be considered when the receiver understood the threat or intimidation to be true
23-686 Tiger Cela v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fourth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) None
23-6905 Paul Harris v. Oran Schachter, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-rights court-access due-process fair-trial interpreter interpreter-assistance legal-representation procedural-due-process standing Does Petitioner have a Constitutional Right to a Fair Trial including the help of an Interpreter-or someone who can speak on behalf of the Petitioner …
23-6960 Tasha Mercedez Shelby v. Mississippi Mississippi Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment cause-of-death death-certificate due-process fourteenth-amendment homicide-conviction medical-examiner recantation resentencing shaken-baby-syndrome Does the Due Process Clause require resentencing when the principal evidence supporting a conviction is later recanted?
23-6970 Kathy R. Allen, et al. v. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. Fourth Circuit Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion abuse-of-power civil-procedure court-appointed-attorney court-appointed-counsel due-process erisa-claim federal-procedure mediation mediation-rights rule-52-findings statute-of-limitations Whether the USDC D.E. #51-52, #55 and USDC-COA4th's Doc. #23 Orders Have Reversible Err and/or Was an Abuse of Power and an Abuse of Discretion
23-7197 Michael David Logering, et al. v. Morrison County Sheriff's Office, et al. Eighth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection federal-rules fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment judicial-error standing Did the United States Appeals Court for the Eighth Circuit violate the Plaintiffs' Constitutional Rights to Due Process and Equal Protection under the…
23-7202 Craig Alford v. Lea Baylor, Director, Monroe County Correctional Facility, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech legal-standing standing statutory-interpretation takings Did the lower courts err in dismissing the petitioner's claims challenging the constitutionality of certain federal statutes and regulations governing…
23-7210 Marqese Lynn Payne v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit Denied IFP civil-jurisdiction civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-civil-rights-act indian-law reservation-boundaries self-governance statutory-interpretation territorial-law Did Congress pass the Organic Act of May 2, 1890, for State laws in Oklahoma, or did Congress pass the Territory Certain general laws of Arkansas (C. …
23-7211 Andrew Burke v. Lieutenant Scott Soland Fifth Circuit Denied IFP civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review legal-procedure retaliation sexual-assault standing statutory-interpretation whistleblower Whether the courts erred in dismissing the petitioner's claims of sexual assault and retaliation as frivolous
23-7212 Keith P. Sequeira, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al. Third Circuit Denied IFP circuit-split civil-procedure federal-law federal-question jurisdiction jurisdictional-grant remand removal subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the courts below may decide an important question of federal law not settled by this Court by expanding 12 U.S.C. § 1821(d)(6)'s jurisdictiona…
23-7214 Chanel Tarrant v. Christiana Care, et al. Delaware Denied IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process employee-rights employment-benefits employment-law long-term-disability occupational-safety tort-law workers-compensation workplace-injury Whether a hospital is required to provide long-term disability benefits to an employee after working for them for 30 years and getting injured on the …
23-7216 Enrique Zacarias Diaz v. J. Highberger Ninth Circuit Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection standing takings Question not identified
23-7219 Ferrill Joseph Volpicelli v. Renee Baker, Warden Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdictional-issue legal-procedure patent standing statutory-interpretation takings Question not identified
23-7230 In Re Alissa M. Peterson Denied Response WaivedIFP 6th-amendment civil-rights due-process fair-trial gideon-v-wainwright judicial-misconduct legal-representation Whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the Attorney Grievance Commission and Judicial Tenure Commission to remand the case issue to the low…
23-7231 Bryan Christopher O'Rourke v. Oklahoma Oklahoma Denied IFP 18-usc-921a33b 18-usc-922g9 constitutional-rights domestic-violence effective-assistance-of-counsel firearms-prohibition ineffective-assistance misdemeanor-domestic-violence padilla-precedent padilla-v-kentucky second-amendment Whether counsel is constitutionally deficient for failing to notify a U.S. citizen of the loss of Second Amendment rights due to a misdemeanor domesti…
23-7233 Chikezie Ottah v. National Grid Federal Circuit Denied IFP 35-USC-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure patent standing statutory-provisions takings writ-of-certiorari Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of patent-eligibility under 35-USC-101
23-7236 Sandra Black v. Naomi Friedrichsen, et al. Seventh Circuit Denied IFP access-to-courts civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-ruling due-process equal-protection legal-standing pro-se procedural-challenge standing Should a black pro se litigant with pauper status genuinely be heard in an American court of law?
23-7237 William Bruce Justice v. South Carolina South Carolina Denied IFP cross-examination due-process indigent-rights mootness parole-revocation post-conviction-relief procedural-fairness right-to-be-heard state-procedure witness-confrontation Does South Carolina's parole revocation scheme comply with the constitutional framework?
23-7241 Michael Allen v. Fidencio N. Guzman, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit Denied IFP 14th-amendment aider-and-abettor constitutional-law criminal-law due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment mens-rea statutory-interpretation Does California Penal Code Section 117.95(a)(1)-(3) statute violate the United States Constitution 14th Amendment Equal Protection of the Law by not i…
23-7248 Hector Negron-Espada v. Florida Florida Denied IFP constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process felony felony-charges fourteenth-amendment jury-trial sixth-amendment Whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony?
23-7260 Mark R. Zana v. Nevada Nevada Denied Response WaivedIFP collateral-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus ninth-circuit post-conviction retroactivity statutory-interpretation Whether Petitioner's conviction and continued incarceration under Nevada Revised Statute 207.010 violates the due process clause of the Federal Consti…
23-7264 Samreen Riaz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, et al. California Denied Response WaivedIFP affidavit civil-procedure declaration employment-history financial-disclosure in-forma-pauperis income-declaration legal-redress poverty redress Whether the petitioner should be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis
23-7277 Benny Stewart v. Tom Green, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion civil-rights fairness judicial-fairness judicial-integrity plain-error summary-judgment willful-blindness Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant on the plaintiff's claims of civil rig…
23-7281 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California Denied Response WaivedIFP 28-usc-1446 civil-procedure discretion federal-jurisdiction remand remand-petition removal removal-statute state-court-proceedings subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the court had subject matter jurisdiction after the removal to the District Court?
23-7290 Theodore Macon Carrington, Jr. v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment 4th-circuit-review attorney-general attorney-general-custody civil-commitment criminal-commitment custody due-process mental-health procedural-objection statutory-interpretation Whether the district court properly committed Appellant to the custody and care of the Attorney General pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4246
23-7291 In Re Furvio Flete-Garcia Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure clerical-error court-orders due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure standing Does the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals err in holding that the failure to serve Mr. Field-Garazo with notice of entry of a court-ordered mandate v…
23-7296 George E. Lacey v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process fair-trial ineffective-assistance joinder right-to-counsel status-charges Whether the joinder of status charges with non-status charges denies criminal defendants the right to a fair trial
23-7303 Demetriaus L. Blaylock v. Illinois Illinois Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment emerging-adults juvenile-justice miller-v-alabama sentencing Whether the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment requires the protections granted under Miller v. Alabama to be extende…
23-7314 S. C. v. Vermont Vermont Denied Response WaivedIFP child-welfare clear-and-convincing due-process fourteenth-amendment hearsay hearsay-evidence parental-rights parental-unfitness santosky-standard santosky-v-kramer Whether Vermont's law allowing courts to terminate parental rights based on hearsay violates the Fourteenth Amendment
23-7315 In Re Craig Michael Ralston Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-procedure clerical-error federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure houston-v-lack judicial-review mail-receipt postal-service prison-mailbox-rule timely-filing Is a certified mail receipt and date-stamp from the United States Postal Service along with the Prison Mailroom time-stamp enough to meet the requirem…
23-7379 Michael Hebert v. Tim Hooper, Warden Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP brady-violation constitutional-violations due-process evidence evidence-contamination fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment Whether the lower court erred in denying COA on the claim of prosecutorial misconduct
23-7382 In Re Arthur Jones Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federalism judicial-discretion judicial-overreach jurisdiction mandamus subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether the district court abused its discretion in failing to issue the writ of mandamus
23-7392 Elaine Mickman v. Philadelphia Professional Collections, LLC, et al. Third Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-court-summary-action circuit-courts civil-procedure continuing-tolling discretionary-appeal due-process equitable-tolling federal-appeal-process summary-action Does Circuit Court Summary Action undermine and effectively convert the right to appeal a US District Court Order into a discretionary appeal, thereby…
23-741 Iftikar A. Ahmed v. Securities and Exchange Commission, et al. Second Circuit Denied appellate-procedure circuit-split civil-procedure cross-appeal-rule greenlaw-v-united-states judicial-discretion jurisdiction remand remedy-limitation substantive-law Whether the cross-appeal rule is jurisdictional or mandatory, or admits of exceptions
23-7414 Mark A. VandenBoom v. Robert Strohmeyer Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP access-to-courts appellate-review circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction judicial-precedent precedent pro-se pro-se-litigation Did the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judgement conflict with this court's precedents resulting in a limitation of access to the court due to the p…
23-7423 Glenn Francis v. Thomas Scarantino, Warden, et al. Eleventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights immunity immunity-doctrine jury-trial probable-cause punitive-damages writ-of-certiorari wrongful-incarceration Can you deny me a jury trial for civil rights violations and wrongful incarceration and punitive damages based only on immunity of defendants
23-744 Arthur Lopez v. Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church California Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process judicial-recusal recusal right-to-appeal self-represented-litigant standing Should Due Process be afforded to self-represented litigant in civil case against Catholic Church?
23-7458 In Re Michael David Hower Dismissed Response WaivedIFP acquitted-charge acquitted-conduct criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus jury-trial section-2255 sentencing sentencing-enhancement sixth-amendment Did the courts below commit reversible error in denying petitioner's 2255 motion without an evidentiary hearing?
23-7473 Cody Ray Leveke, aka Cody Meyer, aka Cody Ray Meyers v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-intent criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech jury-instructions subjective-intent supreme-court supreme-court-precedent threat-standard Whether jury instructions based on Elonis v. United States (2015) sufficiently encompass the requirement of 'subjective intent to threaten,' as articu…
23-7474 Bogdan Nicolescu v. Dave Bobby, Warden Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review court-of-appeals due-process judicial-discretion judicial-explanation merits-panel pro-se-litigant procedural-fairness uncandid-briefing Is a 3-judge merits panel of a U.S. court of appeals at liberty, perhaps over-reliant on the opposing party's counseled but uncandid briefing, to not …
23-7491 Caesar V. Vaca v. United States Eighth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure due-process evidence evidence-introduction fair-trial federal-rules-of-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel trial-attorney Whether trial attorney's error resulted in the introduction of evidence under Federal Rules of Evidence 404(b) that led to an unfair conviction
23-7502 Kevin Day v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP 4a1.3(b) criminal-history district-court-discretion downward-departure fourth-circuit motion-to-dismiss sentencing-guidelines variance-sentence Whether the District Court abused its discretion by failing to give a variance sentence and shorter incarceration period
23-7505 Daniel Lynn Goering-Runyan v. United States Ninth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-provisions criminal-justice cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment judicial-review legal-petition parole procedural-document sentencing supreme-court writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supervised Release Statute/probation for life violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment for misdemeanor …
23-7508 Matias Zarate v. United States Seventh Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process guidelines reasonableness reasonableness-standard sentencing sentencing-guidelines seventh-circuit supervised-release Whether a sentence within the guidelines range is unreasonable when the defendant has already served more time on supervised release than originally s…
23-7512 Dallas M. Acoff v. United States Fourth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal criminal-sentencing district-court due-process fifth-amendment guidelines harmless-error judicial-error procedural-reasonableness sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether the district court committed error and imposed a procedurally unreasonable sentence
23-7513 Russell Foreman v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law agency-interpretation circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-commission sentencing-guidelines statutory-construction united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's comment…
23-7522 Gonzalo Rodriguez v. United States Tenth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-law circuit-split deference judicial-deference kisor-doctrine kisor-v-wilkie sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation united-states-sentencing-commission Whether the administrative law principles articulated in Kisor v. Wilkie limit the deference owed to the United States Sentencing Commission's comment…
23-7528 Aaron Matthew Rentfrow v. United States Fifth Circuit Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence fair-trial juror-misconduct jury-misconduct prosecutorial-conduct prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment trial-procedure witness-testimony Whether the district court erred in failing to grant a mistrial
23-7550 In Re Kinley MacDonald Dismissed IFP child-abuse due-process family-rights federal-review habeas-corpus hearsay ineffective-assistance jurisdiction post-conviction-relief protective-custody state-court-jurisdiction Can a trial court open and remove children in a 'protective custody' case based solely on hearsay about actions prohibited by state statute in secret …
23-769 Lyft, Inc. v. Million Seifu California Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration-agreement dismissal federal-arbitration-act individual-claims non-individual-claims paga-claims private-attorneys-general-act state-law-employment-claims state-law-preemption supreme-court-precedent Whether the Federal Arbitration Act requires the dismissal of non-individual claims brought under California's Private Attorneys General Act
23-846 City of Sparks, Nevada, et al. v. Rosa Ester Brizuela, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Rolando Antonio Brizuela, et al. Ninth Circuit Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) circuit-split clearly-established-law community-areas community-owned-areas curtilage multi-family-dwelling multifamily-dwelling ninth-circuit precedent Did the Ninth Circuit err in holding that community-owned areas in front of a multifamily dwelling constituted curtilage?
23-853 Credit Bureau Center, LLC, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission Seventh Circuit Denied disgorgement equitable-monetary-relief federal-trade-commission restitution section-13(b) section-19 Whether Section 19 of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 57b(b), which prohibits the award of 'any exemplary or punitive damages,' empowers the Commission to se…
23-862 West Flagler Associates, Ltd., dba Magic City Casino, et al. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia Denied Amici (2) equal-protection federal-approval indian-gaming-regulatory-act internet-gambling online-gambling sports-betting sports-gambling tribal-lands unlawful-internet-gambling-enforcement-act Whether IGRA authorizes the approval of a compact that purports to allow for an online sports gambling monopoly throughout the state and off Indian la…
23-909 Stamatios Kousisis and Alpha Painting and Construction Co., Inc. v. United States Third Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (4)Relisted (3) civil-rights commercial-exchange contract contract-law due-process mail-fraud property property-rights sovereign-interest wire-fraud Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud, even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not th…
23-931 J. W., et al. v. Elvin Paley Fifth Circuit Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment school-official school-seizure seizure student-rights Whether a claim that a school official has used excessive force against a student that meets the definition of a Fourth Amendment seizure should be ev…
23-959 Colin Montague v. United States Second Circuit GVR Amici (4) circuit-split controlled-substances criminal-charging criminal-law drug-statute due-process federal-procedure indictment indictment-sufficiency statutory-interpretation Whether an indictment charging a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848 is invalid if it fails to set forth facts and circumstances that establish the elements …
23-970 NVIDIA Corporation, et al. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB, et al. Ninth Circuit Judgment Issued Amici (18)Relisted (2) class-action expert-opinion falsity falsity-allegations internal-documents pleading-requirements pslra scienter securities-fraud Whether plaintiffs seeking to allege scienter under the PSLRA based on allegations about internal company documents must plead with particularity the …
23-987 Shalini Ahmed v. Securities and Exchange Commission Second Circuit Denied asset-seizure civil-rights disgorgement due-process equitable-limitations equitable-limits judicial-review nominee-doctrine pullman-standard-v-swint sec-enforcement sec-v-liu Whether the value of assets unilaterally seized by the alleged victim should be offset against disgorgement, and whether the value of shares returned …
23-992 Yemiel Delgado-Victorio v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General Fifth Circuit Denied None
23-995 Nadine Gazzola, et al. v. Kathleen Hochul, Governor of New York, et al. Second Circuit Denied 2nd-amendment bruen-precedent civil-procedure constitutional-standing due-process firearms-regulation free-speech preliminary-injunction regulatory-overburden second-amendment standing takings Did the Second Circuit err in the Winter analysis of Petitioners' request for preliminary injunctive relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, including (1.) w…
23A1007 Judy Brannberg v. Colorado Civil Rights Division, et al. Colorado Presumed Complete antitrust-violations charter-schools civil-rights employment-discrimination school-district state-board Whether state education authorities can constitutionally deny charter school applications through allegedly discriminatory and anti-competitive practi…
23M100 James W. Tindall v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue District of Columbia Presumed Complete None
23M99 In Re Gavin B. Davis Presumed Complete None